Watching tommy tiernan doc and I think I need to turn it off. Very very uncomfortable viewing. Reckon I could be funnier without material.
— Graham Cullinane (@GrahamCull8) September 29, 2014
Watched @Tommedian doc on @rte tonite Very unsettling seeing inside his manic brilliant mind was never goin 2 b pretty #tommytiernan — Cormac Dowling (@Camroc) September 29, 2014
I’m a big fan of #tommytiernan but that doc tonight on RTE was uncomfortable viewing, it was extremely honest but he seems on the edge, sad!
— Denis Maguire (@dmaguire7) September 29, 2014
I’m at a loss with this Tommy Tiernan Doc on @rte! I feel like I’m watching a super talented man have a melt down in a beautifully shot doc! — Suzanne Kane (@Suzanne4FM) September 29, 2014
If you’re not enjoying this #TommyTiernan doc, there’s a Mrs Brown DVD with bonus material somewhere with your name on it.
— Philip O’Connor (@philipoconnor) September 29, 2014
Some Twitter reaction to the documentary Tommy: To Tell You The Truth on RTE 1 last night.
How was it for you?
Inspiring free form comedy jazz?
Or Krusty the Clown?
Only you can DECIDE.
Previously: Tiger Of Sweden
He sure did use the “F” word a lot. He’s made enough coin. Leave the stage and hit the panel shows Tommy.
Tommy will never do panel shows.
I’d like to see him on Mock the Week…..
Twitter reactions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gROO7xSTxfY
Philip O’Connor seems so brave and discerning.
I’m just glad someone eventually had the balls to speak out against the Mrs Brown juggernaut.
Dylan Moran, the talent in the class
Hi Dylan :)
I watched 10 minutes of it. The woman asking ‘what’s going on, I have a babysitter’ was funny. It seemed a bit self-indulgent on Tiernan’s part. If he wants to experiment rather than entertain, he could always just do free shows.
+1 hard to watch but kind of interesting.
Funniest bit was when the women told him she liked it more and more, until Tommy deciphered that she had said she liked Dylan Moran more.
+ 1
Is this art? This is art.
Painful but interesting. Documentary was average, there was too many shots of trains, and planes with thoughtful background music and not enough insight into the experiment. A baffling documentary on one level. He just never seem to get any traction with the comedy based on the footage that was shown assuming they put in clips of the best bits as well as the bewildered moments.
Interesting doc and sometimes laugh out loud funny. Mildly disturbing when he goes on a rant, but he seemed able to retrieve the moment, …. eventually.
At one gig he seemed to be channelling Billy Connolly.
Would make you wonder though, about the footage that was not shown.
I’d go to see him again in Dublin.
Were the audience members at each venue apprised of his intention to not do pre-prepared material? Maybe this was covered and I missed it?
……. http://youtu.be/EUo93Hw7LSw
He wasn’t funny, or insightful, at best he was rambling. A lot of the people at the shows were clearly drunk, high, or giddy, and were there to see his “isn’t Tommy mad craic altogether” act from 10 years ago. By talking in whispers he got a laugh, by shouting he got a laugh, by running into the crowd he got a laugh, but he wasn’t doing, or saying, anything funny.
Here’s a guy who says f*ck and pardon in the same sentence.
Anywhere we can see the docu online? I was at his show in Belgium and would love to know what that was about.
http://www.rte.ie/player/ie/show/10328844/