The Ultimate, Last Ever, Apocalypse Saturday Night Show Thread

Skid X

The Saturday Night Show's over -
There'll be no more Brendan, and his injured tendon
The Saturday Night Show's over -
Best show on the station is lost to the Nation.

Bonnie Tyler, Crystal Swing, Brendan's arm was in a sling
Dave McSavage, Panti Bliss, Barrymore may have been pissed
Gerald Kean and whatshername, Every year always the same
Carrie Fisher , Louis Spence, Michael Buble and the rest

Dana International, Chefs and the Bloom Festival
Nigel Owens, Ruby Walsh, Hank from Breaking Bad.
Pussy Riot, Eamonn Holmes, Woman who lost 13 stone
Canteen guests from RTE, Cork winners on the phone

Twink and Linda had a fight, Idris Elba, Pussy Riot,
Starsky off Starsky and Hutch, Dermot Bannon on too much,
Lots of people plugging books, one night all the curtains stuck
Noel Gallagher came on and mimed
Now it's over, no more time

Show is over, nearly done. On the way we had some fun
Thanks to all who joined in and posted on the thread.
Posters from the past and now, lots of laughs not many rows
Darcy, Mir and DLB, none as good as BOC
Time is up, the end is Nigh. SNS gone to the sky
Farewell and thanks, it's time to fly
Kittehs Puppehs say goodbye!







Apologies to Billy Joel for that. Yes, this is the end, my friends.
After 5 and a half series it's time for the apocalypse SNS
Won't see another one.
Hopefully Brendan has a few treats in store to give the show a decent send off.

Show begins Saturday at 9.40pm. Guest information to follow.

#BrendanForever
#RayDarcyNever


Update: (Thanks Atlantic Dawn)

Alex James, the Cheese Making Bass player from Blur

John Lyons TD and his Mother, probably something to do with last week's referendum.

Oliver Callan

Dylan McGrath (Chef)

Music from The Willis Clan and Soak. Also the winner of the John Murray Show / Saturday Night Show emerging talent competition, Third Smoke.

Mr Toons does his balloon act

Wow. What a Line Up. They really made a big effort for the final show.

Welsh Megaman

Great OP, Skid!

Mmf...darn dust in my eye.

Atlantic Dawn

Blur and some lad called Alex James confirmed so far on the Twitter machine.

Go Harvey Go

Apologies to Terry Jacks here...

Goodbye to you, our trusted friend,
We've known you since the start of twenty-ten.
You gave us lots of laughs and jests,
Caught and beat the LLS,
Even when you had bad guests.

Goodbye, our friend, it's hard to die,
When all the stars are shining in the sky.
Now that the summer's in the air,
D'Arcy's almost everywhere -
When we see him you'll be there.

We had joy, we had fun,
We had seasons in the sun,
But the laughs that we had
Were just seasons out of time.
We had joy, we had fun,
We had seasons in the sun,
But the laughs that we had
Were just seasons out of time.

Surely Brendan has to send the show off with a song of his own - even if it's just "My Way".

Stillhouette

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Blur and some lad called Alex James confirmed so far on the Twitter machine.

Not one but two Alex James. I'm tuning in.

Lisha

Omg I love Blur #excited #brendanforever

Skid X

Go Harvey Go wrote: »

.... Surely Brendan has to send the show off with a song of his own - even if it's just "My Way".

I like it, I like it a lot GHG Splendid work

Yes, I always enjoyed Brendan's songs. It's a same he hasn't done them in a while.

This might be another one for him to sing on Saturday :pac:

Edit: That's The Lemonheads, not The Letterheads

Ol' Donie

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Great OP, Skid!

Mmf...darn dust in my eye.

*sniff*

What? My eyes are just really sweaty right now.

Welsh Megaman

Alex James, eh? There may be talk of cheese.

Atlantic Dawn

Mmm, just thinking now that it may only be Alex James from Blur who is appearing and not Blur at all, not sure, this was the Tweet...

Looking forward to having @TheAlexJames @blurofficial on @RTESatnightshow this Saturday. Tune in @ 9:40

Atlantic Dawn

More guests from Twitter machine...
Oliver Callan
Dylan McGrath
John Lyons TD with his Mother
Soak - Music guest
And much more - Hopefully this is the Twink/Linda Martin/Johnny Logan singalong slot.

Skid X

That's an underwhelming guest list. Ah well, maybe there will be some surprises.

