'Makin Jake'

Akrasia

Ok, so it seems RTE, in their wisdom, have seen fit to make a spin off series featuring the most annoying and least funny character from the hugely annoying and not funny 'Naked Camera' series by the very annoying and not funny Pj Gallagher.

I bet it will be great.
Up there with the english class probably.

jph100

Akrasia wrote: »

Ok, so it seems RTE, in their wisdom, have seen fit to make a spin off series featuring the most annoying and least funny character from the hugely annoying and not funny 'Naked Camera' series by the very annoying and not funny Pj Gallagher.

I bet it will be great.
Up there with the english class probably.

calm down! if u dont like it dont watch it!

ill be watchin it.i really liked naked camera and most people i know really liked it too. jake was great

Akrasia

jph100 wrote: »

calm down! if u dont like it dont watch it!

ill be watchin it.i really liked naked camera and most people i know really liked it too. jake was great

Jake is a guy wearing an ugly ill fitting suit who talks in a very annoying voice, waves a newspaper and whistles constantly.

He's an annoying character. He was annoying in short bursts, he's going to be very annoying over 30 minutes.

I don't think annoying characters are funny.

Kur4mA

Well fortunately for you, you don't have to watch either the character or the show so what's the problem?

And just because you think the character is annoying doesn't mean everyone else does. I think both PJ Gallagher and his characters are class.

Akrasia

kyub wrote: »

Well fortunately for you, you don't have to watch either the character or the show so what's the problem?

And just because you think the character is annoying doesn't mean everyone else does. I think both PJ Gallagher and his characters are class.

Well if Lee Evans can sell out the Albert Hall.....

beanyb

Jake Stevens was funny for maybe... 2 episodes. Then the joke just got old. I'll definitely be steering clear of this!

beanyb

beanyb wrote: »

Jake Stevens was funny for maybe... 2 episodes. Then the joke just got old. I'll definitely be steering clear of this!

I agree completely.

Dman001

I prefered "The Fixer" than "Jake Stevens".

duckysauce

moan moan moan jayus

Snake Plisken

this looks good, was i seeing things or in the add for this does he go and meet Mr Incredible Hulk Lou Frerrigno, that might be good

Tha Gopher

Naked Camera ia a horrendous programme. Which is odd, as ive seen Gallagher interviewed and he is quite funny in them.

Apart from the brilliant one with Bill O`Herhilly in the taxi it is utter muck.

zuutroy

Looking forward to this: Americans+Weirdo Outsiders = Gold. See Ali G in Da USA.

Hrududu

I've only seen a couple of episodes of Naked Camera but liked it. I don't see why they are limiting themselves to just one character. It could get very old fast. For some reason I always found the woman's character funnier. You know the one that would stop guys and ask them to come to a wedding or would let them off a parking ticket if they went to the cinema with her.

gucci

Hrududu wrote: »

. For some reason I always found the woman's character funnier. You know the one that would stop guys and ask them to come to a wedding or would let them off a parking ticket if they went to the cinema with her.

i personally thought that was the worst part of the show...considering it had some serious competition that was a fair achievement!!

Tableman

I enjoyed Jake Stephens in the first series but then he began to overdo the character too much and it became overbearing. When he started doing that, people just didnt take him seriously and it wasnt as funny.

sweetie

the oul one who talks about riding and sex would go down well in the states. sure they're all at it over there

johnnyrotten

Jake is brilliant.
"To be or not to be WHOOT...Thats the question I'm askin ye! Whhoo!

Jesus the yanks are unreal

Jimbo

Only in America could he pull that program off

zuutroy

Meh, not great really...

BArra

thought it was quite good

"pack of mickey merchants"!!!

slickmcvic

..was looking foward to this but i was left dissapointed...it didnt translate as wel as i'd hoped...aliG/Bruno in the US worked waay better!

ironictoaster

Was also dissapointed.

Boardsbud

It all seemed vey "set up" alright. I know most of this stuff generally is but you don't always get that impression. Missed the start. How did they account for the camera crea accompanying Jake ?
Great to see Eric Estrada back on the box though !!! For that alone 6 out of 10. Hope it improves.

yayamark

im a fan of him but im very disappointed not funny kinda annoying.

standbyme

Hopefully it can only get better, as the Americans are very gullible & probably see this everyday?

I heard PJ mention this on Ray D'arcy a good while back, about being cuffed by 'Ponch' as well as the rest,

dlofnep

Jake Stevens is more amusing than this thread.

