Al Porter Show

Storm 10

Never in my life have I watched such a pile of a sh..e programme, it must rank as the worst programme ever on RTE, shame on them for putting it on

Zardoz

He must have some dirt on people high up in RTE to say that he gets so much screen time.
He is dreadfully unfunny.

pajosjunkbox

PJ Gallagher .... Sweet Jesus that was brutal. Absolutely shocking comedy. There has to be some intelligent comics in this country who actually are funny and not interested in whoring themselves on TV for a fat check. Jason Byrne, PJ Gallagher, Des Bishop and all the rest of the hacks can get in the sea !!!

eamonnq

At least Gallagher promised not to tell that story again!! I only wished he had promised months ago!!

pajosjunkbox

That story ... Seriously he sat down and prepared that routine ! FFS but people will still pay good money to see him in Vicar street. He's been dining out on Jake Stephens for years now.

Don't get me started on Jason Byrne on late late and ray Darcy show. It's just painful

PeterTheEighth

pajosjunkbox wrote: »

PJ Gallagher .... Sweet Jesus that was brutal.

He was desperately nervous. The story wasnt that funny to begin with, and shouting like Tommy Tiernan didnt make the story any funnier.

Al Porter is funny, but he's really gonna have to advance from the cheap gay jokes at some stage.

pajosjunkbox

Don't think he was nervous. Think that's his demeanour. He's been doing shows long enough to be used to the stage. He's just not a gifted comedian unfortunately. Ireland is full of journey men when it comes to comedy !

endacl

I nearly had to watch. Luckily, between the swings and roundabouts, we'd paused live tv on the movie beforehand for about 45 minutes all in. All it took was to 'accidentally' change channels for a moment and it all went away. Close one!

endacl

pajosjunkbox wrote: »

Ireland is full of journey men when it comes to comedy !

And most of those journeys would be short strolls elsewhere....

Red King

How did that gob****e get on the telly?

Atlantic Dawn

It wasn't live and wasn't funny, going on and on about gayer jokes over and over again was in about 20 years ago.

JP Liz V1

Red King wrote: »

How did that gob****e get on the telly?

He seems to be on TLLS every second week

Ash.J.Williams

Watching " knowing me knowing Yule" Alan partridge last night...remember the cook dressed in drag that kept telling the smutty jokes?

kawasaki1100

Who is Al Porter anyway, how is he getting so much airtime?

drunkmonkey

kawasaki1100 wrote: »

Who is Al Porter anyway, how is he getting so much airtime?

All in the name of equlity, him and panti bliss yesterday is enough to make baby Jesus cry, I wonder what we're going to be treated to today..

Edit
Sweet Jeaus, just checked to see what our equality of the day is, and we get Panti again to talk us through the highs and lows of 2015. Whoop Whoop thanks RTE

CarrickMcJoe

drunkmonkey wrote: »

All in the name of equlity, him and panti bliss yesterday is enough to make baby Jesus cry, I wonder what we're going to be treated to today..

The fantastically funny Mrs Brown !

kn

Red King wrote: »

How did that gob****e get on the telly?

He meets the gay comedian quota.

RayM

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

Watching " knowing me knowing Yule" Alan partridge last night...remember the cook dressed in drag that kept telling the smutty jokes?

...and kept rubbing Alan up the wrong way (ooh, pardon!)

RobertKK

I didn't watch as the ads for it said it was going to be crap.

qweerty

I am a frequent comedy watcher whose favourite comedians would probably be considered at the other end of the spectrum from Al Porter and his kind. But even I can see that he is a very commanding performer (before considering his young age) whose routines are more intricate than the outrageous camp of yore. By all means express your dislike for the staid themes, but you're exposing your ignorance if you criticise his ability.

And to those bemoaning supposed gay quotas, you are bigots.

EoghanIRL

Apparently he has a gig in ucc soon.
I've never heard of him.

padd b1975

qweerty wrote: »

I am a frequent comedy watcher whose favourite comedians would probably be considered at the other end of the spectrum from Al Porter and his kind. But even I can see that he is a very commanding performer (before considering his young age) whose routines are more intricate than the outrageous camp of yore. By all means express your dislike for the staid themes, but you're exposing your ignorance if you criticise his ability.

And to those bemoaning supposed gay quotas, you are bigots.

