The inaugural PK Late Late Toy Show-24/11/23

Pelvis Parsley

Arguably for some, the last fella’s highest point, and for others, yet another demonstration of his narcissistic nature-the Toy Show is about to land in our collective laps like a reheated Chinese take out for yet another year.

Splitting this out into a separate thread as it generally excites a good deal of interest (and unfortunately for the moderators, no small element of trolling-less so this year, we can but hope).

Advance apologies for the paywall, but I’ll post a few excerpts: https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2023/11/18/patrick-kieltys-first-late-late-toy-show-all-those-workplace-tensions-will-be-put-aside/

Looks like it won’t be just the GB/PK1 style Christmas jumper…

”Frustratingly, Kielty is allowed to say little about what viewers should expect by way of themes or costumes or dance numbers. “I definitely will be ditching the normal suit. The costume department have been working hard – there’s been the odd inside-leg measurement. There’ll be singing, I’m dancing, so let’s see,” he says. “I don’t want to overpromise and underdeliver. That’s what’s terrifying.”

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““I think my take on it has to be the joke’s on me…The kids are the star of the show,” he says. One of his best and earliest memories of watching the Toy Show as a kid is of seeing Byrne squirt a water pistol into the audience. That’s the kind of atmosphere Kielty wants to create. “It’s that thing where the kids are in charge. Coming in and doing your first show, my whole feeling is, you know, okay, guys, how do we do this? That’s what I’m hoping for. There’s a lot of moving parts and lots of best-laid plans on the night, but I don’t think you can try and make it too polished. You’ve got to roll with the punches. And go and have fun.” Just don’t bother asking him for tickets.

The Late Late Toy Show is on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player at 9.35pm on Friday, November 24th”

squonk

I predict it’ll be just like Tubbs shows really. Mainly because we expected big changes when PK took over the regular she bit really ask that’s gone I’d the misery slot. Otherwise after watching the first crew episodes it’s just business as usual but with a better presenter so I’m expecting similar on Friday night.

LambshankRedemption

The Billy Barries will be singing. I'd put money on it.

I just hope there are some actual toys on it this year.

Bobson Dugnutt

It’s an online outrage high point for lots of boring middle-aged men. The sort of chaps who will take to Twitter to complain there isn’t enough toys, that there’s a kid who might be trans, that there’s a child whose parents were immigrants, that the kids taking part in musical numbers can’t sing etc.

CGI_Livia_Soprano

The Late Late Toy Show is a little bit anachronistic in an era where kids don't really care about toys any more. Or the ones who do care about toys are toddlers and not the 7-12 year olds the Toy Show usually tries to appeal to.

That's the obvious reason why the LLTS went into more of a "singing and dancing" direction over the past fifteen years or so, kids spend all of their times on their phones instead of playing with toys, though the usual cribbers and moaners will naturally believe it's because of the former host's failed child star dreams. As if.

I wish PK nothing but the best, but his predecessor's turn as Santa Claus of the Nation was nothing less than iconic. Kielty will have some teething problems I'm sure but in a few years he will be knocking it out of the park, I'd expect.

Paterson Jerins

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121384155#Comment_121384155

How come this poster is constantly allowed to be a dick and troll????

The Dr has been at this for years

LambshankRedemption

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121384287#Comment_121384287

Thats where the ignore list comes in useful.

LambshankRedemption

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121384273#Comment_121384273

Not having kids myself I suppose Im out of touch, but you are right. The entire toy industry has changed dramatically in the past decade and the types of toys kids get or are interested in are nolonger the kinds that can be showcased easily on the TV.

I was in the shop during the week and overheard part of a conversation between two presumebly neighbours. I caught "And whats Santy bringing?", and the child who can't have been more than 10 said "A new phone".

Showcasing the latest in phones and playstations leaves an awful lot of time in a prime time TV spot so of course there has to be more singing and dancing.

I hadn't really thought of it until you said it.

Ash.J.Williams

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121384273#Comment_121384273

Iconic in his own head and iconic via spin and PR, kids were bored after 20 mins

Bobson Dugnutt

It was the most watched show in the country every year so I very much doubt that was the case.

Children’s creativity, imagination and learning is best brought out by tangible toys, ie ones you can touch, make sounds out of, build with, construct in 3D, draw & paint, simulate occupations like doctors’ sets, interact with, develop manual dexterity and negotiate the real world around you. People can take to tech any time, I was well able to learn the latter stuff in the second half of my life, having already having developed vital skills thanks to my parents having given me interactive toys and tons of plain Lego bricks I had to invent things out of, or as much as they could afford in the 60s.

I love when I see what children have created out of constructive toys on the LLTS. DJ decks, musical instruments and the likes are excellent too. The book segments are good, books of all kinds from pictures to words to suit everyone.

