Ryan Tubridy - From Virgin to Youtube **Mod: Read OP**

A very unkind, harsh, and coarse comment. You seem to be implying that Cleese and Ryan didn’t enjoy each other’s company - they have after all agreed to meet for dinner at a future date - and that the interview lacked sincerity, and that Cleese was merely going through the motions of a PR/promotional piece to promote the theatrical adaptation of a piece of his IP. Such cynicism. I would rather believe this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

Are you suggesting Ryan is lying?

Careful now!

Well someone needs to tell Ryan then - he mentioned it in his London Diary this past weekend in print and at least twice on radio already so he’s definitely under the impression he’s meeting John for a meal.

and John Cleese was last seen hosting a series on GBNews that nobody watched. I’m sure Cleese will go along if Tubridy is paying 😉 I don’t get Tubridy’s praise of the Fawlty Towers play. I saw it ( til I left early it was so bad). It’s total laziness to mash three tv episodes into a single play just churning out the catchphrases from the tv show with no new material and no attempt to make it seem even remotely new. It’s just trying to mine the old tv show for money

He said that the stage show has a lot of the things that people might find upsetting nowadays taken out. In case anybody found it upsetting and unkind.

Very good comments on the differences between the English and Irish people. How the English love a queue and how mad Irish people are and that our queues are haphazard, at best. Wasn't saying in a manner that was in any way mocking English people.

Just like this forum.

A bit like The Late Late Toy Show so.

Ryan sounds positively chipper today. He’s educating the British about camogie now, via a Jimmy Carr sketch, I wonder is it senior camogie? He (Ryan) described it as “female hurling”, and subsequently hurling as “sticks and balls and mad stuff”. He kinda botched the intro to it but we got there in the end.

Taylor Swift on the menu song wise today too, it’s so positive and uplifting.

I mentioned previously about the artwork on the DRS being either incorrect or absent, or from compilation albums (krytonite to true music heads). Here’s some examples:

Prince is white now apparently.

and this:

A minor quibble to be sure but one that points to a lack of attention.

There was just a preview of this Sunday’s show, which I haven’t heard but am looking forward to. I had thought it was going to be different to this show and more chat based but it sounds like a best of the week compilation from this week’s show from the description just given, inc. the John Cleese interview (again).

"…………how much pride they brought to the country ………."

Seriously?

It’s true - Carr was born in Limerick to Irish parents and holds an Irish passport. They moved to England when Carr was quite young and all of his formal education took place there. He talks about his Irish connections regularly.

His Wikipedia lists his birthplace as London but I do believe this to be incorrect as per above.

We can agree to disagree, if you like. I don't want to drag the thread off topic. Personally I've always felt proud of seeing Irish artists such as U2, Westlife, the Script and Hozier do well on the international stage. Is good for the image of the country and good for business and tourism.