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

That "Senior Hurling" quote from him really sticks in my craw. It was a massive kick in the teeth to RTE, who he conned into paying him undeserved megabucks. When he "left" RTE, he didn't go "senior", he went to "junior" and is about to go "underage", imo.

Would it though?

Anyone who wanted to have followed him, but his old tv and radio slots have increased viewership since his departure.

I'd imagine within the media there's no love lost for someone who couldn't appreciate how good they had in an era when the patience of the public is wearing thin for the pampered lifestyle of the Montrose untouchables.

Slave to professionalism that I am, I will decline to comment on the first episode until I can summon up the willpower to watch it on Youtube this week. But after reading some comments here, I had to check out the first few minutes to see Tubridy fall at the first hurdle with his introductory word for word reading from an A4 sheet, with all the interest and zeal of a schoolboy forced to read a page from his textbook in front of the class.

He actually began to speed up through it and almost resorted to saying "Yada, yada, yada, etc, etc …….DAVID WALLIAMS, Welcome!"

Walliams looked bemused and told him the intro was a touch too long and Tubridy retorted "Yes, I'm exhausted myself and we haven't even got to the first book!" - in a slightly peevish, Partridge manner I thought, which implied "Yes yes, you're big deal aren't you. Woop de doo. Now, lets get on with this so I can get out of here!" 😁

Actually looking forward to it a small bit now!

Next week on the podcast…

… Judge Martin Nolan

Well all but one of them.

Call me cynical but I can help but think that this podcast was put out now to provide plausible deniability when he gets shitcanne…I mean he parts ways with virgin radio as he “wanted to focus on my passion project, my podcast.”

When Tubs was in RTE, never in a million years would he lower himself to get involved in a podcast.

He'd also have been horrified about the prospect of just providing filler between tunes in a highly formulaic set list, which is what he is doing at Virgin.

Very poor selection in their stores generally.

As others have said, they are glorified stationery and sweet shops with a few meagre shelves of books among the toys, puzzles, magazines, greeting cards.

RTE One used to have a books programme and it was presented by Rick O'Shea. RTE also had an Arts TV programme that was, I think, presented by John Kelly (LyricFM). I'd agree on Tubdridy not having established his credibility as a book worm. He seems to want to be thought of as literary without having to put in the amount of reading necessary to be well read. Don't think that his podcast will translate into a show on Irish radio or even as a News UK podcast after the novelty effect wears off.

Regards…jmcc

He would never have attempted an independent podcast during his RTE days. Too much effort, would have to pay staff himself, would have to risk the embarrassment of failure....

Much easier to ask Dee to give him a pod on RTE's coin, show up once a week and get handed all his homework by a team of lackeys. Collect salary increase. Job done.

They own some good ones - Dubray and Gutter chains - and yet use the main brand which is more associated with schoolbooks and greeting cards on a book podcast. Weird.

"Might". Right then. He was on top of it all along.