Emilia Golightly

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Emilia Golightly was the presenter of a three minute parody of RTÉ's A Prayer at Bedtime, (a late night TV spot which was overtly Christian in presentation) on the late night 2FM radio show ([1]), Moloney After Midnight, which ran in the late 1990s.

The format of the show invariably followed the exploits protagonist Emilia Golightly, who used events in her daily life as parables to preach virtues such as tolerance and charity. The events which Golightly relayed were usually relating to sex, alcohol or other vices and the segment drew much of its humour from the contrast between the saccharine message being broadcast and the circumstances under which Golightly discovered this message.^{[citation needed]}

Each slot followed the same format:

• Golightly would talk about some event that had happened during her daily routine which would inevitably result in a thought suddenly striking her. This thought usually struck her when she was writhing around naked in some public place.
• She would then draw a comparison between this event and life (or "Liiiiiiiiiiiiiife" as it was pronounced on the show).
• The bulk of the segment would then consist of Emilia discussing how the event made her think about her life and how she was ultimately better for this event.
• The segment would end with Emilia asking her audience to improve their lives by following her advice, followed by a drawn out

'Goodbye'.

The segment was best known for Golightly's extremely long and drawn out way of saying the word "life", which she did in every episode, drawing comparisons between various topics (such as having sex with your neighbour or getting a new computer) and life. It was also infamous for her comments on topical characters on RTÉ programming, particularly Cynthia Ni Murchu, Claire McKeown and Twink.

It has never been publicly revelaed who voiced Emilia Golightly, but it has been hypothesised that it was Fiona Looney.^{[citation needed]}