Worst RTÉ "Comedy" of the Year?

Black Magic

Well?

Conor108

Republic of Telly

Hard to pick just one. Savage Eye is pretty dire.

Karl Spain wants to Rock

Podge and rodge just aint funny anymore.

EKRIUQ

Karl Spain wants to Rock

Used to be a big fan of Podge and Rodge, but this Stick it in tripe is unwatchable, just not funny and the people they have as guests on are equally as bad. The worst out of that lot.

Black Magic

Colin and Graham's Excellent Adventures

Come on Val Falvey is a disgrace

pikachucheeks

Neil Delamare's TV Burp thing was pretty awful, to be honest.

The whole show seemed overly scripted and was lacking in personality and humour.

Not something I'd tune in to again, having watched it once.

My name is Mud

The Maeve Higgins Yuletide crap-o-rama tipped the scale of RTE's ability to transfer faeces to my television screen

Black Magic

Colin and Graham's Excellent Adventures

My name is Mud wrote: »

The Maeve Higgins Yuletide crap-o-rama tipped the scale of RTE's ability to transfer faeces to my television screen

Jaysus, she was so bad I forgot. Didn't look at it once except the clips for ads.

"Happy Christmas to you. If you don't celebrate Christmas then eh um happy days to you"

Conor108

Republic of Telly

My name is Mud wrote: »

The Maeve Higgins Yuletide crap-o-rama tipped the scale of RTE's ability to transfer faeces to my television screen

Ah fancy vittles! Forgot about that! That should win.

I kinda like Republic of Telly.

Anyone remember 'The English Class' from 2008?

Utopia Parkway

The Savage Eye

RTE make this a very competitive award every year.:D

Black Magic

Colin and Graham's Excellent Adventures

Conor108 wrote: »

Anyone remember 'The English Class' from 2008?

I wish they would repeat it. Likewise with Stew. I'm sick of seeing repeats of Killinaskully and Naked Camera.


A new series "You Bad Self" is starting in the new year. Some of you may remember the pilot was on last Christmas.

http://www.rte.ie/tv/christmas/yourbadself.html

Watch the pilot - http://www.rte.ie/tv/christmas/yourbadself_av.html

Stench Blossoms

What about Colm & JimJim's show?

Black Magic

Colin and Graham's Excellent Adventures

orla wrote: »

What about Colm & JimJim's show?

Ah yeah.

'Twas useless

JP Liz

Republic of Telly

all

Antbert

Remember when The Panel was good? Seems pretty distant now.

laugh

Colin and Graham's Excellent Adventures

Val Falvey was ****e, I'v seen better comedy at Scor back in the day.

MickTipp

The Savage Eye

Has to Be Jason Byrnes ****e programme, god it was fuc!ing terrible!
Karls Spains programme was actually good enough

Black Magic

Colin and Graham's Excellent Adventures

MickTipp wrote: »

Karls Spains programme was actually good enough

Good for nothing fat penguin. He was bad.

Jip

are people nuts, the savage eye was one of the best of the decade.

Black Magic

Colin and Graham's Excellent Adventures

Jip wrote: »

are people nuts, the savage eye was one of the best of the decade.

Agreed

Agent Smith

Jip wrote: »

are people nuts, the savage eye was one of the best of the decade.

Get out and dont ever come back.



Hard to pick just one. Val Falvey is pretty bad.

Black Magic

Colin and Graham's Excellent Adventures

Agent Smith wrote: »

Get out and dont ever come back.



Hard to pick just one. Val Falvey is pretty bad.

Savage Eye. was the best creation ever.

Agree on Val Falvey. It ended with him lying in prison. The tool.

Hank_Jones

The Savage Eye

It really is a sad state of affairs that pretty much every show that is on RTE can be considered crap by most.

I voted for Jason Byrne's atrocity of a television show, it's probably the worst show I have ever seen in my life.

I think that The Panel is probably up there as one of the best things on RTE and that's so pathetic that I think I'm going to cry...

el diablo

Other (please specify)

It's a toss-up between Byrne Ultimatum and Republic of Telly. Both were extrememy shíte and both presenters are just not funny. :rolleyes:

Savage Eye was one of the best RTÉ productions in many years.

Wyndman

Republic of Telly

Savage Eye is muck, stolen jokes and empty cursing, about as satirical as Bosco. I know it's standard tele practice the world over to steal formats but actual jokes, characters and dialogue - that's a disgrace.

This list is a shameful book of evidence of why Eddie Doyle has to go. His tenure as Head of Entertainment has been a disaster. Not a single good show has resulted from his commissioning decisions. Millions of euro has been wasted on indulgent, underdeveloped, unfunny trash.

He had zero experience in comedy going into the job (just another RTE lifer, promoted to a department they know nothing about.) Two years later he has even less.

Black Magic

Colin and Graham's Excellent Adventures

el diablo wrote: »

Savage Eye was one of the best RTÉ productions in many years.

It was

Diabhal Beag

Val Falvey

I didn't know Karl Spain wants to Rock was a comedy! He just fails at everything he does.

Maeve Higgins is a very close second. She makes me change the channel straight away. Hate her!

el diablo

Other (please specify)

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

I didn't know Karl Spain wants to Rock was a comedy! He just fails at everything he does.

Maeve Higgins is a very close second. She makes me change the channel straight away. Hate her!

Yep, that Fancy Vittles yoke was bleedin' brutal.

