The Right Hook, Newstalk. With George Hook. Topic for discussion - Always George Hook

my friend

jimmyw wrote: »

Dont agree, its what gives the programme its edge, the unpredictability .If Shane Coleman ever takes over after George retires, I will never listen to it again.

I was thinking this evening of writing to George and begging him not to retire.

somesoldiers

my friend wrote: »

I was thinking this evening of writing to George and begging him not to retire.

lets do that

my friend

somesoldiers wrote: »

lets do that

In his absence the options are:

A cure for insomnia the pedantic script robot nasaly Mary Wilson

Or

Professional 'angry man' 'I am the story' Matt 'the narcissist' Cooper

Neither an option for me

Deedsie

There have been suggestions that Pat Rabbitte will be replacing him. Don't retire George you will be greatly missed.

nc19

I think yis are all missing the point of Hook.

I think he's gas!

Talks some utter rubbish and I love him for it

somesoldiers

George & Ciara Kelly- great
George & Monkawn mcGann(ok prob not how you spell it) great
George & Michael Graham great
George & Phillip Molloy great
George & Bill Hughes great

any of those on their own or with someone else would not be enjoyable IMO

Say Your Number

This evening he was talking about Instagram and he said if his old teacher knew he was looking at pictures of Jennifer Lopez or Pamela Anderson not wearing a lot of clothes he said that he'd tell him to go clean his bike :pac:

Say what you like about Hook but I will miss things like that when he goes.

brooke 2

Things are really slow on this George Hook thread!! No comments about his performance with Collette Fitzpatrick a few nights ago? He appeared to have lost the plot with her questioning. Cannot say I blamed him!! Heard him this evening with Michael Graham - discussing Donald Trump and others who took part in the Fox News debate last night. Referring to billionaires, MG
said: 'I forgot you have no billionaires in Ireland, they are all German'!! Cue awkward silence from George, followed by a clearing of the throat, before he moved swiftly on!! Does anyone on Newstalk ever mention Denis O'Brien?:(

tampopo

Doesn't Denis O'Brien live in Malta, anyway!

He got a mention during the lunchtime news.

somesoldiers

brooke 2 wrote: »

Things are really slow on this George Hook thread!! No comments about his performance with Collette Fitzpatrick a few nights ago? He appeared to have lost the plot with her questioning. Cannot say I blamed him!! Heard him this evening with Michael Graham - discussing Donald Trump and others who took part in the Fox News debate last night. Referring to billionaires, MG
said: 'I forgot you have no billionaires in Ireland, they are all German'!! Cue awkward silence from George, followed by a clearing of the throat, before he moved swiftly on!! Does anyone on Newstalk ever mention Denis O'Brien?:(

There's a whole thread on it here, I would comment more but am on the way home during the show and too busy doing the crossword ( can only concentrate listening to techo, no talk radio) and then driving home, maybe others are the same. I also don't conment on the the morning show much for the same reason and that thread also quiet enough. They regularly mention DOB in the mornings anyway

I did get to listen to Michael this evening, gotta said I agree with 99% of what he says, "Hiroshima was the single biggest movement towards peace" or something like that, don't know why he seems to have 50% haters. I missed the section about porn, forgot to listen when I got home, was it any good? Any mentions of Pamela?

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057472930

tampopo

somesoldiers wrote: »

I did get to listen to Michael this evening, gotta said I agree with 99% of what he says, "Hiroshima was the single biggest movement towards peace" or something like that, don't know why he seems to have 50% haters.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057472930

As it happens, I visited the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Museum several years ago and it had that effect of turning me into a pacifist. It's a very strong and powerful museum...

jooksavage

somesoldiers wrote: »

I did get to listen to Michael this evening, gotta said I agree with 99% of what he says, "Hiroshima was the single biggest movement towards peace" or something like that, don't know why he seems to have 50% haters.

