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150KTubs - future career in Virgin Radio and other soulful pursuits **Mod: Read OP**

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  • #4082
    yagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,511 ✭✭✭yagan


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122241520#Comment_122241520

    The exclusion of Bryan from a lot of recent virgin radio promotion material suggests a most passive interest from the station.

    Perhaps their commitment to Bryan is as long as the attached paddy power sponsorship.



  • #4083
    GSF
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,759 ✭✭✭GSF


    Bryan must be wondering why he didn’t stand to be an MEP. 5 years of a salary equivalent to that what he was used to and loads of opportunities for people off the telly or radio. And the crankier you are the better your chances of winning



  • #4084
    swine
    Registered Users Posts: 301 ✭✭swine


    Today's podcast guest is … Noel Fitzpatrick! (AKA Supervet from TV, no I didn't know either).



  • #4085
    AndyBoBandy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,713 ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122244461#Comment_122244461

    Problem with that is you have to actually be liked enough by people for them to vote for you….

    Us simply being told Bryan Tubridy is the best there is might work for (and did work for) RTÉ, but when the people actually have a say…. they can be told whatever they want, but a mouldy biscuit will always be a mouldy biscuit, and no amount of being told otherwise will change that.



  • #4086
    RoTelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,231 ✭✭✭RoTelly


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122244488#Comment_122244488

    I though that was Den's Pet vet who happens to be an NK talent! but no he's kinda of known in England.


    ______

    Just one more thing .... when did they return that car

    Yesterday



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  • #4087
    supereurope
    Registered Users Posts: 549 ✭✭✭supereurope


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122245042#Comment_122245042

    And apparently, Britney Spears' "Toxic" was written about him. I appreciate this sounds made-up, but "Toxic" was written by Cathy Dennis (who had a few hits herself in the early 90s) and she used to date Noel.



  • #4088
    RoTelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,231 ✭✭✭RoTelly


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122254063#Comment_122254063

    🤣 Now I want it to be The Den's Pet Vet, who would go on to host the Vet section on Ireland AM. His claim to fame: -

    "Yeah, in the first years Britney was being promoted not very big, still on Disney and her song writer joined her on a press tour of Ireland around 1996, so she was on The Den, she liked cats I liked cats, I was a Vet, she had a dog back home, it was a long distance relationship, she'd come to Dublin, I'd go to LA, nothing major, animal passion and all that! …. then the song … then she went off with Zig …. cause brother problems with Zag who was more of the lady's man according to him … don't know what happened after that then Britney release the song. Heavy days. But sure now I am on Ireland AM."


    ______

    Just one more thing .... when did they return that car

    Yesterday



  • #4089
    nonetheless
    Registered Users Posts: 185 ✭✭nonetheless


    Still insistent on talking constantly about Irish people, phrases, culture and of course berating his production team. For some reason he kept referring to Kildare in a lot of his links and more Cillian Murphy name drops.

    Coming out of 12 o'clock he crashed another music vocal, this time Annie Lennox's Walking On Broken Glass. There is absolutely no excuse for this as there is a GIANT countdown clock allocated to EVERY song as part of RCS ZETTA - and this is on a big screen in front of Tubridy. The timer counts back in BIG LARGE CAPITAL SIZED BOLD NUMBERS 7, 6, 5, 4.... giving him reasonable warning as to when the next song and vocal will commence. This is happening way too much and is not being corrected, normally these kind of blunders would not be tolerated on Virgin Radio UK or on most other radio stations for that matter. Flawless execution when going into a music track would be considered a basic expectation.

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  • #4090
    podgeandrodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,853 ✭✭✭podgeandrodge


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122256297#Comment_122256297

    The "extra bag of sweets" from last week, and this week going on about some apple drops or something. His whole persona is built upon some non-existent "the way it used to be" charade, presumably to keep instamammies happy that the cheeky chirper is doing "well".



  • #4091
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,940 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122256297#Comment_122256297

    Give him a break, he's only been in radio for what, 25 years?



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  • #4092
    yagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,511 ✭✭✭yagan


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122256468#Comment_122256468

    He might even make the senior hurling yet. He's only getting started.



  • #4093
    KildareP
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,508 ✭✭✭KildareP


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122256297#Comment_122256297

    I'm starting to wonder is it some sort of passive sabotage. Production team are fully aware but just sit back and let it happen.

    The Q102 version is plagued with issues every time I tune in - long periods of dead air, jingles crashing music, music crashing jingles, earlier this week there was very audible crackling when I passed on the radio that I thought he'd spun a vinyl record only it carried on underneath subsequent links, ads and jingles. Obviously no-one is even monitoring the output on this side between 10 and 1.



  • #4094
    nonetheless
    Registered Users Posts: 185 ✭✭nonetheless


    https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2024/0615/1454763-russell-crowe-on-tubridy-geldof-and-playing-dublin/

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    ...



  • #4095
    tohaltuwi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,493 ✭✭✭tohaltuwi


    I’m barred from Instatubridy so appreciate clips here 🤣



  • #4096
    nonetheless
    Registered Users Posts: 185 ✭✭nonetheless


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122262646#Comment_122262646

    In the case of the RTE piece, it's an example of having one celebrity on the downward slope of his career commenting on a wannabe celebrity who is on the downward slope of their career.



  • #4097
    jmcc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭jmcc


    Promoting his podcast today in his IMoS column. Also covers the Muppets and Jim Henson.

    Regards…jmcc



  • #4098
    HildaOgdenx
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 7,332 Mod ✭✭✭✭HildaOgdenx


    Saw the column linked on another thread.
    He says something about 'the man child I was to become'. Um, what adult thinks that's a positive thing to say about themselves. 🥴

    Still hanging grimly onto the Toyman nonsense, I guess.



