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AS MORE AND MORE weather alerts were announced in the past 24 hours, RTÉ presenter Ryan Tubridy wasn’t sure if his Late Late Show tonight would go on.
As recently as yesterday, Tubridy had said on his morning radio show that he had no idea who would be on his chat show tonight, with flights for today cancelled, no transport services running and most of the country left confined to their homes.
But despite the studio audience being cancelled just hours before the show began, Tubridy took his place in his brown leather armchair “very different class of Late Late Show”.
With a pared-back live audience, the show featured an interview with comedian and actress Deirdre O’Kane, a performance from singer Cliona Hagan (who returned for a second one), a quick interview with a couple who got married today despite the exceptional weather, and a giant stack of Brennan’s bread.
They also had a segment on a series of paintings done on the subject of the Irish Famine (a piece we did previously on this here).
There was a live broadcast from Marty Morrissey at the wedding of a couple who told their story of how their big day continued despite the deep depths of the snow.
And the stack of Brennan’s bread? An ode to the mad bred rush we had ahead of the storm – and donated to the homeless.
Throughout the show, Ryan was particularly grateful to the handful of people who filled out a small section of the studio audience (mostly RTÉ heads, we’re guessing).
“We’ve nothing to give away to our audience though,” he added.
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Well done to Tubridy for making the best of all this..fair play. Well meaning and doing his best, thanks for it on this awful night. Ps. Begrudgers please desist..
@Margate: and why shouldn’t RTE do this?. paid for by the licence fee and advertisers
@Margate: yes agreed and hopefully by mid week the worst of this cold artic weather will come to an end at least were now in March longer daylight hours
@Margate:
Absolutely no begrudge!! It was one of the better LateLates.
@Donal Hanley: I just wonder when Rte will have Marty Morrissey sitting beside Ryan or Joe Duffy? I pretty sure he is been groomed for a show of his own I can smell it. Rte look after their own with the help of the licence payer..This is what Rte do best
@Mark Johnson: have a look out your window kid
@Pat Bateman: dont call me kid missus
If we could only stop Tubridy from getting to the Studio next week, that would be a result.
@Gavin O’Brien: great solution dont watch it .or have you nothing else going on gav
@The Eagle: lots more on TV why were you compelled to watch it should be the question bird
@Eoghan S Quinn: You don’t have to watch it but you still have to pay for it.
@Eoghan S Quinn: That is not a solution, the money still gets spent as. We are still threatened with jail if we don’t fund it.
I for one really loved this new format. Just dragging in random people from the street on a cold snowy night to talk shite. They should try this more often because it certainly would be an improvement from C – rate Irish celebrities trying to flog their new books on topics they are not really qualified to talk about. I.e, Brezzie, Ross Purcell, Vogue Williams et al.
Great sketch by Oliver callan on our useless gov politicians, tots amazeballs trying too hard to be cool Leo, all hands Murphy trying to look all important while explaining graphs he didn’t understand, and spitting Pascal, enough said! Very funny, and accurate too.
@Adrian: I think Callan was poor except for Pascal.
@Adrian: All sorts watch this rubbish. I would watch paint dry on the outside of a house on a wet day.
@Adrian: Callan is great, not only are his impressions spot on, but the interwoven jokes are really funny. Callan and McSavage are Irelands 2 best
Could they not have stuck on Weekend At Bernie’s for the night or something
What put me off straight away was that horrible Oliver Tallon, taking off our politicians. His act says more about him than them, trying to pass off his own prejudices/chips on shoulder as if they were the politician’s.
@james boylan: It’s called satire.
@Escay: and it’s was fairly spot on
@james boylan: agreed, he should pull out some scrap Saturday to at least hear the definition of satire. That gombeen hasn’t a clue. Very unfunny and actually irritating.
@Escay:
Satire it is so, by a bitter little man.
the state of the carpets and the curtains in that hotel
@Minom Pnnomm: I was thinking the same
@Minom Pnnomm: Green Card Visa Wedding by the looks of it “Yes I love him very much in Ireland..”
@Stevie Doran: Horrible comment from a horrible little man
@The Eagle: again large yawn
Should have put on a good movie. Give Ryan the night off. Worst show ever.
@Tony O Neill: apart from the size of the audience and Ryan’s hair do there seemed to absolutely no difference to every other week
That tweet about the 9 am lecture is both hilarious and accurate lol
Wouldn’t watch that Muck if it were the only thing on the Box!
Any old excuse to save a bit of money on all those “there is one for everyone in the audience” presents. Need to increase the TV license fees…
I’d rather watch snow melt
There was one for every one in the audience!
Total cost 10.50
Cheapest free advertising ever!
@The Eagle: Tubbs has more and looking at the audience tonight, next A&D could be grim if they include that snap and say “Tell me again why you think you deserve it?”
Brennans bread on seats . fantastic !
Anybody watches Tubrity must be thick as a loaf
Cliona Hagan though
The worst show on tv, if it’s not a weather man it’s Joe feckin Duffy or some other 3rd rate “celeb”…..utter crap!
More Dub4 shite that people decide to pay for
@eastsmer: so true!!!
I don’t watch the late late
I am constantly giving out about RTE, BUT I think Tubs did a good job under exceptional circumstances. I normally work nights and dont see the Late Late so I had to hand it to him. How many of us would have improvised so well ??? Seriously give him a break . We all need one now and again.
RTE did a great job putting on a show last minute. Anyone who ventured out last night put their lives at risk with the dangerous driving conditions. Really enjoyed Cliona O Hagan. Ryan did his best and anyone who commented otherwise knows how to use the remote control. It seems from some comments that a lot if people were in fact watching.
Bloody ridiculous. RTE are now for your “Viewing Pleasure “ will now broadcast our radio show live!!. Like watching paint dry. Would it have cost them that much to put on some classic family movies, due to the exceptional weather circumstances.
That fecking bread story again . Obesity going up every year people eating RTE advertising white bread more fat people no thanks
Im a Lidl Pizzed off that the comments are off on the supermarket sweep story tonight!!! Them fecking Diggers
Fair play rte getting on with the job …… but as always we will get jack and eagle and the likes giving out honest to god get a life
You say only people from RTE what is the difference. When the late late show comes onn I switch off “it was never the same since Gay Byrne left it “.
Lol!…Turbidys buddies on boring the sh**e out of anyone unlucky enough to switch over to Arr tee hee. Ah Jaysus…..
How does Oliver Callan have a job as an inpersonater? Useless, have u heard his matt Cooper
same shite different day
who cares , hopefully this is the start of the end of this shite.
Had we ever a weather scenario as bad as this when gaybo or kenny compared this show ??bad luck ryan , things can only get better .
I only watch the Late Late toy show but I would have liked to have seen this. I am sure it was a memorable impromptu show in the midst of the weather chaos. This whole bread shortage issue is pretty funny I think.
Wait for the next storm. Tubridy will be in Cork Kerry or the West / northwest to broadcast. Marty might bring him to Clare for the matchmaking or the fleadh. Hang onto your hair (Trump) or to your next break from this rubbish.
Words fail me
Let it snow
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