Did anyone see last night's Mario Rosenstock Show on RTE 1 where he did a so-called "comedy" sketch portraying Kilkenny hurling manager Brian Cody as Freddy Kruger from the "Nightmare on Elm Street" series of horror movies?

What a grossly offensive insult to the greatest GAA manager of all time - I hope the Kilkenny County Board complain in the strongest possible terms to RTE about this.............everybody knows that Brian Cody is far, far scarier than Freddy Kruger.

ballydalane (Kilkenny) - Posts: 1246 - 30/11/2015 10:13:16    1810512

Didn't see it, but good post :-)

slayer (Limerick) - Posts: 6480 - 30/11/2015 10:39:59    1810518

I'm one of the 35,000 viewers he lost after the first night.I would take Freddy Kreugers claws and shred this rubbish script.

cuederocket (Dublin) - Posts: 5084 - 30/11/2015 10:56:20    1810524

I watched some of the first episode, and it was really awful. Haven't bothered watching it since either.

football first (None) - Posts: 1259 - 30/11/2015 11:08:56    1810527

What a grossly offensive insult to the greatest GAA manager of all time -

Wouldn't be too sure of that claim but sure you probably think that's the case no doubt.

SLLY (Dublin) - Posts: 463 - 30/11/2015 11:14:35    1810528

First of all, I don't watch it, and I think he is the most annoying unfunny person on Irish Tv Radio. Unfortunately he is everywhere at the moment, but as the numbers dwindle hopefully he will disappear. But yes, Kilkenny co board should send in a letter of complaint, in fact everyone should, so we might get rid of him

Belclare1 (Galway) - Posts: 1626 - 30/11/2015 11:22:40    1810533

Seeing this lad dressed up as Miriam O Callaghan is a sickening sight.I'm all for a laugh,but after he/she/it did that interview with Louise Walsh,i couldn't reach for the remote control quick enough.

cuederocket (Dublin) - Posts: 5084 - 30/11/2015 11:28:14    1810535

If you read the entire post you would see he was joking SLLY

TheMaster (Mayo) - Posts: 16187 - 30/11/2015 11:33:06    1810537

I think Rosenstock is a year but can be funny at times. It's supposedly called comedy. His Michael Flatley on Gift Grub cracks me up. I used to like the Savage Eye and that surely offended a lot of people. I'm easily amused!

GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7337 - 30/11/2015 11:51:30    1810541

Rosenstock's earlier stuff was funny.

The 'dry your eyes mate' from 2004 of Roy Keane talking to David Beckham was brilliant. Like anything else hard to keep that success going. He does do a good impression of Vincent Browne though.

slayer (Limerick) - Posts: 6480 - 30/11/2015 12:24:30    1810559

Agree slayer.He does Vincent Browne brilliantly.Jose,Johny Ronan & Davy Fitz are good too.The rest is pure claptrap.

cuederocket (Dublin) - Posts: 5084 - 30/11/2015 12:38:04    1810566

It's hit-and-miss. Some of the characters can be funny (Vincent Brown and Paul Williams' bed-time stories to the kids) but characters like Miriam O'C and Louis Walsh are starting to wear very, very thin at this stage.

ballydalane (Kilkenny) - Posts: 1246 - 30/11/2015 12:39:03    1810567

Gift Grub is good, and has been consistently good for a long time now. I wouldn't be a fan of his tv stuff, but I wouldn't be up in arms about a crap sketch, who cares? I doubt Cody gives a toss.

TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 7885 - 30/11/2015 12:43:12    1810569

Mario is definitely a case of less is more

Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 30/11/2015 13:04:05    1810572

The whole show is crap.

RTE are getting worse. There is sod all worth watching

witnof (Dublin) - Posts: 1604 - 30/11/2015 13:15:48    1810579

Mario was brilliant on radio, TV is not his medium unfortunately.

Condorman (Dublin) - Posts: 983 - 30/11/2015 13:21:06    1810585

Like the show but the Cody thing was poor.....

kikfada (Louth) - Posts: 2091 - 30/11/2015 13:31:16    1810588

agree he is ok just ok on the radio but the tv show is total crap, leaving out it offended cody it was not one bit funny iv watched it again just to see did i miss the humour but no i did not , not funny at all like his whole show

stmunn (Wexford) - Posts: 181 - 30/11/2015 13:48:22    1810592

Phew! i thought you were serious until i read the last line...

Floops (Dublin) - Posts: 1623 - 30/11/2015 14:01:05    1810597

Thought the Cody sketch was a good one, Cody wouldn't give a toss I'd imagine

Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 1898 - 30/11/2015 14:18:13    1810611