The Tommy and Hector Podcast

23-06-2021 6:38pm

Reati wrote: »

I went right off him years ago, I was at a gig and he gave a few young lads in front row a hard time and imo like you said, went beyond banter. They told him where to go and they got ****ed out. The rest of the show was pretty tense after that and was a rush to the end.

That said, the Podcast can be very funny.

Can't believe they got f$%ked our for standing up.for themselves...bad form!

AirBiscuit · 24-06-2021 1:52am

A whole load of histrionics going on about the last episode.
It was a poor-form podcast, that seems about it. It happens from time to time, there's not a single podcast I followed that didn't have a really **** episode here and there.
People making this out to be an apocolypse level "this is the end" conspiracy about Laurita and her dynamic with the lads are baffling to me, especially ignoring the "Tommy as the miserable hypocrite contrarian" bit they've done with a good while now. It just went a bit to far as to be repetitive this time around.
Unless something went seriously wrong (it didn't), it'll be back to form soon enough.
Real nasty to see a single bad episode spiral into rumours of poor/malicious conduct in this thread on the back of "I didn't like what you said this time".

24-06-2021 7:56am

Quite the rebuttal from herself today

Cienciano · 24-06-2021 9:57am

Funny that he blamed hector

Sorolla · 24-06-2021 11:15am

Cienciano wrote: »

Funny that he blamed hector

I think there was a technical problem with the microphones in the studio whereby the voices were mixed incorrectly

I don’t understand how that happened but it seems to have been a technical issue.

Sorolla · 24-06-2021 11:16am

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

Quite the rebuttal from herself today

She was like a weasel today

Cienciano · 24-06-2021 12:49pm

Sorolla wrote: »

She was like a weasel today

I thought it was hilarious, it just kept coming. It was well said imho

humberklog · 24-06-2021 1:09pm

Hay fever my arse.

Raoul · 24-06-2021 1:34pm

I think sometimes they are a bit mean to Hector too. Some joking is fine but they go too far and for too long. Both Tommy and Laurita pile in on Hector sometimes and constantly interrupt him with stupid questions when he is telling a story. Which is so stupid because Hector is clearly the star of the show and most of the highlights have been from his stories.

paddylonglegs · 24-06-2021 7:30pm

Raoul wrote: »

I think sometimes they are a bit mean to Hector too. Some joking is fine but they go too far and for too long. Both Tommy and Laurita pile in on Hector sometimes and constantly interrupt him with stupid questions when he is telling a story. Which is so stupid because Hector is clearly the star of the show and most of the highlights have been from his stories.

Tommy has a good way of telling a story even if it’s not as interesting. A few months ago he was talking about the stark contrast between the life of a drug addict and the feeling they get when taking heroine. An awful thing to think about but he painted such a strong picture. I think they both have their strong points to balance the show.

25-06-2021 1:50am

Cienciano wrote: »

I thought it was hilarious, it just kept coming. It was well said imho

Fairplay to Laurita, it needed to be said, Tommy was out of line!

Cienciano · 25-06-2021 10:15am

Have to echo what some people said, Hector is some lad for telling stories. The one about Clive getting examined was a simple story brilliantly told.

jammiedodgers · 01-07-2021 2:51pm

No podcast this week due to Hector's brother passing away. RIP

https://twitter.com/tommyhectorshow/status/1410474987971125248

castletownman · 22-07-2021 2:05pm

I must say, Hector's tribute to poor Freddie at the start of the special episode had me in a flood of tears earlier. Wonderfully done. I wouldn't be able to hold myself at all.

29-07-2021 9:21am

I agree, huge respect and compassion for Hector, he has been through so much lately. May Freddie RIP. Hector is the star of the show, his stories are brilliant.

Shark7 · 14-08-2021 11:40am

Good show

Shark7 · 14-08-2021 11:40am

Good show

Shark7 · 14-08-2021 11:40am

Good show

26-08-2021 7:07pm

The Dyson/Harvey Norman ad read this morning was a bit much. I’d rather they just stuck a regular ad break in than those fake shill bits.

Raoul · 27-08-2021 11:37am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117807531#Comment_117807531

Yeah, the show has gone to the dogs. Can't say I will be prioritising listening to it anymore. I have a few friends who are the same.

humberklog · 27-08-2021 4:31pm

Yeah I was wondering was it just me noticing a steady decline?

It seams to have lost its shape and become a rambling "bantz". That's a pity as it had promise if it could find some consistent form.

I find it a bit Irish (or RTE to be more specific) when an entertainment show is being rolled out and the line is given that..."it's a bit of music, a bit of fun, we'll meet all sorts of people and sure y'know yerself, it'll be a bit of crack". A Shapeless sh1t in other words. Grainne Seoige was pushing ads for her podcast with that sort of gloopy schtick.

Maybe they can get it back on track but to my ear it has lost its footing.

Has anyone signed up for the paid episode and find it worth it?

On a side note, I like Laurita and think she's good but now and again (or more often than not recently) she slips into playing a Mother Hen to the 2 lads and I find that a particularly awkward lazy trope. She's far better when mixing it with them and pitching in with her own stories rather than admonishing their behaviour and stories with an affected pious tut-tut.

27-08-2021 4:38pm

was just thinking the same about the Harvey Dyson sponsored segment, they have quite a few sponsors onboard now, but it’s draining to listen to, and then the random “shout outs “ to some homesick lad in the desert, there is less of the actual chat on the podcast these days,

03-09-2021 3:26am

I agree the podcast has run its course, I have cancelled my subscription for the bonus episode, its not worth paying for it. The same aul crap, Tommy playing the "I'm too old to be arsed with anything" card and Laurita acts like a desperado trying to get in on the act and half of the time they ignore her!! Hector had a few good moments but I think they need to wrap it up now!

Raoul · 03-09-2021 9:56am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117840423#Comment_117840423

Yeah, they have really been ignoring Laurita of late. I think it really is the Hector show now. He is the only one worth listening to and even then the other two just seem to rip the piss out of him and interrupt what might be a good story.

alan partridge aha · 03-09-2021 9:29pm

Told ya it was rubbish and got ripped for it.

03-09-2021 9:34pm

I wouldn’t count it as a rip off at all up until now, and would be still willing to wait and see how it goes. Money well spent for what I’ve got from the extra ones so far for the most part.

Many more fake ad reads would soon change that opinion though.

Buddy Bubs · 03-09-2021 9:42pm

I still love it, subscribe for the Monday episode too. It's ad free for subscribers, the ads were annoying. But the 2 lads still have great gift for storytelling. Mix and match well between good stories and humour. Laurita sole purpose is to get the piss taken though.

humberklog · 04-09-2021 9:02pm

Tommy is Adam Buxton's guest on his latest episode.

Cienciano · 06-09-2021 9:58pm

I listened to tommy on Adam buxton. Probably not very 'funny' but interesting to hear about tommys mother and aunt, never knew that about them.

But Tommy was in his 'up his own arse' mode, Hector is great for keeping his feet on the ground. Needed a bit of that with Adam

humberklog · 07-09-2021 9:52am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117855918#Comment_117855918

Very much so.

Occasionally a guest comes on a Pod and tries to turn the table on the interviewer. It's childish. Tommy tried it a few times with Adam. Rather than it becoming a clever twist it only went to show Tommy's arrogant and ignorant side.

However, that aside. I was stopped in my tracks when Tommy described the years leading up to his mother's death. For years she had moon walked away from them. Moon walked 15 miles up into a forested mountain. A flare goes up when they die.

Beguiling moment.

The Tommy and Hector Podcast

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