Socially Distant - RTE

mloc123

This looks like it could be an all time low for RTE comedy...

whisky_galore

Judging by the ad, I won't be falling over myself to tune in.
At this time of all times when people need some escapism, some bright spark decides a comedy of the sh1ttest endurance test in decades is what we want.

JP Liz V1

I thought it was a Republic of Telly reunion ad

Atlantic Dawn

They probably spend €3.4 billion on it to save the day.

Sam Hain

Those involved wouldn't be classed as anyway funny. Dermot Whelan, Eric Lalor and Oliver Callan are the ones I recognise. And judging from the state of the rest of the ensemble in the advert, it looks like they will just add to what is ultimately a cretinous collection of character's. I shudder at the very thought of this show.

Skid X

whisky_galore wrote: »

At this time of all times when people need some escapism, some bright spark decides a comedy of the sh1ttest endurance test in decades is what we want.

Exactly.

You literally could not schedule a Lockdown based comedy show at a worse time than this


Show it during the lockdown - gallows humour, laughs to be had

Show it long after the lockdown - Oh God, that brings back memories, it was such a weird time

Show it just as life is apparently returning to something resembling normality - f*** that, the last thing anyone wants is to be reminded of is the last three and a half months




The content more than likely won't be up to much either way.

Shifty Shellshock

We have to stop the craic!

State of it, looks so cheap and amateurish. Have to tune into to see how terrible it will be.

Atlantic Dawn

Starting now on RTE 1.

rom

Coronavirus for the eyes

redbuck

This is absolutely abysmal.

Ray Donovan

mloc123 wrote: »

This looks like it could be an all time low for RTE comedy...

Bring back Upwardly Mobile

Newbie20

This is a disgrace.

fluke

A concept that feels dated but maybe would've worked as a one off, but that also requires some sharply written humour, which from the bit I saw was non-evident.

shane b

Thank goodness for the break. Excuse to turn it off an go to bed. Not funny at all.

Toto Wolfcastle

You can really tell that they filmed it separately and edited it together. It doesn't really flow. And it's not funny.

Atlantic Dawn

Couldn't make head nor tail of that, I presume RTE have signed it up for 2 series?

Shifty Shellshock

Embarrassed for those involved. Should have been hidden on the RTE player.

2nd Row Donkey

This is so bad I'm going to watch a box set of Mrs browns boys and Give my head peace back to back.

PieOhMy

Pretty bad but Dublin people might like it? Theres a Whacker salt a dee earth carachter and a posh character that drinks wine and mentions Brown Thomas so I suppose that's funny?

JP Liz V1

Was Callan being wee Daniel

_Kaiser_

Didn't watch it knowing it would be awful from the ads, but I kinda want to now based on the above to see how bad it is!

Reverse-psychology marketing?

Le Bruise

Ended up watching this last night as was in a hotel with very few channels. Quite possibly the least funny thing I’ve ever seen. Not one of the ‘jokes’ in the initial character introductions worked, but it didn’t stop them repeating them over and over. Had to watch it through to the end to see if there were any redeeming features....but it got worse.

I assume this was a one off show as someone couldn’t possibly have commissioned it for a series??

Hangdogroad

It was clear from the promos and the names involved that was going to be a dud.

PieOhMy

Le Bruise wrote: »

Ended up watching this last night as was in a hotel with very few channels. Quite possibly the least funny thing I’ve ever seen. Not one of the ‘jokes’ in the initial character introductions worked, but it didn’t stop them repeating them over and over. Had to watch it through to the end to see if there were any redeeming features....but it got worse.

I assume this was a one off show as someone couldn’t possibly have commissioned it for a series??

There are others more knowledgeable than I on this type of thing but is there some requirement to broadcast a certain amount of Irish made shows per annum or something?

Skid X

The script was terrible, there were too many characters, the pacing was too slow and I can't figure out any part of it which was meant to be in any way amusing.

I thought Mary McEvoy's character was quite likeable but I doubt if many people were watching by the time she appeared.

Up there with the worst of RTE's Hall of Shame Comedy failures.

redbuck

This garbage makes Bridget and Eamon look like Curb your Enthusiasm.

whisky_galore

Most RTE comedy is like a school essay fcuked together the night before it's due to be handed up.

I'm glad I've not missed anything, it doesn't even appear it's so bad it's good from the responses.

horslips

What grieves me is that I paid for my TV licence last week.