The Byrne Ultimatum

Stench Blossoms · 14-09-2009 9:06pm #1

I don't like Jason Byrne to begin with but my god this show is making me want to pull him out through my telly and kill him.

The jokes are tasteless and his stupid facial expressions aren't funny either.

JonathanAnon · 14-09-2009 9:09pm

Thought the first round was good, but it's going downhill fast..
They should at least make sure the token broad has a sense of humour.

WolfForager · 14-09-2009 9:09pm

Jason Byrne's attitude is just dyre, me thinks he's never watched a comedic gameshow in his live. And that guy to the far left is just not funny at all and should just shut up.

Bring back the panel i say!

kierank01 · 14-09-2009 9:09pm

I think it will get very tired very quick.

Pablod · 14-09-2009 9:10pm

your man sitting beside PJ Gallagher is an idiot!! he's only making himself laugh with his rubbish jokes

ballsymchugh · 14-09-2009 9:11pm

it lasted 5 minutes here. pure shyte. he never was funny.

alipackers · 14-09-2009 9:11pm

And whats worse is that after this monstrosity is a programme with that Baz idiot in it! Oh RTE what have we done to deserve this on a Monday night!!

kierank01 · 14-09-2009 9:11pm

I missed the very start, but what is the story with the guy sitting on the floor in the front?

AnthonyK16 · 14-09-2009 9:11pm

This is shamelessly trying to copy the Mock the week format but like so many other RTE comedy ventures is failing miserably.Is anyone else watching this?

Micky Dolenz · 14-09-2009 9:12pm

The set is awful. The panal is far more natural in it's delivery.

Pablod · 14-09-2009 9:12pm

kierank01 wrote: »

I missed the very start, but what is the story with the guy sitting on the floor in the front?

he's the band for the show....lol

My name is URL · 14-09-2009 9:13pm

Gallagher looks in awe of the shite your man beside him's saying :pac:

WolfForager · 14-09-2009 9:14pm

This is more like 5 drunk 18-20 year olds in a gaff exchanging stupid stories than a television programme.

14-09-2009 9:14pm

Watched it for about 5 minutes there. It's shocking cringeworthy. Literally had to switch off it was so bad.

Victor_M · 14-09-2009 9:15pm

Jasus it's fairly dire, I'm giving it the benefit of the doubt by sticking with it in the hopes it might improve, but what in gods name is rosanna davidson doing there other than proving to the nation that she's thick! She hasn't opened her gob in 15 minutes

Mr.Nice Guy · 14-09-2009 9:16pm

This is the worst steaming, stinking piece of crap I have seen in a long time. Bloody hell, how did this get commissioned?

Pablod · 14-09-2009 9:16pm

the highlight of the show so far is your man with the mini-piano :pac:

Basq · 14-09-2009 9:18pm

Let's try and keep it to the one thread!

Stench Blossoms · 14-09-2009 9:18pm

Who is the guy sitting beside PJ Gallagher?

WolfForager · 14-09-2009 9:18pm

Ah i can see the fornt page of the sun tomorrow "THEY SAID JESUS AND MICKEYS IN THE SAME SENTANCE"....

But in all fairness this stuff seems a bit unneccesarily vulgar.

It's come close to crossing the line a few times, especially with the tank into croke park joke.

Basq · 14-09-2009 9:18pm

It's too manic to watch tbh!

The multiple choice round is moronic, but moderately funny.

Pablod · 14-09-2009 9:19pm

orla wrote: »

Who is the guy sitting beside PJ Gallagher?

think its bernard something from a midlands radio show or something along those lines

efb · 14-09-2009 9:19pm

Bring back colm and jim jim, so we can shoot them all together!

efb · 14-09-2009 9:20pm

Shooting stars it aint!

SprostonGreen · 14-09-2009 9:20pm

I knew that I wouldnt like it, so I didnt watch it, thanks for confirming my suspicions.:pac:

ballsymchugh · 14-09-2009 9:21pm

i see rosanna davison was taught to read by homer simpson. and for those that don't get it, 'boy card reads good!'

Saint_Mel · 14-09-2009 9:21pm

Bernard O'Shea from the i105 breakfast show.

That show makes Colm & JimJim look like comedy gold!!!

JonathanAnon · 14-09-2009 9:22pm

Pablod wrote: »

he's the band for the show....lol

Better than Tubridy's band..
Something very studenty about it alright, bet the two lad's friends (no doubt in Biotechnology) think that they are "mad" lads for doing the show.

They really need to script the shows to some extent. Mock the week give the guys the topics a few days before so they have stuff prepared but deliver it as if it is fresh and spontaneous.

JonathanAnon · 14-09-2009 9:23pm

Baz up next. Think I'll be f*cking the TV license through the Post Office window next chance.

Aidric · 14-09-2009 9:24pm

Sweet mother of the divine sorrows, wut was that?

Stench Blossoms · 14-09-2009 9:24pm

Sorry basquille didn't see a thread here before I started this one.

The funniest thing about the whole show was the guy on the piano.

