The Tommy Tiernan Show Thread - Mod warning, see OP

Government buildings

No, I rarely watch it, but this doesn't stop me from commenting on it, surely?

Wanderer78

Government buildings wrote:

No, I rarely watch it, but this doesn't stop me from commenting on it, surely?

So are you truly afflicted with it?

I don’t think any of us are “truly afflicted” with any form of entertainment, but things would be extremely vanilla if that just meant say nothing unless it’s positive.

Wanderer78

ReginaldSmythV wrote:

I don’t think any of us are “truly afflicted†with any form of entertainment, but things would be extremely vanilla if that just meant say nothing unless it’s positive.

True, but we are overwhelmed with options for entertainment, shows such as the late late clearly still has viewers, even though I'm sure it's quickly dwindling, just turn the dial, you 'll be fine

Mad_maxx

jay0109 wrote: »

If McVerry had his wish of no evictions, there would be a mass exodus of Landlords

McVerry believes all evictions should be illegal and also all bank repossessions , he said those very words on the ray darcy radio show a few years ago, D'Arcy nodded like the gimp he is.

McVerry would turn us into Venezuela with bad weather as would the rest of his middle Ireland despising fellow travellers who want "a right to housing "

Wanderer78

Mad_maxx wrote: »

McVerry believes all evictions should be illegal and also all bank repossessions , he said those very words on the ray darcy radio show a few years ago, D'Arcy nodded like the gimp he is.

McVerry would turn us into Venezuela with bad weather as would the rest of his middle Ireland despising fellow travellers who want "a right to housing "

so mcverry would find copious amounts of oil, backing our economy on this find, turn our government into a right mess of astonishing levels of corruption in turn, fcuking over all citizens?

im sorry to break it to you, your grievances go way beyond mcverry, you should point them towards the fire sectors(finance, insurance, and real estate)

Government buildings

Wanderer78 wrote: »

So are you truly afflicted with it?

I am, because I'm paying for it.

Wanderer78

Government buildings wrote: »

I am, because I'm paying for it.

you dont have to

Government buildings

Unfortunately I do have to pay for it, unless I want to break the law.

Pussyhands

McVerry means well but putting a right to housing in the constitution or banning evictions is dangerous, very dangerous.

No one will ever disagree with him though because 1. he wants to end homelessness and 2. anyone disagreeing with him will be called out as supporting homelessness.

If there was a legal right to housing, could everyone just stop paying their mortgage in the morning?

Pussyhands

Government buildings wrote: »

The thing about the Tommy Tiernan show is that it's telling us that the old Late Late Show format, and its presenter, has had its day.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, TLLS and Tiernans show are not similar or competing with each other at all.


One is a live show - the other is recorded

One is 2 hours long - the other is an hour long

One is "supposed" to be light enterainment - the other is along the lines of Gay Byrnes Meaning of Life

One has been going decades for 40 weeks a year - the other has been going 5 years for 8 episodes a year.

They are so totally different and I find Tiernans show more depressing than TLLS. Tiernan sits there crouched over with a big concentrated face asking questions to get the guest to pour their heart out like they're in therapy.

My idea of a light entertainment show isn't asking someone who they love, did they have any regrets in life etc. They're more like interviews you'd see 1v1 on the BBC or something.

mgn

Government buildings wrote: »

One of the things we admire about the Tommy Tiernan show is that he is seen as a sincere and genuine presenter, who has lived life, unlike others who have spent their lives in the cloistered atmosphere of RTE.

I think the Late Late Show is finished in its format as the topics discussed and the length given to them have been battered to death all week on many other media.

I think you hit the nail on the head there, Tommy has seen a bit of life in the real world, be it from his time on the dole to a jobbing comedian around the country in his early days with little or no money, he would have came across a lot of different characters on this travels and he seems to have a genuine interest in hearing peoples story's unlike the the RTE lifers that live in their own bubble and mix in the same circles.

