Pat Kenny, Gerry Ryan, Ryan Turidy

AvrilLavigne · 20-11-2008 11:12AM #1

Are any of these guys worth their wages and us paying the tv license?

I think not.

biko · 20-11-2008 11:12AM

No

Danbo! · 20-11-2008 11:20AM

/Thread

rowlandbrowner · 20-11-2008 11:21AM

I can understand when the bcc (another station funded by tv licenses) offer such large wages to their top stars they are bidding against other companies like sky and channel four for their services, it’s still not right, but I can understand how the system works. But who exactly is going headhunt the likes of Pat Kenny and Ryan Tubridy. In theory RTE could pay them minimum wage as I don't see any large UK sation stepping in to offer them more, they'd have to take it and TV3 would probably struggle to match RTE's offer.

themadchef · 20-11-2008 11:23AM

biko wrote: »

No

Answered. We can all go home now!

....and i studied so hard for this feckin' test.

Dragan · 20-11-2008 11:29AM

AvrilLavigne wrote: »

Are any of these guys worth their wages and us paying the tv license?

I think not.

Jesus, thats two threads about Ryan.

I think you fancy him.

jane86 · 20-11-2008 11:31AM

No. I only started to listen to Gerry Ryan on the radio after he was on The Late Late. Just to see what he was like. Dear god he's irritating! Pat Kenny seems fine on the radio but still none of them are worth all that €€€. I like Ryan Tubridy

Fratton Fred · 20-11-2008 11:33AM

I like Ryan Tubridy, I think his show is a lot more entertaining and has much better guests then the late late

Caoimhín · 20-11-2008 11:35AM

themadchef wrote: »

Answered. We can all go home now!

....and i studied so hard for this feckin' test.

There is electricity now on Achill island? You probably have indoor toilets too?

RATM · 20-11-2008 11:39AM

I still find it hard to believe Kenny is paid 1.1m a year. Even worse is that gob****e Ryan who is on close to 600,000.

Fact of the matter is that if they went over to the UK there wouldn't be a hope of either of them getting work on TV/radio so theres absolutely no reason why RTE and by extension the taxpayer should be paying those kinds of wages.

ejmaztec · 20-11-2008 11:49AM

I think that a talentless Canadian singer has no right to criticise anyone.

AvrilLavigne · 20-11-2008 11:59AM

Dragan wrote: »

Jesus . . .

Not my real name but thanks! Respect! :rolleyes:

Dragan · 20-11-2008 12:08PM

AvrilLavigne wrote: »

Not my real name but thanks! Respect! :rolleyes:

No denial on the love front though.

We might have found the girl who can defrost the cold, cold Tubridy's heart!

Davo D · 20-11-2008 12:19PM

I haven't listened to any of their shows in quite a while. Do they all (along with Joe) still get 3 months holidays in the summer?

stevoman · 20-11-2008 01:07PM

if the word AMIGO roughly translated into super annoying ******s, then these would be the three amigo's.

mikemac · 20-11-2008 01:10PM

RATM wrote: »

Even worse is that gob****e Ryan who is on close to 600,000.

I believe his radio show pulls in over 3 million per year euro in advertising. Hence, the large salary.

Of course it's a national station and a prime slot but it's not costing license payers anything. 2FM is self-sufficient on advertising revenue

Dudess · 20-11-2008 01:19PM

Davo D wrote: »

I haven't listened to any of their shows in quite a while. Do they all (along with Joe) still get 3 months holidays in the summer?

None of them do, including Joe - did they ever?

Are you confusing their radio shows with The Late Late Show and Tubridy Tonight, which go off air for the summer months?

Darragh29 · 20-11-2008 01:23PM

AvrilLavigne wrote: »

Are any of these guys worth their wages and us paying the tv license?

I think not.

There is obviously a correlation between the amount that you earn and the Dickhead Factor Percentage. For every 100K you earn, your DFP increases by around 30% I think...

javaboy · 20-11-2008 01:26PM

Pat Kenny - Not worth the money - Could be replaced with a large piece of low grade plywood and nobody would notice.

