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    #872
    Utopia Parkway
    Registered Users Posts: 17,335 ✭✭✭✭Utopia Parkway


    Say Your Number wrote: »
    That Clean Break piss take was good, especially when they recreated the theme song.

    The best bit of the show (maybe the only good bit) is when they take the piss out of other TV shows. Especially Irish ones. It's basically a TV Burp rip-off but it works.

    The sketches are usually dire and the news section that the Viper does (formerly done by Bernard O'Shea and Al Porter) is usually not that funny either.


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    #873
    The Talking Bread
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,050 ✭✭✭✭The Talking Bread


    Well that was the original concept of the show. A satirical piss take of tv, kind of like your man does on Ray D'Arcy, what's his name Arthur.

    There is plenty of material to fill a half hour (and more!) Of such material and the common consensus is that that is the most popular bit. Typical RTE, when it's on a winning formula change it, when it's on a losing formula keep it. Sigh.


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    #874
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,118 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    That voice in the lift in RTE was genius, amazing they got away with it.


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    #875
    mikeym
    Registered Users Posts: 3,985 ✭✭✭mikeym


    Loved the way the took the piss out of Ray Darcys Night Show.

    I love the Vipers part on the show hes way better than Al Porter.


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    #876
    Staplor
    Registered Users Posts: 1,122 ✭✭✭Staplor


    Watched 2 episodes, this show is dead to me, it wasn't remotely funny and I used to love the show.


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    #877
    ButtersSuki
    Registered Users Posts: 53,028 ✭✭✭✭ButtersSuki


    mikeym wrote: »
    Loved the way the took the piss out of Ray Darcys Night Show.

    I love the Vipers part on the show hes way better than Al Porter.

    A stinking pile of manure left on the table would be better than Al Porter.


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    #878
    CatFromHue
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatFromHue


    How does Jason Byrne get on TV?


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    #879
    pappyodaniel
    Registered Users Posts: 5,726 ✭✭✭pappyodaniel


    CatFromHue wrote: »
    How does Jason Byrne get on TV?

    Practice


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    #880
    ButtersSuki
    Registered Users Posts: 53,028 ✭✭✭✭ButtersSuki


    CatFromHue wrote: »
    How does Jason Byrne get on TV?

    He's Gays's son........not really, but like you, I wonder how he gets away with it.

    I braved RoT last night again, I don't know why, Fair City would be funnier.


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    #881
    CatFromHue
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatFromHue


    The quality of the show has really dipped the last few episodes. I don't think any of the sketches are working/funny and the only good bit is when McGahern slags off other shows at the start.

    Anyway any news on the Bridget and Eamonn TV show? I thought it was meant to be on in the Autumn and with The Hardy Bucks finishing up on Monday that it would fill that slot.

    Could also be that turning it into a TV show is just too much and they scrapped the idea.


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    #882
    ProudDUB
    Registered Users Posts: 11,569 ✭✭✭✭ProudDUB


    CatFromHue wrote: »
    The quality of the show has really dipped the last few episodes. I don't think any of the sketches are working/funny and the only good bit is when McGahern slags off other shows at the start.

    Anyway any news on the Bridget and Eamonn TV show? I thought it was meant to be on in the Autumn and with The Hardy Bucks finishing up on Monday that it would fill that slot.

    Could also be that turning it into a TV show is just too much and they scrapped the idea.

    Pity. It was the best thing about the old version of the show.


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    #883
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    CatFromHue wrote: »
    Anyway any news on the Bridget and Eamonn TV show? I thought it was meant to be on in the Autumn and with The Hardy Bucks finishing up on Monday that it would fill that slot.

    Could also be that turning it into a TV show is just too much and they scrapped the idea.

    It's coming in the Spring.


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    #884
    CatFromHue
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatFromHue


    ProudDUB wrote: »
    Pity. It was the best thing about the old version of the show.

    for a 4 min sketch yeah it was good but I dunno how they're going to make it into a 6 episode (they usually tend to be 6) 25 min show.

    It's going to be brilliant or terrible I think.

    Edit: The Bridget and Eamonn sketch shows how far the show has fallen too in that it used to sketches that were actually funny as opposed to now when the best you can say about them their best is that they're not bad.


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    #885
    ProudDUB
    Registered Users Posts: 11,569 ✭✭✭✭ProudDUB


    Yeah, they have their work cut out for them making it be funny for an entire show.


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    #886
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,118 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    Was poor enough this week, that political video piss take was fairly funny though.


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    #887
    The Talking Bread
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    Say Your Number wrote: »
    Was poor enough this week, last few years that political video piss take was fairly funny though.

    .


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    #888
    CatFromHue
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatFromHue


    That's one of the frustrating things, of the last season or two, as every now and again they show what a good show they might be with a tweak here and there.


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    #889
    CatFromHue
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatFromHue


    Did Bernard O'Shea announce he was leaving the show?

    I knew beforehand that Jen wasn't coming back but didn't know BoS wasn't.


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    #890
    The Talking Bread
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,050 ✭✭✭✭The Talking Bread


    reaching epicly low quality levels tonight....


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    #891
    CatFromHue
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatFromHue


    Yeah that was just boring.

    Compare it to past Christmas episodes

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEHt5c4E6_I


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRVQVvv3WLE


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayxQHGioYG0


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    #892
    Checkmate19
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 564 ✭✭✭Checkmate19


    Show is pure poison just like rte in general. The wastage at the station is unreal. How many sports news readers are there. They wouldn't know talent if it hit them in the face. More interested in giving z list idiots shows about drivel than finding real talent.


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    #893
    Ash.J.Williams
    Registered Users Posts: 20,928 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    the ray darcy situation sums up RTE perfectly....500k for NOTHING


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    #894
    price690
    Closed Accounts Posts: 664 ✭✭✭price690


    The redhead female co host is massively annoying. Her voice would go through ya. Extremely unfunny and of course only in Ireland would she be at the forefront of a comedy show


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    #895
    Whereisgalway
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,470 ✭✭✭Whereisgalway


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Could they not find anyone funnier than Joanne McNally?

    She's awful


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    #896
    Utopia Parkway
    Registered Users Posts: 17,335 ✭✭✭✭Utopia Parkway


    price690 wrote: »
    The redhead female co host is massively annoying. Her voice would go through ya. Extremely unfunny and of course only in Ireland would she be at the forefront of a comedy show

    She's an absolute dose. This series has been absolutely dire and she's a big part of it. Jennifer Maguire was a comedic genius in comparison.


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    #897
    topmanamillion
    Registered Users Posts: 3,319 ✭✭✭topmanamillion


    I didn't have a clue this was even having a Xmas special never mind watch it. I've watched bits and pieces of kt this year and never made it to the end of an episode.
    Absolutely terrible programme.


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    #898
    Whereisgalway
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,470 ✭✭✭Whereisgalway


    Hopefully this is the last season of the show and they won't give Joeann McNally another show but they prob will


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    #899
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users Posts: 81,822 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    They should finish it now and return to a new series of Blizzard Of Odd

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blizzard_of_Odd


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    #900
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,118 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    It seems to have gotten worse as the series went on, the earlier episodes weren't great either but they had their moments like that voice in the lift in RTE and them recreating the music from Clean Break, the only thing I found amusing in the latter episodes was that political candidate video and that was done by an outsider.


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    #901
    CatFromHue
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatFromHue


    It did start well and there was promise in it's (this season's) first few episodes. I was expecting The TV License Inspectors and more on how Joanne is getting on in RTE as a newbie sketches but they dropped them altogether for some reason.


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