Amy Huberman. Finding Joy.

Elmo

The first episode had all of the problems of the previous series

No development, it’s got an idea it has a script but no one re-read and you need this changed, and don’t bother with this. Because this the show flips from one place to another for no reason.

The cast aren’t terrible but they aren’t working with very much.

If there were other Irish Drama being produce it would relatively go under the radar, but as this is one of 2 only from RTÉ it gets hyped up.

In term of cost, I imagine the cameo from Neil Morrissey was costly, not only his fee but also the flight and hotel and ultimately unnecessary.

The new tarot card reading flat mate was added to give it an English dimension, part of RTÉ said policy on co-productions, one character must be English!

saabsaab

Deleted User wrote: »

I concur, her talent lies in dispensing coffee and biscuits in the RTÉ canteen. That, and being married to BOD magically opens doors.

Are you saying if I was married to GBOD doors would open for me too?

Hangdogroad

Ouch!

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/ireland/tv-review-finding-joy-cosc-pjlv58w5n

jill_valentine

Deleted User wrote: »

I concur, her talent lies in dispensing coffee and biscuits in the RTÉ canteen. That, and being married to BOD magically opens doors.

Threesome predated BOD afaik, and it wasn't an RTE production. I thoroughly enjoyed it and she struck a good line in making a potentially very unlikable character - drugged out orgies, abortion jokes, consistently terrible person - quite charming.

Threesome had some fairly edgy comedy at times, the tone was somewhere between Spaced and Catastrophe, so I was always a little baffled at where she went from there.

Man Vs ManUre

The only good show she ever did was ‘On home ground’ I think it was called. About the gaa.

unplayable

watched this with a very open mind. a few laughs. huberman not funnt at all imo. co star with the baby at the end was great. fairly basic tbh but i suppose they need content. i cant imagine its very expensive to make. neil morrisey for ten seconds just bizarre.

Elmo

Man Vs ManUre wrote: »

The only good show she ever did was ‘On home ground’ I think it was called. About the gaa.

God! And that was panned but fortunately she made her was to The Clinic.

Rockbeast2

Man Vs ManUre wrote: »

The only good show she ever did was ‘On home ground’ I think it was called. About the gaa.

Thank you for reminding me of Ireland's greatest beauty. A wonderfully talented actress too.

Dominique McElligot AKA Cora Collins from On Home Ground

https://m.imdb.com/name/nm1069800/mediaviewer/rm2886576896

Muahahaha

Cali_girl wrote: »

I haven't seen any of this one so not fair to comment, but what does really really really annoy me is that I know so many HUGELY talented actors/writers/comics who are truly deserving and have such different, new, interesting, refreshing, funny voices and views. And I would really rather my licence fee support them.

Nothing on Amy, 'cos she's just doing her thing.

But the lack of support and development of new and emerging talent (both old and young) is unforgivable.

Yeah that is the annoying thing about RTE, every program they serve up that is a load of dross also represents the tons of good actors and writers who cannot get work in Ireland and have to head to London. As said up the thread RTE commissioning is based on patronage not talent.

ziedth

While the show is far from perfect if you look at Irish comedienne Aisling Bea's Netflix show "This way Up" (That she also wrote and produced like Huberman) and you'd be horrifed that finding Joy somehow gets made let alone finds a second season.


Even the show which I didn't really like with Katherine Ryan was considerably better. I have nothing against Amy Huberman by any means and by all accounts what little I have seen of her in interviewws etc. (And i watched with the wife and ending quite enjoying striking out) she seems perfectly lovely but she's stealing a living carrying a comedy show IMO.

FrancieBrady

It's basically Amy making a series of faces. Nice money if you can get it.

Hangdogroad

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Ouch!

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/ireland/tv-review-finding-joy-cosc-pjlv58w5n

Without looking, i can guess Her.ie/Goss/Indo and the like, gave it "glowing" reviews and compared it to greats like Seinfeld/Fraiser/Blackadder etc and the "journalists" eventually found 3 positive tweets about it

California Dreamer

Rockbeast2 wrote: »

Thank you for reminding me of Ireland's greatest beauty. A wonderfully talented actress too.

Dominique McElligot AKA Cora Collins from On Home Ground

https://m.imdb.com/name/nm1069800/mediaviewer/rm2886576896

Plus her fantastic roles in House of Cards and Astronauts Wives Club.

Such an underrated and underexposed actress that picks some fantastic roles.

arcticmonkeys

California Dreamer wrote: »

Plus her fantastic roles in House of Cards and Astronauts Wives Club.

Such an underrated and underexposed actress that picks some fantastic roles.

