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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This is interesting because someone was suggesting that 2FM should become a sport radio station, look at how low down sports are for radio listeners.
I’d say it’s almost a certainty too that Bryan himself had heard the giftgrup sketch…. And if not Bryan, King Noel would have heard it….
It's notable that none of his defenders have anything to say about his actual show. The comments are mostly along the lines of "Look how successful this man is, you jealous hate-listeners". We've all heard him on the radio and everybody is making much the same comments. Many of the comments are constructive criticisms. He would be in a far better place now if he had taken them on board. I bet if I was to replay that Gift Grub sketch from January, it'd be as relevant today was it was 6 months ago.
Exactly. The term "millionaire" ascribes certain traits to Tubridy that he doesn't deserve. Aside from lottery winners and those with hereditary wealth, most millionaires are smart, hard working, capable and impressive individuals. Tub's only discernible skill, as far as I can see, was his ability to schmooze the right people in RTE in order to get presenting roles he wasn't really suitable for and in concert with his agent, to get vastly overpaid year after year for the lightest workload he was able to get away with.
There is no doubt in my mind that he despises his current situation and wishes none of this happened. He doesn't want to be in London working for a relative pittance, dealing with staff and listeners who aren't Irish and who don't give a toss about floury spuds, creamy 99 cones, terminal illnesses or his close friendship with dead Irish A-list celebs. He just wants to wake up and find himself in Montrose, skipping out the door at 10am for a meeting with his accountant about new ways he can offset his huge tax liability.
I don't think many people here are bothering to turn on the radio to listen to him for long, Bobson. We're enjoying the soap opera and know that this experiment is going to end in tears for your golden boy. As for the rest of it…he's only a millionaire because RTE vastly overpaid him for years. His radio slot is far from the prestigious thing you say it is - and it looks like his audience figures are poor. The podcast isn't setting the world alight. Yeah, he's really doing well for himself.
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Virgin Radio UK is not nationwide in coverage - the SDL covers 83% of the UK - the assistant PD is unable to hear it properly in his car, in his hometown and in the home counties.
The word from sources at Virgin is that they are unhappy with Tubridy and that he is on probation - if he doesn't improve ratings they will address it. But look, that's senior hurling.
You know I am always slight reminded of Simon Dee in all of this, though Simon did head to LWT, and possibly has a more interesting story to tell. Actually there is probably little comparison to be made perhaps Tubs will be given more time.
Anyway we should really stop all this criticism and not reply. It's not good for the heart now is it.
I'd say he wakes up every morning wondering "where did it all go wrong?"
I'd say he wants nothing more than to be back, having it good, like the old days. Maybe that's partly why he sounds almost manic in his delivery, in the odd clip I have heard here and there. Heard a tiny bit this morning, calling out names and saying not dead 🤷♀️
I'd actually say he thinks everything is going great.
…and everybody applauded
re EASONS - one Saturday morning I was in a branch of easons and they were playing the Tubridy podcast ad over the sound system.
An older very respectable looking lady let out a string of industrial strength expletives and loudly told the staff behind counter “God preserve us and save us - will ye turn off that feckin eejit!!!”
They complied with her wishes!
Mentioned on his show that he will be coming home to his favourite listener (his Mammy) tomorrow
He's not really enjoying this London thing, is he?
Edging ever closer to grave edge of his career.…
"and the following week the roadshow takes the ferry across 'the pond' where we'll be broadcasting from Glasnevin Cemetery"
Join me next week when I'll be hosting an outside broadcast from a funeral home. lol
Can't be a Tubs' show without a bitta death and/or cancer
For a presenter and a radio station that is supposedly trying to improve their listenership figures - What did they do today? After 12:25pm they brought in one of The Times obituary editors and discussed death. A guest discussion which cascaded into a depressing extended link for Tubridy giving him opportunity to drop in Lee Harvey Oswald, question the editor about savoury and unsavoury obituaries and obituaries over shadowing other obituaries.
Oh Jesus, this is supposed to be a feel good radio station?
Virgin Radio UK AND it's presenters are receiving thousands of messages from the UK listener indicating that the show is utter tripe and they hate him and his only purpose on air is an attempt to appeal to an Irish audience which according to a Virgin Radio source - that is not working either.
It seems that the PD is asleep behind the controls of a runaway train at speed heading straight for a terminus station.
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to make things VERY clear, ButtersSuki, whom I know, and who was site-banned, has NEVER re-registered as Alzer100 or any other user handle.
just listened to his link there as I'd a few minutes to kill between some calls..
100% Irish orientated (Mary flying from Dublin airport, Cork, GAA, Paul Mescal, GAA shorts, Mary again), voice (tone/volume) up and down like a yoyo, half finished sentences/words… an absolute mess….
oh and some interview he did with a Vicar..
"but don't worry if you missed it as it's on The Ryan Tubridy Show Podcast, which 'drops' on Friday at 1pm"
And Tubridy is to broadcasting what The Acolyte is to Star Wars.
Russell crowe is to music what tubridy is to broadcasting.
exactly this, there isn’t one hint of genuine curiosity in Ryan’s voice, that is present in the broadcasters we actually enjoy listening to. The list of questions to be ticked off, one by one, no sliding off piste for a moment’s tangent. Maybe part of it is that he can’t do time management, ie if he were to venture into a tangent he wouldn’t have the focus to look at the minutes and seconds ticking away whilst actually thinking in his feet.
For 14 years.
A very very very expensive placeholder!
The best that could be said of tubridy as a lls host was that he was a place holder.
Tubridy can't even do the sitting down bit without squirming and shifting uncomfortably in the seat like there's fleas down there going at him.
but he does have a 'real' quality and has no problem with speaking to all his guests informally whoever they may be, whether Hollywood star or a person running a charity etc.
I always enjoyed Brendan O'Connor's tv show. I think it was because he has an ability to relate to people, as you have described it.
Graham Norton, to me, is the ultimate example of being able to go with the flow when a guest comes out with something maybe more serious than was expected. He has the advantage of the show not being live, of course, but tbh, I think very little fazes him.
Gaybo almost thrived on the unexpected. He handled a panel of speakers on a regular basis, back in the day. No guarantee as to what might be said. As an aside, the show he did in honour of The Dubliners stands out in my mind as a masterclass in presenting.
Most good presenters have moments where I am sure they wished they had handled things differently or said something other than what they said. But that's what makes someone human too and enjoyable to watch.
Tubridy seemed so afraid of anything that he wasn't 100% scripted and prepared for. That really robs a talk show of life and spontaneity. And to think that he HAD to be paid so highly for fear he would leave RTE, ha ha ha - [sarcastic laughter], because it sure isn't funny. And never was. As if any other station would pay him, Darcy, Duffy and the rest anything like what they were (and are) getting in RTE. He was lucky to get the Virgin gig, however long it lasts.
