Late Late Show - GAA Special

[T Fearon]

Well Des Cahill always wanted to be an impact sub, I suppose

Hey thats given me an idea for various GAA themed Late Late Shows

For example a Tyrone theme would be five or six people scrambling for every seat which would (like those in planes) have a pukebag attached underneath.

A Cork theme could be the whole audience leaving at 10.30pm as no one told them about the extra hour

and finally a Down themed show would be shown entirely in black and white as they're stuck in a 60s timewarp.

PS For personal reasons I and my family owe Gerry Mc Entee a huge debt of gratitude, but in the name of Jaysus why is he writing to Madam at the Irish Times complaining about RTE? Surely Madam has no direct or indirect input into RTE's programme planning

[SidelineKick]

Or an Armagh theme where they were promised a second show but they got cancelled at the last minute and replaced by Tyrone 

[dublinfella]

All in all the GAA's top brass are very very unhappy with RTE.

I'm hearing that they threatned to pull the entire thing after finding out RTE had Sean Og O'Halpin as one of the panelists. RTE dropped him quietly.

[An Laoch]

I was wondering where Sean Og got to alright

[T Fearon]

I still return to my original point, that this was a light entertainment show, a 125th Birthday Party celebration, if you like and was never intended to be a serious analysis of the GAA's 125 year existence, and due to its two and a quarter hour slot, never could be anything else, using the format of Up for the Match where only two counties (or four if the minor finalists happen to be different from the Seniors) have to be catered for.

Due to all the crap directed at RTE by those who fail to comprehend this, it probably means that our state broadcaster will never again touch the GAA (outwith broadcasting actual games) with a barge pole.

[An Laoch]

I still return to my original point, that this was a light entertainment show, a 125th Birthday Party celebration, if you like and was never intended to be a serious analysis of the GAA's 125 year existence, and due to its two and a quarter hour slot, never could be anything else, using the format of Up for the Match where only two counties (or four if the minor finalists happen to be different from the Seniors) have to be catered for.

Due to all the crap directed at RTE by those who fail to comprehend this, it probably means that our state broadcaster will never again touch the GAA (outwith broadcasting actual games) with a barge pole.

Pat Kenny would never be allowed present up for the match. Even as light entertainment the LLS special stank to high hell - everything was wrong with it.

[Shamrock Shore]

Jazes Tony I think you have been watching too much 'Hole in the Wall Gang' and 'Folks on the Hill' tv.

If so then, yes, last Friday night's Late Late was vintage stuff compared to those offerings.

[orangeman]

All in all the GAA's top brass are very very unhappy with RTE.

I'm hearing that they threatned to pull the entire thing after finding out RTE had Sean Og O'Halpin as one of the panelists. RTE dropped him quietly.

Where did he go to ?

[Zulu]

I still return to my original point, that this was a light entertainment show, a 125th Birthday Party celebration, if you like and was never intended to be a serious analysis of the GAA's 125 year existence, and due to its two and a quarter hour slot, never could be anything else, using the format of Up for the Match where only two counties (or four if the minor finalists happen to be different from the Seniors) have to be catered for.

Due to all the crap directed at RTE by those who fail to comprehend this, it probably means that our state broadcaster will never again touch the GAA (outwith broadcasting actual games) with a barge pole.

If that's all they can come up with then it's no harm. The thing about it is it wasn't even entertaining or at least not as entertaining as it could have been. They could easily have got better music, a better comedian and better guests in addition they could have at least put together a montage of the GAA from the early days to the present with maybe music to match the timeline. And they should have put together a feature or two on particular aspects of the GAA, for example the women's game or the development of the GAA abroad. They showed absolutely no imagination and put no effort whatsoever to raise it above the mundane, I know we are GAA fans on this forum but no one can deny that the GAA is a pivotal organisation in Ireland yet the national broadcaster can't do a show a bit above the ordinary when celebrating it's 125th anniversary? It was a joke.

[Blue and Navy]

I still return to my original point, that this was a light entertainment show, a 125th Birthday Party celebration, if you like and was never intended to be a serious analysis of the GAA's 125 year existence

But the point i think most people are trying to make is that while it is obvious that it was only meant to be a light entertainment look at the GAA in Ireland, it really wasn't. I mean it didn't look at any of the start of the GAA or the great dynasties of the 20's , 30's, 40's or 50's. Wexford the first four in a row....never mentioned. Fine it was only an overlook, but could the overlook not have been any broader in its scape?

[orangeman]

2 and a nit hours wouldn't do justice to the GAA's history - TG4 have it right.

[dublinfella]

All in all the GAA's top brass are very very unhappy with RTE.

I'm hearing that they threatned to pull the entire thing after finding out RTE had Sean Og O'Halpin as one of the panelists. RTE dropped him quietly.

Where did he go to ?

Who knows, but he was in the press releases as a guest and didn't appear. Draw your own as they say.

[Blue and Navy]

IF and i reiterate IF, the GAA top brass refused to appear with Sean Og on the show, is this not them getting involved in the Cork dispute? However minor? They are clearly against the player stance if this is the case, or am i reading into it too much?

[RedandGreenSniper]

Nah, I just think it would be the wrong time to have him on, no more than having Gerald McCarthy or Frank Murphy on.

Tony no one was thinking this would be a comprehensive look at the GAA. You're right, it is a light entertainment show. Tell me though, where was the entertainment?

[Blue and Navy]

I wonder did any one listen to Des Cahill's radio show any evening this week? Wonder was the show brought up? It just wasn't entertaining as you said GreenandRed.... i was watching it with friends, all GAA mad, and the only thing we could talk about was Brush and why was it only Dublin and Kerry on the show. And by the way, when MickO was interviewed why did he just give a synoposis of the 74-84 finals? His own lack of stories or his lack of interest in being there?