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Moaning and Sad Stories: The Drugs of choice for the Irish?

Foxhound38

A mate of mine from the UK decided to pay a visit to these shores a while back, and as I was driving him from the airport I switched on the radio, which was playing Joe Duffy at the time. He found it hilarious, saying that the ridiculous sad stories and moan-ology being peddled would not have had much of an audience in the UK, and was shocked when I informed him that it was actually one of the most popular shows on Irish radio.

I had never really thought of this too much until then, but do we as a country have an unhealthy fixation on such whinging and negativity to a larger extent than people of other countries?

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mojesius

ElaElaElano wrote: »

What I love the most about Jeremy Kyle is when someone from the audience pipes up with an opinion like 'I think what you done is 'orrible, shágging your wife's sister' and then they all cheer wildly like the person's just made some fascinating, well thought out point.

or when Jeremy goes on one of his many self-proclaiming rants about how HE pays maintenance and drives up and down the coutry every week to see his kids. He goes nuts when someone on stage mentions his gambling problem.

Foxhound38

aDeener wrote: »

i can't believe i'm going to say this but the joe duffy show can actually be quite useful for showing up genuine wrongdoing that otherwise would have went unnoticed. it can really show up bad practice by the likes companies but obviously many callers ring in with pathetic "grievances" and ruin what is otherwise a decent concept

I seem to remember being vaguely impressed with Duffys crusade against some scam artist running a fake modelling agency a few years back come to think of it.

edit: and then feeling any respect I had for him diminsh hugely when he led the busybodies and aul ones on a tabloidish crusade against the head shops...

Hank_Jones

DrumSteve wrote: »

The Irony...

A typo, how ironic... :pac:

kfallon

Jeremy Kyle thought Straw Bear could win a Champion Hurdle....that's a prettty serious gambling problem tbh

:D:D

Daisy Steiner

Ickle Magoo wrote: »

I think it's safe to say that the reason Jeremy Kyle is on during the day when most people are at work or in education is precisely because what is left at home is the minority demographic they are aiming at. If JK had a prime time slot and huge viewing figures, you'd have a point.

Please tell me you mean "those" not "what"

I'm at home because I can't find a job and I'm waiting to return to college in sept. There are thousands more who are at home with no job and are not as lucky as me who has college to look forward to next month.

Can you please tell me how we fit this "minority demographic" you speak of?

pickarooney

Daisy Steiner wrote: »

Please tell me you mean "those" not "what"

I'm at home because I can't find a job and I'm waiting to return to college in sept. There are thousands more who are at home with no job and are not as lucky as me who has college to look forward to next month.

Can you please tell me how we fit this "minority demographic" you speak of?

How would that sentence make any grammatical sense with "those"?
The minority demographic is, presumably, the <50% of adults with no day job.

stovelid

Daisy Steiner wrote: »

Can you please tell me how we fit this "minority demographic" you speak of?

You don't.

Now go out and mow the lawn or something. Do you think that fridge fills itself?

Nision

You think Joe Duffys bad, ever listened to Adrian Kennedy?

Makes Joe Duffy look intelligent.

Ickle Magoo

Daisy Steiner wrote: »

Please tell me you mean "those" not "what"

I'm at home because I can't find a job and I'm waiting to return to college in sept. There are thousands more who are at home with no job and are not as lucky as me who has college to look forward to next month.

Can you please tell me how we fit this "minority demographic" you speak of?

Are you in the UK? Were you in the UK with access to daytime television when the Jeremy Kyle show was first introduced? THAT would be their target demographic. It's not rocket science. :rolleyes:

Donkey Oaty

Ickle Magoo wrote: »

Are you in the UK? Were you in the UK with access to daytime television when the Jeremy Kyle show was first introduced? THAT would be their target demographic. It's not rocket science. :rolleyes:

Haven't seen the show for a while, but I always assumed Kyle fans were:

- People who may be entitled to compensation due to an injury at work;

- People who want to sell their gold;

- People who want to consolidate all their loans into one simple monthly repayment;

- People who want a big leather sofa now but don't want to have to pay for it for a year or two.

Ickle Magoo

Donkey Oaty wrote: »

Haven't seen the show for a while, but I always assumed Kyle fans were:

- People who may be entitled to compensation due to an injury at work;

- People who want to sell their gold;

- People who want to consolidate all their loans into one simple monthly repayment;

- People who want a big leather sofa now but don't want to have to pay for it for a year or two.

Having never seen it, I'll take your word on that.

DrumSteve

Hank_Jones wrote: »

A typo, how ironic... :pac:

Indeed...