Mad_maxx

Pussyhands wrote: »

I've said it before and I'll say it again, TLLS and Tiernans show are not similar or competing with each other at all.


One is a live show - the other is recorded

One is 2 hours long - the other is an hour long

One is "supposed" to be light enterainment - the other is along the lines of Gay Byrnes Meaning of Life

One has been going decades for 40 weeks a year - the other has been going 5 years for 8 episodes a year.

They are so totally different and I find Tiernans show more depressing than TLLS. Tiernan sits there crouched over with a big concentrated face asking questions to get the guest to pour their heart out like they're in therapy.

My idea of a light entertainment show isn't asking someone who they love, did they have any regrets in life etc. They're more like interviews you'd see 1v1 on the BBC or something.

what passes for weekend " entertainment " in this country is like nothing in any other country , when has discussing homelessness been a feature on BBC or ITV saturday night ?
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will we see Ant and Dec trying something like that some time soon ?

Government buildings

I find Tiernans show more depressing than TLLS. Tiernan sits there crouched over with a big concentrated face asking questions to get the guest to pour their heart out like they're in therapy.

I never thought about it but what you're saying here is totally correct. You have put into words what is actually going on on the Tiernan show. Thanks.

kippy

Mad_maxx wrote: »

what passes for weekend " entertainment " in this country is like nothing in any other country , when has discussing homelessness been a feature on BBC or ITV saturday night ?
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will we see Ant and Dec trying something like that some time soon ?

A very fair point.
We have no home produced "fun" TV at the weekend at all, ala Michael McIntyre, Ant and Dec and plenty more.
Are we too small a country? Are we obsessed with misery?

TheadoreT

kippy wrote: »

A very fair point.
We have no home produced "fun" TV at the weekend at all, ala Michael McIntyre, Ant and Dec and plenty more.
Are we too small a country? Are we obsessed with misery?

If Micheal McIntyre is the answer im terrified to ask what the question is.

kippy

TheadoreT wrote: »

If Micheal McIntyre is the answer im terrified to ask what the question is.

It's comedy based TV - whether you like the comedy at all, at least the aim is to make people laugh - whether that is successful or not is a matter of personal opinion really.

hold my beer

Pussyhands wrote: »

McVerry means well but putting a right to housing in the constitution or banning evictions is dangerous, very dangerous.

No one will ever disagree with him though because 1. he wants to end homelessness and 2. anyone disagreeing with him will be called out as supporting homelessness.

If there was a legal right to housing, could everyone just stop paying their mortgage in the morning?

I wouldn't worry about it, it will never happen

Mad_maxx

kippy wrote: »

A very fair point.
We have no home produced "fun" TV at the weekend at all, ala Michael McIntyre, Ant and Dec and plenty more.
Are we too small a country? Are we obsessed with misery?

in many ways , we are just as religious as we ever were , the need to be seen as pious and thus praise secular saints like McVerry , i know the man is a priest but hes a darling of the left who preach morality nowadays , the progressive clergy

we used to be guilty catholics , now we are guilty liberals

enricoh

Lesalare wrote: »

Sorry?

I am Irish and I'm sick of people here mainly being full of ****e. All talk and no action.

I'm currently doing a go fund me to help the homeless. It's like dragging blood out of a stone with a lot of people here. They all just "Like it"

Have we 100 homeless charities in Ireland at this stage?! Just apply for taxpayer funding like the rest of them!

External Association

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

I’ve never been in the room with the dead body and I’m not going to change that. Maybe I should have been pushed into it earlier but I find the whole open coffin wake thing extremely vulgar.

Vulgar. Ah wouldn't agree. Nothing vulgar about something as natural as night and day. I'd rather pay respect to an open coffin than a closed one.

Maybe from farming I've seen death at a young age.

saabsaab

kippy wrote: »

A very fair point.
We have no home produced "fun" TV at the weekend at all, ala Michael McIntyre, Ant and Dec and plenty more.
Are we too small a country? Are we obsessed with misery?

