The Panel Returns...

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Feral Mutant

Not back for a whole season though, it's apparently

RTE listing wrote:

On of four special election-themed editions

Also, looks like RTE can't spell.

ella minnow pea

The Scientist wrote:

Guests include David Coffey (Him off Dan 'n' Becs)

:eek:

God no.

doctor evil

The Scientist wrote:

Guests include David Coffey (Him off Dan 'n' Becs)

Scraping the barrel for guests?.

Steve01

With the exception of Neil Delamere it looks like its gonna be a fairly dry panel too :mad:

zuutroy

Still as ****e as ever I see. Tara Loughrey-Grant? Funny as a kick in the nuts. The rest of them...pretty much the same.

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Milktrolley

Wasn't one (or "on", if you like) of the better ones... It's been going downhill a bit lately, hope it picks up because it can be really good

Mossy Monk

Another dull token female.

Basq

Show was absolute muck tonight... Dara's really gonna be missed. Colin Murphy is brutal at hosting.

Neil Delamere was funny as always, John Bishop was too serious to be there. And as for Karl Spain and "the plank" on the other side - may as well have not been there.

Utopia Parkway

Who was the guy on talking about immigration? He seemed to think he was on Prime Time rather than a light hearted panel discussion. He was taking it all a bit too seriously and it jarred with the usual tone of the show.

Im_No_Superman

Was a very poor show tonight, delamere was the only one who was remotely funny. The sooner Dara comes back and Colin and goes back to being a panelist the better imo.

zuutroy

The Scientist wrote:

@zuutroy: is it online or what?

Nope, the magic of Sky (psst...don't tell them)

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Balls, I didn't know it was on. Missed it. Does anyone know if it'll be repeated over the weekend?

Im_No_Superman

CaptainNegative wrote:

Balls, I didn't know it was on. Missed it. Does anyone know if it'll be repeated over the weekend?

Repeated 11:10pm tomorrow night on rte2.

ella minnow pea

Didn't see the point of the John 'I read it in the papers on the way here in the taxi' Bishop fella, especially as it was an Election Special...

And did that Tara Loghley-O'Caroll-Kelly-Grant one say anything at all?

Dara would've ripped into that David Coffey fella as well I'd say...come back Big Man, Echo Island's forgiven

Brian CivilEng

Dara, Ed Byrne and Andrew Maxwell probably wont be in this series at all as it is filmed on tuesdays. I believe that the reason it moved from being filmed on mondays to sundays was that those three live in London.

I recon they should have changed the name of the show, as without those three it is like having Ringo Starr and three others tour as The Beatles. Neil was excellant as usual though.

lostexpectation

okay so it there wasn't much comedy in the last part but where else have you seen such an intelligent discussion of immgration on Irish TV?

now I don't agree with with what the guest said about there be seemingly little wrong with globalisation but his point about remittance going straight into the basics of life was good and the point bishop made about fleeting benefit of low taxes was supurb.

Jerichoholic

It was rubbish. Making "wisecracks" about Irish politics was never funny, because it's just so dull. If they are all about the election then I'll be giving this a miss, especially without Maxwell.

Mossy Monk

What did you expect when it was advertised as an election special?

Jerichoholic

I didn't see the ads, I just saw it when it was on. It was a load of my arse. Now I know it's hillairious brown envelope jokeathon zany hour. I'll not be watching.

Sandwich

Last weeks was rubbish and I thought it had run its course. But this weeks was much better. Not as good as its vintage days - there's just no replacing Dara - not but funny. Spain is a funny guy with his standup but he just doesnt seem to have the speed or zany quality for that type of show.

Daemonic

Delamare & Maxwell were on form alright. They had a lot of help from the election posters and other topics that were 'raised'.

ella minnow pea

Great that Maxwell is back, loved his impression of Bertie...so true

prospect

Am I the only one that finds that maxwell guy incredibly annoying and totally unfunny.

Delamare on the other hand is prretty good, however I saw him presenting Just For Laughs recently and it was poor enough.

scop

prospect wrote:

Am I the only one that finds that maxwell guy incredibly annoying and totally unfunny.

You probably are. Maxwell is just naturally funny. The kind of guy you'd just like to have around for a doss. He won the King of Comedy award in the UK a year or so back too. Well deserved.

zuutroy

prospect wrote:

Am I the only one that finds that maxwell guy incredibly annoying and totally unfunny.

I'm with ya...He's in that 'the answer to the question no one asked' category..I know plenty of people that could be as funny in that situation.

Killaqueen!!!

The Panel is nothing without Dara. And if Ed Byrne is gonna be out as well I'm not watching it. Delamare is the only thing keeping it goin..

Femelade

AS much as i miss Dara i do not miss Ed byrne..he is not funny, when andrew is on he totally outshines ed and he's left with these one liners every so often.
And of course neil is as funny as always, i just love him..not too keen on his presenting of "just for laughs" though.

The Bollox

Andrew is hilarious. I remember one of the first Panels he was on. One of the guests was a weatherwoman, and they were making jokes about the weather. they got to the topic of hurricanes and why how they're named when Andrew said "it's always the female hurricanes that take your house". fúcking brilliant, had me in stitches

Steve01

Andrew Maxwell and Neil Delamere were carrying the show. Loved Maxwell's German-esque impressions. I don't know why they keep bringing Karl Spain back. He's not funny and never has been

ella minnow pea

OT: Anyone else noticing that Neil Delamare looks about 3"5 when presenting just for laughs?

Sandwich

Gotta support Maxwell too. Very good normally IMO even if he seems to love himself a bit too much. I still laugh remembering his Gerry-Adams-stopped-by-a-Brazilian-PSNI from last season

Also Starring LeVar Burton

You gotta love Maxwell and Delamare. Saw both of them doing live shows before, they're genuinely funny.

Hrududu

Am I the only one that finds that maxwell guy incredibly annoying and totally unfunny.

No I'm with you, I cant stand him. He seems to hold up a lot of the show while he goes off on a tangent. The only current panel member that is keeping the show anyway decent is Neil Delamare. Karl Spain is deeply unfunny and Murphy is full of nervous laughter.

Is Dara gone for good then?

lostexpectation

there obvioulsy purposefully doing a serious bit at the end, maxwell is very paul mertonish, throwing random diversion when it gets quiet I thought he was spot with his bertie impressions last week.

Utopia Parkway

Killaqueen!!! wrote:

The Panel is nothing without Dara. And if Ed Byrne is gonna be out as well I'm not watching it. Delamare is the only thing keeping it goin..

I would have thought Ed Byrne being out would be a bonus.

dulpit

I don't mind ed byrne at all, he's funny like.. The one annoying thing is the token female they have every week.. They're always constantly crap and mutter 2 or 3 prepared things and thats it... The only good women on it were Pauline McLynn, cos she's quite funny, and Aoibhínn Ní Shúilleabháin, cos she's no idiot and she's all sorts of yummy...

Mairéad Farrell is only funny on the radio and that one Tara-Loughley-Grant (?) was anonymous, didn't say a feckin thing...

Diceicle

I used to be a fan of The Panel, I stress 'used to'. This election "special" that they're running at the moment is rubbish. I switched off two-thirds of the way through last weeks show as it bored the hell out of me. Maxwell and Delamere are the best on it, everyone else could be replaced with no loss to the show. Murphy seems like a nice guy but can't anchor a show like the panel. He doesnt seem to have many of his own jokes either by that I mean he just tacks his own
(un)funny part on to someone elses joke, at least thats how it seems to me.