Bottler

MJ23

Does anyone actually find this funny? Brendan Grace, telling the same stupid jokes for 30 years. The only time he was ever funny was when he was Fr. Fintan Stack.

The Backwards Man

My granny is funnier than Brendan Grace and she's been dead 25 years.

JohnMarston

He's had his fun, and thats all that matters

Tails142

Yeah its terrible

Frosty McSnowballs

Huh Brendan Disgrace!

ardinn

It appeals to the older generation now - he still draws a crowd and some people like him.

I remember my granny going to see him a few years before she died and was genuinely delighted she enjoyed it so much.

If you dont like him, dont watch him. He isnt doing any harm.

BNMC

The Backwards Man wrote: »

My granny is funnier than Brendan Grace and she's been dead 25 years.

If you say that to me again, I'll put your head through the wall.

Paulie Gualtieri

Its awful , might have done ok in the 90's . he needs to just go away now like a good man.

Just isn't funny!

Karl Stein

It's inoffensive humour at the expense of nobody. If it makes people laugh then leave them off.

Sense of humour is highly subjective.

Iwasfrozen

I like him...

hardCopy

A lot of the people who found him funny thirty years ago are still alive and not using Netflix which makes them a prime target audience

Sunnyisland

I still like him.

Dublin Red Devil

Grace is a washed up has-been. Bottler is a tired old act that was mildly humorous in the 90's. This DVD is a pathetic attempt to come back from oblivion

gobnaitolunacy

It helps if your core audience suffers from Alzheimers, then the jokes are ground breaking stuff.

hfallada

I dont think middle aged irish comedians are funny. I dont know how anyone finds miss browne boys funny.

dmc17

gobnaitolunacy wrote: »

It helps if your core audience suffers from Alzheimers, then the jokes are ground breaking stuff.

This is the most logical explanation

There's no "F" in duck, ha!!

kneemos

Afaik he does old folks homes in Miami and comes back every Christmas to flog a DVD.

branie

Whatyouwant?

thegreatgonzo

gobnaitolunacy wrote: »

It helps if your core audience suffers from Alzheimers, then the jokes are ground breaking stuff.

My dad does so it's nice to have something he can relate to on TV sometimes. Republic of Telly isn't exactly going to mean much to him.
Someday I'm sure there will be a generation of people sneering at whatever we think is funny now but each to their own I say.

wnolan1992

I watch the odd YouTube clip every now again. Bit of nostalgia if nothing else, but still get a laugh out of it.

Like every other comedian, if you don't like him, no one's forcing you to watch him. There's clearly a market for what he does. If there wasn't, venues wouldn't book him.

gobnaitolunacy

Rep of Telly is hardly an example of good comedy, hit-and-miss RTE fare.

thegreatgonzo

gobnaitolunacy wrote: »

Rep of Telly is hardly an example of good comedy, hit-and-miss RTE fare.

I didn't say it was good, but it's contemporary and popular.

Femme_Fatale

MJ23 wrote: »

Does anyone actually find this funny?

I don't think anyone under 55 (minimum) does, and shur leave the auldies to it. People say he was last popular with all audiences in the 90s; I'd say 80s. Even when he appeared on Father Ted (which was hilarious!) he was a blast from the past, and that was 1996/7.

obezyana

wnolan1992 wrote: »

I watch the odd YouTube clip every now again. Bit of nostalgia if nothing else, but still get a laugh out of it.

Like every other comedian, if you don't like him, no one's forcing you to watch him. There's clearly a market for what he does. If there wasn't, venues wouldn't book him.

Venues don't book him he puts in for a date to do a show and if the date is free then he does his show.

cml387

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

I don't think anyone under 55 (minimum) does, and shur leave the auldies to it. People say he was last popular with all audiences in the 90s; I'd say 80s. Even when he appeared on Father Ted (which was hilarious!) he was a blast from the past, and that was 1996/7.

He comes from a long line of Dub-al-in comedians who had an audience but might not be to everyone's taste.

Sil Fox,Maureen Potter, Noel V Ginnity and of course Hal Roach.

OK, a small shudder went through me then.Even in the 1970's they were old fashioned.

June Rodgers sells out the Red Cow every year, for example.

AnonoBoy

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