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THE LATE LATE is back tonight, with Patrick Kielty at the helm for his second year of hosting duties.
We already know that Rory McIlroy is among the guests for tonight’s episode, but how are you feeling about the long-running show now that Kielty is into his second year.
Today’s poll: Will you watch much of The Late Late Show this year?
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It passed its best after Gaybo left…in all honesty it was his and only his gig. All the other incumbents in that chair have only been trying to catch him.since.
@Tony Skillington: Part of it is that times have changed, though.
@Brendan O’Brien: Times have changed for the worst then like just about nearly everything else.
@Brendan O’Brien: that’s why they should let go of it
@Leonard Barry: A glance at the list of schools in the recent scoping inquiry report might suggest that the good old days weren’t all that great.
@Tony Skillington: it was popular back when Gay was doing it because we largely only had RTÉ 1&2. Watch that or nothing
@Tony Skillington: passed its best before he left. Stale formula that gripped the gagged nation in the 70s and 80s
@Maniac 2000: absolutely right. Multi-channel TV didn’t become commonplace til the mid 1990s (outside of Dublin).. Gaybo finished the Late Late in 1999, RTE was much better then, Nighthawks, Today Tonight but like everything else in Ireland that institution has regressed in the intervening quarter century.
@Maniac 2000: if you lived in the West of Ireland up to 1978, the first 16 years of Byrne’s tenure, it was RTE1 only. Still a place for it, though, nowadays there’s to much filling stations schedules with US spinoffs of brainless guff (NCIS) or repeats. I like the fact it’s authentically Irish, although the addition of Kielty’s monologue (aping American chat shows, and Graham Norton) is a bit of a grating move away. The “comedy” is mostly laboured and predictable…
As long as they don’t recommence just grabbing whoever they find in the RTE canteen.
Honestly, who’s left in the country to chat to, every man and his dog has been on. Time to put this show to bed imo..
If they allow U Kraine use long range weapons its over, Nowhere will be safe in Europe or the US.
@087 bed: are Russia not using them allready.
@Willie Marty: To answer you’re question No, They are using Hypersonic weapons very different, People need to understand how serious this is, If UK/US use long range weapons in UKraine its going to get very bad for all of us, you can call me what you want, these are the facts. All the Best.
@087 bed: The UK/US don’t, and won’t, use any weapons in Ukraine. The Ukrainians do, to defend themselves against the ongoing Russian invasion.
When Russian aggression ends, the war will end.
@087 bed: Tit for tat formula, for every missile from Russia return 1 from Ukraine at the point of origin in Russia. Doesnt matter where they are made, given that North Korea and Iran supply Russia.
@087 bed: agreed. Europe will have FOAB dropping from the sky
Doomed
Way past it’s sell-by date, like everything else in RTE!
I’m hearing Dee Forbes will be his first guest.
@Michael o connor: has her docters cert expired.
Are we going to wait till after the election before announcing Europe and the US is officially at war with Russia?….lockdowns, restrictions and rationing incoming.
@Dere: And of course, we will be getting Iodine tabs and dosimeters from the Gouvernment.
@Max: ah you know it will depend on whether they contribute to our carbon footprint.
@Dere: So, what you’re saying is that Belarus, China, North Korea, Iran and maybe a few more are all war with Europe already?
@Wolfgang Bonow: not officially, but give it time….hopefully the good guys win for the 484th war in a row.
Haven’t watched it since I moved out of my parent’s house in the mid 80s.
Alas no! I have to remove little stones from my car tyres!!!
Should make it uniquely Irish again as quoted by a wise man!. Tubs and the latest fella have the standard US talk show format and celebrity guests. Garbo had a lot of Irish normal folks with good stories to tell, funny, and sad. Need to make it uniquely Irish again.
I won’t be watching RTE full stop.
Don’t have or want a TV. So, no.
Prefer to switch off and read a book in bed. Only junk on all TV channels, especially chat shows infested with opinionated self promoters.
The Late Late Show should always be preceded with a mental health warning and the phone number for the Samaritans – it’s a very depressing show which would normally feature interviews with people who had suffered a tragic bereavement or someone with a terminal illness or those unfortunates who were abused – If you value your mental health give it a miss.
OMG… I remember Pat the plank after Gaybo, the pubs would be packed to the roofs on Friday nights! It’s like the licence fee, a crusty old dinosaur that RTE are fiercely holding on to in their attempts to keep the old guard relevant.
So Rory Mcllroy they start a new season with a recorded interview with Rory Mcllroy?
I never watch it. Nothing to do with the current host as he’s actually entertaining in his own right. Just find that kinda TV show a bit dated.
Like most normal people I go out on Friday night. TBH so did most people in its supposed heyday in the sixties and seventies.
Wouldn’t have a gogglebox in the house. Just a Google-Box. You can watch Sky news free on the internet. That’s all you need to keep informed about the forthcoming World War III. Russia will use Tactical Nukes on Ukraine, and then the sheeeet will hit the fan.
@Max: dear god. sky news? really. utter garbage.
@Max: If you’re relying on Sky News for a level playing field you’re sadly mistaken and ill-informed.
@Tezmond McVicar: I watch it mainly to look at Sophie and that nice coloured girl – can’t remember her name.
@Niall English: Dear God, the very houses seem asleep.
Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802.
@Niall English: Earth has not any thing to show more fair:
Dull would he be of soul who could pass by
A sight so touching in its majesty:
This City now doth, like a garment, wear
The beauty of the morning; silent, bare,
Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie
Open unto the fields, and to the sky;
All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.
Never did sun more beautifully steep
In his first splendour, valley, rock, or hill;
Ne’er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!
The river glideth at his own sweet will:
Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;
And all that mighty heart is lying still!
I don’t watch useless tv
Whilst this poll is not representative of the entire population, a figure of less than 10% saying they will regularly watch is a damning inditment. Maybe there is still some value, particularly the Christmas show but it is time to reduce the overall airtime, peak slot and funding for the Late Late. It has long since been RTEs biggest spend and this no longer reflective of the Irish taste in TV.
My dog have a s-h-y7e is more interesting
@Paul H: You should pitch it to RTE.
No way . Never have good guest s .
Irish security forces monitoring reports of Russian naval activity in the Atlantic.
What’ll they use, a rubber dingy like the last time?
No enough said.
Have not watched terrestrial tv in years. That said, I do quite like Fair city of late with plans for the bistro to turn all green planty (that’s not going to end well). And the affair now out! Affair? It was a sex fest every moment they got a chance (bedrooms, taxi, laneways… Prob the bistro too!) Also, I’ve never seen so many trendy looking extras in a working class area, lol. Oh…can they do something about your woman walking up the street at the ad break? Throw in a trendy with a coffee maybe? Or have your woman walking back the other way at least. Where’s she even going?!? The rest of the cast: carry on. Respectful shout-out to Martina Shanley/Delores.
@Keth Tgi: Wow! Somebody who admits watching Fair City. I suppose there has to be someone beyond their immediate families.
Personally I’ll watch it, I’ve enjoyed listening to some of the guests and Patrick’s got a good interaction with both the guests and the audience. Okay, so they’re not A-listers but it’s amazing how interesting a less well known person’s life has been/is. Who would have tuned in to an interview with Charlie Bird 5 years ago?
As for RTE on the whole – I was recently surprised with the amount of good series on the player.
get rida RTE! this BS is a distraction…
There’s not much to watch!
I’m in my mid-sixties. Nobody I know watch it. Even my parents hadn’t watched in years. It’s well past it’s sell by date.
If a pair of pliers is one . What’s more than one called .
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