The Panel

SystemError · 28-11-2006 03:26PM #1

Did anyone see The Panel last night ? Who was yer man on it, the ex drug dealer who went to jail then wrote a book ? Ive never heard of him. How did he get caught in the end and whats the name of his book(s)?

Pighead · 28-11-2006 03:27PM

SystemError wrote:

Did anyone see The Panel last night ? Who was yer man on it, the ex drug dealer who went to jail then wrote a book ? Ive never heard of him. How did he get caught in the end and whats the name of his book(s)?

Sounds like Howard Marks. His most famous book is called Mr Nice. Tis an entertaining read. Think his Mrs has a book out now as well recalling what it was like to be married to him during those crazy years.

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Ruu_Old · 28-11-2006 03:33PM

Moved to Telleh.

J.R.HARTLEY · 28-11-2006 04:54PM

The Scientist wrote:

Yep, It was indeed the great Howard Marks...

His 3 publications are:
>Mr. Nice
>The Book of Dope stories
>Senior Nice

havent read the last one but its on my list.

T.Sc.

did you say "the Great" in regard to an ex drug dealer, fair play for turning his life around but "Great" sounds a bit OTT

the panel was actually funny the last two weeks, whats going on (well excapt for that guy from offaly and ed byrne)

sweetie · 28-11-2006 05:43PM

Ed byrne was poor last night, he said very little. I thought Edith Bowman tried a little too hard, bring back Mairead. Edith also looked awful drawn or tired.

connundrum · 28-11-2006 05:48PM

Ed Byrne was poor, but I didn't really rate him as a comedian anyway. Edith looked wrecked. The other three lads played a blinder IMO, one of teh funniest shows yet.

Howard Marks was a really good guest, but it played into the hands of the obvious one liners and predictable quips. Still good tho.

Did they ever have Dierdre O'Kane in the 'token girl's seat'? Wonder how she'd do..

lostexpectation · 28-11-2006 06:01PM

it was f'ing hilarious last night, jason byrne was brill, never broke into his stupid noises stuff.

the best thing about edith bowmen is she highly unlikely to be on next week.

maeve o'higgnes, shes a bit wierd and over does the eh quiet wierdness but now that I've seen outside Naked camera shes great

Ghost Train · 28-11-2006 06:10PM

Yeah edith looked very rough, and wasn't too funny, I'm sure she didn't understand half the jokes

The outtake at the end was the funniest part of the show "...death spray" lol

Killaqueen!!! · 28-11-2006 06:15PM

sweetie wrote:

Ed byrne was poor last night, he said very little. I thought Edith Bowman tried a little too hard, bring back Mairead. Edith also looked awful drawn or tired.

Nah she always looks like that.

They a need a permanant funny Irish woman! get me on

J.R.HARTLEY · 28-11-2006 07:06PM

lostexpectation wrote:

it was f'ing hilarious last night, jason byrne was brill, never broke into his stupid noises stuff.

yeah actually i wouldn't be much of a Jason Byrne fan but he had me in stitches last night

Dave! · 28-11-2006 07:26PM

Yeah it was Howard Marks on last night. I was caught off-guard by it, so had to jump down and press record on the video machine!

He was quality, really showed how witty he is.

I recommend that everyone buys 'Mr Nice' and reads it -- I read it a few years ago and loved it, and am now as a result of seeing Howard last night, re-reading it!

My brother is reading it for the first time too, as a result of seeing Howard. I'll probably get 'Senor Nice' off someone for Christmas.

Hopefully I'll be able to get the clip onto the computer and if I do I'll put it on YouTube.

Jason Byrne was very good too

Ghost Train · 28-11-2006 08:20PM

I have the episode on my pc from last night, will compress it and upload it later if anyone wants

Mossy Monk · 28-11-2006 08:27PM

cool

DublinWriter · 28-11-2006 09:19PM

connundrum wrote:

Did they ever have Dierdre O'Kane in the 'token girl's seat'? Wonder how she'd do..

Oh gawd no, don't.

Howard Marks is a fascinating character, but I found his bio a bit of a drag. He really should have got a decent ghostwriter. The chapter in his bio about using Shannon Airport (he briefly mentioned it last night) is hilarious.

As for the token bintage, Edith who?

Ghost Train · 28-11-2006 09:49PM

Probably best to right click and save, about ~60mb each
www.eolhc.org/video/panel1.avi
www.eolhc.org/video/panel2.avi

FranknFurter · 28-11-2006 10:51PM

Killaqueen!!! wrote:

They a need a permanant funny Irish woman! get me on

Pauline McGlynn (SP?), yer wan who plays Mrs Doyle in Fr. Ted.
SHE would make a great permanent.

