The Ryan Tubridy Show **Mod: Read OP**

How are either 1984 or Wuthering Heights "hard"? Theyre not happy ever after or upbeat novels but Tubs seems to be implying that theyre hard to follow which is nonsense.

Yeah, he hasn't read them. Maybe he is working up to it.

I think Tubridy believes that he has created this lovable persona that has worked in the past in Ireland and given him all his success, so he's going to stick with that shtick until the bitter end. Of course he only ever had any success because of nepotism and his RTE connections. He's mediocre and an embarassment as a presenter, but hey the JNLR figures for the Toy Show once a year and a fat pay packet means he can delude himself all he wants.

It also begs the question - when it comes to RTE's top shows, does the presenter matter? Marian Finucane's old show is continuing on nicely with Brendan O'Connor at the helm. The Late Late Show isn't suffering because of the change of presenter. And tellingly, the audience figures for Tubridy's old radio show went up once he left. As well as showing his own limitations up on his new show, Tubridy isn't doing his other NK stablemates any good back home. Unless things turn around, I can't see this gig in London working out for him. I'm sure he'll stick it out for the medium term but they're probably already working on the PR for ending the contract.

Don't DARE mention The 'K' word in a Ryan Turbridy thread.... he hates them you know. You need to be able to leaf through a book, the smell of the ink etc etc. :)

Asking listeners to text in with recommendations for books. He has never read Les Miserables. More pontificating about why people should read books. He's becoming a parody at this stage. Finds it hard to walk past a bookshop without walking in. Best thing about London is array of bookshops.

Just listening to a link via Q102 for the first time now. Even giving out that Whatsapp number is a bit of an ordeal for the man. Read out a text from some emigre fella in "Derbyshire" (supposed to be pronounced "Darbyshire"). England's been good to me type of thing. Looong chat with some random fella about how great Les Miserables is. Tubbs must have mentioned that he's going to see the show tonight or something. That'd be great if it was 1987 or so. Still speaking too quickly for my liking, never mind what the Brits must think.

The problem with it is there are much better talents on various UK stations doing this type of engagement with texts type stuff who are rooted in the time, place and culture of the UK today.

It's like he's doing one of those Sunday evening "Irish Hour" shows that used to be all over BBC Local Radio, without the BIg Tom and Maura O'Connell tracks.

Heard that. It's facking desperate. I really don't think it's going to work as it is.

The fact he can't move beyond reading and books displays a very limited mindset. There's no real breadth of knowledge or range of interests there. We get reading is an interest, but does he have anything else going on? And drinking and pubs are not an interest.

I don't listen to him as a habit, does he talk about anything else in detail, movies, etc? Suppose we can forget about sport. Even cooking would be a change up!

Been saying this a long time. He reads about 10 percent of what he claims. He has this ridiculous obsession with wanting people to view him as some bookworm, and nerd. Constantly on about it. Numpty

Was going to comment on how he almost appears to be shouting at certain stages now. He never did that on RTE. I presume he's doing so to make his voice sound clearer but he's starting to sound like Vyvyan from the Young Ones. His voice is all over the place.

It may be the influence of his great mentor, Chris Evans. I happen to catch a bit of his (Evans's) show the other morning and he still has a fairly high octane delivery for an auld fella.

I guess Tubbs thinks he better get himself somma that, if he wants to succeed. He has never had to be a "jock" really in his life (even on his 2FM breakfast stint) so he has no instinct for it. He's nearly an auld fella himself so it's unlikely he'll master it at this stage of his life.

Actually, the whole thing must be very traumatic on the fella.

It's alright going off to London for the weekend and having some fun there but for a Monkstown fella with the world at his feet having to start over again where he is a nobody, even in terms of the how he is meant to sound on-air - it has to be tough.

He is partly responsible, of course, but still. It can't be all bookshops and West End shows. He probably has Uncle Noel roaring at him to look happier in his insta posts.

I heard two links today. Hadn't listened since his first show. First link was a voice note from someone in Galway who had great diction according to Ryan. The other was about what ge wears in bed. Also, I noticed when he gave out the WhtsApp number he said something like "you'll get used to it" which I assume is aimed at the Irish audience. Still reading the great to hear you back on the radio messages.

It’s deliberate. Again wanting desperately to be seen as quirky, odd, nerdy…