Lemondrop kid

Colin and Graham's Excellent Adventures

Very hard to decide...:D

To be honest I could only watch 6 seconds (time to locate remote) of the Byrne Ult - I despise that creature.

Val is the winner otherwise. A strong winner.

Can't wait for next year...

120_Minutes

thanks to this forum i've seen none of them. my time is too precious to be wasting it on shite.

MickTipp

The Savage Eye

the republic of telly is just a cheap rip off of harry hills tv burp (which is also another sh!t show)

boodlesdoodles

The Byrne Ultimatum

The Panel for me. It used to be funny until someone decided it was ok for Andrew Maxwell to go off on those scripted tirades. I'd love to shove his pipe in his unfunny gob :mad:

dougal

120_Minutes wrote: »

thanks to this forum i've seen none of them. my time is too precious to be wasting it on shite.

Either have I but RTE pulled a sneaky one Christmas day and put on the worst excuse for comedy I have seen in years!
I was stuck in the in-laws and saw that Pat Short crap Mattie.
FFS it was pure torture!


*except the bit where the oul wan hit him with a stick - if only that lasted the full half hour!!!!

Black Magic

Colin and Graham's Excellent Adventures

boodlesdoodles wrote: »

The Panel for me. It used to be funny until someone decided it was ok for Andrew Maxwell to go off on those scripted tirades. I'd love to shove his pipe in his unfunny gob :mad:

He's a tool but I wouldn't even go as far as seeing what's under his trousers!

Mr.Nice Guy

The Savage Eye

Hank_Jones wrote:

It really is a sad state of affairs that pretty much every show that is on RTE can be considered crap by most.

Absolutely. This poll typifies how dire things really are. The sad thing is the ratings are probably pretty respectable for most of these shows.

A Disgrace

Karl Spain wants to Rock

120_Minutes wrote: »

thanks to this forum i've seen none of them. my time is too precious to be wasting it on shite.

Indeed, why bother having an opinion when you can just go by someone elses..

Elmo

The Savage Eye

I think your either being kind or mean to Colin and Graham by thinking its a comedy.

I think it is a hard choice. So I amn't voting. Pretty Dire TBH.

Aidric

Other (please specify)

The Republic of Telly wins hands down followed closely by Val Falvey. I'm surprised The Savage Eye has picked up a nice share of votes.

Hippo

Colin and Graham's Excellent Adventures

So many to choose from. I voted for Val Falvey because it's a proper attempt to do something and it still turns out awful. Podge Rodge/The Panel/Republic of Telly were all produced after 5 minutes discussion in the pub at the end of the night.

rovert

Other (please specify)

I thought Maeve Higgin's Christmas special was rather good you just need to give her show time. There is some really funny observational humour.

Black Magic

Colin and Graham's Excellent Adventures

rovert wrote: »

I thought Maeve Higgin's Christmas special was rather good you just need to give her show time. There is some really funny observational humour.

That woman is not one bit funny.

rovert

Other (please specify)

Black Magic wrote: »

That woman is not one bit funny.

You are confusing the objective with the subjective here

Exclamation Marc

The Savage Eye

The Byrne Ultimatum, worst programme of all time. The only person who found it funny was Jason Byrne himself, purely because he clearly thinks that his "aul wan" accent is hilarious.

Reginald P. DuM

The Savage Eye

I found it very difficult to choose between Byrne, Savage and Falvey now to be honest. Tough competition. All are scandalous, but for it being utterly ridiculous in its format, its repetitive nature and stoopid props n gags I gave Byrne the nod. I don't think there's an adjective good enough to describe how inept it really was but the closest I can think of now is Diabolical. Doesn't say much for the other two either does it!!

Shea O'Meara

The Savage Eye

As with all RTE programs, 'What can we make?' Get Michael to put together a comedy show. 'What about using yer one from Naked Camera?' Great idea, ooh and give Jason Byrne a ring.
That's as much thought as goes into these creations. They are filling time slots.

andrew90

The Savage Eye

Byrne Ultimatum closely follewed by Maeve Higgins

eoghanie

The Savage Eye

Byrne by far. Don't much care for McSavage either. RTE need to get Hardy Bucks on tv. Has everyone forgotten about that show? Genius. To be honest it would probably be ruined if it did get on RTE. They'd have to tone down the language and such. Maybe it's better for it to be remembered as the greatest online comedy of all time.

APM

Colm and Dim Jim's home run was the worst Comedy of 2009

claiva

The Savage Eye

Wyndman wrote: »

Savage Eye is muck, stolen jokes and empty cursing, about as satirical as Bosco. I know it's standard tele practice the world over to steal formats but actual jokes, characters and dialogue - that's a disgrace.

Every funny story, every joke, anecdote etc you have ever heard has been told before and recycled for your listening pleasure.
I really don't understand why a lot of boardsies hate McSavage.
I think he is brilliant and has finally found a medium (character based sketch show) which suits him and shows off his talents.
I don't mean to sound condescending here but how old are you guys who hate him so much ?
I'm probably the same age as him and I think he has really hit the nail on the head with regards to modern irish society.
Perhaps younger people don't properly GET whats he's saying with his cutting right to the bone comedy?:rolleyes:

hblock21

I went for 'other'.

Hector and Tommys Craic House

Black Magic

Colin and Graham's Excellent Adventures

APM wrote: »

Colm and Dim Jim's home run was the worst Comedy of 2009

You mean 2008?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colm_and_Jim-Jim's_Home_Run