Praise and Competition
A poll found that, within five months of Tubridy Tonight going on air, 38 per cent of adults preferred Tubridy on television, compared with 40 per cent opting for his main rival, Pat Kenny. Tubridy Tonight and its host have also won praise from the former host of The Late Late Show, Gay Byrne. The show competed for guests with The Late Late Show. This led to some criticism and ponderings as to why Tubridy is left with substandard "dull" guests that do not befit his talent. Some guests opted to be interviewed by Tubridy instead of appearing on Kenny's Late Late Show. The competition between the two chat shows was analogous to similar competition in a previous decade between Byrne and Kenny.
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Their heads being turned with praise and flattery;
And that is why their lovers are afraid
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Luciana. With words that in an honest suit might move.
First he did praise my beauty, then my speech.”
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