The Weekend On One With Brendan O'Connor

Cole · 03-07-2021 1:25pm

Pelvis Parsley wrote: »

Give him the gig, c'mere listen to me like.

He might be the king of smug, but he's still way ahead of the incumbent.

I know 'you took the words out of my mouth' is a bit cliched...but you did.

EmmetSpiceland · 03-07-2021 1:44pm

Pelvis Parsley wrote: »

Give him the gig, c'mere listen to me like.

He might be the king of smug, but he's still way ahead of the incumbent.

Thought he went a bit hard on the fridge organiser at the start.

amlinopta · 03-07-2021 8:48pm

Brendan away for “a few weeks”. Not that long since his last break. Firmly on board the gravy train at this stage.

03-07-2021 11:21pm

Poor Philip Boucher, Hayes etc. is like the swallows; he only gets to holiday in Winter.

He's been doing a good job as a stand-in on every programme, in fairness. I cannot understand why he doesn't have his own.

ShamNNspace · 04-07-2021 12:36am

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Poor Philip Boucher, Hayes etc. is like the swallows; he only gets to holiday in Winter.

He's been doing a good job as a stand-in on every programme, in fairness. I cannot understand why he doesn't have his own.

They're still training him in, but he's learning, I see in the chat with the botanist there (sorry can't remember her name) he zoned in on her partners sad demise like a guided missile half way through the interview. He's coming along nicely, won't be long now till he's a made guy

Ahwell · 04-07-2021 1:52am

I was just reading his Wikipedia page..."He is the nephew of fellow RTÉ radio broadcaster Myles Dungan." it's a small world - especially so in RTE it would seem.

Pelvis Parsley · 04-07-2021 1:58am

ShamNNspace wrote: »

They're still training him in, but he's learning, I see in the chat with the botanist there (sorry can't remember her name) he zoned in on her partners sad demise like a guided missile half way through the interview. He's coming along nicely, won't be long now till he's a made guy

I'm at a loss as to who in RTE is driving this-it's endemic.

Brendan Bendar · 04-07-2021 7:59am

Pelvis Parsley wrote: »

Give him the gig, c'mere listen to me like.

He might be the king of smug, but he's still way ahead of the incumbent.

I prefer the more alliterative ‘Sultan of Smug’ myself, but as usual you got him nailed on.

spakman · 04-07-2021 8:02am

I can't listen to PBH for any length, the smugness just becomes too much.
He seems to have a great admiration for his analysis of a topic.

Bellbottoms · 04-07-2021 10:34am

Pelvis Parsley wrote: »

I'm at a loss as to who in RTE is driving this-it's endemic.

I don't remember RTE always being like this. I do wonder if the clip where Gaybo rings a competition winner whos daughter has just died is partly responsible for it.

Bring up death, go viral, everyone will love it.

Beechwoodspark · 04-07-2021 11:30am

Wouldn’t be PBH biggest fan but have to say he’s streets ahead of BOC

mcsean2163 · 04-07-2021 11:35am

September!

Beechwoodspark · 04-07-2021 11:37am

mcsean2163 wrote: »

September!

Is BOC off til then? :-o

EmmetSpiceland · 04-07-2021 12:09pm

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Wouldn’t be PBH biggest fan but have to say he’s streets ahead of BOC

He’s a decent presenter alright but it always sounds like he’s just taken a bit of a juicy pear when he’s talking.

Mad_maxx · 04-07-2021 12:44pm

Bellbottoms wrote: »

I don't remember RTE always being like this. I do wonder if the clip where Gaybo rings a competition winner whos daughter has just died is partly responsible for it.

Bring up death, go viral, everyone will love it.

RTE are huge big government enthusiasts and Covid is the ultimate vehicle for big government

Bellbottoms · 04-07-2021 1:53pm

Mad_maxx wrote: »

RTE are huge big government enthusiasts and Covid is the ultimate vehicle for big government

But is doesn't explain why every light entertainment presenter goes straight for illness and death.
Tubs and Duffy mad for a bit of heartbrake. I rember tubs asking a six year old about her little sisters heart surgery. A six year old FFS

mcsean2163 · 04-07-2021 2:16pm

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Is BOC off til then? :-o

They were saying MM is flying a flag for easing covid19 restrictions in September. Seems a long way off to me.,

elperello · 04-07-2021 2:30pm

Bellbottoms wrote: »

But is doesn't explain why every light entertainment presenter goes straight for illness and death.
Tubs and Duffy mad for a bit of heartbrake. I rember tubs asking a six year old about her little sisters heart surgery. A six year old FFS

It seems to me that an average six year year old has a more robust approach to sadness in life than some of the posters on here.

