Sean Moncrieff

Thornography

The guy is a legend,

But you would never think he looks like what he looks like after hearing him on the Radio.

I would have put him on Ryan tubridys body

discuss

deadhead13

Thing is, most of us already knew what he looked from his TV days. Anyway, I agree its a good show. I'm just surprised it doesn't get a bigger audience.

Fuzzy Clam

You want us to discuss Moncrieff in Tubridys body?

niceirishfella

Fuzzy Clam wrote: »

You want us to discuss Moncrieff in Tubridys body?

lol........this is one dumbass topic for discussion.

JonathanAnon

Fuzzy Clam wrote: »

You want us to discuss Moncrieff in Tubridys body?

I thought he was seeing Aoibhinn?

Never been a huge fan of Moncreiff. Had his chance with the Sat nite show. Not sure why they dropped that. I'd rather listen to Derek Mooney's show. Derek is very honest and naturally funny, though the show is a bit offbeat. Not really into wildlife, and wouldnt be mad on that boggerwoman he has on.

spadder

JonathanAnon wrote: »

I thought he was seeing Aoibhinn?

Never been a huge fan of Moncreiff. Had his chance with the Sat nite show. Not sure why they dropped that. I'd rather listen to Derek Mooney's show. Derek is very honest and naturally funny, though the show is a bit offbeat. Not really into wildlife, and wouldnt be mad on that boggerwoman he has on.

Can't stand Mooney or Neena ni Nawna when she comes on ranting and raving. The two most annoying voices on radio.

Moncreiff any day!

Agricola

Yeah Moncrief is a legend. Remember him on Dont Feed The Gondolas? He had this real sarcastic humour which he doesnt seem to really have anymore. Maybe it was all an act for TV! Its a pity the TV work didnt work out. I think he'd make a natural chat show host.

Thornography

niceirishfella wrote: »

lol........this is one dumbass topic for discussion.

Clearly im on your same level.


To put a bit of meat on the topic (Excuse the pun)

What I MENT to say is , Discuss people who look nothing like they sound.

Im at home sick with the pig sneezy (Swine flu) and need a bit of chearing up, The post was made late lastnight and wasnt thinking straight so I forgot to add what i ment to discuess, Bet you feel like a right twit now NOTSOniceirishfella.

mega man

jesus, remember dont feed the gondalaz..some programme

sarah_lennon

he's 48, doesn't seem like he should be that old

brettmirl

Apparently I sound like Moncrieff. Not sure if i should be ashamed or proud...

lampydoo

Moncrieff is brilliant! Always a great listen!

moe_sizlak

lampydoo wrote: »

Moncrieff is brilliant! Always a great listen!

saw him in the flesh at the ploughing today

niceirishfella

eVo|tempest wrote: »

Clearly im on your same level.


To put a bit of meat on the topic (Excuse the pun)

What I MENT to say is , Discuss people who look nothing like they sound.

Im at home sick with the pig sneezy (Swine flu) and need a bit of chearing up, The post was made late lastnight and wasnt thinking straight so I forgot to add what i ment to discuess, Bet you feel like a right twit now NOTSOniceirishfella.

No Evo, you're not at my level:). Use the noodle next time you go to start a thread, and no personal insults either please.:rolleyes:

deadhead13

Funnliy enough, just after I posted in this thread I saw regular contributor to Moncrieff's philosophy slot, Fr. Brendan Purcell, on the repeat of The Late Late Show and he looked nothing like I thought he would do. Declan Carty would be another example.

robk24

the guy is brilliant... never fails to make me laugh at least once a day....

Firetrap

Agricola wrote: »

Yeah Moncrief is a legend. Remember him on Don't Feed The Gondolas? He had this real sarcastic humour which he doesn't seem to really have anymore. Maybe it was all an act for TV! Its a pity the TV work didn't work out. I think he'd make a natural chat show host.

