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Late Late Show is live no more...

OFDM · 2005-01-17 22:51:21

As first noticed by boards.ie users here: Makes you wonder how the managed to take questions from the audience - looks like they went to great lengths to conceal that it wasn't live, yet they still failed as it was obviously edited...

17-01-2005 10:51pm

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As first noticed by boards.ie users here:

From the Evening Herald, Mon 17th January
On Friday night, [Colin Farrell] appeared on RTE's Late Late Show despite being half way across the world in Tokyo.
RTE bosses later admitted that they had pre-recorded the interview earlier in the week while Colin was in Dublin to promote the movie Alexander.

Makes you wonder how the managed to take questions from the audience - looks like they went to great lengths to conceal that it wasn't live, yet they still failed as it was obviously edited...

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#2 17-01-2005 11:01pm

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I hear you! Getting the lipsync on the Kenny marionette just spot-on can be a tough job during a live show. Much easier to just loop it afterwards.

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#3 17-01-2005 11:02pm

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It hasn't been live for years.... Most chat shows aren't. They'll normally be shot a day or two before... if order to be up with the latest news.

John

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#4 17-01-2005 11:28pm

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Even the New Years Eve Special (****e) is recorded in the middle of December.

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#5 17-01-2005 11:45pm

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Yea... The RTE one was recorded in the middle of Dec. The BBC 2 one was done 3 days before Christmas Day.

John

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#6 18-01-2005 12:16am

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Yeah, Jool's Hottenanny is never live, although the acts are "live" in a musical sense...

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#7 18-01-2005 12:17am

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Lump wrote:

It hasn't been live for years....

What's your evidence for the Late Late Show not being live for years?

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#8 18-01-2005 12:27am

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Well I went on Work Experience in RTE when I was 16. It wasn't recorded on the Friday night. I believe it was recorded all day on the Friday. Hence not Live.

John

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#9 18-01-2005 1:00am

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Lump wrote:

Well I went on Work Experience in RTE when I was 16. It wasn't recorded on the Friday night. I believe it was recorded all day on the Friday. Hence not Live.

John

On my work experience there I was aware of Christmas specials being recorded in June & July

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#10 18-01-2005 11:26am

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I dunno if its true or not but I went to see the waifs in whelans about 6/8 months ago and they said they couldn't play an encore because they had to go appear on the late late, and lo and behold 45 minutes later there they were on the show wearing the same clothes. So at least some of it appears to be live, also the competition a while back when they had Micheal palin on, and the woman they phoned was asleep, seemed pretty live too.

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#11 18-01-2005 11:31am

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Back in April Tommy Tiernan left the gig in Vicar st. early to get to the Late Late, and sure enough, he was on. So part of it must be live, or with only a very slight delay.

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#12 18-01-2005 11:32am

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Not sure about last Friday's programme , But in General The Late Late is a Live Broadcast !

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#13 18-01-2005 11:43am

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OFDM wrote:

Makes you wonder how the managed to take questions from the audience - looks like they went to great lengths to conceal that it wasn't live, yet they still failed as it was obviously edited...

these questions are done up before every show by the writers and seat numbers are pulled out of a hat and people are asked to ask them. :rolleyes:

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#14 18-01-2005 11:48am

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The Late Late is always live, notwithstanding the Farrell interview or New Year specials.

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#15 18-01-2005 11:51am

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Wonder why they didn't cut out his swearing? maybe so it appeared live, he didnt curse much so maybe they cut some.

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#16 18-01-2005 12:04pm

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I was at the taping of the Farrell interview the week before. They had a complete audience and let us ask questions. They slotted in the interview but then showed the live audience. If anyone noticed Colin making that remark to Pat about "I thought you were going to introduce me as Uma Thurman" it was in reference to the fact that at the taping Pat had made a mistake and went to introduce the star of "Kill Bill", he then corrected himself and re-recorded..... I thought they would have cut that.....

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#17 18-01-2005 12:47pm

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This isn't unprecidented for the LLS. They've done it in the past for other Hollywood Stars who were to appear but couldn't appear on the Friday. So in itself I don't find any problems in having taped interviews put out even .... if its not their 'tradition' or whatever the perception seems to be among the public.