Ant and Dec. Spare us, terrible stuff.

Government buildings

saabsaab wrote: »

Ant and Dec. Spare us, terrible stuff.

Anything we'd produce would be worse, going by our current crop of comedians.

freshpopcorn

I lost all time for McVerry around the time of the water refund and he had this sort of had this attitude to those who paid like they had money to burn and he just expected you to donate it to the homeless charity.

mgn

I think McVerry started out with the right intensions but sadly got hijacked along the way by people who were more interested in what it was in it for them, rather that what McVerry started.

I used to like the man but now I cannot stand him, anytime I see him now he just comes across as a very bitter man,

kippy

TheadoreT wrote: »

If Micheal McIntyre is the answer im terrified to ask what the question is.

saabsaab wrote: »

Ant and Dec. Spare us, terrible stuff.

In fairness, if this is reflective of the general population tis easy see why theres no real desire for a bit of harmless fun on TV at the weekend!

AndrewJRenko

Mad_maxx wrote: »

McVerry believes all evictions should be illegal and also all bank repossessions , he said those very words on the ray darcy radio show a few years ago, D'Arcy nodded like the gimp he is.

Were you watching D'Arcy nodding on the radio? :D:D

Pussyhands wrote: »

McVerry means well but putting a right to housing in the constitution or banning evictions is dangerous, very dangerous.

No one will ever disagree with him though

You just did though.

kippy wrote: »

A very fair point.
We have no home produced "fun" TV at the weekend at all, ala Michael McIntyre, Ant and Dec and plenty more.
Are we too small a country? Are we obsessed with misery?

Oh lord please spare us from such chummy, celeb nonsense. If that's the kind of thing you want though, RTE did have a new family quiz show on Saturday night prime time slot. It's not my thing, but if you want home produced fun TV at the weekend, there you go. And the new series of Reeling in the Years starts tonight.

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I lost all time for McVerry around the time of the water refund and he had this sort of had this attitude to those who paid like they had money to burn and he just expected you to donate it to the homeless charity.

So by asking for charitable donations, the charity is 'expecting you to donate it'? Does the same apply to all charities who ask for donations?

Mad_maxx wrote: »

hes a lot more than you describe , he espouses a hard left political system, let him put his name on a ballot or else stay off the bloody airwaves , he has no mandate

Blanco100 wrote: »

Hate that nobody has the balls to challenge McVerry? Even those who know he's talking ****e won't challenge him as its one of those populist stances that means your basically Hitler if you dare to question it.

I'd ask him him how in the name of f*ck would a constitutional right to housing work? Wheres the incentive for anyone to work hard and buy one?

Strange how that's not a problem with the constitutional right to education - where's the incentive for anyone to work hard and buy an education?

Water John

Ant & Dec and McIntyre are as false as they come. McIntyre is not a very pleasant guy.
Liked some of the guests on TT not others. That's the nature of the draw. Reflects more our Irish thought process than the above mentioned.

RobertKK

mgn wrote: »

I think McVerry started out with the right intensions but sadly got hijacked along the way by people who were more interested in what it was in it for them, rather that what McVerry started.

I used to like the man but now I cannot stand him, anytime I see him now he just comes across as a very bitter man,

When asked about love, he said there is no one he loves in this life.
He said there are people he respects, but no love at all for anyone?

Government buildings

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

Were you watching D'Arcy nodding on the radio? :D:D

You just did though.


Oh lord please spare us from such chummy, celeb nonsense. If that's the kind of thing you want though, RTE did have a new family quiz show on Saturday night prime time slot. It's not my thing, but if you want home produced fun TV at the weekend, there you go. And the new series of Reeling in the Years starts tonight.

So by asking for charitable donations, the charity is 'expecting you to donate it'? Does the same apply to all charities who ask for donations?






Strange how that's not a problem with the constitutional right to education - where's the incentive for anyone to work hard and buy an education?

Are you equating free education with a free house?