High Noon with George Hook.

foxtrot101 · 19-07-2017 08:50PM

wnolan1992 wrote: »

They're advertising for a new producer for the show atm.

IIRC they were looking not so long ago too.

He name checks his old Right Hook producer, Mark Simpson, as the new shows editor. I don't know the what the distinction between editor and producer in a live radio show is.

duploelabs · 20-07-2017 08:02AM

foxtrot101 wrote: »

He name checks his old Right Hook producer, Mark Simpson, as the new shows editor. I don't know the what the distinction between editor and producer in a live radio show is.

It seems Hook has a bit of a heavy hand and carries a bit of clout in the production of the show, hence the rambling nature of the subjects and the high turnover of producers

Vorenus400 · 21-07-2017 12:21PM

duploelabs wrote: »

It seems Hook has a bit of a heavy hand and carries a bit of clout in the production of the show, hence the rambling nature of the subjects and the high turnover of producers

He does seem to have a lot of power. Dr Ciara Kelly said before that she owes her broadcasting career to him. Seems like if you can put up with him then its a good career move.

He sounds desperate for text messages today. I dont think he even mention that the Lemonade stand was in the UK. I think after the vaccines debacle, he has focused his outrage on things in foreign countries that he cant affect but still gets peoples blood up

Say Your Number · 21-07-2017 05:35PM

I remember hearing how the head of Newstalk practically got down on his hands and knees and begged Hook not to retire, I'd say he only came back because they essentially gave him free reign to do what he wanted, and the result is this rambling, incoherent mess a of show.

I liked the Right Hook and was sad to see it go, but I haven't listened to this in a while and I'll avoid as much as possible, it's a shame Newstalk went down the lowest common denominator just rile people up route.

pc7 · 26-07-2017 12:31PM

Getting fierce tetchy discussing homeopathy today, absolute bitch fest. Ciara not being very professional in her attitude to the other party, quite rude, she must be listening to Joe Duffy.

constitutionus · 26-07-2017 01:24PM

nah just another example of doctor ciara kelly getting in the way of broadcaster ciara kelly.

in fairness though shes not the only one of the new breed to not be able to seperate their professional self from whats increasingly becoming an unprofessional media.

had to turn off myself.

Ol' Donie · 26-07-2017 01:31PM

I like Ciara Kelly, but I switched off minutes into the show because the first topic of the day was medical-profession related.

As I've said many, many times, if I want a doctor's opinion on anything at all, I'll go to a doctor. Otherwise, I really don't want to hear about it.

Del.Monte · 26-07-2017 01:33PM

Anybody else think that ubiquitous Ciara Kelly's Twitter handle - ciarakellydoc smacks a little of this?

Birneybau · 26-07-2017 01:35PM

Del.Monte wrote: »

Anybody else think that ubiquitous Ciara Kelly's Twitter handle - ciarakellydoc smacks a little of this?

I imagine there are, and I'm not overestimating, a million other Ciara Kellys on Twitter.

wnolan1992 · 26-07-2017 01:39PM

I assume the homeopathy person was on suggesting that they could easily solve Drogheda's problems? I mean, homeopaths have an endless supply of water...

Del.Monte · 26-07-2017 01:44PM

Birneybau wrote: »

I imagine there are, and I'm not overestimating, a million other Ciara Kellys on Twitter.

So she's frightfully common and has no reason to be pretentious?

duploelabs · 26-07-2017 03:10PM

pc7 wrote: »

Getting fierce tetchy discussing homeopathy today, absolute bitch fest. Ciara not being very professional in her attitude to the other party, quite rude, she must be listening to Joe Duffy.

she gave as much credence to the views of that charlatan as an astronomer would give to a flat-earther

southstar · 26-07-2017 03:50PM

constitutionus wrote: »

nah just another example of doctor ciara kelly getting in the way of broadcaster ciara kelly.

in fairness though shes not the only one of the new breed to not be able to seperate their professional self from whats increasingly becoming an unprofessional media.

had to turn off myself.

The topic was health related...she's a doctor...

Loafing Oaf · 26-07-2017 03:52PM

wnolan1992 wrote: »

I assume the homeopathy person was on suggesting that they could easily solve Drogheda's problems? I mean, homeopaths have an endless supply of water...

In the words of Dara O'Briain, The great thing about homeopathy is that you can't overdose on it. Well, you could fcuking drown...

mang0 · 26-07-2017 06:32PM

pc7 wrote: »

Getting fierce tetchy discussing homeopathy today, absolute bitch fest. Ciara not being very professional in her attitude to the other party, quite rude, she must be listening to Joe Duffy.

Isn't it about time people started treating ****e like homeopathy with the contempt it deserves?

pc7 · 26-07-2017 06:38PM

mang0 wrote: »

Isn't it about time people started treating ****e like homeopathy with the contempt it deserves?

