The 2 Johnnies Late Night Lock In

JP Liz V1

RTE are giving them another tv show

https://youtu.be/mJuwkokKz5s

Thursday 9.35pm RTE 2

squonk

I think I’d be happier if they were still spending their money on flip flops and doomed musicals

StevenToast

RTE think these clowns are like the 2nd coming of christ....

Just leave us alone....

Beechwoodspark

The title of the show alone is cringe, hard pass here.

squonk

It is. If this was 11:35 you’d say something. Nighthawks it won’t be I guarantee.

The case for letting RTE go to the wall just getting stronger & stronger.

Hangdogroad

They're the new Amy Huberman.

Sorolla

God love them - they are a dose.

StevenToast

Una Healy and Marty Morrissey!!

If the late late show are scraping the bottom of the barrell for guests then where are these clowns sourcing theirs??

They' ve gone through the barrell and down into the dirt ...

SuperBowserWorld

I never find anything funny/comedic coming out of Irish broadcasting. It's terrible. Bland and unfunny. Like failing the leaving cert / have a pint / emigrate unfunny.

Foil, Arms, Hog can be very funny. And they produce their own stuff and distribute for free to the world on YouTube. It looks way more professional than anything done on the traditional broadcasting channels here.

MrMusician18

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121259165#Comment_121259165

....And arrived at the rat infested rte canteen.

Gusser09

Dreadful stuff. The two lads and their version of bog comedy just isn't good enough. They should be on Tipp FM or something. They are absolutely atrocious.

bogmanfan

And they wonder why people aren't paying licence fees

Samsgirl

Gave it 5mins and couldn't take anymore. Absolute rubbish

cute geoge

Sure tis only a bit of a crack ,crack on a thursday night!!1

timple23

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supereurope

I lived in the UK for 16 years until the start of 2022, living a (mostly) happy life blissfully unaware of the existence of these two unfunny clowns. Then I came home and saw them everywhere. If they weren't guests on the Late Late Show, they were guests on Today, and if they weren't on Today, they had some RTÉ 2 show, and if they weren't on RTÉ 2, they were on the radio.

RTÉ seems to have this thing where every so often, in an attempt to counter claims that its too Dublin-focused, they send some executive down to counties Tipperary, Clare or Limerick to find some locally-popular DJ or comedy act, and bring them back to Dublin where they're put in front of everything because "all the rural folk will love it." It happened about 25 years ago with Pat Shortt and now it's happening again with The 2 Johnnies.

Apparently, this show is promising "celebrity guests." If the flagship RTÉ chat show on Friday nights can't get high-profile guests, how the heck are these guys going to find anyone? I saw the start of it in the pub earlier this evening and saw they had Una Healy on, a whole fortnight after her Late Late appearance.

BTW, I grew up on a farm in Co Cork. I'm now back living there, and absolutely no one I know around here likes The 2 Johnnies.

mullinr2

Shocking stuff altogether. Looking around the audience, our dress sense as a nation hasn't improved at all

Royale with Cheese

I've never seen a single these guys have done but saw they're having an open air concert/live podcast thing in Dublin next summer and I assumed somebody out there must like them. This thread suggests not.

HarryMolloy

I'm a culchie, I like culchie things, I speak like these two johnnies act yet I can not stand them. This is in response to people who usually say its Dubs who don't like hearing culchies in the media.

The fat Johnnie has a really big opinion of himself. He thinks he's fcuking hilarious.

I just can't stand the stereotypical culchie craic. It just looks all fake and scripted. I remember the first time they were on the late late and they were asked "how are ye" and fat Johnny says "it's like driving the back roads with no tax, not great but we're getting away with it".

A pal of mine had a free ticket to their podcast thing in 3 arena last year so I went along. I couldnt believe how bad it was. The show opened with women dressed in christmas attire dancing. All those around me started laughing their heads off. I didn't know what they were laughing at.

Then random shouts were made like "would she dhrink oil"

Anyways, the show goes on and they have a skit of a character with a ladder. Reminded me of Pat Shortt, basically a carbon copy of his character from 15 years ago or so.

