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

To anyone who doesn't know Tubs, that does sound very impressive indeed. He appears on the surface to be a never sit down, entrepreneurial power house. A self made man.

In reality…………

• His radio show in the UK is the equivalent of a heart surgeon leaving Dublin to take up a job as a first aider.
• His weekend show, see above.
• His newspaper column is less Jeremy Paxman and more Jeremy Clarkson with a brain injury.
• His podcast isn't a self startup passion project, more a shallow, low rent sponsor deal based on marketing and book sales for Eason.
• His published author status is no more impressive than that of Wayne Rooney or Jordan the Page 3 model. In fact, I'd say there's more literary heft in Rooney's effort.
• His enviable bank balance, well………… we don't need to re-hash how he came about those ill gotten gains. The answer is in the name of this thread!
• He does have kids. And a girlfriend. I'll give him that. I don't think Dee, Noel or his FF connections helped him with those.

Nobody is biting. You may have to increase your 75mins per day.

Now there's an image I didn't need......😮

Hey Bobson

Please don't take this the wrong way. I can see you spend a of time replying to posters and posting pictures of your dinner.

But what are you thoughts on the podcast.

Have you listened?

Do you think the format works for him?

What are your thoughts on the guests and the books they have chosen?

Do you think the bookman is brining anything new to the table with the podcast. In terms of what he is finding out about his guests or do you think it is just the LLS with books?

What do you think.

I would love an indept post on your thoughts.

Leave the poor man alone. He was born looking like that. He can't do anything about it. Truth is, he is probably in better shape then most men his age. The joke got old a long time ago.

I am more intrested in his financial ties to the GAA and how he is supposed to be objective regarding them.

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To what?

Marty must wake up every morning and ask himself: " how am I still getting away with this?". A likeable character, no doubt, but an absolute spoofer and despite what he says, an awful lot of the personal appearances he makes are certainly not free

Great. But what do you think of his podcast?

Cool. Thank you for the reply.

I know you get a lot of stick for constantly defending Tubs. I am not a fan. But I know many people are. I would like to try and look at the show through your eyes and to maybe better understand Tubs appeal to some people.

As a voracious read. Do you think it works as a stand alone literay podcast. Or is it just the LLS lite with books as a jumping off point for intervews.

What did you enjoy about the Ahern one?

Do you think the show is adding anything to an already overly satuared market?

Have you any guests in mind that you would like to have on the show?

As a follow up, why do you think the above guests would work well with the format?

Aside from maybe his 200 daily YouTube viewers I don't think theres many who feel fomo for a pint with barter account boy.

Plus how many of the 200 viewers are rubby neckers?

Edit to add we'll never know with comments switched off.

Funny I don't get that impression at all, though I always felt that he feigned all most all of his excitement about his work, I always felt as soon as he took over on TLLS it was beneath him in someway. Perhaps it was!

He's not in London for London's sake.

Some would argue that rte is nursing home fair. I didn't have a tv for nearly twenty years until the pandemic when we had to take in an elderly who needed her "murder she wrote" and "heartbeat" fix.

Once we helped her find navigate her smartphone she actually ended on that more with live streamed daily mass and rosaries from Lourdes and knock.

I will say tg4 is great, Contractors is the best program on Irish tv at preset.

Joe Rogan: 16.4 million subscribers and 3.49 Billion views.

Ryan Tubridy: 32 likes and 959 views over 5 days (approximately 200 a day).

NK Productions has 1.88K subscribers for its podcasts.

Podcasting seems to be a highly competitive market and without the promotional engine of RTE to drive awareness for Tubridy and the lack of a slot on an Irish national broadcaster (Radio or TV), it seems hard for Turbidy to make an impact. I suppose that a few hundred views a day on Youtube for a relative newcomer to the podcasting scene is good and there may be a few from iTunes and Spotify to boost that number.

Fame seems to have its own half life. For people who listen to the 09:00 slot on RTE, Oliver Callan has replaced Tubridy. Patrick Kielty has replaced Tubridy on the LLS. Tubridy has been off Irish national radio the best part of a year. The longer Tubridy remains off national Irish radio and TV, the more difficult it will be to get him a job in Irish national broadcasting. People may only remember him for the payments scandal. Even Gerry Ryan was forgiven for the Lambo incident. Shouldn't Tubridy's fans be hoping for a bit of the same forgiveness for Gerry Ryan's tea boy?

Regards…jmcc

Bobson, you get a lot of flack on this thread. Mostly unwarranted. But I always find it odd. That most of your posts are either defending Tubs. Or making snarky replies to other posters.

It would be nice to hear more about how you like his radio show and how you feel about the podcast as a whole.

I would certainly like to know more about what strenghts and weakness you see in Tubs as a broadcaster.