This has been doing the rounds over on The Facebook, with good reason. Encompassing some of the greatest presenting skill the nation has ever known as Uncle Gaybo deals with a truly difficult situation; the good old days when the Late Late Show guests used to stay on set for the duration and interact with each other for the night; the old postal quiz, and a few words from the ever-watchable Brendan Kennelly - this was broadcasting.
Hey all, I’m planning a quiet night in this evening and I’m thinking of sticking on RTE One at 9.30pm for Tubber’s first Toy Show. If I run a liveblog, will anyone be around to help slag off his choice of jumper, laugh when he breaks a toy and cheer when he says “There’s one for everybody in the audience“? If there’s any interest, I’ll kick off about 9.15pm. Any thoughts on good drinking games during the show? Oh, and if you’re feeling humbuggy, check out Sweary’s Top 10 Most Disappointing Toys Ever on Coddle Pot.
I miss Gay Byrne on the Late Late. I do. I miss the randomness, the waving at the mammy, the poems or songs the audience would sit up and perform and then the unintentionally hilarious scenes like John Conneely Irish dancing on the show: Or Andrew Sachs being on the delivery side of a phone-in prank… Legend. Absolute legend.
Really like the idea of the BBC’s effort to get people singing. Heard about it last night on BBC Radio 3 during the interval to the Messiah. Sing Hallelujah is a nationwide effort in the UK to encourage people to : find their voices and discover the joy of singing. We want to get thousands of people singing Handel’s famous Hallelujah Chorus as part of a nationwide celebration of one of the most popular choral pieces in the world. Gay Byrne organised a “Messiah For All” concert back in 1992 in the Point Theatre in aid of Goal and Concern. As far as I remember, anyone who was familiar with the piece was invited to come along and sing. Those singing were organised into voice sections, while the remaining space was for the general audience. Audience and singers alike were invited to join in on the the Hallelujah Chorus. It … There’s more
Once upon a time in a leafy suburb, far far away, a child was born. He kicked and screamed his way into the world like any other child, but this child was different. His parents just knew instinctively he was destined for greatness. The legend goes that 2 minutes after his birth, he suddenly stopped crying. All gathered around the bed were astonished at this unusual behaviour. He seemed to be in some kind of rapture. It was as if the hand God had reached from the heavens to soothe his cries. It was only when one of the porters popped his head in the door and said “Oh Jaysis, I’m late for the Late Late Show”, that it dawned on everyone in the room. It was the music coming from the television in the corner that had stopped the baby crying. The suggestion of calling the child Gay entered … There’s more