He had a chat show for a while years ago but I don't remember it being very good. The only guest I can remember from it is Chris Penn (Sean Penn's lesser known and now very deceased brother)

thebigcheese22

I love when he does shows around the country (like in the Ploughing championship) and some scobes shout at the studio! He normally has an intellectual put down or two for them

irish_bob

thebigcheese22 wrote: »

I love when he does shows around the country (like in the Ploughing championship) and some scobes shout at the studio! He normally has an intellectual put down or two for them

a bunch of such scobes ( culchie scobes so gentlemen compared to conventional kind ) were standing beside me at the newstalk stand at the ploughing championships yesterday , a few of them shouting up , asking could they be on the radio , i told them they should be allowed as they all had faces for radio

coopersgreen

I like his show. He's self-aware enough not to take himself as seriously as practically every other radio presenter, especially on Newstalk (bar OTB), and it's so refreshing.

Agricola

coopersgreen wrote: »

I like his show. He's self-aware enough not to take himself as seriously as practically every other radio presenter, especially on Newstalk (bar OTB), and it's so refreshing.

What about George Hook, that guy is soooo self deprecating!

irish_bob

Agricola wrote: »

What about George Hook, that guy is soooo self deprecating!

yeah but moncreif flys through material where as george takes a half an hour to get through one sentence , seriously , if he was saying mass , you would never have to go home as one sunday would drift into another

IronMan

I enjoy the movies and booze slot they do on a Friday.

The harrowing interview with the rape victim was very well handled I felt. One of the better radio personalities in Ireland.

thebigcheese22

Anyone listen to his interview with the owner of a 'haunted' pub in England? It was ****ing brilliant! After a couple of badly answered questions, at the end she admitted she hadn't seen any ghosts and her customers never saw one. Moncrieff must have been banging his head against the wall talking to her! Fecking brilliant radio

icanhearjimi

if he didnt answer 'eh, not too bad' every time someone asks him how he is it'd be a good show. 'eh, not too bad'

Thornography

thebigcheese22 wrote: »

Anyone listen to his interview with the owner of a 'haunted' pub in England? It was ****ing brilliant! After a couple of badly answered questions, at the end she admitted she hadn't seen any ghosts and her customers never saw one. Moncrieff must have been banging his head against the wall talking to her! Fecking brilliant radio

Can this interview be found online? I have a feeling i know how it goes knowing moncrief

Senna

Firetrap wrote: »

He had a chat show for a while years ago but I don't remember it being very good. The only guest I can remember from it is Chris Penn (Sean Penn's lesser known and now very deceased brother)

I was just trying to remember who that was. It was a cringe inducing interview, sean trying to make jokes that all fell flat, chris just sat there looking uncomfortable.

thebigcheese22 wrote: »

Anyone listen to his interview with the owner of a 'haunted' pub in England? It was ****ing brilliant! After a couple of badly answered questions, at the end she admitted she hadn't seen any ghosts and her customers never saw one. Moncrieff must have been banging his head against the wall talking to her! Fecking brilliant radio

Heard that today, i cant believe the researchers didn't actually cop the woman knew nothing.

thebigcheese22

PlastikdaN wrote: »

Can this interview be found online? I have a feeling i know how it goes knowing moncrief

Should be up here in the next few days

ste88m

Have to say, I think it's a great show. Moncrieff is always very witty. Pity the listening figures aren't great.

What do ye all think of Henry, the reporter? Has anyone noticed there is a decrease in vox-pops and Kidstalk recently? Pity.. Kidstalk was usually fairly funny, especially with the inner city Dublin schools.

Thornography

Henry seems to me like they put him in a personal joke among the rest of the cast and producers. Giving him really mundane topics to talk about, with kids of all people and being told to be as serious as possible. I dunno but that's how I feel. Dont get me wrong its quiet funny, but I really think the cast have a good giggle at him behind his back

Mossy Monk

Been a big fan since his Don't Feed The Gondolas days.

jonny oxford

Sean is a great presenter I think, he always builds a very good rapport when doing his interviews and he is indeed very witty, one of the best shows on Newstalk in my opinion.

Pity I don't get to hear it more often with Newstalks dodgy signal :mad:

orourkeda

It is one of the better progrmmes.

