Sean Moncrieff - Newstalk

Barna77 · 21-07-2019 06:47PM

Donnelly was atrocious in Phantom.

Ursus Horribilis · 21-07-2019 07:18PM

He's an acquired taste. If you look back at old threads, you'll find people who like and dislike him in equal measures.

Tell me how · 21-07-2019 07:26PM

Ursus Horribilis wrote: »

He's an acquired taste. If you look back at old threads, you'll find people who like and dislike him in equal measures.

Yeah. The internet in a nutshell.

Most media threads dominated by some saying how bad the show/presenter is.

whisky_galore · 22-07-2019 01:08PM

NufcNavan wrote: »

Can Joe Donnelly replace him for good? Way better presenter.

If Moncrieff isn't fronting the show, I can take it or leave it. I usually switch off if it's Tom Dunne.

HeidiHeidi · 22-07-2019 03:16PM

Tell me how wrote: »

Was it Amanda Brunker on the adult slot today?

Head wrecked after listening to it. My god but I wouldn't like to be trying to have a rational argument with her.

Heard her today. Bring back Barbara asap.

It's all me me me me me me meeeeeee.

She seems to have not got the memo that it's advice for other people she's meant to be giving.

Tell me how · 22-07-2019 03:24PM

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Heard her today. Bring back Barbara asap.

It's all me me me me me me meeeeeee.

She seems to have not got the memo that it's advice for other people she's meant to be giving.

It's a light hearted slot, wouldn't be relying on it for guidance but, certainly last week, she got on my nerves!

HeidiHeidi · 22-07-2019 03:43PM

Tell me how wrote: »

It's a light hearted slot, wouldn't be relying on it for guidance but, certainly last week, she got on my nerves!

Oh agreed, but all she did was talk about herself today. At least Barbara makes some sort of a shape at giving a bit of (usually very sensible, IMO) advice!

Say my name · 23-07-2019 02:36PM

Does no one just punch these seagulls in the face?

23-07-2019 05:08PM

Say my name wrote: »

Does no one just punch these seagulls in the face?

I quite like them, but there'd be great sport. In shooting them. I wonder how they taste.

My brother used have a magpie annoying the fcuk out of him every morning, in a tree outside his bedroom window. They have the most annoying, throttling call. So he went downstairs, got Dad's gun, back up to the room, swings open the window, and shot the bird.

Didn't take away the body either, magpies are repelled from areas where they see a dead compatriot. Maybe we should try hanging a few gulls from the College of Surgeons.

kunst nugget · 23-07-2019 05:33PM

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I quite like them, but there'd be great sport. In shooting them. I wonder how they taste.

My brother used have a magpie annoying the fcuk out of him every morning, in a tree outside his bedroom window. They have the most annoying, throttling call. So he went downstairs, got Dad's gun, back up to the room, swings open the window, and shot the bird.

Didn't take away the body either, magpies are repelled from areas where they see a dead compatriot. Maybe we should try hanging a few gulls from the College of Surgeons.

I hope he said 'Here's one for sorrow... bitch' before shooting the magpie for added epicness.

quickbeam · 23-07-2019 07:49PM

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I quite like them, but there'd be great sport. In shooting them. I wonder how they taste.

My brother used have a magpie annoying the fcuk out of him every morning, in a tree outside his bedroom window. They have the most annoying, throttling call. So he went downstairs, got Dad's gun, back up to the room, swings open the window, and shot the bird.

Didn't take away the body either, magpies are repelled from areas where they see a dead compatriot. Maybe we should try hanging a few gulls from the College of Surgeons.

I love magpies, and all crows.

And seagulls.

23-07-2019 08:29PM

quickbeam wrote: »

I love magpies, and all crows.

And seagulls.

I love pheasants but I also used to enjoy shooting them.

I was doing some research on the topic of eating seagulls, and anecdotes vary on whether or not they are tasty. Apparently their eggs are quite nice, they're more salty than hens' eggs, which enhances the flavour
https://hashilthsa.com/news/2017-06-19/seagull-eggs-%E2%80%93-rare-june-treat-ahousaht

I would love to try a seagull, or its eggs, purely for a taste. After all, most gulls eat the same food we all do.

quickbeam · 23-07-2019 09:23PM

I'd eat their eggs alright. But I'm a veggie

alaimacerc · 29-07-2019 09:20PM

whisky_galore wrote: »

If Moncrieff isn't fronting the show, I can take it or leave it. I usually switch off if it's Tom Dunne.

Tom is inoffensive and affable enough. You'd not want to be depending on him keeping you awake while you operated heavy machinery or carried out rocket surgery, though.

Ursus Horribilis · 29-07-2019 10:35PM

Be glad they don't put Jonathan Healy or Henry McKean behind the microphone when Sean's away...

Tell me how · 29-07-2019 10:37PM

Ursus Horribilis wrote: »

Be glad they don't put Jonathan Healy or Henry McKean behind the microphone when Sean's away...

Jonathan's already doing 3 hours daily for P Kenny. He's good but he's not that good.......:pac:

I could imagine the AA traffic announcer coming in to rescue Henry after a few minutes bless him.

