David McSavage

Beechwoodspark

tylercheribini wrote: »

True but I have a particular hatred of the church and all it represents.

Well aren’t you

Special !!

Beechwoodspark

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Andrews self admitted he stole that act from short

Ive never seen Pat Shortt play that type of role

tylercheribini

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Well aren’t you

Special !!

Be quite troll.

Beechwoodspark

Ppl need to YouTube the dunbelivanles

99 percent of the act is what Andrews appropriated. .

tylercheribini

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Ppl need to YouTube the dunbelivanles

99 percent of the act is what Andrews appropriated. .

The rural-gombeen-Oirish man is certainly not a Pat Shortt creation.

Strumms

MrAbyss wrote: »

Isn't he from a posh family and hence the only reason we have heard of him?

To be fair, I really wouldn’t be a fan one way or another but he started off busking on Wicklow St, Grafton St and around the place a number of years ago and he was pretty good, just off the cuff, interaction with the public, so he’s got where he is by working hard and putting in the hard yards...

Beechwoodspark

tylercheribini wrote: »

The rural-gombeen-Oirish man is certainly not a Pat Shortt creation.

Keep diggin

Plenty watchin

FixdePitchmark

Church on Tuesday wrote: »

Well Savage Eye was the best comedy on RTÉ in years, so yeah I have a lot of time for him.

And Paths to Freedom two best pieces of Irish comedy ever (imo).

McSavage has that on edge personality as part of his act , but you get a sense that is his actual personality too.

Remember him referring to his family/ father and basically he seemed to have a fairly troubled relationship with his family.

He seems to have been in dark places , and it certainly is used in a positive way to bring his comedy to a level nobody else goes to in Ireland.

He comes across as a bit of an arsehole, but I love him anyway.

tylercheribini

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

And Paths to Freedom two best pieces of Irish comedy ever (imo).

McSavage has that on edge personality as part of his act , but you get a sense that is his actual personality too.

Remember him referring to his family/ father and basically he seemed to have a fairly troubled relationship with his family.

He seems to have been in dark places , and it certainly is used in a positive way to bring his comedy to a level nobody else goes to in Ireland.

He comes across as a bit of an arsehole, but I love him anyway.

His chat show appearances always seemed like just an extension of his sketch show routine, I dont think we have ever seen close to the real him, who knows though?

Beechwoodspark

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Ppl need to YouTube the dunbelivanles

99 percent of the act is what Andrews appropriated. .

Nonsense. Ive never seen Pat Shortt play a bar man character in any sketch, nor have i seen anything similar to Mick in any of his sketches

tylercheribini

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Keep diggin

Plenty watchin

Stage-Irish depictions of the common eejit were around long before Shortt and co. Eg Punch magazine

Could do with investing in Rhinoplasty.

humberklog

washman3 wrote: »

without giving too much away, what street in Dublin is that pub..??

Beside the Ha'Penny Bridge.

Beechwoodspark

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Nonsense. Ive never seen Pat Shortt play a bar man character in any sketch, nor have i seen anything similar to Mick in any of his sketches

You obviously haven’t seen much of dunbelievables or pats solo material or even killinacully where pat wrote a big part for the bar man.

I know for a fact pat pulled Andrews up on a few things and Andrews apologized.

Shout out to Jon Kenny too

tylercheribini

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

You obviously haven’t seen much of dunbelievables or pats solo material or even killinacully where pat wrote a big part for the bar man.

I know for a fact pat pulled Andrews up on a few things and Andrews apologized.

Shout out to Jon Kenny too

Cool, do you know who really killed Kennedy also?

Beechwoodspark

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

You obviously haven’t seen much of dunbelievables or pats solo material or even killinacully where pat wrote a big part for the bar man.

I know for a fact pat pulled Andrews up on a few things and Andrews apologized.

Shout out to Jon Kenny too

The bar man in Killinascully, Jacksy, is nothing like Mick the Bull. Ive seen Jon Kenny play a bar man in one of d'unbelievables videos and again he's nothing like Mick the Bull. Nonsense comparison

Just YouTube his absolute cringe fest appearance on the late late with pat Kenny where he performed his pigeon song.

Watching through your fingers type of cringe.

Beechwoodspark

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Just YouTube his absolute cringe fest appearance on the late late with pat Kenny where he performed his pigeon song.

Watching through your fingers type of cringe.

It was absolutely brutal.

Shockingly bad

Beechwoodspark

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

It was absolutely brutal.

