The Ray D'Arcy Show - 30th. September 2017

Welsh Megaman

''IT'S SATURDAY NIGHT, AND WE'RE LIVE ON DE TELLY!''



Pauline McLynn and David Rawle, whose new series 'Drop Dead Weird' has just begun on RTE, will be among Ray D'Arcy's guests on Saturday night on RTÉ One.
 
Along with talking about the zombie comedy, Father Ted star McLynn will discuss the new series of RTÉ's Painting the Nation, while Rawle will share the anecdotes from his time working with Chris O'Dowd on Moone Boy.

The big guest list this Saturday night will see new All-Ireland Ladies' Senior Football Champions Dublin in studio, with the team's Niamh McEvoy joined by her boyfriend, fellow Dublin star and All-Ireland winner Dean Rock.

Aonghus McAnally will talk about taking the songs of the late Christie Hennessy out on tour and will be joined in the audience by son Aonghus Óg and granddaughter Cadhla.

Campaigner David Hall will discuss the new mortgage deal with AIB to help people who are in severe arrears and in danger of having their homes repossessed.

The Ray D'Arcy Show, Saturday, RTÉ One, 10.05pm

Skid X

Hello everyone,

as Brucie used to say, you're so much nicer than last night's audience

Skid X

Aonghus McAnally was in charge of entertaining the poor children in the 80s who didn't have the foreign channels and couldn't watch Saturday Superstore or Tiswas

This was the ****e that passed for entertainment on RTE Saturday Mornings back then

Honestly, it was this, The Little Rascals from about 1920 and Dave Heffernan telling everyone to get down to The Pink Elephant to check out the next U2. Every week. On a show aimed at kids.

Rock Lesnar

What a terrible line up, im gonna pass tonight, enjoy it folks

PeterTheNinth

Skid X wrote: »

Aonghus McAnally was in charge of entertaining the poor children in the 80s who didn't have the foreign channels and couldn't watch Saturday Superstore or Tiswas

This is the show that he's touring with. Honestly I think it's more of a parody than a tribute.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Rcd8KhqcgQ

Apparently they toyed with the alternative title of "Aonghus McAnally Has Lost His F**king Mind"

Skid X

Skid X wrote: »

Aonghus McAnally was in charge of entertaining the poor children in the 80s who didn't have the foreign channels and couldn't watch Saturday Superstore or Tiswas

This was the ****e that passed for entertainment on RTE Saturday Mornings back then

Honestly, it was this, The Little Rascals from about 1920 and Dave Heffernan telling everyone to get down to The Pink Elephant to check out the next U2. Every week. On a show aimed at kids.

I didn't know what "face-palm" was as a teenager in the 80s, but I can tell you, every week, I did just that when this show was on:p

Compared to Swap-Shop and other kids Saturday shows from the late 70's early 80's, it was definitely the worst.

Very much aimed at a younger, pre-teenage age category. I remember later in the morning Dave Heffernan would appear on a slot which was all about music, but up to that, it was a "toddlers" programme only.

I often wondered did they think that sub-ten year olds would all of a sudden "grow up" to being teenagers throughout the show over the two hours or so.

Dave Heffernan was the best thing about that show as far as I can remember, but even with that, it was a juxtaposition of Dave fronting a slot aimed at teenagers, with toddlers running around behind him screaming for their mummies and daddies:D

Skid X

I like Sinéad's red suit on Winning Streak tonight, very nice

Rock Lesnar

Rock Lesnar wrote: »

What a terrible line up, im gonna pass tonight, enjoy it folks

I might do the same. Can't keep my eyes open anyway and it hasn't even started.

Ol' Donie

There's a programme about sharks on RTE 2.

Sharks are the best. That's why they call good pool players sharks. Cos they're the best.

tinpib

Skid X wrote: »

I like Sinéad's red suit on Winning Streak tonight, very nice

And she is presenting it alongside Max Mayhem the well-known villain from MASK.

monkey9

Ol' Donie wrote: »

There's a programme about sharks on RTE 2.

