George Hook

eroo · 16-12-2007 12:01am #1

Does anyone else find him incredibly annoying?

He is the most pessimistic,ignorant know-it-all I have ever seen!He never has anything good to say!Whether it is rugby or more recently ice skating(wtf?) he never has anything good to say...I mean whenever Ireland are playing he always says the opposing team are going to win!I just cannot stand him,why is he on our sreens??Am I the only one who thinks this of him!?

rant over:o

MagicMarker · 16-12-2007 12:02am

Who?

jimi_t · 16-12-2007 12:03am

Really decent chap in real life it must be said... but I wouldn't hold much credence with his rugby commentary

GBX · 16-12-2007 12:03am

Well he can be annoying at times .. he's paid to have an opinion, so he's bound to get up some peoples snot at times.

Mweelrea · 16-12-2007 12:04am

i think he comes across as a down to earth decent guy although thats just my opinion

Kur4mA · 16-12-2007 12:06am

I think he's a legend and always dead honest.

SligoBrewer · 16-12-2007 12:08am

i would.

Dave! · 16-12-2007 12:08am

Used to like him but now he just annoys the sh*te outa me

miju · 16-12-2007 12:08am

jimi_t wrote: »

Really decent chap in real life it must be said... but I wouldn't hold much credence with his rugby commentary

dunno about that. did you every see him in the taxi in the Naked Camera DVD. even before your man started to win him up he was an arrogant and ignorant ****er IMO

he is very opininated but it is what makes it good to listen to on the drive home from work most days

Agamemnon · 16-12-2007 12:16am

He is hilariously full of shit but in an entertaining way. The RTE Sports department specialise in unearthing half-mad pundits who'll spout any old shite to drum up some controversy (see also Joe Brolly, Pat Spillane and Eamonn Dunphy). Hook's deranged ramblings are very funny to listen to - he's a national comedic treasure.

Mossy Monk · 16-12-2007 12:21am

I really enjoy his radio show. Top guy.

deecom · 16-12-2007 12:28am

Well i think he can be an interesting guy, depends on what he is talking about tbh. Miss him here has to be said, nobody like him in Slovenia!

Vaschuk · 16-12-2007 12:30am

He worked with my mum, and she said he is one of the nicest people you could meet.

Ballerina · 16-12-2007 12:38am

I find his voice pretty annoying....although i love in the ad for newstalk when he says something like "im a patient man minister and iv asked the question now three times" dunno why really its just kinda cool :cool:

SUNGOD · 16-12-2007 1:11am

eroo wrote: »

Does anyone else find him incredibly annoying?

He is the most pessimistic,ignorant know-it-all I have ever seen!He never has anything good to say!Whether it is rugby or more recently ice skating(wtf?) he never has anything good to say...I mean whenever Ireland are playing he always says the opposing team are going to win!I just cannot stand him,why is he on our sreens??Am I the only one who thinks this of him!?

rant over:o

completely off topic but i thought you signed that thread "rant over" and all i thought was cool name

Dudess · 16-12-2007 1:18am

Really sound fella if not easy to listen to... but why isn't this in the Radio forum?

arybvtcw0eolkf · 16-12-2007 1:23am

Hook fan here. Some people need to get a life, plus.....

I'll reply in most threads

eroo · 16-12-2007 2:57am

post whore?

The Real B-man · 16-12-2007 3:01am

I went to the school he went too and he came to our 1st year christmas party complete knob tbh!

phasers · 16-12-2007 11:10am

I would

GhostInTheRuins · 16-12-2007 11:24am

I've never met him but he seems like a fairly sound chap, I like 'The right Hook' too.

wheres me jumpa · 16-12-2007 11:44am

I find it hard to listen to him when hes on tv, probably because he is commentating on something he hasnt a clue about, e.g. Ice Skating. However while commuting for a period of time last year I really liked his Newstalk show.

Terry · 16-12-2007 12:05pm

I thought this was hilarious:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmRCWb393yE

GhostInTheRuins · 16-12-2007 12:12pm

Terry wrote: »

I thought this was hilarious:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmRCWb393yE

That's brilliant

WindSock · 16-12-2007 12:44pm

I can't listen to him, he slurs away like he's drunk.

tech77 · 16-12-2007 1:23pm

Could be a complete prick for all I know but seems like an honest, decent enough kind of guy.
Annoying voice granted.
FFS there's a lot worse out there tbh.

Dudess · 16-12-2007 3:43pm

WindSock wrote: »

I can't listen to him, he slurs away like he's drunk.

Yep, even though he speaks really slowly. I can't understand why anyone would prefer him to before Matt Cooper, but I suppose there's no accounting for taste.

Eoin · 16-12-2007 4:19pm

Dudess wrote: »

Yep, even though he speaks really slowly. I can't understand why anyone would prefer him to before Matt Cooper, but I suppose there's no accounting for taste.

