RTE- another brutal round of rubbish programmes

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Top two most unfunny shows on last night

Mrs Browns boys
The savage eye

Seriously, does anybody find these at all amusing? in fact does anybody find Brendan o'Carroll funny at all - genuinely curious?

Can't wait to see what's on next - no doubt that Maeve one from Cork will be rocking up with another brutal show. Very disappointing, I think we have some genuinely funny comedians in the country......somebody should tell RTE.
 
those two programmes have been the topic on the Joe Duffy show today.......Mrs Brown had over 700k viewers, beaten only by Late Late show that week....
 
fizzelina said:
those two programmes have been the topic on the Joe Duffy show today.......Mrs Brown had over 700k viewers, beaten only by Late Late show that week....
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Really? wow i am really surprised at that!. I never liked Mrs Browns Boys or anything by O'Carroll so never followed the whole story but what I saw last night was absolutely dire!
 
Could just be people who have ditched cable tv and leave on RTE as background noise?

I honestly cant believe that 700K people would tune into to see Brendan O Carroll.
 
Yep, just listening to the radio at lunch time and Joe was discussing the two. They were also talking about The Savage Eye on Newstalk.
I never found the whole Mrs Brown's boys funny.

I watched the first 2 minutes and it seemed to be filmed in front of a live audience but the laughter sounded like it was added after.
 
I was wondering this. We have sky in sitting room but only have rte1 and net 2 in bedroom so maybe 699,000 of those people are like me and have no choice? - McSavage as well absolutely chronic stuff! - tuned in to him dressed up as some old guy dealing with a couple of gay guys - the usual, the guys dressed head to two in pink and trying to infect him with 'gay' - brings you right back to Roy Chubby Brown, Jim Davidson crap.
 
Does anyone actually believe these viewership figures? I would love to see the statistical method used. TV companies and advertisers seem to believe them so they must mean something. Has anyone on this site ever been asked to take part in the measurement? I have never known anyone that has.
 
Sunny said:
Has anyone on this site ever been asked to take part in the measurement?
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Many many moons ago a pal in Belfasts family were asked to take part in the measurement of viewing statistics - obv this was for UK viewing.

At the time (seems very low tech upon reflection, but was super hi tech at the time!), they had a machine on top of the tv that they were supposed to input channel, and number of people viewing everytime they sat down to watch tv. The machine could be switched off - it wasnt actually connected to the tv. It would beep every half hour or so to remind the family to enter new details if there were any. They all complained madly about their lives being run by the beeping machine and half the time they just didnt bother entering the correct information.
 
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I agree with you regarding Brendan O'Carroll, but I actually found the The Savage Eye quite entertaining, I especially liked the sketch about the guards in Templemore...
 
I wouldnt be Brendan O'Carroll's biggest fan but I watched the show last night and thought it was funny enough, especially the way Brendan could keep the joke going while the rest of the cast would fall around the stage laughing - the scene where one of them used the wrong name was very funny.

I find I can only take Dave McSavage in small doses and couldnt watch an entire show with him in it.
 
I liked some of the Savage Eye but some if it was awful. To me, everything BOC has ever done, without exception, is about as funny as a fractured hip. But comedy is a bit like music, some people actually go and see Ronan Keating...
 
Woudl be a fan of the savage eye, but agree it can be a bit uneven.
Still, better to have some home produced material (instead of friends reruns!).
 
For me the ultimate in awfulness has to be that Saturday Night show, presented by one of the most irritating men on TV.

It really is for those who live their lives by tabloids, soaps and the 'celeb' lifestyle.

It has possibly the worst lineup of guests ever in the history of TV. Most simply seem to be RTE employees who must have to appear as part of their contract just to fill a time slot on the station. Then you have big hitters like that fat doll from Eastenders who basically is famous for being a soap actor, being fat, losing a pile of weight and then getting fat again.

Worst of the worst.
 

The worst part of that idiot is the sympathy and applause he got for writing that article on the birth of his down syndrome child. Never heard such self serving crap in all my life. And I say that as a brother of a down syndrome. My parents were disgusted by his article. Rubbish journalist and ever worse presenter.
 
Brendan O Carroll? funny.

I am seriously considring not renewing my tv licence.

RTE does not give us public service broadcasting.


Katherine Lynch, Mrs Brown, Fair City, Eastenders etc.
 
cork said:
Brendan O Carroll? funny..
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Maybe this is RTE providing balance for the all of the Pat Shortt crimes in the name of entertainment ?

I am required, by law, to pay the TV licence.
I am not required, by law, to watch RTE, so I don't.
 
I seen an ad in the paper last night for Brendan O'Carroll's new show in the Olympia in March. Its another Mrs Brown Boys show. Tickets start at €30. Not cheap.
 

I find some of the Savage Eye entertaining.

I have never liked any of Brendan O'Carroll's work. To me it is coarse, unfunny, 'toilet' humour. I had the misfortune of being at one of his shows (in a Dublin college many moons ago) and walked out after the first 10 mins. However, his shows sell out and run for weeks so I'm sure he wasn't shedding a tear at me leaving...

In relation to Maeve Higgins - I didn't find her that funny in Naked Camera but I did enjoy her Fancy Vittels show. It was innovative and funny (in parts).

I think that the best comedy from RTE in several years was The Modest Adventures of David O'Doherty.
 
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