They’re talking about Mario Rosenstock who at one stage was on the show on a monthly basis. It’s quite likely that he’s on so often as he makes himself available for shortlists in the event of cancellations of guests.
It’s shocking poor
The late late show is dead, I like Keilty, but they should have given him his own show not lumbered him with this dead duck
It should have died when gaybo left
Anyone famous in this neck of the woods goes to Graham Norton instead. Only the desperate for exposure appear on the late late.
His attempted takedown of Piers Morgan was hilarious..
Rte taking out Doireann as they hire her back to 2FM after she was caught with hands in the pie
Then came out with some half assed “oh i was bullied” to try and get the sympathy vote was terrible and pre planned
They need to stop flogging their terrible useless “stars” on the late late to try resurrected their careers
Its the same old guests all the time.
Do they announce who is going to be on it in advance in case there’s anyone good?
Turned it off when you lead off with doireann garrihy. Boring don’t care
People would freak out if RTE spent money on overseas A-listers. What are the demographics for The Late Late anyway? Surely it skews old or rural these days
This might be a niche opinion but I’d like to see Matt Cooper lead it. He’s a bit more of a serious journalist rather than an entertainer so could revive it as a serious show.
People seem to forget the Late Late Show prior to Kietly and Tubridy wasn’t too dissimilar. Repetitive guests, regular Joe Soaps as guests for some local news reason etc.
Ultimately when it comes to big name international guests, RTE are at the mercy of who’s in town that weekend promoting something
Graham Norton’s show does have a larger following and clips go viral internationally because the show is light and often funny.
The flip side is Kielty isn’t a great interviewer. Remember when Conan O’Brien was on the Late Late? Total wasted opportunity. They had him doing the bullshit “pronounce these Irish names” crap which Conan clearly pandered to for the show’s sake. The guy is in Ireland enough and has Irish parents, he knows how to pronounce these names. While that may not have been Kielty’s idea he should have pushed back.
You wouldn’t see that bullshit on the Tommy Tiernan show.
They really need to bring some fresh upcoming talent like Mario Rosenstock on. Break the mould.
This is what happens when you inflate something artifically. They always boast it as one of the longest running (possibly the longest) late night shows in the world. But that’s not out of talent or skill. It’s because taxpayer money keeps it ticking through absolute bin fire events and guest lists.
Should’ve died years ago and made way for something done independently and right.
Having their employees on as guests is embarrassing and quite pathetic. The fucking state of it.
I remember when they had guests who were prominent in their field / art, so they were genuinely interesting.
It needs a host who is genuinely interested in all the varieties of people & lives out there.
It is the only television record Ireland has – “The Longest Running Chat Show in the World” – which is apt for such a nation of talkers.
It would be a shame to lose it, though degrading it year after year isn’t respecting the record either.
Maybe a rotating host is the answer for a while, someone new every 3 months?
Baz and Vogue williams again?
The show is boring as hell. Should have been long scrapped – but then, so should RTE.
They could just try to find interesting people. Doesn’t have to be celebrities.
There’s plenty of interesting people out there, they don’t have to be famous. That’s where they’re getting it wrong. I remember when they had a woman on saying that dairy was a potential cause of breast cancer. She made a solid argument and got me thinking about how products are marketed at us. Gaybo used to have that episode where people would restore antique furniture, another where it was new Irish inventions (The Staire got its big break from that). I stopped watching ages ago, but does anyone know if they’ve had anyone on to talk about circular economy ideas, or alternative housing solutions? All it takes is a bit of creative thinking, but that’s what they’re lacking.
It’s a bit of a struggle to get a 1960s TV show to work in 2025. A lot has changed in the intervening decades.
I’d be of the view that they should have retired the Late Late when Gay Byrne did his last show way back in 1999 after a 37 year run!!
I remember sitting up late with my parents watching The Late Late Show debates about real social issues like the divorce referendum and gay rights.
That was powerful television that made a real difference.
Now, it’s just fluffing celebrities.
I was optimistic about Patrick Kielty, I really was, and I think he got off to a good start. It was promising. His first toy show was ace too. The second one didn’t quite hit the mark in the same way. He has the ability to be a good interviewer – we’ve seen him talking to Stardust survivors for example, and I thought he did a great job. I used to watch it every week in the beginning just for Kielty and he did have some good guests on. Sadly though I stopped watching live because it just felt more and more like a chore, and now I just watch the clips posted on social media, only if I’m interested, or to see what the people on Twitter are talking about, for instance they said the segment with Mario Rosenstock was particularly awkward, and yes I saw what they meant. I only knew Doireann by name. Watching her interview didn’t endear me to her. People are now saying exactly the same as what they said when Tubridy presented it – that it’s the RTÉ canteen guests. I saw a comment on here recently about RTE “Never underestimate their ability to make a bollocks of anything they do”, and we see it with the Late Late. They’ve learned nothing. Kielty must be there thinking “Kill me now” with some of the shite guests. Like someone else has said, it’ll be a surprise if he stays on after his contract.
