Vincent Browne @10

FlutterinBantam

I'm getting a bit weary with Mr Browne who, for me, is getting just a tad tiresome.

Whenever he has some of his cronies on such as Ms. Mary O'Rourke or Joe Higgins,they get an easy ride,yet he tries to come the chain saw on other punters he feels he can put under pressure.
Not that there's any harm in that,but give everybody the same treatment.

Some night I would like him to use the same tactics,y'know,interrupting,Harrrumphing,making snide remarks half in earnest half joking,not letting the person finish their point on those two august wafflers Higgins and O'Rourke.

I fear however I will have deleted his show from my dial before he does this.

mike65

I can't stand him. Does my head win with all those meandering diversions and built-in quirks.

Mike.

NUTLEY BOY

In the early days this was great radio.

However, I am getting increasingly turned off by the hectoring interviewing style that now permeates much of the media. I accept that wafflers should be chopped off as they only insult the intelligence of the listeners.

However, VB is well capable of crafting excellent questions but I just wish that he would let us hear the answers !!

It is now getting to a point whereby a subconcious stop-watch starts after the question has been posed to see how long it is before the inevitable interruption..........

FlutterinBantam

Agreed.

However my main point would be that he doesn't adopt that hectoring style when dealing with Mary O'Rourke,Shane Ross,Joe Higgins and some more.

His almost orgasmic introductions of operatic arias p1sses me off too.

Maybe I should get out more???

mike65

No well yes! But you are right. The Opera stuff is comical, I have a vision of him with smoking jacket and brandy glass.

Mike.

popebenny16

last week, (or was it the week before, cant remember) the day before Bertie was due to make his Dail statement there was a heated debate on the show. Everyone started talking (shouting?) at once and in the background you could hear Vincenzo shouting "Canon law- not civil law! Canon Law- not Civil Law!" seemingly at nobody in particular.

Remember Zebedee in the Magic Roundabout? That's what popped into my head at the time.

He's gone beyond parody by now. I like Village mag though, I read it to my children to cure them of their hyperactive moments.

FlutterinBantam

Thats right Pocar..,sorry Pope. I heard that too.

He was bleating into the mike,when the panel were all roaring and shouting into the middle distance.

I dhropped two marie biscuits into me mug a tea with the dint of the rí rá agus ruile bhuile.

Off topic,when he coughs up that stuff does he have a spitoon in the studio:eek:

FlutterinBantam

Sorry for dredging this stuff again,but I was listening to Browne last night 12Feb and he started hectoring some fella whose name I didn't get about the Labour party's planned reduction of the lower rate of tax from 20% to 18%.

Now in fairness the Labour guy more than held his own and gave back as good as he got, but.... what always puzzles me is that when Joe Higgins comes on and whose policies would seriously fcuk up the country,Browne treats him as a lovable uncle,no hard questions,no harrrumping,sighing,asking him to justify stances,pure pussycat stuff!!!

Anyone of the more informed politicos on boards even point me in the right direction on this,or will it take an e-mail to Montrose.

the1andonly1

Well to be fair to Browne (this might start a conversation i'll regret!) he had a point. The labour party didnt mention anything about lowering the tax bands which would take a lot of people who are on very low wages out of the tax net. When asked why, the Labour guest didnt give an answer. I like Brownes questioning style, it differs from most of the media where the interviewies are aloud s***e on without answering the question that was asked. At least with Browne he points out straight away when someone is not answering the question he posed. Though you have a point with regards to joe higgins.

Must say, I find VB at 10 one of the most interesting programs on radio these days, he has discussions about things that you never hear on most other shows (even if we have to put up with talk about the tribunals and opera arias from time to time!)

mike65

Higgins will never be in power so he is treated differently - almost like a third-level economics experiment.

Mike.

FlutterinBantam

Thanks for that..I kinda like Browne..incidentally I see "The Village" is going monthly from weekly... should improve it...Anyway on the radio show he should be more consistent.

I love the way when Mary O'Rourke comes on he lets her airbrush her involvment with the last 10 years of Govt. out of the picture and talks to her as if she had just been an ordinary bystander.

popebenny16

Ah yeah well you have to be Vinnie lover. Cant say I'm surprised at Village, bad things going down there if you accept the Phoenix. I like Vincent, his heart is in the right place and he passionately believes in his views, which cause the sighs and the snorts of derision from him. Its a pity that the side effects are there too, the ego and what comes across to me as a desire to be centre of attention.

The only comparable show is the excretable Sunday Supplement. ("Today am joined by Smug Barrister Git, Smug Journalist Git, and my vbf, Smug PD .....Git. Now, lets all laugh at the world for we are smug gits")

NUTLEY BOY

FlutterinBantam wrote:

I love the way when Mary O'Rourke comes on he lets her airbrush her involvment with the last 10 years of Govt. out of the picture and talks to her as if she had just been an ordinary bystander.

I think that I heard VB indicate on-air many years ago that he regarded Mary O'Rourke as one of his favourite politicians. He certainly seems to have a lot of time for her.