The Panel

Eire-Dearg

McWilliams presenting, giving Murphy, Maxwell and Delamere the chance to mess.

Thoughts so far?

Harpy

just turned it on a few minutes ago.. I'm enjoying it so far, mcwilliams seems to be enjoying himself..

Harpy

they're taking the piss out of him nicely now..

willywonty

is it just me or is dave mcwilliams the boring bloke interrupting a funny story all the time?

zuutroy

Still the ugly brother of Have I Got News for You.

currythis

decent enough compared to most things on RTE lately,I'd be a lot happier if Neil Delamere wasn't on the panel,how that un-funny little gob****e get's on the telly is truely beyond me..

jordata

Anyone know wtf mc williams said about miriam o callaghan? surely if he wants to apologise The Panel is not the place?

Aldito

Shockingly bad...

Anyone see the ad for it, I thought that was a piss take, didn't actually think it would be like that...

willywonty

something along the lines that she was trying to seduce him in an interview. he wishes. so do i:)

omahaid

I had a great laugh at them taking the piss out of mcwilliams (longest apology I ever heard ), that psychic is some tosser though, biggest douche in the universe by far. I've had a few laugh out loud moments so here's hoping.

mahamageehad

Andrew Maxwells "Kids should be praised not scored.......someone shoulda told the priests!!!!" is the funniest thing so far imo!

Reginald P. DuM

It's ok so far, nothing so get excited about. Yer man McWillams is fairly up himself though. Delamere simply isn't funny, neither is the girl, Jenny I think she's called. But we'll stick it out.

Aldito

omahaid wrote: »

I had a great laugh at them taking the piss out of mcwilliams (longest apology I ever heard ), that psychic is some tosser though, biggest douche in the universe by far. I've had a few laugh out loud moments so here's hoping.

Haha what a creepy greaseball...

That was a great episode in fairness

jordata

Mc Williams thinks he is on Prime Time or something. SHUT UP and GET OFF,

Utopia Parkway

Just a confused show these days. Doesn't know if it wants to be serious or a comedy and ends up falling between both stools.

omahaid

Gilmore is the must unfunny person I have ever seen. I would prefer if they wheeled out a corpse.

boardsdotie

they are ruining the panel ffs

omahaid

Yer one is as funny as gilmore, this is killing my buzz man

Insect Overlord

boardsdotie wrote: »

they are ruining the panel ffs

It's been ruined for a long time now, to be honest.

Reginald P. DuM

Lets not forget now the inspiration for this show, HIGNFY was largely based around politics also, they proved that approach can be funny. It's all to do with the jokes. These jokes aren't well written, those across the water were for the most part. All down to the participants.

Tuned in. Totally bored until Gilmore was asked has he ever sniffed a marker.

"No."

haha

omahaid

I'd be up for putting Maxwell on prime time though, he seems more relevant than gilmore and davey.

bluefinger

Jesus, Maxwell don't talk about what you know nothing about. Stick to the unfunny obnoxious monkey routine.

zuutroy

Lol maxwell is making a fool of himself. Just shut up you clueless moron.

gleep

Liking Maxwell here lads, anyone else? Give him Tubridy's job!!

TheRealist

Just turned in on 15 mins ago, what a fúcking disaster... Yer man McWilliams has to go, it's indistinguishable from Questions and Answers.

Waste of time without Dara 0'Briain presenting IMO.

Gingervitis

Getting very Prime Time-y...
Still, for what it's worth, it's not often you see these questions put to politicians

zuutroy

gleep wrote: »

Liking Maxwell here lads, anyone else? Give him Tubridy's job!!

Are you serious? He hasn't an iota.

el diablo

currythis wrote: »

I'd be a lot happier if Neil Delamere wasn't on the panel,how that un-funny little gob****e get's on the telly is truely beyond me..

I agree. That Delamare bloke is very unfunny and obviously not too bright either. He doesn't have a clue what their talking about now...

"Have you ever sniffed a marker?":rolleyes:

Why do the audience laugh at everything he says?

Utopia Parkway

Such an odd show. McWilliams and Gilmore being all serious interspersed with Maxwell's mad monkey boy routines.

emee

they moved the show from rte 2 to rte 1 which is why they have mc williams presenting... trying to raise the tone of the show apparently.

was at the filming of it last night and can honestly say he didn't say one funny thing all night he just keeps blabbering on with the same crap he's gone on about in all his previous shows. based on that i'd say we can look forward to a full series of him talking about the economy as if we don't hear enough of it already...

