The Late Late Show: January 10th 2014

Skid X

Now I'm the king of the swingers, the jungle V.I.P
I reached the top and had to stop
And that's what bothering me
I want to be a man, man-cub, and stroll right into town
And be just like those other men
I'm tired of monkeying around

Ooh-bi-doo, I wan'na be like you
I want to walk like you, talk like you, too
You see it's true, an ape like me
Can learn to be like you, too

Yes, newly crowned King Of The Jungle Kian Egan is on tonight. He won I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here recently, and he is a Judge on The Voice of Ireland. Ah well. He claims it'll be his first solo LLS interview. We are not worthy




Also on again is Ireland Rugby coach Joe Schmidt. He was a good interviewee a few months ago and he is back. He won't have far to travel.




Music from Grammy nominated Jazz Singer Gregory Porter




Congratulations on not giving up before now, your patience is a virtue.

Update - He was on last month but he was great, so we welcome back Commander Chris Hadfield - Astronaut, Irish Tourism Ambassador, Singer, Legend




And music from Latvian Instrumental Rock Cello Trio Melo M


and leading Country and Irish Singer, Jimmy Buckley. He even made his own picture


Also some Old Inventors and a Young Scientist.

For reasons of taste, details of a serious guest are in the next post.

Happy New Year, and all that!

Skid X

Angela Hayes, who lost both her husband Tommy and son Thomas to suicide, will appear on tonight’s Late Late Show with her son Alan to tell her story.

The mother-of-five spoke at a suicide awareness event in St. Mary’s Cathedral, Kilkenny recently and received a standing ovation after her speech.

http://www.her.ie/entertainment/tv/sticking-to-a-dry-january-this-is-the-line-up-for-the-late-late-show-tonight/

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/woman-who-lost-husband-and-son-to-suicide-urges-people-to-reach-out-254685.html

Ash.J.Williams

sounds serious

For Reals

'Happy New Year and welcome back to The Late Late, SUICIDE'.
Well, start as you mean to go on I suppose.

FloatingVoter

Apart from the jungle clown, I've never heard of any of these people. Movie night.

RayM

Former Westlife non-entity on Late Late Show... Stallone and De Niro on Graham Norton.

Hmmm... decisions, decisions...

BuilderPlumber

Typical Tubridy

Ash.J.Williams

nothing to finish off a hard week than a nice bit of suicide

JP Liz V1

Kian's OK/Hello issue must already be out so

peabutler

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

nothing to finish off a hard week than a nice bit of suicide

It really worries me there is people with your kind of attitude towards suicide still around, would you prefer it was swept under the carpet like it has been for centuries ?

Listrydude

Jeez Tubs is gone a misery loving as Duffy!! He should get one of the girls, he was talking to on his radio show - who's boyfriend/hubby was cheating. It's gone to that!

.jacksparrow.

Listrydude wrote: »

Jeez Tubs is gone a misery loving as Duffy!! He should get one of the girls, he was talking to on his radio show - who's boyfriend/hubby was cheating. It's gone to that!

I don't think he picks the guests.

Listrydude

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

I don't think he picks the guests.

More is the pity, eh? It must be tough competing with Norton though!

grey_so_what

Skid X wrote: »

Ooh-bi-doo, I wan'na be like you
I want to walk like you, talk like you, too
You see it's true, an ape like me
Can learn to be like you, too

Ah well. He claims it'll be his first solo LLS interview. We are not worthy

Scoobie-be-do
Don't wanna look at you-who-who
Talk like you, act like you,
Dum, dumb, di-dum.....

*Throws on the Jana from the Jungle outfit and waits for the inevitable lions roar from Mr. T*

"First solo interview on the LLS"

***laughs so much falls off vineleaf***


(Em Skid, I thought that was a picture of you as a little boy....:p)

Skid X

Making a swift, but welcome, return to the LLS - It's Commander Chris Hadfield!

The former International Space Station Astronaut is now a Tourism Ambassador for Ireland. He is in Dublin for the Young Scientists Exhibition in the RDS.

Listrydude

now THAT is more like it!

grey_so_what

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Kian's OK/Hello issue must already be out so

Brendan is still wiping egg off his face.

