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  • 05-12-2019 7:29pm
    #1
    Stacksofwacks
    Registered Users Posts: 1,534 ✭✭✭


    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.


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    I don't think of him..


  • #3
    ricero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,348 ✭✭✭✭ricero


    Loved the savage eye


  • #4
    IAMAMORON
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,078 ✭✭✭IAMAMORON


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


  • #5
    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users Posts: 66,816 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    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.


  • #6
    Stacksofwacks
    Registered Users Posts: 1,534 ✭✭✭Stacksofwacks


    IAMAMORON wrote: »
    I hear he has over 1000 user names on boards...

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


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  • #7
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    I hate him with the fury of 1000 suns.

    Him and Ainsley Harriot


  • #8
    Hulk Hands
    Registered Users Posts: 6,013 ✭✭✭Hulk Hands


    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


  • #9
    Stacksofwacks
    Registered Users Posts: 1,534 ✭✭✭Stacksofwacks


    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.


  • #10
    enricoh
    Registered Users Posts: 4,818 ✭✭✭enricoh


    ricero wrote: »
    Loved the savage eye

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


  • #11
    Beechwoodspark
    Registered Users Posts: 15,281 ✭✭✭✭Beechwoodspark


    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


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  • #12
    Stacksofwacks
    Registered Users Posts: 1,534 ✭✭✭Stacksofwacks


    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.


  • #13
    EmmetSpiceland
    Registered Users Posts: 10,526 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    His ‘Savage Eye’ show was incredibly good.

    The tide is turning…



  • #14
    Beechwoodspark
    Registered Users Posts: 15,281 ✭✭✭✭Beechwoodspark


    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.


  • #15
    Beechwoodspark
    Registered Users Posts: 15,281 ✭✭✭✭Beechwoodspark


    EmmetSpiceland wrote: »
    His ‘Savage Eye’ show was incredibly good.


    It was mainly scutter.

    That you David ?


  • #16
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,856 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


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


  • #17
    humberklog
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,401 Mod ✭✭✭✭humberklog


    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.


  • #18
    Stacksofwacks
    Registered Users Posts: 1,534 ✭✭✭Stacksofwacks


    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?


  • #19
    Thelonious Monk
    Registered Users Posts: 13,724 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    He is one seriously ugly man


  • #20
    4068ac1elhodqr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,586 ✭✭✭4068ac1elhodqr


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


  • #21
    jface187
    Registered Users Posts: 461 ✭✭jface187


    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.


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  • #22
    s7ryf3925pivug
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,007 ✭✭✭s7ryf3925pivug


    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.


  • #23
    Thelonious Monk
    Registered Users Posts: 13,724 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    jface187 wrote: »
    I run in comedy circles.

    The ministry of silly walks
    walk-monte-python-xhvv985KTwsrm


  • #24
    Ush1
    Registered Users Posts: 11,461 ✭✭✭✭Ush1


    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.


  • #25
    coastwatch
    Registered Users Posts: 908 ✭✭✭coastwatch


    Has he paid his TV license yet?


  • #26
    Stacksofwacks
    Registered Users Posts: 1,534 ✭✭✭Stacksofwacks


    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.


  • #27
    Montage of Feck
    Registered Users Posts: 3,491 ✭✭✭Montage of Feck


    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.

    🙈🙉🙊



  • #28
    EmmetSpiceland
    Registered Users Posts: 10,526 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    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.

    The tide is turning…



  • #29
    Arghus
    Registered Users Posts: 14,328 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    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.


  • #30
    PsychoPete
    Registered Users Posts: 8,566 ✭✭✭PsychoPete


    The radio sketches on the savage eye were brilliant


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  • #31
    One More Toy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭One More Toy


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


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