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George Hook

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  • 16-12-2007 1:01am
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    eroo
    Registered Users Posts: 4,084 ✭✭✭


    Does anyone else find him incredibly annoying?

    He is the most pessimistic,ignorant know-it-all I have ever seen!He never has anything good to say!Whether it is rugby or more recently ice skating(wtf?) he never has anything good to say...I mean whenever Ireland are playing he always says the opposing team are going to win!I just cannot stand him,why is he on our sreens??Am I the only one who thinks this of him!?

    rant over:o


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    MagicMarker
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    Who?


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    jimi_t
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    Really decent chap in real life it must be said... but I wouldn't hold much credence with his rugby commentary


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    GBX
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    Well he can be annoying at times .. he's paid to have an opinion, so he's bound to get up some peoples snot at times.


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    Mweelrea
    Registered Users Posts: 1,172 ✭✭✭Mweelrea


    i think he comes across as a down to earth decent guy although thats just my opinion


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    Kur4mA
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    I think he's a legend and always dead honest.


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    SligoBrewer
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    i would.


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    Dave!
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    Used to like him but now he just annoys the sh*te outa me


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    miju
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    jimi_t wrote: »
    Really decent chap in real life it must be said... but I wouldn't hold much credence with his rugby commentary

    dunno about that. did you every see him in the taxi in the Naked Camera DVD. even before your man started to win him up he was an arrogant and ignorant ****er IMO

    he is very opininated but it is what makes it good to listen to on the drive home from work most days


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    Agamemnon
    Registered Users Posts: 2,367 ✭✭✭Agamemnon


    He is hilariously full of shit but in an entertaining way. The RTE Sports department specialise in unearthing half-mad pundits who'll spout any old shite to drum up some controversy (see also Joe Brolly, Pat Spillane and Eamonn Dunphy). Hook's deranged ramblings are very funny to listen to - he's a national comedic treasure.


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    Mossy Monk
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    I really enjoy his radio show. Top guy.


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    deecom
    Registered Users Posts: 425 ✭✭deecom


    Well i think he can be an interesting guy, depends on what he is talking about tbh. Miss him here has to be said, nobody like him in Slovenia! :)


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    Vaschuk
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    He worked with my mum, and she said he is one of the nicest people you could meet.


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    Ballerina
    Registered Users Posts: 473 ✭✭Ballerina


    I find his voice pretty annoying....although i love in the ad for newstalk when he says something like "im a patient man minister and iv asked the question now three times" dunno why really its just kinda cool :cool:


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    SUNGOD
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    eroo wrote: »
    Does anyone else find him incredibly annoying?

    He is the most pessimistic,ignorant know-it-all I have ever seen!He never has anything good to say!Whether it is rugby or more recently ice skating(wtf?) he never has anything good to say...I mean whenever Ireland are playing he always says the opposing team are going to win!I just cannot stand him,why is he on our sreens??Am I the only one who thinks this of him!?

    rant over:o

    completely off topic but i thought you signed that thread "rant over" and all i thought was cool name


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    Dudess
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    Really sound fella if not easy to listen to... but why isn't this in the Radio forum?


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    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    Hook fan here. Some people need to get a life, plus.....


    I'll reply in most threads :D


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    #18
    eroo
    Registered Users Posts: 4,084 ✭✭✭eroo


    post whore?


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    The Real B-man
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    I went to the school he went too and he came to our 1st year christmas party complete knob tbh!


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    phasers
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    I would


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    GhostInTheRuins
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    I've never met him but he seems like a fairly sound chap, I like 'The right Hook' too.


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    wheres me jumpa
    Registered Users Posts: 4,478 ✭✭✭wheres me jumpa


    I find it hard to listen to him when hes on tv, probably because he is commentating on something he hasnt a clue about, e.g. Ice Skating. However while commuting for a period of time last year I really liked his Newstalk show.


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    Terry
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    I thought this was hilarious:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmRCWb393yE


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    GhostInTheRuins
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    Terry wrote: »
    I thought this was hilarious:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmRCWb393yE

    That's brilliant :D


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    WindSock
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    I can't listen to him, he slurs away like he's drunk.


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    tech77
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    Could be a complete prick for all I know but seems like an honest, decent enough kind of guy.
    Annoying voice granted.
    FFS there's a lot worse out there tbh.


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    Dudess
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    WindSock wrote: »
    I can't listen to him, he slurs away like he's drunk.
    Yep, even though he speaks really slowly. I can't understand why anyone would prefer him to before Matt Cooper, but I suppose there's no accounting for taste.


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    Eoin
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    Dudess wrote: »
    Yep, even though he speaks really slowly. I can't understand why anyone would prefer him to before Matt Cooper, but I suppose there's no accounting for taste.

    Possibly because Matt Cooper, although very knowledgeable about so many topics, is one of the most humorless and dry people around.


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    daveirl
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    moe_sizlak
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    love everything about hooky


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    Laslo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 831 ✭✭✭Laslo


    I used to dislike him. I always found him very negative and obnoxious when he was doing his rugby punditry back in the day. In recent years though I've grown to quite like him. He seems to be a bit less disturbed and more content and his commentary seems to be more measured and fair.

    Just in case anyone else didn't notice this tipping point, it was as a result of his depression - where be became suicidal. He's better now though and it's reflected in his personality.


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