As a tribute to broadstg great and Toy Show trailblazer Gay Byrne, we look back at some heartwarmg moments, and stars of the future, om Toy Shows past.
Contents:
- GAY BYRNE'S MOST MEMORABLE LATE LATE SHOW MOMENTS
- GAY BYRNE'S FT MOMENTS ON THE LATE LATE SHOW
- LATE LATE TOY SHOW: GAY BYRNE'S BT MOMENTS
- GAY BYRNE: HIS TOP 10 MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS ON AIR
- DETAILS OF GAY BYRNE'S WILL HE MA JT 12 DAYS BEFORE HIS ATH REVEALED
- DETAILS OF GAY BYRNE'S WILL HE MA JT 12 DAYS BEFORE HIS ATH REVEALED
- DETAILS OF GAY BYRNE'S WILL HE MA JT 12 DAYS BEFORE HIS ATH REVEALED
- IT STARTED ON THE LATE LATE SHOW: GAYBO'S MOST NTROVERSIAL MOMENTS
- HOW GAY BYRNE MA THE LATE LATE TOY SHOW AN 'ACCINTAL H'
- GAY BYRNE: THE GREATT SHOWMAN
- WE TAKE A LOOK BACK AT SOME OF GAY BYRNE'S BT TOY SHOW MOMENTS
GAY BYRNE'S MOST MEMORABLE LATE LATE SHOW MOMENTS
Followg his ath aged 85, we have round up some of Gay Byrne's ft moments on The Late Late Show om over the years. * gay byrne best moments *
ChairgateSiubhan Maloney and Gay on the Late Late wh the chair that would end up at the centre of a urt seThe Sunday World was at the centre of one of the most memorable moments the Late Late's history. Gay's terview wh Annie MurphyGay Byrne terviews Annie MurphyOne of Gay's most memorable terviews was wh Annie Murphy - and not always for the right reasons. Followg a sometim terse terview, Gay wrapped by sayg: "If your son is half as good a man as his father, he won't be dog too badly.
Bishop and the NightieIt seems amg now, but way back 1966 Ireland was a very different place, and a lighthearted quiz end up sndalisg the natn and beg nmned om the started as a fun em where Gay picked a married uple om the dience and asked them qutns about each other out of earshot. Marian Fune the host's chairMarian Fune tak to the host’s chairMarian Fune and Gay ma women across the untry cheer when she appeared on the Late Late an em on women the media, the two discsed a report given to the RTE Authory which said she would never get to host the show. Gay stood up and gave her his seat, promptg gut Nell McCafferty to dramatilly clare: "At last, ee at last, thank God we're ee at last.
GAY BYRNE'S FT MOMENTS ON THE LATE LATE SHOW
Take a look back at some of Gay Byrne's bt moments on The Late Late Toy Show. * gay byrne best moments *
Gay shows Ireland how to e a ndomGay shows Ireland how to e a ndomIn 1987, durg an em on the AIDs crisis and durg a lively bate wh panellists and the dience about the safe e of ndoms, Gay showed one to the natn. People fallg a swoon all over Ireland at the moment, lookg at that, " said Gay, as only Gay uld, as he took the ndom out of s then lked to an animated screen monstratn of their e by sayg: "If you pardon the exprsn, Roisín, would you roll there please?
LATE LATE TOY SHOW: GAY BYRNE'S BT MOMENTS
In a televisn and rad reer spanng almost 60 years, Gay Byrne had plenty of memorable moments to choose om - we've whtled them down to 10 no particular orr. * gay byrne best moments *
Boyzone's First AppearanceBoyzone's first appearance on The Late Late ShowThey swore to Gay that they were gog to bee Ireland's answer to Take That - but the newly-formed Boyzone were a ltle green around the gills when they ma their very first Late Late Show appearance and bted some mov to a backg track, one bare-chted and dungare, to the bemement of the host and the dience.
GAY BYRNE: HIS TOP 10 MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS ON AIR
Details of Gay Byrne's will which he wrote jt 12 days before his ath have now e to light eight months after his ath. * gay byrne best moments *
"They've no talent whatsoever, they don't wre mic and they don't play stments, " said a disapprovg and unimprsed Gaybo. U2 ri to stud on a HarleyGenero goodbye: U2 ontman Bono givg Gay a prent of a Harley Davidson durg his last Late Late Show 1999Gay's last show was always gog to be a dramatic and emotnal one, but Bono and Larry Mullen ro to the stud on a Harley Davidson - a surprise gift for the host.
" said Larry of a prev enunter wh Gay.
DETAILS OF GAY BYRNE'S WILL HE MA JT 12 DAYS BEFORE HIS ATH REVEALED
Details of Gay Byrne's will which he wrote jt 12 days before his ath have now e to light eight months after his ath. * gay byrne best moments *
' So Gay, this is a gift om to you. " A dumbstck Gay said "I don't believe " before gettg on the Harley.
On qutng om Gay, Flynn said he earned about £100, 000 after tax and ran hom Dubl, Bssels and Castlebar.
" probed Gay. In a televisn and rad reer spanng almost 60 years, Gay Byrne had plenty of memorable moments to choose om - we've whtled them down to 10 no particular orr.
