Following on from main thread in Current Affairs about Tubs in general (now closed and mod suggestion that Entertainment category is more suitable).
Indeed, entertainment in certain respects is what Tubs has provided, albeit perhaps in a way not intended. And still awaiting 150k payback to the licence fee holder.
And of course, his new career in Virgin Radio which is imminent.
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John Cleese is a supporter of afterlife and consciousness beyond death research and often appears at seminars/Q&A's held by Bruce Greyson, Raymond Moody and Pin van Lommel. As Ryan seems to have a fascination with death and misery he was immediately fixated to the section of the interview in which Cleese claimed to have communicated with Graham Chapman through a psychic medium. Although rumour has it that John was unsuccessful in trying to convince Ryan that there is life after RTE.
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.
yes he’s going out to dinner with everyone who interviewed him this week
Are you suggesting Ryan is lying?
I think he leaves that to his agent.
Careful now!
it’s a very a English thing to say we must meet up for dinner sometime. It definitely doesn’t mean we are booking a table
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.
There's a big difference between Ryan and most of the other people that interviewed him. How many of the other interviewers have received mopeds from U2, are friends with Russell Crowe or have published multiple bestselling books? Hardly the same thing as being interviewed by some non entity. Ryan entertained Cleese by actually being funny and matching his wit.
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
Great to see him supporting Irish authors and playwrights. Gave a very positive review for Conor McPherson's latest play and is now interview author Jane Casey. Interesting to hear him say that he's developing a more London-Irish pidgin English. Said that he's starting to add London slang to his vocabulary.
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.
Ryan doing Cockney rhyming slang will be interesting - might set him up for a part in the next Guy Ritchie tv series.
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.
He’s very kind to Ireland to be fair, always promoting the country and its stars - I did suggest an Irish Tourism quasi-ambassadorial role for him a few weeks ago.
I did not listen or intend to but ryan matches the wit of a python?
Yep, he had John Cleese in the palm of his hand by the end of the interview. There was one comment that should have been edited out, where Tubridy referenced an old Late Late Show interview, when Cleese asked him if he was gay. It was meant as a joke, a play on Gay Byrne's name, but it could have been seen as being homophobic and might have upset the gay community. It came across like Cleese was mocking LGBT communities. He knew that he wasn't Gay, so there was no need for that comment.
Just like this forum.
I agree, completely unnecessary in this day and age. Sounds like Cleese was looking for a cheap laugh. It would be more akin to a Mrs. Brown’s Boys type sketch than an interview on a morning radio show. Poor form.
A bit like The Late Late Toy Show so.
"Jimmy Carr is a Limerick man but he's gone full UK now"-Ryan. I haven’t looked it up but I thought that he was born and raised in England. Now he's talking about camogie.
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).
Bryan McFadden on now talking about BoyzLife. You'd honestly forget how big Westlife were and how much pride they brought to the country in the early noughties.
"…………how much pride they brought to the country ………."
Seriously?
They were one of the biggest bands in the world for a time in the late nineties/early noughties.
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.
"……….how much pride they brought to the country……."
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.
I thought they were a cancer personally
One of the biggest manufactured boy bands
