Katherine Lynch's working girls

Utopia Parkway · 16-01-2008 12:03AM #1

RTE might well have done it again. Just when you thought they couldn't top the sheer awfulness of The English Class and The Roaring 20's they come up with Katherine Lynch's working girls.

What a run of form they are on.:D

gucci · 16-01-2008 12:05AM

RIP Irish TV Standards
the worst tv show rte ever broadcast is on right now. iv never puked watching tv until about 5mins ago when that woman was doing that trampoline/bungee thing.
Let the abuse begin......

ejmaztec · 16-01-2008 12:11AM

After watching about 3 minutes of it, I couldn't believe my eyes and ears. Who on earth allowed such complete and utter stomach-turning crap to make it's way onto any kind of screen. It should never have made it past the nearest bin. And that's being polite. What an embarrassment - God help us all!

gucci · 16-01-2008 12:14AM

toilet humour is supposed to be funny. this misses the toilet and pisses all over the floor and the wall behind it.
oh a colonic irrigation...now thats funny*

*thats me being sarcastic, incase you dont know what humour is after suffering this show

dame · 16-01-2008 12:16AM

Aaagh, My ears!!!!!

Can I sue RTE for high-pitched-shriek-induced ear problems?

ejmaztec · 16-01-2008 12:17AM

I've seen more humour at a funeral!

ScumLord · 16-01-2008 12:24AM

I think ye're all mad, probably the best Irish comedy. Maybe ye haven't come into contact with characters like these but this show is spot on and hilarious.

pa990 · 16-01-2008 12:24AM

hahahhahahhahah

that is sooo ƒú©king funny

so many people on boards are so quick to critisise anything...

i for one will be watching it again next week

Wheels · 16-01-2008 12:27AM

It was horrible! A mix of mockumentry and naked camera?? Pure tripe.

Master-Decoy · 16-01-2008 12:38AM

hahaha thought it was ****in hilarious! "friends in hiaces" haha Im livin in mayo and I can tell ya that she's spot on all the way. Whatever about the classroom and the roaring twenties this was actually funny!Fair play she's ballsy! "stand by your van" haha knacker puns are always welcome! ^^

kaji · 16-01-2008 12:39AM

:DNever laughed so much- it was so funny. She was very quick with the jokes when she was in public- some comedians on tv programmes like these are useless in real life situations, they need the jokes learned off beforehand, i.e I Dare ya (what a pile of rubbish). And don't get me started on how bad the Panel has gotten. This programme should have been given the Panels time slot. Or alternatively, is Katherine Lynch the coveted female needed for the Panel (who can actually be funny instead of just sitting there pretending to laugh at the fellas jokes)?

themadchef · 16-01-2008 12:43AM

I thought it was hilarious.

Wheels · 16-01-2008 12:45AM

kaji wrote: »

:DNever laughed so much- it was so funny. She was very quick with the jokes when she was in public- some comedians on tv programmes like these are useless in real life situations, they need the jokes learned off beforehand, i.e I Dare ya (what a pile of rubbish). And don't get me started on how bad the Panel has gotten. This programme should have been given the Panels time slot. Or alternatively, is Katherine Lynch the coveted female needed for the Panel (who can actually be funny instead of just sitting there pretending to laugh at the fellas jokes)?

But all of the jokes in the "real life" situations were rehearsed to bits. It was utter crap.

AngelinaJolie · 16-01-2008 12:47AM

I thought this was.... well..... underdeveloped.
A great character with some great comic potential but..

I cringed a little.

Can we dis RTE please?

kaji · 16-01-2008 12:52AM

But she was just a natural- for example when the little boy was looking at the stuff at the stall, she was doing rehearsed jokes first but then he started messing and she told him to 'feck off ya little fecker'. It was just the way she said it, I couldnt stop laughing. A lot of the people she met were random, and she was able to say something funny. I know this is completely off the point but I cant stop laughing at the pictures of Holy Mary and Philomena Begley in the caravan- hilarious

AngelinaJolie · 16-01-2008 01:07AM

kaji wrote: »

But she was just a natural- for example when the little boy was looking at the stuff at the stall, she was doing rehearsed jokes first but then he started messing and she told him to 'feck off ya little fecker'.

This is too close to Kilinaskully territory for me... and I just don't find that kind of humour funny.

I think overtly using the revered 'Father Ted' was dangerous as well.

But Singing Bernie Walsh was, and is, a good character.

But why make her a rapper in the end???

Believe it or not, I think country music is making a revival in Ireland (albeit in a gay, Dolly Parton and poor Joe Dolan is dead kind of way).

Thar's comedy gold in them thar hills!

Mangy_Cat · 16-01-2008 01:36AM

Is she a real traveller!? Great accent.. even betthar than Sir Blackie Connors of Glenroe fame (and he was proper traveller.)

