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

It's not really, it must be the oldest form of show biz, probably cos women weren't allowed have fun and men had to play all parts

They're no gg allin and the murder junkies , and I say that with absolute certainty

Shite guitarist 😂😂

I especially love how how he had the chord ready 2 mins before the song 😂😂

I like this mark guy

Sounds like an elf on the bag

On +1, Rosanna looks a plastic mess

Love this

Oh hi Charlotte

Oh 5 kids f**k

I find it incredible that he was in two of the biggest shows of all time in The Wire and Game of Thrones (not to mention Peaky Blinders), and in RTE's best ever drama Love/Hate, but he seems such a hammy actor.

Major TV shows Gillen had been in:

Queer as Folk

The Wire

Game of Thrones

Love/Hate

Peaky Blinders

Kin

Honestly, I don't see the draw. He's been dire in most of them. I really don't get how he keeps getting these roles.

Maybe Noel Kelly is his agent...NK certainly has form in getting talentless people prime roles.

Just caught Take That.. hang it up, lads. Awful music. And Mark Owen? Wtf.. you’d buy him a coffee if ya saw him on the street!!!

I think PK is doing a great job. You can tell he genuinely respected Shane McGowen and it was a very tasteful short tribute with a few of his friends. Kielty has a very easy way about himself that allows others to relax and be themselves. He is very much at home dealing with his guests and sees himself as their equal, unlike Tubs, who always had the nervous energy of a TY student who won a competition to interview some major celebrities.

The Take That segment was a case in point. Look, they are hardly The Beatles, but it still takes a host with a bit of personality and wit to get the best out of this kind of interview and I thought PK handled it very well. I'd imagine the 3 lads came away from that thinking it was an enjoyable experience and the audience liked it as well. How often did we ever say that about any similar LLS popstar interview over the last 14 years.

It's absolutely abysmal to think that but for a payments scandal AND the fact a number of wholly unsuitable RTE stalwarts turned down the job, we wouldn't now have a very capable and accomplished host on the LLS, we would simply have more mediocrity.

The frustrating thing is, Tubridy started off well. His first episode, he seemed to be looking like he'd be impressive. He genuinely went indepth in his interview of Brian Cowen. But I'd say he started listening too much to the online discourse, especially as social media had become more omnipresent at the time. He was also looking more and more at the audience for 'approval', even journalists highlighted this.

I wonder, was it the Rhys Ifans/ Howard Marks interview was when it started to wrong for him? It occurred about a year or more into his tenure at the helm. And at times, Tubridy acted 'above' the interviewees (Even with Ifans, who has admitted to being drunk during the interview). Almost like he was better than them. And as the quality of guests declined (or became repeat appearances like Dermot Bannon) you could see that RTE were letting the show slide into decline, while he was getting fatter and fatter paychecks, thus increasing his ego. (I mean, you can imagine the shock on NK's clients faces when they heard Kielty had waived a €50,000 travel fee. I'd say Claire Byrne spends that on beauticians, alone, every year). When he interviewed Sean Spicer, he made him likable. When he interviewed Liam Neeson (same show) he managed to make a mess of things and get Neeson into hot water. People were calling for Neeson's head.

It didn't help that Tubridy and his 'friends' (ie share an agent) were applying pressure and criticising nearly every decision and choice that Kielty and his team made regarding the show, before it aired. And the producer quitting the show a few weeks in... I'd say they thought that would be the nail in his coffin. Instead, it seemed like he really upped his game. He was able to quip with Take That, no problem.

Kielty, as a performer, can tell if the audience isn't 'with him' or if something isn't working. It's something good performers tend to pick up, and bad performers miss entirely (I think that's why he breezed thru the DWTS segment-he knew it was just lame filler). First few weeks he was kind of feeling the pressure, but much of that was down to the crud Tubridy and his cohorts had caused in the weeks running up to the LLS hosting. Once he got past the Toy Show, he seemed to gel.

Also, Kielty is curious about people. You see it when he's interviewing. I've noticed Tommy Tiernan is too. It's this curiosity that comedians have... plus it gives them material.