Maybe because he's an unfunny, boorish loudmouth who, among many other things, was crass enough to gleefully classify all homeless people as "bums" the week after a man dies yards away from Dáil Éireann?

Commentators like Graham present a misleading, paranoid vision of the world where liberal elites deliberately attack personal freedoms through policies on everything from climate change to universal healthcare. All that talk about individual liberty is a sham - this is the politics of selfishness and its been big business since 9/11. I've spent time living in NYC and travelling through the boroughs, I found the level of poverty there astounding. That is not a society that can afford the kind of low-tax, fend-for-yourself, small government utopia that people like Graham advocate.

I'm all for hearing other voices and I absolutely hate liberal echo-chambers like Global Village but Graham is just another wearyingly predictable empty vessel on the other end of that spectrum.

brooke 2

somesoldiers wrote: »

There's a whole thread on it here, I would comment more but am on the way home during the show and too busy doing the crossword ( can only concentrate listening to techo, no talk radio) and then driving home, maybe others are the same. I also don't conment on the the morning show much for the same reason and that thread also quiet enough. They regularly mention DOB in the mornings anyway

I did get to listen to Michael this evening, gotta said I agree with 99% of what he says, "Hiroshima was the single biggest movement towards peace" or something like that, don't know why he seems to have 50% haters. I missed the section about porn, forgot to listen when I got home, was it any good? Any mentions of Pamela?

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057472930

Thank you for that. Don't know why the thread did not show up on my feed.
I don't always hear the full GH show so cannot answer your questions. Sorry!!

Yamanoto

Can anyone tell me, has the tech slot disappeared completely from George's show?

foxtrot101

Yamanoto wrote: »

Can anyone tell me, has the tech slot disappeared completely from George's show?

Yeah, there's been a health slot with Ciara Kelly in it's place for quite a while now.

robbe

Seems like it's effectively moved to the Pat Kenny show - happened across the lady from the slot (Jess) doing an infomercial style review of some yoke the other day.......I'd expect they podcast it

Claude Burgundy

robbe wrote: »

Seems like it's effectively moved to the Pat Kenny show - happened across the lady from the slot (Jess) doing an infomercial style review of some yoke the other day.......I'd expect they podcast it

She works on the Pat Kenny show so i'd expect her to do a slot there anyway.

LeakyGee

Word from the inside: Hook is leaving soon. Shame really as he's the only real crank with character left on national radio.

Claude Burgundy

LeakyGee wrote: »

Word from the inside: Hook is leaving soon. Shame really as he's the only real crank with character left on national radio.

So who is to step into his shoes !

ibstar

The day he retires, is the day I remove newstalk from my favorites.
I get my news elsewhere, but tune into newstalk for a bit of creic and rambling from Geroge

robbe

Would be a shame - must say I do enjoy his movie ramblings with Philip Molloy of a Wednesday. By comparison Shane Coleman never seems to like any film (to me he comes across as a bit of an aul one) or have any great love for the subject and I can imagine Ivan Yates who may end up getting the job would also be a painful listen.....

Yamanoto

Folks may often take issue with Hook, but his views offer a refreshing counterpoint to much of the group-think that passes for comment & opinion in Irish journalism right now. I'd be sorry to see him go.

Shane Coleman is an inveterate fence sitter & about as beige as they come, though I wouldn't be surprised if he gets the gig.

foxtrot101

LeakyGee wrote: »

Word from the inside: Hook is leaving soon. Shame really as he's the only real crank with character left on national radio.

He announced this himself ages ago. It's either September or October next year.

jimmyw

Yamanoto wrote: »

Folks may often take issue with Hook, but his views offer a refreshing counterpoint to much of the group-think that passes for comment & opinion in Irish journalism right now. I'd be sorry to see him go.

Shane Coleman is an inveterate fence sitter & about as beige as they come, though I wouldn't be surprised if he gets the gig.

If he does, then I will not listen to that show AGAIN, I cant STAND him:mad:

Too PC for me.