I didn't realise that the SNS was originally conceived as a two hander with Brendan O'Connor and Lucy Kennedy :eek: This was in The Herald in November 2009

Reports that new mum Lucy Kennedy will be the face of RTE on Saturday nights have been trashed by the broadcaster.

It was claimed that the former sidekick of Podge and Rodge has been chosen to co-present a new chatshow with burly journalist Brendan O'Connor in January.

http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/around-town/new-mum-lucy-wont-rush-tv-return-27933093.html


That sounds like a terrible idea. I wonder who thought they would work as a duo? Probably the same person who is giving Ray Darcy huge money to wreck Saturday Nights.

Skid X

Also on tonight are Third Smoke, who won the John Murray Show/SNS emerging talent competition

LynnGrace

Aww, I have to miss the Show and the thread tonight.
Excellent work there Skid and Harvey!

Anyway, it's been great fun, the Saturday Night Show, and it wouldn't be the same without the thread!
So, cheers, one and all. Enjoy the night!

Go Harvey Go

Skid X wrote: »

Update: (Thanks Atlantic Dawn)

Alex James, the Cheese Making Bass player from Blur

John Lyons TD and his Mother, probably something to do with last week's referendum.

Oliver Callan

Dylan McGrath (Chef)

Music from The Willis Clan and Soak. Also the winner of the John Murray Show / Saturday Night Show emerging talent competition, Third Smoke.

Mr Toons does his balloon act

Wow. What a Line Up. They really made a big effort for the final show.

Yeah, that's a brilliant line-up all right... :rolleyes:

It is on for an hour and 40 minutes, however - so there may well be a surprise or two.

Go Harvey Go

Skid X wrote: »

I didn't realise that the SNS was originally conceived as a two hander with Brendan O'Connor and Lucy Kennedy :eek: This was in The Herald in November 2009



http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/around-town/new-mum-lucy-wont-rush-tv-return-27933093.html


That sounds like a terrible idea. I wonder who thought they would work as a duo? Probably the same person who is giving Ray Darcy huge money to wreck Saturday Nights.

Brendan and Lucy would have been more Mick Fleetwood and Sam Fox than Richard and Judy, that's for sure.



(I could have mentioned Simon Delaney and Laura Whitmore - but their pairing was four years down the line. )

And let's not forget that the SNS was created as one of two potential replacements for Tubridy Tonight - the other being Tonight with Craig Doyle...

Un Croissant

Oliver Callan? Again with this guy? Does he know he isn't funny? Has nobody told him?

tafkach

I would laugh if RTE called D'Arcy the week before his new show starts and said "Listen, Ray... At our last management meeting we discussed RTE's public service charter and it's been decided that we need to take a break at 10.30pm on Saturday nights (i.e. in the middle of your show) to head across to Nuacht studios for Cínnlínte Na Nuachta..."

Go Harvey Go

Un Croissant wrote: »

Oliver Callan? Again with this guy? Does he know he isn't funny? Has nobody told him?

Well, if he considers David McSavage one of his favourite SNS guests...

tafkach

Okay I have the first joke for Brendan for tonight's show....

So c'mere to me... As you all know, this is our last show, and Ray D'Arcy will be taking over The Saturday Night Show next season ... Apparently, when told of the news, Enda Kenny turned to Fionnuala and said "I will leave the country if that fekn eejit Ray D'Arcy becomes Saturday Night Show host"

*takes bow*

Lisha

tafkach wrote: »

Okay I have the first joke for Brendan for tonight's show....

So c'mere to me... As you all know, this is our last show, and Ray D'Arcy will be taking over The Saturday Night Show next season ... Apparently, when told of the news, Enda Kenny turned to Fionnuala and said "I will leave the country if that fekn eejit Ray D'Arcy becomes Saturday Night Show host"

*takes bow*

Hello! Always Good to see new names on thread. Especially those with a finely tuned sense of humour

Welsh Megaman

''LEMME HEAR YOU, SLANE!! MAKE SOME NOISE!! THIS SONG IS DEDICATED TO THE BIG GUY!! IT'S CALLED BRENDAN FOR(EVERLONG)!! HIT IT!!''

Skid X

Those people won't be raving about Slane when they are staggering around at 3am trying to find their bus.