In real life I've never had anyone say to me that presenters focus too much on the sadder side of life. Only here does it seem to bother people.

Maybe most people realise that life is not a bowl of cherries and hearing issues of death and illness discussed is just part of the package.

As for myself, I hear a sad story, reflect on it, relate it to my own life experience and then move on to something more lighthearted or a bit of music.

ShamNNspace · 04-07-2021 3:23pm

elperello wrote: »

It seems to me that an average six year year old has a more robust approach to sadness in life than some of the posters on here.

In real life I've never had anyone say to me that presenters focus too much on the sadder side of life. Only here does it seem to bother people.

Maybe most people realise that life is not a bowl of cherries and hearing issues of death and illness discussed is just part of the package.

As for myself, I hear a sad story, reflect on it, relate it to my own life experience and then move on to something more lighthearted or a bit of music.

Nothing at all to do with listeners approach to saddness and all to do with the national broadcasters constant misery mining, for instance that interview with that lady on saturday was going fine and one could learn something as she explained about different plants, those in danger of extinction and so on until the presenter without prompting zoned in on the ladys private life and proceeded to enquire about how she was getting on without her sadly departed partner thereby dragging the interview off course and ruining it imv, this craic is ubiquitous on rte and btw we all of us have saddness and misery visit us at some stage in our lives and we deal with it in our own way, we don't have to be reminded of it morn, noon and night on the national broadcaster, we need a break from it thats why many are tuning out from the constant misery mining in every topic on rte, I myself find that staying away from the national broadcaster as much as possible by and large leaves a rosier hue on life in general

elperello · 04-07-2021 3:36pm

ShamNNspace wrote: »

Nothing at all to do with listeners approach to saddness and all to do with the national broadcasters constant misery mining, for instance that interview with that lady on saturday was going fine and one could learn something as she explained about different plants, those in danger of extinction and so on until the presenter without prompting zoned in on the ladys private life and proceeded to enquire about how she was getting on without her sadly departed partner thereby dragging the interview off course and ruining it imv, this craic is ubiquitous on rte and btw we all of us have saddness and misery visit us at some stage in our lives and we deal with it in our own way, we don't have to be reminded of it morn, noon and night on the national broadcaster, we need a break from it thats why many are tuning out from the constant misery mining in every topic on rte, I myself find that staying away from the national broadcaster as much as possible by and large leaves a rosier hue on life in general

I take your point but you have used the term "misery mining" twice in one short post.

I have never heard that term used outside of this forum.

I just don't think most people share your view.

In my experience a lot of people find it useful to hear how others deal with the bad times in life.

I agree that we all have sadness in our lives and if it suits you to avoid mention of these issues then that's your choice.

ShamNNspace · 04-07-2021 3:48pm

elperello wrote: »

I take your point but you have used the term "misery mining" twice in one short post.

I have never heard that term used outside of this forum.

I just don't think most people share your view.

In my experience a lot of people find it useful to hear how others deal with the bad times in life.

I agree that we all have sadness in our lives and if it suits you to avoid mention of these issues then that's your choice.

I do not avoid mention of these issues, not what I said at all but even people suffering from diseases, ailments etc need a break from them for their mental wellbeing from time to time

elperello · 04-07-2021 3:56pm

ShamNNspace wrote: »

I do not avoid mention of these issues, not what I said at all but even people suffering from diseases, ailments etc need a break from them for their mental wellbeing from time to time

Sorry if I took you up wrong about avoiding mention.

If programme content is affecting someone's mental health they should definitely take a break.

Brendan Bendar · 04-07-2021 3:56pm

elperello wrote: »

I take your point but you have used the term "misery mining" twice in one short post.

I have never heard that term used outside of this forum.

I just don't think most people share your view.

In my experience a lot of people find it useful to hear how others deal with the bad times in life.

I agree that we all have sadness in our lives and if it suits you to avoid mention of these issues then that's your choice.

Lad is right in my opinion.

No need for misery 7/24/365.

Need to dial it down a bit I feel.

Cole · 04-07-2021 4:05pm

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Lad is right in my opinion.

No need for misery 7/24/365.

Need to dial it down a bit I feel.

Agreed. RTE has kind of turned it up to 11

Brendan Bendar · 04-07-2021 4:26pm

Cole wrote: »

Agreed. RTE has kind of turned it up to 11

And while we are at it, would these fohherking presenters say goodbye in one sentence,please.

Meeeeeriam took about seven “thank you seeau mooches” to say goodbye to Vicky this morning.

Lovely woman and I hope she does well but cringe inducing this morning.

Leave the ‘luvvies’ to theatre crowd.

RandomViewer · 04-07-2021 5:08pm

elperello wrote: »

I take your point but you have used the term "misery mining" twice in one short post.

