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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Famous quotes containing the words praise and, praise and/or competition:
“What can everyone do?—Praise and blame. This is human virtue, this is human madness.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“It is a sign of creeping inner death when we can no longer praise the living.”
—Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)
“The elements of success in this business do not differ from the elements of success in any other. Competition is keen and bitter. Advertising is as large an element as in any other business, and since the usual avenues of successful exploitation are closed to the profession, the adage that the best advertisement is a pleased customer is doubly true for this business.”
—Madeleine [Blair], U.S. prostitute and “madam.” Madeleine, ch. 5 (1919)