Saturday Night with Miriam - 22nd June 2013

Go Harvey Go

RTE TEN wrote:

Saturday Night with Miriam returns this week for its ninth season and her first set of guests have been announced.

Champion jockey Ruby Walsh and his wife Gillian will be on the show talking about his split with trainer Paul Nicholls, his move back home and plans for the future.

RTE TEN wrote:

Fresh from her win at the Taste of Dublin, chef Clodagh McKenna talks about breaking the American market.

Also taking the US by storm is Drogheda actor Colin O'Donoghue, who talks about his new role as Hook in fantasy drama Once Upon A Time.

Platinum-selling singer/songwriter Damien Dempsey will be performing his new single "Canadian Geese".

Saturday Night with Miriam is on Saturday on RTE One at 9:40pm.

Fantastic line-up, isn't it? And Ruby Walsh makes it even better... :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

(I don't dislike Ruby at all - but it's not as if he has to be booked for these shows every few months, is it?)

Mr E

Don't care about Ruby, but the other 3 guests are pretty good (assuming you like eating, you like OUAT and you like Damo!)

JP Liz V1

Colin O'Donoghue is great as Captain Hook on QUAT

telekon

Looking forward to hearing from Ruby's wife.

Riveting.

Go Harvey Go

Mr E wrote: »

Don't care about Ruby, but the other 3 guests are pretty good (assuming you like eating, you like OUAT and you like Damo!)

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Colin O'Donoghue is great as Captain Hook on QUAT

But it's far from the most adventurous line-up in the world, is it?

Extremely well-known Irish sportsperson, extremely well-known Irish TV chef, extremely well-known Irish singer-songwriter, Irish actor who happens to be doing quite well on the other side of the Atlantic...

And with all due respect to Clodagh and Damien, it's not as if they haven't been on these shows very often, either.

SNWM may be a summer show, with a smaller budget than the LLS and SNS - but it has had far better line-ups in the past.

During the 2011 series, for instance, one episode featured a pre-Eurovision Bonnie Tyler and Supernanny Jo Frost, while Miriam chatted to not one but two former Downing Street residents, with Alastair Campbell preceding John Prescott. Mary Robinson, meanwhile, was among the Irish guests, as was a former NYPD officer from Donegal who served during 9/11.

http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/2011.html

Last year, though, was quite dreadful, with awfully high proportions of RTE faces and Irish sportspeople (including Ruby), and awfully low proportions of non-Irish personalities and not-so-famous people who sounded like they had a good story to tell:

http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/2012.html

It's probably fair to say that the line-up for this first episode of '13 is more like one from '12 than one from '11.

We can only hope that not all of the other seven episodes this year follow suit...

mike65

Hello! magazine on the tellybox.

You deserve all you get! (said in shouty Charlie Brooker voice).

Go Harvey Go

mike65 wrote: »

Hello! magazine on the tellybox.

You deserve all you get! (said in shouty Charlie Brooker voice).

VIP or RSVP, surely?

And no, we don't deserve line-ups that look like they've come straight out of these magazines...

Skid X

It's a bit cheeky having Ruby and Mrs Ruby on for the first show of the Summer, almost a year from their last outing on this show.

Still, no doubt everyone around here will still claim Tubridy has Ruby on all the time. For once he is not to blame!

Skid X

Miriam's Twitter page tells us we will also have the pleasure of hearing from your man who claims to be Obama's Cousin, for the 246th time

https://twitter.com/SaturdayMiriam/status/348049213466238977

A great show lined up with Colin 0'Donoghue, Ruby Walsh, Clodagh McKenna, Damien Dempsey and 'Henry the eighth'

Urrrgh - Has he not milked his dubious claim to celebrity enough? Every time there is an Obama story he pops up. Did he even meet them this time? There are only so many ways to ask someone "what's it like being tenuously related to the American President?"

I'll see GHG's facepalm and raise him

JonathanAnon

Miriam and Clodagh McKenna.... ?

I think I'll give it a miss and put on something a bit more hard hitting..

Mariasofia

Better get pi**ed early tonight methinks

mikom

Skid X wrote: »

Miriam's Twitter page tells us we will also have the pleasure of hearing from your man who claims to be Obama's Cousin, for the 246th time

https://twitter.com/SaturdayMiriam/status/348049213466238977



Urrrgh - Has he not milked his dubious claim to celebrity enough? Every time there is an Obama story he pops up. Did he even meet them this time? There are only so many ways to ask someone "what's it like being tenuously related to the American President?"

I'll see GHG's facepalm and raise him

You'll love the rose of tralee this year so....... as he is one of the escorts at it........ :cool:

Skid X

mikom wrote: »

You'll love the rose of tralee this year so....... as he is one of the escorts at it........ :cool:

Thanks mikom, yet another reason to avoid it. I would bet that some of the American Roses are more closely related to Obama than young Henry.

If they are looking for escorts, there is only one man to call. The Pride of Carrigstown.

Lisha

Well with all this product placement going on now Wayne should be fair city's rose of Tralee escort . Great japes could ensue with Wayne's Rose and all the other roses, enduring loads of publicity for rose of Tralee and a great story line for fair city.
It would be a win/win situation for all

JonathanAnon

That Henry Healy lad reminds me of those lads at the horse racing, who shove their way on to camera when somebody important is being interviewed, then ring their friends to tell them they are on the telly.. I dont know whether the term gombeen or gobsh1te is more appropriate ... maybe gomsh1te?

