Cowen Lampooned on US TV

starbelgrade · 27-09-2010 07:57PM

abitofacomedian wrote: »

Leno is a gob****e anyway, he's entire act seems to have denigrated into pointing out how superior he is to other people. I cant stand the smug git, but he has achieved the impossible, he made me stand up for Brian Cowen. How many other world leaders enjoy a drink, Winston Churchill was an alcoholic for pete's sake. Yet because Cowen wasn't blessed with looks he becomes an object of ridicule. If he was being mocked for his policies, his incompetence or his record then I would be all for it, satire is a wonderful thing. But no, Mr. Holywood Jay Leno wants us all to look at this freak of nature, with a photograph catching him at a bad time, who enjoys a pint like everyone else. Muppet.

Conan never would have lowered himself to this.

Leno just likes to distract people from the fact that he looks like Mr.Potato Head.

johnnyrotten · 27-09-2010 08:09PM

Confab wrote: »

Taoiseach means Prime Minister. I can imagine you saying 'That's not a bed, it's a leaba!' :rolleyes:

No, its means Chieftain

Biggins · 27-09-2010 08:11PM

happyoutscan wrote: »

Jay Leno is a mong.

He don't even write his own stuff.
A team of comedy writers do it for him. That just makes him an actor doing a comedy sketch for that part of the show - and a poor one at that.

onlyrocknroll · 27-09-2010 08:16PM

johnnyrotten wrote: »

No, its means Chieftain

My Oxford English Dictionary has this

Taoiseach: noun- The Prime Minister of the Irish Republic.
Origin, Irish, 'chief, leader'

You're confusing its origin with its meaning.

orourkeda · 27-09-2010 08:21PM

I was surprised by the treatment of this very topic on todays liveline programme.

The level of indignation expressed by Joe Duffy in particular was disgusting. It's unfortunate that anyone is made fun of but it does go with the territory sometimes. I hadnt heard the clip before liveline but I thought it was going to be a lot worse than it really was.

GavinEire · 27-09-2010 08:24PM

Cakesofrice wrote: »

what annoys me is they call him the " Prime Minister " his title is Taoiseach !!

Yeah thats what I was thinking.

liah · 27-09-2010 08:27PM

abitofacomedian wrote: »

Leno is a gob****e anyway, he's entire act seems to have denigrated into pointing out how superior he is to other people. I cant stand the smug git, but he has achieved the impossible, he made me stand up for Brian Cowen. How many other world leaders enjoy a drink, Winston Churchill was an alcoholic for pete's sake. Yet because Cowen wasn't blessed with looks he becomes an object of ridicule. If he was being mocked for his policies, his incompetence or his record then I would be all for it, satire is a wonderful thing. But no, Mr. Holywood Jay Leno wants us all to look at this freak of nature, with a photograph catching him at a bad time, who enjoys a pint like everyone else. Muppet.

Conan never would have lowered himself to this.

As if Winston Churchill never got the piss taken out of him? Caricatures drawn of him? Political cartoons?

Every celeb gets sh!t for their looks. Women are judged firstly on their looks in basically every situation ever. Who cares?

Leno's a muppet, but "standing up" for Cowen because someone made fun of how he looks? Half the members of this board do that on a regular basis.

Mrmoe · 27-09-2010 08:30PM

Maybe he got confused with Conan:P

Star Bingo · 27-09-2010 08:33PM

rational harpoon

kraggy · 27-09-2010 08:35PM

Confab wrote: »

Taoiseach means Prime Minister. I can imagine you saying 'That's not a bed, it's a leaba!' :rolleyes:

No it doesn't. It means chieftain.

Príomh Aire is the Gaeilge for Prime Minister.

Nodin · 27-09-2010 08:38PM

I fail to see what the fuss is about. Its satire....

As regards Joe Duffy - the sooner the lever is pulled the better.

