Gerry Ryan Megathread!

tbh

Hi Everybody -

A clarification, specifically for the D'arcy / Ryan show megathreads, although it applies to the forum as a whole.

This forum is for the discussion of radio shows and radio presenters. It is not for the GENERAL discussion of presenters, solely for discussion of their shows and presenting styles.


Physical Adjectives like "fat" "oily" "greasy" or whatever will result in action.


We generally won't action opinions on style like calling someone "boring" "smug" or "pompous", but we reserve to right to action these where we feel it's appropriate.

Nouns like "git" "pr1ck" "bore" will result in action.

So, it's ok to call someone boring, but not to call them a bore - yes yes, it's a crap system, but it's the system.

None of the mods are strongly pro- or anti- these shows or their presenters. We like a bitching session as much as the next man. However, this is not pub banter, comments are available for everyone to see, for the foreseeable future.

YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT YOU POST, NOT THE MODS. IF YOU SAY SOMETHING LIBELLOUS, YOU WILL HAVE TO DEFEND IT IN COURT, NOT US.

If saying something is worth the potential hassle of a solicitors letter, go for it and take the consequences.
If it's not, don't.


Secondly, this forum will only survive if everyone is allowed to express their opinions. Both pro- and anti- show opinions are equally welcome. Therefore, anyone who greets a post saying "I think <DJ Name> is OK" with "Hi <DJ NAME>" gets a one day ban - no exceptions."

tbh

For this thread this means:

No more pics of Gerry, and - sorry Degs - no more book quotes. For that type of general discussion on G. Ryan, celeb and showbiz, or Ranting & Raving might be more suitable.

This thread is for the day-to-day discussion of the radio show only

Degsy

I hate Gerry Ryan's radio show.

tbh

why?

ibarelycare

tbh wrote: »

why?

Oh dear...

Barname

flicked around ... Gerry Ryan was not at work today

was this a scheduled day off?

ibarelycare

Barname wrote: »

flicked around ... Gerry Ryan was not at work today

was this a scheduled day off?

No, he wasn't in yesterday either. Apparently he's sick. It seemed like yesterday that he must have rang in at the minute because I was listening to the breakfast show and all of a sudden at 8.45, Colm & Jim said "ok so we're actually on until 10 today because Gerry's sick," yet this morning they mentioned throughout the show that they'd be on until 10.

ManFromAtlantis

too many antibiotics will finally come back to haunt ya.

i coughed....where's my antibiotics ?

Degsy

tbh wrote: »

why?

Good question.
I suppose i dislike the presenter...i think he's a man of limited intelligence and a very large ego who views himself and his opinions in a divine light.
He regards himself as being very interesting indeed and seems to think the listening public want to hear details of the minutae of his personal life and his views on subjects that he often plainly knows nothing about.
I dislike the way he uses his show as a springboard for his own plainly sleazy thoughts..he regularly alludes to subjects such as masturbation,penis size,womens' underwear,teenage sexual behaviour,defecating,flatulence,pornography and subjects of that ilk.
Now,i'm not hypocrite enough to take issue with these subjects per se,i do take issue with the manner in which they are brought up and discussed..sleazily and in the sniggering manner of a 14 year-old schoolboy.
There are radio personalities who are capable of discussing such matters in an informed,humerous or stylish(!) manner but Mr Ryan is not one of them.
Mr Ryan's ego and shallow intelligence to say nothing of his boorishness,lack of humour and downright arrogance is at the core of the show..permeating the whole format and rendering it stale,redundant and downright offensive.
he further abuses his position on the show to advertise various vested interests that he seems to have,including constant plugging of the O2 venue and lionising of its owner-a 'friend' and business partner.
He seems to have a fixation on serial tax-dodgers U2,mentioning them constantly throughout the show as indeed he does with named eating establishments,hotels and members of his family.
The man is paid a grotesque sum of money by the people who pay the licence fee and in return he offers a scatalogical soapbox of great blandness and a formulaic psuedo 'shock jock' utterly convinced of his own importance and superiority.
It is an indictment of the nepotism and serial inbreeding that seems to occur in our national broadcaster that out of 3.5 million people,this has-been is still considerd(by whom,i've no idea) the only man suitable to present a show of this nature...perhaps his pro-Fianna Fail bias has been instrumental in this regard..one can only speculate.
To me the show is stale,redundant and presented by a man who is using it to further his business interests,secure gratuities for himself and bask in the glow of his own self-importance..a dinosaur from the corrupt and self-indulgent Celtic Tiger era,he and the show should be relegated to history.

Cunsiderthis

tbh wrote: »

YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT YOU POST, NOT THE MODS. IF YOU SAY SOMETHING LIBELLOUS, YOU WILL HAVE TO DEFEND IT IN COURT, NOT US.

I hope you are right about that legally, as it would be awful if you are incorrect and boards.ie is named in any suit for publishing any libel.

My understanding in the case of, say, newspapers, is that historically it's more usual to sue the carrier of the libel, ( ie the newspaper) rather than the author of the libel( ie the journalist). It's unclear why you think tthis practice might be reversed because the medium is not print but electronic media.