Koloman

gleep wrote: »

Liking Maxwell here lads, anyone else?

No! Maxwell thinks raising your voice a lot makes you funny! When Dara left they should of killed the show.

jordata

audience sound delighted its over - can't blaame them

el diablo

el diablo wrote: »

I agree. That Delamare bloke is very unfunny and obviously not too bright either. He doesn't have a clue what their talking about now...

"Have you ever sniffed a marker?":rolleyes:

Why do the audience laugh at everything he says?

The funny part was Gilmore's reaction tbh. Answering as though it was a serious question.

omahaid

Overall verdict: Not wildly impressed, could do better (as my own report card from the Christian brothers used to say), second half was dire but 1st was ok.

WolfForager

I'm all for Colin Murphy as host, he seemed the best of a bad lot last season.

bluefinger

I'd say gilmore's probably regretting going on it now. It was a bit of shambles. There are no stupid question but there's a lot of inquisitive idiots.

Aldito

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Such an odd show. McWilliams and Gilmore being all serious interspersed with Maxwell's mad monkey boy routines.

Exactly what I was thinking. What a load of rubbish. He acts like a retard then asks Gilmore questions he thinks will get loads of applause and wants to be taken seriously.

Mairead must have said at least 8 words in that episode.

Shalln't be watching this again anyway...

gleep

zuutroy wrote: »

Are you serious? He hasn't an iota.

And doea Tubridy? At leat Maxwell got to grips with a politician and didn't let him off the hook. He forced an answer, fair play.

emee

emee wrote: »

they moved the show from rte 2 to rte 1 which is why they have mc williams presenting... trying to raise the tone of the show apparently.

was at the filming of it last night and can honestly say he didn't say one funny thing all night he just keeps blabbering on with the same crap he's gone on about in all his previous shows. based on that i'd say we can look forward to a full series of him talking about the economy as if we don't hear enough of it already...

See your first problem there was going to the Panel and actually expecting it to be funny...

Cecil Mor

Shockin!!

omahaid

Koloman wrote: »

When Dara left they should of killed the show.

Oh ffs, OMG Dara left, lets turn off RTE :mad: No, they should keep trying to do something good, plenty talent in this country.

Nate--IRL--

I think the show needs Jason Byrne to save it.

Nate

zuutroy

gleep wrote: »

And doea Tubridy? At leat Maxwell got to grips with a politician and didn't let him off the hook. He forced an answer, fair play.

Unfortunately his question was rooted in the fact that helacks any comprehension of the issues being discussed. He reminded me of Rainman, was waiting for him to start hitting himself.

Utopia Parkway

A show like the panel just has to be comedians taking the piss out of the week's news with the odd guest here and there. The tone of the show is all over the place. The comedians look bored when McWilliams and Gilmore are talking and the when the comedians are messing about McWilliams looks lost.

The Express

was it just me or did Andrew Maxwell's fringe resemble the NIKE 'Swoosh' Logo?

omahaid

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

A show like the panel just has to be comedians taking the piss out of the week's news with the odd guest here and there. The tone of the show is all over the place. The comedians look bored when McWilliams and Gilmore are talking and the when the comedians are messing about McWilliams looks lost.

Agree 100%, first half was funny second half was serious, all over the place.

Elmo

Flicking in between this and V.

I think it is an improvement not sure if it will save it. I thought McWilliams was good, but a little too much about his book.

gleep

zuutroy wrote: »

Unfortunately his question was rooted in the fact that helacks any comprehension of the issues being discussed. He reminded me of Rainman, was waiting for him to start hitting himself.

Ok, so he may not be an economist, but what he did was stop Gilmore spouting off as politicians love to do. He made Gilmore shorten his monologue to two lines, in which he basically said all that had to be said.

Ardent

Caught the first 10 mins of this before I switched over. Thought it was car crash stuff - painfully strained humour and McWilliams laughing way too hard at everything. Ugh.

Drumpot

Enjoyed the first half . . Although McWilliams looked and sounded like a fish in space . .

Not a usual Panel watcher , but actually enjoyed the second half aswell . .

I would say that Gilemore is sick he went on the show. He looked vunerable as he didnt expect the questions he got.

He admitted he cant change NAMA if he gets elected . . Thats actually a very big admittance to make and quite damaging if the papers want to have a go at labour.