The Saturday Night Show - 13th. December 2014

Welsh Megaman

Hello you.


Coming up on our last show before Christmas, Oliver Callan and his cast of characters look back at 2014. The fantastic Friar Alessandro will be performing a beautiful rendition of Silent Night and chatting to Brendan about his extraordinary... life. TV presenter and model Vogue Williams will be talking to Brendan about her new documentary “Vogue Does the Afterlife”. Bressie will be in to talk about his incredibly honest and moving speech that went viral a few weeks ago and he will be unveiling his latest project from his series Teenage Kicks. Tune in at 9.35pm and enjoy!!

The Bould Rabbit

Who is Bressie?

Skid X

Brendan, Brendan - give us a song! I don't think he did a Christmas song last year. It should be an annual tradition

Skid X

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Bressie will be in to talk about his incredibly honest and moving speech that went viral a few weeks ago ...

That's this one. There is a lot of general talk about 'awareness' of Mental Health but for me, this speech was brutally revealing about what some people are going through every day (even when they might appear to be functioning at a decent level). It is long but it is well worth a look. Credit to Niall Breslin for not holding back in this talk

Lady Chatterton

Skid X wrote: »

That's this one. There is a lot of general talk about 'awareness' of Mental Health but for me, this speech was brutally revealing about what some people are going through every day (even when they might appear to be functioning at a decent level). It is long but it is well worth a look. Credit to Niall Breslin for not holding back in this talk

I heard Bressie being interviewed by Marian Finucane last Saturday morning and I thought it was one of the best discussions I'd heard for ages about mental health. He spoke very honestly about his experiences with panic attacks and anxiety. I feel he offered some great insights as well as talking about his coping mechanisms.

A few years ago I suffered from bad panic attacks and PTSD after a car crash and I know how both conditions can seriously curtail your life if they're not treated. For me, Bressie made more sense than most of the professionals I've encountered. I'd highly recommend the following podcast.

My1000HourBlog - Bressie
Niall Breslin - better known as Bressie - has started a blog - My1000hourBlog - about taking care of your mental health. .He says he wants to change the conversation and attitudes to mental health in Ireland

http://www.rte.ie/radio1/podcast/podcast_marianfinucane.xml

drugstore cowboy

Have to give major kudos to Bressie for speaking so publicly. I suffer serious mental health issues so it's great more people are talking about it.

I like how he's showing that it can hit everyone even people like him who have a few quid, have a solid career and more than likely has women throwing themselves at him.

Rich or poor, pop star or shop assistant mental health issues can hit anyone.

Ol' Donie

Was Bressie not on this before talking about mental health? I remember being very impressed with him. Heard him on The Right Hook once. Seems like a really decent fella.

Oliver Callan, however...hope he's on at the same time as MOTD.

Ol' Donie

Did he just say Jason Byrne?

WHY GOD?

WWWHHHYYYY?

Welsh Megaman

Bonjour!

Welsh Megaman

*facepalm*

Ol' Donie

Oi! Brendan! Get back up there and give me more jokes!

Welsh Megaman

The impressions are good, but the material is...

Ol' Donie

Just as well they told us that was Marty.

Ol' Donie

Arragh Jaysus this really doesn't work for me.

Welsh Megaman

*crickets*

Ol' Donie

Just do Enda and shut up.

Ol' Donie

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

*crickets*

Round here tonight!!

Welsh Megaman

His Katie Taylor is very good.

The Bould Rabbit

I'd love to see Oliver Callan doing an impersonation of Oliver Callan getting hit by a high speed train.

Welsh Megaman

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Round here tonight!!

People are still in shock from last night...a GREAT Late Late Show!

cofy

What does he mean Brendan's last ever Saturday night show????? I seriously hope that's a joke.

By the way, evenin all.

BabysCoffee

I like Oliver Callan - I think he is fairly good at the impersonations

Welsh Megaman

That's one big halo above his head.

Ol' Donie

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

People are still in shock from last night...a GREAT Late Late Show!

Did that really happen? I thought it happened, but i put it down to the fever i had.

Skid X

I understand the Government have commissioned medals for anyone who endured all of the Leinster game tonight

The order of puke rugby.

RayM

I can't stand him. His Michael D. Higgins impression is the only one that doesn't sound like Oliver Callan.

And let's face it, anyone can do a reasonable impression of Michael D.

The Bould Rabbit

This fella is brilliant.

Ol' Donie

Ah, dudes, I love Christmas!

:-):-)

Skid X

That was a beautiful performance.

dublinman1990

Good evening everybody.

This friar is very familiar to me from last year. He has a great singing voice as always.

Welsh Megaman

That wasn't a good performance.










It was a great performance!

Miss Demeanour

Can ye all watch on +1...... Brendan and the x factor is like Daddy or chips!!!!

jojofizzio

Helll-loo brother!!

The Bould Rabbit

He seemed to finish singing the song half way through the song. Still brilliant though.

Is he a real monk?

Skid X

Is there anyone in religious life who doesn't have a record contract?

Skid X

I wish he would say "I'm on a mission from God" so I could post some Blues Brothers youtube clips!

Welsh Megaman

The Bould Rabbit wrote: »

He seemed to finish singing the song half way through the song. Still brilliant though.

Is he a real monk?

He is, but for me there's only one Monk in my life...

Skid X

He'd make a good Pope.

My name is URL

I'm straight but it'd be easy to get lost in this fellas eyes

or his delicious yet humble beard

take everything

Cool guy

Atlantic Dawn

I always wanted to go on a days boozing session wearing a monks habit, pure comfort and a sense of respect from onlookers that you are sampling the Lords brew.

Firefox11

Skid X wrote: »

I wish he would say "I'm on a mission from God" so I could post some Blues Brothers youtube clips!

He almost said it there!

Cosmo2013

What a waste! God wins

The Bould Rabbit

Skid X wrote: »

Is there anyone in religious life who doesn't have a record contract?

I often wonder if there is anyone in the boxing world who doesn't have a contract with God?

All the great boxers seem to be very religious people.

Apart from Tyson - But he was just a pup.

Welsh Megaman

My name is URL wrote: »

I'm straight but it'd be easy to get lost in this fellas eyes

or his delicious yet humble beard

He sure is dreamy!


*removes beer goggles*


He sure is dreamy!

Skid X

The Thorn Birds must be due a remake.

Gits_bone

Convenient that Bressies talk happened at the same time his show appeared on TV...

Ol' Donie

Skid X wrote: »

I wish he would say "I'm on a mission from God" so I could post some Blues Brothers youtube clips!

I'm sure he did say that Skid...ahem...give us an oul clip!

Atlantic Dawn

I am sure Brendan is going to make us happy with his own tune at the end.

dublinman1990

And Brendan is now going on to show us something very tempting.

Atlantic Dawn

Funderland, wohoo.