David McSavage up in court for no TV license

Muahahaha

Comedian David McSavage is taking a stand against RTE and refusing to pay his TV license because he says RTE comedy is sh1te. He's up in court on April 22 on the matter.

Obviously he wants his own show to be on RTE but I must agree with the article- the 1916 special of Pictorial Weekly was woeful, shows like Damo & Ivor were awful and whilst I haven't seen Bridget and Eamon I have heard much good about it either. IMO the Savage Eye was the finest bit of Irish tv comedy since Father Ted. Oliver Callans satire is pretty good but RTE seem to have a preference for Mario Rosenstock who is still doing his Miriam O'Callaghan 'Genuinely?' piss take first screened in 2011, Rosenstocks brand of comedy is tired and dated but he keeps trotting it out and RTE lap it up. McSavage may not be to everyones tastes but he does strike a chord close to the bone when it comes to ridiculing the sacred cows of Ireland. RTE don't know a good thing when they have it IMO.

It'll be interesting to read reports of exchanges between him and the judge about RTE being sh1te.


http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/david-mcsavages-savaging-of-rte-comedy-and-refusal-to-pay-his-tv-licence-is-spot-on-pat-stacey-34606583.html

IT’S been a while since we’ve seen David McSavage on Irish television. The most recent series of his hilarious and wildly inventive RTE2 comedy The Savage Eye was back in 2014.


He’s been keeping busy in other ways since then, picking up acting roles in movies, including John Michael McDonagh’s Calvary, the bankers-fight-to-the-death black comedy Traders and the upcoming revenge thriller IT, which stars Pierce Brosnan.
McSavage, real name David Andrews, also had a role in Kurt Sons of Anarchy Sutter’s short-lived 2015 TV series The Bastard Executioner, which – with no small irony, given its title – was axed after just 10 episodes.
When we next see him on TV, however, it will most likely be in a Six-One News report on his April 22 court appearance for non-payment of his TV licence . . . assuming, that is, Six-One actually covers the story.
You see, it’s a sensitive one for the national broadcaster, this. McSavage claims he’s refusing to cough up the €160 because of the terrible standard of RTE’s comedy.
“RTE didn’t commission my Savage Eye 1916 special because they were too scared and we might have done something funny,” he told The Irish Sun on Monday. “Instead, they hired Irish Pictorial Weekly to do a 1916, which ended up being derivative of The Savage Eye. It was awful.”

He was only getting warmed up. “The Rubberbandits are now as mainstream as Ryan Tubridy,” he said. “They used to be quirky and bent, but I thought that their 1916 special [broadcast on New Year’s Eve] was awful.
“As for the last series by Mario Rosenstock? I’m willing to go to prison for that. Shows like this are so bad they are making people tune out, with the result that people won’t bother watching RTE because they will assume it’s terrible.
“I refuse to pay my TV licence because the money will go to RTE, and they are not producing comedy. Their output is appalling and they have no respect or passion for the craft of comedy.”

IIRC Rosenstocks recent live shows cost RTE €1m to make and he himself did an interview saying that he didn't even want to do the shows but RTE begged him.Its no wonder it was awful cack, his heart wasn't in it and he was just recycling old jokes in front of a live audience. It was cringeworthy much of the time.

EazyD

I'd apply that sentiment to nearly every one of their outputs. Awful ****e.

wnolan1992

Publicity stunt is publicised.

Well done everyone.

DrumSteve

He's about 90% right.

He's not right about the Rubberbandits.

Sky King

Regarding Mario - he is extremely good at impersonations and if he had someone funny and clever helping him write his material it would be a recipe for complete success but the scriptwriting for his shows is absolutely appalling.

Subtlety and nuance gone out the window - punch lines are not so much delivered as rammed down our throats with a sledgehammer.... a few times. Just in case we didn't GET THE JOKE the first time.

Regarding McS - I find him funny but saw him live and it was like attending a musical therapy session. Cringe.

Amazing we're so sh!t at pre written comedy given so many quick witted fkers in this country.

OldMrBrennan83

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Howard the Duck

His next tv show could be called "how i burned all my bridges"

timmyntc

Howard the Duck wrote: »

His next tv show could be called "how i burned all my bridges"

TV3 exclusive

Cienciano

DrumSteve wrote: »

He's about 90% right.

He's not right about the Rubberbandits.

I like them, but they're more suited to online than a tv show.

wil

Muahahaha wrote: »

Comedian David McSavage is taking a stand against RTE and refusing to pay his TV license because he says RTE comedy is sh1te. He's up in court on April 22 on the matter.
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It'll be interesting to read reports of exchanges between him and the judge about RTE being sh1te.
time.

"Item number one m' lud"
/Slams down The Savage Eye RTE box set on the court bench.

/Case closed

Boom_Bap

On going case - doesn't get discussed here.

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