Gerry Ryan - Not worth the money - Could be replaced with a pudgy, egotistical, thinks-he's-funny, annoying, ugly, whiney, tries-to-act-half-his-age absolute wa**er....... except they haven't been able to find another one yet.

Ryan Tubridy - Worth the money - I used to hate Tubridy. I thought he was trying to be much older than he is and he came across as an irritating bore but he's come on a lot in the past couple of years. He really has a genuine interest in his guests and their topics especially on the radio show.

javaboy · 20-11-2008 01:28PM

Darragh29 wrote: »

There is obviously a correlation between the amount that you earn and the Dickhead Factor Percentage. For every 100K you earn, your DFP increases by around 30% I think...

Are you implying a causal relationship there? i.e. you become more of a dickhead the more you earn? Or that you earn more the more of a dickhead you become?

Which comes first?

sideswipe · 20-11-2008 01:31PM

Ryan Tubridy - Worth the money - I used to hate Tubridy. I thought he was trying to be much older than he is and he came across as an irritating bore but he's come on a lot in the past couple of years. He really has a genuine interest in his guests and their topics especially on the radio show.

have to agree, I was of the same opinion. he is the only one of the 3 that actually listens to peoples answers after he asks a question. In term of if they are worth the money it seems they will all be asked to take a pay cut as the wages come partly from advertising revenue which has dropped a lot.

Davo D · 20-11-2008 01:39PM

Dudess wrote: »

None of them do, including Joe - did they ever?

Are you confusing their radio shows with The Late Late Show and Tubridy Tonight, which go off air for the summer months?

Possibly. I thought Duffy and Ryan would go missing for a few months in the summer. Maybe I just wasn't paying attention.

Dudess · 20-11-2008 01:39PM

Well they get very good holidays all right (probably about a month) but they're not gone for the whole summer.

pierrot · 20-11-2008 01:51PM

no, but i guess thats one of the reasons why none of us pays it!

Tar.Aldarion · 20-11-2008 01:53PM

AvrilLavigne wrote: »

Are any of these guys worth their wages and us paying the tv license?

I think not.

Hello Avril, I formally request sexual activity with you.

Regards,

--
Tar.

javaboy · 20-11-2008 01:53PM

pierrot wrote: »

no, but i guess thats one of the reasons why none of us pays it!

Court appearance and a hefty fine.

javaboy · 20-11-2008 01:55PM

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

Hello Avril, I formally request sexual activity with you.

Regards,

--
Tar.

Cue Avril starting a "colonoscopy - with or without anaesthetic?" thread.

Tar.Aldarion · 20-11-2008 01:57PM

javaboy wrote: »

Cue Avril starting a "colonoscopy - with or without anaesthetic?" thread.

She won't be have time for such threads any more.

pierrot · 20-11-2008 02:10PM

javaboy wrote: »

Court appearance and a hefty fine.

Well, actually, I don't speak English:)

FlutterinBantam · 20-11-2008 02:30PM

Dudess wrote: »

None of them do, including Joe - did they ever?

Are you confusing their radio shows with The Late Late Show and Tubridy Tonight, which go off air for the summer months?

Better start listening to radio honey....:cool:

Agamemnon · 20-11-2008 02:34PM

RATM wrote: »

Fact of the matter is that if they went over to the UK there wouldn't be a hope of either of them getting work

Ah come on, that's not fair. Sky could employ Plank Kenny to stand on a busy London street, with a sign pointing to the nearest Sky dealer nailed to his wooden head. ITV could employ Turbidy to scrub the shit off their canteen toilets, I think he'd be very good at it. The BBC could have Ryan shot and use his bloated, flyblown corpse as a draught excluder.

I have a great idea for a ratings-winning programme that would employ those three stooges to good effect. It's based on those Al-Qaeda hostage beheading videos and would involve me sawing the heads off Plank, Ryan and Turbulence in front of a live studio audience. If anyone from RTE is reading this, I'm available to start filming now and I'll do it for half of what Kenny costs.

Pat Kenny, Gerry Ryan, Ryan Turidy

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