Flogging a Dead Horse: The Late Late Show - Friday 5th March 2021

FixdePitchmark

My sister was talking to me earlier - real honest Dub.

She Said

Why the f*** are they collecting for that hospital
We are building a brand new one for a billion :D

Got to love the honesty of a sister at times - I hadn't spoken to her in months - I laughed and realized how much I miss her and love her - even if she is stone mad.

walshb

He’s so fooking smug and patronising

PieOhMy

Sammy sausages furiously typing now applying for a grant

Welsh Megaman

Any books by the anti-semitic Roald Dahl, Ryan?


Ryan?


Don't pretend that you can't hear me!

Government buildings

What do we pay taxes for?

Beechwoodspark

How many times has he mentioned toy show...

PieOhMy

Government buildings wrote: »

What do we pay taxes for?

Some of pay proportionally a lot less than others...

kravmaga

PieOhMy wrote: »

Sammy sausages furiously typing now applying for a grant

aka Alan Hughes?:D

Atlantic Dawn

RTE might need their own whiparound next Friday, there's €11 million of a gap in licence money from last year as 70k fewer licences purchased...
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/number-of-tv-licences-sold-last-year-falls-short-by-almost-70-000-1.4501589

FixdePitchmark

That was a great tv moment - was class.

Dermot is a class humble dude.

martingriff

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Any books by the anti-semitic Roald Dahl, Ryan?


Ryan?


Don't pretend that you can't hear me!

Great books he was not very nice

Government buildings

It's all self promotion.

Oscar Bravo

here comes the misery

dirkmeister

The show is on 10 minutes and Tubridy is only starting to talk to a guest

PieOhMy

kravmaga wrote: »

aka Alan Hughes?:D

Correct. His company was on the tax defaulters list but also recieved just under a quarter of a million euro from the state.

FixdePitchmark

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

RTE might need their own whiparound next Friday, there's €11 million of a gap in licence money from last year as 70k fewer licences purchased...
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/number-of-tv-licences-sold-last-year-falls-short-by-almost-70-000-1.4501589

In fairness - this is not popular - but just pay the fecking thing to them.

They have run a great service in impossible commercial circumstances - and over 50 % pf their work was covid or public service related.

They genuinely have done great to be only 11 million down - with the big big commercial stuff off.

Ol' Donie

These kids are all deadly.

take everything

Aw what a dote.

TheRiverman

Just checking in on the thread, not watching the filler show.

generalgerry

PieOhMy wrote: »

Correct. His company was on the tax defaulters list but also recieved just under a quarter of a million euro from the state.

Was he on the tax defaulter's list, didn't know that. Was this after he rang in to liveline giving out about foreign pantos getting funding?

martingriff

What the hell is that on the mothers head

Welsh Megaman

Good of RTE to recreate the set of ABC's 'The Look Of Love' video.

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

FintanMcluskey

This girl is really articulate, very good on camera

Makes up for Tubs

physioman

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

In fairness - this is not popular - but just pay the fecking thing to them.

They have run a great service in impossible commercial circumstances - and over 50 % pf their work was covid or public service related.

They genuinely have done great to be only 11 million down - with the big big commercial stuff off.

Not paying for prime time (ish) programmes on 4 nights a week.

FintanMcluskey

Is that guitar massive

Or is he really small

TheRiverman

A bit of the Toy Show in March ?

Welsh Megaman

Less of Michael, more of this chap... :cool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRcAhp0W9Jg

Atlantic Dawn

generalgerry wrote: »

Was he on the tax defaulter's list, didn't know that. Was this after he rang in to liveline giving out about foreign pantos getting funding?

Oh yes he did :pac:

A pantomime company jointly owned by the television presenter Alan Hughes has appeared on the tax defaulters’ list over a €50,000 bill to Revenue.


Anthem Productions, which has run the annual pantomime in Dublin’s Tivoli Theatre for two decades, was found by a Revenue audit to have under-declared the amount of PAYE, PRSI, USC and VAT it owed.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/did-presenter-alan-hughes-pay-full-panto-tax-oh-no-he-didn-t-gg658gww5

FixdePitchmark

Nice kid - very posh .

Nice kid.

Ol' Donie

FintanMcluskey wrote: »

Is that guitar massive

Or is he really small

He's far away

Beechwoodspark

PieOhMy wrote: »

Correct. His company was on the tax defaulters list but also recieved just under a quarter of a million euro from the state.

Absolutely crazy.

I saw that his husband Karl Broderick was hawking tickets for a “drive in” Christmas pantomime -NOT a live show but a recorded show on a screen - 50 euro per car !!

