The two Johnnies.....?

Asdfgh2020

Discuss......they featured on ‘Tommy’s show’ last night, need to watch it back on rte player....saw a bit of another show/production they did on touring USA.....

Rosita

Surely this is relevant to a TV forum?

EICVD

Asdfgh2020 wrote: »

Discuss......they featured on ‘Tommy’s show’ last night, need to watch it back on rte player....saw a bit of another show/production they did on touring USA.....

What this has to do with GAA I’ll never know.

the kelt

Both gaa players to be fair.

I would have framed the thread a bit differently but might be interesting to hear of people who played with or against tv/radio/well known personalities etc and if they had any stories etc?

Did yer man Johnny smacks play underage football for Tipperary or did I just imagine hearing that?

benji79

He played minor football with Tipp

Asdfgh2020

the kelt wrote: »

Both gaa players to be fair.

I would have framed the thread a bit differently but might be interesting to hear of people who played with or against tv/radio/well known personalities etc and if they had any stories etc?

Did yer man Johnny smacks play underage football for Tipperary or did I just imagine hearing that?

My apologies. I should have made a bit more of an effort alright with my opener.....they do gaa player interviews and discussions on their YouTube Channel also....but they have broadened their ‘talents’ lately into stand up and singing/acting the maggot Kind of stuff and touring the world.....they seem like two down to earth Tipp lads from chair who play junior c hurling when ever they get the chance....!!!

The_Kew_Tour

Fair play to them, but they are about as funny as watching paint dry.

benji79

Maybe it’s an acquired taste but I think they’re absolutely hilarious!

cms88

They're not the worst imo. The producer is a dose though.

They're better than the likes of Rory's Stories. I've said it once and i'll say it again i just still don't get it when it comes to him. Does he still play football does anyone know?

Buff Egan is another wore than him.

riffmongous

'Could have been county' is a great song, I presume everyone knows someone it's fits down to a tee

rpurfield

cms88 wrote: »

They're not the worst imo. The producer is a dose though.

They're better than the likes of Rory's Stories. I've said it once and i'll say it again i just still don't get it when it comes to him. Does he still play football does anyone know?

Buff Egan is another wore than him.

I don't think Rory does anymore. I heard an interview with him recently on the We Are Meath Podcast and he's actually sound enough but I don't find his comedy funny at all to be honest. Interestingly he did say in the interview he doesn't necessarily find his own comedy funny but he writes it for an audience. If he is making a living from it fair play. He was playing a bit of second team football a couple of years back but seems to have stopped. He was knocking around Meath underage teams at one stage when he was young.

Buff isn't a comedian. Or at least he isn't trying to be.

dobman88

rpurfield wrote: »

I don't think Rory does anymore.

He is still playing a bit alright. Plays for the Ashbourne junior section which would be the clubs 3rd and 4th teams. Good target man to have for the kick outs.

cms88

rpurfield wrote: »

I don't think Rory does anymore. I heard an interview with him recently on the We Are Meath Podcast and he's actually sound enough but I don't find his comedy funny at all to be honest. Interestingly he did say in the interview he doesn't necessarily find his own comedy funny but he writes it for an audience. If he is making a living from it fair play. He was playing a bit of second team football a couple of years back but seems to have stopped. He was knocking around Meath underage teams at one stage when he was young.

Buff isn't a comedian. Or at least he isn't trying to be.

I could of a few other words to describe him :rolleyes:

the kelt

cms88 wrote: »

I could of a few other words to describe him :rolleyes:

Absolutely and none of them complimentary either.

benji79

Buff missed out on a chance to make cash. He had and still has a massive following. If he stopped the crazy posts about stuff like IRA and political stuff plenty companies would approach him for bits and pieces. I heard a garage in Cork were going to give him a sponsored car but then thought again when he said a few daft bits online.
He had the hard work done creating a profile, just didn’t have the smarts to use it. Surprised the Healy Raes didn’t give him a few tips being neighbours
He says he’s not doing it for the money. But that’s naive too, you’ll not get any extra credit for it

Fr Tod Umptious

I never listened to them but like a lot of these guys I wonder what their long term sustainability is.

I saw them on TV and it seems that the podcast etc is their main gig at the moment, one of them packed in the butchering job to go full time at the podcast.

The stichk can only be funny for so long

rpurfield

Buff went through a phase a couple of years back of trying to call out Rory as well. I think what happened was Rory was in at an All Ireland that Buff couldn't get tickets for so he took it personally. It was actually hilarious reading it at the time. Made no sense at all. When Meath won the Christy Ring a couple of years back (think 2019) one of the players read out a poem at the homecoming that he'd written. It was funny enough but he included the line "even the eejit called Buff". He took that personally too, to the point where he'd be slagging off Meath hurling!