I don’t know if such exists anywhere, but an affordable 3-D printer of cheap materials would amount to a constructive hobby, where children would be able to design/print simple small 3D items, eg a paper airplane that they could then colour themselves. This is something that may become a readily available Santa item some day.

I’ll be very interested in seeing how Patrick handles it. One thing, he’s not afraid to be seen to try things out, and not in fear of failure.

Shakyfan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121384287#Comment_121384287

Amazing too how he knows so much about the Toy show discussions for the last several years but yet has only been a member since September this year. Yes I know people lurk but given how keen he is to put this point across (It's also in the main LLS discussion) it's strange that he has waited this long to register.

1414 Medium wave

You'd think they'd leave it until Friday week, December 1st. In Gay Byrne's time, it didn't air unit the second Friday of December

EmmetSpiceland

Was in the car after picking one of the kids up yesterday evening. She told me that her teacher ‘had ruined the toy show for them’, I asked how and she replied that ‘she told us there’d be someone new presenting it’.

I told her that was right, Ryan Tubridy won’t be doing it this year. She said that her and all the kids in the class were upset over it as they all really liked ‘the other guy’ because ‘he was such fun’.

I told her that we should give the new guy a chance and that, while the show might not be as good, it will still be fun, and it’s what Ryan would want.

She, then, asked what happened to Ryan. I told her that he was earning a lot of money for the work he did and some people really didn’t like that. He also preached kindness to others which, again, some people didn’t like. I told her it wasn’t the first time in history that someone was persecuted for that.

Then, in the end, his employer paid him in an odd way and got a lot of “bad press” over it so he was forced out. I could tell she was getting a little upset but I told that Ryan had just signed up to a really big job for a big radio station in England so she was delighted with that.

She said she looking forward to the ‘Toy Show’ now and would give Kielty a go ‘even though he could never be as good as Ryan’.

Welsh Megaman

Let’s do this!

JP Liz V1

I am expecting lots of pink toys, for Barbie

StevenToast

Thank fùck we dont have to suffer the coked up DLB this year....

Merry christmas one and all....

Good luck to Patrick Kielty, a genuine family man..unlike his predecessor....

Welsh Megaman

Me, watching/judging Patrick’s first Toy Show tomorrow night…

Pelvis Parsley

That's if it goes ahead guys...

leahyl

Guys, the theme! He’s off to a winning start already, finally, an actual Christmas film!! I feel like applauding him!

NIMAN

To be fair, PK only started talking about this years Toy Show about a week or two back.

Tubs would have been talking about it since Feb. Telling us how exhausted he was, and how he'll need to take a fortnight off to recharge.

odyssey06

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121410489#Comment_121410489

What have the elves ever done for Christmas eh?

littlevillage

Will people really want to visit Dublin tonight? Especially with little kids in tow, I wouldn't.

RTE just can't catch a break these days. We have the worst street riots in Dublin in 100 yrs on the eve of its flagship show

littlevillage

But wishing Patrick Kielty all the best on his first "TOY" Show. Lets hope they spend a bit of time on the Toys this year and less on junior Eurovision type musical numbers/misery stories/Charity collection/fundraising in the guise of competitions/ shameless product placement

fluke

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121410676#Comment_121410676

I know the Show is not in the Dublin city centre, but I almost think it would be wise to postpone it, as a mark of respect really.

fluke

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121410908#Comment_121410908

Either/ both. Does it matter?

Is the appetite there given last night's events.

Bobson Dugnutt

Kids get PlayStations, cloud subscriptions, mobile phones, bikes these days.

There simply isn’t enough content available to have kids talking about farm sets and plastic kitchens for 2 hours.

The show is about highlighting the creativity and personality of children.

Lads getting nostalgic about how it was different in their day aren’t the target market for this show.

maximus15

Def an improvement having a Christmas theme at least this year . Hopefully returns to a Christmas themed show and plenty of toys like used to be for a long time .

Bobson Dugnutt

Two hours of Little Timmy MuckSavage showing off his farm set and Cheeky Jack Een demonstrating his electric scooter doesn’t make for good TV. It will be sprinkled throughout the show of course, but it’s about the kids. Their stories, their singing, their dancing, their personalities.

I’d expect Kielty was able to go through his contact list and manage to convince a few high profile surprise guests.

Oscar_Madison

Nice to jump in here for a bit of triviality and get away from that madness of last night.

Hope ye all enjoy the show

Bodan

Seems a bit early to have the late late toy show. Next Friday the 1st of December seems more timely

Kids don’t play with toys anymore? It’s very obvious anyone saying that doesn’t have kids 🤣🤣🤣

I’ve a 5 year old who we had to persuade him to ask Santa for a Nintendo switch, they couldn’t be arsed! 🤣 knew well enough if his brother got one and he didn’t there’d be war but both ours wouldn’t be bothered with phones and yokes.