The same spiel fat Johnnie had on the late late show a few weeks back about marriage and say yes to the dress, he said the exact same thing at the show nearly a year ago!

Then they finished with songs...the fcukers actually think they can sing!!

HBC08

Obviously going against the grain here but the two lads are likeable and some of that was a bit of craic.

Man Vs ManUre

Hardy Bucs was great comedy. It was culchie west of Ireland, but culchie rebels. All about drinking, drugging and trying to get laid. Hardy Bucs and Podge and Rodge is the only funny things RTÉ have done.

Atlantic Dawn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121261116#Comment_121261116

I'd also include Paths To Freedom. 😁

bop1977

dont feed the gondolas

Gusser09

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121261079#Comment_121261079

Yeah grand. They shouldnt be anywhere near national tv or nationl airwaves though. Its tragic.

bop1977

these two im liking less and less as each day goes on.

Mrs B on the other hand loves them.

the fat lads joke is he played minor for Tipp. The bigger joke is it was tipp football.

Man Vs ManUre

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121261158#Comment_121261158

Oh yeah I was young then but I remember that was great. Ahascraghhhhh!!

mikep

They remind me of Maeve Higgins, where some people believe saying unfunny things but with an accent, in their case, a fake bogger Tipp accent, seems to miraculously make it funny...

Maeve Higgins made it by having a Cork accent and that's about it..

BTW I grew up and still live in Tipp and don't know anyone with their accent ..

supereurope

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121261201#Comment_121261201

It was great in its first few series, then they changed the format and Sean Moncrieff left, and it just wasn't the same.

I still refer to an en suite as an "en sweetie" after one of Monica Looley's calls.

squonk

Pat Shortt was funny though and did good own productions. I really wouldn’t lump him in with dross like the 2 johnnies. I get he want everyone’s cup of tea and I like him but do find some of the stuff cringe at times. Hardy Bucks set a massively high bar for west of Ireland comedy that won’t be beaten for a very long time.

HarryMolloy

RTE dont get credit for Hardy Bucks. They sanitised it down. And one of the good things that made HB was the poor production quality. It was like real life, a lad recording on a camera phone. Doesnt work as well when you get a professional setup in.

How many episodes & seasons is this set to run for?

Hangdogroad

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121261278#Comment_121261278

He and Jon Kenny worked well together as Dunbelievables, at least in the early days. It was starting to go a bit stale by the time they started doing the Lotto ads but they called it a day at the right time.

Not keen on Pat Shortts solo comedy stuff but good straight actor.

Hangdogroad

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121261116#Comment_121261116

Nighthawks.

Apres Match, hit and miss but very funny at times.

Couched, late 90s show which harldy anyone remembers, was on late at night on Network 2.

HBC08

I really think people are being harsh on this.

Zero credit to RTE but its a bit different and I genuinely laughed a few times last night.The girl with the laugh in the doghouse,Unas stalker,dated or related....it was good craic.

I have to be honest here,I kinda know Sean Walsh,been out for pints with him a good few times before he stopped drinking but his stand up last night was terrible.He has a much more interesting story to tell than last night.Una too I think but they kept it light and it was a decent show I think.

Compare that to Tubridy slapping his knee?

deadybai

Haven’t watched it but is it just basically the podge and rodge show except not funny?

mickey1985

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121261221#Comment_121261221

I remember that Monica Looley's call aswell it was very funny. Often searched for it but couldn't find it.

"Is there a toilet in the room not that you wouldn't want it with padraigin around"

mickdw

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121261871#Comment_121261871

Ya Sean Walsh was funnier during the interview than when doing his stand up.

I'd agree that people are being harsh. I'm not a fan of the 2 lads generally on tv but for a random Thursday night show, it was better than expected.

The marty stuff was silly but apart from that, it was good enough. A few laughs anyway.

