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    #182
    Galwayguy35
    Registered Users Posts: 16,544 ✭✭✭✭Galwayguy35


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118052536#Comment_118052536

    You won't see anything like The Savage Eye back again in case it offends the pink haired pronouns brigade.



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    #183
    Mad_maxx
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118055204#Comment_118055204

    McSavage himself is a troubled individual, RTE probably see him as a loose cannon


    Easier put Amy Huberman in something



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    #184
    breezy1985
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118055204#Comment_118055204

    Has McSavage done something I don't know about ?

    I don't remember anything that would offend the pink haired pronoun brigade and infact it it was said brigade seemed to be the biggest fan base among people I know



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    #185
    JP Liz V1
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    Biddy as Peig

    https://forumofgames.com/




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    #186
    Gen.Zhukov
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    If Callan was able/allowed to do a full show on the absolute state of RTE (or even have a proper go at them) he'd be brilliant at it. God knows, there's enough material. He gets the odd tiny dig in - but that's about all that's allowed by RTE.

    If he ever fell out with them, he'd shred them.


    Here's a little skit for ya:

    Toilet roll sales man to RTE buyer: Well, did you like those samples I sent over?

    Buyer: Yes, they were fantastic. Very gentle on the hole.

    Great. So, I can do a special for you at .40c a unit.

    Okay, I'll set up a meeting for you with Niall Kiely Management. That's where we get our rolls from.

    Brilliant thanks a lot.


    RTE buyer: Hi Niall, did you get those toilet rolls off that guy I sent up.

    Niall: Yes, I've a few pallets of them here. They're 1.95 ea. That okay?

    Sure, send them all down.



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    #187
    neris
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118055271#Comment_118055271

    Think the only 1 he upset was Joe Duffy who didnt like the sketchs that werent far off the truth



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    #188
    Radio5
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    A bit hit & miss. The GAA shtick could really go. Impressions of Micheal O'M were old hat 25 years ago. Why doesn't he try impersonating Ger Canning- now that would be a challenge...



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    #189
    waynescales1
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    His impression of calm Tommy Tiernan, interviewing wild Tommy Tiernan on the Tommy Tiernan show is sensational.



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    #190
    FattyBolger
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    It was really bad.



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    #191
    Bobson Dugnutt
    Registered Users Posts: 1,733 ✭✭✭Bobson Dugnutt


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058328813/callans-kicks-did-anyone-watch-this

    I was spending the night with my parents and they were watching it. One of the worst hours of television I've ever watched. The moderately amusing Burke Family sketch aside, it was wretched.

    Callan is a terrible impressionist; they have to put the name up on the screen of who he is attempting to take off. Tired, unfunny, cliched.

    Ironically enough, Callan is exactly the same kind of talentless no-mark as Tubridy himself. Stealing a living from RTE.

    Hopefully Kielty has put the foot down and said he doesn't want Callan appearing so he can do Marty Morrissey impressions.



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    #192
    FattyBolger
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    I love comedy but Oliver Callan is really incredibly bad. He doesn’t sound anything like his impersonations and the jokes aren’t funny at all. It’s sub-community theatre stuff, where the other characters have to say something like “Bertie Ahern what are you doing here” so the people watching know who they’re taking the piss out of.

    The Ryan Tubridy puppet didn’t even look like him. Desperate stuff altogether.



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    #193
    fritzelly
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    Coupla smiles in a few places but overall terrible, the Mescal skits were cringe inducing and far too many



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    #194
    Bobson Dugnutt
    Registered Users Posts: 1,733 ✭✭✭Bobson Dugnutt


    The Francis Brennan rating Irish male actors was the sort of terrible and borderline offensive "he lines out for the other team don't ya know" stuff that you'd have hoped died out in the 70's. It's no better than Mrs Brown's Boys tbh.



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    #195
    Did you smash it
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    Thought it was quite funny. The Burke stuff and tubridy puppet and impression was spot on. Anyone saying that was a bad impression I don’t really get.



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    #196
    [Deleted User]
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    A couple of good sketches buried in there.

    They could drop some of the fake D4 accent stuff. Who were the two blond ones supposed to be?



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    #197
    MrMusician18
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    Going to go against the grain here and thought it was alright. Wasn't that gone on the Burke's sketch as I've long thought that has had media coverage much outsized relative to its importance.

    Was fairly cutting on Tubs and McEntee, most other political and public figures got off very lightly (Burkes aside).



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    #198
    monkeybutter
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121548866#Comment_121548866

    Doing a full hour is pushing the format and it wasn't his best work, so I agree it was pretty unfunny, but he is a talented impressionist to say otherwise is odd

    I have no problem telling who is who on his radio slots, I think the naming was to give a news vibe

    He is also decent on the radio in straight mode



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    #199
    KaneToad
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    I thought the Burke sketch was very amusing. Some of the other sketches had bits that were funny. I think the writing varies in it. Some good, some bad. The impressions are entertaining - Callan, particularly, is quite a good mimic. He does a good over the top lampooning of his subjects.



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    #200
    Did you smash it
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    The throwaway line when his Helen mcentee was walking the north inner city streets ; “were the pigeons always that big?” also tickled me.



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    #201
    Did you smash it
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121548948#Comment_121548948

    Vogue Williams and her co host on their podcast. The women in your life from their 20s-50s know who it is.

    Post edited by Boards.ie: Mike on


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    #202
    Danny healy ray
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    hello lads I'm glade that lad stayed away from my crowd he can go after Leo and his" airy fairy "ideas instead ..



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    #203
    monkeybutter
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121548983#Comment_121548983

    He does a great Danny and Michael you 2 just weren't relevant this year



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    #204
    SEPT 23 1989
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    It works on the radio

    maybe he should leave it at that



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    #205
    monkeybutter
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121548994#Comment_121548994

    The radio show suffers the same issues and he was on TV before

    Doing an impression is a trick and if you do the same trick over and over..



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    #206
    [Deleted User]
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121548982#Comment_121548982

    I checked and they didn’t.



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    #207
    patob
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    Not a bad effort but weaker than previous years. Thought the Tubs Muppet worked well, especially the motley contributions at the tribunal scene. Looks like there only budget for 1 Muppet so Simon H escapes this year ;).

    The Maura Derrane and Joanne McNally characters also decent.



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    #208
    Did you smash it
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121549039#Comment_121549039

    Ok, one nil to you then

    Post edited by Boards.ie: Mike on


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    #209
    pixelburp
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    Threads merged



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