The Graham Norton Show 24th of May 2013

JP Liz V1

Good line up tonight with Will Smith, his son Jaden, Bradley Cooper, Heather Graham and Michael Douglas oh and "music" from Selena Gomez

AnonoBoy

And a surprise guest appearance by

Alfonso Ribeiro (aka Carlton Banks)

apparently.

expectationlost

ah they did that thing last time he was on enough

Basq

expectationlost wrote: »

ah they did that thing last time he was on enough

Don't think he was on it though..

.. Gary Barlow and Will did the theme song though.

The Pontiac

Great craic tonight.

The Pontiac

The Smith family are fairly talented, in fairness.

Cienciano

That kid is a total knob end.

skeleton_boy

Carleton!!!

Janedoe10

Brill graham !!

o1s1n

HAHAHAHAHA!

Rhys Essien

Meanwhile on the Late Late ...............zzzzzz

Cienciano

Carltons dance is legendary

Cienciano

Rhys Essien wrote: »

Meanwhile on the Late Late ...............zzzzzz

Michael Douglas comes on. On the Late Late show is some tripe like this:

The Pontiac

Cienciano wrote: »

That kid is a total knob end.

Why?

delbertgrady

It was an excellent show apart from Jaden "rapping" and then trying to get his share of the limelight during his father's party piece. Idiot.
Bradley Cooper was excellent.
Michael Douglas is a bona fide legend.

Jason Todd

delbertgrady wrote: »

It was an excellent show apart from Jaden "rapping" and then trying to get his share of the limelight during his father's party piece. Idiot.
Bradley Cooper was excellent.
Michael Douglas is a bona fide legend.

Bit harsh on the kid, thought the rapping was good, seemed freestyled at times. It's true he hasn't got a patch on his father when it comes to charisma or charm, but he's only 14 or something after all.

Anyway, great show, it nearly always is but every so often one like this comes along and is pure TV gold.

It's right up there with the Puff Daddy / Sarah Millican / Vince Vaughan episode and the Will.i.am / Miriam Margolyes / Greg Davies episode for me anyway.

Basq

Yep, great episode..

You can't deny Will Smith is a bonafide gent.. very funny, quite humble and always gives 110% in interviews.

Carlton dance was legendary.. and the original:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKSxlJPmz40

shrewdness

Is Will Smith the coolest man alive?

KKkitty

Serious blast from the past tonight. Carlton was hilarious. At least Graham got involved too. Can't imagine Ryan Tubridy doing the same.

expectationlost

he's selling that movie hard

JP Liz V1

Jaden isn't a likeable kid

colinod0806

Seemed like most other 14 year olds I've come across.

Magill

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwS14TiO7Pk

Brilliant !

bridget84

Carlton, Will and Father Noel Furlong doing a simultaneous dance! It's like all my Christmases came at once. By the way, why didn't Graham invite Carlton onto the sofa? :mad:

Cienciano

shrewdness wrote: »

Is Will Smith the coolest man alive?

No. Last nights show was great, but Will Smith is the polar opposite of cool.

Jason Todd

Cienciano wrote: »

No. Last nights show was great, but Will Smith is the polar opposite of cool.

The 'wrongest' post I've ever seen on boards.

tunguska

That was a brilliant show, everybody just seemed to be having an absolute blast. Think people are being a little hard on Jaden, he seems like a nice kid whos happy and full of life, just like his dad and that can only be a good thing.

My God the late late show in comparison...........like a decrepit, beat up old dog it needs to be put out of its misery.

Jason Todd

Not forgetting the other original...

grey_so_what

It's great to see a GN thread, long overdue in my opinion!...

Thanks for that JP Liz.

There is no doubt that he is the King of the Chat Show. I love Graham's wit, his quick come backs and the infectious laughter from him.

I have always looked at the LLS, this season without a shadow of a doubt has been the worst ever. I tape Graham and have a laugh every time. It is miles away from the misery fest we are being handed here from RTE.

Good Luck with this thread, it can only bring laughs and fun for all!!...

GSWxxxxxxx

Kenjataimu

Graham Norton's best quality is that he can sit back and let the guests take center stage.
Compare that to someone like Jonathon Ross where he thinks he is the star of the show.

lertsnim

Proco Jr. wrote: »

Graham Norton's best quality is that he can sit back and let the guests take center stage.
Compare that to someone like Jonathon Ross where he thinks he is the star of the show.