OPENROAD · 27-09-2010 08:39PM

Dean09 wrote: »

Who gives a fúck? We slag off every president they've ever had...Bill Clinton getting blown in the oval office.....George Bush Sr for being an idiot.....George Bush Jr for....well for being a bigger idiot.
They can slag off all our politicians if they want. They're right anyway Cowan is an idiot.

I think its because an American said it, can you imagine the outrage if Jonathan Ross or another English presenter had said it, people here would be outraged, After Hours would go into melt down

A Primal Nut · 27-09-2010 08:41PM

Cakesofrice wrote: »

what annoys me is they call him the " Prime Minister " his title is Taoiseach !!

Its a comedy show, not a political show. If he said Taoiseach nobody would get the joke.

JuliusCaesar · 27-09-2010 08:42PM

Well, all it proves is that we don't vote for our politicians according to their looks....(in contrast to the beauty contest in US politics)

Dudess · 27-09-2010 08:44PM

People were freaking out over this on the Joe Duffy show? FFS, while some might consider Cowen an embarrassment, I personally find that sort of hypersensitivity even more embarrassing...

GLaDOS · 27-09-2010 08:48PM

If they had called him Taoiseach, most American's wouldn't have had a clue what that meant, which is fair enough, we really aren't that important a country.

Anyway, I thought it was funny.

Sheeps · 27-09-2010 08:50PM

From the people who brought the world fox news.

blackdog2 · 27-09-2010 08:51PM

JuliusCaesar wrote: »

Well, all it proves is that we don't vote for our politicians according to their looks....(in contrast to the beauty contest in US politics)

Nor did we vote for this taoiseach...

orourkeda · 27-09-2010 08:51PM

Sheeps wrote: »

From the people who brought the world fox news.

To the people who gave the world liveline and the adrian kennedy show

Sheeps · 27-09-2010 09:01PM

dont knock the adrian kennedy phone show. its like jeremey kyle. he does the community a good service by presenting scumbags in an easily accessible format to be laughed at.

Nijmegen · 27-09-2010 09:01PM

How much time and effort did we Irish put into taking the Mick from US Presidents?

I don't recall receiving an official protest...

btard · 27-09-2010 09:22PM

I can't believe people are annoyed they didn't call him Taoiseach. The sooner the better my visa comes through. I can't wait to get out of this ****hole of a country and the gob****es in it.

Sheeps · 27-09-2010 09:24PM

btard wrote: »

I can't believe people are annoyed they didn't call him Taoiseach. The sooner the better my visa comes through. I can't wait to get out of this ****hole of a country and the gob****es in it.

i cant wait until ur gone as well

starbelgrade · 27-09-2010 09:24PM

blackdog2 wrote: »

Nor did we vote for this taoiseach...

And which Taoiseach have we ever voted for?

The Aussie · 27-09-2010 09:28PM

Sheeps wrote: »

dont knock the adrian kennedy phone show. its like jeremey kyle. he does the community a good service by presenting scumbags in an easily accessible format to be laughed at.

What!!! how have i not heard of this before??? when, where who and how might i tap into this comedy gold.

bonerm · 27-09-2010 09:33PM

Biffo got off easy. Nice to see the yanks can the the piss out of him , even if we're not allowed to.

No credit to Leno either btw. Total spa. Hey have you seen this clip? Have you heard this one?

Happyman42 · 27-09-2010 09:35PM

Dudess wrote: »

People were freaking out over this on the Joe Duffy show? FFS, while some might consider Cowen an embarrassment, I personally find that sort of hypersensitivity even more embarrassing...

+1

Sonnenblumen · 27-09-2010 09:42PM

fontanalis wrote: »

In fairness you can't expect a country to be fluent in a langauge that isn't spoken by most if the people in the country where it's from.

What Jay cannot say TEA SHOCK? :eek:

Zigmund · 27-09-2010 10:00PM

Hardly anyone watches Leno anymore.
It's like if the US went into an uproar because something got said about Obama, but on TG4.

Markom5a · 28-09-2010 12:25AM

Again!!! Think he would have learned his lesson from the morning Ireland interview and stayed in the night before!!!

Cowen Lampooned on US TV

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