Possibly because Matt Cooper, although very knowledgeable about so many topics, is one of the most humorless and dry people around.

daveirl · 16-12-2007 4:24pm

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moe_sizlak · 16-12-2007 5:26pm

love everything about hooky

Laslo · 16-12-2007 5:40pm

I used to dislike him. I always found him very negative and obnoxious when he was doing his rugby punditry back in the day. In recent years though I've grown to quite like him. He seems to be a bit less disturbed and more content and his commentary seems to be more measured and fair.

Just in case anyone else didn't notice this tipping point, it was as a result of his depression - where be became suicidal. He's better now though and it's reflected in his personality.

WoollyRedHat · 16-12-2007 5:45pm

As mentioned, bringing in George Hook to comment on the Ice skating on the late late show was pointless. Then again, the guy next to him didn't know much either, considering his preffered choice to win.

darkman2 · 16-12-2007 6:09pm

The Real B-man wrote: »

I went to the school he went too and he came to our 1st year christmas party complete knob tbh!

That would make you..........how old?

mental07 · 16-12-2007 6:52pm

Love this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMfar5XSNbg

Mr. CooL ICE · 16-12-2007 7:02pm

He's good, but himself and Ronan O'Gara need to get a room

Shan75 · 16-12-2007 7:47pm

He's the only thing that makes having to put up with the unprofessional and ignorant Tom McGurk bearable.At least you get a bit of a laugh.

Mweelrea · 16-12-2007 8:17pm

mental07 wrote: »

Love this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMfar5XSNbg

I love Apres match!:D:D:D

mental07 · 16-12-2007 8:42pm

Mweelrea wrote: »

I love Apres match!:D:D:D

Me too.....that's probably my favourite sketch of theirs of all time

starn · 16-12-2007 11:12pm

Cant stand him. I find him arragent an condesending. I'M also physically repulsed by him. Without trying to sound like some sort of health nazi. But he should br asahmed of himself

Stephen · 17-12-2007 2:01am

I really like his radio show.

Sangre · 17-12-2007 2:08am

Most definitely spouts opinions in rugby just for the sake of being controversial. Although I do like watching the relationship between him and Pope. The latter always trying to keep the hysteria to a minimum. However don't get me started on McGuirk, I'd like to slap that fool.

Fratton Fred · 17-12-2007 9:05am

Comes accross as the sort of guy I'd like to have a beer with. Very knowedgeable in a host of subjects and one of the few Irish men who know's what LBW is.

The man is a legend.

chopperbyrne · 17-12-2007 9:17am

Have no idea who he is?

Is he rugby's answer to Dunphy or something?

Howard the Duck · 17-12-2007 10:07am

Met him numerous times in my old job he was always very nice

ven0m · 17-12-2007 10:22am

I love listening to 'The Right Hook' radio show, but when he starts spouting off about how great munster rugby is from all the way up Ronan O Gara's a$$, it makes me wanna beat him to death with ROG's right leg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

<HOOK_IMPRESSION.> aaahh, leinster, Leinster rugby is a sham right now - an absolute sham. Brian O Driscoll is a sham captain & a disgrace to Irish Rugby</HOOK_IMPRESSION>

** SHAKES THE EVER LOVING SH*T OUT OF GEORGE ** :mad:

:::: ven0mous ::::

High&Low · 17-12-2007 10:40am

I used to be on a team coached by him, great guy. Enjoy the Right Hook, but would take his rugby punditry on RTE with a pinch of salt. However when he talks about rugby on the radio with Jim Glennon he is far less outspoken...

Terry · 17-12-2007 10:55am

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Comes accross as the sort of guy I'd like to have a beer with. Very knowedgeable in a host of subjects and one of the few Irish men who know's what LBW is.

The man is a legend.

Dude, cricket sucks.

Fratton Fred · 17-12-2007 10:57am

Terry wrote: »

Dude, cricket sucks.

only because you don't understand it. Any game where you can turn up with a cool box full of beer, get pissed, fall asleep and not miss anything can't be bad can it;)

Terry · 17-12-2007 11:03am

Fratton Fred wrote: »

only because you don't understand it. Any game where you can turn up with a cool box full of beer, get pissed, fall asleep and not miss anything can't be bad can it;)

Ahh, well if you're bringing beer, that's a whole different story.

TwoShedsJackson · 17-12-2007 11:08am

His voice drives me mental. Second only to David Norris in the annoying twat stakes.

Laslo · 17-12-2007 11:26am

starn wrote: »

Cant stand him. I find him arragent an condesending. I'M also physically repulsed by him. Without trying to sound like some sort of health nazi

Not at all. You just sound incredibly insolent, judgmental and unfair. Not to mention the fact that you're an atrocious speller.

George Hook

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