Dee Forbes banging the RTE TV licence drum again 60m uncollected fee poll not working - pl ignore

Sebastian Dangerfield · 08-05-2020 08:26AM

Sebastian Dangerfield wrote: »

You're all being very harsh on RTE. People are losing their minds during lockdown, hoping desperately for original content to pass the time, and RTE have delivered despite their financial woes. They put on a new home-grown comedy/drama a couple of weeks ago, and another one tomorrow night, so can the naysayers and moaners stop saying they're a waste of money please?

They're called Bachelors Walk and Pure Mule , check them out.

Even in sarcasm I can't pretend Pure Mule was very good. Opening episode, the two lads go in for a haircut, only to re-emerge looking exactly as they had done going in. What would a run of a 3 blade back and sides have cost them? Shoddy...

RabbleRouser2k · 08-05-2020 09:49AM

Sebastian Dangerfield wrote: »

Even in sarcasm I can't pretend Pure Mule was very good. Opening episode, the two lads go in for a haircut, only to re-emerge looking exactly as they had done going in. What would a run of a 3 blade back and sides have cost them? Shoddy...

Pure Mule was so over rated. (The episode where 2 characters do ecstasy is comically stupid).
That and some of the accents were badly put on.

And some of the actors in that were tipped for 'greater things'... and that sort of evaporated not long after.

Garrett Lombard kind of disappeared after. I know he was in Alexander (that really bad Colin Farrell movie). Charlene McKenna seemed to be the only one who did capitalise on it. She's never been out of work.

ShamNNspace · 09-05-2020 10:23AM

With RTE though like the dog that learned to talk it wasn't so much what the dog was sayin it was more that he could talk at all so we should be thankful for the likes of pure mule

Elmo · 09-05-2020 11:16AM

RabbleRouser2k wrote: »

Pure Mule was so over rated. (The episode where 2 characters do ecstasy is comically stupid).
That and some of the accents were badly put on.

And some of the actors in that were tipped for 'greater things'... and that sort of evaporated not long after.

Garrett Lombard kind of disappeared after. I know he was in Alexander (that really bad Colin Farrell movie). Charlene McKenna seemed to be the only one who did capitalise on it. She's never been out of work.

The accents weren't badly put on at all its just people from those areas haven't heard those accents on TV, IMO. Drama is subjective, I personally consider Love/Hate over rated.

Very hard to have a career in Ireland when the broadcasters that funds local drama cuts funding by more than 60% the following year, and keeps it down at 10million for the following 10.

Strange that no one in the media point out how Sean O'Rourke's move to Today didn't affect its audience level, I don't think it had much to do with Sean arriving or Pat departing.

ButtersSuki · 09-05-2020 06:32PM

Haven’t we suffered enough?

https://m.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/could-lift-the-nations-spirits-rte-plans-star-studded-telethon-coronavirus-fundraiser-39193511.html

RabbleRouser2k · 09-05-2020 06:45PM

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Haven’t we suffered enough?

Everytime Dee says something, this flashes into my brain.

Where the hell is the money going to come from? Seriously? RTE are asking the government for money.
Now they're already planning to squander it on an idea that's not even an original one?

That and she wants to literally rush it into production, by having it ready in 3 weeks?

Get lost-that's just 'Operation covid nation' thinking right there.

Elmo · 09-05-2020 07:02PM

RabbleRouser2k wrote: »

Get lost-that's just 'Operation covid nation' thinking right there.

Well up until the rename it from covidthon to telethon

RabbleRouser2k · 09-05-2020 07:10PM

Elmo wrote: »

Well up until the rename it from covidthon to telethon

I sadly can picture it being called that.

Wonder who they'll get to present it? Lottie Ryan? We're being told to like her, maybe this might finally make her infectious... oops, poor choice of words. :P

Maybe Miriam, I'd suggest Mairead Ronan, but she's got one gig on RTE and they swapped her out with Kathryn Thomas, and nobody noticed. So she's not really popular in RTE.
We know it won't be Blathnaid Ni Chofaigh, because she's currently taking RTE to court. So she'll probably be lucky if she holds onto her Nationwide gig.

I have a feeling RTE will just go DIRT cheap, and do the telethon on the Late Late Show. Like they have done with Eurovision. Or pretty much anything else really.

goose2005 · 09-05-2020 07:11PM

Now we have a new series:

Twinkling Through the Years, 8.15pm, RTÉ One

Singer, actress and all-round entertainer Twink looks back on her lengthy career, trawling the archives for her best moments.

