Should ryan tubridy be axed

jimmynokia

With his radio show ratings dropping by the day

and

His dismal performance on saturday night

should he be axed both from radio and tv ?

Speedsie

Should he be given some more time

He's certainly thin enough to slip through a fax machine.

deelite

How many listeners has he lost since he started? I don't listen to him, Hector or Hayes .

blackdog2

With the blunt side :eek:

Mr E

Should he be given some more time

I picked all 4.
I've been told I'm indecisive - maybe I am, maybe I'm not.

Poll fail.

jimmynokia

Should tubridy be axed from both radio and tv

so you either love him or hate him?
poll will tell us the thoughts of the public so its no fail:)

sdanseo

jimmynokia wrote: »

With his radio show ratings dropping by the day

and

His dismal performance on saturday night

should he be axed both from radio and tv ?

Saturday? Well Brendan should definately be axed, he's a smarmy, unfunny smug prick.

Ryan's allright. He's a damn improvement on Plank Kenny, at least.

wilson10

Did anyone axe him and see what he thinks himself.

Pauleta

Ive always been a defender of Tubridy but he went soft on Ronan Keating. He actually let Keating blame everyone else bar himself. Not acceptable from a public broadcaster.

I hope with a new government they really reign RTE in. The jobs for the boys culture, late late show tickets for the boys culture, presenters taking it easy on their mates in interviews; all this has to end. They need to be reminded that WE, The Public own them. They are employees of ours and must do their jobs in the way we wish them to.

Minstrel27

sdonn wrote: »

He's a damn improvement on Plank Kenny, at least.

He's not.

michael999999

jimmynokia wrote: »

With his radio show ratings dropping by the day

and

His dismal performance on saturday night

should he be axed both from radio and tv ?

If your going to start a thread and a poll about sacking the man,could you at least get the night he does the show right!

Badgermonkey

Should tubridy be axed from both radio and tv

deelite wrote: »

How many listeners has he lost since he started? I don't listen to him, Hector or Hayes .

Hector?

Jeez, you've really 'let yourself gooooooooooooooooooo'.

sollar

I don't mind ryan. Its a tough job doing a light entertainment show. I liked gerry ryan to start with but I couldn't listen to him after a few years - just got sick of him.

I think ryan tubridy is more a political/current affairs sort of man than light entertainment. But he knows that people don't tune into 2FM for politics or current affairs.

andrewire

Should he be given some more time

I think he's an awful presenter. He makes me cringe whenever he's interviewing anyone. He always asks stupid questions or tries to repeat them even though people have already answered them (see, Late Late interview with Alaistair Campbell). Like the time he asked people who had lost their children stuff like: 'Did you cry?' or 'Where you sad?'...

mikom

jimmynokia wrote: »

His dismal performance on saturday night

He swore it never happened to him before...... then rolled over and snoozed

Going Forward

Should tubridy be axed from both radio and tv

Thankfully he seems to have reigned in the incessant "cue cards" shuffling, and tapping and drumming the desk.

The quality of questions put to most intervieees is usually banal; I seem to remember P Kenny when he had S McGowan on being only interested in getting the latter to look a bit thick, no questions about for example his songs, life etc!

Whatever, he's not worth what he's been paid.
Still, seems like a nice enough guy in a pressurized job.

JonathanAnon

Should he be given some more time

I leave the house for a couple of hours, and come home to find that JimmyNokia has raided my closet.. I thought I was the number one hater..

Sardonicat

Should he be given some more time

We could just feed him through the shredder. When I say we, I, of course, mean jonan. But dibs on emptying the remains into the compost heap.

amdublin

Should tubridy be axed from both radio and tv

This poll makes no sense to me whatsoever

charlemont

Should he be given some more time

Tubridy is the sort of ass lick we dont need on our TV.

amdublin

Should tubridy be axed from both radio and tv

JonathanAnon wrote: »

I leave the house for a couple of hours, and come home to find that JimmyNokia has raided my closet.. I thought I was the number one hater..

Eh hello! I go away for a week and you're all in the newspapers :mad:

JONJO THE MISER

Should of never got the job in the first place.

deelite

Will he interview Yvonne on Friday night - and let her tell the story (she's bound to be writing a self help book - How to Survive an Affair)....

JonathanAnon

Should he be given some more time

amdublin wrote: »

This poll makes no sense to me whatsoever

amdublin wrote: »

Eh hello! I go away for a week and you're all in the newspapers :mad:

Good holiday was it..

crazygeryy

Should tubridy be axed from both radio and tv

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Good holiday was it..

does anyone think brendan o connor would have done better?would he have asked keating the tough questions?
and im not defending tubs i think hes a wuss.the least he could have done was asked what the hell were you thinking ronan yvonnes gorgeous ffs.

