The non Late Late / Ray Darcy / Meeeeriam summer thread

Ol' Donie

Watching football all night, but I noticed RTE are showing Philomena again.

One of those films you like to watch over and over, I guess.

Like Happy Gilmore.

sligojoek

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Great Rik Mayall documentary on BBC Four right now.









Oh, and apparently football’s coming home. :pac:

EPAndlee

Free Fire just started on Film4+1 for anyone that wants a switch your brain off bombardment of gun violence

Welsh Megaman

Dave Fanning fawning over U2 on BBC Four!

Surely not

EPAndlee

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Dave Fanning fawning over U2 on BBC Four!

Surely not

U2 are Dave Fannings recurring wet Drem

Say Your Number

I miss the Hyundai ad

*sigh*

Ah not really, but still what am I supposed to do this evening, do they expect me to entertain myself or something, suppose RTE's montage will have to do till the withdrawals wear off

https://twitter.com/RTEsoccer/status/1018556468260270080

Pussyhands

Has nothing on the bbcs closing montage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkDlnzwxc2Y

Skid X

Yeah, the barren wastelands of MidSummer don't offer much on the schedules


I see The Krays film 'Legend' is on Film4 tonight at 9pm, I don't think I've seen it

https://twitter.com/Film4/status/1018933286666567680


I love how the poster incorporates lots of Four Star and Five Star reviews ... and the best part being that they took a Two Star review from The Guardian and made it look like a big endorsement

https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2015/sep/09/legend-review-movie-marketing-false-advertising

I didn’t really care for Tom Hardy’s Krays biopic Legend. In my two star review, I called it “disappointingly shallow” and “cartoonish”. I then made the seemingly-safe assumption that Studio Canal, the film’s UK distributor, probably wouldn’t be laminating my work and calling me for a quote.

But in a stroke of brazen genius, the marketing department tasked with selling the shoddy true crime tale decided to embrace the mediocrity of my review and found a devious solution. Note: focus between the ears.

It is very well done, and the chatter about the poster gave the film lots of free publicity. Genius.

Welsh Megaman

Sacha Baron Cohen’s new programme on Channel 4 in five minutes

EPAndlee

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Sacha Baron Cohen’s new programme on Channel 4 in five minutes

Fairly meh so

EPAndlee

I really hope that wasn't scripted

Say Your Number

Kurt Cobain's family were in Newbridge today, for an exhibition of some of his stuff.

What the feck?????

EPAndlee

Say Your Number wrote: »

Kurt Cobain's family were in Newbridge today, for an exhibition of some of his stuff.

What the feck?????

Damn it, I could have taking a sick day

Skid X

On Friday there's a full repeat of this years LLS Country Music Special

It features the people who were also in last years LLS Country Music Special and who will be in next years LLSCountry Music Special, unless they die before then

Welsh Megaman

Even when she’s wearing a giant furry hamster outfit, the Trivago woman is schmokin’!

That is all.

Skid X

I saw this today on KillianM2's youtube channel, classic LLS Postal Quiz action with Gay taking no prisoners.

None of this "what is the Capital of Italy, is it Rome or Letterkenny?" nonsense. If you don't answer the question then you're getting nothing.

EPAndlee

Thanks RTE for reminding me how awful and horrendous country music is

Ol' Donie

There's Nathan Carter.

I literally have not heard of him in month...well, actually, I never heard of him apart from all the air time and repeats RTE give him.

Atlantic Dawn

Skid X wrote: »

I saw this today on KillianM2's youtube channel, classic LLS Postal Quiz action with Gay taking no prisoners.

None of this "what is the Capital of Italy, is it Rome or Letterkenny?" nonsense. If you don't answer the question then you're getting nothing.

Those postal quizes probably kept An Post afloat, I'd say at a conservative estimate you would have had 250k entries each time.

Pussyhands

Nathan Carter and his bro came to ireland to fleece the irish people for their money. Idiot.

He's playing for the pope too.

Skid X

I'm rather pissed off that Virgin Media are losing GOLD and Dave (and a few other channels) over the weekend

https://www.virginmedia.ie/uktv/

I need to get rid of that antiquated cable and get a better setup

I'm watching Natural Born Killers on Dave as a final fling, seeing as it was once banned in Ireland. Hope they don't pull the plug before its over. Woody from Cheers is in it.

Ol' Donie

Skid X wrote: »

Woody from Cheers is in it.

Ha, he's hilarious. Bet it's dead funny.

Skid X

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Ha, he's hilarious. Bet it's dead funny.

Meh, I think I would have enjoyed it a lot more if I had watched it when it came out originally.

Lots of killing and arty direction.

Woody has changed. Needs more Norm.

Ol' Donie

Skid X wrote: »

Meh, I think I would have enjoyed it a lot more if I had watched it when it came out originally.

Lots of killing and arty direction.

Woody has changed. Needs more Norm.

I've yet to see any film or tv show that doesn't need more Norm.

Even Cheers needed more Norm.

Skid X

Ol' Donie wrote: »

I've yet to see any film or tv show that doesn't need more Norm.

Even Cheers needed more Norm.

Could not agree more.

Some young Dutch lad is giving MVG a Darts lesson in Blackpool right now, if anyones into that.

Welsh Megaman

Peter Cook documentary just started on BBC Four.

sligojoek

Great sketch there with Sellers as the boxer/painter

Welsh Megaman

Posing as Hitler’s toothbrush

Skid X

TG4 show a Peter Cook film 'The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer' from time to time.

