What is it with the Indo's love-in with Mario Rosenstock?

ButtersSuki

Can't figure this one out....a newspaper, doing an "exclusive" (yawn) online featurette of "hilarious" sketches and impersonations by Mario Rosenstock. I find him mildly amusing on the odd occassion (and the frequency of same is decreasing) on Gift Grub in the mornings but the TV show bombed (similar medium, at least both are visual) and this seems like a strange fit. It's not like poor Mario is starving with his upcoming tour (very nice little earner that one), Aviva ads and Breakfast gig (and God knows he charges an arm and a leg) but can't for the life of me figure out what's in it for the Indo, save trying to attract some tabloid readers.

Still can't believe people would pay €30 to see him essentially rehash the same material they listen to for free every weekday morning, but that's for another day I guess.

mike65

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Can't figure this one out....a newspaper, doing an "exclusive" (yawn) online featurette of "hilarious" sketches and impersonations by Mario Rosenstock. I find him mildly amusing on the odd occassion (and the frequency of same is decreasing) on Gift Grub in the mornings but the TV show bombed (similar medium, at least both are visual) and this seems like a strange fit. It's not like poor Mario is starving with his upcoming tour (very nice little earner that one), Aviva ads and Breakfast gig (and God knows he charges an arm and a leg) but can't for the life of me figure out what's in it for the Indo, save trying to attract some tabloid readers.

Still can't believe people would pay €30 to see him essentially rehash the same material they listen to for free every weekday morning, but that's for another day I guess.

His agent probably phone the features ed of the indo and made it happen.

edit - just seen Barry Egans name on the article, say no more.

Alf. A. Male

So if you don't find someone's act entertaining, it doesn't need to be in the papers, is that it? Ok, thanks for that.

ButtersSuki

Alf. A. Male wrote: »

So if you don't find someone's act entertaining, it doesn't need to be in the papers, is that it? Ok, thanks for that.

Way to miss the point..................

He's not "in the papers", he has an EXCLUSIVE (:rolleyes:) online (only) series of him doing the same characters that he does on his tv show, on Dempsey's breakfast show and in his own stage show etc. There's nothing new in it, it's just a rehash of what he normally does.

Whether I find him to be the funniest man alive or patently unfunny is actually irrelevant. I was asking
a) What's the Indo's fascination with him?
b) Since when did broadsheet newspapers start broadcasting comedic series online?

Alf. A. Male

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Way to miss the point..................

He's not "in the papers", he has an EXCLUSIVE (:rolleyes:) online (only) series of him doing the same characters that he does on his tv show, on Dempsey's breakfast show and in his own stage show etc. There's nothing new in it, it's just a rehash of what he normally does.

Whether I find him to be the funniest man alive or patently unfunny is actually irrelevant. I was asking
a) What's the Indo's fascination with him?
b) Since when did broadsheet newspapers start broadcasting comedic series online?

No, I didn't miss the point and your clarification added nothing.

DrumSteve

Don't see the problem here; if you don't like it, don't watch it.

ButtersSuki

Alf. A. Male wrote: »

No, I didn't miss the point and your clarification added nothing.

I do realise this is After Hours but "wow".

Alf. A. Male

ButtersSuki wrote: »

I do realise this is After Hours but "wow".

That's a wow for you? I can't help feeling you're overreacting to the content of the Indo and also to my posts.

TeddyTedson

Leave Mario alone AH. I'm not going to let you Dave McSavage this guy for the love of chirst. Stop it.

hfallada

All good Irish comedians live in the UK. If you are good, why would you stay to work in the tiny country of Ireland, when there is millions of potential customers in the uk.

Wibbs

Dublin is a very small pool and those in the "entertainment" biz and those in the reporting of it are a close knit group who would be seen propping up the bars in the ritzier places. It's basically mates helping mates out.

Duggy747

Well, you're main problem was paying attention to the Indo, so far up Irish personalities' and socialites' arses that I'm surprised the ink doesn't come from their concentrated farts.

ButtersSuki

Duggy747 wrote: »

Well, you're main problem was paying attention to the Indo, so far up Irish personalities' and socialites' arses that I'm surprised the ink doesn't come from their concentrated farts.

Oh I don't buy it, but did see it online at the weekend when boredom got the better of me and I ventured into their murky online waters for some sports news. I've learned my lesson....and also that uner-fashionista/model.tv presenter and soon to be author (o., I added that last one in...but it wouldn't surprise me) Pippa O'Connor was spotted on Grafton Street recently. :rolleyes:

anncoates

In a way I really hope that the Indo frontage is nepotism and not due to Mario's popularity because that would mean that a large number of people are actually interested in Barry Egan, Gerald Kean, Lisa Murphy and Glenda Gilson and I would have to kill myself.

Muahahaha

Dunno OP but if I were to say that the Indo has an obsession with anyone then I'd say it is Amy Huberman. Barely a day goes by that they don't have some article or picture of her on their site. The Irish Times is obsessed with Kate Middleton and also have constant coverage of her whereabouts, so much so that last week someone wrote in a letter that remarked how she hadn't been in the paper for two days and would someone check if she is alright. But for the Indo it's definitely Huberman whose the obsession, I read an article they wrote last week and I nearly puked with the fawning over her, describing her as a "Dublin starlet" and "Ireland's leading fashionista"

ButtersSuki

anncoates wrote: »

In a way I really hope that the Indo frontage is nepotism and not due to Mario's popularity because that would mean that a large number of people are actually interested in Barry Egan, Gerald Kean, Lisa Murphy and Glenda Gilson and I would have to kill myself.

Speaking of Gerald Kean, he was on Joe Duffy today speculating about the next Man Utd manager. Yes, Gerald Kean, the noted soccer correspondent!

P.S. I was forced to listen to Duffy as I was in a taxi!