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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Cat-Mod: See post here regarding off-topic segues.
Without dragging this off-topic, what he's saying here isn't particularly original or unorthodox. Many commentators got it wrong when predicting the results of the US election and have conceded that they stayed within their own silos. While the argument that Trump is a threat to democracy may be hyperbole, his behaviour doesn't point to him being a force for good. Again, it isn't a unique point of view - there are political commentators who think this. We will have plenty of time to judge Trump over the next 4 years. Something tells me you are a Trump fan and that if Tubs had said he looked forward to seeing a 2nd Trump presidency, you wouldn't have posted this.
I hope you're wrong about this. He inadvertently did RTE a huge favour by getting himself sacked back in 2023, and they should be glad that fortune smiled on them. They owe nothing to Tubridy, and trying to bring him back into the fold strikes me as foolhardy. He's managing just fine, even if life in the private sector isn't as cushy as RTE. If RTE was to bring him back to present a once a week book show, his salary would inevitably come under the microscope. Radio 1's daytime schedule is well-established and unless they decide to snip an hour off somebody else's show, Tubs would be broadcasting in the evening time. At that time of the day, the audience figures are significantly lower than what went before. According to the August '24 JNLRs, Arena had an average audience of 49,000 listeners. John Creedon's evening show attracted 56,000 on average. How could anybody justify paying Tubridy well for a glorified arts show, once a week? For this alone, he's better off remaining with the Wireless gorup.
Ultimately, I think Tubs main weakness is that he has zero introspective qualities nor does he spend any time thinking about the world around him or what's happening in it to formulate a opinion, something he can then bring to the interview situation. He really is an empty vessel, all soundbites, platitudes and blather about Irishness and kindness. He's papering over a massive blackhole in his ability as a media personality.
Agreed. I have always thought that he has no real interest in people, or curiosity about them, or indeed about anything outside of his own cosy bubble that he inhabited until going to play senior hurling.
Probably hiding €150K in it.
Does he play the piano, what with having one in his house? If he does I'm surprised we haven't heard or seen some performances, or is it just some furniture?
Don't know if you anyone listened to the podcast. He says that he should have looked for more balanced reporting before the US election and that Kamala Harris didn't perform that well during the campaign. Said that he should have watched more than CNN and read more widely outside of the New York Times. Felt that he got carried away with the positive coverage of Kamala Harris at the Democratic convention. Then five minutes after all this, he says that Trump is a threat to democracy and will try to change the constitution so that he can stay in power. Seems like he doesn't even think about anything that he ever says.
When he mentioned himself, Russell Crowe and a piano, back at his house, I had visions of the scene in Extras with David Bowie 😁
Ryan: "Russell, I'm an entertainer too!"
Russell: "Oh, yeah what do you do?"
Ryan: "Chat show. The Late Late Show…."
Russell: "Is it any good?"
Man in background: "NO, IT'S SHíT!"
Ryan: "Awww, riff-raff, everywhere…. It get's half a million viewers. It's…….it's not exactly how I meant it to be….. RTE have interfered, chased ratings…….. made it lowest common denominator….. cancer, misery porn, country music specials…. I think I've sold out to be honest…..
Russell: "Yeah………………….(singing) Little stickman who sold his soul"
Ryan: "Sorry, the little…?"
Russell: "Little stickman who sold his dream"
Ryan: …
Russell: "Dainty little bugger"
Either the night before or the morning of each Eurovision, there was a briefing for the commentators…Terry never attended. Someone from the BBC did attend, but never Terry. Off-topic slightly, but worth mentioning for correctness. I don't think that should be held against Terry - his role as commentator was never to be an expert, he was the "everyman" who made the contest more accessible to UK viewers. I don't think the contest would have attracted the viewing figures it did in the 80s and 90s without Terry, especially as the period 1982-1996 was a winless one for the UK.
The Crowe thing still being put out there smacks of desperation at this stage.
I'd actually say Wogan (and his BBC team) probably did quite a lot of prep for Eurovisions. It's basically an exercise in yakking on about various countries, cities, cultures etc etc as filler between the songs.