Rookster

Should he be given some more time

Tubridy is a whimp. How can he ask tough questions of anyone else from now on after this. He is totally undermined.

deelite

crazygeryy wrote: »

does anyone think brendan o connor would have done better?would he have asked keating the tough questions?
and im not defending tubs i think hes a wuss.the least he could have done was asked what the hell were you thinking ronan yvonnes gorgeous ffs.

Brendan would have let him go on about Steo, Swimming, etc., and as soon as Keating brought up his wonderful wife and family - Brendan would have been in there like a shot - asking all the questions - if Keating refused to answer Brendan would have used the line "but listen Ro you brought them up not me"....:D

WHIP IT!

deelite wrote: »

Brendan would have let him go on about Steo, Swimming, etc., and as soon as Keating brought up his wonderful wife and family - Brendan would have been in there like a shot - asking all the questions - if Keating refused to answer Brendan would have used the line "but listen Ro you brought them up not me"....:D

Tubridy is brutal - but whoever came up with the awful idea of putting this toolbag ^^^ on TV needs shooting.

mike65

I don't watch the Late Late Show as its shiot on by a stick, however I will flick it on during an ad break or trailer between programmes on other channels and I'm always struck by the chronic lack of energy - the whole thing feels quite torpid. Tubbers sounds and looks utterly bored to me, he clearly has little ability to connect to a guest/s unless they fall into a few catgories he has a personal interest in. I also have a rather irrational wish to slap that face with its hand-me-down "shucks, me? I wish it was 1964" smirky hair and suit combo.

JonathanAnon

Should he be given some more time

crazygeryy wrote: »

does anyone think brendan o connor would have done better?would he have asked keating the tough questions?

Well the question remains as to whether Tubridy was told it was off grounds by Keating or his handlers... From what Tubridy makes out, he himself made the decision NOT to ask the question... Brendan got the full story out of Linda Martin about the row Twink, even though she didnt want to talk about it.. I reckon, as a proper journalist, that he would have had a few goes at asking the question..

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Should he be given some more time

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Well the question remains as to whether Tubridy was told it was off grounds by Keating or his handlers... From what Tubridy makes out, he himself made the decision NOT to ask the question... Brendan got the full story out of Linda Martin about the row Twink, even though she didnt want to talk about it.. I reckon, as a proper journalist, that he would have had a few goes at asking the question..

"Ro" was on with Ian Dempsey yesterday morning, and said he is good friends with Tubs, and had a chat with him before the show. He told him he wouldn't be answering any questions about it.

Tubs should have asked them anyway. I couldn't give a flying fook myself, but it was the main Ronan Keating story of the past year.

amdublin

Should tubridy be axed from both radio and tv

Re the last choice of the poll:
Should he be given more time?

Eh no!!!!!! How much more time should he be given.

He's been doing the gig for ages. How much more time does he need???!!! :eek:

amdublin

Should tubridy be axed from both radio and tv

elviscostello wrote: »

Tubs should have asked them anyway. I couldn't give a flying fook myself, but it was the main Ronan Keating story of the past year.

Yep. Why would you not ask it????

Pauleta

elviscostello wrote: »

"Ro" was on with Ian Dempsey yesterday morning, and said he is good friends with Tubs, and had a chat with him before the show. He told him he wouldn't be answering any questions about it.

Tubs should have asked them anyway. I couldn't give a flying fook myself, but it was the main Ronan Keating story of the past year.

If Keating actually said that to Tubridy before the show then they shouldnt of let him on. He went on the show to advertise his new album, Nobody gave a toss about his album of Burt Bacharach covers. We just wanted to see him squirm. I think i may sweep the blame to the production team if Tubridy told them.

RJGMovie

In fairness to Tubridy, he did ask about the affair, but Keating was just not going there. What was Tubridy supposed to do??

The best part of the interview was after Keating kept praising Bertie for his help with organising the Stephen Gately statue, he was asked what the latest with the statue is. His response:- Its not going to happen. :P

macroboy

Should he be given some more time

Enuff said ryan...for gods sake..just go.:mad:

If this continues on,people will start to feel sorry for the guy ,and next thing you know he will be bigger than terry wogan.

cue tubbers breakdown live on air,crying about g ryan and how he is only trying his best etc.
i can see it now people..oh my god that is exactly what will happen.:eek::eek::eek:

and the man becomes a hero..

ffs

jimmynokia

Should tubridy be axed from both radio and tv

michael999999 wrote: »

If your going to start a thread and a poll about sacking the man,could you at least get the night he does the show right!

what difference does that make this is a general poll about tubridy all round pal.
so what are you saying
sack him friday and take him on monday to thursday
read the thing correctly.

jimmynokia

Should tubridy be axed from both radio and tv

amdublin wrote: »

Re the last choice of the poll:
Should he be given more time?