Say Your Number · 29-07-2019 10:57PM

Bring back Jerry O`Sullivan as cover for Sean, yeah I know he's gone back to Kerry, but he is one of the few people who could strike the balance of conducting serious interviews well and being a bit of craic too.

robbe · 30-07-2019 08:01AM

Had misfortune to hear the 'So you think you're an adult' slot yesterday....mother of jesus. Didn't start well with Amanda Brunker not realising that Menorca, rather than being an affected way people with notions pronounce Majorca was in fact an entirely different island (she had the good grace to admit it was a bit of a blonde moment) and went downhill from there.

I can't imagine anyone actually follows their advice but they should cut the pretence and just call it the "all about me" segment where we get to hear Amanda's life experiences and how we can all learn from them. Appreciate in here and in other threads that there must be a bit of the narcissist in people to have them out on the airwaves voicing their opinion but so many of the most successful contributors to Sean's show in the past (Paolo and David Carey for instance) have had so much more experience but didn't feel the need to make everything about them. Don't know who the other lady was in the segment but she was a hard listen as well.

HeidiHeidi · 30-07-2019 10:27AM

robbe wrote: »

Had misfortune to hear the 'So you think you're an adult' slot yesterday....mother of jesus. Didn't start well with Amanda Brunker not realising that Menorca, rather than being an affected way people with notions pronounce Majorca was in fact an entirely different island (she had the good grace to admit it was a bit of a blonde moment) and went downhill from there.

I can't imagine anyone actually follows their advice but they should cut the pretence and just call it the "all about me" segment where we get to hear Amanda's life experiences and how we can all learn from them. Appreciate in here and in other threads that there must be a bit of the narcissist in people to have them out on the airwaves voicing their opinion but so many of the most successful contributors to Sean's show in the past (Paolo and David Carey for instance) have had so much more experience but didn't feel the need to make everything about them. Don't know who the other lady was in the segment but she was a hard listen as well.

Jaysus, I thought she was bad, but that's shocking!

Please please tell me this is just summer sticking-plaster stuff until Barbara and Brendan return???

TheShow · 30-07-2019 11:42AM

I really dislike Amanda Brunker. what is it that she actually does? how has she come to get these fill-in slots. She is a complete muppet.

I remember a few years back at Oxegen, one of the acts cancelled and they had Amanda Brunker on stage to fill the time. why? why? why?

whisky_galore · 30-07-2019 06:26PM

TheShow wrote: »

I really dislike Amanda Brunker. what is it that she actually does? how has she come to get these fill-in slots. She is a complete muppet.

I remember a few years back at Oxegen, one of the acts cancelled and they had Amanda Brunker on stage to fill the time. why? why? why?

Celebrity MILF is the job description I'd say.

TheShow · 31-07-2019 01:37PM

whisky_galore wrote: »

Celebrity MILF is the job description I'd say.

the two words I have an issue with are "Celebrity" & "MILF" she is neither.

JJayoo · 01-08-2019 02:27PM

WTF is this sh1te, 20 minutes of some dope who married her dog

Tell me how · 01-08-2019 02:32PM

JJayoo wrote: »

WTF is this sh1te, 20 minutes of some dope who married her dog

New listener are you?

That wedding was held with the Moncrieff show in mind.

Say Your Number · 01-08-2019 07:44PM

You hear enough about f*cking Brexit, homelessness, the health service and Trump's latest buffoonery most other hours on Newstalk, these whimsical pieces are a welcome change from all that drudgery.

BPKS · 16-08-2019 03:21PM

Fcuk me I've heard it all now.

Question into the wine guy on Movies and Booze "I'm breaking up with my boyfriend tonight and want you to recommend a nice red wine, rich and full bodied, that I can have after I break the bad news to him"

I assume that was a p1ss take but yer man advised some red wine for €80 a bottle

Uncharted · 16-08-2019 03:36PM

BPKS wrote: »

Fcuk me I've heard it all now.

Question into the wine guy on Movies and Booze "I'm breaking up with my boyfriend tonight and want you to recommend a nice red wine, rich and full bodied, that I can have after I break the bad news to him"

I assume that was a p1ss take but yer man advised some red wine for €80 a bottle

Friday's are notoriously light hearted on Moncrieff. It's fun and good natured.

As an aside....Tomas Clancy is just epic imo.

djemba djemba · 16-08-2019 04:01PM

Sean just thanked everyone who worked on the show today like he always does. He thanked Robert zimmerman. Was he joking or is there really a Robert zimmerman working there.

2smiggy · 23-08-2019 03:20PM

any chance the wine lady could lay off the wine all morning before coming on the show ? she sounds very drunk. fairly embarrassing stuff

23-08-2019 04:51PM

2smiggy wrote: »

any chance the wine lady could lay off the wine all morning before coming on the show ? she sounds very drunk. fairly embarrassing stuff

Have often thought that, but maybe it's just her way of speaking?

Still, you'd want to be fairly sure of your genes to go into her line of work.

I remember another Irish sommelier on TV a few years back, saying without any compunction that she drinks a bottle of wine a day. She didn't see an issue with it.

Sean Moncrieff - Newstalk

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