New Irish Sit-com on RTE TWO?????

Angus MacGyver

The blatant Richard E Grant rip off in the opening scene ended it for me.

afatbollix

markk06 wrote: »

Does nobody have to sign off on these shows before they are put on the air?

yes and the head of comedy in RTE is 56, and has never seen scrubs (isent that on rte for the last 6 years???) or family guy in his life!??????

Conor108

What exactly do they spend the licence fee on?!?:eek: Awful acting imho

Boardsbud

Poor Mr Stubbs and his friends are prob sitting around howling laughing at this right now. Looking forward to hearing from him on here in the near future.

tubey

That aint Oliver Carroll.

Gran Hermano

Another comedy bypass and another program confirming why not to
tune into RTE. Praise Jebus for the internet and Sky digital.
I pity those stuck with only the Irish terrestrial channels.

Aghh.. car-crash TV.

The more I watch this the more I realise it's more shi-ite than a flight full of Muslims
on the way to Mecca.

Boardsbud

tubey wrote: »

That aint Oliver Carroll.

I think you'll find it is.

Lets not turn this into another licence fee thread though. Its quite clear that a tiny amount of money was spent on this. RTE gave them "development money". It wasnt developed very well and should not have been put on air.

Jackz

Dear god I kept watching and the Vixen??? (Who speaks in the same affected way as Kiera Nightly)

Polly Hill

WTF???

This is shameful.

Polly Hill

Boardsbud wrote: »

I think you'll find it is.

Lets not turn this into another licence fee thread though. Its quite clear that a tiny amount of money was spent on this. RTE gave them "development money". It wasnt developed very well and should not have been put on air.

Sorry, no amount of development could improve that writing.

pa990

what a load of dogs cogs

it isnt even remotely funny...


oh hang on.. its over..

thank chr1st


OH NO.... its on again next week

wheelbarrow

..am i drunk?.

tubey

Makes sense that it's Oliver Carroll now....I hate that voice. Apologies for doubting you.

slickmcvic

....HaHa!! The roaring twenties...i wasn't expectin much but RTE have really excelled here!!....So Bad....It's Great!!!
....loved it

Call Me Jimmy

Yeaargh I missed it!

gazzer

OMFG RTE Comedy hit a new low tonight. That was without doubt one of the worst things I have ever seen on tv.. Where did they get those 'actors' from.?Even Leo from Fair City isnt that bad.

wheelbarrow

slickmcvic wrote: »

....HaHa!! The roaring twenties...i wasn't expectin much but RTE have really excelled here!!....So Bad....It's Great!!!
....loved it

..are you drunk..or has the meaning of "excelled" changed?

Elmo

Awh!

I am a bit embarrest I thought this was quite funny. I wasn't expecting much but I got a laugh.

Praise Jebus for the internet and Sky digital.

What comedy have sky produced?

Deiselad22

I think most student productions would have better writing and acting. Horrendous. I dont want to have a go at the individuals involved, but the commissioning department in RTE should be fired, and preferably burned at a stake somewhere we can all watch and throw petrol.

kevmy

TBH I don't think it's as bad as people here are saying. You can't make a judgement after 30 secs or half an episode. I'll give it another episode. Sure it's not great but most people won't give it a chance because it's a new comedy from RTE (in fairness due to there absolutely dreadful track record).

It's not anywhere near as bad as The English Class or The Cassidys. The voiceover is overused but it has a stupid charm missing in some other RTE attempts

Niall06

It was pure sh@te, what a waste of time

meep

Elmo wrote: »

Awh!


What comedy have sky produced?

I laugh every time I open my Sky bill.

How much?

Boardsbud

I'm sorry but next to The Cassidys this is the worst excuse for comedy RTE have ever commissioned. The English Class was a hell of a lot better than this tripe.

Basq

Missed it... got a bit distracted and watched an episode of 'The West Wing' instead of it.

Sounds like I didn't miss much..

Gran Hermano

Deiselad22 wrote: »

the commissioning department in RTE should be fired, and preferably burned at a stake somewhere we can all watch and throw petrol.

Will never happen, as it could be seen as RTE providing entertainment
and they obviously have an agenda against doing so.

And as for giving it a chance and watching another episode no chance,
performing self-circumcision with a rusty chainsaw would be less painful.

Wertz

Mr E wrote: »

I'll be tuning in anyway.... Going in with low expectations and hoping for a pleasant surprise.

Haven't read the thread past this post yet, but I did the exact same with this show and I have to give it a tentative thumbs up...it borrowed from a lot of other comedies I like (I got a particular vibe of HHG2TG of it) and some of the stuff was a wee bit predicatable but all in, pretty good. I even managed to laugh at some points, something I haven't managed at RTÉ comedy in a while (I think Couched was the last thing they did that I found in any way funny, oh and Aprés Match).
Fairplay lads hope it can keep up it up for the second part...

Jackz

Elmo I think he meant that channels he receives via Sky Digital. It's all down to opinion and in my opinion the writing was rubbish, that was apparent after 30 seconds and continued to be apparent until the end.

wheelbarrow

You can make "Greater ****e In Town" out of the name.

Deiselad22

Kevmy, that's nonsense. I turned it on with an open mind. I had heard nothing about it, didn't know if it was a comedy or drama like Bachelor's Walk.

The problem is - after the first episode - I still don't know what it is. Is it a comedy? There were no funny moments. I think it's just one of those specialist comedy show u might see late at night on BBC3. Thats why I dont wanna slate the individuals involved. There is a market (albeit small) for this type of show. But RTE should be aiming higher.

Lizzykins

There wasn't one thing funny in it. I watched half and abandoned the rest.