Indeed, there was an occasion last year where in the UK a plaintiff did threaten to sue a journalist (Quentin Letts) rather than his newspaper (the Daily Mail). While no papers have, as yet, been served, this was a first in the UK and merely serves to highlight that you may not be completely correct in your assertion.

Cunsiderthis

Degsy wrote: »

Good question.
I suppose i dislike the presenter...i think he's a man of limited intelligence and a very large ego who views himself and his opinions in a divine light.
He regards himself as being very interesting indeed and seems to think the listening public want to hear details of the minutae of his personal life and his views on subjects that he often plainly knows nothing about.
I dislike the way he uses his show as a springboard for his own plainly sleazy thoughts..he regularly alludes to subjects such as masturbation,penis size,womens' underwear,teenage sexual behaviour,defecating,flatulence,pornography and subjects of that ilk.
Now,i'm not hypocrite enough to take issue with these subjects per se,i do take issue with the manner in which they are brought up and discussed..sleazily and in the sniggering manner of a 14 year-old schoolboy.
There are radio personalities who are capable of discussing such matters in an informed,humerous or stylish(!) manner but Mr Ryan is not one of them.
Mr Ryan's ego and shallow intelligence to say nothing of his boorishness,lack of humour and downright arrogance is at the core of the show..permeating the whole format and rendering it stale,redundant and downright offensive.
he further abuses his position on the show to advertise various vested interests that he seems to have,including constant plugging of the O2 venue and lionising of its owner-a 'friend' and business partner.
He seems to have a fixation on serial tax-dodgers U2,mentioning them constantly throughout the show as indeed he does with named eating establishments,hotels and members of his family.
The man is paid a grotesque sum of money by the people who pay the licence fee and in return he offers a scatalogical soapbox of great blandness and a formulaic psuedo 'shock jock' utterly convinced of his own importance and superiority.
It is an indictment of the nepotism and serial inbreeding that seems to occur in our national broadcaster that out of 3.5 million people,this has-been is still considerd(by whom,i've no idea) the only man suitable to present a show of this nature...perhaps his pro-Fianna Fail bias has been instrumental in this regard..one can only speculate.
To me the show is stale,redundant and presented by a man who is using it to further his business interests,secure gratuities for himself and bask in the glow of his own self-importance..a dinosaur from the corrupt and self-indulgent Celtic Tiger era,he and the show should be relegated to history.

I have to say I can't disagree with much of what you say, and for some of those reasons I don't listen to his show, read his books, or come here frequently to say how dreadful it all is. That seems to be the difference between us.

tbh

Cunsiderthis wrote: »

I hope you are right about that legally, as it would be awful if you are incorrect and boards.ie is named in any suit for publishing any libel.

My understanding in the case of, say, newspapers, is that historically it's more usual to sue the carrier of the libel, ( ie the newspaper) rather than the author of the libel( ie the journalist). It's unclear why you think tthis practice might be reversed because the medium is not print but electronic media.

Indeed, there was an occasion last year where in the UK a plaintiff did threaten to sue a journalist (Quentin Letts) rather than his newspaper (the Daily Mail). While no papers have, as yet, been served, this was a first in the UK and merely serves to highlight that you may not be completely correct in your assertion.

nope, our only responsibility is to remove the post in a reasonable time frame if someone complains. Generally we'll remove dodgy posts whether someone complains or not. If, however, someone says "x is a coke addict" the proceedure is - x complains, we remove the post, x sues the OP. And that has happened before, and is happening now in other forums. Lets just say I wouldn't be calling any medical staff "rip off merchants"

Degsy

Cunsiderthis wrote: »

I have to say I can't disagree with much of what you say, and for some of those reasons I don't listen to his show, read his books, or come here frequently to say how dreadful it all is. That seems to be the difference between us.

*extends hand*

Come...join the Dark Side!

tbh

that's not his hand!

Degsy

tbh wrote: »

If, however, someone says "x is a coke addict" the proceedure is - x complains, we remove the post, x sues the OP

Nobody in thier right mind would sue a member of the public for allegeing they're a coke addict..witnesses can always be found and dirty laundry is better aired in private!

SEPT 23 1989

I dont think anyone has anything to worry about court wise on this thread

his photos speak for themselves and 99% of whats discussed
here is said by himself on his show

tbh

Cunsiderthis wrote: »

It's unclear why you think tthis practice might be reversed because the medium is not print but electronic media.

the 2001 e-commerce directive, to give you a short answer

Quote:
The Betfair case seems like it has finally turned for the positive for Betfair with the Irish High Court accepting the online casino betting and gambling group’s claim that its internet gambling forums were protected by the European E-Commerce Directive that was enacted in 2001 for the protection of internet based companies. The law very specifically protects companies from the third party opinions on the site.

In the Betfair online casino gambling case, this means that the libelous comments made on the Betfair forums about Ellen Martin and Seamus Mulvaney are not attributable to the gaming company itself. The libelous statements are owned by the person who posted them on the forum boards.