He's brilliant in it, he had so much talent he should have been a huge star in Hollywood and yet Dudley Moore had far more success there.

Anyway, here's that Michael Rimmer film in full on Youtube

https://film.avclub.com/the-rise-and-rise-of-michael-rimmer-1798168195

EPAndlee

Watching Legend on Film4, don't remember it been this funny

Atlantic Dawn

Whoy they couldn't have given the Miriam show to Sean Moncrieff, George Hook, Marian Finucane, etc etc is beyond me, surely it was a dead cert seam of gold that slot in the summer months when zero other live chat shows existed?

EPAndlee

Sky living +1 if anyone wants to see the man that inspired Psycho

Skid X

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Whoy they couldn't have given the Miriam show to Sean Moncrieff, George Hook, Marian Finucane, etc etc is beyond me,

It's a very reasonable question, and I suspect the answer is that if the replacement was even vaguely competent they would further expose Mir, Tubs and Darcy as being grossly overpaid and not particularly good at interviewing.

It suits RTE to show bargain basement old films instead - the last thing they want is new talent coming through. What a mess.

Welsh Megaman

Who’s up for ‘The Nathan Carter Show’ tonight?





OK, point taken.

Ol' Donie

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Who’s up for ‘The Nathan Carter Show’ tonight?





OK, point taken.

:D:D

Ol' Donie

The info for Nathan says it's the first of a new series.

In fact, he just confirmed it himself.

His first guest us Shane Filan! You might know Sean Filan from turning up on every single one of these RTE shows despite not having done anything whatsoever of note apart from being in that boyband years ago.

Ol' Donie

I can't help noticing there isn't a single drink of any sort - not even a mug of Complan - to be seen on any of the tables the audience are sitting around.

Ol' Donie

"It's a song off my new album. It was written by Richard Marx of Right Here Waiting For You fame!"

Skid X

Richard Marx does be on the Twitter slagging off Trump, he's quite good at it. Like when Trump was making up stuff he didn't say to Putin

https://twitter.com/richardmarx/status/1019470147017293825

Ol' Donie

Skid X wrote: »

Richard Marx does be on the Twitter slagging off Trump, he's quite good at it. Like when Trump was making up stuff he didn't say to Putin

https://twitter.com/richardmarx/status/1019470147017293825

Hahaha that's brilliant!

Marx, you can sit over beside Blunt in that little group.

Welsh Megaman

Just seen on instagram, the non Late Late personality Ryan ‘Tubs’ Tubridy was at the Paul ‘Macca’ McCartney gig in the Cavern yesterday.

No doubt dying to ask him how he felt when Linda died.





Not jealous.

Ol' Donie

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Just seen on instagram, the non Late Late personality Ryan ‘Tubs’ Tubridy was at the Paul ‘Macca’ McCartney gig in the Cavern yesterday.

No doubt dying to ask him how he felt when Linda died.





Not jealous.

Oh, I would have loved to be there.

Get the old "Pete forever, Ringo never" movement going again.

As if it ever went away.

Welsh Megaman

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Oh, I would have loved to be there.

Get the old "Pete forever, Ringo never" movement going again.

As if it ever went away.

Or “Brendan forever, D’Arcy never”.

Welsh Megaman

Don’t worry, Macca had Ryan thrown out of The Cavern when he requested ‘The Frog Chorus’.

Atlantic Dawn

Not putting a replacement for Miriams summer show was a sign of how completely devoid of any business sense RTE are.

Ol' Donie

Skid X wrote: »

It's a very reasonable question, and I suspect the answer is that if the replacement was even vaguely competent they would further expose Mir, Tubs and Darcy as being grossly overpaid and not particularly good at interviewing.

It suits RTE to show bargain basement old films instead - the last thing they want is new talent coming through. What a mess.

Tommy Tiernan show on right now.

Reminded me of this post. He's a million times better than the other two.

Listening to what his guests say, the mad b*stard!

Welsh Megaman

‘Stewart Lee’s Content Provider’ on BBC Two right now

Skid X

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Tommy Tiernan show on right now.

Reminded me of this post. He's a million times better than the other two.

Listening to what his guests say, the mad b*stard!

Yeah he does a good interview does TT

I said it before, but they should have commissioned a new series of Tommy's show as a Mireplacement for this Summer.

Even a wee 4 week run of Tommeh would have been better than this Talk Show Drought we are enduring.

Welsh Megaman

It’s coming home!
It’s coming home!
It’s coming!
Hockey’s coming home!

My god, you Irish don’t half go on about women’s hockey!

If you win it, will you promise not to go on about it, unlike the way you go on about Italia ‘90?

(See what I’m doing here? )



Anyhoo, the classic ‘Lock Up’ with Sly on TV3 tonight

Ol' Donie

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

It’s coming home!
It’s coming home!
It’s coming!
Hockey’s coming home!

My god, you Irish don’t half go on about women’s hockey!

If you win it, will you promise not to go on about it, unlike the way you go on about Italia ‘90?

(See what I’m doing here? )



Anyhoo, the classic ‘Lock Up’ with Sly on TV3 tonight

Hey, I've always been a big fan of hockey, dudes or chicks, as long as we're winning.

I remember that time I loved cricket for a day when we beat...a team...(was it England or something?) in the...was it the World Cup?

C'mon Ireland!