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David McSavage

Stacksofwacks

What do people think of him? I don't really find him that funny, I think he's very crude and goes way over the top. He seems quite egotistical and bitter aswell. I think a comedian can be funny without having to push things as far as he does.

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Sephiroth_dude

He can be hit and miss.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBRWckUDV30

badabing106

Ush1 wrote: »

Same when I saw him in the international. Felt like asking for my money back.

Was this you?

[url] https://www.instagram.com/tv/B8GshXeHMzF[/url]

Ush1

Yamanoto wrote: »

Went to see D McS in the Olympia last week.

Was like watching a man having a breakdown on stage. No discernible structure to the show. Mostly ad-libbed & hid behind a guitar but didn't play any songs, just twiddled away and threw in a couple of things that came into his head.

Had seen him previously and he was great, but this was an odd performance.

Same when I saw him in the international. Felt like asking for my money back.

Oranage2

I remember the days he used to do his stand up show in temple bar, I worked in town at the the and would wait to see him perform. Thought that he was pretty good. His TV show and live stand up were pretty hit and miss however.

Yamanoto

Went to see D McS in the Olympia last week.

Was like watching a man having a breakdown on stage. No discernible structure to the show. Mostly ad-libbed & hid behind a guitar but didn't play any songs, just twiddled away and threw in a couple of things that came into his head.

Had seen him previously and he was great, but this was an odd performance.

Marty Xavier

I think he is good actually, seen him live and though a bit hit and miss he is funny. Savage Eye was great in parts. Not your typical Irish comic, not afraid to take risks. Good on him.

IAMAMORON

Stacksofwacks wrote: »

A well known Publican in Dublin with a Tipperary accent?

Dubs don't pull pints, we drink them.

FrancieBrady

Mad_maxx wrote: »

mc savage doesnt come across as too pleased or satisfied to me .

Well don't call him 'smug' so. Simple.

Mad_maxx

FrancieBrady wrote: »

SMUG: too pleased or satisfied about something you have achieved or something you know.

Which is word for word how he comes across to me. - 'I am funny', if you disagree then you are wrong.

Comedy is a subjective thing. Try all you want, you cannot make somebody laugh if they don't find something particularly funny in it's content or delivery.

He has some comedic talent, if a little derivative and unoriginal, as I said...but not very much in delivering it. Which is why he might be more successful at writing for somebody with a talent for delivery.

mc savage doesnt come across as too pleased or satisfied to me .

Ush1

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Seen him in a few interviews and he does come off as someone who if you knew or had to be around quite a lot you would tell to f-off. That said he was funny with The Savage Eye.

It's a sad cliche that happens to all "artists" who only achieve marginal success, especially Irish comedians (Blindboy from the Rubberbandits is another example).

They did a few funny things once then think they are "better" than that, and better than their audience.

chrissb8

For the Joe Duffy BDSM character in Savage eye alone he's funny.

FlipperThePriest

Mad_maxx wrote: »

no but it makes you about as original as a wet wednesday in the west of ireland

Berating an opinion just because it's a popular one is even more boring and unoriginal. It's a bit like saying you were into a band before they became well known, then they just got too commercial so you stopped listening. You're not ahead of the pulse, stop pretending.

tylercheribini

Mad_maxx wrote: »

no but it makes you about as original as a wet wednesday in the west of ireland

This is an originality contest? Was not attempting to be, there are many many opinions I share with many people, is this now prohibited?

hynesie08

**** comedian.

**** human being.

B.A._Baracus

Seen him in a few interviews and he does come off as someone who if you knew or had to be around quite a lot you would tell to f-off. That said he was funny with The Savage Eye.

Mad_maxx

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Was nicked from pat short - Andrews admitted that to short backstage one night.

Pat Short celebrates bog men , even mc savage stole the character , he completely re-invented it .