Speaking of underexposed I watched I'm thinking of ending things last week and had no idea jessie Buckley was Irish very talented actress and singer. I never understand how the likes of Paul Mescal Saorsie Ronan get all the attention and are such "Irish" media darlings yet others go under the radar.

Man Vs ManUre

arcticmonkeys wrote: »

Speaking of underexposed I watched I'm thinking of ending things last week and had no idea jessie Buckley was Irish very talented actress and singer. I never understand how the likes of Paul Mescal Saorsie Ronan get all the attention and are such "Irish" media darlings yet others go under the radar.

Check out her film Beast it’s pretty good.

Samsgirl

I really wanted to like this i like Amy and her Instagram is hilarious.

This is pure cringe, worst being the back to school part.
Didn't even finish the 1st episode and have taken it off the series link.

bigpink

Samsgirl wrote: »

I really wanted to like this i like Amy and her Instagram is hilarious.

This is pure cringe, worst being the back to school part.
Didn't even finish the 1st episode and have taken it off the series link.

Can I ask I hear this all the time she is hilarious and gas and her Instagram is great what does she actually do on Instagram?

Samsgirl

bigpink wrote: »

Can I ask I hear this all the time she is hilarious and gas and her Instagram is great what does she actually do on Instagram?

Her posts can be quite funny. Her observational humour is quirky. Thats just my opinion. Others may differ.

Be right back

arcticmonkeys wrote: »

Speaking of underexposed I watched I'm thinking of ending things last week and had no idea jessie Buckley was Irish very talented actress and singer. I never understand how the likes of Paul Mescal Saorsie Ronan get all the attention and are such "Irish" media darlings yet others go under the radar.

Jessie Buckley is brilliant in Chernobyl and War and peace as well.

bigpink

Samsgirl wrote: »

Her posts can be quite funny. Her observational humour is quirky. Thats just my opinion. Others may differ.

Any links to funny stuff?Is it a different style to finding joy

bigpink

bigpink wrote: »

Any links to funny stuff?Is it a different style to finding joy

she appeals to those who live their lives on instagram/pintrest, those who follow the lifes of these influencers and their silly manufactured drama/pay attention to me posts and just repeats silly irish mom type tweets - she's a glorified influencer and has a relentless pr team to push on to the poor irish public and someone in RTE just loves her .

https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-reviews/finding-joy-review-what-possessed-rte-to-make-more-of-amy-hubermans-lame-self-indulgent-tv-drivel-39617601.html

Surprisingly the indo went in hard on her despite the same rag putting out a daily pointless story about her

tylercheribini

I think a significant audience will tune in to see how bad it actually is.

Elmo

Tanner Crooked Armchair wrote: »

she appeals to those who live their lives on instagram/pintrest, those who follow the lifes of these influencers and their silly manufactured drama/pay attention to me posts and just repeats silly irish mom type tweets - she's a glorified influencer and has a relentless pr team to push on to the poor irish public and someone in RTE just loves her .

https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-reviews/finding-joy-review-what-possessed-rte-to-make-more-of-amy-hubermans-lame-self-indulgent-tv-drivel-39617601.html

Surprisingly the indo went in hard on her despite the same rag putting out a daily pointless story about her

I have no problem with Amy Huberman being liked.

We are going to see alot more of this type of thing and the South Westerlies over the coming years. Screen Ireland are aiming purely at foreign markets and they will have the bulk of money for TV Drama from now on. These are simple TV troupes that will either be produced by Hallmark or ZDF to sell around the world.

Muahahaha

Tanner Crooked Armchair wrote: »

she appeals to those who live their lives on instagram/pintrest, those who follow the lifes of these influencers and their silly manufactured drama/pay attention to me posts and just repeats silly irish mom type tweets - she's a glorified influencer and has a relentless pr team to push on to the poor irish public and someone in RTE just loves her .

https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-reviews/finding-joy-review-what-possessed-rte-to-make-more-of-amy-hubermans-lame-self-indulgent-tv-drivel-39617601.html

Surprisingly the indo went in hard on her despite the same rag putting out a daily pointless story about her

That article in the Indo is by their TV critic Pat Stacey and Im not surprised that he slated Finding Joy as Stacey is about the only honest journalist when it comes to all things RTE. He also wrote a stinging article slating Striking Out as well. Meanwhile over on the Fashion & Celebrity desk in the Indo they'll still continue on blowing smoke up Hubermans hole.

IAMAMORON

Women who make a living out of being attractive and sexy should not be bothering to complicate things.

Attractive women are never funny, it goes against the grain.

zoobizoo

IAMAMORON wrote: »

Attractive women are never funny, it goes against the grain.

Are you extremely single or married to a hilarious ugly woman..... ?