Eh no!!!!!! How much more time should he be given.

He's been doing the gig for ages. How much more time does he need???!!! :eek:

i just put that there to make it fair for the tubridy lovers we all know who they are here anyway

FreudianSlippers

Unfortunately there's nobody much better to replace him with. They'd probably go for someone like Dáithí Ó Sé and I'd rather have Pat Kenny back than Dáithí .

mikom

FreudianSlippers wrote: »

Unfortunately there's nobody much better to replace him with.

Moncrieff.
Although he's not presently part of the gravy train.

Nolanger

I hate the way he loves crooner music and JFK. Fu*k off to America Tubridy. Sure they'll recognise 'talent' like you and give you a big TV job.

Heroditas

Pauleta wrote: »

I hope with a new government they really reign RTE in. The jobs for the boys culture, late late show tickets for the boys culture, presenters taking it easy on their mates in interviews; all this has to end. They need to be reminded that WE, The Public own them. They are employees of ours and must do their jobs in the way we wish them to.

It would also be a vast improvement if RTÉ actually started getting some decent guests onto their chat shows instead of merely interviewing fellow RTÉ presenters.
The lowest of the low must have been a while back when they had the girls who read the sports news on as guests. :rolleyes:

walshb

Noboday was asking Tubs to crucify Ronan, but the lame and pathetic way he skimmed over the issue stank, and just showed why the guy is not fit to be in that job. He is supposed to be asking the questions that we the public may want answered.

saintsaltynuts

Yes he's like a sittin' pencil with no balls.

daddydick

For the fairness of the poll should there not be an option "no" and not just "give him more time"....just to add to the fairness of the poll.

Or alternatively dont watch the late late show/listen to radio 1

RJGMovie

He did ask tough questions of Cowen and Enda when they were on, maybe he felt sorry for Ro !

Aidric

jimmynokia wrote: »

With his radio show ratings dropping by the day

Link?

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Should he be given some more time

Pauleta wrote: »

If Keating actually said that to Tubridy before the show then they shouldnt of let him on. He went on the show to advertise his new album, Nobody gave a toss about his album of Burt Bacharach covers. We just wanted to see him squirm. I think i may sweep the blame to the production team if Tubridy told them.

That's Keatings version of events. Reading the paper yesterday, RTE say it never happened. But would believe Keating over them.

Certainly don't think he should go now though. It does however show he is a pretty weak interviewer.

TheTrain

Should he be given some more time

Tubridy is a parasite, like all of his class. A creepy lounge act that fell upwards into a seven figure salary. The Late Late's cheeseball/elevator musak intro tells us all we need to know about his taste and intellect.

The thing that pisses me off most about RTE (and how all business is done in Ireland, ie. Michael Lowry.) is the casual, blatant corruption.

I mean this, Tubridy's deeply mediocre book on Kennedy visiting Ireland, (that neglected, nigh secret history that has never been exhaustively cataloged before at all) won the Best Newcomer at the Irish Book Awards despite coming out two months after the deadline. /RTE is the award's sponsor.

And there's also the fact that RTE happened to commission a costly advert for Tubridy's book in the guise of a new documentary hosted by Tubridy. This would be explainable if not excusable if RTE themselves had published the book but they didn't, it was Harper Collins.

Tubridy also got the artist's tax exemption for the book, which is meant for works of "artistic merit", ie fictional or creative, to legally get it he would have had to make all his facts about JFK up. Of course, his boss Bertie also won the artist's exemption for his biography.

RachaelVO

Should tubridy be axed from tv

sdonn wrote: »

Saturday? Well Brendan should definately be axed, he's a smarmy, unfunny smug prick.

Ryan's allright. He's a damn improvement on Plank Kenny, at least.

Couldn't agree more about Brendan. Sh1te, sh1te, sh1te all the way! Total douche!

I don't mind Tubridy on the LLS, as you say, better than fecking Kenny (but that is not that much of an achievement). I tried to listen to his show, but FFS it's brutal, he jumps from one topic to another before I've had time to digest what he just said. Awful!!!

dulpit

Should tubridy be axed from tv

Late late show is fine (don't see it much, but it's grand when I do)

His radio show on the other hand is godawful muck, and should be scrapped. Can't see it happening though.