Paul O’Grady as Lily Savage, Ireland 1995

[@DavidBensonActor]

Fantastic television - amazing to see how political Paul o'Grady was as Lily, essentially speaking his own thoughts and beliefs. He is sorely missed

[@amandapenrose49]

Paul was actually very political just as himself as well. I've watched clips on KZbine of his chat show and he was condeming tghe Conservatives on it as well.

[@clairefox4640]

I've had to take a week off work he was my hero glad he's back with buster xxx

[@garytoner4563]

Paul said in a bhind the scenes interview that he felt more free as lily since he could say theyre lily's views. But yes he absolutely meant what he said about tories here.

[@clairefox4640]

@@garytoner4563 they should have been more egalitarian

[@amandapenrose49]

To think this is back in the early 90's and sadly the Conservatives are still running the NHS down. Nothing has changed in nearly 30 years. I agree with every word he said about Mrs Thatcher. Good on you Paul for telling it how it is. Sadly we now have the awful Brexit to add to this. R.I.P Paul you were on in a million and will be forever missed by so many.

[@pipoo1]

Sad truth there, when Labour left office in 2010 the average wait time for none urgent surgery had been reduced to 18 weeks, it was 18 months in 1997. The we handed the NHS back to the Tories so they could cripple it and the country yet again.

[@gilgameshofuruk4060]

@@pipoo1 I knew someone who worked in the NHS and he said back in 97 that when Labour got in they could feel the difference straight away. It was like a weight was taken off the staff and they felt appreciated by the government for the first time in years.

[@clairefox4640]

God bless you Amanda beautiful comment beautiful soul xx

[@zaftra]

another that seems to have forgotten labours winter of discontent.

[@gilgameshofuruk4060]

@@zaftra Two wrongs don't make a right. Especially when one was 45 years ago.

[@JDKelleherMusic]

Paul never held back! Real comedy...real activism...real Love.

[@clairefox4640]

Pity he wasn't prime minister or even lillos ah God help him what a soul x

[@PH-vv1ky]

Giving your opinions on a talk show is not activism . Get a grip of yourself

[@clairefox4640]

@@PH-vv1ky looks like someone needs a bit of lovin

[@FrankNFurter1000]

@@PH-vv1ky You should look into his activism off screen, dear.

[@jamesbrowne2072]

@@PH-vv1ky you clearly have NO IDEA of the amazing work he did. Get a grip of yourself.

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

What Hansome Man/ Pretty Woman, a decent, honorable caring and kind understanding person, great sense of humor, no nastiness, could talk the back legs off a wild horse, Lily & Dolly were sisters/twins, Paul/Lily resting in eternal pace and having a great time in heaven

[@brycenuttall6144]

Pretty common humour !

[@clairefox4640]

With their beloved dog buster xx

[@clairefox4640]

@@brycenuttall6144 nothing common about sharp aesthetic political wit mate

[@richardbutler4488]

You really wouldn’t be getting this kind chatter in the modern day Late Late Show, plus the audience wouldn’t get an airing. Paul was fabulous, the change by retiring Lilly was a master stoke on his part too, which really helped his reach, and widened his appeal.

[@psychosoma5049]

“Keep your gob shut before I slap ya!” 😂 3:01

[@MM-tr3zx]

That's the Irish in him! I mean her!😅

[@SnackboxOToole]

What a wonderful person Paul/Lily was. Effortlessly hilarious and entertaining. Greatly missed.

[@christinamcilwaine350]

😢 Rest In Peace Paul O Grady national treasure never forgotten 🪶 🤍 🌟 🕊️

[@martinrobinson9061]

Well done Lily speaking truth to power.

[@DistantCousin]

This is brilliant. Thought I'd seen all of Lily's TV work - but not this (being Ireland) - on top form though!

[@rosyvision]

He was so quick witted!

[@niamhryan2973]

Lily/Paul was so right in putting the guy in the audience.

[@andrewc247]

RIP Paul O' Grady 🙏🏼❤

[@faithoffaith]

I thought this was question time at first 😂 ah Paul was just such a natural he'll be missed greatly and of course Lily! RIP ❤

[@NECRONOMICON7-7-7]

A working class hero is something to be

[@GilesRobinson-tp5wd]

Rip Paul. Rip lily One of the greatest comedians of his generation

[@TheIkaraCult]

Thatcher coach crash joke - 10/10 What a gem

[@gilgameshofuruk4060]

When Thatcher went to Locherbie after the plane crash with her hair all sideways, I heard people say "Haven't they got enough problems there?"

