Sunday Miscellany:One For Everybody In The Audience, by John Toal

"I never knew the eminent psychiatrist RD Laing. I don't know what he did before or after his famous appearance on the Late Late Show, but as a 15 year old, I was gripped.

I had no idea what a 'third wall’ looked like. But when Gay Byrne broke it by asking the question we were all thinking, about just what this guest had had to drink before coming on his show, the ensuing heated discussion became one of the standout TV moments of my childhood...."