The Late Late

The superfluousness of The Late Late Show has been pointed out by practically everybody recently. But it was novel to see Tubridy and the show’s very own producers underline its irrelevance on the series premiere last night.

Straight out of the blocks came our Olympic boxing team in full training regalia, medals around necks. And for the next toe curling twenty minutes Tubridy tried to re light that fire, tried to corral a horse that had bolted a month ago.

There are some out there who probably think he made a decent fist of it. It is for these that The Late Late Show is allowed to trundle on.

There are some who think it was pointless trying to rekindle the buzz in the first place, who were appalled to see the great Ross Noble go down like a lead balloon while a piss poor medley from a pride of Eurovisionites was greeted with demented hysteria. It is for these that The Late Late Show should be given a lethal injection.

It’s the humane thing to do.