Yea, the Commander is back. We should keep him.....:)

We need him more than Space does.

He was only one of the few decent guests we've had this year....

Skid X

If you are one of the thousands of people who complained that there isn't enough Latvian Instrumental Cello Rock on the Late Late Show, then I bring welcome news that Melo M will be on tonight

And there is homegrown fare from Una Healy's Uncle, the popular Country and Irish singer Jimmy Buckley

grey_so_what

Now I going to have to wear my "Jimmy Buckley" cowboy hat with my jungle outfit..

"Ye haw, Roooaaaarrrrr"

It's like a bag of pick 'n' mix tonight.

NormanNicetouch

peabutler wrote: »

It really worries me there is people with your kind of attitude towards suicide still around, would you prefer it was swept under the carpet like it has been for centuries ?

Nobody wants it swept under the carpet and I welcome the openness about discussing mental health issues in the last few years. It's just that if you are a regular Late Late viewer or watch Brendan's show on Saturday night it has been pretty relentless with suicide and depression slots week after week almost to the point of obsession.

Most viewers just want a bit of light relief at the end of the week so it's no surprise to me that the Late Late's audience has been sliding over the last couple of years. If it's a choice between yet another misery slot or a few laughs with Graham Norton I'm afraid I'm going to choose Norton and I don't mean any disrespect to any of the participants on tonight's show in saying this. It's just that I can't take any more misery. It depresses me.

Ol' Donie

grey_so_what wrote: »

We need him more than Space does.

:-D :-D :-D

Delighted he's back on. Looking forward to (bits of) the show!

Shifty Shellshock

That astronaut guy is getting really annoying now.

cathalio11

Having known the young chap who committed suicide, I was a bit annoyed to see some of the comments here but I guess we (including myself) all say things like this mindlessly at times.

Angela and Alan (who is very popular in Kilkenny) have been doing great work as regards suicide awareness and I am delighted that they have their opportunity to speak tonight.

It may not have effected any of you and nor has it effected my family, but it is a huge problem in society that can be fixed. Sneering doesn't help to solve it though. What Angela is doing does.

I understand what you are saying though Norman. There are a lot of people though who just choose to shut out the harsh realities of life without even considering them in the first place. If you are feeling annoyed with the amount of glum stories on the show, there is no fault in you switching the channel. But what is less desirable is the sarcastic sneering over it.

keith16

T minus 3 hours

Ol' Donie

Shifty Shellshock wrote: »

That astronaut guy is getting really annoying now.

I can only assume you are talking about Buzz Lightyear or some other astronaut. You can't possibly mean Chris Hadfield.

Lisha

keith16 wrote: »

T minus 3 hours

Heineken in the fridge . . .

And sadly for my diet I reckon there will be crisps involved too

For Reals

cathalio11 wrote: »

Having known the young chap who committed suicide, I was a bit annoyed to see some of the comments here but I guess we (including myself) all say things like this mindlessly at times.

Angela and Alan (who is very popular in Kilkenny) have been doing great work as regards suicide awareness and I am delighted that they have their opportunity to speak tonight.

It may not have effected any of you and nor has it effected my family, but it is a huge problem in society that can be fixed. Sneering doesn't help to solve it though. What Angela is doing does.

I understand what you are saying though Norman. There are a lot of people though who just choose to shut out the harsh realities of life without even considering them in the first place. If you are feeling annoyed with the amount of glum stories on the show, there is no fault in you switching the channel. But what is less desirable is the sarcastic sneering over it.

Always respect and thoughts for anyone suffering, but it's not mindless to say you don't want to watch something because you find it depressing. We all know people with health issues, be they mental or otherwise, not wanting to spend your Friday night viewing an 'entertainment' show segment devoted to suicide is a choice not a point of disrespect or sneering. Complaining about it is just that, stating you don't want to see it right now, not dismissing the pain of those involved. You seriously think anyone grumbling at the idea of sitting through something that may bring them down is casting scorn on the victims in any way?

cathalio11

For Reals wrote: »

You seriously think anyone grumbling at the idea of sitting through something that may bring them down is casting scorn on the victims in any way?

