Make 'Em Laugh (TV series)

Make 'Em Laugh
Genre	Comedy
Written by	Billy McGrath
Directed by	Peter O'Doherty
Presented by	Gay Byrne
Country of origin	Ireland
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producers	John Masterson Kevin Linehan
Producer	Billy McGrath
Production locations	RTÉ Television Centre, Donnybrook, Dublin 4
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Tyrone Productions
Original release
Network	RTÉ One
Release	6 September – 25 October 1999
Related
Gaybo Laughs Back

Make 'Em Laugh is an Irish comedy show hosted by Gay Byrne who had just retired from presenting The Late Late Show - which after The Johnny Carson Show in the USA ended, became the longest running live studio chat show on broadcast TV. The studio-based clip show aired for one series in 1999 and featured Byrne taking a look at some classic comedy moments from the RTÉ Archives.The tile and the title music was derived from the song performed by Donald O’Connor in the classic Hollywood movie 'Singin'in the Rain'. In the year's Top 20 'most watched programmes of the year' poll Make "Em Laugh was at No.7. This series spawned later similar ideas trawling the RTE Archives like Gaybo Laughs Back with the latest idea still airing in 2019 hosted by Pat Shortt.