Sharks are the best. That's why they call good pool players sharks. Cos they're the best.

Great actors as well. The one in Jaws was exceptionally good.

Joe Duffy.

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

''IT'S SATURDAY NIGHT, AND WE'RE LIVE ON DA TELLY

Kill me now

Ol' Donie

Yer man got 3 wheels straight away, but it's small consolation, ne seems to be haunted by a ghost woman who keeps choking him.

PeterTheNinth

monkey9 wrote: »

Great actors as well. The one in Jaws was exceptionally good.

There's a guy who I see on a street near me who looks the spit of this guy.



I'm just waiting for the right chance to roll down the window and shout out "Ahoooooyyyy there....... thanks for catching the shark"...

(But I haven't had a safe chance to do so without risking scuttling the Escort against the kerb)

Think of the pure hilarity of it, shipmates.



..

Skid X

The people who don't get to spin the wheel have to sit there like Oscar losers, pretending to be happy for the Spinner.

Sinéad is great, she should be doing more on RTE.

Skid X

Deleted User wrote: »

I didn't know what "face-palm" was as a teenager in the 80s, but I can tell you, every week, I did just that when this show was on:p

Compared to Swap-Shop and other kids Saturday shows from the late 70's early 80's, it was definitely the worst.

Very much aimed at a younger, pre-teenage age category. I remember later in the morning Dave Heffernan would appear on a slot which was all about music, but up to that, it was a "toddlers" programme only.

I often wondered did they think that sub-ten year olds would all of a sudden "grow up" to being teenagers throughout the show over the two hours or so.

Dave Heffernan was the best thing about that show as far as I can remember, but even with that, it was a juxtaposition of Dave fronting a slot aimed at teenagers, with toddlers running around behind him screaming for their mummies and daddies:D

Ha, that's it exactly. No cartoons or anything watchable for the ordinary decent National Schoolers.

Just Mary's Make and Do slot.

I should have written to Mailbag to complain.

Skid X

Skid X wrote: »

Ha, that's it exactly. No cartoons or anything watchable for the ordinary decent National Schoolers.

Just Mary's Make and Do slot.

I should have written to Mailbag to complain.

So you were objecting to what RTE showed even back then Skid X? :P

Skid X

Deleted User wrote: »

So you were objecting to what RTE showed even back then Skid X? :P

Start as you mean to go on, Plenty.

I was more of a BBC and ITV man from Day 1, but now and then you had to visit people with only RTE1 and RTE2 and I've never recovered.

Skid X

Skid X wrote: »

Start as you mean to go on, Plenty.

I was more of a BBC and ITV man from Day 1, but now and then you had to visit people with only RTE1 and RTE2 and I've never recovered.

RTE2 started at about 5.30/6.00pm for most of the early 80's if I remember correctly.

I can't remember what was on RTE1 on daytime weekdays but wasn't up to much and then mostly horse racing at weekends.

BBC was the best for 70's 80's teenage viewing. ITV had some good stuff too but I was more a BBC fan than ITV.

RobertKK

The puppy and the kitten in the opening post look depressed at the sight of that line up.

When you think it can't get worse it does.

Ol' Donie

I remember The Den used to have about one good programme - Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles or something - and then billions of crap filler things that no one wanted to watch to make up the rest of the three hours.

It also had thousands and thousands of ads for Fairy, Pampers and McDonalds.

RobertKK

Deleted User wrote: »

RTE2 started at about 5.30/6.00pm for most of the early 80's if I remember correctly.

I can't remember what was on RTE1 on daytime weekdays but wasn't up to much and then mostly horse racing at weekends.

BBC was the best for 70's 80's teenage viewing. ITV had some good stuff too but I was more a BBC fan than ITV.

Lets be honest here, channel 4 and Eurotrash is where it was at for teenage viewing :pac:

Ol' Donie

"It's easy to imagine an order for, say, ten tonnes of crab."