Shockingly bad

Unintentionally his funniest moment

tylercheribini

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

It was absolutely brutal.

Shockingly bad

Incredible performance,probably my all time favourite.

bcklschaps

'Savage Eye' was the most consistently funny comedy sketch show on RTE ever (at least in my memory, I'm in my 40's).

Good supporting cast on it too ...John Colleary is superb.

I seen David McSavage do standup once or twice many moons ago and he was top class. Proper thought out edgey stuff.... not the shouty **** of Jason Byrne or later years Tommy Tiernan etc.

Church on Tuesday

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

And Paths to Freedom two best pieces of Irish comedy ever (imo).

McSavage has that on edge personality as part of his act , but you get a sense that is his actual personality too.

Remember him referring to his family/ father and basically he seemed to have a fairly troubled relationship with his family.

He seems to have been in dark places , and it certainly is used in a positive way to bring his comedy to a level nobody else goes to in Ireland.

He comes across as a bit of an arsehole, but I love him anyway.

Completely forgot about Paths to Freedom! that was excellent, must watch it again.

I think McSavage has also admitted to struggling with depression and alcoholism as well.

LaFuton

i think he's a homosexual.

(a non biased statement of description)

Stacksofwacks

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

You obviously haven’t seen much of dunbelievables or pats solo material or even killinacully where pat wrote a big part for the bar man.

I know for a fact pat pulled Andrews up on a few things and Andrews apologized.

Shout out to Jon Kenny too

This. Jon Kenny was the manic funny one in D'unbelievable, Shortt just kind of went along on his coattails. Look at Kenny's early sketches with D'unbelievable and you'll see the Bull Mick or whatever he's called. The one where he does the butcher is a close resemblance

antix80

tylercheribini wrote: »

Hating what the church has done to this country is being a gob****e? Grand so.

If you weren't blaming the cath-olic church you'd be waving your fist and blaming the brits for what dey done to dis country. It's paddywhackery.

super_furry

He works so much better on TV when there's a few extra voices to rein him in and point him in the right direction. His stand up is awful and usually consists of him picking on one or two audience members and straight out bullying them. Saw him go after the wrong person on a couple of occasion in the International and he had fists flying at him.

enricoh

Church on Tuesday wrote: »

Completely forgot about Paths to Freedom! that was excellent, must watch it again.

I think McSavage has also admitted to struggling with depression and alcoholism as well.

Same as that, I had forgotten it. Good news is it's on YouTube .
Meh, yer never gonna please everyone but ripping the piss outta the cops n Joe Duffy were class n Mick the bull is comedy gold for me!

tylercheribini

antix80 wrote: »

If you weren't blaming the cath-olic church you'd be waving your fist and blaming the brits for what dey done to dis country. It's paddywhackery.

Where did I mention "the brits" anywhere? That was you, I abhor nationalism also, in our case it was entwined with Catholicism as our supposed national identity. To be an Irish Republican was to be Catholic too so dont think I could be anti-church and anti-brit, maybe "tink dese tings tru" next time.

antix80

tylercheribini wrote: »

Where did I mention "the brits" anywhere? That was you, I abhor nationalism also, in our case it was entwined with Catholicism as our supposed national identity. To be an Irish Republican was to be Catholic too so dont think I could be anti-church and anti-brit, maybe "tink dese tings tru" next time.

Thought it through and all i see is the revisionist history and small mindedness that existed since the founding of the state. Sure it's fashionable to bash the church.. just like previously it was fashionable to bash the brits.. It's a very irish thing.

EmmetSpiceland

Church on Tuesday wrote: »

Completely forgot about Paths to Freedom! that was excellent, must watch it again.

They ripped off D’Unbelievables though. They had a guard in it. Probably a barman too. Clearly ripped it off.

Stacksofwacks

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

They ripped off D’Unbelievables though. They had a guard in it. Probably a barman too. Clearly ripped it off.

David you rip off a lot of songs in your act too, or should I say, murder them

tylercheribini

antix80 wrote: »

Thought it through and all i see is the revisionist history and small mindedness that existed since the founding of the state. Sure it's fashionable to bash the church.. just like previously it was fashionable to bash the brits.. It's a very irish thing.

I hate to break it to you but its still quite fashionable to "bash the brits" amongst many Irish, they havent gone away you know. Ah yes,the old "church as victim" argument, is that you David Quinn?

Beechwoodspark

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

They ripped off D’Unbelievables though. They had a guard in it. Probably a barman too. Clearly ripped it off.

That you David?

