The Late Late Show Tribute to Gay Byrne, Tuesday, RTÉ One, 9:35pm

CH3OH wrote: »

RTÉ IS SET to air live coverage of the funeral of broadcaster Gay Byrne on Friday

Do you think I will able to get the day off ?-- compassionate leave UNCLE Gaybo

One of the joys of being retired is that you can “enjoy” watching these events as they happen. They form important memories going forward through life. When I grow old and weary I will be talking to my minders about the day of Gaybo’s funeral and they will not have even been born now. They will have read about Gay in school history curriculum and see clips of him on You Tube.

castletownman wrote: »

Went to bed before the end, but having looked back at a clip of the "finale", I am surely not the only one who thought the Parting Glass was a bit haphazard?

Finbarr Furey in particular was a bit incoherent, which is a surprise as usually he has a terrific voice. It is still a beautiful song, but I feel there was too many musicians involved in the performance.

Loathe for me to criticise same on social media though, in case I get lynched

Yep, thought the same. It was painfully obvious that they'd had zero rehearsals beforehand. Furey's voice was inaudible, probably due to the sound guys making a hash of it, but it didn't come across well. then the second verse was sung by Mary Coughlan and it was like she didn't know the words so the rest all joined in. Really weird, jaunty version of what should be a poignant song. As much as I dislike him, Ed Sheeran does a pretty decent rendition. Last night's version didn't really do it justice.

fryup wrote: »

missed it last night...was it any good?

Easily the best episode of the LLS in about 15-20 years. And that's despite (or maybe because of) some of the shenanigans that went on.

Tommy T is an ar$ehole who was talking in circles while trying to be deep and meaningful while, in actuality, didn't say anything.
Theresa Lowe butted into a conversation, uninvited, and basically said "I'm a great presenter, Where in the world was great, me me me, did you know that where in the world got more viewers than the LLS once?".
Poor Nell was out of her chops on medication and should not have been anywhere near the place.
Two planks I didn't recognise: "You tell this story better than I do"....quickly followed by "You're leaving the best bits out of the story!"
Poor Miriam looks more and more like the Mario Rosenstock version of herself every time I see her. Looked like she was a rugby player in drag sitting in a booster seat beside Nell.
D'arcy.......*shakes head*......that comment earlier about him being allowed out that late on his own had me in stitches.
Tubridy repeating everyone's jokes as if we were too thik to get waht they were saying.

Like I said, riveting television. Plenty of jibes about the old viewing figures, how Gaybo used to challenge the powers that be and how there was a great mix of funny, serious and controversial topics back in the day.