B

EdgarAllenPoo · 28-11-2006 11:09PM

Was I the only one that seemed to find last week's show funnier(don't know if it was Dara O'Briain's absence (as he's usually very funny). Any one able to upload last week's show?

Dave! · 28-11-2006 11:55PM

GDM wrote:

Was I the only one that seemed to find last week's show funnier(don't know if it was Dara O'Briain's absence (as he's usually very funny). Any one able to upload last week's show?

http://www.rte.ie/tv/thepanel/video20061120.html

You can stream it there

Guy:Incognito · 29-11-2006 12:04AM

I know this comes up in every panel thread but when it reshown? i missed it last night.

John R · 29-11-2006 12:15AM

Stekelly wrote:

I know this comes up in every panel thread but when it reshown? i missed it last night.

COMEDY: The Panel
On: RTÉ 2
Date: Saturday 2nd December 2006 (starting in 3 days)
Time: 00:20 to 01:30 (1 hour and 10 minutes long)

This week Dara is joined by Panel regulars Colin Murphy, Neil Delemare and Ed Byrne to discuss some of the highlights of the week.
(Repeat)
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Marked By: 'Category: Comedy' marker
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Excerpt taken from DigiGuide - the world's best TV guide available from http://www.getdigiguide.com/?p=1&r=629

Copyright (c) GipsyMedia Limited.

Dave! · 29-11-2006 01:09AM

Stekelly wrote:

I know this comes up in every panel thread but when it reshown? i missed it last night.

You can stream it from the website buddy...
http://www.rte.ie/tv/thepanel/video20061127.html

Faith · 29-11-2006 01:15AM

That video is appalling quality, the sound is píss poor. I sent an angry email to RTE about it earlier, but they haven't fixed it. Can't hear a word they're saying.

jellie · 29-11-2006 01:15AM

J.R.HARTLEY wrote:

did you say "the Great" in regard to an ex drug dealer, fair play for turning his life around but "Great" sounds a bit OTT

the panel was actually funny the last two weeks, whats going on (well excapt for that guy from offaly and ed byrne)

there seemed to be a lot of that on the show. hes stoned, what a legend! :rolleyes:

as for "that guy from offaly" - neil delamere? i LOVE him. he was (possibly still is, not sure) the mc for brays comedy clubs monthly gigs & was always hilarious

radiospan · 29-11-2006 01:16AM

Thanks for the links eolhc! Getting it now.

Wouldn't mind seeing Maeve Higgins on it, missed her bit on Podge and Rodge. Maeve (I think?) Farrell was the best they've had in a while (not brilliant, but...)

Dara O'Briain was on Tubridy at the weekend and he said they might start rotating the hosts in 2007.

lostexpectation · 29-11-2006 08:10AM

Faith wrote:

That video is appalling quality, the sound is píss poor. I sent an angry email to RTE about it earlier, but they haven't fixed it. Can't hear a word they're saying.

oh it is terrible, they must have decided to put it on the different compression, maybe the production company did it.

they should put cloim murphy over the other side and bring the unfunny, nothing to say for herself non-comedian woman, over to the left ide so she can interact with the guests atleast.

Dave! · 29-11-2006 09:20AM

Faith wrote:

That video is appalling quality, the sound is píss poor. I sent an angry email to RTE about it earlier, but they haven't fixed it. Can't hear a word they're saying.

Works fine for me

Guy:Incognito · 29-11-2006 04:55PM

works grand for me, cheers dave.

Rb · 29-11-2006 07:12PM

DaveMcG wrote:

Yeah it was Howard Marks on last night. I was caught off-guard by it, so had to jump down and press record on the video machine!

I'm sure the rest of Tallaght were jumping with you Dave, one of their heroes on TV sure how could they not tape it?!

Was a good episode alright, I'd heard about Howard Marks before and he was quite an interesting guest.
Edith Bowman was alright I suppose.

Faith · 29-11-2006 08:27PM

lostexpectation wrote:

oh it is terrible, they must have decided to put it on the different compression, maybe the production company did it.

I emailed RTE about it, and they said there was a problem that they hadn't noticed. They've fixed it now

. They were very helpful and nice.

stev2604 · 30-11-2006 05:49PM

FranknFurter wrote:

Pauline McGlynn (SP?), yer wan who plays Mrs Doyle in Fr. Ted.
SHE would make a great permanent.

B

Ya she was great on it, also, the presenter of Paisean Fasion on TG4 was good aswell, cant remember her name though!

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