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Sean Moncrieff - Newstalk

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    #1832
    Tell me how
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    Ursus Horribilis wrote: »
    Be glad they don't put Jonathan Healy or Henry McKean behind the microphone when Sean's away...

    Jonathan's already doing 3 hours daily for P Kenny. He's good but he's not that good.......:pac:

    I could imagine the AA traffic announcer coming in to rescue Henry after a few minutes bless him.


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    #1833
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 10,775 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    Bring back Jerry O`Sullivan as cover for Sean, yeah I know he's gone back to Kerry, but he is one of the few people who could strike the balance of conducting serious interviews well and being a bit of craic too.


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    #1834
    robbe
    Registered Users Posts: 337 ✭✭robbe


    Had misfortune to hear the 'So you think you're an adult' slot yesterday....mother of jesus. Didn't start well with Amanda Brunker not realising that Menorca, rather than being an affected way people with notions pronounce Majorca was in fact an entirely different island (she had the good grace to admit it was a bit of a blonde moment) and went downhill from there.

    I can't imagine anyone actually follows their advice but they should cut the pretence and just call it the "all about me" segment where we get to hear Amanda's life experiences and how we can all learn from them. Appreciate in here and in other threads that there must be a bit of the narcissist in people to have them out on the airwaves voicing their opinion but so many of the most successful contributors to Sean's show in the past (Paolo and David Carey for instance) have had so much more experience but didn't feel the need to make everything about them. Don't know who the other lady was in the segment but she was a hard listen as well.


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    #1835
    HeidiHeidi
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    robbe wrote: »
    Had misfortune to hear the 'So you think you're an adult' slot yesterday....mother of jesus. Didn't start well with Amanda Brunker not realising that Menorca, rather than being an affected way people with notions pronounce Majorca was in fact an entirely different island (she had the good grace to admit it was a bit of a blonde moment) and went downhill from there.

    I can't imagine anyone actually follows their advice but they should cut the pretence and just call it the "all about me" segment where we get to hear Amanda's life experiences and how we can all learn from them. Appreciate in here and in other threads that there must be a bit of the narcissist in people to have them out on the airwaves voicing their opinion but so many of the most successful contributors to Sean's show in the past (Paolo and David Carey for instance) have had so much more experience but didn't feel the need to make everything about them. Don't know who the other lady was in the segment but she was a hard listen as well.


    Jaysus, I thought she was bad, but that's shocking!


    Please please tell me this is just summer sticking-plaster stuff until Barbara and Brendan return???


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    #1836
    TheShow
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    I really dislike Amanda Brunker. what is it that she actually does? how has she come to get these fill-in slots. She is a complete muppet.

    I remember a few years back at Oxegen, one of the acts cancelled and they had Amanda Brunker on stage to fill the time. why? why? why?


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    #1837
    whisky_galore
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    TheShow wrote: »
    I really dislike Amanda Brunker. what is it that she actually does? how has she come to get these fill-in slots. She is a complete muppet.

    I remember a few years back at Oxegen, one of the acts cancelled and they had Amanda Brunker on stage to fill the time. why? why? why?

    Celebrity MILF is the job description I'd say.


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    #1838
    TheShow
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    whisky_galore wrote: »
    Celebrity MILF is the job description I'd say.

    the two words I have an issue with are "Celebrity" & "MILF" she is neither.


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    #1839
    JJayoo
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    WTF is this sh1te, 20 minutes of some dope who married her dog


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    #1840
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    JJayoo wrote: »
    WTF is this sh1te, 20 minutes of some dope who married her dog

    New listener are you?

    That wedding was held with the Moncrieff show in mind.


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    #1841
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 10,775 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    You hear enough about f*cking Brexit, homelessness, the health service and Trump's latest buffoonery most other hours on Newstalk, these whimsical pieces are a welcome change from all that drudgery.


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    #1842
    BPKS
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    Fcuk me I've heard it all now.

    Question into the wine guy on Movies and Booze "I'm breaking up with my boyfriend tonight and want you to recommend a nice red wine, rich and full bodied, that I can have after I break the bad news to him"

    I assume that was a p1ss take but yer man advised some red wine for €80 a bottle


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    #1843
    Uncharted
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    BPKS wrote: »
    Fcuk me I've heard it all now.

    Question into the wine guy on Movies and Booze "I'm breaking up with my boyfriend tonight and want you to recommend a nice red wine, rich and full bodied, that I can have after I break the bad news to him"

    I assume that was a p1ss take but yer man advised some red wine for €80 a bottle

    Friday's are notoriously light hearted on Moncrieff. It's fun and good natured.

    As an aside....Tomas Clancy is just epic imo.


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    #1844
    djemba djemba
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    Sean just thanked everyone who worked on the show today like he always does. He thanked Robert zimmerman. Was he joking or is there really a Robert zimmerman working there.


