Saturday Night with Miriam - RTE 1 @ 9:45pm - 13/08/'11

Lady Chatterton

Tonight, Miram presents her final show in the current series.

Her guests are:

Mary Mitchell O'Connor T.D. - (she was the woman at the centre of "Miss Piggy" gate http://www.thejournal.ie/mick-wallace-labels-mary-mitchell-oconnor-miss-piggy-175763-Jul2011/ and she famously drove her car across the pedestrian plinth in Dáil Eireann and down the steps on her first day in the Dáil)

Sonia O'Sullivan - (Olympic 2000 Silver medal winner)

Barry Norman - (British film critic)

Barry Cummins - (I presume he is from RTE )

Music by Bagatelle

JonathanAnon

Barry Cummins is an Irish real life crime author.. he contributed to a lot of Irish murder and crime shows/documentaries.. Probably most known for his book "unsolved" about murders in Ireland..

http://www.barrycummins.com/

Lapin

I'm gonna miss this tonight.

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQvHix-2GyC-sVXKaBd32Oij0rGitqT4dWElDT8I0NdbshZsU7oJw

Clashes with the Rugby and Premiership over on 2.

Skid

MrsD007 wrote: »

Sonia O'Sullivan - (Olympic 2000 Silver medal winner)**

** And World Athletics Champ 95, Double World Cross Country Champ 98, Multiple European Champ etc, etc

Oh_Noes

I wonder which of their many hits Bagatelle will perform

Harry Angstrom

Oh_Noes wrote: »

I wonder which of their many hits Bagatelle will perform

Summer In Dublin....... erm........ erm........erm..... Second Violin!!

Lady Chatterton

Oh_Noes wrote: »

I wonder which of their many hits Bagatelle will perform

I like "Summer in Dublin" I must say

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx3ufw2MBDI

Lady Chatterton

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

Summer In Dublin....... erm........ erm........erm..... Second Violin!!

Or maybe they will sing "Is it raining in Paris tonight?

Harry Angstrom

MrsD007 wrote: »

Or maybe they will sing "Is it raining in Paris tonight?

Is that somewhere in Europe?

Oh_Noes

Maybe they will do "Summer in Dublin 2011" with added techno beat and backing singers.

Lady Chatterton

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

Is that somewhere in Europe?

I'm just after watching the rugby match..... enough said.

Oh_Noes

Ouch, Miss Piggy left Miriam hanging when Miriam went to kiss her on the cheek.

dambarude

TBH I think she's embarrassing herself more by talking so much about it now...

Lady Chatterton

dambarude wrote: »

TBH I think she's embarrassing herself more by talking so much about it now...

Ah, there is no such thing as bad publicity, it has all helped increase her profile.

Harry Angstrom

This is the start of Miss Piggy's 2016 election campaign. :rolleyes:

dambarude

MrsD007 wrote: »

Ah, there is no such thing as bad publicity, it has all helped increase her profile.

Maybe, but I'll be honest say I don't think she's coming across that well. Might be just me though.

She's talking about being Minister of Education now...

Harry Angstrom

THE LOVELY GIRLS!!!

Harry Angstrom

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

Skid

MrsD007 wrote: »

Or maybe they will sing "Is it raining in Paris tonight?

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

Is that somewhere in Europe?

Another Year when we were robbed at Eurovision.

Liam Reilly had a nice song and mentioned every Country which had a vote.

Still only came joint second. Must have been a fix :mad:

Lady Chatterton

This is turning into a Saturday night edition of Crimeline, it's not entertainment :mad:

argosy2006

Harry Angstrom

MrsD007 wrote: »

This is turning into a Saturday night edition of Crimeline, it's not entertainment :mad:

You could tell by the frown on the nice looking black-haired girl behind him. When Miriam was talking to Sonia she was smiling throughout, when Miriam was talking to Barry Cummins, she looked really sad . I'm starting to feel sorry for that poor girl who must've thought she was going for a carefree and entertaining night out.

Skid

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

Summer In Dublin....... erm........ erm........erm..... Second Violin!!

'Second Violin' is a very good tune, but it always plays second fiddle to 'Summer in Dublin' when Bagatelle songs are mentioned

Harry Angstrom

Barry Norman - the best comb-over in the business.

Lady Chatterton

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

You could tell by the frown on the nice looking black-haired girl behind him. When Miriam was talking to Sonia she was smiling throughout, when Miriam was talking to Barry Cummins, she looked really sad . I'm starting to feel sorry for that poor girl who must've thought she was going for a carefree and entertaining night out.

This series of Saturday night with Miriam has been very disappointing. I think I prefer Primetime after all.

Lady Chatterton

Skid wrote: »

'Second Violin' is a very good tune, but it always plays second fiddle to 'Summer in Dublin' when Bagatelle songs are mentioned

I love it, second violin - second fiddle

Lapin

Lapin wrote: »

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQvHix-2GyC-sVXKaBd32Oij0rGitqT4dWElDT8I0NdbshZsU7oJw

I didn't think they had white chocolate in the tin

Lady Chatterton

The poor man, it must be devastating to lose your partner of 57 years

Skid

I wonder if anyone under 30 knows who Barry Norman is ? He wasn't particuarly High Profile when he was on the BBC.

I have to agree, this series has been poor.

Maybe they should bring back 'Saturday Live' next Summer and give maybe four presenters a few weeks each, see what happens.

It would also keep Brendan O'Connor and Ryan Tubridy on their toes. Miriam isn't a direct threat to them, it's a side gig for her.

Caraville

Aw that was sad

I wish Miriam didn't dress like she was going to a wedding... although in fairness she's at an age where it's hard to know what to wear.

