Late Late Show 8th Jan 16

The Talking Bread

Skid X wrote: »

I'd love to see BlindBoy BoatClub on the Vincent Browne panel.

to be fair, Id say Vincent Browne and him would have a great rapport.

GoldFour4

Blind boy going for a round of applause there with his "50%" stat. Nobody biting on it.

Welsh Megaman

PeterTheEighth wrote: »

Okay, I've been searching furiously here and I think I've found out who Robert Ballagh was when he fought Batman.

In the episode An Egg Grows in Gotham, there was the following character "Egghead". What do ye think? There he is there, looking nefarious.

Ah, the late great Vincent Price - damn fine actor

TCDStudent1

Strazdas wrote: »

Ballagh talks about the "tyranny" of British rule in 1916. What tyranny? Dublin was a calm city at ease with itself before the Rising erupted.

Dublin wasn't calm pre-1916. The 1913 lockout was a very troublesome period in Dublin.

Atlantic Dawn

There's lots of dodgy deals where politicians took pennys from their bribers who went on to make millions and in some cases billions on the resources off the state.

PeterTheEighth

It's a terrible unequal society, Bobby. did you ever get that ten grand cash back, the one that you rang Joe Duffy about?

Oops69

malistheman wrote: »

This was supposed to be about the rising I thought? It's gone so so far off topic.

no its not , its about the commemoration and legacy of the rising , its completely on topic.

Ol' Donie

Oops69 wrote: »

Yates needs to read a bit of history , he's very poorly informed .

He's just there for a row. Which he's not really getting.

Strazdas

ProudDUB wrote: »

I'd say if you were an affluent, member of the Protestant merchant class, you were a lot more at ease with yourself & your place the world and the Empire, than if you were a Catholic living in an inner city tenement, with 45 other families. :rolleyes:

Sure, but the people in the tenements didn't think ripping down the Union Jack off the GPO and replacing it with an Irish flag was going to solve their problems (which is why they were utterly indifferent to the Rising or even hostile to it).

The Talking Bread

sorry but the statistic regarding the disparity of wealth is not that dramatic compared to most western cultures.

Martypants1

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Yes but you can't afford a house, you can't afford to have a child so the country is out and out fooked as there won't be enough people to sustain it.

What?

We don't live in a perfect world. There'll always be something to complain about.

I don't understand how I can't afford children? And why does one need to buy a house, which I could do anyways in a couple of years.

Ally Dick

Ally Dick wrote: »

How can Yates lecture anybody, after turning his back on all of that debt ?

Because he is cut from the same cloth as Piers Morgan.

PeterTheEighth

"unhistorical sh1te".

Good man Bobby, I hope Batman kicks the aforementioned sh1te out of you the next time he sees you.

Car99

These are the best 4 they could get

topmanamillion

Says it's all that the person speaking the most sense is the lad with the plastic bag over his head!

Martypants1

Martypants1 wrote: »

Agree. Talking ****e.

I'm 24 and I think this country isn't so bad.

Blindboy is just speaking out for people who aren't educated and put all their eggs in one basket.

It largely depends on what industry you're in.

Say Your Number

It was rubbish Bill, that director is a spoofer.

Roger_007

What a waste of a half hour!

The Talking Bread

malistheman wrote: »

Blind boy going for a round of applause there with his "50%" stat. Nobody biting on it.

it was a terrible "stat". Both false and even if true, not that meaningful.

ProudDUB

Watherfuud...ah shure that's practically Cork.

Ally Dick

Yates is a gambler, who gambled and lost, but didn't have to suffer the consequences. Of course the thick Irish welcome him back with open arms

Strazdas

TCDStudent1 wrote: »

Dublin wasn't calm pre-1916. The 1913 lockout was a very troublesome period in Dublin.

Yes indeed, but that was more a big stand off between workers and employers ; "British occupation" wasn't seen as the issue.

delta_bravo

I'd say Robert Ballagh likes to think he would be in the GPO himself if he were around in 1916. He seems to have thought that Rebellion show was meant to be a documentary.

Martypants1

The Talking Bread wrote: »

sorry but the statistic regarding the disparity of wealth is not that dramatic compared to most western cultures.

Basically they want successfull outcomes but they don't want people to be successful.

Ol' Donie

antodeco wrote: »

Always wanted one, so bought it 2 years ago. Never been played! It's just to look at at!

Play it! Jeaysus.

(Did yer man not have his own guitar?)

bottlebrush

And it's back to watching Inglourious Basterds on Film4

Goodnight folks

Skid X

Pelvis Parsley wrote: »

One of my friends is in the audience. I've asked him to heckle DLB every time he mentions illness or worse.

Hope he doesn't get a sore throat.

Did the audience get anything at all for sitting through that tonight?

Welsh Megaman

Till tomorrow night, folks!

Nos da!

delta_bravo

The Talking Bread wrote: »

it was a terrible "stat". Both false and even if true, not that meaningful.

Yeah thought that was stupid. He could have used the stat that the top 10 % pay about 60 % of the tax but that wouldn't fit his narrative

weadick

I wish PK was still on TV for stuff like that. He would have had a better panel, given them better questions and got the audience involved too. That was just a waste of half an hour.