Breakfast Republic on 2fm thread

Basq

Jeez.. I'm in the minority that finds this quite refreshing... although I do only hear the closing 20 minutes of the show in the car in the morning.

The alternatives on national radio are pretty damn terrible - but think Bernard O Shea and Jen are both witty (not so much Keith).

But most importantly.. from what I do hear in the morning.. I find their music choices can be nicely varied - not just the latest pop hits!

But don't get me wrong, I don't like Republic Of Telly in the slightest bar a witty sketch now and then. For example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWSA_-0Ysb4

I don't think the show will last, but I prefer it over any other national breakfast radio at the minute.

Ash.J.Williams

Basq wrote: »

Jeez.. I'm in the minority that finds this quite refreshing... although I do only hear the closing 20 minutes of the show in the car in the morning.

The alternatives on national radio are pretty damn terrible - but think Bernard O Shea and Jen are both witty (not so much Keith).

But most importantly.. from what I do hear in the morning.. I find their music choices can be nicely varied - not just the latest pop hits!

But don't get me wrong, I don't like Republic Of Telly in the slightest bar a witty sketch now and then. For example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWSA_-0Ysb4

I don't think the show will last, but I prefer it over any other national breakfast radio at the minute.

That's gas as I find Jen, Bernard and the music as entertaining as this horrendus acute ear infection I had once

ButtersSuki

I gave it a shot very briefly yesterday morning at 7am as I was driving to Belfast. After messing up the sport and weather jingles and an awkward interaction with the weather lady, they played Mr Probz's Waves as the first track after the news. the thing is I'm not sure if they played it off a mix album as there was the distinctive drum track on another track laid over the intro. To top that off, it wasn't even mixed all that well so you had this incredibly annoying out of sync drum beat FROM ANOTHER TRACK overlaid onto the track they intended to play and IT WAS OUT OF SYNC so it just sounded like a stuck cd. It was VERY weird. They then followed that up with another HILARIOUS game of "Keith's Cock" which I see has been renamed to something like "the Cock a Doodle Doo Song". I was out after that.

rotun

ButtersSuki wrote: »

I gave it a shot very briefly yesterday morning at 7am as I was driving to Belfast. After messing up the sport and weather jingles and an awkward interaction with the weather lady, they played Mr Probz's Waves as the first track after the news. the thing is I'm not sure if they played it off a mix album as there was the distinctive drum track on another track laid over the intro. To top that off, it wasn't even mixed all that well so you had this incredibly annoying out of sync drum beat FROM ANOTHER TRACK overlaid onto the track they intended to play and IT WAS OUT OF SYNC so it just sounded like a stuck cd. It was VERY weird. They then followed that up with another HILARIOUS game of "Keith's Cock" which I see has been renamed to something like "the Cock a Doodle Doo Song". I was out after that.

I lasted till about 20 secs into waves..

ButtersSuki

rotun wrote: »

I lasted till about 20 secs into waves..

Did you hear that double/repeated beat thing? I was wondering WTF is going on there?

rotun

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Did you hear that double/repeated beat thing? I was wondering WTF is going on there?

Yeah, very distracting while driving.. Alan Swan thinking he's in Ibiza!

maxwell smart

Listened in this morning and they had a genuinely (said in a Miriam O'Callaghan accent) very funny 'sketch' where they pretended they were 1980's radio types. If they did the whole show like that it would be the most listened to show on the radio. It was like listening to the fast show.

Please keep it up!:D

wnolan1992

maxwell smart wrote: »

Listened in this morning and they had a genuinely (said in a Miriam O'Callaghan accent) very funny 'sketch' where they pretended they were 1980's radio types. If they did the whole show like that it would be the most listened to show on the radio. It was like listening to the fast show.

Please keep it up!:D

What time was that do you know?

Have to say, I've heard some ads for their show that use sketches and parody sons they do in them and I always find them amusing.

maxwell smart

wnolan1992 wrote: »

What time was that do you know?

Have to say, I've heard some ads for their show that use sketches and parody sons they do in them and I always find them amusing.

