NBC Today show in Wicklow

alpha2zulu

The Today show is live from Powerscourt in Wicklow for today and tomorrow,having just watched the first few minutes its as jammed pack with diddley-eye music and top of the mornings as you can imagine...they even got Miriam O' Callaghan to say it 17minutes in:p Miriam did a good job by the way of explaining the current northern problems in a much less sensationlist way than the NBC anchor was trying to portray initially.

If it gets a few more tourists over here i guess its all worth it...leprachauns included:D

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/#29720056

Elmo

alpha2zulu wrote: »

The Today show is live from Powerscourt in Wicklow for today and tomorrow,having just watched the first few minutes its as jammed pack with diddley-eye music and top of the mornings as you can imagine...they even got Miriam O' Callaghan to say it 17minutes in:p Miriam did a good job by the way of explaining the current northern problems in a much less sensationlist way than the NBC anchor was trying to portray initially.

If it gets a few more tourists over here i guess its worth its all worth it...leprachauns included:D

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/#29720056

To be sure to be sure tis Today from I.R.land

lostexpectation

mispronunciation and cliches galore, for some reason they feed the need to say Ireland with a faux ireland accent. earland, my god, even after the celtic tiger our image hadn't been updated? what we did do all that for

lostexpectation

miriam doing the national propaganda job, she was using very carefully chosen words and script, a little too positive i think,who said we're were back same troubles, denying we are is trying too hard, you bet she had a call from the gov. you going on nbc morning 'news' lots of americans and american business people will be watching make sure you say we have it all under control.

alpha2zulu

Ah yes, i-are-land, I'd definetly recommend the sheep herding scene up the Wicklow Mountains, yer mans accent was so thick even this country bumpkin couldent understand a word:D So comical, Craggy island is alive and well.



The scary thing is something like 6 million Americans were treated to Terry prones words of wisdom this morning....

Who knows, we could have Dunphy on it tomorrow morning at this rate!

lostexpectation

apparently sheep herding is unique irish, they don't hae sheep in the US?

Koloman

Cliché after cliché was broadcast. It was verging on the ridiculous (By the way did anyone think the woman who was demonstrating the Irish coffee seem a bit too aggressive!?), Des Bishop also looked bored out of his tree with the usual Oirish questions.

At least we have The Simpson's to look forward to, clichés or not!

lostexpectation

rich people shark bothering wonderful.

Elmo

lostexpectation wrote: »

miriam doing the national propaganda job, she was using very carefully chosen words and script, a little too positive i think,who said we're were back same troubles, denying we are is trying too hard, you bet she had a call from the gov. you going on nbc morning 'news' lots of americans and american business people will be watching make sure you say we have it all under control.

Ah! Ah! we are obsessed by this recession thing, a few years ago it was houses now its the recession. Its a fad I tell you and Miriam knows it too.

Koloman

Elmo wrote: »

Ah! Ah! we are obsessed by this recession thing, a few years ago it was houses now its the recession. Its a fad I tell you and Miriam knows it too.

Its just as well they didn't have George Lee on! Our reputation would of been well and truly DESTROYED!

lostexpectation

Koloman wrote: »

Its just as well they didn't have George Lee on! Our reputation would of been well and truly DESTROYED!

and thats the important thing our reputation to outsiders, never mind the people who live here, the official gov position only show them the good front room.

lostexpectation

and look at those clothes, ka ching. gotta get that american dollar.

alpha2zulu

Its just as well they didn't have George Lee on! Our reputation would of been well and truly DESTROYED!

At least Cowen is outta town at the moment...

Well tomorrow there in at the Dublin parade, so if they hang around the streets long enough afterwards they might meet the traditional eye-er-ish skobie. Certainly give the Americans a little more interesting view of Dublin;)

Elmo

Didn't RTÉ show Today in the early 1990's?

Bondvillain

A little bit before that. 88/89 maybe. The presenters on at the time of the Rte broadcasts were Bryant Gumble and Jane Pauley, and Pauley left in 1989.

It was around this point that I lost interest, as, attractive as Mr Gumble was, he didnt hold the same attraction for me as Ms Pauley did.

I remember them "greeting" Rté viewers who had joined them several times ("It's 8.15 you're with the Today show, and a special hello to R. T. E. viewers in EYE ur land who are watching us via simulcast today...") which greatly impressed me as a child.