Azatadine

Is the financial slot gone too? Used to be a 10 min slot Mon - Thurs but noticed it wasn't on any day this week.

my friend

I think Newstalk should poach Brendan O'Connor to replace George (upon retirement)

(Parking the 'ballsy' and other sindo silliness, he has a good voice for radio and while a good listener he's not a slave to the PC brigade)

Loafing Oaf

Bit of a Partridge moment from Hook there talking about that Spectator article asking whether Yvette Cooper or Liz Kendall had the right looks to be Labour leader. "This idea that women have to be good-looking to get ahead in politics...think of Thatcher, Merkel, Nehru in India"...

Pherekydes

The Rugby and Rock 'n' Roll loving shock jock was just ranting there about millions of immigrants destroying native Irish culture. :rolleyes:

Ol' Donie

Suely I can't be alone thinking "Send in your medical queries" is a slightly absurd slot to broadcast at dinner time?

somesoldiers

Wait til the Irish "Embarrassing Bodies" airs

Grolschevik

Ol' Donie wrote:

Suely I can't be alone thinking "Send in your medical queries" is a slightly absurd slot to broadcast at dinner time?

Especially when he's telling us about the chronic fungal infection on his scrotum, as he did today...

Murt10

Grolschevik wrote: »

Especially when he's telling us about the chronic fungal infection on his scrotum, as he did today...

I happened to hear that part as I was driving home and nearly got sick. There are some things we cannot unhear and images we would prefer not too imagine..

What do we care about a contankerous old mans sack. Tell the Dr about it, by all means, in the privacy of a consulting room, but on the radio at teatime!!!!

Gives another meaning to the word shock jock

I have gone completely off him. Over the years he has got worse and worse with his rants, opinions etc, but this is the final straw. I will never listen to the show again until he retires.

Ol' Donie

Alright, I'm mostly just whinging here, but I wish they'd change the music for the Friday Right Hook. I just don't like it.

They could change the other days too, if they wanted, but defo Friday.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Am I right in saying that Hook will retire from broadcasting at the end of 2016? I wonder do they have a replacement in mind yet, Shane Coleman seems to be a name that gets mentioned. If they're going to fill the position in house I think Ivan Yates would be a good fit.

Deedsie

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Am I right in saying that Hook will retire from broadcasting at the end of 2016? I wonder do they have a replacement in mind yet, Shane Coleman seems to be a name that gets mentioned. If they're going to fill the position in house I think Ivan Yates would be a good fit.

All speculation of course, but there have been a few names mentioned. Pat Rabbitte, Ivan Yates, Senator David Norris.

Hook has also back pedalled a bit in relation to retiring. Personally I hope Hook will stay on for a few more years.

DEFTLEFTHAND

I hope he extends his stay also, while I might give out about the old goat at times and his tendency to flip flop his views on issues, I do like him. He's an interesting character and he and makes me tune in everyday.

DEFTLEFTHAND

I hope he extends his stay also, while I might give out about the old goat at times and his tendency to flip flop his views on issues, I do like him. He's an interesting character and he keeps me tuning in everyday.

bobbyss

Unless I am mistaken George Hook's programme this morning was a recording of his best bits, am I wrong or right? The news came at 9 and Colettee Fitzpatrick said 'Welcome Back'. Hook was recorded and Fitzpatrick too? She was on after 9 but not live?

Deedsie

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

I hope he extends his stay also, while I might give out about the old goat at times and his tendency to flip flop his views on issues, I do like him. He's an interesting character and he and makes me tune in everyday.

I have come to a conclusion about Irish radio lately if I listen to any show everyday it will start to grate on me. I find flicking around to be the best approach for me. So I might only listen to George 2 days a week but I still prefer his show to anything else on at that time.

Say Your Number

Graham said he heard the 80 percent of refugees are not fleeing Syria, turns out his source was the Daily Mail :pac:

Azatadine

I must say, I really like Michael Graham's slot. I used to detest him but bizarrely I'm finding myself agreeing with him more and more!