I have never heard that term used outside of this forum.

I just don't think most people share your view.

In my experience a lot of people find it useful to hear how others deal with the bad times in life.

I agree that we all have sadness in our lives and if it suits you to avoid mention of these issues then that's your choice.

There's a limit though, Tubridy looks for the misery angle in every interview, George Lee is visibly excited telling bad news, VM 1 is as bad, they'd Twink on talking about her dead dog a few weeks ago

ShamNNspace · 04-07-2021 5:53pm

elperello wrote: »

Sorry if I took you up wrong about avoiding mention.

If programme content is affecting someone's mental health they should definitely take a break.

Again you missed my point, whether intentionally or not, I'll leave it at that for now

elperello · 04-07-2021 6:01pm

ShamNNspace wrote: »

Again you missed my point, whether intentionally or not, I'll leave it at that for now

Sorry again if I missed your point, it certainly wasn't intentional.

Brendan Bendar · 04-07-2021 6:01pm

RandomViewer wrote: »

There's a limit though, Tubridy looks for the misery angle in every interview, George Lee is visibly excited telling bad news, VM 1 is as bad, they'd Twink on talking about her dead dog a few weeks ago

Correct, Lee seems to be ‘getting string’ when he is pumping out the bad news.

Terrible stuff.

ShamNNspace · 04-07-2021 6:21pm

elperello wrote: »

Sorry again if I missed your point, it certainly wasn't intentional.

No problem, the fault was probably me and my inarticulate speech of the heart

Bellbottoms · 04-07-2021 8:09pm

elperello wrote: »

Maybe most people realise that life is not a bowl of cherries and hearing issues of death and illness discussed is just part of the package.

As for myself, I hear a sad story, reflect on it, relate it to my own life experience and then move on to something more lighthearted or a bit of music.

It is called light entertainment for a reason.

And while I see your point. You have to agree that it is ridiculous that almost every interview invariably ends up touching some horrible illness or event that happened in the interviewees life.

And once identifed the interview changes gears to extract every last part of misery out of the illness or event.

You might think I am exaggeration. But listen to Tubritys for a week and see how many interviews fall down the misery rabbit hole.

Del.Monte · 04-07-2021 8:48pm

Newstalk are dreadful too but they have a commercial interest in frightening people as their advertising for health insurance, healthcare products, nursing homes and funeral undertakers depends on it while RTE have almost zero commercial advertising these days.

elperello · 04-07-2021 9:39pm

Bellbottoms wrote: »

It is called light entertainment for a reason.

And while I see your point. You have to agree that it is ridiculous that almost every interview invariably ends up touching some horrible illness or event that happened in the interviewees life.

And once identifed the interview changes gears to extract every last part of misery out of the illness or event.

You might think I am exaggeration. But listen to Tubritys for a week and see how many interviews fall down the misery rabbit hole.

Basically Tubridy and D'arcy are running magazine type catch all programmes.

Their main function is to keep the ball in the air between the other shows without dropping it.

A book promo here, a sad story there, add in a bit of human interest and a little novelty item and throw in some music and bob's your uncle.

Every segment is not focused on sad stories. If they veered to far that way the producer would be on the ball and steer things back on track. Why ? Because at the end of the day it's bad for business.

If they were as bad as they are made out to be here the advertisers and listeners would desert them in droves.

I'm not accusing you of exaggerating but I've no intention of sitting through a week of RT shows with a stop watch and a notebook to prove a point so I'll leave that task to someone else.

AndrewJRenko · 04-07-2021 10:02pm

Del.Monte wrote: »

Newstalk are dreadful too but they have a commercial interest in frightening people as their advertising for health insurance, healthcare products, nursing homes and funeral undertakers depends on it while RTE have almost zero commercial advertising these days.

Both Newstalk and RTE are heavily supported by the car industry, which puts the fairly constant anti-cycling bias, particularly from PK on Newstalk, into context.

04-07-2021 10:56pm

elperello wrote: »

If they veered to far that way the producer would be on the ball and steer things back on track. Why ? Because at the end of the day it's bad for business.

If they were as bad as they are made out to be here the advertisers and listeners would desert them in droves.

I have to slightly disagree here. There is a very good reason why almost every trashy paperback novel (many of which feature on the radio programmes mentioned) seems to revolve around either a macabre or a mawkish tragedy -- it's a very easy, possibly lazy, way to elicit an effect in the reader. A certain cohort of novelist is notorious for it. A similar principle applies among broadcasters.

I can see the appeal if someone is churning out an eason bestseller once a year, or indeed if they're churning out 10 hours of radio per week and need to engage the listener. People lap this stuff up.

