Comedian David McSavage has decided to take a stand against RTE for what he feels is their 'terrible' comedy output and is refusing to pay his license fee to the point that he is due to appear in court later in the month.
It seems The Savage Eye star is annoyed that his 1916 show wasn't aired on the national broadcaster, telling The Sun;
"RTE didn’t commission my Savage Eye special because they were too scared and we might have done something funny.
“Instead they hired Irish Pictorial Weekly to do a 1916 which ended up being derivative of the Savage Eye, it was awful."
He didn't hold back after that either saying how "the Rubberbandits are now as mainstream as Ryan Tubridy".
“They used to be quirky and bent"; he added, "but I thought that their 1916 special was awful."
“And as for the last series by Mario Rosenstock? I’m willing to go to prison for that.
"Shows like this are so bad they are making people tune out, with the result that people won’t bother watching on RTE because they will assume it’s terrible."
McSavage will now be up in court on April 22nd following a summons where no doubt he will use the opportunity to expand on the above further.
Can't wait...
