Brendan O'Connor's Time Out

Skid X

BOCTO (not Bosco) is a three part interview series from Brendan O'Connor, just one guest each week. Starts tonight.

The guests are

Majella O'Donnell (week 1)
Michael Harding (week 2)
Nile Rodgers (week 3)

Is there any point?
Does this need a thread?

There's only one way to find out ...

Stanford

OMG not the same jaded B list celebs again

Sardonicat

NiIe Rodgers?
NILE RODGERS?

As in "Le Freak? C'est chique! " Nile Rodgers?

Try_harder

Sardonicat wrote: »

NiIe Rodgers?
NILE RODGERS?

As in "Le Freak? C'est chique! " Nile Rodgers?

Yeah Le IRS must be after him

Skid X

Sardonicat wrote: »

NiIe Rodgers?
NILE RODGERS?

As in "Le Freak? C'est chique! " Nile Rodgers?

Yeah

Stanford

I suppose we can expect a slew of Sunday Indo hacks as well.............

Sardonicat

Ok then...
Brain not computing but have a mighty disco earworm now so not complaining.

Stanford

""Brendan, 48, revealed he doesn’t want his old show back as he’s not prepared to feign interest in his guests"...The Sun

""More details are revealed in this week’s RTÉ Guide with Brendan saying: "I’m more excited about this show than anything I’ve done before.."" RTE Guide

jrkb

I know the first guest because she is on absolutely every chat show but who are the other two?

Skid X

It's similar to The Meaning Of Life (the Gay Byrne interview show, not the Monty Python Film), without the lip service to Religion.

Sardonicat

It sounds like that show John Bishop does, forget which channel.

Nile certainly had an interesting life. Can't stomach the interviewer, though.

Thargor

So after about 200 interviews with Majella O Donnel, a Room to Improve and multiple other shows, RTE then decide to do a new series of Daniel and Majella's B&B Road Trip tonight followed by an hour long interview with her, then the Nathan Carter show to round things off. What an absolute joke of a channel.

honeybear

Thargor wrote: »

So after about 200 interviews with Majella O Donnel, a Room to Improve and multiple other shows, RTE then decide to do a new series of Daniel and Majella's B&B Road Trip tonight followed by an hour long interview with her, then the Nathan Carter show to round things off. What an absolute joke of a channel.

I think last week (or week before) we had a double dose of Nathan. For prime Friday night viewing!!!

NIMAN

This is only a 3 part series, isn't it?

And 3 crap guests have already been named.

Surely Majella has been asked every single question there is possible by now, she's done hundreds of interviews.

Gen.Zhukov

Thargor wrote: »

So after about 200 interviews with Majella O Donnel, a Room to Improve and multiple other shows, RTE then decide to do a new series of Daniel and Majella's B&B Road Trip tonight followed by an hour long interview with her, then the Nathan Carter show to round things off. What an absolute joke of a channel.

My mouth wants its words back

bobbyss

Majella O'Donnell.

Before she married Daniel what was she doing?
Why is she famous?
C rate guest by now.

When I heard of this show first, I thought brilliant. Until I saw the guest list. I'm sure Brendan was disappointed too with the line up overall.

I'm watching Heat on Dave- seen it many times but hey, it's still good.

Thargor

honeybear wrote: »

I think last week (or week before) we had a double dose of Nathan. For prime Friday night viewing!!!

Deleted User wrote: »

When I heard of this show first, I thought brilliant. Until I saw the guest list. I'm sure Brendan was disappointed too with the line up overall.

I'm watching Heat on Dave- seen it many times but hey, it's still good.

The lineup is a joke, its like a WaterfordWhispers pisstake of how up their own arse in their tiny little bubble the staff in RTE are.

It reminds me of godawful sites like Her.ie and Expose that still pop up in my newsfeed no matter how many times I downvote them, utterly generic Glenda Gilson article, followed by Pippa O Connor article, followed by some other Expose presenter or Vogue Williams article, but the celebrity pool in Ireland is so small and inbred that they have to go back to Glenda Gilson and repeat the cycle again.

sligojoek

So, was it any good?

KevinCavan

Will we get to listen to Majella talking about her depression again? Cue audience clap at end and Brendan saying what a strong woman she is. I’m licking my lips already.

Skid X

sligojoek wrote: »

So, was it any good?

I flicked in and out of it, no offence to Majella but I doubt if she was top of their guest wishlist when they were planning the series. There was a lively exchange where she accused Brendan of having taken digs at Daniel O'Donnell on his Saturday Night and Cutting Edge Show.

It was reasonable but for this format to work the guests need to be people who we haven't seen as regular interviewees on other RTE shows.

AndrewJRenko

Thargor wrote: »

It reminds me of godawful sites like Her.ie and Expose that still pop up in my newsfeed no matter how many times I downvote them, utterly generic Glenda Gilson article, followed by Pippa O Connor article, followed by some other Expose presenter or Vogue Williams article, but the celebrity pool in Ireland is so small and inbred that they have to go back to Glenda Gilson and repeat the cycle again.

Just block those sites and you'll never see them again.

