Mrs. Brown

Ronan Keating

Beginning soon on RTÉ One.

mink_man

bad isnt the word

Minstrel27

There is no way this could ever be good

JonathanAnon

Bad

I am a negative b*stard. But I like Brendan O'Carroll and his comedy. It's crude but it's funny.

Maria is a cutie as well.

Carroller16

Bad

/\ perfectly summed up

blond45

Bad

ah lads its grand. im happy watching it.

Ronan Keating

Bad

The blond one playing his daughter is his wife. She looks terrible.

buckfasterer

Bad

Its actually quite good in comparison to some of the sh1te RTE are puttin out these days.

salad dodger

Bad

It's not as bad as i thought it would be.
Some genuinely funny moments to be fair.

blond45

Bad

buckfasterer wrote: »

Its actually quite good in comparison to some of the sh1te RTE are puttin out these days.

same as that, its funny.

Irishshin

Love Brendan O Carroll when he is Mrs Brown. This is funny. But much much better when its live on stage.

JonathanAnon

Bad

This year's Irish "comedy":

Podge and Rodge
Karl Spain wants to Rock
Val Falvey
Colin and Graham's Excellent Adventures
The Panel
The Byrne Ultimatum
The Savage Eye
Republic of Telly

When you compare it to the above list, taken from the poll we had on here recently, it's bats each one of these out of the park. RTE should have given Brendan O'Carroll (love him or hate him) a shot before ANY of the ****e above. He's obviously not as well connected as McSavage, Karl Spain, or the Zig n Zag lads.

Carroller16

Bad

he pulls off the aul one act well it has to be said

Ronan Keating

Bad

JonathanAnon wrote: »

This year's Irish "comedy":

Podge and Rodge
Karl Spain wants to Rock
Val Falvey
Colin and Graham's Excellent Adventures
The Panel
The Byrne Ultimatum
The Savage Eye
Republic of Telly

When you compare it to the above list, taken from the poll we had on here recently, it's bats each one of these out of the park. RTE should have given Brendan O'Carroll (love him or hate him) a shot before ANY of the ****e above. He's obviously not as well connected as McSavage, Karl Spain, or the Zig n Zag lads.

The Savage eye would easily beat Mrs. Brown

Carroller16

Bad

Ronan Keating wrote: »

The Savage eye would easily beat Mrs. Brown

Gary Barlow would easily beat you.

JonathanAnon

Bad

Ronan Keating wrote: »

The Savage eye would easily beat Mrs. Brown

You must have worked for Decca at some stage did you?

Deise Tom

Bad

Ronan Keating wrote: »

Beginning soon on RTÉ One.

Best laugh I had in a long time.

murpho999

Bad

Well I only caught the last 10 mins, so had no idea what it was about but I was pleasantly surprised.

O'Carroll seemed to carry it off.

You can also tell if an RTE show is any good as there are very few posts here slagging it off, sure some people here said it was bad even before the show had started!

Carroller16

Bad

murpho999 wrote: »

sure some people here said it was bad even before the show had started!

yeah the usual

JonathanAnon

Bad

Only thing I would be worried about. The content of tonight's show was pretty much the same as one of the DVDs I saw of him. I hope he doesnt run out of material, when he's finished with the backlog of material he already has from the DVDs.

thesandeman

Bad

I thought it was brilliant. Its very rarely I laugh out loud at the telly sober. Did anyone else think the music was very like the Fr Ted theme?

Deise Tom

Bad

Show tonight was much better than the crap that is to be found on the DVDs. Pity Rory was not in it tonight.

RayM

Wow, I came on here expecting it to be unanimously slagged off.

I thought it was one of the worst things I've ever seen.

itsonlywords

Compared to the Angelus, it is marginally better

JonathanAnon

Bad

Deise Tom wrote: »

Show tonight was much better than the crap that is to be found on the DVDs. Pity Rory was not in it tonight.

I dont know how you can say that Tom, nearly all of the jokes were taken from the DVD. And I'm not saying that just to contradict you. Everything form the name tag joke during the counseling session to the joke about the father "coming late" at the start.

Ronan Keating

Bad

JonathanAnon wrote: »

I dont know how you can say that Tom, nearly all of the jokes were taken from the DVD. And I'm not saying that just to contradict you. Everything form the name tag joke during the counseling session to the joke about the father "coming late" at the start.

Yes. They were all on the DVD. Maybe the popularity of this show has something to do with BBC being involved. RTÉ wouldn't know comedy if it smacked them on the arse.

But the jokes are all the same. This was shot in front of a live audience but was some of the laughter canned?

Deise Tom

Bad

JonathanAnon wrote: »

I dont know how you can say that Tom, nearly all of the jokes were taken from the DVD. And I'm not saying that just to contradict you. Everything form the name tag joke during the counseling session to the joke about the father "coming late" at the start.

It was a Poilot to a two or three year series of programmes. Last night I am sure Brendan O'Carroll would readily admit was to introduce new viewers, especially those that will see it for the first time to some of the characters.

Deise Tom

Bad

Ronan Keating wrote: »

RTÉ wouldn't know comedy if it smacked them on the arse.

I agree. RTE have to learn that there is more to comedy that an A******* called Tommy Tiernan. I would not consider him to be funny.

gar32

I like it but it was overly funny and maybe thing will get better or worse we will have to wait and see.

Reginald P. DuM

Bad

I missed this, and it aint on the player.. Anyone know when the repeat airing is?

Richard Dower

I voted bad, nuff said.