Woohoo Summer in Dublin!

Oh_Noes

Skid wrote: »

I wonder if anyone under 30 knows who Barry Norman is ? He wasn't particuarly High Profile when he was on the BBC.

:eek:

I'm under 30 and I used to watch his show on BBC every Saturday.

corrin

There isn't much to Miriam - ask a few questions and thats it. :rolleyes:

Lady Chatterton

"Summer in Dublin" is still a great song even now

Skid

Oh_Noes wrote: »

:eek:

I'm under 30 and I used to watch his show on BBC every Saturday.

Oh well, My mistake,No offence intended

He left in 1998, so i sincerely hope you didn't watch clips of any 18 rated films he reviewed

kazzdee

MrsD007 wrote: »

Music by Bagatelle

I just said this to my OH...to which he said...
"Baga wha wha?"
My thoughts exactly.
(Ok, he was a little preoccupied and I knew who they were but still...:) It amused me anyway! A bit more than the show did tbh...)

Oh_Noes

Skid wrote: »

Oh well, My mistake,No offence intended

He left in 1998, so i sincerely hope you didn't watch clips of any 18 rated films he reviewed

To be fair to you I'm a matter of months off 30 and desperately clinging on to my youth.

I didn't know it was as far back as '98 though. I never really felt Wossy did the show justice when he took it over. Strange that they let Norman go when he wasn't ready to retire yet.

Harry Angstrom

Oh_Noes wrote: »

To be fair to you I'm a matter of months off 30 and desperately clinging on to my youth.

I didn't know it was as far back as '98 though. I never really felt Wossy did the show justice when he took it over. Strange that they let Norman go when he wasn't ready to retire yet.

Film "insert year here" hasn't been the same since Barry Norman left. Jonathan Ross was useless with his Manga and "shoot 'em up" films fixation and Claudia Winkleman is even worse. The BBC should get him back even now, but he's probably burnt all his bridges by going to Sky.

Skid

Oh_Noes wrote: »

To be fair to you I'm a matter of months off 30 and desperately clinging on to my youth.

I didn't know it was as far back as '98 though. I never really felt Wossy did the show justice when he took it over. Strange that they let Norman go when he wasn't ready to retire yet.

I think Sky gave him a big bag of cash to move, although I don't think he ever made much of an impression there.

Here's a link from waaaay back in 1998.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/106832.stm

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica] Delighted Sky chiefs said they had signed "the face and the voice of film in Britain". The BBC, however, said it would seek a fresh young face to present its film coverage.
Norman, 64, said: "I will look back on my time at the BBC with huge affection, but the opportunities offered by Sky proved too attractive to turn down.



"I'm as enthusiastic as they are about the idea of channels dedicated to the movies and everything that's going on in the movie industry."


He is to present Sky Movies Exclusives, a series of British premieres of films which will not previously have been shown in the cinema.
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Skid

Here's the aforementioned 'Second Violin', great tune ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c5773QCQfI

littlefriend

argosy2006 wrote: »

I think Miriam looks really like Bertie.

jimmyw

Her interview with Barry Norman was atrocious, talk about been insensitive,.The man lost his wife and when I heard her ask near the end of the interview "Are you ok without her?:mad:.What a stupid question.The woman is a cold, feelingless person:rolleyes:.
Thank God it was the last in the series.

0.55
http://www.rte.ie/player/#!v=1108144

Lady Chatterton

jimmyw wrote: »

Her interview with Barry Norman was atrocious, talk about been insensitive,.The man lost his wife and when I heard her ask near the end of the interview "Are you ok without her?:mad:.What a stupid question.The woman is a cold, feelingless person:rolleyes:.
Thank God it was the last in the series.

0.55
http://www.rte.ie/player/#!v=1108144

I have to agree with you, I found that really upsetting too, of course the poor man isn't ok after losing his wife of 57 years :mad: :mad: :mad:. To be fair to Miriam, I have never ever seen her to be insensitive before, she normally is too sympathetic if anything.

Luis21

She cant do personality because she hasn't got one. She has the gig because she sleeps with the head of RTE.

Harry Angstrom

She really should stick to what she's good at - and that's being a damn good presenter on Primetime. It took Pat Kenny about 20 years to realise that he's rubbish at the whole area of interviewing tuppence ha'penny celebrities and to concentrate on the political stuff.

As far as Miriam's comment to Barry Norman is concerned re. his late wife, I think it was just an off the cuff question that she probably didn't realise would sound so insenstitive when she asked it. It's nothing compared to when Gay Byrne insisted that Peter Brooke (the then Secretary of State for Northern Ireland) sing a song on the Late Late Show in 1992 just hours after 7 men were murdered in a bombing.

DeepBlue

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

She really should stick to what she's good at - and that's being a damn good presenter on Primetime.

Meh, I find I can't watch Primetime because of her. Also it's hard to take her seriously on Primetime after this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrKuCw15lCo

She should have backtracked on the way she phrased the question to Norman though. It's mawkish enough that effectively she's probing him on his wife's death for Saturday night "entertainment" but it could at least be handled less clumsily.

Skid

DeepBlue wrote: »

Meh, I find I can't watch Primetime because of her. Also it's hard to take her seriously on Primetime after this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrKuCw15lCo

What exactly is your problem with Miriam in that clip?, the interviewee made a mess of it, not her.

It was a pre-recorded interview which went wrong, it was the Production team which cocked up putting it on air.

It is common enough for pre-recorded interviews to have more than one 'take' where the subject messes up.

She had a poor run on her Saturday Night Show, but she is an excellent Current Affairs Interviewer, and has been for many years on RTE (and before that on BBC Newsnight)