Oh I've non problem with people thinking that at all and the budgets would be better spent elsewhere. My issue was with how unprofessional I felt ciara was in her interview skills in making a case against. I've heard pat kenny be very against a topic but come across very well with counter arguments

la ultima guagua · 26-07-2017 09:32PM

pc7 wrote: »

........ My issue was with how unprofessional I felt ciara was in her interview skills in making a case against. I've heard pat kenny be very against a topic but come across very well with counter arguments

Hook would shoot from the hip and call BS. Why shouldnt Ciara do likewise ?

evolving_doors · 26-07-2017 09:43PM

Just leave this here...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMGIbOGu8q0

i71jskz5xu42pb · 27-07-2017 08:59AM

pc7 wrote: »

My issue was with how unprofessional I felt ciara was in her interview skills in making a case against. I've heard pat kenny be very against a topic but come across very well with counter arguments

I hate it when the interviewer and the guest are on the same side of the argument and the interviewer does little or nothing to introduce any counter arguments.
This was not the case in this interview. The lady was well able to put her case (weak and all though it was) and didn't need Ciara's support.

That aside I found the whole thing a bit boring. Debating with these homeopath loons is a waste of time, they are in their own little world with their alternative set of facts. And as long as the only people they are harming is themselves it's their choice how much water they want to drink.

PeterTheNinth · 03-08-2017 12:02PM

I don't know what it is... I used to love George in the evenings, but I just cant take to his High Noon show. I find myself just switching off. I think it's the lack of political stuff, and all the filler items that he has on it.

quintana76 · 03-08-2017 12:11PM

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

I don't know what it is... I used to love George in the evenings, but I just cant take to his High Noon show. I find myself just switching off. I think it's the lack of political stuff, and all the filler items that he has on it.

I feel exactly the same way. Also, can't handle it when he does his 'ladie's man' vibe. All too frequent on lunchtime show.

Conservative · 03-08-2017 07:57PM

I generally listen for the first 15-20 mins when he talks about the news and sometimes tune in for Michael Graham if I think of it. The rest is usually shįte.

Discodog · 04-08-2017 01:16PM

I often switch to radio 1 to listen to the actual news. So called Newstalk has no lunchtime news.

southstar · 04-08-2017 04:35PM

Conservative wrote: »

I generally listen for the first 15-20 mins when he talks about the news and sometimes tune in for Michael Graham if I think of it. The rest is usually shįte.

God Michael Graham is one irritating prick...that whiney self righteous voice alone.....and then all the spin.

jooksavage · 04-08-2017 05:27PM

southstar wrote: »

God Michael Graham is one irritating prick...that whiney self righteous voice alone.....and then all the spin.

At its core the Republican party's main problem is they can't square the populist election promises that gave them the presidency and a house majority with their positively unpopular agenda of slashing welfare and giving tax cuts to the super rich. That's an impossible bind so folks like Graham, often citing obscure incidents or misrepresenting statistics, try to keep banging the drum of liberal bias / "political correctness gone mad". A negative focus on the opposition in the absence of anything positive in their own agenda.

It was pointed out in the wake of the Reps failure to repeal and replace ACA after 7 years of rhetoric, the current strain of conservatism seems unable to do anything except promote a sense of persecution.

05-08-2017 02:36AM

I'm surprised nobody mentioned George's discovery of the word "gowl" today.

He came across the term and pondered whether the person intended to write "ghoul"? Then another texter told him it's an intimate part of the female anatomy, to which a seething George exclaims "you cannot be serious!"

He then moves on to discussing the Dublin Horse Show and assures us he'll be cheek by jowl there next week, but he won't be cheek-by-gowl. Haunting image.

Del.Monte · 05-08-2017 08:05AM

A disgusting word beloved of Limerick skangers and why should someone from 'leafy' Foxrock have heard it?

sligojoek · 05-08-2017 12:01PM

Worse than the C word, Ted.

Harry Angstrom · 05-08-2017 02:22PM

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I'm surprised nobody mentioned George's discovery of the word "gowl" today.

And there's Hook still trying to convince us that he came from humble working class roots. If he did, he'd know the word "gowl" is a very common slang word in Cork to denote a foolish person. I doubt they would've used it too often in Pres though.

foxtrot101 · 05-08-2017 03:18PM

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

And there's Hook still trying to convince us that he came from humble working class roots. If he did, he'd know the word "gowl" is a very common slang word in Cork to denote a foolish person. I doubt they would've used it too often in Pres though.

He does come very from humble working class roots. Albert Road, used to known as Jew Town. His mother persuaded the Head of Pres to let her pay them the fees in installments. He would of been from the poorest background in the school.

High Noon with George Hook.

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