Free Tickets: You Couldn’t Make It Up on Newstalk
sez Pat O’Mahony: Jaze, how did we get here so quickly? This Fri, January 24th, is our second-last You Couldn’t Make It Up recording for Newstalk. It seems like only…oh alright, just over eight weeks since we did our first show in The Helix in DCU on November 29th. How time flies when you’re busy as feck. Looking back on the last two months, it’s been a steep learning curve for all involved. Even though the format’s been a long time in the preparation - my co-producer, Mark Warren of Firebrand Productions, first approached me with an idea he had for a comedy news panel show in early 2011 – it’s only when you actually go into production that you really see what does and doesn’t work. It took a lot of effort to get it as far as the starting block. Long evenings were spent over tea and biscuits … There’s more