[@brownie9919]

Thank you so so much for uploading this!!!!!! 👍

[@joannefalkinder393]

True beautiful genius. Rest in peace sweet heart 😚😚😚❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@MyFoxworld]

Paul was very very quick witted back in day. Loved his lily Savage persona. Blankedy blank and An Audience With lily Savage... What note do you want to star the song with? A B flat. And you lily? I don't care play any not you want and I'll flattened it 😂

[@gilgameshofuruk4060]

She was partnered with a member of the public on a game show once and treated them like an old pal. "You watch, they'll give us all the hard questions. Like how do you spell rhododendron."

[@happymatt2013]

Yikes, what a funny toungue in cheek interview. Lilly had an opinion of everyone and everything and she wasn't afraid to show it

[@TheSpaceman332211]

They should bring back the audience allowed asking questions.

[@DIETRICHCICCONE]

Thatcher the disaster chaser 😂

[@dean9235]

I wish Lily had been Prime Minister. She'd have taken on the Iron Lady...and won.

[@jimbobjimjim6500]

You dont have to pay for healthcare in Ireland, if you have a "medical card"....Which makes healthcare completely free for poor people, low income workers or people over 65....

[@ActuallyDoubleGuitars]

I wish they'd bring back questions from the audience to all the guests. Also that baby is 28 years old now.

[@finolaomurchu8217]

I was just thinking about the babies age! The baby has probably had their own baby🤣

[@abegley27]

Anyone read Fintan O'Toole's We don't know ourselves? Makes these clips even more fascinating.

[@CloudhoundCoUk]

Fabulous.

[@loadsbutty]

Wasnt it great to see casual audience participation in such a respectful communal way ? Cant remember that format at the time but it really was unique in hindsight

[@df1985]

Who in gods name is the man in an Irish audience praising thatcher 😮

[@GeorgiaGeorgette]

Someone who was blissfully ignorant!

[@thefrecklepuny]

RIP Paul O' Grady. Thatcher would be considered something of a moderate in today's Tory party!

[@darraghgregory1269]

Rest in peace paul ❤

[@MooMooFutch]

God that man had some balls to take on our Lil!

[@lottiehowes585]

R.I.P Paul, 😢❤

[@Oooo-bi7bi]

Thatcher made me pay polll tax on my childhood bedroom from my YTS wages because there was no jobs.

[@brendabeckers6125]

She was disgusting the best leader omg she crippled the country

[@MsHurleym]

I have not watched the late late in years I keep having to go back to the archives to watch the real late late with Gay He always believed he could be replaced but he never will

[@scouser2010ify]

I did not think the Irish had an opinion like that about thatcher she privatised water and took milk of the kiddies ……

[@MM-tr3zx]

What the pregnant UK (Eire based) lady fails to mention is the Medical Card! Anyone living on the Island of Ireland will be familiar with this. Also, how times change, NHS is virtually non existent now, can't get Appts, seen by Doc, Hosp Appts etc, so in the long run 'Lily' must also have had psychic ability talents! 🙄

[@popland1977]

This is a very strange segment. Lily us trying to bring the humour into the audience yet the questions are so political. It's a weird disconnect.

[@TT_1221]

Casual conversation was political in the 80's. People talked openly about politics and society. Not like today because it's turned toxic.

[@j377yb33n]

​@@TT_1221 people still talk about politics today? Maybe you're just wound up

[@TT_1221]

@@j377yb33n You kinda just proved my point with your semi troll response there.

[@j377yb33n]

@@TT_1221 man, almost everyone is wound up nowadays. There's a constant grind of tension and bullshit from all sorts of social media. People don't want to bring it up, because theyre not sure how that pressure is going to release

[@jodiemcbrodie4997]

Rest in Peace Paul O’Grady. Pat Kenny and Ryan Tubridy haven’t a patch on Gaybo, and Claire Byrne (probably) won’t either

[@MM-tr3zx]

It was Gaybo's baby. #RollItThereCollette

[@robbialexander8322]

Was Lily Savage big in Australia or U.S.A.?

[@pottypranks8628]

No but he had a big fat dong

[@j377yb33n]

Australia had dame Edna for that role

[@MM-tr3zx]

Love the Late, Late, esp with Gaybo (RIP), started 62, the year I was born. Moved to UK in 70's so only seen it when back on hols (no internet Players etc back then) - always loved the natural (organic, ie, not rehearsed/staged) audience participation, something you never see on UK TV. Sometimes it got heated but the Host never made it, you're right, I'm wrong...ie, the sort of thing that exists on social platforms today... everyone could have their say without any bother! P.S. wonder if Paul was a relation of Joe Biden, as I see on his Wikipedia page the Savages (his Mothers maiden name) were from near Cooley (nr Carlingford) Co Louth.😅

[@andrewlyng4855]

Haha imagine. Joe Biden Savage 😂

[@jaws666]

Love her Make up

[@seandelap8587]

This was satire back then but now it's reality in 2023

[@Vtwin_Superbikes]

What the fuck are you talking about?