PJ Gallagher has let me down.

bluemooner · 14-09-2009 9:24pm

the audience werent laughing either

Stevo11 · 14-09-2009 9:25pm

Round 1 and the last round were hilarious!! The bit in between... bruuuutal..

alipackers · 14-09-2009 9:25pm

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Baz up next. Think I'll be f*cking the TV license through the Post Office window next chance.

How on earth did he ever get on tv, nevermind his own programme. His dad must be a "big cheese" down in Donnybrook or something

idiot

Dunnie1982 · 14-09-2009 9:26pm

How did that show get commissioned. Who is an charge of programming at RTE. The audience were in stitches laughing, were they playing father ted off camera for them, or just pumping nitrous oxide into the studio?

hacx · 14-09-2009 9:27pm

There's gonna be one hell of a stink kicked up about this tommorrow.. Should be fun.

Basq · 14-09-2009 9:27pm

orla wrote: »

Sorry basquille didn't see a thread here before I started this one.

Your thread was first.. someone else started a thread after yours, which I merged.

orla wrote: »

PJ Gallagher has let me down.

To be fair, PJ Gallagher was never funny!

Stench Blossoms · 14-09-2009 9:29pm

basquille wrote: »

To be fair, PJ Gallagher was never funny!

Some of his sketches have been funny.

I'm not a huge fan of comedians who laugh at their own jokes while telling the joke.

I'll probably get ropped into watching this again next week. Hopefully they're will be better guests.

gazzer · 14-09-2009 9:30pm

Bloody hell that was dire. I have never found Jason Byrne funny and this show just confirmed it for me. What is it what him making all those stupid accents? He is woeful

FearDark · 14-09-2009 9:35pm

Car crash TV.

Who the fcuk is that absolute toolbox beside Colin? he's the only one laughing at his jokes.

My god, just... appaling.

velo.2010 · 14-09-2009 9:41pm

Interview in todays Mirror(or Herald?). He said basically he's only interested in getting this on British Telly.Sounded a bit p';.'#d off that he wasnt given the UK version of Anonymos.

Euro_Kraut · 14-09-2009 10:08pm

At least they all thought it was funny....

So awful editing. Shot after shot of PJ Gallagher and yer mad beside him in stitches. They might as well just have had canned laughter.

Rossanne Davidson set back the cause of Irish women 50 years. She was there purely as lads eye candy - nothing else to contribute.

Poor stuff all round.

rainny · 14-09-2009 10:11pm

Absolute crap. Used to think Jason Byrne was 'kind of' funny but I was wrong...

Crow71 · 14-09-2009 10:21pm

ahh, to be fair pj gallagher is normally good. Off night perhaps

Nate--IRL-- · 14-09-2009 10:22pm

This, and Ryan Turdigy's family tree thing, makes me want to go postal on RTE.

What a shower of ****wits.

Nate

chin_grin · 14-09-2009 11:05pm

Wow. Just watched this tonight thinking it'd be a bit of fun (from the ad). Boy was I wrong! Tasteless jokes a gogo (I'm not being 'prissy' either, as I tend to lean towards the sick side meself) but they just seemed forced and there purely for shock value. I'm guessing that most of the laughter was dubbed in at the last minute too as every time the camera flicked on the audience there were at least half with furrowed brows and mouth agape.

Also is it fair to say that this show has made me embarrassed to be Irish? That poor fella John Bishop. I've been to his stand up and he comes across as a pretty decent guy. But I felt it was just a show of English bashing for the whole thing. I mean he does a bit in his show about him trying to shake off the "Great British" label.

I really hope this gets cancelled soon. Not even sure how it was aired in the first place! Scrapin the oul barrel are we?

A Disgrace · 14-09-2009 11:33pm

Jason Byrnes stand-up, and even Anonymous, can be very good at times, but what is wrong with this? I don 't get it. We're one of the funniest races on the planet and yet we can't nail a comedy template that's been done a million times before.. I'm genuinely confused.. And don 't go blaming RTE folks, they're not the ones trying with the funnies!!

You know, I think when we stop mimicing what they do in the UK and just go for it (Apres Match, Soupy Norman, Paths to Freedom) we can get it together, but this whole 'let's do a show based on Mock the Week, Have I got News for You and Shooting Stars' ain't working..

15-09-2009 12:16am

rainny wrote: »

Absolute crap. Used to think Jason Byrne was 'kind of' funny but I was wrong...

"Hang on a minute...those are FAKE HANDS"

Thats about it.

Deeper Blue · 15-09-2009 12:58am

I feel sorry for anyone who watched this.

Everything about it was horrendous.

BaZmO* · 15-09-2009 9:29am

kierank01 wrote: »

I think it will get very tired very quick.

It did. I watched it for 2 mins and turned it off.

A mickey with ears? :rolleyes:

Sids Not · 15-09-2009 9:53am

BaZmO* wrote: »

It did. I watched it for 2 mins and turned it off.

A mickey with ears? :rolleyes:

Didnt even last 2 minutes in my house...utter crap...Too many ego's in the same place at the same time spells this shyte.....

The Byrne Ultimatum

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