With this, the Toy Show starts in earnest. And now Tubridy is done up like a sort of meerkat and is emerging from beneath a row of giant nodding giraffes to the strains of The Lion Sleeps Tonight. The logic behind his wardrobe is never unpacked as we instead whiz over to Montrose Studio Four. So he’s dressed as a …handyman? From the 1950s? Oh and there’s Ryan Tubridy, wearing a flatcap and carrying a ladder. They’re Toy Show Kids (from the Spotlight Stage School). Don’t worry – they aren’t Dickensian scamps up to late night mischief. Then the camera moves outside, where more children are hanging about. Today it has become RTÉ’s big show-piece - Irish television’s answer to the Oscars and the John Lewis ad rolled into one.Īnd, as the nation gathers for a rare shared moment in a world of binge viewing, Toy Show 2021 opens with a pre-recorded segment in Canon Mooney Gardens in Ringsend, Dublin, where a little girl listens to Wham’s Last Christmas and then dons a colourful head-dress in tribute to Disney’s the Lion King
#ED SHEERAN BENEATH YOUR BEAUTIFUL PATCH#
The Toy Show started off as Gay Byrne in a festive jumper trying to understand the appeal of Cabbage Patch Kids. It’s an appropriately bonkers end to a Toy Show that, as per its Lion King theme, swings, whooping-monkey style from hilarity to absurdity and all the way back (and that’s just Tubridy’s outfits). Then he sits down with Tubridy and two child rappers for a game of “Pencil Nose”. “I love all the costumes you’ve done.”Įd the Red has popped in to sing his song Leave Your Life with a kids’ choir from Cork. “You know what, this is my first time watching it in full,” says Ireland’s second favourite male singer (let’s be honest - we were all secretly hoping for Garth Brooks). Sheeran is the surprise guest at the end of a marathon evening of toys, songs and Ryan Tubridy dressed as a meerkat. Either a rift has opened in the space-time continuum or it’s the Late Late Toy Show 2021 (RTÉ One, 9.35pm). Still having that direct conversation with the baby even after the baby passed away, which is sign of how strong, deep and maybe special the connection between the parent and their baby, and also a sign that Ed is still confused and can’t believe baby’s death, and also sign of the deep sadness Ed is experiencing.Īlso Ed didn’t depend on the power of his lyrics in the song, his performance and the sad tone in his voice created that atmosphere, so that even if you don’t know what the songs is about, you can tell that there’s something wrong.It’s just past midnight, and Ed Sheeran is drawing a child’s face using a pen attached to his nose. Which is sign of the strong bond between the parent and the baby even before the newborn is brought to life (which makes the baby death harder for the parents).ĭescribing the baby’s features and having the idea that the baby is an angel so when the baby dies Ed says: “You can lie with me, with your tiny feet when you’re half asleep, “You can wrap your fingers round my thumb and hold me tight” If you're not inside me, I'll put my future in you” “I’ll hold you tightly, I'll give you nothing but truth, He’s sure that the baby will be born, that he’s making plans and thinking about what he’ll do when the newborn is brought to life, and also having that direct conversation with the baby. My InterpretationWell, Ed wrote this song for his friend who sadly had a miscarriage at four or five months.Įd describes the feeling, hopes and exceptions of the newborn, playing the father role who’s into the idea of being a dad.
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You can wrap your fingers 'round my thumbįingernails the size of a half grain of riceĪnd eyelids closed to be soon opened wide
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I'll hold your body in my hands, be as gentle as I canīut for now you're a scan of my unmade plansĪnd you can wrap your fingers 'round my thumb