[@Carroty_Peg]

we must all play our part in getting back to good clean fun

[@HarriLosh-x8y]

🌈🌈🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

[@misss.o.j.]

I wish I had known that Dame Edna, and people like, were actually despising Society. But it should've been obvious.

[@ClannCholmain]

👏😆😂 That’s some serious talent you have there for projection.

[@GeorgiaGeorgette]

'Despising society'? How?

[@chocolatecake6588]

Back when laughing at a man dressed as a woman was comedy and not a hate crime...

[@colmocuinneagain3580]

You can still laugh if they are telling jokes, but if you want to laugh at someone because of their physical appearance thats wrong.

[@sdrtcacgnrjrc]

In fairness *I'm* laughing because of the wit, and the stories, and especially the deadpan delivery, and, yes, obviously the humour is tied in with being dressed as a woman. Whether that's pc or not I have no idea ...

[@st20332]

@@sdrtcacgnrjrc I think let's not think in terms of 'is it pc or not' but, are we laughing because what they're saying rings a bell, along with their intended mannerisms and such things, or is it because of who they are? Do we have a built in image/idea that makes us find someone doing something we don't understand ridiculously funny, and begin subtly mocking them for it, stretching the joke more? Then maybe think about what that is, and why it's happening, for a little while at least, before repeating the same cycle, maybe we'll see something new within ourselves, or possibly life in general, that's what I do at least, and I feel generally happier in life than I used to be when I wouldn't observe and question myself

[@meadowm1742]

Oh for God's sake! Paul never 'decided' he was a woman! This was an act.

[@finolaomurchu8217]

@Stan Yes we're supposed to laugh, Lily Savage is supposed to be funny.

[@pabloranks-i4b]

this is were they started to introduce the freaks of nature

[@sonjawhite5815]

Mary mary robinson

[@josephlenehan4461]

Joseph and today TV

[@anastasiasucha]

shes so beautiful

[@theirishcontrarian4626]

You know that is a bloke? 😛

[@pottypranks8628]

It's man

[@DistantCousin]

I'm no fan of Thatcher but she didn't "cripple the country" - The North and Wales, yes (mainly due to decimation of the mining industry) but London, The South East and the Midlands was thriving under her.

[@popland1977]

Surely Northerners have a right to voice being left behind

[@kaysmith8992]

Not all London thrived. Council estates were total shitholes until slight regeneration in the late 90s. The greed and envy of the 2011 London rioters can be traced to that time.

[@gilgameshofuruk4060]

I live in the Midlands and my city was destroyed by her policies. Our local industry, only part of which was mining, was virtually wiped out. But by your argument, that's ok because where you live is doing well. A proper Thatcherite "I'm alright" attitude.

[@maxbluenose25]

She ruined the North of England the day she died were all celebrating ding dong the witch is dead horrible woman

[@DistantCousin]

@@gilgameshofuruk4060 not really. You misunderstand me. This so called "crippling the country" is false. The country was thriving in places like the South East. (Not that it makes it right)

[@paddyo3841]

Poisoned our children

[@FrankNFurter1000]

Gobshite.

[@jorian2212]

Rip Highly entertaining man and a good soul. A drag queen not a tranny

[@finolaomurchu8217]

That's right. It's sad people can't tell the difference. Danny La Rue was a gay man (as far as I know) but Dame Edna (Barry Humphries) is not. Neither was Steve Coogan as Pauline Calf. So it's a mixed bag. Paul O'Grady was a lovely man, bless him.

[@Vtwin_Superbikes]

What’s your point?

[@gilgameshofuruk4060]

@@finolaomurchu8217 Danny La Rue was gay, but during the AIDs crisis in the eighties he got engaged to a woman because of the anti gay hysteria. Nobody was convinced.

[@j377yb33n]

You only like this clip because it's old, am I right?

[@jorian2212]

@@j377yb33n no. I watched this as a young teenager and thought he was highly entertaining as he was wether dressed as man or woman and never changed my opinion. Top person and a great soul in his life.

[@georgesmith1127]

It just used to be a joke

[@ap6878]

God bless you m8