Anyone (in Ireland) letting their little darlings stay up to watch The Late Late Toy Show?

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DS (aged 8) is staying up for the first time, but he's off to bed at the next ad break. DH is watching it with him, the combination of Ryan Tubridy in a silly outfit and stage-school moppets is making me twitch.

My older lot are watching it with DP and GP's I am not, once Gaybo left that was it for me, My babies think it is on tomorrow[recording it] so went to bed no problem and the lot watching it are having a sweet and crisp and fizzy drink party. I am in bed because I would feel the need to murder someone I am working at 5 am

I dread to think of the Santa list that will be received tomorrow esp as all the shopping is done

How long have they been doing it? I'm 46 and I don't remember The Late Late having a toy edition when I was a child. On the other hand my parents may have contrived to hide it's existance from me.

I was never much of a Gaybo fan either tbh, he was always quite smarmy.

I admire your cunning and deviousness by the way, I wish I had thought of telling the DC that it was on tomorrow. It does mean that you can't fast forward through the ads though as they would twig that it was recorded.

It's been on as long as I remember and I'm 43. My four year old is loving it. She is not a bit tired, she is singing and dancing and wants to be on the show next year. While she is impressed with some of the toys, she hasn't asked for any of them. I am surprised that I have managed to watch Tubridy for this long, I usually reach for the remote as soon as I see him. My husband decamped to the spare room over an hour ago.

I am watching, but my DC are too young.

I remember watching the Late Late Toy Show as a child was my signal to
start getting excited about Christmas.

Did anyone notice the baby Paul Heaton in the wee band that were on about 10 minutes ago?

Some of the 'entertainment' looks as if it's straight from Craggy Island.

at Craggy Island entertainment.

I feel as though I should have fond childhood memories of it, but I can't remember ever seeing it. I have a very vague recall of something like The Billie Barry Stage School tap dancing troop, and my DF saying something hugely uncomplimentary and switching over to BBC, so that probably was the first 45 seconds of the LLTS.

9-year-old watched it all, in case he didn't sound sufficiently cool at soccer training tomorrow morning. Bizarrely sensible 6-year-old has opted to watch it tomorrow in a selfless gesture that will spare us all from the vile form she gets into when she is over-tired.

We recorded it, watching it now. I'm not a huge RT fan, but think he's doing a great job. Overall I had low expectations, but am impressed

I just watched some again with the DC.

Watch out for beautiful little Mary, who looks like butter wouldn't melt, telling RT the doll is 'pissing'!

I had to rewind it to check I'd heard properly thereby exposing the kids twice as well!