At the very bottom of my post, I expressed that I understood what Norman said and that there is no problem in switching the channel because there is depressing content on.

However, saying "Welcome back to the Late, Late, SUICIDE" is a mindless comment in my opinion.

But to be honest, I've made jokes about equally sensitive topics in my life, as have most people so I'd be a hypocrite to scorn you for it. But when I saw people dismiss it, I just thought I'd come in because these 2 people have done a lot for Kilkenny in the past month.

grey_so_what

Ol' Donie wrote: »

I can only assume you are talking about Buzz Lightyear or some other astronaut. You can't possibly mean Chris Hadfield.

The Commander aside, next favourite astronaut...

The other ones were the lads from Capricorn One.....:D:D:D

grey_so_what

Lisha wrote: »

Heineken in the fridge . . .

And sadly for my diet I reckon there will be crisps involved too

Pringles Lisha??........

Put a Heineken in the fridge for me sooo....(or seeing as Joe Schmidt is on the program, a "Hino" or a "Ken"....:P Just for the D4 lads of course....;))

Ol' Donie

Shifty Shellshock wrote: »

That astronaut guy is getting really annoying now.

But Kian Egan isn't an Astronaut?

Heh.

keith16

Lisha wrote: »

Heineken in the fridge . . .

And sadly for my diet I reckon there will be crisps involved too

Diet smiet. We still have our Xmas tree up. About 4 irish coffees and a half price tin of USA biscuits will see me through proceedings this evening!

Lisha

grey_so_what wrote: »

Pringles Lisha??........

Put a Heineken in the fridge for me sooo....(or seeing as Joe Schmidt is on the program, a "Hino" or a "Ken"....:P Just for the D4 lads of course....;))

Evening GSW, Nope no Pringles in the house. Some walkers here I think. I would looove a bag of maccoys ready salted but virtuous me refused to buy them earlier. Gluttonous me and virtuous me are having a real argument at the minute.

:) I cannot hear the words hino or ken without thinking of Ross O Carroll Kelly. The amaze balls ledge that he is!

Not to everyone's taste I know, but it amuses me.

Lisha

keith16 wrote: »

Diet smiet. We still have our Xmas tree up. About 4 irish coffees and a half price tin of USA biscuits will see me through proceedings this evening!

Excellent, I salute you Sir.
I took down half of the decorations last weekend but for traditions sake I left the crib, tree and staircase garlands and lights up until today.

Great to have house all shiny clean (ish anyway) again

Lisha

Ol' Donie wrote: »

But Kian Egan isn't an Astronaut?

Heh.

No just a spacer !

grey_so_what

Lisha wrote: »

Gluttonous me and virtuous me are having a real argument at the minute.

:) I cannot hear the words hino or ken without thinking of Ross O Carroll Kelly. The amaze balls ledge that he is!

The perfect woman Lisha!.....:D:)

Love RO'CK, good craic!...:)

Ol' Donie

grey_so_what wrote: »

The Commander aside, next favourite astronaut...

The other ones were the lads from Capricorn One.....:D:D:D

And then Roger Moore in Moonraker.

:-D

Skid X

I have huge sympathy with those who have lost friends or family to Suicide, as does anyone with an ounce of decency in them .

There is a need for more discussion on the subject, in general.

But this is the third relative of a Suicide victim to appear on the Show in the last four months. That's not appropriate for a Light Entertainment Show.

I would commend the show if they had a proper discussion with Doctors, Counsellors and other trained experts about how we should address this terrible problem.

But having a succession of relatives on to discuss their family members in isolation is not the right way.

Aidric

Shifty Shellshock wrote: »

That astronaut guy is getting really annoying now.

Why?

grey_so_what

I hope the winners of the Young Scientists are on.

I'm a big supporter of this Exhibition, Fair play to BT for sponsoring it.

I presume the Commander will bring them on and do a quick interview.

Can't see him getting more than a few minutes considering the King of the Jungle is on.....:(

NormanNicetouch

Skid X wrote: »

I have huge sympathy with those who have lost friends or family to Suicide, as does anyone with an ounce of decency in them .

There is a need for more discussion on the subject, in general.

