A Late Late SpunOutter
SpunOutter Paddy Duffy campaigns to become the new Late Late Show host!
What started as a bit of Facebook-themed fun has taken on a life of its’ own. Less than a week after my friend (and now agent), Tara Finn started it, over 100 people – all of them young and a lot of them not even from Ireland - have signed up to the idea of yours truly, Paddy Duffy, taking over The Late Late Show.
Now I’m well aware that when it comes to being considered for the job my odds are a bit out there (250/1 according to Paddy Power, incidentally), but like in most classic underdog bouts - David and Goliath, Mr. Smith and the U.S. Senate, Stephen Colbert and NASA - I’ve got one thing going for me: Unnervingly sturdy self-confidence. And if you’re not convinced yet, consider this:
- I’m young and liberal. Unfeasibly young and liberal. Previous presenters have all been biblically old, so a host that was born in the same year contraception was made legal in Ireland (1985, how depressing is that incidentally?) would bring the show right up to date and ahead of the curve.
- I’m inexperienced. Unfeasibly inexperienced. Some people might think a handful of appearances on RTÉ and Hungarian TV weren’t really sufficient grounding for a shot at the top presenting job in the country. But they’d be wrong. Pat Kenny has been on TV for years and he still looks at a camera as if Freddie Krueger is trapped in there, so being fresh and preconception-less is no bad thing. Besides, I’ve considerable experience as a radio broadcaster and writer of international renown, and if Sarah Palin can become Vice Presidential nominee by pissing about in a big house in Juneau, why can’t I be in line for a shot at The Late Late?
- I’ve got a large selection of ties, a must for any show host.
- I know RTÉ. Not so much about they work internally or anything, I’ve just been in there a few times and know where the studios and all are.
- Some presenters struggle with light entertainment but excel with politics and vice versa. I can do both light hearted and serious, sometimes simultaneously.
- My Late Late wouldn’t just have people plugging their newest shows or books or weight loss technique, there’d be just generally interesting people on who make for an engaging interview. And the likes of Brendan O’Carroll, Twink, Eoghan Harris et al wouldn’t be allowed within a mile of Montrose.
- I can ask a question without the benefit of cue cards or an obsessive desire to start another question before a previous answer is finished, a crucial but often overlooked quality needed. Very often overlooked.
- I’ll bring back the old theme music and old “To Whom It Concerns” announcement. Gravitas like that is invaluable as well as timeless, and should never have been got rid of to begin with.
- My combined loves of dodgy jumpers, toys, books and the laughter of children would make my Late Late Toy Show the funnest in recorded history.
- Boston Legal has just finished on Living TV, so my Friday nights are totally free now.
So there you have it, proof if it was needed (it wasn’t) that I am the only man, or indeed woman, for the job. So come on, join the Duffy Chatshow Revolution and make Friday nights watchable again!
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