PK@rte.ie (again). The All New (Patrick Kielty) Late Late Show Thread

SEPT 23 1989 · 29-09-2023 10:55pm

nothing has changed

more death and disease

who is actually running this show?

Stoned_Rosie · 29-09-2023 10:56pm

I'd love to question Mick Lynch on Unions that stifle progress.

The HSE is unfixable due to Unions. You can't sack people. Same thing in RTE, cameramen earning mad money and won't help the cause at all.

I've seen it first hand in private sector. One company I worked for had electricians in a union. Any time there was work that could only be done outside normal hours, ALL electricians had to be offered the overtime. So it might have been a real simple job but if they wanted to do it they had to pay overtime to all their electricians, so they'd often just not do a job at all and improve things for employees.

Another example is the electricians wouldn't allow any vendor to touch their systems. So say an electrical vendor needed to shut off power, they couldn't do it, had to be one of the local electricians so often lads would be doing something else or be on lunch and jobs would be delayed and add cost.

John arse · 29-09-2023 10:56pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121175035#Comment_121175035

Yeah has she had bad surgery or loads of Botox???🤦

Alibaba · 29-09-2023 10:58pm

Very poor show tonight I thought.

Disappointed , as I had expected better than this.

iffandonlyif · 29-09-2023 10:59pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121174866#Comment_121174866

Could I ask what happened?

Stoned_Rosie · 29-09-2023 10:59pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121175028#Comment_121175028

Was he pro brexit? Since when and is he still pro Brexit?

tupenny2 · 29-09-2023 11:00pm

David Seaman anyone ?

Stoned_Rosie · 29-09-2023 11:00pm

What's with the seating set up?

Delaney looks like he's been pumped with steroids in comparison to Kielty.

Shelga · 29-09-2023 11:00pm

I love Rob Delaney and Catastrophe. He’s been promoting this book for a long while though, must be very hard to talk about his deceased son so regularly :(

Westernview · 29-09-2023 11:01pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121174902#Comment_121174902

Houghtons goal changed everything

murpho999 · 29-09-2023 11:02pm

LLS finally gets a Hollywood actor on after two weeks of canteen guests and only the LLS could make it depressing.

Montage of Feck · 29-09-2023 11:04pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121175049#Comment_121175049

Death and disease is part of the human condition and shouldn't be hidden away, but of course you don't have to wallow in the misery. The interview was overwhelmingly positive with Delaney coming across as a really decent person rather than a vaceous celebrity.

1992ChainGang · 29-09-2023 11:05pm

I know this is "depressing" but it's not like Tub era trying to find misery in everything. It's a touching story told at the end of the show, the whole structure of the show is so much better than before

bigroad · 29-09-2023 11:06pm

Is that your dog,no it's my wife😳

For Forks Sake · 29-09-2023 11:07pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121175067#Comment_121175067

Yes, and yes. Every one of those "reasons" were pie in the sky nonsense, and Brexit has only led to more Tory austerity and running roughshod over workers rights and living standards.

murpho999 · 29-09-2023 11:08pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121175080#Comment_121175080

True but it’s an entertainment show and there is an actor and his acting was barely mentioned. It was dominated by his son’s passing which of cours is tragic and sad and obviously a major event for him but a lot more could have been discussed with him.

Welsh Megaman · 29-09-2023 11:09pm

Till next week's Country Special, folks!

Nos da, y'all! 😊

techman1 · 29-09-2023 11:11pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121175025#Comment_121175025

Yes, thats why even the left wingers know that the multinational workers can never go on strike because that is what is paying the public sector wages and the massive welfare bill. Maybe a better deal for workers relative to welfare might get more construction workers building houses. However the irish left wing is not focussed on workers but on welfare , there is a huge ideological shift between the left wing parties here and the labour movement in the UK

eightieschewbaccy · 29-09-2023 11:11pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121175092#Comment_121175092

Since he's promoting the book, makes sense that it would be the focus. He's also currently only allowed to talk about acting he did in the UK. Anything US centric is subject to actor's strike rules.

Shelga · 29-09-2023 11:11pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121175083#Comment_121175083

Exactly- there’s a well known actor/comedian who’s published a book on the loss of his son and offers a touching and heartfelt perspective about the coexistence of life and death, of sadness and joy- and then there’s a poor non-famous person dragged up from Leitrim to discuss their repeated rapes at the hands of the Catholic Church, for seemingly no reason, while looking ashen-faced and deeply traumatised throughout.

Westernview · 29-09-2023 11:14pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121175080#Comment_121175080

Well said. There is a difference in the way unfortunate stories can be dealt with. Previously it seemed like whole shows were dedicated to sad cases. Once a balance is there the viewers aren't beaten down with bad news.

archfi · 29-09-2023 11:23pm

I'm surprised some people are surprised Mick Lynch supported and campaigned to leave the EU.

It is a socialist position - don't mistake the modern (Blairite dominated) UK Labour party as a socialist party!

I'll be having a look at his clip over the weekend.

Stoned_Rosie · 29-09-2023 11:29pm

Kielty is ok, some things he does are quite annoying though.

When a guest makes a "strong" statement and he goes "yeah" and nods and gives side eye to the audience to clap
The self RTE put downs are waring thin now at this stage. The agent and overpaying jokes are old topics now, move on.
His crumpled chin when telling a joke as if he's trying to stop himself laughing, very fake.
When he talks and fakes laughs at the same time.

I also find the show extremely structured. It's like everything is scripted to the last second.

iffandonlyif · 29-09-2023 11:35pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121175135#Comment_121175135

Ireland has a very superficial understanding of the Eurosceptic currents in Britain. We’ve imbibed as fact the Fintan O’Toole pseudo-psychoanalytical thesis that it was motivated by nostalgia for empire.

29-09-2023 11:40pm

I know I'll be slated for this, but it's what I feel.

I think the show is even slightly worse than under Tubridy. People will come to the conclusion when I make a statement like this that I'm pro Tubridy in every respect. I'm not. He cheated the tax payer. He's a brazen liar.

But to remove the personalities of PK and Tubridy from the show and look at the show objectively, PK's show is sending me to sleep a bit quicker than Tubridy. PK does nothing for me. Occasionally Tubridy had some thing of interest.

Atlantic Dawn · 30-09-2023 1:48am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121174943#Comment_121174943

Morgan Freeman's sensible thoughts on Black History Month and racism in general 👍️...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeixtYS-P3s

orangerhyme · 30-09-2023 7:30am

I like Patrick Kielty and Rob Delaney but did anyone get the feeling Kielty was faking his emotional ending of "you'll get to celebrate your birthday someday".

It seemed like acting to create a viral moment.