Grolschevik

What the hell was that ten-minute rant about dress codes, punctuated with incredible sloppily faded music clips?

Painful.

riclad

The medical slot can be annoying,
i don,t want to hear about every medical problem hook ever had since 1960.There,s such a thing as too much information .
And he insists on giving his own medical advice which is 90 per cent
wrong ,most of the time .
whats the point of having a doctor on if you are going to interrupt her constantly .
He seem,s to thinks he knows everything about anything.
From his generation i would expect a bit more basic politeness .
But at last he is more interesting to listen to the bland rte presenter s .
He is a good presenter on sport and rugby .
Sometimes a presenter needs to be a bit rude and rant about certain things , i dont want to listen to someone who is polite and neutral and nice to everyone all the time.
Moncrief is a great presenter ,he can talk about any subject and interview
anyone without being rude , and he has a great sense of humour .

jooksavage

Grolschevik wrote: »

What the hell was that ten-minute rant about dress codes, punctuated with incredible sloppily faded music clips?

Painful.

That was the biggest load of self-indulgent b*****ks. Doesn't the production team have ANY editorial control?

It was badly written, if written at all (it included such gems as "Television is visual. People don't listen to television. They LOOK at television". Profound). It relied on Hook's own hopelessly outdated anecdotes; harping on again about the dapper 1960's "IBM men" and some hokey old story about WW2 Navy officers. Weirdly, he also cited the Maharishi-era Beatles (I've no idea why) before concluding that the relaxed dress codes of Google, Facebook, Ebay etc. are actually promoting disorder and anarchy.

In his much-loved 1950's and 60's, you probably had geriatric windbags like him bemoaning the demise of pantaloons, spats and lady's bustles.

Ol' Donie

So the Friday panel yokey is totally gone these days, is it?

And, jesus, has Micheal Graham's shock jock b*ll**** not gone waaay - I mean several years - past it's sell by date? I've had Newstalk on since 10 this morning. As soon as I heard his voice it went off.

Claude Burgundy

Ol' Donie wrote: »

So the Friday panel yokey is totally gone these days, is it?

And, jesus, has Micheal Graham's shock jock b*ll**** not gone waaay - I mean several years - past it's sell by date? I've had Newstalk on since 10 this morning. As soon as I heard his voice it went off.

The whole show is past its sell by date. He seems to think everyone has the same interest in the "olden days"

my friend

When pushed for the winner before the World Cup started, I remember George saying 'watch Australia'

Obviously Lancaster ain't a listener

chatperche

Please tell me that George Hook is back on tonight or that they have someone else to cover for him that the snooze inducing Shane Coleman. That man would make the most interesting subject sound boring. Boring, and safe, and PC. I nearly fell asleep at the wheel last night listening to him drone on!

jooksavage

chatperche wrote: »

Please tell me that George Hook is back on tonight or that they have someone else to cover for him that the snooze inducing Shane Coleman. That man would make the most interesting subject sound boring. Boring, and safe, and PC. I nearly fell asleep at the wheel last night listening to him drone on!

I get a lift most evenings and the driver listens to Hook which means I listen to him. I'm not a fan but anything, literally anything, is better than Shane Coleman. The other evening he had a guy on who was so right-on, he actually stopped his kids watching the Simpsons because the message in some episodes don't represent our modern, tolerant society... blah blah (he was talking about the episode Homer Badman where Homer is accused of sexual harrassment. By a feminist no less. The guest said it equated to 'victim blaming')

Even the guy I'm getting the lift with switched over to Drivetime in disgust.

Del.Monte

This little prick on now saying that there is no rural crimewave. Great isn't it maybe he can write another article about there being no drug problem or gangland shootings and magic them away too. I really despair of these 'so-called' journalists - the present situation as regards crime and a lot of other things can be laid at the door of these lazy ****ers who wouldn't cross the road for a news story. :mad::mad::mad: