Talk:The Late Late Show

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I looked up this article to find out more about the Annie Murphy appearance on the show. It is barely mentioned. In my opinion it is the most infamous episode and her treatment was very controversial. Perhaps somebody could add this item. It was a defining moment. thanks. John 14/7/05

This page has had the The added into the title to correct a mistake in expression (the show is titled The Late Late Show, not the Late Late Show). When one speaks of a correspondent from The Irish times, one should say "the The Irish Times correspondent". The same applies to this. Just because the word is duplicated in the title doesn't mean it can be left out. Kwekubo 15:46, 12 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Good move. I kept meaning to do it but then kept forgetting. It was originally named after a series of ferocious battles elsewhere among the anti-The campaigners who seemed to want to remove any The no matter how necessary. I just gave up and left out the word, which was a mistake. So common sense wins! Well done. Gaybo will be proud! :-) FearÉIREANN 18:50, 12 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Might be worth mentioning the infamous appearance by Peter Brooke, the Northern Ireland Secretary, on the show, which led to Brooke's resignation. Exile 19:09, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

The Storm in a teacup about "Lesbian Nuns" also merits a mention 87.113.67.110 00:31, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 Bob Geldof 2 POV 3 Music 4 Longest running chat show "in Ireland" 5 Peter Brooke 6 Brian Trevaskis 7 Nov 2006 Incident

[edit] Bob Geldof

The use of "Sir" with Bob Geldof is improper as he does not hold British citizenship (and this is a requirement for using the title irrespective of been conferred with the honour), though he is commonly referred improperly as such. Djegan 12:59, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] POV

This page has way too much POV (esp about Gaybo) and a lot of it will probably need to be rewritten, or at least gone through with an extra fine toothcomb. JOHN COLLISON | (Ludraman) 20:00, 11 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Is it fair to say The Dunphy Show bombed? it averaged over 220,000 viewers a week. -- Lochaber 14.47, 04 Jan 2005 (UTC)

If it set itself that as a target it would have been rightly regarded as a success. However Eamo as usual shot his mouth off, expecting 400,000+, to defeat Kenny and the LLS, to pull the biggest guests, get mass advertising and become the Friday night chat show. Instead he got an average of less than half his target , failed to come close to Kenny over its run, found big guests with the odd exception picking the LLS over the DS, failed to pull in the expected advertising and was axed after half a season. By all the criteria set by Eamon it bombed. He had been strongly advised by friends publicly and privately not to hype up a show that was newly born, and crucially not to try a head to head with Pat. If he had listened to his friends his show would still be going now. But, as though of us who have ever worked with Eamon know, he is not skilled at listening to advice.

In contrast Ryan Tubridy played it carefully and now has a spectacular hit on his hands with a show that doesn't go head to head with the LLS and started quietly rather than being over-hyped. But then I am biased as Ryan is a friend of mine, and Pat is as dull off camera as he is on it. His excellent radio skills simply don't transfer to television. FearÉIREANN 18:23, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)

The NPOV tag has been on this article for a long time, and it looks like some pretty major changes have been done to the article. Is there still a POV problem? -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 21:47, August 19, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Music

The correct wording of the closing song was 'it started on The Late Late Show'. I have corrected this and added a reference to it and also to original opening signature tune. TonyK 12:45, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Longest running chat show "in Ireland"

Right down to my history books in third year, to the IMDB, they all say that the Late Late, at 42 solid years, is the longest running chat show in -the world-. Now, I know we're akin to slightly overblown claims in Ireland a lot - "O'Connell Street is the widest street in Europe", etc, etc - but I think this one might actually be true. --Kiand 21:54, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

Oh, I know that the Tonight show is older, but it wasn't a chat show when it started; the Late Late always has been. --Kiand 21:56, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

According to the The Tonight Show article, it started off as a variety program in 1954, then was revamped as a news program for the first half of 1957, then was reverted to a talk/variety show in July 1957 hosted by Jack Paar. I believe that interviews, usually of celebrities, was the main focus of Jack Paar's "Tonight", possibly giving the lie to the claim that "The Late Late Show" is older. Then again, I might be wrong.SWalkerTTU 05:22, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

That information wasn't in the Tonight Show article at the time I wrote my comments there. "in Europe" might be a decent extension anyway... --Kiand 05:40, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Peter Brooke

I remember that one so vividly. Gaybo maliciously goaded and prodded that poor stupid upper-class twit and put him in an untenable situation. Ricky Gervais couldn't have made it more excruciating. Ben-w 09:12, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Brian Trevaskis

Not disputing the veracity of the assertion (I don't recall one way or the other), but can anyone source a reference to the suicide of Brian Trevaskis? An audio clip of his second appearance is availabe here: http://www.scoilnet.ie/lookathistory/Video.aspx?FolderId=1&Id=541&ref=4 (the audio doesnt appear to work ???)

[edit] Nov 2006 Incident

Anyone know what this was about ? Is there any audio/video of the incident online ? 87.113.67.110 00:31, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Sure. Try here or here 212.2.174.182 01:32, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

I am the man featured in those clips. Spaingy 20:04, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

It might be worth mentioning that the same intruder was re-arrested after he crashed a Nissan Micra into the front entrance of the RTE building a week later. http://www.irishpost.co.uk/news/story.asp?j=5011&cat=news 87.198.146.21 08:05, 9 December 2006 (UTC)