I watched the late late show last Patrick’s weekend for the first time in 20 years (mother was visiting and insisted on it). These are the guests I remember being on:
– 2 blokes that were connected to rugby somehow but weren’t rugby players. Extremely boring.
– SIM card from the Hardy Bucks. Tbf he’s a funny bloke.
– Some absolute melt that was famous on Tik Tok for miming scenes from famous movies. She demonstrated this talent on the show and I cringed so hard I nearly ruptured my spinal cord. Utterly pathetic.
– the single most annoying child I have ever seen on television. Again, I can’t be certain but I think he’s famous because he goes on like a 70 year old farmer. This child then joined the trad band that closed the show and pretended to play an instrument.
If I actually paid my tv license I’d be fucking livid. THIS was the best they could do on the weekend where half the world celebrates Irish culture? Could only imagine what a standard week lineup would be.
Hang around the RTE canteen long enough on a Friday and you’ll probably get interviewed on the Late Late show.
Tonight folks I’ve a fascinating interview with Mary from the sandwich bar on the latest trends in Sourdough and her viral campaign to ban Tuna and sweetcorn due to the smell.
They also had another RTE presenter Kathryn Thomas on to promote her new documentary where she remains wilfully ignorant about obesity treatment and how revolutionary the new GLP-1 drugs are.
It’s clear she is using examples of people buying the drugs illicitly (unprescribed, and fraudulently online), and dodgy clinics in USA (she get’s a doc in NY to suggest she would be suitable for the drugs when obviously she is not). And then she did the classic “oh I know they might work for some people but I will always just advocate for eating well and exercising”… demonstrating that you can do an entire documentary on a subject and still learn absolutely nothing.
Tommy Tiernan all the way. Late Late is gone to shite this long while
They need vogue on, a breath of fresh air. She can give detergent meal recommendations as well
The second I heard Doireann Garrihy being named as one of the guests I changed the channel. She is the absolute pits.
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They yearn for the Tubs
They’re talking about Mario Rosenstock who at one stage was on the show on a monthly basis. It’s quite likely that he’s on so often as he makes himself available for shortlists in the event of cancellations of guests.
It’s shocking poor
The late late show is dead, I like Keilty, but they should have given him his own show not lumbered him with this dead duck
It should have died when gaybo left
Anyone famous in this neck of the woods goes to Graham Norton instead. Only the desperate for exposure appear on the late late.
His attempted takedown of Piers Morgan was hilarious..
PK- “Alot of people say you’re controversial”
PM- “Who says I’m controversial?”
PK- (sweating)…………..”eh……..you…..eh……support……….Trump”
PM- “I never said I support Trump”
PK- (crickets)
Rte taking out Doireann as they hire her back to 2FM after she was caught with hands in the pie
Then came out with some half assed “oh i was bullied” to try and get the sympathy vote was terrible and pre planned
They need to stop flogging their terrible useless “stars” on the late late to try resurrected their careers
Its the same old guests all the time.
Do they announce who is going to be on it in advance in case there’s anyone good?
Turned it off when you lead off with doireann garrihy. Boring don’t care
People would freak out if RTE spent money on overseas A-listers. What are the demographics for The Late Late anyway? Surely it skews old or rural these days
This might be a niche opinion but I’d like to see Matt Cooper lead it. He’s a bit more of a serious journalist rather than an entertainer so could revive it as a serious show.
People seem to forget the Late Late Show prior to Kietly and Tubridy wasn’t too dissimilar. Repetitive guests, regular Joe Soaps as guests for some local news reason etc.
Ultimately when it comes to big name international guests, RTE are at the mercy of who’s in town that weekend promoting something
Graham Norton’s show does have a larger following and clips go viral internationally because the show is light and often funny.
The flip side is Kielty isn’t a great interviewer. Remember when Conan O’Brien was on the Late Late? Total wasted opportunity. They had him doing the bullshit “pronounce these Irish names” crap which Conan clearly pandered to for the show’s sake. The guy is in Ireland enough and has Irish parents, he knows how to pronounce these names. While that may not have been Kielty’s idea he should have pushed back.
You wouldn’t see that bullshit on the Tommy Tiernan show.
They really need to bring some fresh upcoming talent like Mario Rosenstock on. Break the mould.
This is what happens when you inflate something artifically. They always boast it as one of the longest running (possibly the longest) late night shows in the world. But that’s not out of talent or skill. It’s because taxpayer money keeps it ticking through absolute bin fire events and guest lists.