Skid X

Sardonicat wrote: »

NiIe Rodgers?
NILE RODGERS?

As in "Le Freak? C'est chique! " Nile Rodgers?

Incidentally, BBC4 has a repeat of all 3 parts of Nile Rodgers series "Nile Rodgers - How To Make It In The Music Business" next Friday from Midnight to 3am

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b097f5b2/episodes/guide

Probably contains all the anecdotes he will be telling Brendan the following week.

The Crowman

jrkb wrote: »

I know the first guest because she is on absolutely every chat show but who are the other two?

You don't know who Nile Rodgers is?

Duggie2012

and yer man harding has been flogged to death on the late late show like 50 million times. is there nobody there with any imagination atal. truely is pathetic.

Radio5

A filler show really. I suppose they are trying to keep Brendan onside having given his Saturday gig to D'Arcy.

Atlantic Dawn

Michael Harding tonight.

Kristopherus

Duggie2012 wrote: »

and yer man harding has been flogged to death on the late late show like 50 million times. is there nobody there with any imagination atal. truely is pathetic.

Who do you want so? John Gilligan...........oh wait......... he's in a spot of bother up North :D:D.

Skid X

I get the impression Michael Harding much prefers it when he is controlling the interview.

When Brendan asks him a question he isn't comfortable with he diverts into one of his whimsical anecdotes as soon as possible.

hawkwing

Wtf is this lad on about

Atlantic Dawn

hawkwing wrote: »

Wtf is this lad on about

I should have went on the drink about 5pm, it would all make perfect sense now

AllForIt

hawkwing wrote: »

Wtf is this lad on about

Those kinds of ppl have their own special way of talking absolute shyte.

Atlantic Dawn

Oh great Sundays Rich List is on Thursday night, this will only be the 3rd time they have shown it at prime time.

AllForIt

I could with a bird to relieve me of my morose introspection too.

Skid X

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Oh great Sundays Rich List is on Thursday night, this will only be the 3rd time they have shown it at prime time.

Wildly inaccurate estimates of individuals wealth, and people suck it up and believe every word of it. Load of nonsense.

If you had a few quid it would take you a while to determine a reasonable estimate of your assets, even with access to all your documents and accounts.

I prefer the estates and wills listings. You get a nice accurate figure of what someone left behind, down to the last shilling!

sligojoek

AllForIt wrote: »

Those kinds of ppl have their own special way of talking absolute shyte.

You can read his absolute shyte in the Sind every week too.

Not watching tonight but I hope to Meet MH tomorrow evening. My daughter has 2 paintings in an exhibition and he's doing the opening.

Lisha

I love Michael Harding and I also love Brendan O Connor.

Atlantic Dawn

Skid X wrote: »

I prefer the estates and wills listings. You get a nice accurate figure of what someone left behind, down to the last shilling!

And it's usually those that you figure wouldn't have much more than a ultra fancy pot to piss in by the shrewd way they go about their business and don't go getting themselves a Lambo, yet leave €30 million.

DJIMI TRARORE

Interesting character Harding,different outlook on life and beliefs,whether that's from depression or has he always thought Like this I dunno. He comes across as a bit eccentric but very honest

Atlantic Dawn

They should put proper labels on drink "May cause the fear"

Atlantic Dawn

Ffs, snowflakeville, next you will need to put a jaysus liferaft beside your bath incase you drown.

honeybear

The first time I heard MH being interviewed I thought he was lovely. As the year progressed, J had overkill of listening to him as he was Everywhere promoting his book and then his play.

Radio5

honeybear wrote: »

The first time I heard MH being interviewed I thought he was lovely. As the year progressed, J had overkill of listening to him as he was Everywhere promoting his book and then his play.

That tends to happen in Ireland. Everything is overdone and the same people, no matter how interested or talented, tend to appear over and over again on a variety of subjects. In fact the less talent you have the more you are heard, witness Vogue/Roz et al.

I head Michael Harding interviewed at a book festival some years ago and he was excellent. Don't think RTE TV has had a specialist arts/books/ theatre programme for a while now so the outlets for TV interviews (other than the painful D'arcy and Tubridy) are limited this kind of random show.

Skid X

"Thanks for doing this, Nile, I really appreciate it, like"

"Hey, no problem Brendan my Man. Say - who else have you got doing this show?"

"Eh ... so, tell us about that time you didn't get into Studio 54 on New Years Eve ... "

Skid X

I am enjoying this, Nile is a great interviewee.

Atlantic Dawn

Skid X wrote: »

"Eh ... so, tell us about that time you didn't get into Studio 54 on New Years Eve ... "

Bingo

Atlantic Dawn

Skid X wrote: »

I am enjoying this, Nile is a great interviewee.

Such a hard upbringing he seemed to have yet turned out to be one of the most chilled out and down to earth people you will see in modern life.

Skid X

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Bingo

:pac:

Never in doubt!

Say Your Number

Love the bassline that 'La Freak' song.

MattressRick

He's a good talker Nile! Brendan hasn't asked a question in ages

Atlantic Dawn

Imagine owning a guitar since 1975.