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Topic: Let's hope you are all going to pay due homage to Gaybo tonight
T_de_B
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Posted: 01-Jun-2012 15:57
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After all, only for Gaybo, we would still be languishing on a derilict windswept & rainsodden island bemoaning the fact that we hadn't a brass farthing between the lot of us and be in imminent danger of complete extinction as we had not yet discovered sex.

At least, so he and his apologists would have us believe.

Well, in retrospect we mus admit he is correct about the brass farthing bit and we have his social class to thank for it.
Larkin
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Posted: 01-Jun-2012 16:04
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Never liked him so I certainly will not be watching. Over to you a Thomáis for the report tomorrow. I have other plans which do not include watching RTE massage the ego of some numpty that should have been put to pasture a long time ago. I like Kenny and I like Tubs, I'm in the minority I know, but for sheer pomposity and self-importance no-one beats Byrne. enjoy it Tomás I'll give a look in tomorrow to see what you thought of it.
T_de_B
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Posted: 01-Jun-2012 16:08
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No L.

tONIGHT, i Think i will exercise my right to appoint a deputy.

Joe Higgins is a deputy, isn't he?

Would appear to be a match made in Heaven.
hurling immortal
(267 Posts)
Posted: 01-Jun-2012 16:40
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whether you liked byrne or not (and at times he could be a pompous git) he had more talent on the tip of his finger than the present lot combined..
Bressie
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Posted: 01-Jun-2012 16:45
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Byrne did help drag Ireland out of the Dark Ages.
T_de_B
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Posted: 01-Jun-2012 16:47
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Originally posted by Bressie:
Byrne did help drag Ireland out of the Dark Ages.

Kathleen!

I didn't know you lurked on this site.
N16
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Posted: 01-Jun-2012 16:53
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A far more engaging presenter and host than the aptly named Pat the Plank, a paragon of sterility and boredom, and of course the current incumbent who at times leaves people hiding behind their sofas, perpetually terrified that soon enough he'll choke to death on his own foot.
Bressie
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Posted: 01-Jun-2012 16:59
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Originally posted by T_de_B:
Kathleen!I didn't know you lurked on this site.

"The Bishop and the Nightie Affair": A minor furore erupted later in 1966 when the Bishop of Galway condemned The Late Late Show as immoral and Gay Byrne as a promoter of "filth". The condemnation stemmed from a small item on the show in which Byrne was interviewing a number of couples to see how well they knew each other. Byrne asked a Mrs. Fox from Terenure if she could remember what colour her nightdress was on the first night of her married life to her Mr. Fox.

The woman first implied it was "transparent" before revealing that she might not have worn an item of clothing to bed that night at all. This response was received with laughter by Byrne and the studio audience, with Mrs. Fox then revealing her nightdress had been white.

However, the Bishop either misheard or ignored this, feeling the need to protest against this "filthy" programme and the "filth" which was being televised into the nation's homes. The Bishop of Clonfert sent a telegram: "Disgusted with disgraceful performance", prompting a swift RTÉ apology which the Irish Examiner states was similar to the apology the same broadcaster issued during the Brian Cowen nude portraits controversy in 2009.
Meath VEC said it was "anti-national", whilst Loughrea Town Council described it as "a dirty programme that should be abolished altogether". The furore died down after a number of weeks, but is still remembered. When the topic featured on the 2008 documentary How The Irish Have Sex broadcast by rival channel TV3, the Irish Independent's Damian Corless said Éamon de Valera "won't be turning on, but will instead be turning in his grave".
Larkin
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Posted: 01-Jun-2012 17:10
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Originally posted by N16:
A far more engaging presenter and host than the aptly named Pat the Plank, a paragon of sterility and boredom, and of course the current incumbent who at times leaves people hiding behind their sofas, perpetually terrified that soon enough he'll choke to death on his own foot.

