The Ray D'Arcy Show Thread - Mod note Post # 1 Updated

DenMan wrote: »

I never liked him anyway. He seems to have gone further downhill in the past year or so. In fact I can honestly say that Today FM in general really annoys me. I absolutely hate that station with a passion. Having your own opinion is fine but taking full advantage of your position as a broadcast DJ is wrong in my opinion. I met him once when we were filming in Dublin. During the introduction I noticed he wasn't paying attention really to the people who were actually working, barely shaking hands and looking away from people. I shook his hand and again he barely glanced at me looking away. Suffice to say I kept hold of his hand during the shake, getting his full attention. He was flabbergasted and thanked me for coming down. I hope it was a very down to earth experience for him. Definitely has Napoleon Syndrome

Ironic that you should reference a Napoleonic Complex, considering that one of the symptoms is an over-abundance of self-reference in conversation...

Anyway, the whole Fix it Friday thing is past it's prime.

It's simply now : "Dear Ray, I moron who cannot understand how Ebay/ Amazon/ Wikipedia work. Explain things me slowly."

Or

"Dear Raymondo. I'm a mad crazy guy. Please fill airtime by answering my idiotically simple question that I could easily answer myself were I to fire up google or open a friggin' dictionary. But I'm mad, and I want to hear my mad question on the radio, so that's not an option. Wahey!
If you could answer it in as condescending a manner as possible, in fact, if you could make the search for an answer to my cringingly pointless pop-culture question sound as important as a request for a particularly rare blood type needed for a transfusion, it would be much appreciated.....Please read my name out so my friends will know that I'm mad. Regards, Mad Sean. "

Or, as touched on above :

"Dear Ray, I am mean and want something. If I pretend that I've searched everywhere, perhaps one of your listeners will give me what I want without me having to pay for it. "

It's gone silly now. Pull the plug.

Thanks for reeling me in their mate, I got too carried away with the response there, it was a personal opinion that was formed when meeting the man.

gerardk55 wrote: »

I thought I was only one thinking that D'Arcy had lost the plot. I listen to the show now, purely so I can shout back at the ludicrous stuff he comes out with.

Whoah. Careful where you do that. In the privacy of your own home is fine, but be careful when you're all headphoned up : screaming "You're talking through your ARSE!" at the top of your voice when in a library or on a bus could lead to complications.

I was coming back from the Airport this morning in a cab, and heard him throw out another re-occuring D'arcyism : after stumbling while reading an email message, he paused and announced " I'm going to have to read that again, as the person who sent it spelled several words wrongly".

No, Ray. You're going to have to read it again because you mucked up.

Everyone who broadcasts makes gaffes flubs and minor errors. That's acceptable. Blaming the listener because you didn't take time to read over thier message is not acceptable.

Running a show with an overdependence on morons sending in their opinions means that some of these opinions will be moronic, and may also be difficult to read.
It's Ray's job as presenter to have a clear idea what the opinion & content is before he broadcasts them. Using someone's spelling ability to cover up the fact that the presenter hasn't pre-read the message or understood the point is a poor excuse, and makes a strong argument against being almost completely reliant on listeners texts to fuel a show.

mickd wrote: »

For a man so disliked can understand why everybody calls him Ray as if they know him personally.

Well, if you're referring to the posts here, where most refer to the behaviour and actions of the entity known as Ray,

1 - Pointing out the fallibility of "Mr D'arcy" is a little formal, and might lead to confusing cross posting between this and the Pride and Prejudice forum.
2 - Starting each post with "Re : Mr Ray D'arcy, Former Den presenter and morning broadcaster on National radio station Today FM" is a bit of a mouthful.
3 - It's his name

If you're referring to the people who use their time to make 'valuable contributions' to the show, ("Well Ray! I stay in bed all day. I'm Mad! Go me! I like jam too. Play shane ward for girls in work.") well, I suppose the fact that it's a one syllable word makes it ideal for their limited capabilities.

disc wrote: »

in fairness the music was very good , but it from some ones mp3 player so they actually didnt pick it..

they were ok , if ray was out sick and called in at 8.30 , but as a regular stint no chance

Wasn't the "mp3 shuffle" segment (where listeners were invited to submit 10 songs from their mp3 player to the show for playing) for a week-long competition, and was run in the last 35/40 minutes of the show? As far as I could tell, the rest of the music was picked by station staff.

As for the fill-in presenters, well I still think Mairead Farrell sees her constant "listen to meee" interjections on the show as a stepping stone to world media domination, but I found Will's enthusiasm and dry wit infectious, and a fantastic antidote to Ray D'arcy's more dictatorial style.

Getting better!

Google it with the description you just gave.

Fago_25 wrote: »

They're not as good as Tom Dunne. Pity He's leaving Today FM.

Tom Dunne is leaving??? :eek: Really?

i am forced to listen to this at work... darcy is ok but gets on his high horse alot...

smoc wrote: »

I tend to agree with 90% everything Ray has to say. Dunno I guess were two of a kind. I only started listening to him 9 months ago. Must say I think hes good but the show lay out is very dry.

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lightening wrote: »

...lest it come true, the other Ray was on from 10 onwards today.

One of the guys I work with nearly poured petrol over himself and lit a match.

Bring back the D'arcy gang, all is forgiven.

on the opposite side of that fence. but lets not talk about it, for fear of a banning

lightening wrote: »

One of the guys I work with nearly poured petrol over himself and lit a match.

Regardless of context, that's the funniest thing I've read all week

As Ray is 'dad of the year' maybe he could host a new show.
'The Baby of Tralee'.
Or better still start a creche and leave radio behind.

Today was the day I've given up and brought the ipod out of the drawer. The absolute rudeness and righteousness of this little man interrupting and telling people they're wrong just finally tipped the radio off for me and the ipod on.

if he plays that yes we can song any more ill crack up.

zuroph wrote: »

I think Ray's show is still very good. He still makes me laugh and normally his topics of discussion are very interesting. I would agree though that he definitely likes to preach a bit too much at times. I'd still give the show two thumbs up.


FYP

You are a sad, narrow-minded little man.