JonathanAnon

Bad

Ronan Keating wrote: »

Maybe the popularity of this show has something to do with BBC being involved. RTÉ wouldn't know comedy if it smacked them on the arse.

I think the popularity of the show is due to the fact that O'Carroll brought the stage show to the UK and it got a huge response. Something as parochial as Mrs Brown, I thought, wouldnt travel. But the brits get the humour as well, and he has been running Mrs Brown shows up and down the UK.

Ronan Keating wrote: »

Yes. They were all on the DVD...... But the jokes are all the same. This was shot in front of a live audience but was some of the laughter canned?

Deise Tom wrote: »

It was a Poilot to a two or three year series of programmes. Last night I am sure Brendan O'Carroll would readily admit was to introduce new viewers, especially those that will see it for the first time to some of the characters.

So back to my original point. The jokes WERE all on the DVDs.

The Lovely Muffin

Bad

Personally, I thought it was good.

Better than some of the sh!te RTÉ have broadcast lately.

Deise Tom

Bad

Reginald P. DuM wrote: »

I missed this, and it aint on the player.. Anyone know when the repeat airing is?

BBC are to show it soon.

Deise Tom

Bad

-Orlaith- wrote: »

Personally, I thought it was good.

Better than some of the sh!te RTÉ have broadcast lately.

Ya have to agree. Heard on one of the radio stations recently about some programme that RTE made that showed some fellow going to the toilet and having sex with a horse or something. I did not see the programme but from what i heard I would not regard it as comedy.

Hank_Jones

I honestly wasn't aware that so many people found Brendan O'Carroll funny, personally I think the guy is a complete idiot, but then again everyone has different tastes.

Elmo

Isn't this the film with Angelica Huston? It a nicey nicey movie completely different to Mrs. Brown's Boys.

I honestly wasn't aware that so many people found Brendan O'Carroll funny, personally I think the guy is a complete idiot, but then again everyone has different tastes.

I think when he isn't thinking rude = funny* he can be funny. Same goes for most Irish comedians.

*rude can be funny. 10 nobs jokes in a row not so funny

Elmo

Elmo wrote: »

Isn't this the film with Angelica Huston? It a nicey nicey movie completely different to Mrs. Brown's Boys.

No unfortunately not!

Reginald P. DuM

Bad

RTÉ Player: Mrs. Brown's Boys


It's up on the player, watched it earlier. I laughed quite a few times, so I will be happy to watch it again. It won't set your world on fire but its better than a lot of comedy on RTE.

At least this time when people complain about it we can be spared the tired old argument that they are furious their license fee went on making this rubbish. BBC money if I'm not mistaken.

BluesBerry

Brendan O Carroll has been using the same jokes for years Mrs Brown has been done to death
it was only ever funny when he brought out the tapes of Mrs Browns Boys in the early 90s its basically the same thing over and over tiring

Elmo

Reginald P. DuM wrote: »

At least this time when people complain about it we can be spared the tired old argument that they are furious their license fee went on making this rubbish. BBC money if I'm not mistaken.

Pity if it had been RTÉ it would only be 26mins long.

Rookster

I thought I had been transported back 25 years when I saw this garbage on RTE last Saturday night. It just is'nt funny. Maybe the dregs of society might find it it amusing when they are plastered but not the rest of us. O Carroll is a Knacker with no talent. But I suppose that does'nt stop RTE wasting taxpayers money.

Elmo

Rookster wrote: »

But I suppose that does'nt stop RTE wasting taxpayers money.

Hey good to see BBC helping them do it

Deise Tom

Bad

Rookster wrote: »

I thought I had been transported back 25 years when I saw this garbage on RTE last Saturday night. It just is'nt funny. Maybe the dregs of society might find it it amusing when they are plastered but not the rest of us. O Carroll is a Knacker with no talent. But I suppose that does'nt stop RTE wasting taxpayers money.

Speak for yourself. I was not plastered on Saturday night last and enjoyed every bit of Mrs Brown and will tune in again. I cant wait for it to start up on a more regular basis.

As for Brendan O'Carroll been what you called him. Dream on. The man is very talented at what he does and put the like of Tommy Tiernan who is supposed to be a good comedian to shame.

Rookster

Deise Tom wrote: »

Speak for yourself. I was not plastered on Saturday night last and enjoyed every bit of Mrs Brown and will tune in again. I cant wait for it to start up on a more regular basis.

As for Brendan O'Carroll been what you called him. Dream on. The man is very talented at what he does and put the like of Tommy Tiernan who is supposed to be a good comedian to shame

Who said Tommy Tiernan is funny? I cannot stand the guy. And he is'nt funny either. Just shouts a lot. Totally overrated.

Deise Tom

Bad

Rookster wrote: »

Deise Tom wrote: »

Speak for yourself. I was not plastered on Saturday night last and enjoyed every bit of Mrs Brown and will tune in again. I cant wait for it to start up on a more regular basis.



Who said Tommy Tiernan is funny? I cannot stand the guy. And he is'nt funny either. Just shouts a lot. Totally overrated.

Lots of people think he is funny. i dont think he should be left near any tv myself. He is a disgrace. Should be done for some of the stuff he comes out with.

Elmo

Deise Tom wrote: »

Lots of people think he is funny.

The thread is gone IMO. But just to state a point I made early on: -

Unforatunately many Irish comedians currently think being loud and overtly vulgar is funny.

Many need to tone down look at Tommy Teirnan and Breadan O'Carroll when the first went on the late late show, good because they were asked to tone it down for the audience.