The Tommy Tiernan Show Thread - Mod warning, see OP

Is this fella on some of the stuff the previous fella gave up?

Weird band.The bass player is wild.

Best episode of the series.

And one of the most engaging pieces of telly I have watched in a long time.

Glad to see them doing well. I saw them about 18 months with about five other people in the audience and they gave it everything.

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Tommy is a great listener. He gives the guest space to speak. Tubridy would be interjecting every 10 seconds and hurrying to get the interview done.

The camera work is very effective too though. There are very few spanning shots during the interview. It's all close-up, shoulders up, when they're saying huge things.
Extremely pointed.
Not taking away from the interview content though. Great interviews.

Tommy’s show really is a hidden gem in the RTE schedule. Can’t imagine Angela Scanlon will be an improvement when she takes over in early March.

Wheety wrote: »

The format of this is better though. Even if he does know something about the guest, the whole premise is to find out who they are so that involves letting them speak.

Tubridy loves the sound of his own voice and always seems in such a rush to finish an interview.

Tubridy seems to be too well researched. He has his talking points and is determined to follow them, so often there's no natural flow. His questions and style don't allow the guest to talk for too long.

Fair play to James for turning his life around.

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I think if Tiernan hosted the Late Late Show he'd become more sanitized. I think the two shows have two totally different core audiences. He wouldn't get away with saying some of the stuff he does on his own show.

There's some truth to that, but I could never ever imagine Tubridy presenting Tommy's show with even half the empathy that Tommy always shows.

He is fantastic at listening, letting the guest speak and asking interesting questions: y'know, the basics. I think he could still make it work without saying anything outrageous.

The quality of that last interview was amazing. In fairness, the fella was an outstanding speaker - he had great charisma - but Tommy just let it all play out so naturally.

I was only half watching at the start, but I got sucked into it and, fck it, I was in tears by the end. And there was no mawkish shyte about it, even when the presenter had tears in his eyes, or moralising. And the final point, about how every poor wretched fcker we see on the street is also a human being, was obvious, but it felt almost profound after hearing everything through the guest's mouth. That is how you do it.

Tubridy wouldn't have had it in him in a million years.

Missed the first interview but don't think I'd have been too bothered. Rest of the show was great though.

That was an interesting show and well presented.

Fair play to James as others have said.

A close friend of mine died before Christmas from Hep-c cought from needle and was a heroin addict but off it for while before.