There's only one thing wrong with young Al-he's just not funny.

Never a good starting point for any comedian no matter how many intricacies he displays....

Whereisgalway

qweerty wrote: »

I am a frequent comedy watcher whose favourite comedians would probably be considered at the other end of the spectrum from Al Porter and his kind. But even I can see that he is a very commanding performer (before considering his young age) whose routines are more intricate than the outrageous camp of yore. By all means express your dislike for the staid themes, but you're exposing your ignorance if you criticise his ability.

And to those bemoaning supposed gay quotas, you are bigots.

The reason I don't like him is cause I don't find his act funny, he's very poor on the radio aswell. I've never meet someone who finds him hilarious Obviously RTE think differently but then again they given careers to people like Katherine Thomas/Gay Byrne with little talents for decades

padd b1975

Whereisgalway wrote: »

The reason I don't like him is cause I don't find his act funny, he's very poor on the radio aswell. I've never meet someone who finds him hilarious Obviously RTE think differently but then again they given careers to people like Katherine Thomas/Gay Byrne with little talents for decades

I'll say one thing for Al, he's funnier than those two.

WoollyRedHat

Say it again?

padd b1975

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

Say it again?

Apologies, it's fixed now.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

I remember seeing Porter doing some sort of mini reports on something. ... think it was a music festival, the time there were all the rumours that Beyonce had been spotted in a local Spar buying Tayto..... Anyway, they sent Al off to investigate and he was wandering around Spar interviewing random shoppers. It was all off the cuff and actually quite funny. He was very quick and witty.
As seems to be the problem with everyone involved with RTÉ though he doesn't work quite as well in other formats. RTÉ has an awful habit of taking someone half decent and shoving them into any old format and then ringing the life out of them.

Atlantic Dawn

I find it hard to believe he has no family connection in RTE, is that true?

topmanamillion

qweerty wrote: »

I am a frequent comedy watcher whose favourite comedians would probably be considered at the other end of the spectrum from Al Porter and his kind. But even I can see that he is a very commanding performer (before considering his young age) whose routines are more intricate than the outrageous camp of yore. By all means express your dislike for the staid themes, but you're exposing your ignorance if you criticise his ability.

And to those bemoaning supposed gay quotas, you are bigots.

I've read some rubbish on boards, but this beats it all.
He's not funny and relies heavily on the fact he's gay to try and force a laugh. I hadn't seen one sign of bigotry on this threaduntil you pressed the hysteria button and mentioned it.
When license fee payers are subjected to untalented performers such as Mr Porter or Pants Bliss it's a legitimate point that they may be there solely in the name of quotas as opposed to merit.
It saddens me to think there may be good talents in this country who are being overlooked simply because they do not fit into a minority quota.

Austria!

qweerty wrote: »

But even I can see that he is a very commanding performer (before considering his young age) whose routines are more intricate than the outrageous camp of yore. By all means express your dislike for the staid themes, but you're exposing your ignorance if you criticise his ability.

How are they intricate? Can you give an example?

Means Of Escape

Red King wrote: »

How did that gob****e get on the telly?

Same way as Tiernan got on the telly

spektorfive

I did a interview with Al years ago. It always was his dream to do a show like this. So not fair to say RTE force this onto him. I don't know if this suppose to be the star of regular thing (I hope not).

qweerty

topmanamillion wrote: »

I've read some rubbish on boards, but this beats it all.
He's not funny and relies heavily on the fact he's gay to try and force a laugh. I hadn't seen one sign of bigotry on this threaduntil you pressed the hysteria button and mentioned it.
When license fee payers are subjected to untalented performers such as Mr Porter or Pants Bliss it's a legitimate point that they may be there solely in the name of quotas as opposed to merit.
It saddens me to think there may be good talents in this country who are being overlooked simply because they do not fit into a minority quota.

Really? Beats it all? I can't say the same of that declaration because, although rubbish, it is vapid from over-use.

How can you say he's not funny when the crowd is audibly laughing? Gay themes often aren't to my taste. And I acknowledge that over-reliance on a single theme suggests immaturity. But comedy is subjective, and many find him funny. Mrs Brown's Boys (good deal of camp humour, I imagine) is very popular around Xmas time, so an Al Porter show would seem to be a good commission.