Should’ve died years ago and made way for something done independently and right.
Having their employees on as guests is embarrassing and quite pathetic. The fucking state of it.
I remember when they had guests who were prominent in their field / art, so they were genuinely interesting.
It needs a host who is genuinely interested in all the varieties of people & lives out there.
It is the only television record Ireland has – “The Longest Running Chat Show in the World” – which is apt for such a nation of talkers.
It would be a shame to lose it, though degrading it year after year isn’t respecting the record either.
Maybe a rotating host is the answer for a while, someone new every 3 months?
Baz and Vogue williams again?
The show is boring as hell. Should have been long scrapped – but then, so should RTE.
They could just try to find interesting people. Doesn’t have to be celebrities.
There’s plenty of interesting people out there, they don’t have to be famous. That’s where they’re getting it wrong. I remember when they had a woman on saying that dairy was a potential cause of breast cancer. She made a solid argument and got me thinking about how products are marketed at us. Gaybo used to have that episode where people would restore antique furniture, another where it was new Irish inventions (The Staire got its big break from that). I stopped watching ages ago, but does anyone know if they’ve had anyone on to talk about circular economy ideas, or alternative housing solutions? All it takes is a bit of creative thinking, but that’s what they’re lacking.
It’s a bit of a struggle to get a 1960s TV show to work in 2025. A lot has changed in the intervening decades.
I’d be of the view that they should have retired the Late Late when Gay Byrne did his last show way back in 1999 after a 37 year run!!
I remember sitting up late with my parents watching The Late Late Show debates about real social issues like the divorce referendum and gay rights.
That was powerful television that made a real difference.
Now, it’s just fluffing celebrities.
I was optimistic about Patrick Kielty, I really was, and I think he got off to a good start. It was promising. His first toy show was ace too. The second one didn’t quite hit the mark in the same way. He has the ability to be a good interviewer – we’ve seen him talking to Stardust survivors for example, and I thought he did a great job. I used to watch it every week in the beginning just for Kielty and he did have some good guests on. Sadly though I stopped watching live because it just felt more and more like a chore, and now I just watch the clips posted on social media, only if I’m interested, or to see what the people on Twitter are talking about, for instance they said the segment with Mario Rosenstock was particularly awkward, and yes I saw what they meant. I only knew Doireann by name. Watching her interview didn’t endear me to her. People are now saying exactly the same as what they said when Tubridy presented it – that it’s the RTÉ canteen guests. I saw a comment on here recently about RTE “Never underestimate their ability to make a bollocks of anything they do”, and we see it with the Late Late. They’ve learned nothing. Kielty must be there thinking “Kill me now” with some of the shite guests. Like someone else has said, it’ll be a surprise if he stays on after his contract.
I watched the late late show last Patrick’s weekend for the first time in 20 years (mother was visiting and insisted on it). These are the guests I remember being on:
– 2 blokes that were connected to rugby somehow but weren’t rugby players. Extremely boring.
– SIM card from the Hardy Bucks. Tbf he’s a funny bloke.
– Some absolute melt that was famous on Tik Tok for miming scenes from famous movies. She demonstrated this talent on the show and I cringed so hard I nearly ruptured my spinal cord. Utterly pathetic.
– the single most annoying child I have ever seen on television. Again, I can’t be certain but I think he’s famous because he goes on like a 70 year old farmer. This child then joined the trad band that closed the show and pretended to play an instrument.
If I actually paid my tv license I’d be fucking livid. THIS was the best they could do on the weekend where half the world celebrates Irish culture? Could only imagine what a standard week lineup would be.
Hang around the RTE canteen long enough on a Friday and you’ll probably get interviewed on the Late Late show.
Tonight folks I’ve a fascinating interview with Mary from the sandwich bar on the latest trends in Sourdough and her viral campaign to ban Tuna and sweetcorn due to the smell.
They also had another RTE presenter Kathryn Thomas on to promote her new documentary where she remains wilfully ignorant about obesity treatment and how revolutionary the new GLP-1 drugs are.
It’s clear she is using examples of people buying the drugs illicitly (unprescribed, and fraudulently online), and dodgy clinics in USA (she get’s a doc in NY to suggest she would be suitable for the drugs when obviously she is not). And then she did the classic “oh I know they might work for some people but I will always just advocate for eating well and exercising”… demonstrating that you can do an entire documentary on a subject and still learn absolutely nothing.
Tommy Tiernan all the way. Late Late is gone to shite this long while
They need vogue on, a breath of fresh air. She can give detergent meal recommendations as well
The second I heard Doireann Garrihy being named as one of the guests I changed the channel. She is the absolute pits.
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