Akrasia

rubbish.
Even the yanks can see through such an an annoying and one dimensional character. At least Borat had the whole cultural anarchy thing going for him

Sizzler

Either Erik Estrada is a much better actor then I ever gave him credit for or he was majorly pi**ed off !

How many episodes is this series, I cant see how they could get any more mileage out of than last night

Melion

I thought it was very funny, so did the 2 lads i was watching it with.

pd101

Does any one know if its repeated anytime?

magnumlady

I must be in the minority, because I found it hilarious.
I also like Naked Camera, the auld wan reminds me of my mother (don't tell her I said that!!):D

BaZmO*

magnumlady wrote: »

I also like Naked Camera, the auld wan reminds me of my mother (don't tell her I said that!!):D

You're supposed to do "Yore Ma" jokes about other peoples' mothers not your own.

I watched it last night and was very disappointed with it. It was like they didn't know what they wanted to do with it. It was quite obvious that the majority of the scenes were setup and if that's the best they could do with a setup I really worry for the future of Irish Comedy TV.

It's a pity that it wasn't that good because I liked Naked Camera (got old fast though) and I think PJ is a very funny stand up. It probably would've worked better as a 10 minute filler between shows rather than a half hour each week.

Utopia Parkway

I didn't mind Naked Camera but Jake Stevens is a fairly annoying character alright. I mean what does he do? Holds a newspaper and whistles a lot and that's it.

Couldn't blame somebody if they chinned him.

Sizzler

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

I didn't mind Naked Camera but Jake Stevens is a fairly annoying character alright. I mean what does he do? Holds a newspaper and whistles a lot and that's it.

Couldn't blame somebody if they chinned him.

I thought Ponch was gonna clock him lol

Jack Sheehan

I could only watch about 5 minutes before I had to turn it off. I have no idea who approved it but they should be shot. Awful.

mickd

Not great but it could be worse you could of had Maeve Higgins going statside

estebancambias

Not good at all, and I am a fan of him. He looked like a joke and not in a good way.

There was some real cringe moments.

Lil' Smiler

Ah i didn't enjoy the show.

Has Jake Stevens passed his sell by date??

Not really much he can do here now anymore as Jake is there?? Most people would know who he is

Miguel_Sanchez

My housemate was watching this and I foolishly stayed in the living room and bore witness to a painfully dull and unfunny piece of television. Bleurgh.

Jake Stevens isn't funny in small doses. He's tediously unfunny in large doses. He could possible be fatal in a series long dose.

I'm not going to watch it again to find out.

Rubbish.

estebancambias

Horrible. Did anyone just see that exchange? Talk about 'humour' falling flat on its face.

zuutroy

not great at all...some funny bits, but tied together so badly...

Access

One of the most annoying, boring and drawn out characters!

Pure RTE dribble at its best.

I watched the first 5 minutes of the first episode and turned the channel...

i wont be watching again.

delta_bravo

I think the guy at the end summed it up: 'So all he (Jake) does it just wave his newspaper around'. Something along the lines of that anyway. Its too scripted

magnumlady

I thought this weeks one was awful. Painful to watch.

Sizzler

Elvis's son (the pool cleaner) came out of it with more credibility than Jake in last nights epsiode.

All I can say is they obviously never screen tested this before airing....BIG mistake lads.

Kur4mA

Yeah I watched this last night too. Have to say it was complete ****e!

faceman

kyub wrote: »

Yeah I watched this last night too. Have to say it was complete ****e!

Completely agree, it was embarrassing. Very disappointed with PJ, the formula he had for naked camera worked, he should have used the same thing in the US.

Making Jake almost feels like a poor attempt at a friendly borat.

RTE really need to appoint a head of comedy.

Coincidentally i have PJ's stand up dvd too and i thought it was poor aswell.

Sizzler

faceman wrote: »

Making Jake almost feels like a poor attempt at a friendly borat.

Worse than that, its just embarassing !

faceman wrote: »

RTE really need to appoint a head of comedy.

I thought Pat Kenny held that role

The Hacker

The only reason borat, ali g & bruno worked so well in the usa compared to this was they were in complete control the whole time with the conversations/setups, making total idiots out of the americans. Example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIStqMJsimg&feature=related

The main weakness in makin jake imo is the americans are getting the better of him in some situations.

Sam Kade

Wouldn't you love to give him a wallop of his paper accross the back of his head maybe a baseball bat would be better. What an idiot.

csk

Sizzler wrote: »

All I can say is they obviously never screen tested this before airing....BIG mistake lads.

Do RTÉ do screen tests often/ever?


As for the show horribly contrived version of Borat and completely unfunny.