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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Tubridy was so late for work this morning at Virgin Radio, he hadn't even arrived by 9.58am to do a handover from Chris Evans. That is really unprofessional as he should be in there to start work for that show by at least 8.30-9.30am (latest) each day.
This mornings listening was interesting, he couldn't even remember the phone number and had to scramble to find the cue card.
Apparently he had to rent a bike to cycle to London Bridge St.
A competent and committed presenter should be at the studio at least 1.5 - 2 hours before taking over from the breakfast show presenter, while having already prepped the night before.
In one of his links: "You know the way nearly all the streets smell of cannabis now" - he just said that live on air.
And he is supposed to be a professional! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
It's total Fr. Ted stuff.
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I listened in the other day (involuntary), and he mumbled the number so badly that noone could possibly have heard it.
I don't think he's inept at all, what happened in Ryan's case is he had cheer leaders and yes men beside him telling him he's great when was terrible, so instead of a normal situation where you learn from mistakes in this case they were celebrating and rewarding it
"Inept: meaning: having or showing no skill; clumsy.
"the referee's inept handling of the match"
There are dozens of examples of Tubridy's ineptitude where he is lacking even the most basic of production and presentation skills. Clumsy can be way of describing his lack of ability to even operate a simple NEXT button on a station automation system, let alone faders on an Axia console. They have to pay an operator to play audio for him or operate the system.
I only feel sorry for him in that no one encouraged him to quit while ahead, or take what was on offer last year without complaining.
But it really is his own hubris keeping this spectacle tumbling along.
To paraphrase a journalist talking about Liz Truss, Tubs is planet sized mass of over confidence and ambition, teetering on a pinhead of a broadcasting brain!
Maybe Ryan should consider entering this competition. He is now in the right age bracket and would wet himself at the thought of the prize.
I wonder why he didn't get a motorbike taxi to work if he was late. They would have had him at London Bridge in jig time.
What was wrong with saying the streets smell of cannabis, isn't it true?
I wonder if he spoke with anyone before making the comment he made that nobbled his chance of remaining in rte?
I don't get a vibe from reading thru this post that's he's a man who would listen to others and any advice or insight they may have.
They needed to keep him up to keep their own salaries up
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I'd say 'missing home' could hit hard today with all the snow being had in Dublin..
We're all kids inside and Ryan is the ToyMan, so he probably would have loved this.
Should he not be aiming to be in the studio several hours before the show starts? He hardly just rocks up to Virgin radio at 9:45, does he? (Actually, he almost certainly does)
thats probably how it worked in RTÉ... arrive 10-15 minutes before going on air, as the army of minions would have the entire show prepared and mapped out for him...
This is probably why he sounds so lost and fills the air with incomprehensible gibberish... because he has to think for himself what he's going to talk about, and inevitably always falls back to his comfort zone of books & Ireland...
Maybe if he put the effort in, arrived into work at 6-7am, and spent a few hours going through the papers he'd have more interesting stuff to talk about...
I'd almost call in for the craic to tell him my favourite book, and when he asked what my favourite book was, I'd tell him it's the cheque book he's going to cut the €150k cheque from to repay RTÉ... I'll get my coat..
To repay the money he owes to the Irish people. Not RTE.
Tubridy clearly doesn't appreciate that slot. He has trousered so much money in RTE for doing **** all that no matter how he may spin it, that Virgin 10am to 1pm slot (100k pa) is a step down FOR HIM. If you are on radio or TV - tardiness is a serious NO NO, it's the ultimate example of unprofessionalism. Any presenter needs to factor in possibilities for being delayed so they need to be at the studio premises at least 1/1.5 hrs before going on air AND prepped. That's a basic expectation.
Legally they should put "in certain contracts it is law you must be there on site 30 minutes before your show starts"
It's unacceptable for him to roll in at 5 to the hour as he did in Montrose for years. What has happened this week is further proof that he hasn't a clue about radio.
Hasn't a clue about life in general. There's people working minimum wage or doing factory shift work that make it their business to be in 20 minutes early so they have breathing space before they begin work. I was one of them. Imagine having the brass neck to do a 1 hour radio show for all those years and coast along doing as little as possible as all the lowly help does all the heaving lifting. And on top of that, to trouser secret payments "cos your worth it"
In some ways, Dee Forbes et al have done the state a service. By being embroiled in such egregious piss taking with public money, they have really put RTE under the microscope. I dread to think had this flown under the radar for another 10/20 years and these parasites continued to hoover up fat payments while the rest of RTE was squeezed dry.
It's positively a little bit of Tory England in South Dublin.
I've seen this In my area of work , where people are so out of the loop on their own contract negotiations he was speaking on topics he knew nothing about
Tubridy might have to do some reading to catch up with this chap:
It is the kind of column in a major Sunday newspaper of which Tubridy could only dream. Still though, there's always the IMoS tomorrow.
Regards...jmcc
I think Oliver Callan summed his attitude to advice from NK pretty well in Kicks 2023, with Noel trying to steer him into not making an idiot of himself. Narcissistic people avoid listening to advice at all costs, they are self-deluded into believing they invariably know best.
This article describes fairly succinctly NPD, over-indulged as a kid, trauma, genes, and growing up in a culture where the importance of the self is emphases over community, something we see very much these times, but less common when Tubs was a youngster. Possibly he was compared a lot to his extremely intelligent brother.
Did he not think of bringing his scooter down on the train, if that’s possible 🤔
Tom Dunne is taught a lesson for getting on the wrong side of NK.
This morning's IMoS piece seems to be a pivot to being the "foodman". The international section of Sainsbury's gets a mention for having Irish stuff. Perhaps he intends being the Enid Blyton of food journalism?
Another muck savage wandering around London looking for sausages 😀
Lashings and lashings of ginger beer?
When does Aunt Fanny make an appearance?
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