Saturday Night Show 5th February 2011

Skid

These threads get earlier every week ...

This week we have Olympic medallist Kenny Egan, Raw actress Charlene McKenna & Singer/songwriter Shay Healy on his battle with Parkinson's..

Decent enough line up, better than you would see on a Friday night on RTE1.

Shane10

SkidMark wrote: »

These threads get earlier every week ...

Decent enough line up, better than you would see on a Friday night on RTE1.

thats a crap line up, kenny egan p1ss off.

JonathanAnon

Shane10 wrote: »

thats a crap line up, kennETH egan p1ss off.

Way to piss him off right from the start..

telekon

& Singer/songwriter Shay Healy on his battle with Parkinson's..

Perfect fodder for DLB I would have thought...

Poly

Who remembers "Nighthawks"?

one of the best talkshows RTE ever made, dropped under mysterious circustances to do with phone tapping if I recall.

fred funk }{

Poly wrote: »

Who remembers "Nighthawks"?

one of the best talkshows RTE ever made, dropped under mysterious circustances to do with phone tapping if I recall.

Was that the show where everyone was sitting in a smokie room drinking while he was interviewing people?

JP Liz V1

Extract Egan and not a bad line up

ArtSmart

Poly wrote: »

Who remembers "Nighthawks"?

one of the best talkshows RTE ever made, dropped under mysterious circustances to do with phone tapping if I recall.

well not quite. the phone tapping story broke on nighthawks (Sean Doherty). it was a nice format has to be said, but the started messing with it far as i remember

Might flick over from Angel Heart on 3e, but not a fan of o'Connor.

JonathanAnon

Evening lads.. Good interview with Egan... Very honest and frank..

Dilynnio

Fair play to him.

I really admire his honesty and how open he has been.

That takes guts and courage.

Well done Kenny................keep it up.

Atlantic Dawn

I hate the way the prizes are in €5 notes, I'd want €50's if I was going to Paris

JonathanAnon

It's way too soon for her to be back on an RTE talk show again.

Atlantic Dawn

JonathanAnon wrote: »

It's way too soon for her to be back on an RTE talk show again.

Yes she was only on Tuberellis less than a month ago.

casio4

her accent really annoys me

JonathanAnon

She always plays the same character........

aster99

I never really liked Egan but actually thought he was good tonight

fred funk }{

I actually like her as an actress but I wouldn't say she'd get much work outside of Ireland as her accent is very strong.

casio4

JonathanAnon wrote: »

She always plays the same character........

she's a one trick pony that one :rolleyes:

ArtSmart

and he's a lecherous git as well. opps - back to Angel Heart

fred funk }{

God....he's really not looking to good. He's lost alot of weight.

el diablo

fred funk }{ wrote: »

God....he's really not looking to good. He's lost alot of weight.

He's certainly got a face for radio. One of the most sickening sights on national TV. :eek:

brian ireland

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fred funk }{

There really is a huge difference between Brendan and DLB's interviewing style. DLB's interviews are so staggered and from the card where as Brendan's interviews are free flowing as if he's having a genuine conversation with them. He seems to really enjoy presenting the show.

ForeverYoung90

I thought Kenny came across as a real decent bloke.He's clearly a dedicated athlete and Im sure he'l have the willpower to keep off the binge dinking.Showed he has a big heart when telling the story about his mother taking him to the graveyard he was close to tears.Id say he'd be some laugh on a night on the gatt!A known womaniser he really is the definition of the phrase "work hard,play harder".A bit of an idol in fairess!

JonathanAnon

That Shay Healy song wasnt good... I heard at least two well known 60s songs in there.. He always strikes me as having a chip on his shoulder, sarcastic and cynical at every opportunity..

casio4

I missed a bit who is this lad talking about Catherine Nevin?

JONJO THE MISER

Cant believe they haven't made a movie about this yet.

fred funk }{

Is this fella for real. Nobody forced them to eat the extra steaks and drink the free wine. If they really wanted to pay they should have left the money on the bar and walked out.

They dropped in a painting worth €200 the week after as payment. This story stinks!

JonathanAnon

casio4 wrote: »

I missed a bit who is this lad talking about Catherine Nevin?

Yeah.. He's waffling on about how she plamás-ed the guards and judiciary... gave them dinner for free, name dropped, sent them presents... but of course this lad was above all that, and insisted on paying.. typical boring oul guard, the sort that would do you for not having tax on the car but wouldnt touch a real criminal..

Atlantic Dawn

Bore fest central, he should try to mention some action in his career like a shootout he was at or a diesel laundering plant stakeout or something.

bobsoice23

I got lost half way through that dudes drawn out story..Everytime's these are on weather it's the late late or this I always have this cautious optimism that someone worth listening to will be on but there never is!No money=no fun:(

fred funk }{

Ah......the book, I must of missed that at the start. That explains alot.

sh1tstirrer

el diablo wrote: »

He's certainly got a face for radio. One of the most sickening sights on national TV. :eek:

Ever notice when he smiles his face scrunches up and his jaw meets the tip of his nose. His face almost's caves in when smiling.

JonathanAnon

fred funk }{ wrote: »

Ah......the book, I must of missed that at the start. That explains alot.

Absolutely, what a load of rubbish... A book about how he "didnt like" Catherine Nevin... Must be boring when you retire on a full pension so early in life.

bobsoice23

sh1tstirrer wrote: »

Ever notice when he smiles his face scrunches up and his jaw meets the tip of his nose. His face almost's caves in when smiling.

He is the bird man!cawww!

Skid

fred funk }{ wrote: »

Is this fella for real. Nobody forced them to eat the extra steaks and drink the free wine. If they really wanted to pay they should have left the money on the bar and walked out.

They dropped in a painting worth €200 the week after as payment. This story stinks!

Totally agree, that Garda comes across really badly in that interview.

By his own admission he accepted free food on several occasions from Catherine Nevin - Hardly appropriate for a senior Garda who would have regular dealings with the pub for licencing applications, public order and such like.

Boring auld monotone voice too.

The show started off with a terrific interview (Ken Egan) and gradually got worse.

Still reckon Brendan O'Connor gets better interviews out of his guests than Tubridy. He is far more likely to ask the question you would ak the guest yourself.

mickdw

I thought the gardai said there was 4 or 5 friends easting in the pub. £200 was a hell of a lot of cash to spend on 4 or 5 pub meals in 1986. you would get 4 or 5 meals in a decent restaurant today for that kind of figure.

JonathanAnon

mickdw wrote: »

I thought the gardai said there was 4 or 5 friends easting in the pub. £200 was a hell of a lot of cash to spend on 4 or 5 pub meals in 1986. you would get 4 or 5 meals in a decent restaurant today for that kind of figure.

Yeah Mick it would be a lot ... but this guard fella said that she sent them out two steaks each, the best wine, two or three desserts which they hadnt ordered... she was "looking after them" so to speak..... This Garda lad then said that he tried to pay and she wouldnt accept any money, and that him and his guard friends calculated what she had given them was worth about £200 themselves...

The thing I didnt understand was... If he was uncomfortable with her trying to essentially curry favour with them.. why would he go back there to eat again