Who exposed himself badly with the treatment of both Annie Murphy and Gerry Adams.
bp
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Posted: 01-Jun-2012 18:25
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Originally posted by Larkin:
Who exposed himself badly with the treatment of Annie Murphy

....I thought that it was the bishop that did that
OneLeggedDancer
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Posted: 01-Jun-2012 18:32
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by T_de_B:
be in imminent danger of complete extinction as we had not yet discovered sex. QUOTE]

A correction there, T. Our discovery of sex predates the advent of the Late Show and in fact dates back to the time TV was popularised. "There was no sex in Ireland before television" declared our esteemed Minister for War. If there was no sex there were a hell of a lot of immaculate conceptions.
BeTimberin
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Posted: 01-Jun-2012 20:09
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Must say i was a big fan of the man! Met him in Dublin one day and he was as nice a sort as one could meet. His counterparts Messrs. Kenny and Tubridy wouldnt lace his boots!
Larkin
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Posted: 01-Jun-2012 20:41
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Originally posted by bp:
....I thought that it was the bishop that did that

You know what? Before I pressed the 'enter' button, ooh 'er, I wondered if I should edit it? Nah, said I, just wait to see how quickly someone would come up with a quip. Good man BP.
T_de_B
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Posted: 01-Jun-2012 20:59
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Originally posted by BeTimberin:
Must say i was a big fan of the man! Met him in Dublin one day and he was as nice a sort as one could meet. His counterparts Messrs. Kenny and Tubridy wouldnt lace his boots!

You must have caught him on one of the few days in his life he was píssed. Or else he mus have thought you were a squaddie home on leave from Afghanistan or another of the colonies.

Can't see himself and Tom Mac being soul brothers now.

What do you think?
The Jedi
(214 Posts)
Posted: 01-Jun-2012 21:02
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I am looking forward to this Late Late show. I hope it's a good one. It should be.

Gaybo was the best of the 3 no doubt.
rebelrebel30
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Posted: 01-Jun-2012 21:14
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Originally posted by The Jedi:
I am looking forward to this Late Late show. I hope it's a good one. It should be.Gaybo was the best of the 3 no doubt.

If Brush Shields is not on tonight...ill go mental...he has to be there...............................
About a Bicycle
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Posted: 01-Jun-2012 21:26
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Originally posted by Larkin:
Who exposed himself badly with the treatment of both Annie Murphy and Gerry Adams.

His treatment of R.D. Laing was unforgivable. I was embarrassed to be a member of the human race that night.
cerebus
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Posted: 01-Jun-2012 21:28
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Originally posted by rebelrebel30:
If Brush Shields is not on tonight...ill go mental...he has to be there...............................

You could take Brush anywhere, in fairness .Phil Lynott took him on his honeymoon.
About a Bicycle
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Posted: 01-Jun-2012 21:29
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Originally posted by The Jedi:
I am looking forward to this Late Late show. I hope it's a good one. It should be.Gaybo was the best of the 3 no doubt.

Bad will always beat worse.
johnny cash
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Posted: 01-Jun-2012 21:45
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he ll be on that is for sure - sure didnt they make him an integral part of the 125 GAA special show! fcuk there is brush as i type right next to tubs !!!

a few reasons to puke already in the opening shots - eddie hobbs, marty morrissey and nell mcclafferty are in the damn audience. a few real z listers there

Originally posted by rebelrebel30:
If Brush Shields is not on tonight...ill go mental...he has to be there...............................
SuperSub*
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Posted: 01-Jun-2012 21:46
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Originally posted by rebelrebel30:
If Brush Shields is not on tonight...ill go mental...he has to be there...............................

Saw topic and tuned in. Haven't sat and watched the LLS in an age. And i see Brush Shields is there
Anyone but FF
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Posted: 01-Jun-2012 21:47
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Brush is there lads, seen him in the crowd, wonder will he sing "that great GAA song, the fields of Athenry". The red carpet was a whose who of RTE personalities, this could be the most incestual show RTE ever put on!
johnny cash
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Posted: 01-Jun-2012 21:50
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and there has been a fair few of them incestual shows!!!!

Originally posted by Anyone but FF:
Brush is there lads, seen him in the crowd, wonder will he sing "that great GAA song, the fields of Athenry". The red carpet was a whose who of RTE personalities, this could be the most incestual show RTE ever put on!
johnny cash
(737 Posts)
Posted: 01-Jun-2012 21:56
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i wonder when will nell start claptrapping? surely they will keep the microphone away from her
johnny cash
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Posted: 01-Jun-2012 21:57
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at least they are putting the boot into pee flynn

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