The Saturday Night Show: April 27th 2013 9.35pm

Skid X

I won't lie to you, It's a very weak looking show tonight.
But this thread won't start itself, so here is tonight's line-up. Brace yourselves ...


Coming up on the show this week Two young entrepreneurs will be in to tell us how they won over the fiercest of Dragon’s to start up their own companies. (Fierce smell of filler about that booking - when you can't get anyone else give someone off Dragons Den a free plug, they will bite your hands off to appear. Apparently they are from Junior Dragons' Den)

One of Ireland’s favourite celebrity couples Brian and Pippa Ormond will be in two weeks after the birth of their of their first baby to tell us how they are taking to parenthood. (Congratulations to them on their baby, but really - does anyone care about these people?)

After settling their case against the HSE this week in the High Court, Sonya, John and Alex Butler will be in to tell their story. (More about their Court Case here)

We will have the unique comedy stylings of everyone's favourite Qatari-Irish funnyman - that's Hamad Al-Amari. He is new to me - a trawl of Youtube returned this clip

Music from country legend Kinky Friedman and he’ll be telling us about his rock and roll lifestyle and his political ambitions. To be fair, he might be interesting, he also is a very witty satirical comedian musician, among other things.

That's about it. Apart from Brendan's jokes at the start. Sure it's worth tuning in just for them alone, isn't it? :P

Go Harvey Go

Crumbs, that is a weak-looking line-up.

And if you try to explain to the folks at Montrose why Brian and Pippa are not the favourite couple of most ordinary Irish people, and why very few people have heard of Hamad al-Amari (he doesn't even have a Wikipedia page, FGS!), it's more than likely that they'll look at you as though you have two heads... :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Welsh Megaman

Sarah Harding is supposed to be on, according to the Indo.

Go Harvey Go

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Sarah Harding is supposed to be on, according to the Indo.

If she isn't, then it wouldn't be the first time that the Indo was wrong. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

That said, if she is, then it wouldn't be the first time that someone appeared on the SNS having not being originally billed... :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Skid X

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Sarah Harding is supposed to be on, according to the Indo.

No mention of her on the official sources. She was lined up according to last week's Sunday World, but it doesn't look like she made it.

@KazzyGA (who is considered to be, like, totally in the know about all things Girls Aloud related) reports IRISH ALOUDERS! Sarah Harding won't be on The Saturday Night Show this weekend

It would explain the quality of the line up, Sarah Harding would have been a reasonably big name.

cofy

This is my favourite celebrity couple

grey_so_what

Ah, stop cofy.......

Brian and Pippa are THE celebrity couple.

The dogs in the street know that.....:)

Will there be the battle for the "Best Mammy and Daddy (of 12 minutes) VIP Award" this year I wonder??????

Skid X

I don't like to be unnecessarily nasty about people, but ...

Brian Ormond is dull. He isn't a good presenter.

Pippa O'Connor is dull. She looks well but she hasn't much else to offer.

As GHG said, nobody outside RTE is interested. Their attempts to make them into Reality Stars are laughable. They planned a series around their Wedding which was downgraded to a one-off show. It was a mess. There is an audience for fly on the wall reality shows, but you need to have the right subjects.

On the other hand, if it was up to me Brian and Amy would be appointed as joint Monarchs of this country, with Sadie as their heir apparent :P

Ol' Donie

Jeepers, that's a very weak line up. The only ones I know are Brian and Pippa, and I only know them because I saw them on The Saturday Night Show once!

With that in mind, would it be rude of me to ask the folks here to work just a little harder than usual on their posts, to make it worthwhile? ;-)

grey_so_what

Skid X wrote: »

if it was up to me Brian and Amy would be appointed as joint Monarchs of this country, with Sadie as their heir apparent :P

Ahemm....Skid....Last I heard we were living in a Republic.........:P....

On a different note, I remember Brian and Pippa looking at wedding cakes, one with a layer of a box covered in icing........I still laugh at that one.......:pac::pac::pac:

cofy

Ol' Donie wrote: »

With that in mind, would it be rude of me to ask the folks here to work just a little harder than usual on their posts, to make it worthwhile? ;-)

Seeing as how you asked so nicely I will do my very best:D

grey_so_what

cofy wrote: »

Seeing as how you asked so nicely I will do my very best:D

No. I'm going to try harder, faster, better...:P

Get your Nikes on cofy.........:D:D:D

:rolleyes:

cofy

grey_so_what wrote: »

No. I'm going to try harder, faster, better...:P

Get your Nikes on cofy.........:D:D:D

:rolleyes:

hehe game on:D:D

grey_so_what

Bite me........:eek::eek::eek:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gVPkaZykK4

Lady Chatterton

The line-up is awful weak tonight, I'm so tempted to watch the Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis instead :(:(

grey_so_what

MrsD007 wrote: »

The line-up is awful weak tonight, I'm so tempted to watch the Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis instead :(:(

Hang in there MrsD......

We need all the good Munster wimmen we can muster to help us get through this feeble program...:(:eek:...........;)

That's of course only if you can work a little bit harder on your posts....(see above..:()

Welsh Megaman

grey_so_what wrote: »

Hang in there MrsD......