As it happens, I don't like Panti Bliss either (see how much we agree on?). But a lot of people do, Rory O'Neill was effectively the face of one of the most significant social advances in modern Ireland (there will be Xmas programmes in decades to come about him) and the act is now one of the most well-known in the country. The case against his programme is even weaker.

And then you go and entertain the ridiculous suggestion that there might be a gay quota and I wonder why I bothered replying to you. Don't expect another.

Austria! wrote: »

How are they intricate? Can you give an example?

An example? Presumably you would like something more detailed than, "This routine I saw about X..." But I could barely give a detailed account of the routines of some of my favourite comedians, never mind him.

I said they were more intricate. One Celsius is warmer than zero, but still cold. I don't know enough of his material to be able to say whether I think it is objectively intricate, but I maintain, having seen him twice (I didn't specifically go to see him, in case that compromises my objectivity!), that he's a competent comedian who is more talented than the hysterical posts of this thread would suggest.

darkdubh

padd b1975 wrote: »

I'll say one thing for Al, he's funnier than those two.

Gay Byrne is a talkshow host and Catherine Thomas used to do some travel programme.Not the best comparisions for a standup comic really.

Whereisgalway

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

I find it hard to believe he has no family connection in RTE, is that true?

Can't only imagine he's connected to someone within the RTE family

Danye

He's openly gay and extremely camp. That seems to be enough become a comedian these days.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Danye wrote: »

He's openly gay and extremely camp. That seems to be enough become a comedian these days.

Just like being straight was enough to become an anything on TV for decades.

Ash.J.Williams

Danye wrote: »

He's openly gay and extremely camp. That seems to be enough become a comedian these days.

Can you back that statement up?

padd b1975

darkdubh wrote: »

Gay Byrne is a talkshow host and Catherine Thomas used to do some travel programme.Not the best comparisions for a standup comic really.

Have you never heard the phrase "Damned with faint praise?"

Berserker

PeterTheEighth wrote: »

Al Porter is funny, but he's really gonna have to advance from the cheap gay jokes at some stage.

I would challenge you regarding your statement that Al Porter is funny. Aside from that, the cheap gay jokes are all that he has. 'Look at me, I'm from Tallaght and I'm gay' is his one and only style of 'comedy'.

spektorfive wrote: »

I did a interview with Al years ago. It always was his dream to do a show like this. So not fair to say RTE force this onto him. I don't know if this suppose to be the star of regular thing (I hope not).

It's a very, very cheap rip off of the John Bishop show. I fear that we may see more of it. RTE is pushing a serious wedge of the budget into programmes relating to 1916, so they need to find cheap content to fill the rest of the schedule. This kind of stuff fits the bill perfectly.

darkdubh wrote: »

Gay Byrne is a talkshow host and Catherine Thomas used to do some travel programme.Not the best comparisions for a standup comic really.

And Gay was an excellent chat show host to be fair to him. Kathryn Thomas was an excellent host of 'No Frontiers' too. Al isn't excellent ...

yabadabado

He is possibly the worst performer on RTE at the moment and that is really saying something.RTE know how to produce **** TV but this is a new low.

****ing shocking bad.

Ash.J.Williams

As I mentioned elsewhere I saw him live once and it was great craic....That was a small venue...he has the skills to hold a room but he's too young and lacks material to have his own show ...he will be successful though

evolving_doors

"Oooo matron.."

baldbear

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

As I mentioned elsewhere I saw him live once and it was great craic....That was a small venue...he has the skills to hold a room but he's too young and lacks material to have his own show ...he will be successful though

He's from Tallaght and he's gay seem to be the main thrust of his jokes.

yabadabado

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

As I mentioned elsewhere I saw him live once and it was great craic....That was a small venue...he has the skills to hold a room but he's too young and lacks material to have his own show ...he will be successful though

Was it a community centre?

Atlantic Dawn

Repeated in half an hour on RTÉ2 for anyone who missed it.

alan partridge aha

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Just like being straight was enough to become an anything on TV for decades.

Obviously as most people are STRAIGHT.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

alan partridge aha wrote: »

Obviously as most people are STRAIGHT.

Are they?

Berserker

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Repeated in half an hour on RTÉ2 for anyone who missed it.

Looking to ruin a good night in for a few people?:D

Snowfire

She's hilarious also

Comhrá

Bring back Twink I say.