The late late show

davyjose

It's not that late is it? I mean it's on kinda late, but not nearly late enough to justify two "late"s.
When I was a kid, watching the Toy Show, it felt really late - "late late", if you will. But presumably this show wasn't originally produced by a six year old. So there's no real excuse for a room full of middle aged men to decide that a show beginning at half nine, and lasting two hours, was so far beyond the boundaries of lateness, it needed an extra "late" in the title.
"The late show" would have been better, or maybe even just "The Show".

Sorry for this thread; it's early early and i haven't had any coffee.

Dr. Baltar

Strangely enough I was thinking about this the other day too. I think it should just be "The Late Show".

thesandeman

Sure dont they show 'The Afternoon Show' every morning! And 'PRIMEtime' around 2am.

Agent Smith

Real reason

When it first broadcast, The Late Late Show was on quite late, (in tv terms)



















Funny answer to get thanks

Ryan Tuberty Isnt allowed stay up too late (late)

Buford T Justice

Ryan Tuberty?

Is that the new thing now is it?

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Fingers McGee wrote: »

Ryan Tuberty?

Is that the new thing now is it?

No, that would be Ryan Puberty

Cookie_Monster

Fingers McGee wrote: »

Ryan Tuberty?

Is that the new thing now is it?

I here he preferss to be known as "Tubs"

alexlyons

Dr. Baltar wrote: »

Strangely enough I was thinking about this the other day too. I think it should just be "The Late Show".

there are numerous other shows that are called that though... David letterman for example (I know, I know, we're not in the states!!) and I think it makes it stand out.

also, if you ask someone "Did you see the late late?" it sounds fine and makes sense, whereas "Did you see the Late?" doesn't sound right and is like "eh.. the late what now?" and "DId you see the Late Show?" is a bit of a mouthful imo!

just my 2c

Osgoodisgood

Maybe there's a case for some reverse engineering. Put the godawful waste of money on at about 2am. The audience is practically comatose anyway so it'll make no discernible difference to them.

alexlyons

Would it not have to be the early early show then??

Cookie_Monster

Osgoodisgood wrote: »

Maybe there's a case for some reverse engineering. Put the godawful waste of money on at about 2am. The audience is practically comatose anyway so it'll make no discernible difference to them.

but you just know whatever its replaced with will be worse

OutlawPete

To justify the name of 'The Late Late Show' - you'd really be expecting a bit of this..

A bit of this.

weldoninhio

alexlyons wrote: »

there are numerous other shows that are called that though... David letterman for example (I know, I know, we're not in the states!!) and I think it makes it stand out.

also, if you ask someone "Did you see the late late?" it sounds fine and makes sense, whereas "Did you see the Late?" doesn't sound right and is like "eh.. the late what now?" and "DId you see the Late Show?" is a bit of a mouthful imo!

just my 2c

Both Late and Show are 4 letter 1 syllable words, how is "did you see the late show" any more of a mouthful that "did you see the late late"??

Cookie_Monster

weldoninhio wrote: »

Both Late and Show are 4 letter 1 syllable words, how is "did you see the late show" any more of a mouthful that "did you see the late late"??

did you see the late show?

Which one, there's loads

Oh i meant the late late...

weldoninhio

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

did you see the late show?

Which one, there's loads

Oh i meant the late late...

Only if you are hard of thinking, another example like above would be

"did you see The Wire??"

"where?"

"On the TV"

"At the back of the TV??"

"No the Baltimore cop show"

Steoob

This argument is RETARDED

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

In all fairness, it is quiet late when you take into account the average age of the viewers.

Fintomiginto

This thread is a bit late

mikom

davyjose wrote: »

It's not that late is it? I mean it's on kinda late, but not nearly late enough to justify two "late"s.

The Late Late show

Definition of the first late.................... "Having died recently"
Definition of the second late............... "Far advanced toward the end or close"

bonerm

Agent Smith wrote: »

Real reason

When it first broadcast, The Late Late Show was on quite late, (in tv terms)

Exactly. 'Back in the day' RTE would shut down for the night at about 11.35pm so Late Late Show would be the last program shown that night.