I wonder how many crabs would you be killing to make that order?

Welsh Megaman

Ol' Donie wrote: »

I remember The Den used to have about one good programme - Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles or something - and then billions of crap filler things that no one wanted to watch to make up the rest of the three hours.

It also had thousands and thousands of ads for Fairy, Pampers and McDonalds.

It was renamed 'Hero' in the UK instead of 'Ninja', as one does not partake in such barbaric pastimes.

*adjusts monocle*

PeterTheNinth

Skid X wrote: »

I should have written to Mailbag to complain.

I think that's the reason that D'Arcy has Arthur on the show with him now... so that he can get to the negative letters about him and bin them before Arthur sees them...

He missed a few of the letters from the BAI all the same.

tinpib

Off to a great start here TBF, Ray dressed up like he is in a marching band.

Vorenus400

The dubs have already shrunk the sam mcguire

Welsh Megaman

Little Drummer Gimp

Ol' Donie

Yeow! Up The Dubs!

RobertKK

I think my 2nd cousin is live on the telly.

He is in the Artane's boys band and one of them looks like him.

Skid X

Is Women's Gaelic 9 a side?

Atlantic Dawn

RobertKK wrote: »

Lets be honest here, channel 4 and Eurotrash is where it was at for teenage viewing :pac:

I loved The Word at 11pm of a Friday night, pure gold

Welsh Megaman

(in a Terry Thomas voice) I saaaaay...

*loses monocle in glass of port*

Arghus

I think there should be a law banning the showing of the bare concrete walls and functional corridors that make up the majority of a TV studio - it just shatters the illusion.

Ol' Donie

Skid X wrote: »

Is Women's Gaelic 9 a side?

Why is women's football women's football, but women's hurling is camogie?

Why is man of the match man of the match, but woman of the match is player of the match?

Welsh Megaman

''Thank you for mentioning my age live on national tv''

She said, through gritted teeth.

Skid X

Jimmy White should move to Mayo, nobody would ever say anything to him about losing Finals there.

Welsh Megaman

Tee hee...all the girls are taller than Ray

Skid X

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Why is women's football women's football, but women's hurling is camogie?

Why is man of the match man of the match, but woman of the match is player of the match?

Same question to number 2 please, Cilla.

Ol' Donie

Without sounding condescending it's bleedin brilliant how much women's football is growing at the moment.

Welsh Megaman

''Was that the plan, to win?''

No Ray, she wanted to play rubbish and lose. :rolleyes:

Icsics

I hate the way Ray speaks 'ye' 'fellas' 'da'

tinpib

Would be some left turn if yer man in the middle was going out with the blonde.

paleoperson

Can you imagine the uproar there'd be if D'Arcy started advocating taking part in catholic religious activities and started a show with lots of priests and cardinals on, and saying about how great it was for young people to be doing it and how dare they "turn their backs on it" at a certain age? I'm not even religious, it's just I don't see where the GAA gets off with all this free publicity and propaganda all the time. Can't they just put this on The Sunday Game or whatever, it's not like they don't have enough airtime.

Ol' Donie

Wow. Ray D'Arcy is making a bit about my beloved Dubs winning both mens and womens All Ireland worthy of jumping behind the couch.

This is REMARKABLE.

Icsics

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Wow. Ray D'Arcy is making a bit about my beloved Dubs winning both mens and womens All Ireland worthy of jumping behind the couch.

This is REMARKABLE.

Cringe TV

Welsh Megaman

The Artane Boys Band...available for all drumming and INXS album covers.

Vorenus400

Is it just the lights or the make up but everyone is looking fairly orange.

baldbear

Could they not just let the women have their moment & leave their partners out of it. They had their time in the spotlight. Feck sake.

When did you first meet? Puke

Ol' Donie

Oh, missed an open goal there by not asking Ray what height he is.

monkey9

What height are ya?? Ray, will you ever go and see a 'shrink' ffs.