I think he's missed the boat on making a few quid but as is said already some of his posts would make sponsors run a mile.

the kelt

rpurfield wrote: »

Buff went through a phase a couple of years back of trying to call out Rory as well. I think what happened was Rory was in at an All Ireland that Buff couldn't get tickets for so he took it personally. It was actually hilarious reading it at the time. Made no sense at all. When Meath won the Christy Ring a couple of years back (think 2019) one of the players read out a poem at the homecoming that he'd written. It was funny enough but he included the line "even the eejit called Buff". He took that personally too, to the point where he'd be slagging off Meath hurling!

I think he's missed the boat on making a few quid but as is said already some of his posts would make sponsors run a mile.

The fact hes a few sandwiches short of a picnic doesnt help either!

cms88

rpurfield wrote: »

Buff went through a phase a couple of years back of trying to call out Rory as well. I think what happened was Rory was in at an All Ireland that Buff couldn't get tickets for so he took it personally. It was actually hilarious reading it at the time. Made no sense at all. When Meath won the Christy Ring a couple of years back (think 2019) one of the players read out a poem at the homecoming that he'd written. It was funny enough but he included the line "even the eejit called Buff". He took that personally too, to the point where he'd be slagging off Meath hurling!

I think he's missed the boat on making a few quid but as is said already some of his posts would make sponsors run a mile.

I've said this before about Buff re tickets. He's problem isn't that he can't get tickets it's that he's not given them for free. For all he knew Rory's Stories paid for that ticket.

Him slagging Meath i anotehr case of him going off in a sulk when he doesn't get his way. His own club in Kerry didn't get tickets for the 2013 hurling final and went on a rant saying he'd never play with them again because he didn't get the ticket he was ''entitled'' to.

Outside of that i can never understand his gripe with the Two Johnnie etc getting paid to go gigs etc considering that's their actually job.

cms88

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

I never listened to them but like a lot of these guys I wonder what their long term sustainability is.

I saw them on TV and it seems that the podcast etc is their main gig at the moment, one of them packed in the butchering job to go full time at the podcast.

The stichk can only be funny for so long

One thing they have going for them, well i would say it's ''Johnny B'' more so, they do actually write songs etc so if the live shows etc stop he can a least fall back on song writing for others or himelf. It's the likes of Rory's Stories etc who could be in trouble once people get sick of their stichk.

Sterling Archer

The 2 johnnies gave a good explanation of there start on Tommy's show, from sketches to songs to podcast to touring podcast to a show and special on Rte, they're both sound lads and love the GAA both involved with the club.
I'd say they may have a long term plan of TV show hosts like ant and deck and the podcast will stay going for a good while.
I think Johnny B is still making Hurley's too?
(Family trade are Hurley makers)

Rory's stories I've never found funny, don't get it, but he's books are fairly good, he's a very good speaker around the whole topic of minding yourself

Buff, Jesus there isn't enough words for that fella, huge huge missed opportunity by him to cash in and make a few pound etc, I heard the same story about a car dealer changing their mind, he has a permanent chip on his shoulder about not getting things for free despite not doing this for the money and all for the love of the GAA,
For all the games he goes to he could easily have a YouTube channel with each games "Buff report" easy for papers, clubs and fan pages to share, not to mention a few t-shirts with his (borrowed WWE) sayings, but nope he refuses point blank, no interest just interested in being miserable and carrying that chip

Sebastian Dangerfield

Sterling Archer wrote: »

Rory's stories I've never found funny, don't get it, but he's books are fairly good, he's a very good speaker around the whole topic of minding yourself

Most Irish "celebrities" are when the initial income streams start to dry up.

DuffleBag

Poor man's D'Unbelievables. Used to listen to their podcast at the start every week but they became stale quick. Watched one episode of the USA show. They go into a legal marijuana shop and say "What's the craic" and find that hilarious. Bottom of the barrel kind of dad joke humour

Not for me. Maybe I've outgrown them.