I'm beginning to think people cannot admit that they laugh at silly stuff anymore.

littlevillage

Watched it last night for about 20 mins. It was ok. The idea is good but maybe it felt a little bit forced and awkward. It might get better as the lads find their groove.

Nighthawks back in the day was a similar set-up. Lets pretend we are in a bar and having the craic. Except nobody seems to actually be drinking...and there's SFA craic.

Agree with other posters that the two Johnnies are suffering from overexposure on RTE. A bit like a flasher in Semple stadium (to use their kind of bants)

Man Vs ManUre

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121261973#Comment_121261973

One of the funniest things I’ve seen on RTÉ is the Hughie Maughan interview on Podge and Rodge. It is very difficult to find online and only place I saw it was on a repeat run of the show.

HarryMolloy

This is probably a trial run for them being put on the Saturday night slot in place of Angela Scanlons program. Same auld shite.

Like are people not fcuking sick of seeing Marty Morrissey everywhere?

Same guests, same shite talk out of the lot of them.

You can take a good stab at who'll be on, likes of PJ Gallagher, Lyra, Denise van Outen etc.

Sunny Dayz

I don't get to listen to the radio must but when I'm in the car and these lads are on, I don't mind them, I kind of enjoy them.

Himself was channel-flicking last night and left this on. After a while I actually had to get him to change the channel, it was desperate, it was so cringey.

Rowley Birkin QC

I'm a proud culchie who has been living in the pale for a few years now. The 2 Johnnies podcast was pretty funny when it started. Segments like Noel's News could be genuinely funny to people who grew up in rural Ireland and they covered some interesting topics at a high level. Definitely "influenced" by Pat Shortt but everything is derivative if you want to get forensic. Also lots of tired Dubs vs. Culchies shitick but it was entertaining.

However. Their RTE stuff is pretty poor. What's more, I think they know this themselves but are presumably on a decent pay-day compared to making hurleys and working in the meat counter in Supervalu so why would they not keep going when the contracts keep coming their way.

The show last night was grand to have on in the background with a few laughs. Also, I don't think RTE exactly blew the budget, was it actually filmed in the Shamrock Lounge?

Did they ask Una Healy about anything int3resting?

HBC08

If Nighthawkes was around these days it would be getting torn to shreds on boards.

Hangdogroad

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121262437#Comment_121262437

MM is the new Twink.

JP Liz V1

They are popular, sell out gigs but that was pure rubbish, I think they are over exposed from podcast, radio and TV

cute geoge

I taught is was alright last night ,a few laughs but that comedian was pretty sad and same shite from marty .the girl from the audience with the horse laugh was a bit of craic and the parish quiz is interesting ,never heard of coolgrainey before .I agree it will be impossable for them to come up a pile of the new material for radio ,tv and podcast .I really enjoyed killnaskully also but there is only so much of this you can rehash ,imo they are aiming for the 25-35 age group so this might be off putting towards the older aul lads on here!!

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121262875#Comment_121262875

Una Healy never has anything interesting, would attend the opening of a crisp packet for getting her mug in the papers, just keeping herself out there to be some what relevant

Tbf to them theyre the only thing passable on 2fm, but when your competition is Lottie Ryan/Zamperelli/Doireann Donnacha and the camp guy, is that really an acheivement

brianregan09

I enjoyed it a bit , but also I don't think they translate to TV at all especially RTE's brand of TV anyway the podcast can really be good when they are unscripted and talking about important stuff , RTE have to inject this shite into all there shows (marty morrissey etc) and makes the lads ultra cringe.

Hangdogroad

At what stage did Marty Morrissey become this forced, tiresome "zany character"? Hes been with RTE for over thirty years and up to not that long ago I wouldnt have been able to pick him out of an identity parade. Now he's the new Twink, no escaping him.

jackboy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121266850#Comment_121266850

As someone else said here they are sanitised for the TV. They are actually funny guys but are not allowed to do their own thing, hence this highly scripted stuff. Might have been better if everyone in that fake pub was drinking, rather than pretending to be on a night out drinking. Gay Byrne did well just from getting his guests plastered before coming on air.