Reminds me of Catherine Tate. Some people will hate this show and some will love it. Rural folk may have preference for it.

Respect for Phillomena Begley.

becah · 16-01-2008 02:01AM

I thought it was hilarious, have to say I throughly enjoyed it. In this age of political correctness in Ireland, it was very daring, I'm quite suprised that RTE had the balls to show this though!
"Bernie" was a great character and I found myself laughing out loud, something that rarely happens watching 'comedy' on RTE.
I'm from the West myself, and I agree with what other posters are saying in that she took off a lot of 'characters' that you'd find in any town really well, it may not be appreciated by a lot of Dublin viewers, but Bernie is certainly alive and well in rural Ireland!

ianrush · 16-01-2008 02:11AM

Just for doing her impression of Deirdre O' Kane to Deirdre O' Kane at the meteor awards, I'll watch again next week. Thought that some of the writing in her commentary was quite sharp. The "father ted festival is a necrophilia nerdfest" line made me laugh out loud, something which The roaring twenties, making Jake, I dare ya and the english class absolutely failed to do. There was a lot of hit and miss material there too but overall, with clearly a minimum budget once again, I thought it was better than expected.

p2kone · 16-01-2008 02:11AM

at ted fest when all "the lads" in the pub start chanting "get your tits out for the lads etc ... "

she replies with "get them out yourself, ya fat bastard!"

that was hilarious,

this was actually a funny program, for a change!

gucci · 16-01-2008 10:06AM

Mangy_Cat wrote: »

Is she a real traveller!? Great accent.. even betthar than Sir Blackie Connors of Glenroe fame (and he was proper traveller.)

FYI: actually that is not true. He played the character very well though. His "brother"(or the other main traveller character) in the series was played by a genuine traveller.

I fail to see the humour in this show....people saying its very true to life etc, that dosent make it funnier, just shows how sad ireland is

Jip · 16-01-2008 10:21AM

Thought the show was very entertaining myself, even my wife came back in and sat down to watch it and she's a great barometer if something on t.v. is funny or just cringeworthy. As others have said, last nights character was spot on and she pulled it off brilliantly.
I think, as also has been said, that people here just want to criticise everything that's on RTE and just make a habit of it these days. I get the feeling that if RTE showed the UK version of the Office first as it it people would still be here saying how awful and all the other usual stuff.

gucci · 16-01-2008 10:23AM

Jip wrote: »

I get the feeling that if RTE showed the UK version of the Office first as it it people would still be here saying how awful and all the other usual stuff.

yeah i probably would.....dont particularly see what all the fuss is about that show either (but iv debated that at length before so no need to go back there!)

humanji · 16-01-2008 10:29AM

Wow, I can't actually believe people liked this. Different strokes, I guess. Thank god I've got satellite.

firebug_guy · 16-01-2008 10:34AM

OMG it was HILARIOUS!

She's our own Catherine Tate!

I laughed so much, thought she done a brilliant job and cant wait for next weeks show.

While I appreciate its not everyones taste of humour, there are plenty of programmes on TV I dont like (or get) and others do. Each to their own I guess!

I loved when she went up to Deirdre O Kane and was like "Dya wanna here my impression of you. I'm Deirdre O Kane, I had a baby, Thats gas!"

chancer_007 · 16-01-2008 10:38AM

thought she was brilliant interviewing at the mediocre awards
i roared laughing
not many programs can do that for me

ike · 16-01-2008 10:46AM

Catherine Tate was the first time that came to my mind also - couldn't help laughing at this tho..the whole meteor awards thing had me in stiches

mrfreddred · 16-01-2008 11:01AM

Funniest thing I have seen poking fun at us Irish since Father Ted. Its about time we took the pokers out of our h@les and loosened up a bit. This mockumentary was an unexpected delight and gives two fingers to the PC obsessed....Cant wait till next week.

The Sparrow · 16-01-2008 11:12AM

I liked this too. The comparisons with The Roaring Twenties and The English Class are just plain ridiculous. They were just badly done but whilst this may not have been for everyone it was nonetheless well put together and well written and produced. I would love to hear an interview with Katherine Lynch to hear her accent because the one she did last night was class.

I thought it she was definitely the factor that made it. She was very very sharp and was good at coming up with stuff off the cuff. I'm looking forward to next week.

ScumLord · 16-01-2008 11:37AM

Looks like its just gone over the Dubs heads. how can ye not think it's funny throwing ping pong balls to the "pussycat girls" "here's something for ye're act"

West, west, keep it country ya'll..

Don't know about the rap one next week, maybe should have kept her in the country an western scene she's more suited to it.

The Sparrow · 16-01-2008 11:41AM

ScumLord wrote: »

Looks like its just gone over the Dubs heads. how can ye not think it's funny throwing ping pong balls to the "pussycat girls" "here's something for ye're act"

I'm from Dublin and I liked it!

Katherine Lynch's working girls

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