Ol' Donie

With that hair he should get a left handed Hofner bass.

This guitar kid is cool.

jojofizzio

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Less of Michael, more of this chap... :cool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRcAhp0W9Jg

Why isn’t this bloke on...we need his update

PieOhMy

generalgerry wrote: »

Was he on the tax defaulter's list, didn't know that. Was this after he rang in to liveline giving out about foreign pantos getting funding?

His company was. The one that cheated the state took state money. Bit of a write up from the time.

Update to account for recent events - source
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-news/disappointment-for-up-to-20000-people-as-drive-thru-panto-forced-to-cancel-from-sunday-39895161.html

Very curious about this whole situation.

First of all Joe Diffy gave a platform on the national station to someone who previously hired him in a private capacity. Mr Sausages had applied for €300,000 to run the annual panto shows in the Shelbourne Hall in the RDS, in be safe ‘COVID-friendly pods’.

Then Sammy Sausages made some allegations about other panto producers on air and where they spend their money and pay their taxes, unchecked by the host.

Ironically Mr Suasages' production company is a tax defaulter.

Then the Department of Arts and Culture discovered that there had been a clerical error and the panto proposal had never found its way in front of the panel to be assessed. The pantos production company, a tax defaulter was subsequently granted the full 300k requested. Without a Government grant their cast and crew will be left without much-needed work.

It was then announced that the panto would take place as drive-in pantomime at Malahide Castle in Dublin i.e recorded and played on a big screen each night.

Maybe if any posters who have experience in applying for grants like this could shed some light on:

Would cost estimates submitted as part of the application be required to be adhered to? As in if it turned out that rental and staff costs turned out to be much lower than set out on the proposal would there be any clawback or audit by the body which issued the grant?

It would be great if the cast and crew were being paid their full fee the same as if they performed each and every matinee and evening show as normal. I really admire people who create business and give employment to other people and support the government's deployment of funds to support the arts.

Further developments.

Sammy sausage will now not being paying the lad working in the carpark or for the use of malhide castle due to the new level 5 restrictions. The panto appears that it is to be streamed direct to people houses instead

The website is not clear on this.

The website has no clear information regarding refunds on the homepage, it does however have instructions for those looking to book extra streams.

I sincerely hope the application for the grant included some more realistic projections on attendance than in the independent article.
If those calculations are applied to the stream idea there could evently be upwards of 7 billion people watching the Sammy Sausages.
Also the simple maths in the article inexplicably is incorrect. 32 X 200 is 6,400, not 6,000.

6,400 X £50 = €320,000.

The article also states that the grant awarded to the tax defaulting production company was for €230,000. This was previously widely reported by the same paper and other papers as being €300,000. €70,000 difference. Another clerical error?

With all these errors it can be hard to keep track of what's happening but as per the independent article there could be funds of anywhere between €530,000 and €620,000 at stake.
If production costs transpire to be lower than projected on the grant application is there any potential for funds to be returned? Is this even a feature of grants? Once the funds are released is that it over and done with? I have no experience of this area so maybe someone more learned than myself might be able to advise?

passremarkable

Here’s the main man now

FixdePitchmark

Deleted User wrote: »

This guitar kid is cool.

I don't like kids like this - but I do like this kid.

retro:electro

This little fella is an absolute dote. Too cute

walshb

Deleted User wrote: »

This guitar kid is cool.

Lovely young man!

Welsh Megaman

Adam is sound.

castletownman

Adam has his head on his shoulders.

Sound little chap.

interlocked

Great kids, they're all brilliant.

Saoirse is something special though, just a pure soul.

walshb

A wee gem this boy!

Strumms

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Picturehouse: We have a brand new album out, this will be great promotion!


LLS Producers: Just play 'Sunburst'.

Picturehouse were shìte about 20 years ago...what the fûck they are doing getting tv time in this day and age... they must know some movers and shakers in RTÉ...

PieOhMy

Such nice kids. So positive and bright.

obi604

Adams eyes seem very twitchy tonight. The last time he was on I didn’t notice his eyes twitching.

Maybe it’s just tiredness.

Government buildings

The whole thing would work better if Tubridy wasn't there.

Wishox

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

In fairness - this is not popular - but just pay the fecking thing to them.

They have run a great service in impossible commercial circumstances - and over 50 % pf their work was covid or public service related.

They genuinely have done great to be only 11 million down - with the big big commercial stuff off.

Keep it up mate, good positivity

Gonad

Three beautiful kids.

Saoirse is a real Galway sort. I mean that in the best way.