Skid X

Lisha wrote: »

Well with all this product placement going on now Wayne should be fair city's rose of Tralee escort . Great japes could ensue with Wayne's Rose and all the other roses, enduring loads of publicity for rose of Tralee and a great story line for fair city.
It would be a win/win situation for all

Best Fair City script idea ever!!!

FloatingVoter

chinwag

They should retitle the show . . . . It's Miriam Again!

Go Harvey Go

You missed out Colin, Miriam...

Go Harvey Go

New logo and LLS-esque new theme tune, I see and hear...

SuperInfinity

This is so bloody stupid. Slobbering over white house officials just because they're "important". I'd have more respect for him if he was talking about the Kardashians.

cofy

Evening all, Miriam does look very well tonight. As for Henry, I'm speachless!!!

Go Harvey Go

SuperInfinity wrote: »

This is so bloody stupid. Slobbering over white house officials just because they're "important". I'd have more respect for him if he was talking about the Kardashians.

cofy wrote: »

As for Henry, I'm speachless!!!

Be thankful that that interview was short.

Meanwhile, Michael Murphy and his partner weren't billed at all...

cofy

My God, I started watching this interview thinking what a beautiful, eloquent couple. The interview ended with words of wisdom. Now that was an interview worth watching.

Atlantic Dawn

Go Harvey Go wrote: »

Be thankful that that interview was short.

Meanwhile, Michael Murphy and his partner weren't billed at all...

Probably one of the other guests did a legger, Michael was getting a coffee in the RTE canteen this evening and was asked if he would do a quick interview.

Go Harvey Go

Clodagh's obviously had a haircut...

cofy

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Probably one of the other guests did a legger, Michael was getting a coffee in the RTE canteen this evening and was asked if he would do a quick interview.

I'm just glad it was Michael and Terry.:) No self-serving nonsense that you get with other canteen guests.

cofy

Go Harvey Go wrote: »

Clodagh's obviously had a haircut...

Ah she must have it tied up a lot, seeing as how she does so much cooking.

Atlantic Dawn

Tenners, just show it in €500 notes, more classy.

I liked the LLS car prize they did back in the 90's where a lad turned up at the winners door with a car transporter and camera crew to do a suprise live handover, some people were scantly clad opening their doors.

Go Harvey Go

No disrespect, Miriam, but we really don't need a reminder of how great Ruby is...

It's not like he's God, is it?

nc6000

cofy wrote: »

Evening all, Miriam does look very well tonight. As for Henry, I'm speachless!!!

I didn't see him, what was up with Henry?

cofy

Is it just me or is the chemistry between this couple all wrong?

Skid X

"Thanks for coming, see you again this time next year."

Go Harvey Go

Miriam: "We've got a very special prize to give away to one lucky audience member."

And everyone in the audience cheers... because they were instructed to do so. :rolleyes:

cofy

How ruby (red) can you get, being an audience member?

Go Harvey Go

So Colin will be on to talk about Once Upon A Time after all...

It's probably fair to say that, despite Michael and Terry, this has been a rather shambolic episode thus far.

Skid X

Miriam mentioned Eamonn Andrews there.

Here is an interesting clip I found recently. Miriam was a guest on Kenny Live years ago, she got into a lively debate with Tom Brennan who had wrote a scathing book about Eamonn Andrews (whom they had both worked for)

Worth a look when you have 15 minutes to spare, it shows how worked up Miriam can get when she is interested.

cofy

nc6000 wrote: »

I didn't see him, what was up with Henry?

That's a good question, how many times can you be interviewed about the same topic. The only thing we don't know about Henry at this stage is what he had for breakfast. It's nothing personal I'm sure he is a very nice guy but how far can a piece of elastic go?

efb

Damien Dempsey is awful

Go Harvey Go

Two rounds of applause for Damien there...

He's a good singer but isn't one enough?

Atlantic Dawn

The set reminds me of Kenny Live back in the day, probably built from the original plans.

Skid X

efb wrote: »

Damien Dempsey is awful

Ah, I disagree.

Very talented singer.

efb

Skid X wrote: »

Ah, I disagree.

Very talented singer.

Lots of people do- his accent just grates on me

cofy

efb wrote: »

Damien Dempsey is awful

I don't know efb, I liked his tone, but then again that's just me.

Skid X

Wake up audience, it's nearly over.

JonathanAnon

Skid X wrote: »

Ah, I disagree.Very talented singer.

"And de Belfaust trayen, that nearly killed my friend wayan"..

I'm only glad that Hal David is dead, so as not to be put in the ha'penny place but such poignant lyrical genius..

efb

Whitney special now

Skid X

efb wrote: »

Whitney special now

She sounded brilliant in those clips, they could have just played all those songs in full.

cofy

I liked oprah before the oprah ego set in. She only wanted interviews with an aha moment. That is something that is sadly lacking in irish talk shows, anyone who is being interview is selling something, has a book, or is promoting a film. Until tonight with Michael and Terry, it a first with the simple person watching actually gaining something.

If only Terry and Michael were in the RTE Canteen more often, how much better would we all be?

Skid X

You would forget how good a singer Whitney was, before she went off the rails

honeybear

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Tenners, just show it in €500 notes, more classy.

I liked the LLS car prize they did back in the 90's where a lad turned up at the winners door with a car transporter and camera crew to do a suprise live handover, some people were scantly clad opening their doors.

We switched over from the Million Pound Drop!