Oldest lad wants an iPad cos he uses it in school, but not for Facebook or TikTok, to play the games. Kids might be more interested in phones and Facebook than our time but it’s not all kids..

also for anyone who doesn’t want to pay here’s a free link for the IT article https://archive.ph/QPvOe

Sorolla

Without the lads from Nimble Fingers - there would never have been a toy show.

these guys don’t get enough credit

Sorolla

There is a rumour Taylor Swift will be making an appearance on the toy show.

leahyl

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121410702#Comment_121410702

And Elf is a Christmas film.....wonder where the link is there between that and Christmas....🤔

taxAHcruel

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121412839#Comment_121412839

Hehe it is fun how often that rumor happens. There was a rumor (for reasons that are obvious to those who know her it seems) that she would also make an appearance at the American Football matches in Frankfurt recently. A hotel got totally swamped by fans who thought they knew where she was staying. Not sure she was even in the EU though let alone at the game?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121412781#Comment_121412781

Nice. My older kids (13f, 9m) do not seem to want much either though he wants a gun because she "owns" one. So there is that. Not much in the way of toys being requested though. My younger two (under 7s) are kinda still in the "Toy" stage but most of it is creative orientated like Lego and Snap Circuits and the like. So they have asked Daddy for stuff like that. Probably a build your own robot or similar.

Not much gaming in this house. We tend to occasionally get a game 2 or more of us can play together. Great game called "Child of light" I played recently where I as the second player played a kind of support role to the main character which one of my kids was able to play. Wish there were more games like that but I guess most 2 player games are designed that each player is equally involved. Not as much call for a main player and a second player who sits mostly back.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121410976#Comment_121410976

There definitely is here. I especially feel I need it myself and hoping the rumors of it being cancelled/postponed are not true.

Oscar_Madison

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121412725#Comment_121412725

In practical terms considering parents are already in the stores getting presents it probably makes sense- 30 years ago early December was still fine but different times now

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121412930#Comment_121412930

Prob just getting them before some expense hits and there’s no money for presents.. that’s how I’ve been living this year anyway!

Oscar_Madison

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121412943#Comment_121412943

Yeah I know Christmas for parents no less many others can be a big challenge.And I don’t have a “but” to add to that sentence. It’s true.,

From my perspective, Hopefully though the magic of TOYS will return to the LL TOY show as it’s been absent now for many years- I don’t honestly agree with this “we can’t show toys as some people can’t afford them” approach- there will always be people who can’t afford things but the toy show is primarily a few hours of magic and escapism for kids primarily and indeed some adult kids too. It always gave a balance of the “affordable” and the more mega type toys but kids have friends- toy envy isn’t confined to TLLS- every day many kids are faced with friends having better toys than they do - we’ve all experienced that (except for you rich kids 🤪)

Hope you and family enjoy it Jenny Hissing Arm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121412981#Comment_121412981

I can’t say I’m not excited to see what this year is like! Tubirdy had it wrecked. I didn’t care for all the singing and dancing tbh

like you say bring back what it was all about the toys!

I hope the same for you!! 🫡

odyssey06

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121410702#Comment_121410702

This is just anti elf prejudice. Santa gets all the glory but they do the hard work.

Welsh Megaman

Just over three hours to go!

Say Your Number

Sick of hearing about this Black Friday bullsh1t, this is the only Black Friday I can tolerate.

https://youtu.be/S_1dHzlWzns?si=lDfgotVspb6YnLwy

Mam of 4

Hope everyone enjoys it tonight, especially those with little ones who believe in the magic of Christmas 🎄

It'll be interesting to see how PK gets on , I'd say he'll do a great job tbh . I hated the Toy Show with RT , he always reminded me of the Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, prancing about the children 🙈🤣

Oscar_Madison

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121413484#Comment_121413484

Taking your advice literally Welshie- am I doing it right? 🤪

I liked seeing the glimpse of the set… proper Christmas 😍😍

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121413494#Comment_121413494

I don’t think it’s really taken off this year, between inflation and many people hard pushed with cash, and what happened

I’m looking forward to it this year, and I’m an aul wan living alone 😍

Any sock puppets in the toy display tonight I wonder? Good old fashioned clean fun.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121412943#Comment_121412943

There’s some gorgeous stuff in Aldi/Lidl for the younger kids, even looking at it brings nostalgic memories.

Princess Calla

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121413554#Comment_121413554

He dressed up as the child catcher one year didn't he?

My youngest is beside himself waiting for it to start.

Popcorn getting popped as I type, candy cane smarties ready to go. (We do have more treats and while I'm not overly strict on treats , the idea of midnight sugar rushes isn't appealing 😂)