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Amy Huberman. Finding Joy.

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    #362
    Shelga
    Registered Users Posts: 3,003 ✭✭✭Shelga


    Ok, I managed up to the end of part 1 of episode 1 of this new series. Think I saw 5 minutes of the last series.

    Awful, awful stuff. Not funny, not relatable in any way. How can this eejit of a character afford a massive house in SCD with her fluff job where she doesn't appear to be making any money?

    Agree that Amy Huberman is amusing on Instagram but I'm even starting to tire of her on there, the puns and the cutesy stuff. It's just not fair that she is taking opportunities away from people who can actually write comedy and would love to work in Ireland, not have to go to the UK for work.


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    #363
    brian_t
    Registered Users Posts: 6,669 ✭✭✭brian_t


    hamburgham wrote: »
    Liam Fay wrote a fantastic piece annihilating Tubridy in the Sunday Times a few years ago.
    dmn22 wrote: »
    Link?

    I'm pretty sure that is behind a paywall.


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    #364
    tylercheribini
    Registered Users Posts: 2,014 ✭✭✭tylercheribini


    Shelga wrote: »
    Ok, I managed up to the end of part 1 of episode 1 of this new series. Think I saw 5 minutes of the last series.

    Awful, awful stuff. Not funny, not relatable in any way. How can this eejit of a character afford a massive house in SCD with her fluff job where she doesn't appear to be making any money?

    Agree that Amy Huberman is amusing on Instagram but I'm even starting to tire of her on there, the puns and the cutesy stuff. It's just not fair that she is taking opportunities away from people who can actually write comedy and would love to work in Ireland, not have to go to the UK for work.

    Its RTE cronyism in a nutshell. How the hell does Dee Forbes go cap in hand to govenrment every time and have this to show for?


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    #365
    Elmo
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    StevenToast wrote: »
    Ya...i would love to read THAT! (Inside joke on the tubridy thread)

    link to this :D


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    #366
    Blanco100
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    hamburgham wrote: »
    Liam Fay wrote a fantastic piece annihilating Tubridy in the Sunday Times a few years ago. It was hilarious yet laser point accurate, expressing exactly what I felt about him but could never articulate as well as he did.

    Would love to read this article is it from 2012?

    No doubt Tubridy would put any criticism down to "negativity" online. I can actually see him interviewing Huberman and 2 kindred spiritis bemoaning the online haters and the like.

    I find these no mark tv people tend to have a thin skin to any kind of criticism and like to exist in a bubble where people need to be kind etc..


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    #367
    bigpink
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    What does she do different on Instagram?Still waiting on an example


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    #368
    Muahahaha
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    Hangdogroad wrote: »
    I dont get the "Irelands" sweetheart, national treasure" thing . I mean shes not a household name..

    That was all media manufactured by the Indo namely by Caitlin Moran who seemed to write almost a daily article on Huberman at one stage. "Amy reveals X, Amy revals Y" day after day. The thing is these 'celebrity' journalists need content to fill webpages and they do that by blowing smoke up their holes, it is an ego massaging exercise so they get more info to write even more content. It was the Indo who labeled Huberman and BOD as Irelands Posh and Becks, its a complete cringefest
    brian_t wrote: »
    I'm pretty sure that is behind a paywall.

    It might not be if its from 2012 but if it is it would be good if someone who has a sub could post it up


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    #369
    Omackeral
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    bigpink wrote: »
    What does she do different on Instagram?Still waiting on an example

    You were told. She's totes hilairs.


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    #370
    Shelga
    Registered Users Posts: 3,003 ✭✭✭Shelga


    Compare this to something like Catastrophe... it's just embarrassing.


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    #371
    walshb
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    bigpink wrote: »
    What does she do different on Instagram?Still waiting on an example

    Trust me, it’s about as interesting as this pile of Sh1t show she has on RTE.


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    #372
    TheDavester
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    walshb wrote: »
    Trust me, it’s about as interesting as this pile of Sh1t show she has on RTE.

    she did a tweet the other day (popped up on timeline as a friend follows/likes it - didnt activlely go searching) of her posing in front of a poster of her show - so "gas" like......yeah she's just ugh....


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    #373
    saabsaab
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    Shelga wrote: »
    Compare this to something like Catastrophe... it's just embarrassing.


    'Catastrophe', apt name. Didn't see much of it. Mean woman meets nice guy get pregnant, that's it. Not my thing surprised it did as well as it did.


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    #374
    Elmo
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    Muahahaha wrote: »
    That was all media manufactured by the Indo namely by Caitlin Moran who seemed to write almost a daily article on Huberman at one stage. "Amy reveals X, Amy revals Y" day after day.

    You sure it was Caitlin Moran?


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    #375
    jill_valentine
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    saabsaab wrote: »
    'Catastrophe', apt name. Didn't see much of it. Mean woman meets nice guy get pregnant, that's it. Not my thing surprised it did as well as it did.

    If you didn't see much of it then...?

    Eh, either way, missed out tbh. Catastrophe is some of the best Irish or British writing in recent memory.

    Can ye imagine how different Irish tv could be if RTE were giving people with Horgan's kind of talent a reason to stay rather than paying their otherwise completely unhireable human wallpaper presenters half a million a year?