Exactly. I can never watch Jonathan Ross for that reason. Norton is by far the best on television for the chat shows imo.

colinod0806

Cienciano wrote: »

No. Last nights show was great, but Will Smith is the polar opposite of cool.

Are you serious? The man has charisma coming out his ears.

Fowler87

That was quality

Ken.

Heather Graham. drool.

NIMAN

That can never compete with Turbidy chatting to Bella and a bit of misery p0rn.

Zaph

grey_so_what wrote: »

I have always looked at the LLS, this season without a shadow of a doubt has been the worst ever. I tape Graham and have a laugh every time. It is miles away from the misery fest we are being handed here from RTE.

So why persist with the LLS? It's a lame duck of a show that should have been put out of its misery years ago. They'll never be able to compete with the BBC for the quality of guests they can get every week, so they just shuffle out every Joe Soap they can think of to fill a show that's twice as long as it should be. In comparison, the Graham Norton Show could easily be twice as long as it currently is. I'd love if there were a few more minutes at the end for more red chair stories.

Basq

^ Gotta agree.. I don't understand the massive discussion that goes on for the LLS show here each Friday night. It's soul-less, mind-numbing dreary trash.. and the whole thread seems to be just continually pushing how bad it is.

hotmail.com

I think the Late Late is just rubbish for country people to watch.

Mars Bar

hotmail.com wrote: »

I think the Late Late is just rubbish for country people to watch.

It's rubbish for gomeys to watch whether they are from the country or not.

I'd love to conduct a multiple choice poll among celebrities and see who they vote as their favourite chat show host. I'd bet Graham would poll high on it!

I've never really felt that a guest has been made uncomfortable by Graham. If they are uncomfortable it's because of their fellow guests.

lertsnim

hotmail.com wrote: »

I think the Late Late is just rubbish for country people to watch.

Noce to know that nobody in an urban environment watches the Late Late Show. Of course you could be just talking out of your arse.

hotmail.com

lertsnim wrote: »

Noce to know that nobody in an urban environment watches the Late Late Show. Of course you could be just talking out of your arse.

I thought it was just watched by country people? Maybe I'm wrong. I suppose older Dublin people watch it. Just seems like if you have lots of channels, you wouldn't sit through 2 hours of complete rubbish.

hotmail.com

Mars Bar wrote: »

It's rubbish for gomeys to watch whether they are from the country or not.

I'd love to conduct a multiple choice poll among celebrities and see who they vote as their favourite chat show host. I'd bet Graham would poll high on it!

I've never really felt that a guest has been made uncomfortable by Graham. If they are uncomfortable it's because of their fellow guests.

Graham is fantastically funny and his programme is still funny even when repeated. His type of humour and his format sadly will still not go down well with many Irish people. The Late Late still keeps the older (and probably rural) viewer happy, so it's rarely edgy.

Graham seems to be the only host that gets his guests to interact with each other.

norrie rugger

Never heard of Sky then? They brings the many channels to the boggiest of bogs

hotmail.com

norrie rugger wrote: »

Never heard of Sky then? They brings the many channels to the boggiest of bogs

Old people just use the saor view thing don't they? 4 channels then.:rolleyes:

FloatingVoter

norrie rugger wrote: »

Never heard of Sky then? They brings the many channels to the boggiest of bogs

True, but its nothing to do with urban/rural divides. The only way the Late Late gets half a million viewers is if you count pubs and hotels where the LLS is left on by accident after the news.

Mars Bar

hotmail.com wrote: »

Graham is fantastically funny and his programme is still funny even when repeated. His type of humour and his format sadly will still not go down well with many Irish people. The Late Late still keeps the older (and probably rural) viewer happy, so it's rarely edgy.

Graham seems to be the only host that gets his guests to interact with each other.

I really don't think it matters whether you're a culchie, a townie, Irish or English. You'll either like the humour or you won't.

Don't go digging a hole you won't get out of!

Michael Douglas is looking great too.

.jacksparrow.

Jaden smith is very cocky but let's be honest its understandable considering his upbringing

Dr.MickKiller

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

Jaden smith is very cocky but let's be honest its understandable considering his upbringing

...and his age.

lufties

the late late show is not even comparable to thenorton show...dont know how any sane person can sit through the late late, poor quality,out dated,..im even baffled how it can fill that happy clappy audience every week!

Addle

colinod0806 wrote: »

Are you serious? The man has charisma coming out his ears.

I loved the show and the performance last night, but it was too contrived to be cool!

The Pontiac

Graham Norton is our greatest ever export in the entertainment world.