The David McSavage appreciation thread!

Johnny Utah

Probably the funniest Irish comedian around at the moment. Anyone see 'The Savage Eye' last night? Very funny!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPISMWa0SMU

His new series is on RTE2 on Monday nights.

fedor.2.

Who?

FatherLen

in before moved to cool and funny videos

fedor.2.

Funny clip though

Duggy747

*cocks shotgun*

You best on move outta here now, boy, y'hear?

JerryHandbag

As a standup he's a bit meh, but I like The Savage Eye.

Mick The Bull Daly and Presdient Robinson and her "housebound" leave me in stitches!

omahaid

HE FIXED THE ROAD!!

iPlop

Johnny Utah wrote: »

Probably the funniest Irish comedian around at the moment. Anyone see 'The Savage Eye' last night? Very funny!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPISMWa0SMU

His new series is on RTE2 on Monday nights.

Yeah saw it last night and it did make me laugh ,especially the bit with the garda in templemore.It's about time someone in Irish comedy was funny instead of these jumped up sarcastic comedians like Ed Byrne ,Andrew Maxwell ,Tommy Tiernan etc..they're not funny just sarcastic idiots

prinz

The court opera sketch last night was good. The rest was drivel.

fedor.2.

Duggy747 wrote: »

*cocks shotgun*

You best on move outta here now, boy, y'hear?

Ill knock 3 shades of ****e outta ya:D

Johnny Utah

prinz wrote: »

The court opera sketch last night was good. The rest was drivel.

Realistic too! :pac:

biko

Great clip

Ash.J.Williams

absolutely brilliant show last night.

Triangla

I liked seeing him outside Stephen's Green shopping centre at the top of Grafton St busking with the guitar just taking the pi$$ out of passers by.

I've recorded Savage Eye, looking forward to watching it.

stimpson

Of all the comedians I've ever seen live, David McSavage is the only one I would ever wish a slow painful death to.

Henno30

Don't particularly like him but the show, by Irish standards, is superb. Can't think of anything RTE have produced that would come close to it. My only two objections are giving a platform to the likes of Eoghan Harris and Paul Williams, and the broader problem of middle class comedians doing impersonations of what they think working class people are like. Overall it's excellent though. Great use of traditional and modern themes throughout.

Hooked

I know McSavage is a bit like "Marmite" - but I have to say I loved series one of the Savage Eye. He played a small gig upstairs in the Laughing Loft in Limerick a few months back and 4 of us braved the front row... One of the best laughs I've EVER had. And I used to live in Kilkenny and regularly attend the cats laughs.

My brother (big bloke, mad red beard) got up to hit the loo mid gig, and McSavage immediately went to "The Mountain Man" song. Had us in stitches. We spoke to him after the gig - and he's a really sound bloke.

Needless to say - we were all swapping texts during last nights show. Not everyone's cup of tea I know... but I can't wait till next Monday's installment...

Go on now country boy... I'll ride ya later!

extra-ordinary_

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrtUi-6Qfxo&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVZBdTcJmDY&feature=player_embedded

stimpson

Apparently he left this message on the answering machine of the Sugar Club a couple of years ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVvg_Wfha8U

jetsonx

Best TV Comedy I've ever seen from RTE in the last 10 years.

Fast, slick and witty.

Well Done DMcS and crew.

Snake Pliisken

Just watched it on the dvr there and really, really liked it. Didn't even know that the show was on and someone else recorded it, but I laughed my arse off.



I'll be watching from now on.

paul75

Can't think of a funnier RTE produced comedy sketch show - brilliant

stimpson

paul75 wrote: »

Can't think of a funny RTE produced comedy sketch show

FYP

paul75

stimpson wrote: »

Of all the comedians I've ever seen live, David McSavage is the only one I would ever wish a slow painful death to.

I'm guessing you were one of his victims at his gig?

stimpson

paul75 wrote: »

I'm guessing you were one of his victims at his gig?

If by "victim" you mean someone who paid for a ticket.

25 quid to see him attempt to insult a female member of the audience. In fairness, she was pretty feisty and took him to pieces. Almost made it worth the price of admission to see him speechless. I guess he's not used to women that answer back.

