The Centre RTE March 24th

celtic tiger 2011

Is anybody going to be watching The Centre? . Katherine Lynch's new sitcom.

brian_t

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celtic tiger 2011 wrote: »

Is anybody going to be watching The Centre? . Katherine Lynch's new sitcom.

I'm sure I saw some of the folks from ROT's skits and the Apres Match fella also in the RTE ad for it so not just Katherine Lynch

brian_t

Katherine Lynch and Jennifer Maguire will be on The Saturday Night Show.

http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2014/0321/603686-line-up-for-the-saturday-night-show-revealed/

Duggie2012

the trailer looks awful, might give it a look but i wouldn't hold out any hopes for this one.

Lisha

I'm a bit speechless, the centre was so bad it was good.

le la rat

Does anybody within RTE preview these shows. How was that let air?

gazzer

The main character (the 'murderess')was very funny and had some great one liners but the other characters were pretty bad and I am so over Bernie Walsh.

celtic tiger 2011

What hell was that. I would blame Katherine Lynch for this abomination of a comedy , but it seems she has taken herself out of the firing line as she didn't write it. It seems it was written by 2 guys , but its definitely written from a females view of the world , so I am guessing these guys must be gay. The humour is one dimensional and only women could find it funny as its is based on a superbitch, all the other characters almost seem incidental .

Kerrydude1981

I think RTE should stop using the line "Monday night is comedy night"

Should have stopped making these kind of shows after The Cassidy's got cut after a few episodes

jane82

I thought it was fairly reasonable. Good few laughs in it. The sanitary pad emptying the tea in two dunks line was hilarious.
I dont get why some people just watch Irish comedies to get outraged.

celtic tiger 2011

jane82 wrote: »

I thought it was fairly reasonable. Good few laughs in it. The sanitary pad emptying the tea in two dunks line was hilarious.
I dont get why some people just watch Irish comedies to get outraged.

The reason people get so outraged with Irish comedies, particularly the one's produced by Rte is because they are dire. We the public fund the station, and we have a right to demand a return for our licence fee, they are also funded by advertising so they have no excuse for budget limits .

As a whole RTE produces poor quality television . It's best programmes are imported . Its news coverage is dreadful, seldom focuses on international news and instead focuses on misery porn,the recession, corrupt politicians etc .It's documentaries focus solely on social issues such as young people in negative equity, drug addiction , suicide, paedophile priests etc .

In comparison to the British stations it is very negative and depressing to watch. Is it any wonder that people are depressed when all they have to watch is RTE.

jane82

If you have internet and are only able to watch rte I wouldnt blame your depression on the national broadcaster.
The walshes, the centre and sometimes (although its hit and miss lately) republic of telly are decent enough if you ask me.
Naked camera was one of the funniest things Ive ever seen. Hardy bucks was great.
Not too bad if you ask me. Im quite proud of Irish comedy on rte.

zoobizoo

For €150 a year.... or €3 a week for my tv license, I'm happy enough with getting some good and some bad tv shows as well as radio news, sport and RTE Player. Overall, I probably watch more RTE than any other station.

The Irish stations don;t have the resources to produce what the BBC produce.

jane82

What exactly do the bbc produce? Id rather rte.
English comedy hasnt been great in a long time.

humanji

I thought it was a bit of a travesty. Some possibly good ideas, but they were hidden behind a load of awful stereotypes and very old jokes and clichés.

celtic tiger 2011

humanji wrote: »

I thought it was a bit of a travesty. Some possibly good ideas, but they were hidden behind a load of awful stereotypes and very old jokes and clichés.

It was a case of throwing as much **** at the wall, as you can in 30 minutes and hoping some of it sticks. I hope people ring up Joe Duffy to complain about this show. Who wrote it anyway , it wasn't Katherine Lynch

Birneybau

jane82 wrote: »

What exactly do the bbc produce? Id rather rte.
English comedy hasnt been great in a long time.

Really? :eek:

fisgon

jane82 wrote: »

I thought it was fairly reasonable. Good few laughs in it. The sanitary pad emptying the tea in two dunks line was hilarious.
I dont get why some people just watch Irish comedies to get outraged.

Exactly. There are people on Boards just waiting for something Irish just so they can slag it off. They don't even begin to give it a chance.

In fairness, The Centre wasn't great, but it wasn't the travesty people are saying, and it is only the first ep. I certainly laughed out loud a half dozen times, and I liked the Kathleen Lynch cameos.

