Cowen Lampooned on US TV

MrMatisse

Oh dear:mad:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRZvERI5nf8

recylingbin

Again? The yanks should let it drop now ffs.
First Leno, now....

Leno again.

Biggins

They gave it a good write-up in the Herald.

http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/chat-king-leno-describes-cowen-to-millions-as-lsquoa-drunken-moronrsquo-2354697.html

Sea Sharp

Who cares!!!
There is no head of state in the world that would not be slagged off when mentioned on a comedy show.
Jay takes the p1ss out of people for a living.

Cakes.

what annoys me is they call him the " Prime Minister " his title is Taoiseach !!

fontanalis

Cakesofrice wrote: »

what annoys me is they call him the " Prime Minister " his title is Taoiseach !!

In fairness you can't expect a country to be fluent in a langauge that isn't spoken by most if the people in the country where it's from.

Cakes.

I dont speak chinese and dont call the dalai lama the pope of the buddhist

Mr Benevolent

Cakesofrice wrote: »

what annoys me is they call him the " Prime Minister " his title is Taoiseach !!

Taoiseach means Prime Minister. I can imagine you saying 'That's not a bed, it's a leaba!' :rolleyes:

Star Bingo

****in yanks. we're so far flung west anyhow we are top of europe's fat table with britain. stuck in the middle =( we are the fatty meat in a sandwich of sour dough bread

Sam Vimes

Cakesofrice wrote: »

what annoys me is they call him the " Prime Minister " his title is Taoiseach !!

And when talking about Vladimir Putin they should refer to him by his correct title "Премьер-министр"

JONJO THE MISER

Poor Auld Cowan, all he wanted was a pint.

Poly

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Poor Auld Cowan, all he wanted was a pint.

No problems with the pints, all he really really wanted was a duvet day

onlyrocknroll

Yeah, I'd forgive the Yanks for calling him the Prime Minister. The Brits should learn the word Taoiseach though. Christ if you're close enough to a country to hit it with a stone, and you have a long and complex relationship with that country you should learn the correct term for its head of government.

Back on topic.

Cringe:o

Rented Mule

I'd like to see this quiz done in a few places around the country.

Superbus

The English translation should be the T-Shock.

El Guapo!

Who gives a fúck? We slag off every president they've ever had...Bill Clinton getting blown in the oval office.....George Bush Sr for being an idiot.....George Bush Jr for....well for being a bigger idiot.
They can slag off all our politicians if they want. They're right anyway Cowan is an idiot.

Dj Stiggie

Its one thing taking the p!ss out of him when it happened, but come on, it was two weeks ago.

Leno I thought you were about topical affairs

starbelgrade

Lampooned?

They should have harpooned him instead.

Mark200

Yeah how dare they call our Taoiseach names!!! Only boards members should be allowed do that :mad: :mad: :mad:

brianthebard

Cowen is a bollocks, but his bollockology has been a godsend for other countries trying to hide from their own problems for a while.

Cowen will be the first taoiseach to die by falling into a ditch while staggering home from the pub on a dark night.

Mark200

brianthebard wrote: »

Cowen is a bollocks, but his bollockology has been a godsend for other countries trying to hide from their own problems for a while.

I'm pretty sure Ireland falls into that also.

strobe

Confab wrote: »

Taoiseach means Prime Minister. :rolleyes:

Ehhh, no it doesn't. :rolleyes: Nice try though.

Augmerson

strobe wrote: »

Ehhh, no it doesn't. :rolleyes: Nicer try though.

I thought it meant Chieftain?

strobe

Augmerson wrote: »

I thought it meant Chieftain?

Give the man a gold star. :pac:

JJJJNR

Best president in Ireland for years IMO.

Brian CivilEng

Leno is a gob****e anyway, he's entire act seems to have denigrated into pointing out how superior he is to other people. I cant stand the smug git, but he has achieved the impossible, he made me stand up for Brian Cowen. How many other world leaders enjoy a drink, Winston Churchill was an alcoholic for pete's sake. Yet because Cowen wasn't blessed with looks he becomes an object of ridicule. If he was being mocked for his policies, his incompetence or his record then I would be all for it, satire is a wonderful thing. But no, Mr. Holywood Jay Leno wants us all to look at this freak of nature, with a photograph catching him at a bad time, who enjoys a pint like everyone else. Muppet.

Conan never would have lowered himself to this.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Sam Vimes wrote: »

And when talking about Vladimir Putin they should refer to him by his correct title "Премьер-министр"

One of the best bitch slaps I've ever seen!.. Bravo :cool:

brianthebard

Mark200 wrote: »

I'm pretty sure Ireland falls into that also.

Cowen's drinking is just adding to our problems however, and reinforcing negative stereotypes and perceptions of the country as a whole.

Killer Pigeon

Really-Stressed wrote: »

Oh dear:mad:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRZvERI5nf8

"Hold on, Prime Minister of Ireland? Is Ireland a country?"

onlyrocknroll

strobe wrote: »

Taoiseach means Prime Minister

.Ehhh, no it doesn't. :rolleyes: Nice try though.

Yes it does, its meaning is derived from the word meaning chieftain, but in modern usage it refers to the head of our parliament, which in most English speaking countries is called a prime minister.