I know plenty of attractive funny women.

IAMAMORON

zoobizoo wrote: »

Are you extremely single or married to a hilarious ugly woman..... ?

I know plenty of attractive funny women.

Don't get me wrong, of course there are a few out there. ( attractive women who can tell the odd joke )

But in general attractive women rarely have to play the humour card. It is a fact.

Do you reckon the all time leading Irish try scorer is attracted to her cutting idiosyncratic wit?

fran38

Tanner Crooked Armchair wrote: »

she appeals to those who live their lives on instagram/pintrest, those who follow the lifes of these influencers and their silly manufactured drama/pay attention to me posts and just repeats silly irish mom type tweets - she's a glorified influencer and has a relentless pr team to push on to the poor irish public and someone in RTE just loves her .

https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-reviews/finding-joy-review-what-possessed-rte-to-make-more-of-amy-hubermans-lame-self-indulgent-tv-drivel-39617601.html

Surprisingly the indo went in hard on her despite the same rag putting out a daily pointless story about her

Can someone cut and paste the article please. It's behind a paywall and i don't want to subscribe to the Indo.

zoobizoo

IAMAMORON wrote: »

Don't get me wrong, of course there are a few out there. ( attractive women who can tell the odd joke )

But in general attractive women rarely have to play the humour card. It is a fact.

Do you reckon the all time leading Irish try scorer is attracted to her cutting idiosyncratic wit?

Do you ever engage with attractive women? Doesn't read like it. Or possibly their humour is beyond you.


Do I wonder why a man is attracted to his wife? Not really, no.

IAMAMORON

zoobizoo wrote: »

Do you ever engage with attractive women? Doesn't read like it. Or possibly their humour is beyond you.


Do I wonder why a man is attracted to his wife? Not really, no.

You sound gorgeous to be honest.

Your lack of a sense of humour is a big giveaway.

Truthvader

IAMAMORON wrote: »

Women who make a living out of being attractive and sexy should not be bothering to complicate things.

Attractive women are never funny, it goes against the grain.

Two words

Aisling f*cking Bea

IAMAMORON

Truthvader wrote: »

Two words

Aisling f*cking Bea

On a grammatically technical level that is actually a transitive verb stuck between a name. ( as opposed to 3 words )

She is not the worst, at least she can write.

zoobizoo

IAMAMORON wrote: »

You sound gorgeous to be honest.

Your lack of a sense of humour is a big giveaway.

I'm male.

But thanks.

johnire

That ended that conversation!!!!
Thank you for making me laugh out loud.

zoobizoo wrote: »

I'm male.

But thanks.

IAMAMORON

johnire wrote: »

That ended that conversation!!!!
Thank you for making me laugh out loud.

Don't tell me... you're an attractive woman?

Omackeral

Truthvader wrote: »

Two words

Aisling f*cking Bea

That’s three words.

StevenToast

Muahahaha wrote: »

That article in the Indo is by their TV critic Pat Stacey and Im not surprised that he slated Finding Joy as Stacey is about the only honest journalist when it comes to all things RTE. He also wrote a stinging article slating Striking Out as well. Meanwhile over on the Fashion & Celebrity desk in the Indo they'll still continue on blowing smoke up Hubermans hole.

100% agree...

Pat Stacey deserves a huge amount of respect...

I value his opinion on TV and movies

Elmo

StevenToast wrote: »

100% agree...

Pat Stacey deserves a huge amount of respect...

I value his opinion on TV and movies

Yeah he's a national treasure, but who isn't these days.

seligehgit

StevenToast wrote: »

100% agree...

Pat Stacey deserves a huge amount of respect...

I value his opinion on TV and movies

Ditto Liam Fay.

bigpink

Samsgirl wrote: »

Her posts can be quite funny. Her observational humour is quirky. Thats just my opinion. Others may differ.

Can you give an example please?

starlit

I was looking forward to the new series I thought first episode was only ok.

Elmo

bigpink wrote: »

Can you give an example please?

I don't follow her but I have heard similar from others. Comedy and humour is subjective.

Her posts on Twitter and on Instagram got her noticed as being amusing and lead to the development of Finding Joy.

She had starred in some other comedies also by this point.

I know she wrote Finding Joy but I don't think she should be totally blamed. Either for the decision by TV executives to insist on the show and their view of her as Ireland's sweetheart, both of these things are much worst than the show itself.

The show is there to be picked up by other providers, its a co-pro with Acorn and ZDF. This is RTÉ's new way of doing drama/comedy.... get someone else to pick up the bill and we will happily show it.

