David McSavage

Stacksofwacks · 05-12-2019 7:29pm #1

What do people think of him? I don't really find him that funny, I think he's very crude and goes way over the top. He seems quite egotistical and bitter aswell. I think a comedian can be funny without having to push things as far as he does.

05-12-2019 7:30pm

I don't think of him..

ricero · 05-12-2019 7:30pm

Loved the savage eye

IAMAMORON · 05-12-2019 7:30pm

I hear he has over 1000 user names on boards...

FrancieBrady · 05-12-2019 7:32pm

No doubt the guy has some comedic talent, but I find his smugness overides any inclination I have to laugh.

Would be more successful writing for somebody else maybe.

Stacksofwacks · 05-12-2019 7:33pm

IAMAMORON wrote: »

I hear he has over 1000 user names on boards...

So that's what a real life troll looks like..aha

05-12-2019 7:33pm

I hate him with the fury of 1000 suns.

Him and Ainsley Harriot

Hulk Hands · 05-12-2019 7:33pm

He's playing in the international there every few weeks to a couple of dozen paying a tenner in. Go in and throw a bit of abuse at him and see how he reacts. Generally not well

Stacksofwacks · 05-12-2019 7:39pm

Hulk Hands wrote: »

He's playing in the international there every few weeks to a couple of dozen paying a tenner in. Go in and throw a bit of abuse at him and see how he reacts. Generally not well

I actually got dragged along to one of his gigs some years back, half the time he spends heckling the audience and getting into arguments. I think people laughed more at the awkwardness of his jokes than him being outright funny.

enricoh · 05-12-2019 7:43pm

ricero wrote: »

Loved the savage eye

Best comedy rte did in a long time, Mick the bull is my hero!

Beechwoodspark · 05-12-2019 7:51pm

Stacksofwacks wrote: »

What do people think of him? I don't really find him that funny, I think he's very crude and goes way over the top. He seems quite egotistical and bitter aswell. I think a comedian can be funny without having to push things as far as he does.

Not funny whatsoever

Little bit of a problem if you are touting yourself as a stand up comic.

Daddy meant to have been a woeful minister too

Stacksofwacks · 05-12-2019 7:51pm

enricoh wrote: »

Best comedy rte did in a long time, Mick the bull is my hero!

He nicked that character from D'unbelievables and made him a homophobic racist hillbilly. The original character was more insightful and funny. Cheap humour.

EmmetSpiceland · 05-12-2019 7:52pm

His ‘Savage Eye’ show was incredibly good.

Beechwoodspark · 05-12-2019 7:52pm

sugarman wrote: »

Hate him, he just puts on stupid accents, pulls stupid faces and shouts his head off. Nothing funny about him or his act.

Amazing how the Andrews name still has such purchase in Ireland.

Beechwoodspark · 05-12-2019 7:52pm

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

His ‘Savage Eye’ show was incredibly good.

It was mainly scutter.

That you David ?

Insect Overlord · 05-12-2019 7:54pm

Was it Degsy who used to hate him with a violent passion, back in the day?

humberklog · 05-12-2019 8:00pm

Stacksofwacks wrote: »

He nicked that character from D'unbelievables and made him a homophobic racist hillbilly. The original character was more insightful and funny. Cheap humour.

Ah no, that character is based of a fairly well known publican in Dublin and it's pretty spot on tbf.

Stacksofwacks · 05-12-2019 8:01pm

humberklog wrote: »

Ah no, that character is based of a fairly well known publican in Dublin and it's pretty spot on tbf.

A well known Publican in Dublin with a Tipperary accent?

Thelonious Monk · 05-12-2019 8:02pm

He is one seriously ugly man

jface187 · 05-12-2019 8:04pm

Stacksofwacks wrote: »

He nicked that character from D'unbelievables and made him a homophobic racist hillbilly. The original character was more insightful and funny. Cheap humour.

Mick the Bull is based on a real person. I run in comedy circles and know the barman of the comedy club who Mick the Bull is based on and it's accurate. I meet McSavage a few times. His nice enough but he seems to hate the audience. This is in small comedy clubs, not sure if his like this for the bigger venue gigs. His burnt a lot of bridges in the comedy world, hence why his back in the clubs.

A lot of the savage eye was John Colleary writing. I saw a pilot McSavage did for RTE where he was playing a version of himself. A sort kinda "Curb your enthusiasm" style show. It was pretty good. Shame it didn't get picked up.

4068ac1elhodqr · 05-12-2019 8:04pm

Found his recent radio ad about as funny, as an early winter's morning barefoot sprint across a scattering of lego upon laminate flooring.

s7ryf3925pivug · 05-12-2019 8:07pm

I criticized something I saw him do on a thread about him here ages ago. He joined the site and said I didn't know the context or something and he was disappointed as he thought we'd get on. Fairly certain that thread has been deleted since. That was before the Savage Eye, back when he used to make fun of people on Grafton St.

I liked the first season of The Savage Eye. Didn't find it engaging when I saw bits of a later season.

Thelonious Monk · 05-12-2019 8:09pm

jface187 wrote: »

I run in comedy circles.

The ministry of silly walks
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Ush1 · 05-12-2019 8:14pm

Saw him in the international once and he was bitter and really unfunny. I walked out and my mates said he was annoyed cos I slammed the fire escape door.

coastwatch · 05-12-2019 8:21pm

Has he paid his TV license yet?