OutlawPete

Cunsiderthis wrote: »

I have to say I can't disagree with much of what you say, and for some of those reasons I don't listen to his show, read his books, or come here frequently to say how dreadful it all is. That seems to be the difference between us.

Some people are determined, like myself, to see that Gerry's contract is not renewed and that somebody else gets his lucrative job.

I admit I am entertained by his show and this thread to some degree.

Why?

Same reason I watch 'Police Chases Caught On Video'. It's just fascinating to watch crimes in action sometimes. The crime in this case being the fact the Gerry gets paid a small fortune to come in and read newspapers and conduct interviews in a fashion that I can only call 'laughable'.

I'll admit I used to think Gerry was quite good. Back in the early 90's I often listen to the show and loved it most days.

However, he was quite sharp then and not nearly as full of himself as he appears now. He seemed back then to get consumed by who he was interviewing and / or the topic that it concerned.

Back then I honestly thought it was inevitable that he would become better with age.

That has not happened.

Same with his Ryan Confidential, early shows were quite good and then they just became formulaic.

Whenever I happen to listen to the show I am just astonished that he gets always with how lazy he has come. It appears as if no effort is being put in to actually giving his guest and his listeners the attention that they deserve.

His interviewing of Jim Corr was a disgrace.

It was clear from the start that Gerry just wanted to hear his own voice and whether we agree with Jim or not, to sit there and interview someone like they are three years old is just a boring!!

He asked him loaded questions throughout and it was clear Gerry had more of an agenda than Jim did, something you wouldn't think possibly.

He's about as suitable to present the show as that other guy is who presents the health and fitness turnaround show, Operation Transformation.

tbh

Degsy wrote: »

Nobody in thier right mind would sue a member of the public for allegeing they're a coke addict..witnesses can always be found and dirty laundry is better aired in private!

not if there was nothing to witness. For example, I could make a wild and scurrilious accusation about you - does "witnesses can always be found" still ring true there? If it doesn't, then you are saying "witnessess can always be found in this instance" - in other words, "this time it's true" - you might be able to say that down the pub and get away with it, it'd be harder - not to say more expensive - to get away with it if you've published the allegations, true or not.

Degsy

tbh wrote: »

not if there was nothing to witness. For example, I could make a wild and scurrilious accusation about you - does "witnesses can always be found" still ring true there?

Well if you said "Degsy pisses in the sink because i saw him do it and so did three of my friend on seperate occasions and they'd be willing to testify to that effect" then yes.

tbh

Degsy wrote: »

Well if you said "Degsy pisses in the sink because i saw him do it and so did three of my friend on seperate occasions and they'd be willing to testify to that effect" then yes.

next time take the dishes out first.

Degsy

tbh wrote: »

next time take the dishes out first.

Fcuck you..they needed washing!;)

airhorn

Interesting how the ''someone accuseing another of being a cocaine user/addict'' thing was used as an example of what could be liable etc.... on this particular thread. Some might say its rather fitting.

tbh

airhorn wrote: »

Interesting how the ''someone accuseing another of being a cocaine user/addict'' thing was used as an example of what could be liable etc.... on this particular thread. Some might say its rather fitting.

others would say it's a subtle warning.

Cunsiderthis

OutlawPete wrote: »

Some people are determined, like myself, to see that Gerry's contract is not renewed and that somebody else gets his lucrative job.

How is that going? And how is constant sniping and appearing to be obsessed and chippy about him, and his show, as some guys here are on boards.ie, going to help achieve that?

Degsy

Cunsiderthis wrote: »

How is that going? And how is constant sniping and appearing to be obsessed and chippy about him, and his show, as some guys here are on boards.ie, going to help achieve that?

The movement is gathering momentum....

airhorn

tbh wrote: »

others would say it's a subtle warning.

Has all this court case talk etc anything got to do with Gerry not turning up for work i wonder! :eek:

mayway

The globulous cretin hardly ever turns up. The show is much the better for it, I say.

Degsy

mayway wrote: »

The globulous cretin hardly ever turns up. The show is much the better for it, I say.

*Sniff*...that was beautiful!!

Cunsiderthis

Degsy wrote: »

The movement is gathering momentum....

Wow, you are more obsessed that it seemed even from your posts here!

Mind you, 233 members out of a population of +-4 000 000 is around 0.005% of the population, so it seems you are some way off from your critical mass yet to make the "...RTE bosses sit up, take notice and remove this clown from their TV and radio shows..." which seems to be the aim of your facebook group.

Seriously, don't you think it's all a little bit obsessive to seem to devote so much of your life to someone who you don't like. As a hobby, it seems doomed to failure and unlikely you'll succeed in your aim to have him removed. If he doesgo eventually, it's unlikely to be as the result of your 233 member facebook group or because you bad mouth him on boards.

I don't particularly like gerry ryan either, and I just don't watch his tv shows or listen to his radio show. Wouldn't you be better getting your self a nice girlfriend as a better hobby than sitting at home for the next few years fruitlessly planning to overthrow gerry ryan?

:D