As episodes go, last night's Late Late was up there with one of their best.
Thanks to JDIFF, Tubridy didn't have to raid the canteen of RTE for guests in order to fill out the show and was joined by screen icons Ryan O'Neal and Russell Crowe.
First up was O'Neal, who had more than a bit to say about his daughter that didn't exactly go over well with Twitter.
Loving tonight's show @RTELateLateShow Ryan O'Neal was Umm interesting 😳 #latelate
— Niamh Byrne ╪ (@Niamhyy) March 20, 2015
Ryan O'Neal makes really disturbing remarks about his own daughter and Russell Crowe tells the audience to shut up. Helluva #LateLate.
— Donal O'Keeffe (@Donal_OKeeffe) March 20, 2015
I'm a few mins behind #latelate but can see Ryan O'Neal interview went down like a lead balloon.
— Sorcha Crowley (@sorcgirl) March 20, 2015
Jesus Christ. Ryan O'Neal making slightly spaced-out REALLY off-colour jokes about his daughter having sex. Our Ryan looks morto. #LateLate
— Donal O'Keeffe (@Donal_OKeeffe) March 20, 2015
Next up was Russell Crowe, who started off by addressing O'Neal's umm... colourfulness.
Russell Crowe saying what the rest if us were thinking about Ryan O'Neal. #LateLateShow
— Des Henderson (@leftistrhetoric) March 20, 2015
Russell Crowe is somehow both an arse and a dote and I don't know how he manages it #latelate
— Aiso (@AislingLeen) March 20, 2015
Crowe even addressed that most irritating of Irish audiences traits - the out-of-time-clapping - with a stern, but fair correction.
Russell Crowe schooling the audience on their clapping! That intervention was about twenty years overdue. #LateLateShow
— Fiona Flynn (@Fiona_Flynn) March 20, 2015
Thank god he said it – does my head in how Irish people can't resist clapping like happy seals once someone starts playing a song! #latelate
— Dave McGinn (@davemcginn_ie) March 20, 2015
Just watched the most surreal #latelate ever! @russellcrowe made history by curing the clap on the Late Late. Give that man a pint!!
— Rosina Owens (@RosinaOwens) March 21, 2015
@russellcrowe silences audience on #LateLate. "If you can't clap in time...then shut up!!" #legend #gladiator
— Rowan Dardis (@rowanaldinho) March 20, 2015
Looks like everyone's afraid to clap..still a legend! #latelate
— MGrey (@MartinaGrey1) March 20, 2015
And with that, Crowe brought the house down with a fantastic rockabilly cover of Johnny Cash's Folsom Prison Blues.
Here's the video. We'll never have it this good again, folks.
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