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    2smiggy
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    any chance the wine lady could lay off the wine all morning before coming on the show ? she sounds very drunk. fairly embarrassing stuff


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    #1846
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    2smiggy wrote: »
    any chance the wine lady could lay off the wine all morning before coming on the show ? she sounds very drunk. fairly embarrassing stuff
    Have often thought that, but maybe it's just her way of speaking?

    Still, you'd want to be fairly sure of your genes to go into her line of work.

    I remember another Irish sommelier on TV a few years back, saying without any compunction that she drinks a bottle of wine a day. She didn't see an issue with it.


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    #1847
    ballsymchugh
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    realised while listening on friday, Tom Dunne seems to be a much better interviewer, found him to go with the flow of the conversation much better than Sean would, who seems to just read the questions in front of him.


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    #1848
    Ahwell
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    ballsymchugh wrote: »
    realised while listening on friday, Tom Dunne seems to be a much better interviewer, found him to go with the flow of the conversation much better than Sean would, who seems to just read the questions in front of him.

    I think Tom's biggest failing is that he is a terrible interviewer, which is the main reason why his daytime show failed. Moncrieff is infinitely better at it.


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    #1849
    whisky_galore
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    ballsymchugh wrote: »
    realised while listening on friday, Tom Dunne seems to be a much better interviewer, found him to go with the flow of the conversation much better than Sean would, who seems to just read the questions in front of him.

    Tom has a hard-on for any musos that turn up and tries to crowbar something in about his family and kids wherever possible. He doesn't bother with the intro weird news bit either.


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    #1850
    CatFromHue
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    Ahwell wrote: »
    I think Tom's biggest failing is that he is a terrible interviewer, which is the main reason why his daytime show failed. Moncrieff is infinitely better at it.

    I'm fairly sure Tom knows this as I thought he mentioned how much he hated doing that show.


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    #1851
    Say Your Number
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    Tom was brilliant filling in for Ray Darcy around 2007/8, but that morning show was dull beyond belief, he is a good stand in when Sean is away, but he's not as good interviewer as Sean.


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    #1852
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    Say Your Number wrote: »
    Tom was brilliant filling in for Ray Darcy around 2007/8, but that morning show was dull beyond belief, he is a good stand in when Sean is away, but he's not as good interviewer as Sean.

    Agree, he sounds like he's working at the weird bizarre interviews which Sean is so good at.

    Tom is a music aficionado through and through. Get the feeling he absolutely loves his night time show. (I wonder what do he and Dave Fanning talk about when they meet :rolleyes: )


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    #1853
    whisky_galore
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    Tom with an Electric Picnic slot, quelle surprise.


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    #1854
    ballsymchugh
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    ballsymchugh wrote: »
    realised while listening on friday, Tom Dunne seems to be a much better interviewer, found him to go with the flow of the conversation much better than Sean would, who seems to just read the questions in front of him.

    i take that back. jeeeeeezzz.


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    #1855
    ballsymchugh
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    someone really must have pissed on Sean's cornflakes this morning. the sarkyness is brutal.

    on another note, his first guest brought some research she had done about abortion services, that the people availing of it are mostly middle class, mostly white...
    just found the phrase 'mostly white' a bit strange, in a country where the people are mostly white.


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    #1856
    5555555555
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    Someone dared criticise Roe McDermott, his guest before So You Think You're an Adult


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    #1857
    CatFromHue
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    Tell me how wrote: »
    Agree, he sounds like he's working at the weird bizarre interviews which Sean is so good at.

    Tom is a music aficionado through and through. Get the feeling he absolutely loves his night time show. (I wonder what do he and Dave Fanning talk about when they meet :rolleyes: )

    Yeah I think they could do with trying someone else out as Sean's stand in. I don't think it works for anyone when Tom stands in, and I very much like Tom (in his own show).

    I suppose the difficulty is finding someone. Tom's there anyway as he's doing his show and his stand in, Richie, is also there anyway as he works on Off The Ball.


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    #1858
    Barna77
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    Count Binface gets my vote!


    "Why an American would copyright the name Lord Buckethead?"
    "That's for you journalists to find out"
    Priceless :D


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    whisky_galore
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    Amanda Brunker on the problems slot, clearly off her face.
    How is this woman a celebrity?


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    #1860
    DellyBelly
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    whisky_galore wrote: »
    Amanda Brunker on the problems slot, clearly off her face.
    How is this woman a celebrity?
    A looker with a decent set of cans...


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    #1861
    Del.Monte
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    Jeez - talk of scraping the barrel. Tom Dunne on for Moncrieff and the best that he can come up with is two salts of de earth who have put in a home bar. Hold the presses...:rolleyes:

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