RTE Radio 1: The Ryan Tubridy Show

This is turning into liveline with the gross amount of time dedicated to the host's pet topics. I can't even imagine how the conversation goes after the broadcast ends. Plenty of sucking up and looking for invites and freebies I would bet good money on. A few dozen people max in Ireland care about Hamilton but sure **** the audience like, Ryan likes it so that's all that matters really. I suppose we should be grateful it isn't the mother of a child that died on Christmas day or something like that.

I'm sitting here listening to this show, for the first time in my life. I have absolutely no time for this man, on TV. So I thought, maybe he's simply better suited to radio. Well, in my opinion, he's simply not suited to broadcasting at all. I've struggled to get the gist of anything he's talking about (granted I'm only listening with one ear, so to speak, and reading the paper at the same time).

I'm tempted to actually do a transcript of it, just to see in black and white the broken speech which suggests no preparation for his presentation, which leads to hesitation and changes mid sentence.

On the other hand, I won't be listening again, so why bother. I really believe that almost anyone could walk in off the street and do as 'good' a job, and probably many would be far better.

The news just came on as I'm typing, and I can follow what's happening, even while writing this post.

Back to Newstalk for me.

NickNickleby wrote: »

I'm sitting here listening to this show, for the first time in my life. I have absolutely no time for this man, on TV. So I thought, maybe he's simply better suited to radio. Well, in my opinion, he's simply not suited to broadcasting at all. I've struggled to get the gist of anything he's talking about (granted I'm only listening with one ear, so to speak, and reading the paper at the same time).

I'm tempted to actually do a transcript of it, just to see in black and white the broken speech which suggests no preparation for his presentation, which leads to hesitation and changes mid sentence.

On the other hand, I won't be listening again, so why bother. I really believe that almost anyone could walk in off the street and do as 'good' a job, and probably many would be far better.

The news just came on as I'm typing, and I can follow what's happening, even while writing this post.

Back to Newstalk for me.

Today when I lost the will to go on, I switched over to Newstalk to take in the PK show, and it was a refreshing change.

It was nice to hear a host who was articulate, intelligent and who asked good questions. It was night and day between his show and the hospital radio quality host on RTE getting 500k per year for his talent.

Toy Show ticket mention inside 20 seconds. Puke.

Clearly has no idea what happened in the Denmark - Finland match. Actually embarrassed for him.

PieOhMy wrote: »

Clearly has no idea what happened in the Denmark - Finland match. Actually embarrassed for him.

Was too busy watching Kellie Harrington fights.;)

Here we go now. Usually Fergal Darcy territory but we are heading for "memories of sweets from your childhood" territory

Has the long miserable letter from various victims segembt been dropped?

Dead people on Google street view.

I've heard it all now


Bit of Macca for a change

Finally going .... someone must have offered him a free trip. At last.

Diarmod Ferriter , the only historian in Ireland.

Childhood ice pops. That's Ray Darcy territory

Does anyone remeber on Fr Ted the priest who likes to collect ww2 memorabilia and it turns out to be specifically nazi memorabilia?

Tubridy and his interest in Irish history reminds me of that, interested in Irish history which is normal enough but it qcould be some strange aspect of it such as only liking it from the perspective of the landlords who evicted the natives and burned their houses down, or maybe the fascinating logistics of running a workhouse in Famine times or what it would be like to attend a banquette hosted by someone who runs a soup kitchen. Something abnormal.

Inner city scumbags = acting the maggot. Only the 2 people killed and a 3rds life ruined by those messers in the last few months.

He's a ghoul, plain and simple.

So much of his 'entertainment' slots in his radio and tv shows are about death, disease, illness, sadness.