Also, enjoyed discovering Yasmine Akram, had never heard of her before, Irish actress and stand up, unfeasibly hot, funny, thought she brought the thing to life. (check out some of her stuff on Youtube, especially her Colin Farrell, which is pretty funny... "Bernie, leggit, it's the Guards!...")

celtic tiger 2011

fisgon wrote: »

Exactly. There are people on Boards just waiting for something Irish just so they can slag it off. They don't even begin to give it a chance.

In fairness, The Centre wasn't great, but it wasn't the travesty people are saying, and it is only the first ep. I certainly laughed out loud a half dozen times, and I liked the Kathleen Lynch cameos.

Also, enjoyed discovering Yasmine Akram, had never heard of her before, Irish actress and stand up, unfeasibly hot, funny, thought she brought the thing to life. (check out some of her stuff on Youtube, especially her Colin Farrell, which is pretty funny... "Bernie, leggit, it's the Guards!...")

Just because she is hot doesn't make her funny . Infact hot women are never funny or interesting , they are usually vapid and souless, they never develop any personality or character because things come to easy for them.

mikom

celtic tiger 2011 wrote: »

Just because she is hot doesn't make her funny . Infact hot women are never funny or interesting , they are usually vapid and souless, they never develop any personality or character because things come to easy for them.

Scan, tbh, I'd say you'd argue with your toenails.

jane82

Birneybau wrote: »

Really? :eek:

Come on then. This year what truely great comedy have the bbc come Up with?

Birneybau

jane82 wrote: »

Come on then. This year what truely great comedy have the bbc come Up with?

"Inside No. 9" for one, "House of fools" if you like Vic and Bob another.

Usually high quality with the likes of "Q.I.".

There has probably never been anything on the BBC that has been worse than RTE productions. Ever!

humanji

fisgon wrote: »

Exactly. There are people on Boards just waiting for something Irish just so they can slag it off. They don't even begin to give it a chance.

And there's plenty who will defend the indefensible. The show was a travesty. The concept has plenty of potential but they blew it, instead choosing to go for rehashed stereotypes and jokes. There's nothing fresh about any of the characters and the only humour came from one characters insults. And even then, there were more misses than hits.

Ireland has an insane amount of comedic talent and it's systematically ignored in favour of giving the RTE canteen regulars and their friends something to do instead.

jane82 wrote: »

Come on then. This year what truely great comedy have the bbc come Up with?

BBC have to come out with a truly great comedy, but RTE don't have to be held to any sort of standard?

Lukehandypants

I suspect RTÉ maybe in some deep poo poo about this show and its only after the first episode, many lgbt writers online are calling the show transphobic, racist and anti traveller.

http://theoutmost.com/opinion/trouble-rte-2s-centre/


Have a search on Twitter.

I have a funny feeling the show may not even get its full season and be pulled after a few episodes.

jane82

The worse thing to come out of the internet is people losing the skill to laugh at themselves.
Everyone gets outraged at something different everyday.

Lukehandypants

jane82 wrote: »

The worse thing to come out of the internet is people losing the skill to laugh at themselves.
Everyone gets outraged at something different everyday.

And that's the type of insensitivity that really winds the lgbt community up.

jane82

Lukehandypants wrote: »

And that's the type of insensitivity that really winds the lgbt community up.

But Im sure if a gang of really believeable drag queens were sitting around with one with hairy feet theyd slag her too.

gazzer

Yasmine Akram was the best thing about the show. She had some great one liners. Loved the fart scene

Lukehandypants

jane82 wrote: »

But Im sure if a gang of really believeable drag queens were sitting around with one with hairy feet theyd slag her too.

For a start the person In the show is supposed to be a preop transexual not a drag queen they are two completely different things.
Drag queens are there to entertain where as a trans person does not choose to be trans it's just who they are the same way a gay person is gay or a straight person is straight.

fisgon

celtic tiger 2011 wrote: »

Just because she is hot doesn't make her funny . Infact hot women are never funny or interesting , they are usually vapid and souless, they never develop any personality or character because things come to easy for them.

Do you really believe this, or are you just trollling? Check out Jennifer Lawrence's clips on Youtube, funny girl, quirky sense of humour, gorgeous. Megan Fox too has a sense of humour.

Also I never said that she was funny because she was hot. I said that she was funny and hot. There's a difference. And I thought she was very good in this.