But leaving that to one side, Wogan was a consumate pro on his TV chat show and radio show. If you look at any of his TV interviews he was never glued to cuecards and could easily move from question to question with guests while always actually engaging them in a two way conversation. That in itself takes preparation and it's the reason Tubridy could never deviate too far from the safe space of the cuecards……..his knowledge of the person in front of him or the topics to be covered was usually puddle deep. He was often mostly winging it while leaning heavily on the grunt work done by his researchers.
You don’t actually think he was writing the cue cards he relied so heavily on now do you? That’s the job of the researchers, not his majesty.
Same for his RTÉ radio show - he used to do a review of the papers to start the show. More than once he admitted that the team had post-it notes placed on the pages for him to read, but of course he still frequently managed to make a complete balls of that by clearly not having read those few columns before he went on air and then adopting the wrong tone to introduce said column. Zero prep - ever.
Like Marge Simpson and the Chanel Dress… Tubridy is getting some mileage out of partying with Crowe.
Wogan, Gay Byrne, Parkinson, Eamon Andrews were all professionals with a keen interest in producing the best work possible. Tubs doesn't belong in the same conversation. Very little ability, no interest in research or preparation
Is it really about the highlighted though? How much 'research & preparation' do you think Wogan did before hosting a Eurovision? The bits of Tubridy I did catch over the years I never got the impression he hasn't done his homework before an interview, sticking too rigidly to pre-prepped questions if anything…
That sort of light entertainment broadcasting is really about natural flair: most would say the other guys you mention had it in greater quantities than RT but it's ultimately a matter of taste…
Ok but I don't see anyone here lining up to offer him 100k at the moment.
Classic Hits offered him 70k before he left to do nothing other than play music which was money for jam and he refused.
Possible but I find it hard to see this happening on Bakhurst's watch, after all that's gone down between them…
I hope the tractor is ok.
Could totally see Tubs coming back to RTE settling in as the elder statesman. A nice once a week number. A “book” radio show on Radio 1. He’d take their arm off for it.
I said it when he went to Virgin. He had more than enough shots with the BBC. They weren’t mad to get the red hot RTE free agent when he was available post scandal.
Straight out of the NK playbook - NK client interviewing NK client, name dropping, humblebragging, and everything is amazing!
How people can’t see through is a real mystery. Then again, this is the country that has Michael Lowry in its parliament. It’s all a bit “bonkers”.
Some would have you believe he’s on £300k for the radio show, another €100k from WillowWarm, and another €10k per month in ad revenue from the podcast…..which gets a couple of thousand views per episode……..
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If he's on 80k sterling and paying rent in London I'd imagine he'd jump at 100k euro and be living back here.
The chances of an offer like that are slim though, in reality. The redemption pieces in the Indo are hilarious. Blatant in their objective but funny all the same.
I agree, he would jump at it, but I just can't see it happening. I imagine the powers that be in Virgin, as it is, thinking - 'really, this guy was the best they had in Ireland? Held the top job at RTE and so on. Really?' 🤔
That plus he's already done everything a broadcaster of his type can do in Ireland; I'm convinced if he got a serious offer from the BBC or another British broadcaster that fits his profile better than Virgin he'd jump at that…
Appears to be an advert for another NK Podcast, which dropped last night. The state of the art studio is getting good use.
Not sure what he would be returning to though, not that I know much about the entertainment industry but I'd imagine he would have better opportunities across the pond.
The days of getting 500k a year in little old Ireland are well and truly over for the bould Ryan.
A strange piece in the Indo today regarding our Ryan.
Basically another "isn't he great" piece, with famous friends and all.
More preparing the ground for a return to Ireland this year?
https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/i-was-an-insufferable-pain-in-the-hoop-at-times-ryan-tubridy-on-his-late-late-show-career-and-partying-with-russell-crowe/a1267156506.html
Wogan, Gay Byrne, Parkinson, Eamon Andrews were all professionals with a keen interest in producing the best work possible. Tubs doesn't belong in the same conversation. Very little ability, no interest in research or preparation and happy to dish up radio and televisual pig slop. He was just lucky he was in an organisation that was itself so inept, it routinely rewarded him with rolling big money contracts.
I dislike Tubs as much as the next man, but driving over a video of him with a tractor really takes hate watching to a whole new level! 😁
Yes, that was my original point - any word to suggest integration into UK life is wrong anyway, but the use of "embedded" is just so odd.
but he’s not integrating is he? He keeps talking only about Ireland or Irish people or attending Irish linked events.
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