04.09.11

How To Headline The Late Late In 3 Easy Steps... We have to say folks, The Late Late Show has really reached rock bottom. Like, we can only watch it now in three minute increments before the intense cringing and chronic arse sweating forces a swift channel flick. And sure, if you want top billing these days just go on the web and say some controversial stuff involving Ryan Tubridy, and hey presto, you're on... Crap! We're gonna end up on the fecker next week.. Sinead O'Connor, Ryan Tubridy We have to say, we used to be big fans of Ryan Tubridy back in his Tubridy Tonight days. 'Twas a quality light hearted show so it was and suited the beanpole man down to a T. But this year we've finally jaded with the direction he's taking The Late Late Show, coz let's be honest here, he's taking it nowhere in particular... It really has become uncomfortable knuckle-gnawing viewing... The ad breaks just aint long enough. Sinead O'Connor Next Friday night folks, invite a few friends around and put The Late Late on the box. Now, stick the remote on the coffee table in the middle of the room and see who makes a desperate grab for it first... Our record is just three minutes before the skin begins to melt from our faces... See if you can top that? Conan O'Brien he aint. Ryan Tubridy And it's not that Tubridy isn't talented, he's just the wrong man for the job, as was Pat Kenny before him. The Late Late was and forever will be Gay Byrne's baby... RTE should have retired the format when Uncle Gaybo hung up his mic. It just doesn't work anymore and merely just fills in the time before we flick over to watch Graham Norton doing it the way it should be done over at the BBC... Put Tubs in the Red Chair. Cuba Gooding Jr Last week saw the show kick off with Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr in the hot seat. Now we have no idea what our Cuba was doing in town as it seemed he had nothing imminent to promote, yet the whole interview (that we saw in 3 minute increments of course) seemed to all be leading to the actor doing some rather reluctant break dancing. Hilarous! If only the very same thing hadn't happened on The Graham Norton Show last year. But done well... Yawn. Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Anton Yelchin Other guests on the show included poor Colin Farrell substitutes Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Anton Yelchin in to promote our Col's Fright Night movie. The two likely lads had just come from the Ireland Nil-All-Draw and looked just as confused about the soccer match as they were about some of Tubs' questions... Conor Niland Among the other guests was Irish tennis player Conor Niland but the highlight of the show was all building towards Sinead O'Connor coming out and talking about her online quest to find a man. Yup. The Nation held its breath... The whole bloody show leading up to our Shinner talking to Ryan Tubridy about her sex life... We're even cringing writing this... Like, WHY? Sinead O'Connor, Ryan Tubridy Now we're not knocking Sinead for grabbing top spot on the show, she's an absolute ace at saying controversial stuff and grabbing the attention of the media. Job done. But her looking for a man saying lots of strange things in the papers is hardly a Pope photo ripping moment now is it? Sinead O'Connor Right. RTE needs to either totally revamp the format of The Late Late Show or put it to bed and let it die a dignified death before it actually does die a death. Or bring back Uncle Gaybo. Sure he's got time on his hands now the whole President thing is on the back-burner... We’ll discuss these and other matters on The Late Late Show next Friday... In three minutes or less. Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Anton Yelchin

**Users can ONLY comment via the ShowBiz.ie site** Leave a Comment saijey Salazar – South America April 05, 2012 - 23:09 The most embarrasing thing is Sinead O'Connor, I cannot understand how the irish nation tolerates such thing as Sinead talks about sex and bullsh!ts, seamus marron – ballymena October 15, 2011 - 13:59 I have watched the late late from the beginning even in black and white and must say at this stage i am not a much educiated person and my grammar is not very good but a child in first year could comment as to why the show has slumped. I do not blame Ryan Tuberty and here is my comments. Who is responsable for putting on the entertainment does he or she really know the people who are watching the show where are the young population on a friday night yes in the pubs or clubs around the country if so then why are we getting all the young bands who I would think the viewers have NO INTEREST in are david – channel islands September 08, 2011 - 18:17 Watching or listening to Tubs is embarrassing with his pronounced south county dub drawwwllll and the rolling of the 'r's etc. Gay was able to do lighthearted and serious with the joins ni between seamless-a total respected legend even among UK media types who watch old footage. I think you need a Late late with guest presenters for about a year and see who the public like and award it to him even if he was english, irish or scots but please not Kielty....hey be imaginative...maybe a woman? david – channel islands September 08, 2011 - 18:14 W Oswald Mosley – Harrow September 08, 2011 - 12:40 I thought Tubs took the King's Shilling and went to the Beeb? Dwight Yorke – Jamaica September 05, 2011 - 20:15 Me and me big wang would do a better jawwwb than my mon Tupperware. james – dublin September 05, 2011 - 16:42 either get a new presenter for the late late or get rid of it completely! seriously its just getting embarrassing now. tubridy has to go! Reinhard Heydrich – Bohemia & Moravia September 05, 2011 - 16:26 Perhaps RTE should ask a real Irish celebrity like Keiron "The Wolf" Ducie to present the show instead? EB September 05, 2011 - 13:16 Never thought I'd be saying bring back Pat Kenny. However bad he was the Late Late Show was better when he was in charge. Ryans interview with Cuba Gooding Jr was horrendous. Oisin – Hodson Bay Athlone September 05, 2011 - 11:53 The LLS has really collapsed from the peak of Gaybo's powers of the 70s, 80s and early 90s. It has got so bad, that people are almost clamouring for the Plank to come back. That's really a sign of how bad the LLS has become. Time to put it to the guillotine, methinks. Ultan the High King – On the Edge of Cliffs of Moher September 05, 2011 - 11:11 Maybe McLovin could show Sinead some lovin' down in Lisdoonvarna next week derek – town September 05, 2011 - 10:10 lord how this show has gone down. what a guest list. i love it........another reason not to pay my tv license Rita September 05, 2011 - 09:57 Totally agree. Late Late should have been put to bed with Gaybo. It would be like somebody taking over the Graham Norton show if Graham Norton retired. But nobody in RTE has any imagination. I can't even tell you how much I hate paying my tv license. Heinrich Himmler – Berlin September 05, 2011 - 07:12 Worth the licence fee? I think not. SHOWBIZ.IE – Recommended Links: September 05, 2011 - 00:45 The Late Late: www.rte.ie/tv/latelate/index.html Leave a Comment * Your name * Your email address (will not be published) Your location Remember me ? ? Powered by TalkBack 1 **COMMENTS REMOVED ON REQUEST**