Crash Bang Wall

I find Johnny B/Noel Furlong parts funny, but the other lad (Johnny Smacks) and Maura are terrible

As for the show on Christmas Eve....it was desperate

benji79

The 2 Johnnies are doing well. I pay the €6 every month for the extra podcast on Patreon. The odd time they do a live pod and you get emailed a unique link to get on. They have one coming up for paddy’s day. But you can see how many people are logged on and if you multiply that by €6 it’s impressive monthly income from something that is only one part of their package

Buff is 90% a sponsors dream but the other 10% could ruin someone associated with him. There’s multi national companies paying graduates in marketing to try and improve their following through social media and they wouldn’t have a quarter of his following.
It’s grand saying you wouldn’t take any freebie but you can’t turn around and slate people that do, that’s their choice. Plus as someone mentioned earlier it’s their job and there’s bills to be paid!

cms88

Crash Bang Wall wrote: »

I find Johnny B/Noel Furlong parts funny, but the other lad (Johnny Smacks) and Maura are terrible

As for the show on Christmas Eve....it was desperate

Maura is so far up her own hole it's unreal. I don't even see what she actually brings to the whole thing.

(Johnny Smacks tries far far too hard as well

timple23

Sterling Archer wrote: »

I think Johnny B is still making Hurley's too?

No, stopped that. Marked Smacks fella once, a big unit, but not a skilful one. Johnny B used have a band that sang at weddings etc.

For all the hate Buff gets, its great to be able to give 5 mins after a days work watching a game he was at. I'd love if some PR crowd rowed in with Buff and polished him a bit, he'd be a lot more entertaining than listening to the usual RTE crowd.

Sebastian Dangerfield

Can someone explain what Buff Egan does, or what hes known for? Im aware of Rory and the Two Johnnys. Ive seen a couple of outraged retweets of Buffs stuff, but Ive never heard of him outside of that

The_Kew_Tour

benji79 wrote: »

The 2 Johnnies are doing well. I pay the €6 every month for the extra podcast on Patreon. The odd time they do a live pod and you get emailed a unique link to get on. They have one coming up for paddy’s day. But you can see how many people are logged on and if you multiply that by €6 it’s impressive monthly income from something that is only one part of their package

Buff is 90% a sponsors dream but the other 10% could ruin someone associated with him. There’s multi national companies paying graduates in marketing to try and improve their following through social media and they wouldn’t have a quarter of his following.
It’s grand saying you wouldn’t take any freebie but you can’t turn around and slate people that do, that’s their choice. Plus as someone mentioned earlier it’s their job and there’s bills to be paid!

Wow 6 quid for one podcast.

No recession in this country.

benji79

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Wow 6 quid for one podcast.

No recession in this country.

No it’s €6 for the month

The_Kew_Tour

benji79 wrote: »

No it’s €6 for the month

Ya I know, but if I paid 6quid for every podcast I listen to I be homeless :pac:

Beechwoodspark

Sebastian Dangerfield wrote: »

Can someone explain what Buff Egan does, or what hes known for? Im aware of Rory and the Two Johnnys. Ive seen a couple of outraged retweets of Buffs stuff, but Ive never heard of him outside of that

Buff is a farmer I think in “real life”

He goes on Snapchat etc commentating on mainly hurling but sometimes Football gaa matches

He has a number of catchphrases he uses in rotation.

“Drink it in man” “capiche” “hail hail” “shucky ducky quack quack”. Stuff like this.

Sterling Archer

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Ya I know, but if I paid 6quid for every podcast I listen to I be homeless :pac:

6 quid for 1 month so 4 podcasts and the odd live stream along with another few bits

But we get the joke you're aiming for

Man Vs ManUre

The 2 used johnnies.

The_Kew_Tour

Sterling Archer wrote: »

6 quid for 1 month so 4 podcasts and the odd live stream along with another few bits

But we get the joke you're aiming for

It's no joke.

Greenlights16

Man Vs ManUre wrote: »

The 2 used johnnies.

Honestly, how did this warrant a yellow card?

Ostracism

iebamm2580

benji79 wrote: »

No it’s €6 for the month

what's average number of monthly subs you saw?

Rosita

Greenlights16 wrote: »

Honestly, how did this warrant a yellow card?
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It's fairly obvious to me why it'd warrant a yellow card - gratuitous insult just for the sake of it. Not even hidden subtly in the middle of a broader post.

I'd be more wondering why the post was deemed worthy of a yellow card but not worthy of being deleted.

benji79

iebamm2580 wrote: »

what's average number of monthly subs you saw?

Think it was around the 650 mark at last live one for Valentines night so that’s close to €4,000 a month at that rate. I presume the numbers signed up fluctuates but it seems to be on the rise every time. Plus they’ve a few ads on it too
Nice cash added to everything else they do

The_Kew_Tour

Fair play to them. While I might think it's nuts got to hand it to them seeing a opportunity like that

horseofstone

The 2 Johnny's are a fairly dry pair, try to hard and push the culchie vibe too much.

dohboy

Anyone ever sat near Buff Egan at a match? Does he commentate into his phone for the whole game?