DETAILS OF GAY BYRNE'S WILL HE MA JT 12 DAYS BEFORE HIS ATH REVEALED
Details of Gay Byrne's will which he wrote jt 12 days before his ath have now e to light eight months after his ath. * gay byrne best moments *
When Gaybo asked Richard what lour nightie his wife wore on honeymoon, Richard said was transparent, while his new wife said she uldn’t remember; perhaps she’d not worn any at all. In the weeks after her ath, hundreds of Irish women wrote to Gay Byrne outlg the vastatg impact of their own secret pregnanci, some of which were a rult of sexual abe, ct or rape. Gay broadst the letters to a stunned natn on his morng rad show on Rad One, markg the start of a new nversatn about teenage pregnancy which ultimately helped dispel the stigma and shame3.
When she told Gay Byrne who her Sweetie really was, the natn was agog and Hghey went to hidg om the media as a rult. Hghey never spoke to Terry Keane Keane talks to Gay Byrne on The Late Late ronan lang8. Gaybo told Casey’s former lover: ‘If your son is half as good a man as is his father, he won’t be dog too bad.
Stephen FryLong after his years on the Late Late Show, Gay Byrne uld still draw lns of viewers.
DETAILS OF GAY BYRNE'S WILL HE MA JT 12 DAYS BEFORE HIS ATH REVEALED
When started 1962, producer Tom McGrath tend The Late Late Show to be a light entertament, rmal programme to n as a 'filler' over the summer. Gay Byrne had other ias. * gay byrne best moments *
While beg terviewed on The Meang of Life, Gay asked Fry what he would say to God if he had a chance. The natn was mourng when was nfirmed that Gay Byrne had passed away after his lengthy battle wh ncer. Gay Byrne wh wife Kathleen Watks and dghters Suzy & Crona Byrne.
IT STARTED ON THE LATE LATE SHOW: GAYBO'S MOST NTROVERSIAL MOMENTS
Gay Byrne was many thgs durg his long reer - father nfsor, voice of a natn, and master of rad and televisn - but perhaps his most unlikely role was as the man who helped dream up the natnal stutn that is The Late Late Toy Show * gay byrne best moments *
It as RTÉ aired a special, Gay Byrne's Late Late Memori, which took a look back at Gay's bt moments hostg The Late Late Show.
Viewers praised the special and lled Gay 'one of a kd'. The show beme a fom where ntroversial topics such as the fluence of the Catholic Church, ntraceptn, AIDS, homosexualy, abortn, and divorce uld be openly Bishop and the NightieThe first major ntroversy emerged 1966 what has bee known as The Bishop and the Nightie affair. Gay Byrne later issued a statement sayg had not been the show’s tentn to embarrass poted out that was a late-night show signed for adult viewg.
Tradg PlacIn 1979 fellow broadster, Eamonn Andrews hi-jacked The Late Late Show, turng the tabl on Gay Byrne. Markg 500 episos, he terviewed Gay about the last 17 years of the was about to announce a gut lled ‘Dana Andrews’, when Eamonn Andrews appeared on set to Gay’s surprise.
HOW GAY BYRNE MA THE LATE LATE TOY SHOW AN 'ACCINTAL H'
The set-up was arranged by the Late Late Show crew, who asked Eamonn to e along to salute Gay and the show. Lbian NunsAlso 1979, Gay Byrne terviewed a lbian.
Prottors gathered to rece s of the rosary, sg hymns as the show got 's First AppearanceIn 1983, U2 ont man Bono talked to Gay Byrne about makg the vio for ‘New Year’s Day’, playg the Danln Market Dubl and why he thought dgs were borg. Bono replied: “We are lled U2, Gay. ”The Lambo IncintIn 1987, the late broadster Gerry Ryan and a group of volunteers spent time the untrysi of Connemara as part of The Gay Byrne Show.
Birmgham SixIn 1991 Gay terviewed three of The Birmgham Six who were wrongly sentenced to life imprisonment 1975 for a Birmgham pub bombg.
GAY BYRNE: THE GREATT SHOWMAN
Gay chose a panel of public figur - Jim Kemmy, Dermot Ahern, Michael McDowell, Hugh Leonard and At himself refed to shake hands wh Adams but the SF lear proved more skillful at bate than was expected. Durg the terview Gay Byrne remarked that: “If your son is half as good a man as his father, he won’t be dog too badly.
WE TAKE A LOOK BACK AT SOME OF GAY BYRNE'S BT TOY SHOW MOMENTS
"She then promptly thanked Gay Byrne for the terview and left the TiernanThe same year, edian Tommy Tiernan ed material on The Late Late Show, which many viewers felt poked fun at the Ccifixn.
Gay Byrne apologised and RTÉ pulled the schled repeat of the show the followg Tuday morng. The performance was seen as very out of touch, at a time when hoe pric Ireland were risg dramatilly, His performance sparked Tom Gilmart's -operatn wh what was to bee the longt-nng tribunal the history of the Keane and 'Sweetie'On his send last show, Gay Byrne terviewed the gossip lumnist Terry Keane, who went on to reveal a long affair wh the former Taoiseach, Charl Hghey, scribg him as her 'sweetie'.
The Newlywed Game saw host Gay Byrne chose a married uple om the dience who were asked qutns about one another. Takg Gay Byrne's seat, the actor opened the show before handg back to weeks earlier, Reed had appeared on the show dnk and behaved appropriately toward actrs San Gee. Marian Fune tak over om Gay Byrne — 1980.