Just a thought. Why not RTÉ One invite all the homeless kids currently living in hotels onto the Late Late Toy Show.
#TheLateLateToyShow— Mick Tuohy (@Tuts1976) November 23, 2016
And by ‘dear’, we do mean 495 large.
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Class idea Mick
Absolutely wonderful idea, Dear Friend. However, ARE YOU COMPLETELY MAD??? These are perks for RTE employees and various hangers on – there is no room for a child who might actually be in need of a treat, or some cheering up. Also, I would worry about the exposure of a disadvantaged child to Tubridy and his mates – have they not suffered enough?
We’re forgetting the real tragedy here: Tubridy is wearing lace-up shoes with his dad jeans.
Brilliant idea
That is an excellent idea!
And what then Mick?
What would Jesus do, Eamo?
Dress up the nativity characters in Action Man and Womder Woman outfits. Then sit for the holiday buy the fire and knit a golden lasso out of the wool from one of the sheep… naturally.
…hmmm… that typo…
+1 but it will never happen. Its RTE remember!
Except it’s not his idea, it was this guys https://www.facebook.com/declan.hughes.902/posts/10154774455674711 and it has 3.1k shares on Facebook.
But they wouldn’t know how to play with battery operated toys.
But where would the Billie Barry’s go if dropped for these homeless kids? Surely we owe this talented troupe of child singers , dancers , actors , toothpaste advert models some time next to uncle Ryan and by Uncle I mean related as most of them are anyway to RTE’s finest.
Just kids to be fair
Dont forget the token kid from tallaght with the squinty eye and snot on his sleeve.
Snotty snorted
To you too
As has been previously asserted, it’s a lovely idea, but unless you’re the blood relative of an RTE staffer you aren’t getting near the studio. The sooner the broadcasting fee, sorry, Tubridy Tax is scrapped, the better.
How about kids in direct provision too. Give them all the day out playing with the toys they always show that night anyway if they cant accommodate them all in the studio. That would mean the same to the kids
And then take the toys back telling them ‘tough, you can’t keep them’ that would be Fine Gaels way to do thngs, supported by Labour and their friends in RTE.
Maybe Burton could open a used toy bank too.
And some refugees too? Or not… I don’t know… Its a matter of how good we want to be I guess..
Why refugees?
Why not refugees?
Irl has enough of our own in need.
But I’d imagine seeing your country decimated and having to leave must be much worse than having to live in some hotel in west Dublin.
They’d rob the toys surely!?
Meh.
Distributing the toys to them afterwards would be much more doable and possibly have longer term value.
it’d put a nice human face to the homeless though. bring some much-needed focus back to the fact that these are vulnerable human beings, not statistics
If nothing else all the “one for everyone in the audience” stuff could be redirected. I believe the providers of toys for the show donate all the toys on the set to charity afterwards.
That certainly used to be the case. And it would be very appropriate. I do know they used to go to children hospitals, charities, disadvantaged etc. But when we go down that road, we discover that you could fill 20 toy shows with deserving children and not just the cause du jour.
My worry with bringing the homeless in is that it would be just optics and become a meme to do every year. Who deserves it this year and what stigma does it place upon you that you are the charity case? The toy show works very well and does a lot of good. If people want to organise another occasion for the kids, then do it. Take responsibility and stop using the old “somebody else should do something”….
Oh dear Lord! We can’t have povs hanging out with Siofra and Atticus. Won’t somebody think of the children!
blushirts don’t want to be reminded of their biggest failure so far. “the recovery”
How would they possibly store all their “one for everyone in the audience” swag afterwards? It wouldn’t be fair to them and their families . . .
I like the idea of sending all the used toys straight out to the direct provisioning centres.
Surely RTE staff and relatives should be banned from participating in such a brazen giveaway? Or declare the free stuff as income? Those floor prizes are quite substantial . . .
On the contrary, if you are not staff, or related to staff, you haven’t a hope of getting “randomly selected”.
I don’t think this is strictly true. Remember John Joe from Roscommon?
Know someone who got tix to the Christmas show a couple of years back. She walked out with several grand’s worth of swag. I think there were connections there!
But you would, though, wouldn’t you… you’d even wear the stupid hats and clap along to the stage show kids.
Your an innocent abroad.
Why not let homeless people present it, sure tubridy is useless so what’s the loss..
Some posh kids might set the studio on fire.
That’s one of the best suggestions I’ve heard of in a very long time. And pay them the same
Why politicize the toy show? How many homeless kids will be joining Mick for Xmas dinner on the day?
Ok Eamon
How many will be joining you?
Awwwww
I’m delighted to be not the only one who indulges the Fairytale of Christmas
What’s not to love about Christmas
RTE serve anyone else besides themselves, their connections and all their special interests …
Dream on