RTE Radio 1: The Ryan Tubridy Show

"Buckle up, it's going to be a busy show" - that's a change.

"The Twilight Zone", or as we call it, RTE.

I'd say it's more a case of it's too far for him, he said previously it was too much effort to go there and complained about the queues etc. - and this would have been in the VIP areas too, and the traffic entering and exiting. I'd say he might go if there was a helicopter available to bring him there and back.

Disclaimer: I have been to the picnic twice, and both were VIP (not humblebragging - work thing). If you are complaining about that you have very little to complain about.

You're forgetting he has had several other weeks off already this year, he's trying to make it sound like that was his only break He averages about 10 weeks off a year, this whilst finishing for the day before 10am for the vast majority of his "working" days.

Wasn't my post per se but Kildare1976 is usually pretty accurate in their assertions. Either way, what's not for debate is Tubs gets far more than his fair share of holidays.

FREE movie screening yesterday.

Tubs licking Gorbachev's hole now so much so you'd almost think he was a Kennedy or a Clinton.

Tubs hinting at a travel agent or a cruise line offering him a FREE cruise.

Tubs still didn't get the memo on Jordan Peele being woke and that you can't criticize his work.

Don't forget Joe Duffy, Ray D'Arcy, Lottie Ryan, Anna Geary, Kathryn Thomas, Doireann Garrihy, Baz et al. and the other 100+ staffers in RTE on €100k+ a year.

At least the staffers pay PAYE I suppose, unlike those with their 1 man (or woman - #woke) companies designed to avoid tax.

Pre-Gorbachev's death the plan was the same as always:

1. Return of The Late Late Show
2. Toy Show Mention
3. A humblebragging tale about how hard Ryan "works"
4. A long plug for the latest movie he watched for free long in advance of public screenings
5. A list of free stuff sent into RTE for him
6. A not so subtle hint at other things and trips he'd like for free
7. Obligatory Beatles or Macca mention
8. Some Trump bashing
9. Reminding/telling us how great JFK and Clinton were/are
10. Some scoffing and sneering at those he finds less intelligent and worldly wise than him, i.e. everyone
11. A delicious death
12. An intriguing illness, ideally terminal
13. A book review - mostly of books he's never read and has no intention of ever reading
14. Some woke virtue signaling
15. A song
16. A plug for his own social media (not the show's)
17. A mention of kindness
18. A soliloquy on how much he loves Connemara; esp. Clifden, Roundstone, and Dog's Bay
19. Mention of a very popular TV show or film, followed by a comment which states that he's never seen it, and implies that he’s ever ever so quirky for not having done so
20. Details of a jolly jape to the pier in Dun Laoghaire, where passers by complimented him on his presenting and interviewing skills, and how someone bought him a 99 in Teddy's
21. Casual mention of an upcoming TV show/film that he hasn't yet seen, but it's undoubtedly excellent as it has an Irish person in the cast OR was filmed in Ireland
22. Calling anyone who has ever been on the TV "a friend of the show" or "a Late Late Show Alumnus"
23. Talking about an upcoming or returning RTE Show like it's the final episode of The Sopranos
24. A big fry, chips, tea, plain cake, and real butter
25. Guffawing for no reason
26. Fake accents incl. 1920s British gentleman, Trump, Biden, etc.
27. Irish shops, particularly independent book shops

I genuinely think Blackbird has a chance of breaking even and even making money because it's so bad. Can't wait to hear Tub praise it this morning when he's "allowed" to talk about it (lol).

Tubs has no idea what spatchcocked is. 🙄