Worst organised venue I have ever been to.

tafkach

Can I just say that from the start, I am REALLY REALLY annoyed that they are getting rid of Brendan... He's improved greatly over the last few years and in my opinion he should be given the Late Late and Tubridy should be moved back to Saturday night.... I know I'm like a broken record at this stage....

ehhmm, I mean of course I'm not like a broken record.. Shur how could I be like a broken record and me only having 24 posts, shur that wouldnt be enough time to formulate any entrenched opinions about anything at all, would it .. ;-)

Welsh Megaman

tafkach wrote: »

shur that wouldnt be enough time to formulate any entrenched opinions about anything at all, would it .. ;-)

Now now, we can't have behaviour that is classed as...Unruly

In other news, looks like Panti won't make the SNS tonight

http://www.broadsheet.ie/2015/05/30/panti-goes-home/

Go Harvey Go

tafkach wrote: »

Can I just say that from the start, I am REALLY REALLY annoyed that they are getting rid of Brendan... He's improved greatly over the last few years and in my opinion he should be given the Late Late and Tubridy should be moved back to Saturday night....

This is what the folks at Montrose did when they saw that the SNS had overtaken the LLS in the ratings...



:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Welsh Megaman

Here's to the SNS thread regular Cofy

tafkach

Oh that band that won the John Murray Show band thing are on tonight as well... There was a really good singer song writer guy who made it to the final three... but I think the organisers said to themselves "we want a band with a lively song for the big finish of the Sat Nite Show"... It's the oddest song, it kind of like the first you your ever wrote, where you think that there has to be a drum hit for every bass note...

A_smurf

I've only popped into this thread a few times but most of the posts have made me laugh until I cried (because they were true)! Have a good last SNS boardsies!

Go Harvey Go

A well-deserved long round of applause there.

Go Harvey Go

"It's really hard to explain this one."

It sure is, Brendan, it sure is.

tafkach

I know it can be a bast*rd to get the airbag sorted before the NCT, but I think the steps this has taken are just excessive..

Welsh Megaman

:eek:

Harry Angstrom

Has anybody got a needle handy?

Skid X

tafkach wrote: »

Okay I have the first joke for Brendan for tonight's show....

So c'mere to me... As you all know, this is our last show, and Ray D'Arcy will be taking over The Saturday Night Show next season ... Apparently, when told of the news, Enda Kenny turned to Fionnuala and said "I will leave the country if that fekn eejit Ray D'Arcy becomes Saturday Night Show host"

*takes bow*

I wish you had been writing Brendan's gags, kaptag.

Lollipop95

Ah I'll miss BOC!


WHAT THE ACTUAL F IS THIS! :L

Welsh Megaman

Reminds me of my recent trip to Portmeirion.

Go Harvey Go

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

Has anybody got a needle handy?

It would probably have to be a very sharp one...

Lady Chatterton

Good Evening Friends

I'm so sad that this is the last Saturday Night Show ever RTE are making a massive mistake, it reminds me of when they canned 'Live At Three', they thought that they'd replace it with something flashier but we all know that never happened. They lost a large audience of happy people and never got them back.

This is a special (sad) occasion so I'm on the Aldi Prosecco tonight.

A_smurf

I'm not even going to ask what that even was about so... DRINK!

Welsh Megaman

''FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!! I CAN'T BREATHE!!''

Skid X

There was a learned chap who used to post around here who always made a good point about Oliver Callan's work.

I can't remember what it was, though.

Welsh Megaman

''So Oliver, what have you been up to in the last eight days?''

Lady Chatterton

I love the navy/pink combination on Oliver.

Mr.Nice Guy

MrsD007 wrote: »

This is a special (sad) occasion so I'm on the Aldi Prosecco tonight.

I think you were the one who recommended that last night in the Late Late thread? Someone did. Anyway I got a bottle of it today and found it very nice. I'm slightly tipsy now. (hic)

tampopo

Isn't it odd to be watching the start of the SNS and it still bright out? Evening all...

Go Harvey Go

tampopo wrote: »

Isn't it odd to be watching the start of the SNS and it still bright out? Evening all...

It's dark and wet where I am...

Harry Angstrom

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Reminds me of my recent trip to Portmeirion.

Lady Chatterton

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

I think you were the one who recommended that last night in the Late Late thread? Someone did. Anyway I got a bottle of it today and found it very nice. I'm slightly tipsy now. (hic)

Last night's drink of choice was Lidl Prosecco but I've gone slightly up market (Aldi) for Brendan's last show.

I like this guy but this sucks

tafkach

tampopo wrote: »

Isn't it odd to be watching the start of the SNS and it still bright out? Evening all...

It's not bright ... that big cloud that resides permanently over D'Arcy's head is moving over all of our heads... :-(