We need all the good Munster wimmen we can muster to help us get through this feeble program...:(:eek:...........;)

That's of course only if you can work a little bit harder on your posts....(see above..:()

No TOTP2 tonight Grey, although 'Old Grey Whistle Test: 70's Gold' maybe worth a look on BBC Four.

grey_so_what

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

No TOTP2 tonight Grey, although 'Old Grey Whistle Test: 70's Gold' maybe worth a look on BBC Four.

The Old Grey Whistle Test: 70s Gold
Archive performances from the BBC music series, featuring Elton John, David Bowie, Captain Beefheart, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Curtis Mayfield, New York Dolls, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Brinsley Schwarz, Gil Scott-Heron, Blondie, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, the Jam, Talking Heads, Iggy Pop, Cher and Greg Allman, Argent, Steppenwolf, Lindisfarne, Dr Feelgood and Johnny Winter
Category General Music/Ballet/Dance
Producer Stephanie McWhinnie
BBC4 10:30pm-12:00am (1 hour 30 minutes) Sat 27 Apr

I saw that WM..........

There is a God.......:):):)

Skid X

Brendan looked embarrassed reading out the Guestlist during that trailer.

Welsh Megaman

My god, wasn't last night's LLS a hard slog - even by normal standards!

Will Brian Ormond be wearing his usual set of fake joke shop teeth?

Ol' Donie

Nice one, that looks pretty good. Bbc 4 is a great channel (usually) late night on Sat.

Cant believe the SNS has some people who got a deal on Dragons Den as guests. Remarkable. Next they'll have yer one just there who saved on her shopping in Aldi.

C.K Dexter Haven

So, Brendan's jokes is the highlight tonight- well, at least we won't be disappointed

Ol' Donie

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

My god, wasn't last night's LLS a hard slog - even by normal standards!

Will Brian Ormond be wearing his usual set of fake joke shop teeth?

Very funny. :-D

Welsh Megaman

What the..?

No gags?

*digs out party poppers*

Ol' Donie

C.K Dexter Haven wrote: »

So, Brendan's jokes is the highlight tonight- well, at least we won't be disappointed

Denied!! God almighty!

JonathanAnon

grey_so_what

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

What the..?

No gags?

*digs out party poppers*

Sure there useless WM.........they pooped last night too.........:D:D:D:P

C.K Dexter Haven

Is this a recording?

Ally Dick

God love her

grey_so_what

This is a heartbreaking story.

There was a difference of 12 minutes between this lovely little girls birth of her having no disabilities....

I cannot imagine the pain involved for this family.

yop

Beautiful and happy child, what a terrible physical handicap and all for something which should not have occurred.

Go Harvey Go

"Which of these football superstars was born in Portugal - Wayne Rooney, Thierry Henry or Cristiano Ronaldo?"

Jesus Christ. Can't the question setter do better than that?! :eek: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Ally Dick

O'Connor is turning into a good interviewer with proper questions and genuine empathy. He is impressing me

JonathanAnon

Ally Dick wrote: »

O'Connor is turning into a good interviewer with proper questions and genuine empathy. He is impressing me

Okay who's after hacking Ally's account...

Ally Dick

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Okay who's after hacking Ally's account...

I'm a complex person Jonathan. Just like yourself

RikkFlair

Little girl has the loveliest smile. Very sad story.

Hitchens

Ally Dick wrote: »

O'Connor is turning into a good interviewer with proper questions and genuine empathy. He is impressing me

you'd wonder why RTE cannot see that he's way better than the LLS incumbent

grey_so_what

Great fantastic parents....

We all groan and grump about things but when we see the bravery of this couple, it pales into insignificance when you hear this....

Go Harvey Go

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

What the..?

No gags?

*digs out party poppers*

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Denied!! God almighty!

I presume the Butlers being on first has something to do with this.

No disrespect intended towards them in any way whatsoever, BTW.

Ally Dick

Hitchens wrote: »

you'd wonder why RTE cannot see that he's way better than the LLS incumbent

He might get a shot at it when DLB buggers off

Shutter Island

The mother is definitely worth a poke

grey_so_what

Ally Dick wrote: »

I'm a complex person Jonathan. Just like yourself

Nothing inconsistant about JA.........:P

Ally Dick

What great parents

RobTheLad

Go Harvey Go wrote: »

"Which of these football superstars was born in Portugal - Wayne Rooney, Thierry Henry or Cristiano Ronaldo?"

Jesus Christ. Can't the question setter do better than that?! :eek: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Thing is, Cristiano Ronaldo was born in Madeira, not Portugal, so none of the answer's are correct!

Go Harvey Go

Hitchens wrote: »

you'd wonder why RTE cannot see that he's way better than the LLS incumbent

If they could see, then Tubs wouldn't have as big a salary, would he? :rolleyes:

cofy

It's disgraceful that anything with a special needs tag is more expensive, it should be less expensive:mad::mad::mad:

Go Harvey Go

Shutter Island wrote: »

The mother is definitely worth a poke

An inappropriate comment there, TBH.

Very sad....pippa and Bryan are going to b on next talking about the joys of their new baby. It's a tough world.
Brendan is doing a great job here

amdublin

Ah god! I've just come in. What a great girl. The very best of luck to her in the future!

Ally Dick

Shutter Island wrote: »

The mother is definitely worth a poke

I'd give Pippa a poke too

grey_so_what

Dakota Dirty Quintet wrote: »

Very sad....pippa and Bryan are going to b on next talking about the joys of their new baby. It's a tough world.
Brendan is doing a great job here

That thought occurred to me too Rf.....