I know that Taoiseach is the correct term in both English and Irish, so technically 'prime minister' is sloppy and inaccurate, but the word still does mean prime minister.

happyoutscan

Jay Leno is a mong.

starbelgrade

abitofacomedian wrote: »

Leno is a gob****e anyway, he's entire act seems to have denigrated into pointing out how superior he is to other people. I cant stand the smug git, but he has achieved the impossible, he made me stand up for Brian Cowen. How many other world leaders enjoy a drink, Winston Churchill was an alcoholic for pete's sake. Yet because Cowen wasn't blessed with looks he becomes an object of ridicule. If he was being mocked for his policies, his incompetence or his record then I would be all for it, satire is a wonderful thing. But no, Mr. Holywood Jay Leno wants us all to look at this freak of nature, with a photograph catching him at a bad time, who enjoys a pint like everyone else. Muppet.

Conan never would have lowered himself to this.

Leno just likes to distract people from the fact that he looks like Mr.Potato Head.

johnnyrotten

Confab wrote: »

Taoiseach means Prime Minister. I can imagine you saying 'That's not a bed, it's a leaba!' :rolleyes:

No, its means Chieftain

Biggins

happyoutscan wrote: »

Jay Leno is a mong.

He don't even write his own stuff.
A team of comedy writers do it for him. That just makes him an actor doing a comedy sketch for that part of the show - and a poor one at that.

onlyrocknroll

johnnyrotten wrote: »

No, its means Chieftain

My Oxford English Dictionary has this

Taoiseach: noun- The Prime Minister of the Irish Republic.
Origin, Irish, 'chief, leader'

You're confusing its origin with its meaning.

orourkeda

I was surprised by the treatment of this very topic on todays liveline programme.

The level of indignation expressed by Joe Duffy in particular was disgusting. It's unfortunate that anyone is made fun of but it does go with the territory sometimes. I hadnt heard the clip before liveline but I thought it was going to be a lot worse than it really was.

GavinEire

Cakesofrice wrote: »

what annoys me is they call him the " Prime Minister " his title is Taoiseach !!

Yeah thats what I was thinking.

liah

abitofacomedian wrote: »

Leno is a gob****e anyway, he's entire act seems to have denigrated into pointing out how superior he is to other people. I cant stand the smug git, but he has achieved the impossible, he made me stand up for Brian Cowen. How many other world leaders enjoy a drink, Winston Churchill was an alcoholic for pete's sake. Yet because Cowen wasn't blessed with looks he becomes an object of ridicule. If he was being mocked for his policies, his incompetence or his record then I would be all for it, satire is a wonderful thing. But no, Mr. Holywood Jay Leno wants us all to look at this freak of nature, with a photograph catching him at a bad time, who enjoys a pint like everyone else. Muppet.

Conan never would have lowered himself to this.

As if Winston Churchill never got the piss taken out of him? Caricatures drawn of him? Political cartoons?

Every celeb gets sh!t for their looks. Women are judged firstly on their looks in basically every situation ever. Who cares?

Leno's a muppet, but "standing up" for Cowen because someone made fun of how he looks? Half the members of this board do that on a regular basis.

Mrmoe

Maybe he got confused with Conan:P

Star Bingo

rational harpoon

kraggy

Confab wrote: »

Taoiseach means Prime Minister. I can imagine you saying 'That's not a bed, it's a leaba!' :rolleyes:

No it doesn't. It means chieftain.

Príomh Aire is the Gaeilge for Prime Minister.

Nodin

I fail to see what the fuss is about. Its satire....

As regards Joe Duffy - the sooner the lever is pulled the better.

OPENROAD

Dean09 wrote: »

Who gives a fúck? We slag off every president they've ever had...Bill Clinton getting blown in the oval office.....George Bush Sr for being an idiot.....George Bush Jr for....well for being a bigger idiot.
They can slag off all our politicians if they want. They're right anyway Cowan is an idiot.

I think its because an American said it, can you imagine the outrage if Jonathan Ross or another English presenter had said it, people here would be outraged, After Hours would go into melt down

A Primal Nut

Cakesofrice wrote: »

what annoys me is they call him the " Prime Minister " his title is Taoiseach !!

Its a comedy show, not a political show. If he said Taoiseach nobody would get the joke.

JuliusCaesar

Well, all it proves is that we don't vote for our politicians according to their looks....(in contrast to the beauty contest in US politics)

Dudess

People were freaking out over this on the Joe Duffy show? FFS, while some might consider Cowen an embarrassment, I personally find that sort of hypersensitivity even more embarrassing...

GLaDOS

If they had called him Taoiseach, most American's wouldn't have had a clue what that meant, which is fair enough, we really aren't that important a country.

Anyway, I thought it was funny.

Sheeps

From the people who brought the world fox news.

blackdog2

JuliusCaesar wrote: »

Well, all it proves is that we don't vote for our politicians according to their looks....(in contrast to the beauty contest in US politics)

Nor did we vote for this taoiseach...

orourkeda

Sheeps wrote: »

From the people who brought the world fox news.

To the people who gave the world liveline and the adrian kennedy show

Sheeps

dont knock the adrian kennedy phone show. its like jeremey kyle. he does the community a good service by presenting scumbags in an easily accessible format to be laughed at.