The Tommy and Hector Podcast

Stopped listening a few weeks ago..i used to ĺook foreword to it.. gone a bit stale..

You see, I don't think this is fully true. I actually think the "pod" is actually Tommy at his realist (compared to his produced image on the TT show). It's the real TT as he is at home and is some weird outlet for him. That said, I wonder why he stopped his own podcast.

Anyway, it does seem to repeat the same 3 topics.

Knockmore gaa

Tommy pretending he wants to be some wandering shaman

And Hector "Let me tell you about the time I was in..."

Funny thing is, I actually think Hector is the main force keeping the topics moving. As he has all the stories from been on the road.

Can't complain too much, it's free the odd episode I listen too though and I wouldn't miss it if they moved 100% paid either. I'd love to know how many paid subs they have.

Incredibly difficult when you think about it without guests , same 3 people week in week out.

Said it ages ago, awful rubbish

I only found out 2 weeks ago that Lairita's 'beloved' is Joe Brolly! Complete shock was an understatement.

A bit odd that he's always kept anonymous on the pod. I wonder who has instructed that?

Hang on what? Tommy lived in Nigeria? What? When? Why?

The podcast is gone very poor. If you listen to one of the earlier episodes and compare it with what they are dishing out now it's like night and day.

I'm new enough to this podcast, the two lads are gas and have great chemistry together, I just wonder what Laurita brings to it? I can't warm to her.

The podcast from Tigh Naghtan and Garavans in Galway.

i was pure disgusted at their carry on in this podcast - they all came across as pure obnoxious.

I feel sorry for anyone else that were in these pubs on that day

Hector is really good and I love it when he goes on a long monologue.

Tommy is tedious and Laurita is painful to listen to - always whining

Even the ad they have out right now thanking people for all the listens ain't funny.

THL podcast is taking a break until September, it looks like. Pity for me as it was one of the only podcasts I would be actively looking forward to. Time to go back into the archives...

I don't listen to this crap anymore. What I don't like:

• Laurita is a PITA
• Tommy is funny but gets too creepy too often; obsessed with sex
• it's very drink-orientated: that seems to be all they do
• it's very "country"; as a Dub I found this interesting at first, but now, nah
• the material went downhill quickly; it's not funny to me anymore at all

There's way better stuff out there: check out Top Flight Time Machine. Now that's funny, in between the rare occasions that the two lads on it rant about their political world view (which is the opposite to mine), but I can forgive them that because the rest of it is hilarious, especially when they start doing the interpretations (Johnny Fanny Powder, Kevin Keegan, Roy Keane, etc.).

PITA = Pain In The Ass

The TFTM lad's politics are liberal, left-wing, and PC. They don't often go on rants about their politics, but it happens now and then. It's easy to bear with it and continue listening because it's so funny: both of the lads (it's a duo) are great. It begins as a football podcast, with them discussing life and football and stuff, but evolves in many ways after a while. They have this thing of going into deep-dives of various books (Roy Keane's biographies, The Twits (Roald Dahl), Kevin Keegan's biography, Roy of the Rovers annuals), each spread over many episodes. You'd have to really give it a season or so to see if you like it or not. It's been going since 2018, with about 5 half-hour episodes each week, so there's millions of episodes by now. The best bits are when the lads do their impressions. Gas. Listening to them do Roy Keane and Kevin Keegan is very funny.