Admittedly, this nearly made me laugh:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaYeYbupWIU

James T Kirk

The Savage Eye was extremely funny last week.
Could see Python and Brass Eye influences.

It better be as good tonight.
Otherwise it's back to calling him a ****! :pac:

stimpson

stimpson wrote: »

Of all the comedians I've ever seen live, David McSavage is the only one I would ever wish a slow painful death to.

I supported him last year and he was one of the most unpleasant people I have ever come across. Were he in the least bit funny it may be forgivable but when you take his lack of comedic ability coupled with the fact that he's a douche bag it's hard to have any sympathy for him.

Darlughda

I have a soft spot for McSavage. Actually think he has the talent to be a very good satirist.

However, as stand up? Saw a heckler once in the International take him apart while he was on stage. Was not able to deal with it at all. Surprising, considering he based a lot of his street routine on heckling passers by.

Johnny Utah

Deleted User wrote: »

I supported him last year and he was one of the most unpleasant people I have ever come across. Were he in the least bit funny it may be forgivable but when you take his lack of comedic ability coupled with the fact that he's a douche bag it's hard to have any sympathy for him.

Lose da hattitude!

Ash.J.Williams

Deleted User wrote: »

I supported him last year and he was one of the most unpleasant people I have ever come across. Were he in the least bit funny it may be forgivable but when you take his lack of comedic ability coupled with the fact that he's a douche bag it's hard to have any sympathy for him.

He seems to have a fair bit of comic ability in fairness?
Every other comedian who gets a show makes a balls of it. Savage eye is one of the finest.

stimpson

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

He seems to have a fair bit of comic ability in fairness?
Every other comedian who gets a show makes a balls of it. Savage eye is one of the finest.

Well he has been stealing sketches from the comedy greats.

Ash.J.Williams

stimpson wrote: »

Well he has been stealing sketches for the comedy greats.

Ah that's a little bitter now, don't ya think?
There has never been as good a satire on RTE TV in a long time, possibly ever. Also as I said before, Irish comedians have by RTE's own words been given a free run on the station of late, and not one of them has been able to come up anything have decent.

cgarrad

I have seen him in wild form on the street but was disappointed with his first series of the savage eye.

The new series is a league apart, well written, hard hitting, truly funny with moments of shear brilliance. The song in the court room was one of the best crescendos to a show Ive seen.

I saw it in him years ago, great to see it come out on screen.

Up there with anything Channel 4 is offering...

stimpson

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

Ah that's a little bitter now, don't ya think?
There has never been as good a satire on RTE TV in a long time, possibly ever. Also as I said before, Irish comedians have by RTE's own words been given a free run on the station of late, and not one of them has been able to come up anything have decent.

That's because RTE is shite. He stole a sketch directly from Not the Nine O'Clock News. And he throws in a few quirky bits to make him seem like Chris Morris. It really is awful derivative shit but he gets away with it because it's RTE and people have low expectations.

And as for decent Irish comedy, the modest adventures of David O'Doherty was well scripted, witty and most importantly original. Perhaps if he was the son of a FF minister he might have gotten a second series.

Ash.J.Williams

stimpson wrote: »

That's because RTE is shite. He stole a sketch directly from Not the Nine O'Clock News. And he throws in a few quirky bits to make him seem like Chris Morris. It really is awful derivative shit but he gets away with it because it's RTE and people have low expectations.

And as for decent Irish comedy, the modest adventures of David O'Doherty was well scripted, witty and most importantly original. Perhaps if he was the son of a FF minister he might have gotten a second series.

Ah now! If it was a satire on any other country it would walk onto their national TV also. I enjoyed david o doherty's show, but it wasn't a patch on the savage eye. Chris morris is my favourite satirist, and I grew up watching NT9O'CN, and i (and my friends) all belly laugh like f** watching the savage eye every week. Collery and mcmurrow are also excellent in the show and deserve credit too.
The savage eye is top class satire.

David McSavage is not funny in any way.