Any casual listener to RTE would notice a significantly stronger emphasis on death and tragedy -- usually involving young people -- than on the likes of the BBC radio programmes, or possibly even Newstalk. Compare Moncrieff to Ray Darcy, for example. Pat Kenny to Ryan Tubridy; or Andrea Gilligan to Joe Duffy.

The emphasis on death and human misfortune in Montrose is, I would have thought, obvious. It's paint-by-numbers stuff at this stage.

I don't believe it's a conscious policy or anything, they're responding to a somewhat strange demand, expressed in terms of listener engagement.

It isn't ubiquitous, and some people do exaggerate it. But I've never come across another station broadcasting this amount of the tragic-sentimental genre.

Furze99 · 05-07-2021 12:02pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I have to slightly disagree here. There is a very good reason why almost every trashy paperback novel (many of which feature on the radio programmes mentioned) seems to revolve around either a macabre or a mawkish tragedy -- it's a very easy, possibly lazy, way to elicit an effect in the reader. A certain cohort of novelist is notorious for it. A similar principle applies among broadcasters.

Women love the 'True Crime', like the way many love the crime dramas on TV. I'm often amazed at some of the depraved stuff my ladies watch. Same applies to radio I guess.

Shelga · 17-07-2021 11:33am

Who is this lady talking about her drug and mental health issues? Sorry, missed the intro!

Pelvis Parsley · 17-07-2021 2:27pm

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117623445#Comment_117623445

More of the same oul nonsense from Beefy.

humberklog · 18-07-2021 12:15pm

Cynical psychologist.

Mental health.

Constantly using mental health as a lazy radio filler is just woeful practise.

sporina · 18-07-2021 12:25pm

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117624059#Comment_117624059

twas Hilda Hamilton - didn't hear it all either - must look her up - think she was a hockey player but took a E tab and she went psycho... jumped out a window - broke both legs - etc... she's been thru the mill

riclad · 18-07-2021 8:11pm

if you want a wide range of subjects regarding current affairs ,what is going on in the world listen to bbc radio 4 .The first 30 minutes of boc is basically an interview with an expert on whats going on with covid 19 restriction,s ,vaccinations etc it seems if you have had a serious problem , mental health issues , you will get an interview on radio 1.i think boc is doing his best and he does not choose who he has on as a guest every week. it seems like almost every celebrity is posting on social media about mental health issues they had at some point, its in vogue right now.they just play 1 song at the end of the program every week. marion never had to present a program in the middle of a global pandemic

mariaalice · 19-07-2021 9:27am

Without being disrespectful to anyone, the mental health stuff on boc is driving me bonkers 😅 It's putting me of listing to the program.

mariaalice · 19-07-2021 10:03am

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117590673#Comment_117590673

There is something about the Irish psyche that likes misery in other words.

Pelvis Parsley · 25-07-2021 12:05pm

Beefy wittering on about GBNews (bonkers apparently, and not real news).

This lad used to write for the Sindo, like, listen, come here to me.

ShamNNspace · 25-07-2021 12:07pm

I wonder what is the point of having the expense of Jaqui Hurley and Des cahill and the whole crew that goes with them holed up in a complex in Tokyo, shur wouldn't they be better off reporting from the studio over a tv stream from the arena

25-07-2021 12:09pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117658737#Comment_117658737

then there'd be a queue at Dublin Airport. I think there would be a hierarchy as well. For the Business Class plane seats.

jippo nolan · 25-07-2021 3:18pm

There are nearly as many RTÉ staff in Tokyo as athletes!

Beechwoodspark · 25-07-2021 3:34pm

At this stage Dessie should see if he can compete in one of the more obscure sports while he’s over there.

jippo nolan · 25-07-2021 3:40pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117659472#Comment_117659472

Is fly catching with an open mouth an obscure sport?

Gen.Zhukov · 25-07-2021 10:53pm

BOC had a chat with Damien O'Reilly from Tokyo yesterday. WTF is DOR doing there? Checking out rice paddies I suppose. Brendan asked him laughingly...'How's the junket going'...it went down like a lead balloon.......in a centrifuge! Pure cringe.

On today's panel we had Jen Hogan. Who the F is JH I hear you ask and it's a great question. JH is famous for practically living on 'Today with Claire Byrne' and more notably, is one of the few women in Ireland to have had some babies (an incredible achievement in itself) and is just the sort of person needed to guide us through this massive crisis.

BOC is an extremely annoying presenter and the show is dying a death. Saturday is pretty much a guaranteed write-off. Sunday is hit and miss depending who is on but either way, Brendan will manage to make it a difficult listen anyway because of his inability to stfu. At least on Sunday there's the much better option of GR on NT.

The Weekend On One With Brendan O'Connor

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