AwaitYourReply wrote: » I'll have to check out that doc on Gaybo as I never watched it this week. I think I recall something mentioned by Mike Murphy in relation to Gay's contract in recent years and I was taken aback given how stable the media landscape was back in those days unlike today's constant pace of change! Looking back Gay seemed very insecure during the summer months when he would take his annual break from both The Late Late Show on tv and the Gay Byrne Show on radio. He was so insecure that he never jumped ship to Century Radio back in 1989 which turned out to be a wise move in the end. I often think Gay admired his successor Pat Kenny for having the balls to quit RTÉ and negotiate such a lucrative remuneration package with NewsTalk 106-108 and subsequently TV3/Virgin Media Television as well.
serfboard wrote: » The Gaybo documentary is well worth watching, even if it is, IIRC, nearly 15 years old now. The standout for me, which speaks to the point you are making, was Gay referenced Mike Murphy quitting "The Live Mike" live on air - Mike said something like, that's the end of the series and that's the end of The Live Mike - we won't be back. Gay couldn't understand that. He said to Mike, something like "You know that you've just ruined your career". But Mike, fair play to him didn't give a sh1t. He said he just wasn't enjoying it so why carry on? Gay said that the idea of not having something to hang onto was anathema to him. Gay also said something about having a temp stand in for you when you're off - not someone too good who'd be kept on instead of you. This insecurity is very interesting for someone so talented - but maybe that's what drove him to excel as well.
RabbleRouser2k wrote: » Yeah, Mike ended up in Winning Streak- he never reached the same heights after Live Mike. (I wasn't alive when that show came to an end). My parents could never warm to him-and I think that sort of rubbed off on me too. I don't know what it was, he was sort of the 'lazy' types that arrived after Gay Byrne and crew. I think quitting the show (Live Mike) in such a manner was sort of an insult to RTE. (Pat Kenny similarly quitting the Late Late live on air probably put him on the outs with RTE after that).
Welsh Megaman wrote: » Good article in today's Indo from Kim Bielenberg, about how the LLS was back in Gaybo's Day... Unpredictable, the guest line-up not being revealed beforehand, the audience joining in with the debate with often led to fisticuffs. Imagine that in 2019, Ryan would soil himself
Leilak wrote: » does anyone know why Marian Finucane wasn't at either the tribute show or funeral? She also had very little to say on her radio programme this morning about Gaybo
Cork Boy 53 wrote: » No idea. Maybe they were not friends?
AwaitYourReply wrote: » Independent.ie on Saturday 09/11/2019 Entertainment section/Joe Brolly Joe Brolly: 'For all the sugary words from RTE's top brass, Gay Byrne wouldn't last two minutes there nowadays' Readers under 40 will not appreciate just how thrilling, shocking and transformative Gaybo was. In truth, they should have retired The Late Late Show along with him..." Source/Full article by Joe Brolly as per below link:https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/joe-brolly-for-all-the-sugary-words-from-rtes-top-brass-gay-byrne-wouldnt-last-two-minutes-there-nowadays-38676958.html I would recommend those interested to review this article as it does seem to reflect what was unique about Gay influence from 1962-1999 versus where The Late Late Show has ended up since Gay departed the show back at the end of May, 1999. I would have to agree that the show probably should have finished as soon as Gay Byrne exited. Yes of course so many things have changed such as attitudes, access to foreign media, new technologies etc; however; now it should be more engaging rather than safe and predictable most of the time.
Cork Boy 53 wrote: » Big discussion about Gay on her show right now.
AwaitYourReply wrote: » Source/Full article by Joe Brolly as per below link: https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/joe-brolly-for-all-the-sugary-words-from-rtes-top-brass-gay-byrne-wouldnt-last-two-minutes-there-nowadays-38676958.html
Joe Brolly wrote: I felt myself blushing ... when Joe Duffy began reading out Auden’s 'Funeral Blues' with a straight face. Maybe Joe doesn’t realise that Auden wrote the poem as a piss-take on how the establishment goes way over the top in eulogising an individual's death for its own ends. When Joe finished with: "... I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong", I could imagine Gay’s eyebrows hitting the ceiling. Joe went on to boast that it took him seven years to get through Trinity. That quickly?
elperello wrote: » Joe Brolly is full of it. He might know his stuff when it comes to sports matters but his knowledge of literature is sadly lacking. The fact that a different version of Funeral Blues with a satirical slant was originally written by WH Auden for a play in no way negates the use of the version quoted below written two years later. It is widely used by mourners as a sincere tribute to the memory of the deceased. The poem has also become part of popular culture being quoted in both films and TV programmes most notably Four Weddings and a Funeral Funeral Blues Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, Silence the pianos and with muffled drum Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come. Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead Scribbling on the sky the message 'He is Dead'. Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves, Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves. He was my North, my South, my East and West, My working week and my Sunday rest, My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song; I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong. The stars are not wanted now; put out every one, Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun, Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood; For nothing now can ever come to any good.
FrancieBrady wrote: » I have to say, I did go into cringe mode when Duffy did that. He goes completely over the top and it comes across as faux despair, just as his 'anger' does at times. That recitation put the tin hat on it tbh.
elperello wrote: » And you are of course quite entitled to that opinion. I too often cringe at some of what is said at funerals or wakes but I keep my feelings to myself. Joe Brolly on the other hand simply used the occasion of Gay Byrne's funeral to take a cut at Joe Duffy and RTE. He should have realised it was neither the time nor place and besides he based his little diatribe on an incorrect understanding of the poem. No class.
PWEI wrote: » Does anybody know why Christy Moore wasn't' on the show?
FrancieBrady wrote: » On tour, judging by his website. Other than playing on the show I never sensed a great rapport between them tbh.
pinkyeye wrote: » Does anyone have a rapport with Christy Moore?
Cork Boy 53 wrote: » Has Christy Moore been on the LLS since Tubridy took over as host? I can`t remember him being on it in a long long time.