[Deleted User]

Mad_maxx wrote: »

you dont know what smug is if you think Mc savage is smug

I can safely say that without a shadow of a doubt, McSavage, on stage and off, is absolutely a smug, arrogant prick.

You can take either the Collins dictionary definition:

"If you say that someone is smug, you are criticizing the fact they seem very pleased with how good, clever, or lucky they are"

Or the Urban dictionary definition:

"The name given to someone when they consistently and without compromise look down on others with contempt using a wry smile or grin oozing superiotity. This attitude is often preceded with a sense of self entitlement and/or a daddy complex. There is generally a bit of "me me me" about this person"

FrancieBrady

Mad_maxx wrote: »

you dont know what smug is if you think Mc savage is smug

SMUG: too pleased or satisfied about something you have achieved or something you know.

Which is word for word how he comes across to me. - 'I am funny', if you disagree then you are wrong.

Comedy is a subjective thing. Try all you want, you cannot make somebody laugh if they don't find something particularly funny in it's content or delivery.

He has some comedic talent, if a little derivative and unoriginal, as I said...but not very much in delivering it. Which is why he might be more successful at writing for somebody with a talent for delivery.

Mad_maxx

tylercheribini wrote: »

Hating what the church has done to this country is being a gob****e? Grand so.

no but it makes you about as original as a wet wednesday in the west of ireland

Mad_maxx

Stacksofwacks wrote: »

Oh Jesus Mario Rosenstock, I haven't laughed at one of his sketches since 1999. Oliver Callanis a bit better but is fairly cringey also. Conor Moore seems a very good impressionist but I find the whole mimicry thing quite tiresome at this stage

Conor Moore is awful

BuboBubo

I think he's hilarious. His piss-take of Richie Kavanagh is unforgettable.

I'd love to see "The Savage Eye" return to the telly.

Mad_maxx

sugarman wrote: »

Hate him, he just puts on stupid accents, pulls stupid faces and shouts his head off. Nothing funny about him or his act.

Jason Byrne thread that way

Mad_maxx

FrancieBrady wrote: »

No doubt the guy has some comedic talent, but I find his smugness overides any inclination I have to laugh.

Would be more successful writing for somebody else maybe.

you dont know what smug is if you think Mc savage is smug

Mad_maxx

Stacksofwacks wrote: »

What do people think of him? I don't really find him that funny, I think he's very crude and goes way over the top. He seems quite egotistical and bitter aswell. I think a comedian can be funny without having to push things as far as he does.

one of the very few truly great irish comedy creators of the past few decades .

the savage eye was genius

nearly all of the great comedy creators were troubled people

Deebles McBeebles

I heard from a reliable source that David McSavage only exists in the collective Irish hive mind. We imagine his atoms as they are to keep us content. Or it could be the governments way of controlling us. Watch out, lads. They are listening.

Dravokivich

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

people here going out of their way to say he isn't funny is almost Mcsavage like posting.

That Heaney piece is genius, taking the piss out of the irish superiority around the arts , when as another poster posted . it's all a bit banal.

So people saying he isn't funny are just trying too hard , or need to review their own subjectivity.

I saw him a few years ago in the laughter lounge. When people didn't laugh at his commentary, he thought his jokes were too controversial for us to laugh along to. He then immediately went for relating his jokes to abortions. If I'm too dumb or judgemental to get him, I'd rather it that way to be honest.

topper75

I can't judge the guy, not knowing him. His work was hit and miss. But I'll always cherish this (very much a hit):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BIeizjBzhM

EmmetSpiceland

Hulk Hands wrote: »

There's an army of his friends or family, or maybe himself on multiple accounts, going through this thread thanking all positive posts

And an army of arseholes making ignorant “criticisms” and moronic theories.

Keyzer

Savage eye was quite frankly savage...

My brother almost had to be brought to hospital for a suspected heart attack when he seen this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDBzXYjkl8k

Hulk Hands

There's an army of his friends or family, or maybe himself on multiple accounts, going through this thread thanking all positive posts