They include performances alongside the likes of Dermot Morgan, Gay Byrne, Johnny Logan and Perry Como, and reuniting with Jonathan Ryan to play beloved characters Bernie and Rose Violet.

She also chats to the king of swing Paddy Cole, and there's a look back at where it all began with the 1960s’ girl group Maxi, Dick and Twink.

RTE supporting the arts

ButtersSuki · 09-05-2020 07:12PM

RabbleRouser2k wrote: »

Everytime Dee says something, this flashes into my brain.

Where the hell is the money going to come from? Seriously? RTE are asking the government for money.
Now they're already planning to squander it on an idea that's not even an original one?

That and she wants to literally rush it into production, by having it ready in 3 weeks?

Get lost-that's just 'Operation covid nation' thinking right there.

Imagine the fees for the “stars” alone?

Lottie Ryan to host.

RabbleRouser2k · 09-05-2020 07:14PM

goose2005 wrote: »

Now we have a new series:

RTE supporting the arts

It's a repeat. And I don't believe it was a series, it was a once off.

It aired last July, and the audience wasn't exactly excited to watch it.

fritzelly · 09-05-2020 07:14PM

Is this a new idea today after the 2 million that people donated last night to Pieta House - without any stars being paid to tell you to donate

goose2005 · 09-05-2020 07:15PM

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

What's the story with the 'commercial presentations' they now have on RTE at prime time whereby Brennans and SuperValu basically bought the entire ad slot for 1 ad?

I suppose it's hard to sell ads with so many businesses inactive, they have to take what they can get.

RabbleRouser2k · 09-05-2020 07:18PM

fritzelly wrote: »

Is this a new idea today after the 2 million that people donated last night to Pieta House - without any stars being paid to tell you to donate

Oh God... 'Donate to RTE-we need to get that 60 million that you FREELOADERS keep not paying every year. Ryan Tubridy has had to downgrade to a Mansion. He had a palace last year. Miriam O'Callahan's wardrobe budget was SLASHED by 50 euro. Lottie Ryan hasn't had enough gig's to warrant us keeping her on staff, so we're paying her the RTE pension even tho she's too young to be getting it'.

I can just imagine it.

RabbleRouser2k · 09-05-2020 07:30PM

You've lost me. What was what?

Edgware · 09-05-2020 10:39PM

RabbleRouser2k wrote: »

I sadly can picture it being called that.

Wonder who they'll get to present it? Lottie Ryan? We're being told to like her, maybe this might finally make her infectious... oops, poor choice of words. :P

Maybe Miriam, I'd suggest Mairead Ronan, but she's got one gig on RTE and they swapped her out with Kathryn Thomas, and nobody noticed. So she's not really popular in RTE.
We know it won't be Blathnaid Ni Chofaigh, because she's currently taking RTE to court. So she'll probably be lucky if she holds onto her Nationwide gig.

I have a feeling RTE will just go DIRT cheap, and do the telethon on the Late Late Show. Like they have done with Eurovision. Or pretty much anything else really.

Mairead has a lot going for her

ButtersSuki · 09-05-2020 11:07PM

Edgware wrote: »

Mairead has a lot going for her

So would you if you married a multi-millionaire. For love.

09-05-2020 11:23PM

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Imagine the fees for the “stars” alone?

Lottie Ryan to host.

Vogue, Ray Darcy, , Bressie, Huberman, annoying influencers, Garrity, some love island/reality show rejects are all delighted if this comes off to get their desperate mugs attention they so crave

i can see Blindboy or Eoin McDermott try to be the Bono/Bob Geldof of this whinging "should dig deep" while being an irritating sanctimonious douchebag

RabbleRouser2k · 09-05-2020 11:25PM

ButtersSuki wrote: »

So would you if you married a multi-millionaire. For love.

And it's her second marriage, and the first where she took the rich dude's name.

Only positive thing I can ever say about her is 'she's not ruining any tv show I watch-because I actively avoid her'.
Her and Dara O' Brian are instant 'grab the remote' people.

fritzelly · 09-05-2020 11:25PM

Wesley Teeny Oasis wrote: »

Vogue, Ray Darcy, , Bressie, Huberman, annoying influencers, Garrity, some love island/reality show rejects are all delighted if this comes off to get their desperate mugs attention

Blindboy or Eoin McDermott to be the Bono/Bob Geldof of this and be an irritating sanctimonius douche whinging "should dig deep"

Just reading that is making me nauseous

ButtersSuki · 09-05-2020 11:29PM

RabbleRouser2k wrote: »

And it's her second marriage, and the first where she took the rich dude's name.

