The Late Late Show: March 14th 2014

sligojoek

bottlebrush wrote: »

And now the weekly segment that brings back memories of the sad times in my life..this week its the memory of my own mother dying of cancer.
For gods sake - are the researchers outside the room of the dying woman nabbing the family for the programme in case they make other plans for a Friday night

RTE are gone worse than the tabloids, doorstepping the parents of dead children.

Autosport

Juan_Mata wrote: »

I wish I was handsome.

You're Juan of a kind

see what i did there

Skid X

Ol' Donie wrote: »

It's a good, and indeed rythmic question Skid.

I was talking to someone about karma earlier.

Either we were all pr*cks, or there's some goooood times ahead!

When I look back upon my life,
It's always with a sense of shame
I've always been the one to blame ...

Juan_Mata

Tears don't come from the centre of the eye?

Juan_Mata

Autosport wrote: »

You're Juan of a kind

see what i did there

Probably a good thing for the ladies. :P

SEPT 23 1989

the institution they are talking to now RTE,knew about the abuse suffered by their mother and thousands of others at the time and did nothing to expose it

Cosmo2013

Juan_Mata wrote: »

I wish I was handsome.

I'm sure you're just lovely ��

bottlebrush

Oh god i am not the better of hearing that about the little baby

stretchdoe

In fairness, this story has huge social relevance.

She was an absolute hero; had incredible guts and doggedness.

She was probably the most important person in this country in terms of breaking open the story of the abuse that went on in this country and she refused to cowed into silence.

Ol' Donie

jojofizzio wrote: »

Tell us Aoibhinn,what first attracted you to DLB..????

Well, there were nasty cobwebs on the ceiling, and I didn't have a broom handy...when our eyes met across the room...

Skid X

I'm fairly sure Christine Buckley never appeared on the LLS in her lifetime.

Its strange, she would have been a great guest. Maybe they were afraid she would cause legal problems by saying things about the religious orders.


Edit: I got that wrong, she was on in 1992. Sorry about that.

jojofizzio

Juan_Mata wrote: »

I wish I was handsome.

At least you're a rich footballer...

ProudDUB

lolo62 wrote: »

So glad to see a thread on this. Late late show has been seriously deteriorating into a predictable yawn fest for ages now.
I reckon people don't want to go on the show because tubridy is so anal and controlling.
He is not good with vulnerability and regularly misses and dismisses key moments in interviews.
It seems the more interesting the guest the more rigid he becomes, anyone remember the Mia Farrow visit? Disaster!
It seems he's just settled into sticking to what he's most comfortable doing, interviewing victims and other uptight people he can banter with.
He also regularly asks guests to do the same party trick he saw them do on Graham Norton or J Ross, and relies far too much on footage clips.
Just not working hard enough in my opinion.

Very well said. I can't quite decide if he just doesn't have the personality to do the job well, or if he couldn't be bothered educating himself better on his guests (as opposed to just reading things off a cue card) so that he could empathize with them more, and make the interviews better for the viewer.

I have a feeling it is the former. I have a hard time believing that the higher ups in in RTE over the past 3 years, have all thought that he does a great job every night. Has no one really seen fit to take him in hand and, make him put in the effort to make the show better? I just know that that what I see on my telly box is terrible.

Fair play to these two lads. They are a credit to their mother. I can't imagine being able to hold it together enough to go on national TV the week that my mother died.

ThirdMan

If anyone wants to cheer themselves up there's a film about a child kidnapping on TG4 at 11:35.

mr kr0nik

Autosport wrote: »

You're Juan of a kind

see what i did there

Being honest chief, you didn't actually say one way or another if Juan is handsome or not.

Be happy with your soccer skills, and be thankful you're not Wayne Rooney.

maxx_power

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

It was like war crimes that went on with children in this country, with full support from the state.

true but the majority of the general population ignored ( and by default supported ) what was going on as well , families bunged their pregnant daughters into these places in order to preserve respectability

mr kr0nik

ThirdMan wrote: »

If anyone wants to cheer themselves up there's a film about a child kidnapping on TG4 at 11:35.

Amber - as gaeilge

duridian

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

It was like war crimes that went on with children in this country, with full support from the state.

And the worst of it is that the overwhelming majority of the perpetrators got away scot free as they had died before anything was done about remedying this horror.

sudzs

For a split second I though he was going to say Louis Walsh was in the audience! :eek:

lolo62

dcmm wrote: »

Such a great woman,loving kind Mother,they are entitled to speak about and be as proud of her as they want. At least they deserve the respect and the right to honour her memory,as they wish, when they wish.

This is true, it's just the pattern that's there on the show of every week something desperate being on, but you're right...beautiful woman and lovely sons

Atlantic Dawn

Suprised LLS don't have a holigram of the recently deceased for these slots.

CountyHurler

The two chaps are very comfortable given that they are on live TV for the first time... Seem like good guys...