Dig up ffs!!

antix80

tylercheribini wrote: »

I hate to break it to you but its still quite fashionable to "bash the brits" amongst many Irish, they havent gone away you know. Ah yes,the old "church as victim" argument, is that you David Quinn?

Yea, but it's more socially acceptable to bash the church.

Guess the nationality of pretty much all the perpetrators of abuse in the church.... and you'll see why i think the church bashing is so pathetic. It's like the nation cast all its sins onto the church and threw it off a cliff. So, that's paddywhackery. I have disdain for paddywhackery in all its forms.

tylercheribini

antix80 wrote: »

Yea, but it's more socially acceptable to bash the church.

Guess the nationality of pretty much all the perpetrators of abuse in the church.... and you'll see why i think the church bashing is so pathetic. It's like the nation cast all its sins onto the church and threw it off a cliff. So, that's paddywhackery. I have disdain for paddywhackery in all its forms.

Not socially acceptable to brit-bash? The Wolf Tones and all their horrendous tribute/wannabes filling pubs and venues up and down the country on a regular basis, I havent witnessed a drunken sing along bashing the church yet. You havent grasped the concept of paddywhackery either, look it up.

HappyAsLarE

Is he still the head of Scientology?

Stacksofwacks

HappyAsLarE wrote: »

Is he still the head of Scientology?

That's Miscavige. Make's McSavage look normal

Yamanoto

There's an edge to him that's an all too rare commodity in Irish & UK comedy.

I get the impression he kinda hates himself & would be more suited to living in a shack up the side of some mountain.

I'd absolutely love to see him host sh1tfests like Winning Streak or Up for the Match.

FixdePitchmark

sugarman wrote: »

Its literally the exact same thing! All hes doing is pulling stupid faces and putting on a stupid accent shouting "QWAAAARES" for the entire sketch.

I know comedy is subjective, but I really fail to see how anyone can find what he does funny. Its not smart, interlectual or witty... theres no story or punchline. Its just ...nonsense.

Ah come on.

His piss take on Irish politics and the he built the road was brilliant satire.

you have crazy standards if your saying there is no story or punchline.

The joe Duffy thing was brilliant too

Macdarack

Love the savage eye , I still often look at clips on YouTube , I saw him on the streets playing a few times and a show In limerick. I'm a big fan, savage eye was the best comedy show ever to hit RTE. One of his best clips on YouTube is the two Irish micks in new York for a job interview. Ripped the church a new wan too and rightly.

Rodin

Cock

Stacksofwacks

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Ah come on.

His piss take on Irish politics and the he built the road was brilliant satire.

you have crazy standards if your saying there is no story or punchline.

The joe Duffy thing was brilliant too

The skits you mention were just banal. Not really saying anything we didn't already know, and other comedians have taken off these kind characters just aswell if not better. His use of smutty language dosent make them any funnier

Rodin

HappyAsLarE wrote: »

Is he still the head of Scientology?

Lol

Macdarack

Rodin wrote: »

Cock

The forum for things you like in your mouth is probably somewhere else, enjoy.

Macdarack

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Ah come on.

His piss take on Irish politics and the he built the road was brilliant satire.

you have crazy standards if your saying there is no story or punchline.

The joe Duffy thing was brilliant too

University of crime challenge
Priest giving the body of christ on the streets
Priest and junkie volunteering to mind the kid

Stacksofwacks

Macdarack wrote: »

University of crime challenge
Priest giving the body of christ on the streets
Priest and junkie volunteering to mind the kid

Awful nonsense, just stupid, and Im no fan of the church

Yamanoto

Stacksofwacks wrote: »

...and other comedians have taken off these kind characters just aswell if not better.

Which other comedians?

JohnnyFlash

Funny dude. Saw him do standup in the International about 15 years ago. Presume he was still on the drink at the time. Very combative and confrontational show. Funny as fück as well.

He’s also in this piece of comedy genius.

https://youtu.be/qQqv4BEcUvs

PsychoPete

Macdarack wrote: »

University of crime challenge
Priest giving the body of christ on the streets
Priest and junkie volunteering to mind the kid

The priest picking up the child and just running off was funny

ILoveYourVibes

His piss take on Irish politics and the he built the road was brilliant satire.

Oh please he lets them off easy. He teases them about roads ....lets them off on the banking crisis....he IS IN THE CLUB ...his cousin is Tubridy...his dad was a politician his brother was a politician his other cousin was a politician.


He can't go for the jugular ...he's too close to them.


I don't think his comedy is that 'too far'. He's toothless.