Gogglebox Ireland

I'm a big fan of the UK programme. I didn't expect to like it at one bit. It's just people watching TV, after all, but I stumbled upon it one night on Channel Four and I was hooked immediately. I laughed myself silly. Honestly, it's probably my favourite show: it's just pure enjoyment. It works really well and is far better than it sounds.

I thought the first episode of the Irish show was pretty good. I did laugh at some of the comments. The big appeal is getting to know what each viewer is prone to saying in certain situations and that can take a few episodes until you feel that you know them. People who were expecting fireworks straight away were bound to be dissapointed. Give it time and have some patience.

I suppose I could criticise the somewhat scattershot nature of the clips they watched. Apart from the whole, seemingly anyway, half-hour they dedicated to Smalltown, which was clearly a shameless plug for TV3. They seemed to watch a lot of different shows, without really focusing on the noteworthy parts of any of them. Gogglebox UK would never make people watch a nature documentary, without passing up the opportunity for some junglesex and people's horrified reactions. A bit of animal riding is a key component of the show. They watched an episode of tipping point in which nothing really happened, seemed like a bit of a waste of time. I'd rather they concentrated on three or four main segments. In those situations you can feel like you're almost watching the programmes with the people on the couch, so the commentary can really hit home hilariously: the magic of googlebox.

In terms of the people on the show: Obviously, the twins from Cavan were great. Maybe they were a little bit "on" for the cameras at times, but some of the off the cuff stuff like the fly "being back" was hilarious. I liked the two sets of Dublin ladies, seemed natural and unforced.

Of course there was a few that made me go, "oh no" straight way. The two boys sitting on the couch in Cork seemed a bit pointless. And the older one of them used to appear on Don't Feed The Gondolas during the nineties, as a weekly plant in the audience who would ask Sean Moncrieff a strange creepy question, so I think he could be prone to hamming it up. The two sisters with the DORT speak were by far my least favourite. Their accents and tone of voice instantaneously wrecked my head. Though, I'll say this about Gogglebox: people you initially hate can grow on you after you spend time watching them, so I'm not writing anyone off yet. I don't dislike anyone on the UK version really. Apart from that soap-boxing female vicar who loves the sound of her own voice. She's a right pain in the arse.

Arghus wrote: »

I suppose I could criticise the somewhat scattershot nature of the clips they watched. Apart from the whole, seemingly anyway, half-hour they dedicated to Smalltown, which was clearly a shameless plug for TV3. They seemed to watch a lot of different shows,

Their plugging of Smalltown didn't work for me anyway I deleted the series from my Sky Box after the clips I saw on Gogglebox... I don't need that misery!

Agree abut the UK Vicar, the husband says practically nothing. The two friends in the caravan in Hull are my favourites right now though I didn't take to them initially

Google box "squared" Would be better idea for the program

watching people watching people (with their knowledge, nothing sneaky mind) ..... Their comments on the google boxers

What a conversation about trousers

They're making me hungry eating their Dominos

The two Pauls need to go.

Aga and Syzmon are not really doing much

Anyone else think the picture in the Naughton family's wall is odd? A little girl flying through the clouds.

Who are the 2 new guys?

Anyone else find the Irish version harder to understand than the english one. They all seem to mutter incoherently half the time.

Absolute sh**e full stop. The over acting on it is cringing to watch. Tried to give it the benefit of the doubt by watching it again tonight but I just couldn't stomach anymore of it. Definitely won't be tuning in again.

actually i think the real problem is the tv programs that they show.. they are rubbish.. I mean, why didn't they show Micheal D Higgins on the late late? That was a sensation in the media last weekend..

The only decent one was Inside Trinity IMO

sporina wrote:

actually i think the real problem is the tv programs that they show.. they are rubbish.. I mean, why didn't they show Micheal D Higgins on the late late? That was a sensation in the media last weekend..

Considering they have him on the table as a tea cosy