Following on from main thread in Current Affairs about Tubs in general (now closed and mod suggestion that Entertainment category is more suitable).
Indeed, entertainment in certain respects is what Tubs has provided, albeit perhaps in a way not intended. And still awaiting 150k payback to the licence fee holder.
And of course, his new career in Virgin Radio which is imminent.
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Of course we expect Partridge comparisons here and on FB comments, but I'm surprised at Waterford Whispers News doing something so obvious. I'm out of the loop of their recent content, but they used to have an edge of originality to them. Literally any poster on this thread could have (and in many cases already has) come up with this joke. You expect more from professional satirists.
I can of course see the reason for the comparisons, but the fact is that almost every TV and radio presenter gets compared to the character - precisely because the character is based on how TV and radio presenters actually behave. There's loads of examples...
https://www.reddit.com/r/AlanPartridge/comments/u5x4v4/meet_pat_kenny_a_real_life_irish_alan_partridge/
Steve Coogan himself even acknowledges that he and pretty much every presenter are a little bit Partridge.
"If you had a Venn diagram, the Alan Partridge circle will overlap the Steve Coogan circle," he quipped. He also acknowledged that "every major television presenter these days" display traits of the hilarious caricature. "There’s even that website, Accidental Partridge. So loads of people are guilty of sounding like Alan Partridge. It’s a reciprocal thing; it’s symbiotic. People out there sound like Alan and Alan sounds like them."
So it's not really that there's a bit of Partridge in Presenter X, more that there's a bit of Presenter X (and Y and Z) in Partridge. That's the genius of good satire, it takes reality and reflects it in such a way that you end up seeing reality though the lens of the satire. Lazily presenting that, as WWN have done, as "original" content is really pretty poor satire. It's like being at a comedy show, hearing the comedian on stage telling a joke that makes everyone laugh, then nudging the stranger beside you and telling the same joke.
versus
Tubridy is a fan of Dettol I believe.
It's a no nonsense disinfectant that gets the job done. Dettol
Ryan more or less backed up the partridge comparison when interviewing Coogan
Amazing to think that Noel Kelly actually has fans. It’s like being a fan of Ryanair or the private company who run NCT centres.
If the same Tubs/NK fans complain each time Alan Partridge is referenced following Ryan's ignominious downfall from late night chat show presenter to mid-morning radio presenter at non-national station, then its as good a sign as any that the comparisons are apt. In fact, its likely they were not appropriate 10 years ago.
who invented the skip?
How is this show going?
I havent listened in. I do no care much for the Toyman.
Is it a magazine show, like his RTE one. Or is he just pushing the play button on the MP3 player.
Is he still refering to himself as the Toyman?
How about name dropping his cousins hotel in Connemara?
Still treating pulpy murder mysteries at high brow liteary ficton?
What about his friendship with Megan Markle?
You forgot the constant name-dropping, licking up to people in authority, being authors of numerous books to keep themselves relevant. One of Partridges was pulped, I forget the reason why. One of Tubridy's by his own admission sold minimal copies, probably a lot of copies were also pulped. One lived for a time in a travel lodge, the other in a 1 bed apartment. Out-sized egos, etc I could go on.
Not exactly the same, but in many ways very similar. Although Partridge is a far more interesting and funny character of course, and easier to sympathize with.
Did somebody quote him saying "I had the last laugh" or similar in his Mail column?
Back of the net!!!
I'll give one example on why the alan partridge references are relevant
The par joke
It's really difficult to see where the line between art and reality is when comparing Partridge and Tubridy.
"Lol dunno why, plenty of people here." Comment from up the corridor in one of Virgin's sister stations today at the news.
One professional's theory is: "they've realised how awful he is and need more people working on the show to try and hide that"
I don't know? Maybe he needs a little help in the kitchen?
Unreal and vomit inducing.
Like his last "link" today before 1pm and lunch - all about a new french police method of fining people for allowing dogs to litter in public. Ok content - but its the timing of it. 1pm when most of the uk and ireland breaks for lunch. 11.15 might have been a time to mention that kind of dog turd but he has no cop on or class or intelligence. No wonder BBC R2 didn't want him back, ever.
Nah they're funnier now because they are even more relevant now than they were when he was in RTÉ pulling massive wedges...
He's doing mid morning radio in the U.K., talking (repeatedly) about subject(s) that are about as interesting as a wasp sting on your nuts, making dad jokes and reading out celebrity birthdays, all while playing the likes of Ed Sheehan & Coldplay...
The comparisons with Partridge couldn't be more apt right now.
Andy Preston has been moved from a 10am-3pm slot to a 1pm-6pm slot.
Well Partridge did make a TV come back of sorts on "This Time". So Tubridy's next move is surely the "One Show" on BBC. If Ronan Keating can make it there, Tubridy can.
Except that they are still so valid. It's almost as if Steve Coogan stalked Tubs looking for material for his iconic character - or else people like Tubs are ten-a-penny and that it is only in RTE that someone with Tubs' talent 🙄 (and connections)!would become so revered and celebrated.
Best of luck to the chap - I'm just glad he's no longer financed by the licence fee
Enda, in your opinion what would be the thinking or reasoning for hiring an assistant producer?
Sorry for jumping in here without reading any posts but is RT airing on Q102 during the day (Via Virgin)?
If so, what happened to the presenter who actually hosting on Q102 during this timeslot?
-Actually your friend (or client NK?) Tubs, did the Budweiser wassup the other day on the air.
Tubs could get done for copyright infringement.
Replace Car Crash with Hair Dresser radio. Remember loads of us get our haircuts or hairdressing at the weekend here!
"and an agenda to remain relevent in Ireland and get back there as ASAP"..... "ofcourse they'd take him back"
Not Radio Norwich but
I'll have you know our Tubs is at the cutting edge of broadcasting
If virgin doesn't work I'm sure radio Norwich will sell him a slot.
Well said on all points, I agree with you 100% - but his boss said and I quote: "he's such a good cook" and "he gets on with everyone"(for now!) so aren't those two important qualities for National UK radio success surely? Why are they now hiring an assistant producer to "work with the Oirish broadcasting legend Ryan Turdbuddy"?
JNLR + Rajar forecasts for his show please! WIll he be up or down?
Far too early to make a judgement on Tubs success or failure outside RTE. The fact that NK landed "the Irish broadcasting legend" that little number is not as revealing as how long he will last at it, or indeed what his next gig will be after it.
I remain unconvinced that Tubs can adapt to a UK radio show and bring any sort of audience with him. If he could, he would have kept up his summer stints at the BBC. He didn't because he was found out and wasn't invited back.
Everything about this little London adventure points to temporary and an agenda to remain relevant in Ireland and to get back there ASAP. As for RTE never taking him back, I see that abit like Bertie and FF. In the right climate, at some point in the future, of course they'd take him back.
I hope he proves me wrong. For many years to come!
Fair enough Gregor - and I'd actually agree with you on being a sort of devil's advocate. Just awaiting the "success rating" by Bobson to tell us all Tubs owns several chateaus and half the Irish state as well as that being a mark of Tubs worth as a human on earth as a "man of the people" who is selfless and generous.
Currently hes listing listeners all over the world from the north pole to timbuktu. They do not count as Rajar ticks on the diary or increases in JNLR ratings for a floundering Dublin niche music station - meant to be "easy listening" with Tubs on air its about as easy as nails down a chalkboard to "listen" or rather "have foisted upon your senses".
The 50 page rule. - wow! Was he in remedial class for english or actually has reading difficulties? That may explain the Adderal references. Lord save us.
Virgin could be onto something offering rehab services for celebrities requiring a retreat