8:40 ish?? Larry Gogan was on directly after so was between 8:30 and 9am

buckfasterer

There's a competition on for tickets to see The Script at the minute.....if I don't win I'll be pissed cause nobody else is listening right??

Ah balls....there's 2 people listening this morning!

smurgen

I dunno I actually like the show,its very badly put together in parts but sometimes I'm in knots going down the road.the chat up jen competition was funny I thought and I do laugh when the girl put your record on bit comes on

ButtersSuki

buckfasterer wrote: »

There's a competition on for tickets to see The Script at the minute....if I don't win I'll be pissed cause nobody else is listening right??

To which? Breakfast Republic or The Script?

:D

buckfasterer

ButtersSuki wrote: »

To which? Breakfast Republic or The Script?

:D

Aahhhhh now now

maxwell smart

I think there is definite signs of improvement on the show.

Sketches are getting better, Bernard is beginning to tailor his 'humour' to radio.

Jen is still a pain in the arse though I wonder if she is just pretending to be a pain in the arse or actually is a pain in the arse?

Still some embarrassing bits that need to be ironed out but it's getting better.

Still a bit to go though

greengirl31

They're off on their jollies again this week and Paddy McKenna was on this morning ... Nice change :-)

Loughc

greengirl31 wrote: »

They're off on their jollies again this week and Paddy McKenna was on this morning ... Nice change :-)

Jaysus they have more holidays than Teachers and TDs combined!

philthrill69

greengirl31 wrote: »

They're off on their jollies again this week and Paddy McKenna was on this morning ... Nice change :-)

I reckon that's way too many holidays in such a short period for a new show that's trying to find their audience. I reckon Dan Healey knows he screwed up and is now testing the waters with other options.
He's doing the same with the god awful drive by show.

greengirl31

philthrill69 wrote: »

I reckon Dan Healey knows he screwed up and is now testing the waters with other options.
He's doing the same with the god awful drive by show.

One can only hope ....

ford fiesta

The girl presenter with the american accent hasn't been on in the evenings in a while also...

Cork_chick_94

ford fiesta wrote: »

The girl presenter with the american accent hasn't been on in the evenings in a while also...

Yeah they had some eejet from kids tv filling in for weeks.

ofcork

ford fiesta wrote: »

The girl presenter with the american accent hasn't been on in the evenings in a while also...

That's louise mcsharry,she was filling in for tubs recently,i like her show its one I would keep.

byte

greengirl31 wrote: »

They're off on their jollies again this week and Paddy McKenna was on this morning ... Nice change :-)

There's 3 on the show, yet all 3 have taken hols at the same time? Surely it could've been staggered so not all are off at the same time?

michael999999

byte wrote: »

There's 3 on the show, yet all 3 have taken hols at the same time? Surely it could've been staggered so not all are off at the same time?

This is RTE your talking about. No one gives a ****e!

L1011

Some stations seem to prefer the "entire show goes on holidays at once" approach for multi-presenter shows, which has never made sense to me but its the way they work it.

ofcork

ofcork wrote: »

That's louise mcsharry,she was filling in for tubs recently,i like her show its one I would keep.

Just saw there she has a form of cancer get well soon.

greengirl31

I believe Jen is "expecting" - which is great news for her and i wish her every congratulations ...... But it also means she'll be on maternity leave for up to a year !!!!!!!!!

It's a good day :-)

Wise Old Elf

Anyone know why Tubridy was on before 9 this morning? Did something happen with the Breakfast Republic crew?

Basq

Disco Stuart wrote: »

Anyone know why Tubridy was on before 9 this morning? Did something happen with the Breakfast Republic crew?

He mentioned something about how it's a new quiz / game for the school run or something that he's playing before 9am from now on..

CountyHurler

Disco Stuart wrote: »

Anyone know why Tubridy was on before 9 this morning? Did something happen with the Breakfast Republic crew?

Maybe they are trying to kill the station off more quickly..

Wise Old Elf

Basq wrote: »

He mentioned something about how it's a new quiz / game for the school run or something that he's playing before 9am from now on..

Ah right, it was just about ten to nine when I heard it alright but didn't hear the intro. Cheers