The AH Late Late Toy Show Thread

KeithM89 · 28-11-2014 05:17PM #1

(Always way better than the one in the TV forum)

Can't believe no one started on yet. For shame.

Everyone owes me a fiver each time one of these things happen

Billy Barry Kids
Frozen gets mentioned
Z List Celeb from the canteen
One for everyone in the audience (lucky pricks)
Token Black Kid
Double barrelled surname, usually a D4 kid
Microphone doesn’t work
Kid crashes bike/scooter
Dustin appears
Some woeful School Choir
The dreaded Book section

Link to watch it online:
http://www.rte.ie/player/ie/show/10348806/

Wish they'd bring back Pat Kenny...:pac:

Lyaiera · 28-11-2014 05:18PM

I hate the Billy Barry kids.

KeithM89 · 28-11-2014 05:18PM

Lyaiera wrote: »

I hate the Billy Barry kids.

Everyone does.

The Adversary · 28-11-2014 05:19PM

Take a shot every time a kid rates something 10 out of 10.

Donkey Oaty · 28-11-2014 05:19PM

KeithM89 wrote: »

Token Black Kid

I'm not trying to start a row here, but genuine question - how can we tell if it's just a black kid rather than a token black kid?

28-11-2014 05:20PM

KeithM89 wrote: »

(Always way better than the one in the TV forum)
:

lies

AllGunsBlazing · 28-11-2014 05:21PM

Donkey Oaty wrote: »

I'm not trying to start a row here

Yeah, ye are.

Donkey Oaty · 28-11-2014 05:22PM

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

Yeah, ye are.

There's a fiver at stake - this is no joking matter.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 28-11-2014 05:22PM

Hopefully Dustin and Socky make an appearance. It would be great to Snotser again also.

KeithM89 · 28-11-2014 05:24PM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Hopefully Dustin and Socky make an appearance. It would be great to Snotser again also.

Or John Joe the horologist

Lyaiera · 28-11-2014 05:25PM

KeithM89 wrote: »

Everyone does.

Honestly? It's made me doubt myself. As a child I hated them, but that felt normal. I was a child with an aversion to other children. But surely this neurosis shouldn't have carried through all the way to adulthood. Surely children are all that is good with the world? They represent the future, hope and innocence. Was it not Jesus himself who said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." But if my choice was between lifelong irritable bowel syndrome and a daily Billy Barry Kids performance I'd be stocking up on triple ply toilet paper.

Donkey Oaty · 28-11-2014 05:27PM

Lyaiera wrote: »

But if my choice was between lifelong irritable bowel syndrome and a daily Billy Barry Kids performance I'd be stocking up on triple ply toilet paper.

I do believe you have stumbled on a great euphemism there.

AllGunsBlazing · 28-11-2014 05:27PM

Just not the same without PK. His general warm and easy-going nature around the kids really warmed the heart.

Neyite · 28-11-2014 05:28PM

every time a toy doesn't work the way its supposed to.
every time a kid outsmarts Tubridy.
every time a kid cries.

Lyaiera · 28-11-2014 05:28PM

KeithM89 wrote: »

Or John Joe the horologist

Has there ever been a "Greatest Hits" DVD of the Toy Show?

Neyite · 28-11-2014 05:29PM

Gaybo was the best. His thinly veiled hatred of the brats on the show was a joy to behold.

28-11-2014 05:30PM

Neyite wrote: »

Gaybo was the best. His thinly veiled hatred of the brats on the show was a joy to behold.

Pat Kenny gave all the toys to the boys and not the girls

"alright lads would you like this toy? yeah? well there's one for you! and everyone in the audience!
now girls, would you love this doll? yeah? oh well too bad. now moving on..."

Neyite · 28-11-2014 05:32PM

bluewolf wrote: »

Pat Kenny gave all the toys to the boys and not the girls

"alright lads would you like this toy? yeah? well there's one for you! and everyone in the audience!
now girls, would you love this doll? yeah? oh well too bad. now moving on..."

Brilliant!
At least Gaybo though hated both genders equally.

One eyed Jack · 28-11-2014 05:33PM

KeithM89 wrote: »

Billy Barry Kids

Were they not replaced with the Adele King Stage School Kids?

Does Tubridy wear the shìte jumpers that Gay and Pat used wear?

€10 on Fiachra or Suibhneas dropping the F-bomb, I haven't watched the show in years but I'll watch it tonight for the laugh.

Donkey Oaty · 28-11-2014 05:36PM

Billie Barry died two months ago, so I'd be very surprised if there wasn't some sort of tribute to her.

28-11-2014 05:40PM

Donkey Oaty wrote: »

Billie Barry died two months ago, so I'd be very surprised if there wasn't some sort of tribute to her.

No better stage than tonight for them antics I think...

AllGunsBlazing · 28-11-2014 05:43PM

I'm guessing a chorus line of dead - eyed children, with fixed grins, belting out songs of from 'Annie'.

Shudder.

podgemonster · 28-11-2014 05:43PM

They have definitely wound back on the Billy Barry's over the years. Gaybo was a big patronizing fan of them, they could feature several times in the same Toy Show.

Its seems that the foaming hatred that existed for these performing bright eyed doll children eventually filtered down to when Pat Kenny was at the helm.

They featured on and off during the decades but the Billy Barry founder died this year so I do expect a comeback and for them to close or open tonight's show.

KeithM89 · 28-11-2014 05:49PM

Lyaiera wrote: »

Has there ever been a "Greatest Hits" DVD of the Toy Show?

Theres a 'Top 10 moments' on the RTE youtube page.
Separate vids for each clip like this one:

Pumpkinseeds · 28-11-2014 07:00PM

Funny how most of us hated the Billie Barry kids:D I've got my crisps and chocolate ready for the toy show, well, it's gotta be done.:)

The One Doctor · 28-11-2014 07:07PM

Donkey Oaty wrote: »

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I'm not trying to start a row here, but genuine question - how can we tell if it's just a black kid rather than a token black kid?

If there's only one black kid in the whole show then it's a token.

Sheep Lover · 28-11-2014 07:30PM

"And next up we have Sneachta, what's that you have there Sneachta?"

"My mammys favourite toy, she only plays with it when daddy is at work though."

Pumpkinseeds · 28-11-2014 07:32PM

Sheep Lover wrote: »

"And next up we have Sneachta, what's that you have there Sneachta?"

"My mammys favourite toy, she only plays with it when daddy is at work though."

The gift that keeps on giving.:D

conorh91 · 28-11-2014 07:33PM

I had at least five twenty-somethings and thirty-somethings mention the LL Toy Show to me in work today.

I hadn't the heart to tell them I don't give a fúck. Sorry but why is this "a thing" now? When I was a kid my older siblings went to the pub and the kids watched the Toy Show. Even back then it was a bit lame. I don't think I watched it at all after the age of 14.

Supposed to be going out tonight, but I'm worried everyone is going to bail, in order to stay in and watch that insufferable bean pole shoving books in kids' faces like some dull, childless relative.

Sheep Lover · 28-11-2014 07:34PM

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

The gift that keeps on giving.:D

Quite a "buzz" around it alright.

xXxkorixXx · 28-11-2014 07:37PM

Fiver says some little crab says 'oh of course Ryan' or 'wait Ryan' whilst giving a science demo to chuckles from the audience.

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