  • #4099
    jmcc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭jmcc


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122266647#Comment_122266647

    Writing is a discipline. It is hard work to create something interesting that people want to read week after week. Without the infrastructure and environment of RTE, he hasn't much left. His numbers on Virgin Radio aren't great. The second quarter (April to June) ends in a few weeks. His Eason sponsored podcast isn't as popular as the lead podcast in the NKM stable ("Paths To Power" with Matt Cooper and Ivan Yates). Around the time of the David Walliams interview, he was talking about writing a new children's book (I think). Hard not to feel sorry for him as his past is all he has now.

    Regards…jmcc



  • #4100
    HildaOgdenx
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 7,332 Mod ✭✭✭✭HildaOgdenx


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122266910#Comment_122266910

    Writing is a discipline

    I'm well aware of that.



  • #4101
    jmcc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭jmcc


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122267581#Comment_122267581

    Tubridy may be learning that the hard way.

    Regards…jmcc



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  • #4102
    CollyFlower
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,108 ✭✭✭CollyFlower


    These weekly diary's he's doing comes across as desperate to me, I think he might be hoping that over time he can regain some interest and favor from the Irish audience. Did he do these diary's when he was with RTE, when he only worked a fraction of the time there?



  • #4103
    jmcc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭jmcc


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122268043#Comment_122268043

    Don't think so. He was RTE's highest paid star for a while and it wasn't really necessary. He needs to keep some kind of media presence in the Irish market if he is to have a future here. The Q102 syndication and IMoS newspaper column are part of that effort.

    This London diary effort is very much focused on an Irish audience and I don't thilnk that the Mail on Sunday (the main English edition) carries it. The Irish Mail on Sunday isn't exactly a Tier 1 Sunday newspaper in the Irish market in terms of sales. The Sunday Indpendent, the Business Post and the Sunday Times (and even the Saturday edition of the Irish Times) sell more copies.

    Regards…jmcc



  • #4104
    Morgans
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,428 ✭✭✭Morgans


    NK will need to get involved again soon to retain interest in this thread. Ryan's rehab is going to take a lot longer than NK had him believe.

    Sponsored UK radio show tick

    Sponsored podcast tick

    Weekly diary column tick

    All just serving to reinforce in everybody's minds how he was insanely overpaid in his previous roles, and no where near worth what we were told. The emperor has no clothes. Now what is NK supposed to do.



  • #4105
    yagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,511 ✭✭✭yagan


    I was watching a googlebox the other night from some years ago and it featured an episode of the LLS.

    As stated previously I only have a TV recently after almost twenty years without so I missed the Tubridy tenure, but by god it was dreadfully bad, yet this was when he was still flying high. Was the whole country on cocaine to think him a good host?



  • #4106
    AndyBoBandy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,713 ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    He's yesterdays man…. even this thread is dying a death as the realisation of what most of all knew would happen, is happening, and he's simply fading into obscurity…. even his number 1 defender seems to have given up such is the lost cause that Bryan is, with his chances of redemption held by ropes made of marshmallows

    He must have needed a bump over the weekend hence the Russel Crowe love in…

    if he was still in RTÉ he'd probably be on the summer wind down by now, preparing to take 5-6 weeks holidays in a few weeks time… meanwhile in London he's probably got a vacation balance that he'll have to use up for any time off….

    if only he'd kept his mouth shut….



  • #4107
    HildaOgdenx
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 7,332 Mod ✭✭✭✭HildaOgdenx


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122268782#Comment_122268782

    Was the whole country on cocaine to think him a good host?

    No, not me anyway. I tried to watch when he first took over, but he was so bad, I gave up very quickly. Pat Kenny gets slated a lot for his LLS era, but I watched when he presented, and watched in the Gaybo era too. I have mentioned it before but when they appeared as guests on the 50th anniversary of the show, they both wiped the floor with him, completely unintentionally.

    Tubridy has no natural talent as a presenter, or interviewer, imo. No curiosity about people. No ability to go with the flow. Everything had to be scripted to the hilt. He was in the right place at the right time when it came to taking over the LLS. And the rest is history.

    I think he would be there yet, fumbling his way through, talking all year round about the toy show, and being paid an astronomical salary, but for the events that came to pass.



  • #4108
    Kingslayer
    Registered Users Posts: 461 ✭✭Kingslayer


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122268785#Comment_122268785

    Tubs' number one defender who admitted to never listening to his show strangely enough!



  • #4109
    Bobson Dugnutt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,247 ✭✭✭Bobson Dugnutt


    Met the main man this morning for a relatively quick coffee and bit of nosebag in Tang.

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    Boards.ie is no longer considered worth contributing to. Twitter either. Full social media engagement refresh happening. Turns out the opinions of total oddballs and weirdos on sites like Facebook and Reddit doesn’t align with real life.

    I did ask the main man if Tubs visited Boards.ie. Visited it once by all accounts - something to do with the best lock for a new bicycle. 2008 for you archivists.

    Being young is a great advantage, since we see the world from a new perspective and we are not afraid to make radical changes - Greta Thunburg



  • #4110
    HildaOgdenx
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 7,332 Mod ✭✭✭✭HildaOgdenx


    The Q102 10 o'clock news was still on when he crashed into his introduction this morning, gabbling his way through 'it's Monday, 17th June, and it's a beautiful day' and something about Christmas.

    Click.



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  • #4111
    EmmetSpiceland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,999 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122268785#Comment_122268785

    This thread isn’t going to die anytime soon. One obsessed user, who’s been banned at least twice already, can’t stay away and can’t stop listening.

    “It is not blood that makes you Irish but a willingness to be part of the Irish nation” - Thomas Davis



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