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    #376
    Effects
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    saabsaab wrote: »
    'Catastrophe', apt name. Didn't see much of it. Mean woman meets nice guy get pregnant, that's it. Not my thing surprised it did as well as it did.

    If you didn't see much of it then you don't really know how good it is.
    You're judging it on just a premise, which is just lazy.


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    #377
    Truthvader
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    tylercheribini wrote: »
    Its RTE cronyism in a nutshell. How the hell does Dee Forbes go cap in hand to govenrment every time and have this to show for?

    A bit **** perhaps but what about money squandered on the Hectoe eejit - in a language only used by loons


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    #378
    saabsaab
    Registered Users Posts: 7,843 ✭✭✭saabsaab


    Effects wrote: »
    If you didn't see much of it then you don't really know how good it is.
    You're judging it on just a premise, which is just lazy.


    Saw enough. Wasn't my thing.


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    #379
    Muahahaha
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    Elmo wrote: »
    You sure it was Caitlin Moran?

    sorry no, Caitlin McBride, not sure if she is working for the Indo anymore or at least her name doesnt seem to be below on bylines any more

    This is an example of the kind of ego massaging the Indo does on 'The Hubes' :rolleyes:
    She might be considered Ireland's sweetheart, but Amy Huberman doesn't take her title too seriously.


    The IFTA-winning actress (36) is often hailed as one of the most stylish women in the country, with the 'Amy effect' kicking in soon after she's pictured in something


    And it seems The Hubes can also do no wrong when it comes to her social media presence, regularly landing on 'must follow' lists for Twitter and Instagram.


    But all the success hasn't gone to her head as she told Independent Style she doesn't "overthink" it when it comes to getting a laugh online.
    "I think you have to ignore that a little bit, it's lovely and it's flattering but I think you just have to wear the stuff that you like to wear and take it with a pinch of salt," she told us.


    "When it comes to social media, you can over think it and not say anything so I just say what pops into my head.


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    #380
    JP Liz V1
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    Is Dr. Nate from Home and Away in this series?
    https://forumofgames.com/




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    #381
    Man Vs ManUre
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    RTÉ always giving work to that annoying Karen dancing wan also. I can’t even watch after school hub today but there she is. It’s a wonder her pillock boyfriend jake ‘I have no willy’ wasn’t also there with her.


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    #382
    PieOhMy
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    Man Vs ManUre wrote: »
    RTÉ always giving work to that annoying Karen dancing wan also. I can’t even watch after school hub today but there she is. It’s a wonder her pillock boyfriend jake ‘I have no willy’ wasn’t also there with her.

    I noticed that too, she was Eoin Colgans podcast / interview segment show on the rte player.


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    #383
    Man Vs ManUre
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    PieOhMy wrote: »
    I noticed that too, she was Eoin Colgans podcast / interview segment show on the rte player.

    The Fair City scene with her was so cringey.


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    #384
    s1ippy
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    I don't know what this is but I'm glad that there's the inference of a lack of joy because the extent of my knowledge is she's famous for being somebody's wife.


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    #385
    bocaman
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    Watch the first episode. Absolute tripe. What a horrendous actress. Courted by RTE because she's married to the utterly bland BOD.


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    #386
    murpho999
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    Watched the first episode this in S1 when it came out and that was enough.

    RTE commissioning this show is just wrong.

    They and other media outlets, particularly the Irish Independent, are trying to promote Amy as a person that is a important somehow to the population.

    Reports on the Indo range from her clothes, buying a house, problems with planning permission, clothes etc. All vacuous stuff..

    RTE have also fallen for it.
    Sad thing is she get's a second series commissioned beause of this and a struggling and talented writer is out there desperately seeking to get their work taken on but their chance is gone.


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    #387
    saabsaab
    Registered Users Posts: 7,843 ✭✭✭saabsaab


    bocaman wrote: »
    Watch the first episode. Absolute tripe. What a horrendous actress. Courted by RTE because she's married to the utterly bland BOD.


    God forgive you. Or perhaps BOD forgive you . Only the greatest rugby player ever!


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    #388
    Man Vs ManUre
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    I gotta watch this today to see how awful it really is. Any chance it can be so bad it’s good??


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    #389
    galvo_clare
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    Man Vs ManUre wrote: »
    I gotta watch this today to see how awful it really is. Any chance it can be so bad it’s good??

    No, it’s just bad.


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    #390
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    Man Vs ManUre wrote: »
    I think Hardy Bucks is pretty funny, every season if it.

    Hardy Bucks would be far better without RTE sanitising it. To be fair, you had Bull Island, Pictorial Weekly, The Savage Eye... even the odd episode of Podge and Rodge wasn't afraid to push the boundaries. RTE have done good comedies in the past. Unfortunately, they've gone very neo-liberal and sanitised in their approach. Its a group think organisation that is afraid to offend people and ironically they offend loads. Namely the unfortunates paying the licence fee

    Christ even Upwardly Mobile was a masterpiece compared to this tripe.


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    #391
    Elmo
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    JP Liz V1 wrote: »
    Is Dr. Nate from Home and Away in this series?

    I think just for one episode. Seems to me that they were give 150,000 per episode and didn't quite know what do with the money and decided to fly in a few people from abroad.


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