Billy Ocean

dohboy wrote: »

Anyone ever sat near Buff Egan at a match? Does he commentate into his phone for the whole game?

i have once, a torturous experience, spends half the game on his phone not even watching the game, a random teenage fan helped him with identifying players etc. After that i made sure not be stuck sitting near him again, in fairness to him he provides great coverage of random club games over the winter.

Poor_old_gill

Not sure why there is a thread on these lads in the GAA section- yeah they play GAA but so does Danny from the coronas and we don’t have a thread on them.

Regarding the 2 lads- I gave them a listen at the start but it’s lazy, rehashed, “aren’t we mad craic” oul sh*te- it’s been done many a time and I guess their main followers are younger people who haven’t heard these jokes already but they’ve been done.

Aren’t Irish people mad, jeez we love the pints, there are some characters at rural GAA clubs, Marty morrisey, someone left the immersion on and they are going to get the wooden spoon.
That’s essentially every joke in their career summed up so need to listen now

dohboy

Poor_old_gill wrote: »

Not sure why there is a thread on these lads in the GAA section- yeah they play GAA but so does Danny from the coronas and we don’t have a thread on them.

The Coronas don't make GAA a central part of their USP tbf.

LilacNails

horseofstone wrote: »

The 2 Johnny's are a fairly dry pair, try to hard and push the culchie vibe too much.

Dry?

U clearly have not LISTENED to their podcasts. Or else ur a blown in townie into the country!

LilacNails

dohboy wrote: »

Anyone ever sat near Buff Egan at a match? Does he commentate into his phone for the whole game?

I use follow him, but he would get so caught up with whoever was taking the piss out of him or disagreed with him.... It became uncomfortable!

People deliberately provoke him it's actually sad, he really needs to come off SM for his own mental health.

Poor_old_gill

dohboy wrote: »

The Coronas don't make GAA a central part of their USP tbf.

USP? They don’t have a USP, they are the most recent in a long line to rehash oul GAA stereotypes

yabadabado

Poor_old_gill wrote: »

Not sure why there is a thread on these lads in the GAA section- yeah they play GAA but so does Danny from the coronas and we don’t have a thread on them.

Regarding the 2 lads- I gave them a listen at the start but it’s lazy, rehashed, “aren’t we mad craic” oul sh*te- it’s been done many a time and I guess their main followers are younger people who haven’t heard these jokes already but they’ve been done.

Aren’t Irish people mad, jeez we love the pints, there are some characters at rural GAA clubs, Marty morrisey, someone left the immersion on and they are going to get the wooden spoon.
That’s essentially every joke in their career summed up so need to listen now

That sums them up perfectly.I gave them a listen for a while but it's poor stuff.Dad/lowest common denominator jokes.

Fair play to them if they are making a living from it but the well will run dry before long .What's the best they can hope for in the long term or so they have a long term plan?


Someone will come along and use Buff's mo and make some money.
Just leave out the political stuff/rants and there will be a handy few quid out of it for a while.
A YouTube channel along with Insta/Twitter done right could have made Buff a living or gotten him some more gigs.

Beechwoodspark

dohboy wrote: »

Anyone ever sat near Buff Egan at a match? Does he commentate into his phone for the whole game?

Was at a match where he was about 2 rows in front in the stand

Yes he commentates throughout the match. He records it all live and makes the comments then uploads them there and then. He is non stop.

I noticed he had a spare phone and a portable battery charger on the go. Comes prepared!

dohboy

Poor_old_gill wrote: »

USP? They don’t have a USP, they are the most recent in a long line to rehash oul GAA stereotypes

Agreed, probably should have put USP in quote marks. Still, they are a valid topic for a GAA board, which is my point. I don't find them too annoying tbh. I wouldn't listen to their podcasts, nor do I find them funny. But, live performances aside, they can shoot the breeze which seems enough of a talent to satisfy folk these days.

Regards Buff, he clearly loves hurling but it's a bit performative going off to watch Armagh intermediate finals etc, to prove it. And his Ra head stuff is pure backward.

Rory is plain terrible, and his mental health stuff is a complete grift. But in saying that I I find some of his skits just so terrible, they are funny. A kind of anti-humour. I have a curious fascination about seeing his live show which I have no doubt is unbelievably bad.