Ash.J.Williams

Deleted User wrote: »

David McSavage is not funny in any way.

ah here......

adamski8

Deleted User wrote: »

David McSavage is not funny in any way.

his face is pretty funny

prinz

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

The savage eye is top class satire.

It's not really. A couple of good sketches and a whole lot of repetitive crap that might have raised a laugh the first time around. It's mediocre stuff.

Ash.J.Williams

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

ah here......

His "shows" (which is his ****ty way of masking the fact that he is practically begging in temple bar/grafton street) is just bullying random people walking past with the same insults (oh he looks like a knacker/paedo/junkie) trying to be "outrageous" and horrifically bad attempts at songs . It's not even remotely funny. It is stale and hasnt changed in years.

His television show is better than last year.

But that is like saying that AIDS is better than Cancer.

stimpson

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His "shows" (which is his ****ty way of masking the fact that he is practically begging in temple bar/grafton street) is just bullying random people walking past with the same insults (oh he looks like a knacker/paedo/junkie) trying to be "outrageous" and horrifically bad attempts at songs . It's not even remotely funny. It is stale and hasnt changed in years.

His television show is better than last year.

But that is like saying that AIDS is better than Cancer.

Outrageous? Never. He is a comic of subtle genius:

http://www.mulley.net/2008/03/31/david-mcsavage-threatens-rape-to-shut-up-heckler-at-comedy-gig/

Ash.J.Williams

stimpson wrote: »

Outrageous? Never. He is a comic of subtle genius:

http://www.mulley.net/2008/03/31/david-mcsavage-threatens-rape-to-shut-up-heckler-at-comedy-gig/

seemed to go down well!

it was the funniest thing the audience had seen all night from a lacklustre combination of so-called ‘new talent’, who had all been doing stand-up for at least two years.

stimpson

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

seemed to go down well!

Do you not understand sarcasm? This was the full quote:

McSavage cited this as being “uncool” and told Aidan that it was sad “that he couldn’t even set up his own comedy club”, before telling the crowd and Aidan to “go fuck themselves” while walking off.

Perhaps the most frustrating thing is that it was the funniest thing the audience had seen all night from a lacklustre combination of so-called ‘new talent’, who had all been doing stand-up for at least two years.

Ash.J.Williams

stimpson wrote: »

Do you not understand sarcasm? This was the full quote:

do you understand comedy?

stimpson

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

do you understand comedy?

Excellent comeback. Ever considered a career in stand-up?

Howard the Duck

I always thought he was a complete dick and comes across as a complete dick whenever he was on the late late. BUT anything i have seen of the savage eye i thought has been funny. That garda sketch is very good.

pwd

Howard the Duck wrote: »

I always thought he was a complete dick and comes across as a complete dick whenever he was on the late late. BUT anything i have seen of the savage eye i thought has been funny. That garda sketch is very good.

Yes this, but I thought he was a d!ck from seeing him around Temple Bar and Grafton St years ago. And also from talking to him on boards and on his guestbook years ago about something I saw and disapproved of. Most of the posts about it were deleted so it's probably not worth looking. Hm I'm rambling.

Anyway, he always seemed like an unfunny arsehole. But the Savage Eye is really good - very funny and very clever.

Well constructed, sharp, funny commentary on society: From someone I associated with infantile bullying of individuals. Quite a surprise!

Krispie

Greatest load of tripe of RTE and, imo, that is a station full of tripe:D

Whenever I see him on the screen, I just want to smash the screen to bits.. F**K he annoys me.

My two cents worth.:pac::pac:

TheoBoone

He's been throwing the same jokes at pedestrians around the country for years. I'm surprised he hasn't gotten his ass kicked for making fun of the wrong person.


I think the Savage Eye is the only good thing he's done.

Miguel_Sanchez

TheoBoone wrote: »

He's been throwing the same jokes at pedestrians around the country for years. I'm surprised he hasn't gotten his ass kicked for making fun of the wrong person.

It's happened a few times over the years as far as I'm aware.

He doesn't do street performance any more I don't think.

stimpson

Jeff_Lebowski wrote: »

He doesn't do street performance any more I don't think.

You require talent to be a street performer. What he was doing is known as begging.