But this is the third relative of a Suicide victim to appear on the Show in the last four months. That's not appropriate for a Light Entertainment Show.

I would commend the show if they had a proper discussion with Doctors, Counsellors and other trained experts about how we should address this terrible problem.

But having a succession of relatives on to discuss their family members in isolation is not the right way.

I read an article or item recently where a man who suffered from depression said that the best thing he did when he was feeling down was to make sure he watched a good comedy every single night. It lifted his mood. Late Late producers really should take note and consider the path they are currently going down. It may be causing more harm than good.

Aidric

I think they are trying to counteract the taboo about discussion of mental illness. However, they are now in danger of overkill and conversely killing any good that might have been done.

Zeek12

Ah Jaysus....Buckley....Egan.....and another disingenuous "misery" piece on suicide which (yet again) is just exploiting bereaved people in the pursuit of lazy programming.

And so a new year on the LLS begins just as the previous one ended.
Definitely a movie night! Enjoy it you brave people.....rather you than me:o

cofy

Skid X wrote: »

I have huge sympathy with those who have lost friends or family to Suicide, as does anyone with an ounce of decency in them .

There is a need for more discussion on the subject, in general.

But this is the third relative of a Suicide victim to appear on the Show in the last four months. That's not appropriate for a Light Entertainment Show.

I would commend the show if they had a proper discussion with Doctors, Counsellors and other trained experts about how we should address this terrible problem.

But having a succession of relatives on to discuss their family members in isolation is not the right way.

You really know how to hit the nail on the head. I could not have put it better myself. This topic deserves a dedicated programme, not a 10 minute discussion shoved in between a bit of music and a bit of craic.

It will be my brothers third anniversary next month, my mother and father watch and have watched the LLS religously through the years. They have just gotton over christmas which is hard for families who have lost members through suicide, I would just like to see them get a break from it every once now and again.

cofy

Skid X wrote: »

I have huge sympathy with those who have lost friends or family to Suicide, as does anyone with an ounce of decency in them .

There is a need for more discussion on the subject, in general.

But this is the third relative of a Suicide victim to appear on the Show in the last four months. That's not appropriate for a Light Entertainment Show.

I would commend the show if they had a proper discussion with Doctors, Counsellors and other trained experts about how we should address this terrible problem.

But having a succession of relatives on to discuss their family members in isolation is not the right way.

You really know how to hit the nail on the head. I could not have put it better myself. This topic deserves a dedicated programme, not a 10 minute discussion shoved in between a bit of music and a bit of craic.

It will be my brothers third anniversary next month, my mother and father watch and have watched the LLS religously through the years. They have just gotton over christmas which is hard for families who have lost members, I would just like to see them get a break from it every once now and again.

grey_so_what

cofy wrote: »

You really know how to hit the nail on the head. I could not have put it better myself. This topic deserves a dedicated programme, not a 10 minute discussion shoved in between a bit of music and a bit of craic.

It will be my brothers third anniversary next month, my mother and father watch and have watched the LLS religously through the years. They have just gotton over christmas which is hard for families who have lost members, I would just like to see them get a break from it every once now and again.

You're a brave person cofy. My hugs to you and your family.

GSW xxx

GotTheTshirt

That's a great OP Skid X, I salute you.

Why do they persist with the misery slot, gap filler? I'd imagine remotes all over the country getting reached for. I'd actually love to see real time viewing figures for the different parts of the show.

brooke 2

RayM wrote: »

Former Westlife non-entity on Late Late Show... Stallone and De Niro on Graham Norton.

Hmmm... decisions, decisions...

Kian Egan before those two has-beens anytime!!!

brooke 2

Shifty Shellshock wrote: »

That astronaut guy is getting really annoying now.

Growing to like him more and more!!

cofy

brooke 2 wrote: »

Kian Egan before those two has-beens anytime!!!

I did not expect to like Kian as much as I did in the jungle. Fair play to him, he did really well.

grey_so_what

cofy wrote: »

I did not expect to like Kian as much as I did in the jungle. Fair play to him, he did really well.

Can we send him back?....:p

Or what about that job on Mars?.....

Sure the Commander could put in a good word for him??.....

**runs, laughs and hides behinds WM's couch**......:pac: