Late Late Summer Withdrawals Thread

Welsh Megaman

Skid X wrote: »

From various reports I have received, Keith Allen would appear to be a proper wnanker. Never heard a good word about him

Pa Allen's contribution to popular culture is a novelty football record (Vindaloo) and starring in one of the worst music videos ever made (Blur's 'Country House')

:O :pac:

Welsh Megaman

New hashtag for Miriam's show:

#staythere

Skid X

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

New hashtag for Miriam's show:

#staythere

I would love it if the continuity announcer said "I can see the tears in your eyes, and to be honest, I'm not far behind you ... because it's time for Stay there, I mean Saturday Night with Miriam"

Welsh Megaman

Will there be a new series of Callan's Kicks over the summer?

Ol' Donie

Sure Jaysus, what are we watching now? Kate Humble's wandering round with some goats on BBC2.

Tasty goats.

Welsh Megaman

Ryan 'Tubs' Tubridy has just announced that there will be a 'Best Of The LLS' series running over the summer for a few weeks on a Friday night - highlights from the past series.

*crosses fingers for the Ryan O'Neal interview*

tampopo

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Ryan 'Tubs' Tubridy has just announced that there will be a 'Best Of The LLS' series running over the summer for a few weeks on a Friday night - highlights from the past series.

*crosses fingers for the Ryan O'Neal interview*

Is it going to be on the 6.1 news? You know,after the sport and before the weather...

Atlantic Dawn

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Ryan 'Tubs' Tubridy has just announced that there will be a 'Best Of The LLS' series running over the summer for a few weeks on a Friday night - highlights from the past series.

*crosses fingers for the Ryan O'Neal interview*

For a few weeks, one night would be plenty? What happened to them instead showing a film even some 80's stuff, if we wanted the best of the LLS we could just go on Youtube for gems like this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXi8OG0jCz8&feature=youtu.be&t=930

Welsh Megaman

You could have one 'Best Of' show with just the musical acts. Albert Hammond! Russell Crowe! Chris De Bur...er, Soak!

Skid X

But ... but ... I enjoyed Chris De Burgh's LLS Medley.

Justice for Chris! Let's see that again!

Say Your Number

8 more weeks to go

*sigh*

Skid X

It's times like these ... I think a trawl of the Youtube for some Classic LLS is in order.

Johnny Devaney tells it like it is! Some of the phone calls used to be good, young Tubridy wouldn't be able for real people ringing in ...

Skid X

It was 53 years ago today ...

http://www.todayfm.com/player/podcasts/The_Anton_Savage_Show/The_Anton_Savage_Show/36682/2/Gay_Byrne_on_the_53rd_Anniversary_of_the_Late_Late

... that the Late Late Show began.

Gay Byrne spoke to Anton Savage today. Anton might get his chance in the LLS big chair one day. There might be a gap between Ray Darcy and Lottie Ryan.

Welsh Megaman

Omar Sharif has passed away, aged 83.

Here he is on the LLS last year...

http://youtu.be/vBFIiXxz8y4

RIP

monkey9

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Omar Sharif has passed away, aged 83.

Here he is on the LLS last year...

http://youtu.be/vBFIiXxz8y4

RIP

Well that's the running joke done away with now.

Skid X

monkey9 wrote: »

Well that's the running joke done away with now.

Yeah, sad to see him go. A great actor with a personality to brighten every room entered.

RIP the late late Omar Sharif.

brian_t

The Best of the Late, Late Show starts on RTÉ One at 10:40pm on Friday 24th July.

This week on The Best of the Late Late Show, Ryan invites us to have a look back at some of his favourite moments from this seasons show. With music from legendary songwriter Albert Hammond, there is also the hypnotic Keith Barry, an insightful Margo and a very entertaining John Cleese.

Atlantic Dawn

brian_t wrote: »

The Best of the Late, Late Show starts on RTÉ One at 10:40pm on Friday 24th July.

They should give the studio to some transition year class to interview people on the streets instead of wasting valuable broadcasting bandwidth on a friday evening with repeated rubbish.

BuilderPlumber

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

You could have one 'Best Of' show with just the musical acts. Albert Hammond! Russell Crowe! Chris De Bur...er, Soak!

Yeah, as long as they don't start again force feeding us tosh like Mike Denver and Derek Ryan rubbish.

Welsh Megaman

BuilderPlumber wrote: »

Yeah, as long as they don't start again force feeding us tosh like Mike Denver and Derek Ryan rubbish.

Will they have Bosco, Zig and Zag, Dustin et al, singing 'We All Stand Together'?

RayM

brian_t wrote: »

The Best of the Late, Late Show starts on RTÉ One at 10:40pm on Friday 24th July.

An optimistic title. Although John Cleese was surprisingly good.

Right Turn Clyde

brian_t wrote: »

The Best of the Late, Late Show starts on RTÉ One at 10:40pm on Friday 24th July.

Another chance to see Ryan Tubridy ambush Paul Murphy with clips of terrorist atrocities from around the globe.

"What do you think of that Paul? Well!?"

brian_t

Right Turn Clyde wrote: »

Another chance to see Ryan Tubridy .....

Two chances actually - they are giving this programme the usual Late Late Monday repeat.

Dermot O Leary, Eva Longoria and Russell Crowe are among Ryan's guests next week.

And Chris De Burgh, Mary Berry and Graham Norton the week after.

Ol' Donie

So is this on tonight or what?

Eh?

Edit: Oh, right. The other posts. I see.

Go Harvey Go

BuilderPlumber wrote: »

Yeah, as long as they don't start again force feeding us tosh like Mike Denver and Derek Ryan rubbish.

...Which, now that you've mentioned it, they probably will.

:rolleyes:

Welsh Megaman

'The Breakfast Club' just started on Film 4

Hey, hey, hey, HEY!

Ooooooo-ooooooooh, whoooaaaaa!

Go Harvey Go

When I first heard about this "Best of the Late Late Show", I honestly thought it was a joke.

Now I can't help but wonder why it was commissioned. Were viewing figures on summer Friday nights really that poor? Was there that much demand from viewers? Does Ray D'Arcy have anything to do with this?

:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

RayM

In fairness, that John Cleese interview was the first time I've laughed at Cleese since A Fish Called Wanda. Tubridy did well, I thought.

Ol' Donie

If I was Late Late host and Keith Barry was the guest, it'd go like this.

*slaps hands on desk*

"Keith, welcome back on the show. Been a few weeks.

Soooo...still a douche?"

Ol' Donie

Take a big breath in aaand...whiplash.

Skid X

Go Harvey Go wrote: »

When I first heard about this "Best of the Late Late Show", I honestly thought it was a joke.

Now I can't help but wonder why it was commissioned. Were viewing figures on summer Friday nights really that poor? Was there that much demand from viewers? Does Ray D'Arcy have anything to do with this?

:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

I agree, it's rather lazy. The LLS now gets repeated, can be streamed, exists on Youtube etc etc. If there is a good interview that you missed (yeah, I know) most of the population will find a way to catch it again. Showing a compilation of the previous years shows is cheap but does not make good television

There might be some mileage in showing some real classic interviews from years ago. They could maybe trawl the archives for Kenny Live, Saturday Live, Trom agus Eadrom etc too and make a nice series (if the recorded programmes still exist).

brian_t

Skid X wrote: »

There might be some mileage in showing some real classic interviews from years ago.

I've never seen the "Gaybo Laughs" DVD but I assume is was some attempt at this.

BuilderPlumber

Skid X wrote: »

I agree, it's rather lazy. The LLS now gets repeated, can be streamed, exists on Youtube etc etc. If there is a good interview that you missed (yeah, I know) most of the population will find a way to catch it again. Showing a compilation of the previous years shows is cheap but does not make good television

There might be some mileage in showing some real classic interviews from years ago. They could maybe trawl the archives for Kenny Live, Saturday Live, Trom agus Eadrom etc too and make a nice series (if the recorded programmes still exist).

I did not watch it and do not intend to. The good guests on it one can watch on Youtube and the like anyway. This show is in terminal decline anyway and generally has worsened since Tubridy took over.

I agree it would be far better to trawl the archives and bring us back interviews with important guests, performances by good singers and bands and groundbreaking issues being discussed. Shows like the above and the old LLS would be the ones.

What we have today is a self serving media married into certain entertainers and sportspeople. Typical Tubridy fare for the next season: Louis Walsh and new band, Ruby Walsh talks Cheltenham, Galway races, etc., Keith Barry hypnotises and speaks to the dead, and heaven forbid boyfolk 'legends' Mike Denver & Derek Ryan team up for a duet.

Skid X

Saturday at 11.55pm on RTE2, you can see Mr Nice - The Howard Marks biopic.

Why does that get a mention here? Cos that's the one they were plugging when Rhys Ifans invented DLB aka Dainteh Little Buggah!

What's a DLB?

Who is DLB?

Why do you all keep saying DLB? etc etc

Atlantic Dawn

Eva Longoria is on the Best of tonight, pure amazingness...



Also on is Russell Crowe who did a bloody blinder with a guitar if memory serves correct, telling the audience to stop clapping in the process. Demo O'Leary on too.

Welsh Megaman

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Looks good enough to eat :pac: :O

monkey9

I never actually saw the Russell Crowe interview though i heard all about it.

Atlantic Dawn

Imelda May on it now, I'm so feckin confused, am I on drugs tonight or what?

monkey9

Oh they're still doing competitions!!

Lady Chatterton

My young lady is after running downstairs......."Mam, why are you watching Frozen without me" lol

monkey9

We're all a lost cause watching the bloody repeats during the summer!!

Lady Chatterton

Beauty and brains, Eva was a wonderful LLS A lister.

monkey9

This was a recorded interview wasn't it because you can hear the LLS show talking amongst themselves.

horseburger

BuilderPlumber wrote: »

I did not watch it and do not intend to. The good guests on it one can watch on Youtube and the like anyway. This show is in terminal decline anyway and generally has worsened since Tubridy took over.

I agree it would be far better to trawl the archives and bring us back interviews with important guests, performances by good singers and bands and groundbreaking issues being discussed. Shows like the above and the old LLS would be the ones.

What we have today is a self serving media married into certain entertainers and sportspeople. Typical Tubridy fare for the next season: Louis Walsh and new band, Ruby Walsh talks Cheltenham, Galway races, etc., Keith Barry hypnotises and speaks to the dead, and heaven forbid boyfolk 'legends' Mike Denver & Derek Ryan team up for a duet.

I agree, that would be good to see. I think it'd be very interesting to see the full interviews, from the Late Late Show - of which we only see very short clips in programmes like Reeling In The Years and other documentaries - of the more current affairs type topics that the Late Late Show covered over the last 40-50 years.

They'd give a good account of the changes in Irish Society over the last 40 years.

There are a good few clips of interviews from the Late Late Show and RTE current affairs programmes in this documentary about the campaign over the years for rights for gay and lesbian people.

I think it'd be very interesting to be able to see these full interviews.

monkey9

Holy ****, Russell has whacked on the weight!!!

monkey9

That was a brilliant performance in fairness. He could whack out an album.

horseburger

monkey9 wrote: »

That was a brilliant performance in fairness. He could whack out an album.

He's a big fan of Johnny Cash, so I guess he'd also be an Ernest Tubb fan.

here are some great Ernest Tubb performances:

Ol' Donie

Graham Norton on this best of now.

A warm up before the main event: Sinister Lord of Evil, Chris De Burgh.

brian_t

Next Friday the fourth and final "Best of" has Kim Catrall and Bono and The Edge.

Skid X

This was posted on Youtube today: almost all of the 1984 LLS tribute to Josef Locke (90 minutes)

Lovely stuff. Those extended tribute shows were usually very entertaining.