Feb 24
Meeja
Borrowing the blogger’s term for the media today. I thought I should :-)
Spin South West, a radio station based from Raheen in Limerick City and broadcasting to County Kerry, County Limerick, County Clare, North Tipperary and south-west County Laois, called me last night and asked if I’d be interested in doing an interview on Wednesday night. Don’t know whether it’s live or not but I’ll tweet it as soon as I do. Lovely girl to talk to, which was cool.
Then, this morning, literally as I got into the car to go to school, Tubridy Radio show called and asked if I was willing to be interviewed about my recent win. I said that it was OK, only I had school. The guy I was talking to was an absolute legend, very funny and easy going, but still being professional. He seemed genuinely interested in me, which was great too. He asked if I would be able to take a call at around 10. So I did! Spent 5-10 minutes talking with Ryan Tubridy, who is fantastic. Too many presenters are all stuck up and have an ego the size of a small planet these days. Tubridy is way different to that. He genuinely connects with people and tries (and succeeds) to make himself out to not-be-different, that he’s just a normal guy.
From my experience with people, I find that Tub gets way more shtick then is deserved. I found the same with Pat Kenny back when I met him after he interviewed the langers lovely brothers of mine when Auctomatic got sold. However they may come across, when you actually talk to them, they’re great guys.
Which makes me wonder. Out of all the people who think Kenny or Tub are crummy presenters, how many of them have met and had a discussion with either of them? How much of the dislike is founded, and how much is “well everyone else says they’re crap”?
Might be something to think about. Of the people we dislike, how much of it is deserved, how much of it is based on personal experience and how much is based on prejudices?
BTW, Tub show wasn’t live so don’t panic if you didn’t catch it, it’s being broadcast on tomorrow’s show between 9 and 10. If you don’t catch it then don’t panic still! In a fit of being-modern unlike anything gone before, RTE now release all radio shows in podcast! If you can’t figure out what a podcast is or how to get them, still don’t panic! Email me and I’ll send you blow-by-blow, step-by-step instructions! :-)
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Speaking of putting my mobile number on the Contact/Feedback page, I got an awesome text this afternoon:
Happy trust tommy tuesday!
Unfortunately, their phone number wasn’t in my contact list so I’m unsure who sent it, but it certainly brightened up my day! :-)
February 24th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
Great post Tommy… I met Mr. Tubridy a few weeks back in a pub and found him to be a sound guy. Seems genuinely interested in what you’ve got to say and that’s even after a few pints consumed by myself, so as you can imagine the conversation was amazing!! :)
I think the media themselves have a part to play in some peoples opinions on say Pat Kenny for example. Not gonna say i’m the biggest fan of his interviewing style, but maybe when the camera is off and he’s just being “normal” Pat he is an alright fella who enjoys a bit of banter and craic.
February 24th, 2009 at 11:59 pm
I like Tubridy as a presenter, never really liked Kenny’s style of presenting light entertainment but I think he seems to have lightened up a bit lately. I’m sure they are really nice guys but it doesn’t always make them great presenters. Like George W Bush seems like a great guy to have a few beers with, but it doesn’t mean you can trust him to run a country!
February 25th, 2009 at 10:21 am
I agree with you Tommy, these guys get a hard time because they’re so high profile. It’s easy to forget they became high profile for working hard for it and being good at what they do.