ThirdMan

mr kr0nik wrote: »

Amber - as gaeilge

Nah, A Perfect World with The Man With No Name.

SEPT 23 1989

Skid X wrote: »

I'm fairly sure Christine Buckley never appeared on the LLS in her lifetime.

Its strange, she would have been a great guest. Maybe they were afraid she would cause legal problems by saying things about the religious orders.

Maybe the board of RTE headed by Tom Savage(formally of Catholic Communications) would have had a problem with it

corrupt kip

mr kr0nik

ThirdMan wrote: »

Nah, A Perfect World with The Man With No Name.

Thats the world where the LLS is cancelled and replaced with Takeshi's Castle

Autosport

mr kr0nik wrote: »

Being honest chief, you didn't actually say one way or another if Juan is handsome or not.

Be happy with your soccer skills, and be thankful you're not Wayne Rooney.

Juan is unique and of course handsome and droolsome but you will never be as Hot as Tubs

SEPT 23 1989

Patsy is a good man

maxx_power

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Patsy is a good man

always found him insufferably smug

vforvictory

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Patsy is a good man

Don't agree. Think he has an agenda.

stretchdoe

Skid X wrote: »

I'm fairly sure Christine Buckley never appeared on the LLS in her lifetime.

Its strange, she would have been a great guest. Maybe they were afraid she would cause legal problems by saying things about the religious orders.

If that's true, that is very interesting.

Are you sure she was never on it?

If not, that's incredible and very revealing.

mr kr0nik

Autosport wrote: »

Juan is unique and of course handsome and droolsome but you will never be as Hot as Tubs

Droolsome - bit of Joey Essex grammer there man. Its a given that no-one will ever be as hot as the Tubs (although Brendan O'Connor is heading in that direction)

newballsplease

God help Jason Byrne having to go on after the 2 brothers story!

sudzs

stretchdoe wrote: »

If that's true, that is very interesting.

Are you sure she was never on it?

If not, that's incredible and very revealing.

I think she was on with Gaybo.

Skid X

stretchdoe wrote: »

If that's true, that is very interesting.

Are you sure she was never on it?

If not, that's incredible and very revealing.

Actually, I'm wrong. apparently she was on the show in 1992. Sorry about that.

mr kr0nik

newballsplease wrote: »

God help Jason Byrne having to go on after the 2 brothers story!

His spaceship is due to arrive in in 10 mins.

Juan_Mata

Like Reeling in the Years.

maxx_power

vforvictory wrote: »

Don't agree. Think he has an agenda.

im atheist but I find it quite odd that the religious correspondent of the irish times is so obviously anti catholic

Sir Oxman

stretchdoe wrote: »

In fairness, this story has huge social relevance.

She was an absolute hero; had incredible guts and doggedness.

She was probably the most important person in this country in terms of breaking open the story of the abuse that went on in this country and she refused to cowed into silence.

This is true, she is a very important Irish woman.
I remember her story being attacked by vested interests but she kept telling the truth with no fear nor favour, an extremly brave Irish woman.

I'm not a fan of the sorrowfest that the LLS involves itself in every week, but this is an important woman and her sons are incredibly brave and a credit to her and all victims of this State and it's horribleness.


Brave men and a very brave patriot mother.

RIP Christine Buckley.

Atlantic Dawn

An apology with nobody held accountable is a joke.

SEPT 23 1989

SCUMBAG

Autosport

mr kr0nik wrote: »

Droolsome - bit of Joey Essex grammer there man. Its a given that no-one will ever be as hot as the Tubs (although Brendan O'Connor is heading in that direction)

Noooo Brendan has nothing on my Tubs :P and i is female

Cosmo2013

sudzs wrote: »

I think she was on with Gaybo.

I think she was on too

Pinch Flat

Feck I'm out - nice guys and very articulate.

CountyHurler

Juan_Mata wrote: »

Like Reeling in the Years.

That's scary.. I was just about to post the exact same thing..

emanresu esrever

newballsplease wrote: »

God help Jason Byrne having to go on after the 2 brothers story!

god help the country having to listen to Jason Byrne . Odds on he will speak in an old womans voice, say "its such an irish thing to do" , jump up and down, pretend to be crazy and hilarious. Not a fan!

sudzs

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

SCUMBAG

Who??? Im watching Knocked up.

Cosmo2013

Tubs just has no empathy on any level with guests. There is just no genuine interest in Any topic it seems. He's so insincere even. What exactly Is his strength?!

mr kr0nik

sudzs wrote: »

Who??? Im watching Knocked up.

Drumcondra Mafia -Taoiseach..

Atlantic Dawn

sudzs wrote: »

Who??? Im watching Knocked up.

Think he was referring to a visual clip of Patrick Bartholomew "Bertie" Ahern.

CountyHurler

It's a bit much that Kian Egan can give the performance he gave tonight and then sit in judgement of other people's singing... It's a bit like Bertie Ahern giving economic advice to the Nigerians..