Only positive thing I can ever say about her is 'she's not ruining any tv show I watch-because I actively avoid her'.
Her and Dara O' Brian are instant 'grab the remote' people.

I could tell you stories.....

RabbleRouser2k · 09-05-2020 11:30PM

ButtersSuki wrote: »

I could tell you stories.....

I'd happily listen.

ButtersSuki · 09-05-2020 11:46PM

RabbleRouser2k wrote: »

I'd happily listen.

Sadly I’d end up in court if I told them. But if you ever meet her ask her about taking the bins out......

RabbleRouser2k · 09-05-2020 11:53PM

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Sadly I’d end up in court if I told them. But if you ever meet her ask her about taking the bins out......

You can always pm me.

10-05-2020 05:10AM

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Haven’t we suffered enough?

https://m.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/could-lift-the-nations-spirits-rte-plans-star-studded-telethon-coronavirus-fundraiser-39193511.html

I see that Dee is proposing that the telethon “could lift the nation’s spirits”. That alone should rule out a number of RTE staffers and contractors from being on the show, as they usually deal in illness (preferably terminal), death (preferably recent), misery (preferably inducing tears) and hackneyed platitudes.

As you can see, I’ve further developed into a devout and practicing cynic, because the announcement should be good news. But having listened - or indeed recently stopped listening - to the incessant blathering, wows, petals and so on for the last couple of months, I share with other posters the sentiments expressed here.

It will be an extended Late Late Show with Toymeister Ryan at the helm and all the usual suspects doing their bit.

Good morning, by the way!

Shefwedfan · 10-05-2020 08:01AM

Please let’s all donate money so they don’t have this bulls**t

Looking at Tubs trying to be serious while interview Lottie Ryan would drive the country demented....

The government has to step in to stop this potential disaster

NIMAN · 10-05-2020 08:05AM

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Sadly I’d end up in court if I told them. But if you ever meet her ask her about taking the bins out......

Is anyone else REALLY curious now?

Shefwedfan · 10-05-2020 08:15AM

NIMAN wrote: »

Is anyone else REALLY curious now?

Yes but I would doubt the story will be as good as the build up

Probably something along the lines of she put her bin bags in someone else’s bin

10-05-2020 10:38AM

Rest assured the Government will take the money from the property tax and then there's nothing to stop them from increasing it to say, 300 or 500 a year and this we should not allow, once they take the money forcibly they can do what the hell they want.

If Dee Forbes had any self respect she would resign, RTE was bad before she took over but it's worse now and it's an RTE I do not care too much for any more.

Dee Forbes has the power to change RTE, she had her chance, how long will RTE wait before sacking her ? how deplorable will it get ? How much damage will she do before RTE see sense or are they afraid to sack a Woman ? probably a lot to do with actually, the media will say "how dare the big old "Men" in RTE sack a fine Woman who did RTE great service"

Will people accept the license fee being forcibly taken ? this will give them them the power to increase it to what they want. This shouldn't be allowed.

ButtersSuki · 10-05-2020 10:48AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Rest assured the Government will take the money from the property tax and then there's nothing to stop them from increasing it to say, 300 or 500 a year and this we should not allow, once they take the money forcibly they can do what the hell they want.

If Dee Forbes had any self respect she would resign, RTE was bad before she took over but it's worse now and it's an RTE I do not care too much for any more.

Dee Forbes has the power to change RTE, she had her chance, how long will RTE wait before sacking her ? how deplorable will it get ? How much damage will she do before RTE see sense or are they afraid to sack a Woman ? probably a lot to do with actually, the media will say "how dare the big old "Men" in RTE sack a fine Woman who did RTE great service"

Will people accept the license fee being forcibly taken ? this will give them them the power to increase it to what they want. This shouldn't be allowed.

Not a chance in hell she’ll be fired for a variety of reasons, inc. the female angle. I now await an attack from the usual suspects.

Dee Forbes banging the RTE TV licence drum again 60m uncollected fee *poll not working - pl ignore*

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Dee Forbes banging the RTE TV licence drum again 60m uncollected fee poll not working - pl ignore