The first episode tanked 203,000 adult viewers, and it went out before The Snapper which always gets a good audience, they have it schedule next to MI: Fallout next week, if it losses viewers it will have epically failed, even more so than the previous season.

fran38

fran38 wrote: »

Can someone cut and paste the article please. It's behind a paywall and i don't want to subscribe to the Indo.

"But still, it’s one more joke than I could find in the entirety of the latest episode of Amy Huberman’s self-penned sitcom, on which she’s also an associate producer. Actually, I’m not even sure if “sitcom” is the right word for Finding Joy. There was no “com” and very little “sit”, either.

Joy is a vlogger. Beyond that, what’s it actually about? Nothing, apparently. It’s a series predicated on the assumption viewers will find Huberman as adorably and kooky as RTÉ seems to find her.

Joy takes part in a daft, overpriced cod-rebirthing ceremony. Joy has some flashbacks about being bullied at school. Joy goes back to said school to give a talk (she thinks she’s been invited, not realising one of her staff has organised it) and encounters her old bully. Or maybe she doesn’t. I don’t know. It’s hard to tell whether she’s imagining it. Whatever.

Joy, trying to get down with the kids, accidentally smokes some dope, so she gets giggly, sees a nun and runs away, screaming “Sketch!”

She’s still stoned when she gets some drive-thru fast food. Who should stick his head through the hatch but Neil Morrissey, her co-star in the dire Striking Out.

Seemingly, other star faces, including Pat Shortt, will be popping up in cameos in future episodes. It’s a testament to Huberman’s contacts book, if not to anything else.

It just rambles on and on like this, pointlessly, from one shapeless, random scene to the next, for 25 minutes that feel like a lifetime. Huberman can act, we know that; we’ve seen her do it elsewhere. But nobody acts here. They just gurn and mug and shout and shriek.

Finding Joy is a self-indulgent vanity project, a one-woman-band performance by someone who can’t play all the instruments properly."

pat short's not a major score - he appears at the opening of a crisp packet ffs

Muahahaha

203,000 views seems very poor for a prime time Saturday night slot right after the news, a lot of people must have lurched for the remote control once the news was finished. Even D'arcy was doing bigger numbers than 203k in the same slot

tylercheribini

Muahahaha wrote: »

203,000 views seems very poor for a prime time Saturday night slot right after the news, a lot of people must have lurched for the remote control once the news was finished. Even D'arcy was doing bigger numbers than 203k in the same slot

That wont stop them commissioning a third series.

Samsgirl

Tanner Crooked Armchair wrote: »

she appeals to those who live their lives on instagram/pintrest, those who follow the lifes of these influencers and their silly manufactured drama/pay attention to me posts and just repeats silly irish mom type tweets - she's a glorified influencer and has a relentless pr team to push on to the poor irish public and someone in RTE just loves her .

https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-reviews/finding-joy-review-what-possessed-rte-to-make-more-of-amy-hubermans-lame-self-indulgent-tv-drivel-39617601.html

Surprisingly the indo went in hard on her despite the same rag putting out a daily pointless story about her

I have to disagree there. I definitely do not live my life on Instagram nor do I follow the lifes of influencers.

I just pointed it that I find her posts funny. So please do not pass judgement on someone you don't even know.

Everyone is entitled to.their own opinion without being categorised and belittled.

hamburgham

seligehgit wrote: »

Ditto Liam Fay.

Liam Fay wrote a fantastic piece annihilating Tubridy in the Sunday Times a few years ago. It was hilarious yet laser point accurate, expressing exactly what I felt about him but could never articulate as well as he did.

mr_edge_to_you

So my wife decided she wanted to form her "own opinion" on this so I was able to watch it last night. My God, it was awful.

In the year 2020, RTE still can't do comedy.

Hangdogroad

Elmo wrote: »

I don't follow her but I have heard similar from others. Comedy and humour is subjective.

Her posts on Twitter and on Instagram got her noticed as being amusing and lead to the development of Finding Joy.

She had starred in some other comedies also by this point.

I know she wrote Finding Joy but I don't think she should be totally blamed. Either for the decision by TV executives to insist on the show and their view of her as Ireland's sweetheart, both of these things are much worst than the show itself.

The show is there to be picked up by other providers, its a co-pro with Acorn and ZDF. This is RTÉ's new way of doing drama/comedy.... get someone else to pick up the bill and we will happily show it.

The first episode tanked 203,000 adult viewers, and it went out before The Snapper which always gets a good audience, they have it schedule next to MI: Fallout next week, if it losses viewers it will have epically failed, even more so than the previous season.

I dont get the "Irelands" sweetheart, national treasure" thing . I mean shes not a household name..

Be right back

I saw the trailer for episode 2. Painful. Won't be tuning in!!