I'm Mike Murphy from RTÉ

Mikosyko

Has anyone else bought this DVD? I did and I have to say it was a terrible purchase. All it has is basically the same documentary they showed on RTÉ a few weeks ago, and after that it was just a few minutes of clips from The Live Mike.


I have to say another blunder by RTÉ......avoid. :rolleyes:

JDxtra

Cheers. I seen the ad on TV and thought to myself that is just not going to sell.

I think the stunt with Gay Byrne is just not funny, yet they show it all the time on TV. Yawn.

WoollyRedHat

Although his doc on America is very good I found.

hot fuss

THey should have put in some of Murphy's America and Murphy's Australia - that would've been better. That programme alone was alright but not fantastic viewing..

Mikosyko

They should have included the clip with Fran Dempsey trying to sell something at a flower market and he can't stop laughing!!


Does anyone know if a clip of this is anywhere online??

ruskin

Saw the Im Mike Murphy from RTE programme on RTE 1 a few weeks back and assumed the dvd would just be the same programme packaged. It really shows RTE scraping the bottom of the barrel by peddling dvds of their terrible, terrible programmes in the hopes of making a few more quid off them. I mean, who would possibly want to watch the clinic or podge and rodge over and over again at home?

DublinWriter

Mikosyko wrote: »

Has anyone else bought this DVD? I did and I have to say it was a terrible purchase. All it has is basically the same documentary they showed on RTÉ a few weeks ago, and after that it was just a few minutes of clips from The Live Mike.

I was tempted to buy it, but flipping it over revealed that it was only just over an hour long. €20? No thanks.

Same deal with the Hall's Pictorial DVD's, both are €20 each, although the content is good, RTE should have released both as a single volume. Poor value for money.

Mossy Monk

ruskin wrote: »

I mean, who would possibly want to watch the clinic or podge and rodge over and over again at home?

There must be someone buying them.

Im_No_Superman

Balls, I bought this for dad for Christmas! Ah well its the thought that counts isnt it!

RAFC

I bought it for myself, I remember watching it when I was a kid (baby actually haha) - haven't watched it yet.

Was looking forward to it until I read this thread :(

Proxy

Was hugely disappointed with it till a friend told me that if you go into the "Extras" menu you can watch all the sketches shown in full, albeit without a "Play All" option. So, generally, another poorly-made RTE DVD. I got a Podge & Rodge DVD for my mum last year (it cracks her up), and again, felt like about 40 minutes of actual watching - it was CLIPS of the "best" interviews. Rubbish.

Our man in Havana

Mossy Monk wrote: »

There must be someone buying them.

Yes, auld ones hoping to qualify for the rural driving licence as promised by the Green Party.

Tableman

I was a big fan of this when I was younger, Still am so I decided to buy the DVD. What did I expect from it? A host of numerous clips from Candid Camera. Did I get it? No! What a complete waste of money, there was only about 20 clips on it and the rest was Murphy, Twink & Fran Dempsey talking about the experience (and ruining many clips while they did so).

Was anybody else disappointed with this?

Mr E

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Tableman

Mr E wrote: »

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Sorry didnt spot this one

Was hugely disappointed with it till a friend told me that if you go into the "Extras" menu you can watch all the sketches shown in full, albeit without a "Play All" option. So, generally, another poorly-made RTE DVD

Yeah, that extras section was ok. although, I would have imagined that the extrsa would have been the main part & the main part would have been the extras!
Also, I think of so many clips they left out that were very good. Cant DVD's hold loads of data now? It just looked such a cheap, quickly made product.