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Irish Pictorial Weekly

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  • 29-11-2012 11:37pm
    #1
    Lenin Skynard
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    Nobody watching this? Fantastic so far IMO.


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    #2
    ednwireland
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    yep pretty good

    My weather

    https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F



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    #3
    omahaid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,497 ✭✭✭omahaid


    Ya, it's pretty sharp, seems eerily accurate, depressingly so


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    #4
    irishfeen
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    The Micheál Martin bit is very good.:)


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    amdublin
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    Yes v good.

    Those civil servants are depressing... :(


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    Howjoe1
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    just watching for first time (not sure if on before) . it's made me laugh.


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    jd007
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    Austeri-Tea :pac:


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    pm1977x
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    Far more hits than misses, great stuff, particularly 'The Taking' bit and some of the Gerry Adams stuff


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    Howjoe1
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    Gerry Adams playing God say the Queen on guitar:D


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    eclectichoney
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    Liked the barrys tea p*sstake also


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    #11
    TheBlock
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    The Show Mario wishes he could make. This should be no brainer for a second series, sharp and current with no fluting around.


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    pm1977x
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    TheBlock wrote: »
    The Show Mario wishes he could make. This should be no brainer for a second series, sharp and current with no fluting around.

    exactly, satire with balls and laughs, well done to all involved


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    sligojoek
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    Not bad at all. They seem to have put a bit more effort into this than the Mario Rosenstock show. No offence to Mario but his TV show just didn't do it for me.


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    Lenin Skynard
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    pm1977x wrote: »
    exactly, satire with balls and laughs, well done to all involved

    +1 on this. This was the show that Rosenstock's wasn't. I had lost all faith in a good sketch show on RTE before I watched this.


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    rubberdiddies
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    Really impressed with this. Gets across what most people are thinking but in a humorous manner. Very funny actually


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    starviewadams
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    Very enjoyable.A rarity when comedy is undertaken by RTE.


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    #17
    coolhull
    Registered Users Posts: 49,731 ✭✭✭✭coolhull


    But let's see how long it'll be before the politicians ring in and start complaining. Shinners in particular are very sensitive. Whenever any show starts ridiculing politicians of any party, that's what happens. And spineless RTE listens when their masters speak


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    Howjoe1
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    who was the bloke playing Peter Dara Quinn? looked familiar


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    #19
    Mardy Bum
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    Excellent show with cutting edge comedy. Fair play to all involved.


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    Fr Pat Noise
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    I can't see any politicians having the neck to complain about it somehow, it would show them up to be utterly thin-skinned as well as the spineless buffoons that they are


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    mike65
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    God, I'll have to watch this tomorrow so. Is the spirit of Frank Hall present? Or is it just a "homage" title?


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    ThisRegard
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    That was great, every sketch.

    Mario should be made study this to see what a satirical show actually is, not the pile of crap he made.


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    pixelburp
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    I complained on the Mario thread about how toothless the satire was - well this show is all teeth. And they're made of knives.

    Bitter, angry, spares no-one & was genuinely funny. Sure there were silly wigs but it all had bite. I'd almost given up hope RTE knew how to do satire at all. It's on the RTE player btw, but I'll definitely be coming back for more.

    To be fair though, Barry Murphy has been behind some pretty sharp satire in the past; whether it was in the more political 'Aprés Match' moments (and I spotted his costar Gary Cooke) or those sketches he did for the otherwise bland 'The Eleventh Hour'. If they keep that level of cynicism throughout it could be a real winner - I just hope RTE don't bottle it and force the team to tone it down. The 1916 stuff was pretty depressing mind you, really rubbed salt in the wounds. Also glad to see some firm digs towards Terry Prone, she's well due them at this stage.

    Well done to all involved.


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    DeepBlue
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    A boards.ie thread praising an RTE production.
    So this must be what an alternative reality feels like :pac:


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    Sir Oxman
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    pixelburp wrote: »
    I complained on the Mario thread about how toothless the satire was - well this show is all teeth. And they're made of knives.

    Bitter, angry, spares no-one & was genuinely funny. Sure there were silly wigs but it all had bite. I'd almost given up hope RTE knew how to do satire at all. It's on the RTE player btw, but I'll definitely be coming back for more.

    To be fair though, Barry Murphy has been behind some pretty sharp satire in the past; whether it was in the more political 'Aprés Match' moments (and I spotted his costar Gary Cooke) or those sketches he did for the otherwise bland 'The Eleventh Hour'. If they keep that level of cynicism throughout it could be a real winner - I just hope RTE don't bottle it and force the team to tone it down. The 1916 stuff was pretty depressing mind you, really rubbed salt in the wounds. Also glad to see some firm digs towards Terry Prone, she's well due them at this stage.

    Well done to all involved.

    This.
    One set of parasites were replaced by the homegrown variety a hundred years ago - that sketch was really eerie and quite depressing actually, but I supose the truth always is.

    Good show (except the Martin bits, which fell flat for me)
    No hits at Labour though?


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    Mr.Nice Guy
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    I didn't think all the skits worked (the Easter Rising one for instance) but I laughed at a lot more than I normally would on an RTE show. The Gerry Adams/Gaybo interview I particularly liked. I give it a thumbs up.


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    Nuttzz
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    I have to say I loved the kids

    "Dad says the recession is good for population control, all the skangers and culchies will have to move to oz"

    and the jibe about the non fee paying types playing for leinster!


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    #28
    pigtown
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    Howjoe1 wrote: »
    who was the bloke playing Peter Dara Quinn? looked familiar

    Paul Howard, author of Ross O'Carroll-Kelly.
    Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »
    I didn't think all the skits worked (the Easter Rising one for instance) but I laughed at a lot more than I normally would on an RTE show. The Gerry Adams/Gaybo interview I particularly liked. I give it a thumbs up.

    I thought the 1916 one was really clever, politicians line their pockets as the country burns.


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    #29
    hdowney
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    Fantastic Show. Delighted to have something like this back on the telly. First there was Hall's Pictorial Weekly, then Bull Island and now Irish Pictorial Weekly. Hopefully this will last longer than it's two precdecessors


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    cofy
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    All the sketches were short, not long enough to get bored with any sketch. I happened to like all the sketches. There was a good variety of sketches between using all actors (1916) to the Michael Martin (using real footage) to Gay Byrne and Gerry Adams.


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    Miguel_Sanchez
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    It's really really great stuff.

    Savagely funny.


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