Stacksofwacks · 05-12-2019 8:21pm

Just to pre-empt any PM's from odd user names with new registers...I don't think I am funnier than David McSavage. I'm sure I would leave the stage to silence and a nervous wreck if I tried stand up. So fair play to someone who has the cajones to go out and try and entertain people..but as a casual observer I just don't find his brand of humour particularly good, or even original.

Montage of Feck · 05-12-2019 8:25pm

Comedy should have no limits as theres far too much reverence given to those in positions of power, McSavage is one of the few irish comics who did actual cutting satire. Having said that his sthick has had it's time and we need something new.

The Bertie era politicians had it far too easy with the likes of Rosenstock having routines more akin to bland platitudes than actual wit.

EmmetSpiceland · 05-12-2019 8:26pm

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

It was mainly scutter.

That you David ?

You probably didn’t “get it”, B.

Too cerebral for you. Stick to the Roy “Chubby” Brown stuff, you festering cockwomble.

Arghus · 05-12-2019 8:29pm

The Savage Eye was a fantastic show, it was vicious and pulled no punches, but he obviously wasn't the only person involved or even the main brain behind it all because his solo comedy is witless and unfunny.

PsychoPete · 05-12-2019 8:39pm

The radio sketches on the savage eye were brilliant

One More Toy · 05-12-2019 8:42pm

Hate him with a passion. Isn't he tubridys cousin or something?

Stacksofwacks · 05-12-2019 8:43pm

Montage of Feck wrote: »

Comedy should have no limits as theres far too much reverence given to those in positions of power, McSavage is one of the few irish comics who did actual cutting satire. Having said that his sthick has had it's time and we need something new.

The Bertie era politicians had it far too easy with the likes of Rosenstock having routines more akin to bland platitudes than actual wit.

Oh Jesus Mario Rosenstock, I haven't laughed at one of his sketches since 1999. Oliver Callanis a bit better but is fairly cringey also. Conor Moore seems a very good impressionist but I find the whole mimicry thing quite tiresome at this stage

myshirt · 05-12-2019 8:46pm

One More Toy wrote: »

Hate him with a passion. Isn't he tubridys cousin or something?

He is.

The amount of times this man nearly got his head kicked in with his on street busking / harassing of passers by in his earlier days. I'm sure the Atari Jaguar crowd on here will remember.

One More Toy · 05-12-2019 8:49pm

myshirt wrote: »

He is.

The amount of times this man nearly got his head kicked in with his on street busking / harassing of passers by in his earlier days. I'm sure the Atari Jaguar crowd on here will remember.

Didn't he slag all boards users in a video years ago basically calling them losers?

Montage of Feck · 05-12-2019 8:51pm

One More Toy wrote: »

Didn't he slag all boards users in a video years ago basically calling them losers?

He might just have a point.

antix80 · 05-12-2019 8:55pm

He's clever.. Not sure if he likes doing standup but that's where he makes his money

tylercheribini · 05-12-2019 9:01pm

Ill always admire The Savage Eye for giving the church a proper send up.

MrAbyss · 05-12-2019 9:02pm

Isn't he from a posh family and hence the only reason we have heard of him?

Church on Tuesday · 05-12-2019 9:04pm

Well Savage Eye was the best comedy on RTÉ in years, so yeah I have a lot of time for him.

antix80 · 05-12-2019 9:07pm

tylercheribini wrote: »

Ill always admire The Savage Eye for giving the church a proper send up.

I think he did a proper send up of irish gob****ery in general

tylercheribini · 05-12-2019 9:23pm

antix80 wrote: »

I think he did a proper send up of irish gob****ery in general

True but I have a particular hatred of the church and all it represents.

badboyblast · 05-12-2019 9:27pm

Who gives a monkey's who his family are..... he is excellent, caught him there in limerick last year , he was very funny, pissing ourselves

antix80 · 05-12-2019 9:28pm

tylercheribini wrote: »

True but I have a particular hatred of the church and all it represents.

that's the kind of gob****ery i was talking about.

OOnegative · 05-12-2019 9:31pm

https://youtu.be/KLC3DiDhS4w

05-12-2019 9:37pm

badboyblast wrote: »

Who gives a monkey's who his family are..... he is excellent, caught him there in limerick last year , he was very funny, pissing ourselves

Seen him twice in both Kilkenny and Thurles and thought he was absolutely brilliant. Other than the time I went to see Foil, Arms and Hog, i dont think ive ever laughed as much.

Beechwoodspark · 05-12-2019 9:40pm

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

You probably didn’t “get it”, B.

Too cerebral for you. Stick to the Roy “Chubby” Brown stuff, you festering cockwomble.

Is that you David?

tylercheribini · 05-12-2019 9:40pm

antix80 wrote: »

that's the kind of gob****ery i was talking about.

Hating what the church has done to this country is being a gob****e? Grand so.

Beechwoodspark · 05-12-2019 9:41pm

humberklog wrote: »

Ah no, that character is based of a fairly well known publican in Dublin and it's pretty spot on tbf.

Was nicked from pat short - Andrews admitted that to short backstage one night.

washman3 · 05-12-2019 9:42pm

humberklog wrote: »

Ah no, that character is based of a fairly well known publican in Dublin and it's pretty spot on tbf.

without giving too much away, what street in Dublin is that pub..??

Beechwoodspark · 05-12-2019 9:42pm

One More Toy wrote: »

Hate him with a passion. Isn't he tubridys cousin or something?

He is indeed

Beechwoodspark · 05-12-2019 9:43pm

washman3 wrote: »

without giving too much away, what street in Dublin is that pub..??

Andrews self admitted he stole that act from short

David McSavage

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