However, I think the major problem people are having with this act is that Prat and his chums tried to pull a fast one on the viewership fob it off as 'being live' when it turns out it wasn't. To do it on a night that was to culminate in an earnest disscussion of the recent Tsunami only makes it doubly dishonest IMHO.

And before the denials of that accusation come out it should be noted that KerryKatona burd (who was live) even made some aside about having a chat backstage with Farrell (who wasn't!) after the show so she'd clearly displayed the production teams intentions for the night whether they care to admit it or not.

Yet another case of RTE dropping the ball.

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#18 18-01-2005 1:01pm

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Pigman II wrote:

And before the denials of that accusation come out it should be noted that KerryKatona burd (who was live) even made some aside about having a chat backstage with Farrell (who wasn't!) after the show so she'd clearly displayed the production teams intentions for the night whether they care to admit it or not.

This is probably the worst aspect of it all. The Late Late Show *is* live 99% of the time - the Farrell interview and the usual New Year's Eve recording are rare exceptions. (The live competition call at the end of the show and phone questions from viewers is one of the stronger clues that it's live every week.)

It makes sense that it would be better to have a guest on, but recorded, if the alternative was a poorer guest in front of an audience on Friday. It wouldn't be worth the extra cost of making two shows in front of an audience, so I'm sure they avoid it where they can.

I am a little concerned by this attempt to pretend guests who were recorded were there at the live show, though.

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#19 18-01-2005 3:34pm

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To Clarify ..

Reply from RTE :

Dear Michael
Thank you for your email. I have not followed the web
link. The vast majority of chat shows are pre-recorded,
Parkinson, So Graham Norton, Jonathan Ross etc.

The Late Late Show is a live show broadcast each Friday
night. Pre-recording of segments occurs very
infrequently - but does occur from time to time e.g. an
interview with Paul Newman when it was not possible to
record him live. The Late Late Show is live - very
occasionally a pre-recorded interview / performance is
used. This has always been the case and there is no
policy change.

Yours sincerely
Bill Malone

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#20 18-01-2005 3:41pm

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anyway, the new years eve show wasn't a Late Late show

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#21 18-01-2005 3:42pm

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Lump wrote:

Well I went on Work Experience in RTE when I was 16. It wasn't recorded on the Friday night. I believe it was recorded all day on the Friday. Hence not Live.

John

Wrong. I was on it, in May 2001, and it was live.

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#22 18-01-2005 4:08pm

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sharkman wrote:

The Late Late Show is live - very
occasionally a pre-recorded interview / performance is
used. This has always been the case and there is no
policy change.

Maybe RTE could explain why there seems to be a policy
of not pointing out that the interview is recorded or - much
worse - allowing or telling other guests to give the impression
that a recorded interview was live.

As for the New Year's Show, if it isn't going to be live, what's
the point?! Don't do it at all and just show a movie.

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#23 18-01-2005 4:13pm

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I think people are forgeting the most important point though. It's not important whether or not a show is live, but whether or not it is any good. The New Year's Show was crap, wouldn've been even worse if it had been live, as lower alphabet guests would have been on the show.

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#24 18-01-2005 5:30pm

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I knew that Alexander Colin the deadly was recorded for some reason it just looked it.As far as the late late being recorded what about the competitions they run when they say you have to be in friday night,or do they say that anymore not sure now.

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#25 18-01-2005 11:01pm

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mycroft wrote:

Wrong. I was on it, in May 2001, and it was live.

Well when I was there it wasn't.

John

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#26 18-01-2005 11:45pm

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It certainly used to be live pre-Kenny

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#27 19-01-2005 1:14am

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I have not followed the web
link.

Translation:

I have followed the web
link.

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#28 19-01-2005 1:18am

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Why do people actually care whether the Late Late is live or not? Does anyone under the age of 50 still watch it?

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#29 22-01-2005 1:35pm

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zaph wrote:

Why do people actually care whether the Late Late is live or not? Does anyone under the age of 50 still watch it?

It has gone downhill all right.

I don't really know if it is the absense of Dunphy, Kenny or talk shows - the late late is dull.

People are tired to people trying to flog books, movies and themselves.

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