Author Archives: Aaron McAllorum


Ben Frow (crazy guy, great suit), TV3’s director of programming, with from left: Elsa Jones (How Healthy Are You), Beibhinn Byrne (Midday) and Geraldine O’Callaghan (The ‘We’re Not Sure Which Show’ Show).

This is part of the Frowmeister’s master plan (from TV3’s website and including snarky comments from the BS office):

Young, Dumb and Living off Mum. “Lazy, spoiled Irish teenagers are taken away from Mum and have to fend for themselves.” (A show about Karl and Nat? Surely not).

Roast It! Irish chef, Stuart O‘Keefe, fronts TV3’s first cooking show. (Hang on, that doesn’t sound too bad).

How Healthy Are You? Elsa Jones asks Ireland. (Not very, we reply).

Come Dine With Me Comes to Ireland (Finally). “Made by ITV for TV3, it comes complete with bad food, rude guests, hideous homes – and the iconic voice over of Dave Lamb”. (Wevs).

The Irish Celebrities You Love to Hate (Xpose, no? )

Celebrity Salon A”batch of new celebrities – this time running their own salon that’s open to the public”. (It’s already in receivership).

And “miss-matched celebrities get to know each other better as they travel across Ireland together in Driving Me Crazy. (Monkey Tennis on wheels)

PLUS

The Story of Children’s TV Bosco, Wanderly Wagon and a host of “childhood favourites”. (Unless, like us, you hated Bosco and the Wanderly massive).

More as we get it.

(Photocall Ireland)

That’s the magazine that said Cowen was one of the Globe’s top leaders? They love us. Where do we rank?

In the top 20.

But where?

Up there with the big guys.

Where?

Ireland is the 17th best country in the world.

Marvellous. Do we beat Albania?

Not really.

Not really? How about Greece?

I’m going to go now. You seem a bit upset.

The World’s Best Countries (Newsweek)

The TV3 Autumn schedule launch.

Matt! Collette! Martin! Caggers! Daly! Cooney! Desmond! Slattery! Cantwell! The Glenda! Other People!

Taken – literally – few minutes ago at the Royal College of Physicians.

The where?

Bill Cullen is on the far left hand corner.

He came from humble origins. Trufax.

Anyone see Vincent?

(More to follow)

(Photocall Ireland)

 

“Of course they have,” says Karl, lifting his head up from a batch of cheese. “That’s been on the net so long it’s practically from biblical times. Christ.” 

Forgive Karl. He knows not what he says. Some of us haven’t spent our whole adult lives on the internets. And most of us passed our Junior Cert because we read more than Batman comics.. So neener, neener, Stan Leetard.

The 20 Greatest Jesus Products Of All Time.

That’s the one at the corner of Stephen’s Green and Harcourt Street.

Hang on.

Wouldn’t it be more expensive to close it down?

Oh, that’s just Anglo.

Bank Of Scotland To Wind Down (RTE.ie)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSO90xzlGRY&feature=related

They’ve just played this on de radio and everyone’s whistling to it in the office. It’s a bit of a classic. John Spillane, from Passage West. That’s in Cork. Don’t let that put you off.

(Camera operator now in AA)