Marty Morrissey to replace Marty Whelan on Winning Streak

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RTE think Marty Morrissey will bring a younger viewership to winning streak, WTF ? ? ? http://www.thesun.ie/irishsol/homepage/news/article5489981.ece

jester77

Viewer numbership must be low if RTE are playing their sex appeal trump card.

Duckworth_Luas

Didn't know they were transferring Winning Streak to radio?

jester77

Is that the spin a wheel show? Is it as sh*t as it was 10+ years ago or have they modernised it? It was the ultimate in cringe TV when I used to live in Ireland but my parents somehow loved it.

HalloweenJack

Early April Fool's?

Lapin

Is it true they replaced one Marty with another so that Sinead Kennedy wouldn't get confused with the name change?

AnonoBoy

Sure they both have the same name. Surely nobody will notice any change at all?

kneemos

Have they got a decent presenter in the hole of RTE?

sillyoulfool

So they are going from woeful to dreadful.
You would think they would try to liven the show up not kill it completely.

Banjo String

WTF is it with RTE constantly regurgitating it's own wănking 'stars' instead of bringing in some fresh talent?

Marty Jaysus Morrissey.

I don't watch the show in fairness. But a bit of effort RTE. For fcuks sake like.

Sir Arthur Daley

He should stick to the Gaa, he will only make a balls of it.

kneemos

The whole show has a look of the village hall about it.
They really are incredibly poor at producing their own stuff.I'm sure there must be a school somewhere that teaches how to be stiff and nervous for RTE work.

Yvonne23R

I think this was just a kite being flown about having Marty Morrissey fronting Winning Streak. The Winning Streakers are firmly linked in the public mind with Marty Whelan, and he does a super job in it in his avuncular way. I don't think the age group that the Streakers is pointed at even know who a young lad like Morrissey is. I like even the wae Marty is now using reading glasses to establish a link with the viewers. In any case Marty Whelan has only just had his youth restored for television with the work on his barnet.

Keep calm, ladies, and rejoice that you will have Marty Whelan on Winning Streak for many, many years to coem, I'd say.

Specialun

I met him a few months ago..i am not kidding when i say he does really look like an alien....

Yamanoto

I hear Marty's hair is staying on in an advisory capacity.

Got its own agent and everything.

mad muffin

Had to Google Marty Morrissey.

Oh Jaysus! Got a fright :eek:

Baze

mad muffin wrote: »

Had to Google Marty Morrissey.

Really?

I thought everyone would have heard Return of the Mack.

Classic tune.

Lukehandypants

If u use a cheese knife to cut around the edge of Marty morriseys face and peel back the skin Linda Martins face is underneath it, I find that incredibly erotic.

Paybel

mad muffin wrote: »

Had to Google Marty Morrissey.

Oh Jaysus! Got a fright :eek:

Me too!
Mario Rosenstock as Marty


Actual Marty

Lapin

mad muffin wrote: »

Had to Google Marty Morrissey.

Don't believe that.

I reckon you only said that, so you could say this.

mad muffin wrote: »

Oh Jaysus! Got a fright :eek:

You mad thing muffin you !

Yvonne23R

The Late Late Show Eurosong thing showed how good Marty Whelan is, compared to, for example, Ryan Tubridy, in glossing over difficult situations in an emollient way. It would be stark raving daft for Teilifís Éireann to trade Marty in for Marty Morrissey - however good the younger man might be.

Festy

Turn the radio on wrote: »

RTE think Marty Morrissey will bring a younger viewership to winning streak, WTF ? ? ? http://www.thesun.ie/irishsol/homepage/news/article5489981.ece

Ladies man Morrissey

Witchie

Are they out of their fuppin minds? I don't watch it but I have had occasion to a few times when someone I know is on. Never again though.

If I was invited on I would refuse and let them give my winnings to charity. Anything to avoid seeing that scary melty face. I have nitemares that are less frightening.

Lukehandypants

Interesting fact of the day, Marty morriseys head is based on a hammer head shark and he can move each eye independently from the other one.

mad muffin

Paybel wrote: »

Me too!
Mario Rosenstock as Marty


Actual Marty

He could also play stewie from family guy or mr toad from wind in the willow without the need for makeup.

Lapin wrote: »

Don't believe that.

I reckon you only said that, so you could say this.




You mad thing muffin you !

Heehee

marozz

Never watch it, but will check it out if Marty Morrissey is presenting it. Should be a good laugh. He reminds me of Chucky the doll.

Wacker The Attacker

go on the marty

Femme_Fatale

Ew... culchie "celebs".
#morto

BabysCoffee

kneemos wrote: »

The whole show has a look of the village hall about it.
They really are incredibly poor at producing their own stuff.I'm sure there must be a school somewhere that teaches how to be stiff and nervous for RTE work.

Tubridy guest lectures most weeks

Omackeral

Marty has a fivehead, not a forehead

MadYaker

He's got a face for radio if ever I've seen one. I never watch this muck anyway.

My name is URL

Festy wrote: »

Ladies man Morrissey

He's an incorrigible poon hound

Aidric

It's not the presenter that needs an overhaul, it's the format. The contestants sleepwalk through the show.

krudler

Aidric wrote: »

It's not the presenter that needs an overhaul, it's the format. The contestants sleepwalk through the show.

It's not even a gameshow, you basically push a button and some algorithm decides how much you should get.

Aidric

krudler wrote: »

It's not even a gameshow, you basically push a button and some algorithm decides how much you should get.

Jimmy Magee designed the algorithm with Larry Gogan in a consulting role.

Femme_Fatale

I don't know if Marty is a lothario (lol) as people say - isn't it more that GAA-fixated girls are mad about him?

Lukehandypants

Marty has Wonderful hair, from the front it is quite magnificent but once he turns around its like the budget didn't quite stretch to completing the job.

razorblunt

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

I don't know if Marty is a lothario (lol) as people say - isn't it more that GAA-fixated girls are mad about him?

Would it not be more a case of deflecting from the "confirmed bachelor" status?

Femme_Fatale

Doesn't he have a wife/partner? According to my dad, she's a woman my dad used to work with.

Ruu

He has gotten quite orange lately as well. Bring back Kevo, a top man for the old game show.

razorblunt

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Doesn't he have a wife/partner? According to my dad, she's a woman my dad used to work with.

Ah I don't know, I'm just internetting and making stuff up as I go!
Stinks of a beard to me!

Aidric

Ruubot2 wrote: »

He has gotten quite orange lately as well. Bring back Kevo, a top man for the old game show.

Has anyone seen Marty Morrissey and Tony Quinn in he same room? Justsayin

Jesus Wept

They should have a Marty-Marty presenting dream team, ffs.

Festy wrote: »

Ladies man Morrissey

He's laying morer pipe than Irish Water.

Duckworth_Luas

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

I don't know if Marty is a lothario (lol) as people say - isn't it more that GAA-fixated girls are mad about him?

There's enough Marty to go around for all types of cailíní.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M-LxEsSMu4

Marty was a big hit with the competitors at the women's beach volleyball at the London Olympics where he was commentator for RTÉ. Both American teams, eventual gold and silver medal winners, used to rub his head for luck before matches.

Rothko

“Kids go to Halloween parties with orange faces dressed up as Marty. Young people love him.”

orangesoda

I haven't watched in about 10 years but i will tune in now if Marty is on it