He goes up against Mooney and is far better

omerin

i like sean, enjoyed gondolas, but his guests are more miss then hit imo. cant stand mooney

bilko1234

Does anyone on here know what happened to the "Panel of Ladies" which went out every Thurs at 3.00?
It was Sean talking to Carmel and Rosemary etc (very different women!) about the tabloid headlines of the week.
I heard somewhere that Carmel trew a strop when one of the other "Ladies" described her perfume as smelling like Jeyes Fluid....
Don't know if this contributed to their absence from the airwaves...???

mambo

Sean is on holidays this week, and they have lined up various guest presenters to fill in.

Today it's reality "stars":
Brian "Big Brother" Dowling
Jennifer "The Apprentice (UK)" Maguire

Real amateur hour stuff. Cringe-inducing. :mad:

Des Bishop is in the hot seat tomorrow, should be a big improvement...

Mr E

I turned it off after 15 minutes and resorted to my iPod.

casio4

fair play to ye Mr E you lasted longer than me I switched off after 10 minutes, I can't stand either of them 2, even twink wasn't that bad when she stood in for him

Mr E wrote: »

I turned it off after 15 minutes and resorted to my iPod.

LostinBlanch

mambo wrote: »

Sean is on holidays this week, and they have lined up various guest presenters to fill in.

Today it's reality "stars":
Brian "Big Brother" Dowling
Jennifer "The Apprentice (UK)" Maguire

Real amateur hour stuff. Cringe-inducing. :mad:

It was awful wasn't it? You can bet they don't do crap like this when the JLNR figures are being compiled.

JimboJones74

I heard the last 30 minutes, for a few minutes i thought it was some sort of a joke, when i relaised it wasnt it was almost compulsive car crash stuff. If those got selected as guest presenters i would hate to see who the producers discarded as an option.

After that Sean has nothign to fear from guest preseneters, maybe Des Bishop might be good

Hermy

mambo wrote: »

Des Bishop is in the hot seat tomorrow, should be a big improvement...

The only improvement will be that I have been forewarned not to bother tuning into Newstalk tomorrow between 14:00 and 16:30.
Thanks for the heads up!;)

casio4

mambo wrote: »

Sean is on holidays this week, and they have lined up various guest presenters to fill in.

Today it's reality "stars":
Brian "Big Brother" Dowling
Jennifer "The Apprentice (UK)" Maguire

Real amateur hour stuff. Cringe-inducing. :mad:

Des Bishop is in the hot seat tomorrow, should be a big improvement...

I didn't tune in today was Des Bishop any good?

dolittle

it was truly dreadful yesterday
and des bishop was awful today
bring back david norris

casio4

dolittle wrote: »

it was truly dreadful yesterday
and des bishop was awful today
bring back david norris

anyone know who's doing the rest of the week? I think i'll have to watch the restaurant on rte tonight to get my fix of moncrief

spadder

Bishop wasn't too bad, not great mind, but a vast improvement on yesterday

ballsymchugh

it was miles better than yesterday. although if someone had a dump on the desk and left it there for 2 and a half hours festering, that would also have been better than yesterday.
but des bishop was grand. did the stuff.

mambo

casio4 wrote: »

anyone know who's doing the rest of the week? I think i'll have to watch the restaurant on rte tonight to get my fix of moncrief

I think Wednesday the show is replaced by budget coverage.

auerillo

mambo wrote: »

Sean is on holidays this week, and they have lined up various guest presenters to fill in.

Today it's reality "stars":
Brian "Big Brother" Dowling
Jennifer "The Apprentice (UK)" Maguire

Real amateur hour stuff. Cringe-inducing. :mad:

Des Bishop is in the hot seat tomorrow, should be a big improvement...

I was in the car and tuned in and thought it must be a rerun of some FM104 type phone is show. It was dreadful and I couldn't listen to it after a few minutes, so switched to radio 4. I normally enjoy the Moncrief programme.

casio4

mambo wrote: »

I think Wednesday the show is replaced by budget coverage.

yeah i forgot George Hook always comes on early when there's a budget to cover it

Clutterfree88

Not only does Sean has a fantastic show I often see him in Superquinn in the mornings doing the shopping before heading into town, a real multi- tasker!

Quint

Moncrieff is a great show. Never liked him on gondolas, thought i'd hate him on radio but i love the show! Great mix of stuff. Even got one of his books, enjoyed that too.


seans mam