Late Late Show - December 17th 2010

Spudmonkey

UpTheSlashers wrote: »

Is Lou Gehrig bringing out a book?

Poor Lou has passed away...

ScareGilly

He's clearly on the show to raise awareness. Don't see why you're all getting on his back about it..

rebelmomma

God help him and his family going through this.

But how into his horses is he if he referred to his hind legs instead of saying his heels! He is a great story teller though please god he has many many more stories to tell!

epgc3fyqirnbsx

In fairness there are plenty of people who would like to listen to his story. Especially when you see someone on the box nearly every day but never get to see any bit of their personality.
And these people are probably a lot more likely to pay for a tv licence than some of us here...

SNORBEAST

8/11 he has a book......

irish147

poor man.........

yosemite_sam

Is this entertainment?

dapto1

papagormo wrote: »

im entrawled by this interview,

So much so it's affected your spelling!

kevin12345

NickDrake wrote: »

Oh dear god, he LOVES himself. Get on with it

Loves himself? Are you serious? He's talking about a disease that's going to destroy him and his family's life to the point he wont be able to anything for himself. I've seen this deterioration first hand.

Awareness is good, leave the man alone.

laugh

Wow this is some honest emotional stuff.

garbanzo

I don't like him and I've never liked his sports reporting but this is a good interview. You can always tell on the LLS when you can hear a pin drop in the studio and nobody is coughing. Total silence from the audience.

Brave stuff coming on. Fair play to ya Colm. I wish you well on your journey.

Colmo52

SNORBEAST wrote: »

8/11 he has a book......

1/1000 He dosen't

telekon

Sorry but has to be said...some amount of assholes on here tonight.

Good luck Colm. My heart goes out to you and your family.

Pure gent.

JonathanAnon

That's it Ryan .. warm the audience up for the Rubber Bandits.... The audience will be in tears by the time they take the stage ffs...

Resi12

This is more like therapy than an interview, what ****e questions.

Skid

Bizarrely, Lou Gehrig may not have suffered from the disease which was named after him (in America)


http://www.wired.com/playbook/2010/08/lou-gehrig-disease/

And Good luck to Colm Murray, he's always been a very good presenter with a genuine love of sport.

UpTheSlashers

dapto1 wrote: »

So much so it's affected your spelling!

The spelling was good enough for you to understand what he meant.

dapto1

"Was there a moment you picked yourself up off the floor..."

Poor choice of words there Tubs.

ascanbe

AnnyHallsal wrote: »

Though, to be fair, Kenny started it. I don't remember it being half as .. tragic .. during the Gaybo years. It was all Lenny Henry falling off a chair and young Perrier winning comedians outraging the Churchies back then.

Aye. Lenny Henry used to fall off the chair every week back in the Gaybo years. Good times.

Utopia Parkway

Speaking very well in fairness to him. Wish him the best in his fight.

NickDrake

kevin12345 wrote: »

Loves himself? Are you serious? He's talking about a disease that's going to destroy him and his family's life to the point he wont be able to anything for himself. I've seen this deterioration first hand.

Awareness is good, leave the man alone.

Should he not be talking less about himself and more about the disease and others who suffer??

And also about the waiting lists people have and do not have the ability to get bumped up and seen the next day?

Atlantic Dawn

I remember a couple of years ago RTE wouldn't send him to Cheltenham because of budget cuts, I wonder was it the poor lad not being able to make it that was the reason. Was reading there about the disease, looks terrible, you keep your mind fully but the rest fades away, must be like a prisoner in your own body.

rebelmomma

NickDrake wrote: »

Oh dear god, he LOVES himself. Get on with it

I am sure he was pushed in front of other people on waiting lists.

to be fair I don't think he loves himself I think he just likes talking and he is sharing his story .. this will kill him end of..and what a ****ing death too.

And I would say he went private with VHI.

telekon

NickDrake wrote: »

Should he not be talking less about himself and more about the disease and others who suffer??

And also about the waiting lists people have and do not have the ability to get bumped up and seen the next day?

Jesus, thats harsh. I hope thats just a poor attempt at a wind up...

Fittle

What a tragedy for him and his family. I wish him well - I liked the way Tubs allowed him to speak for so long at the start - it was terribly important to him that he told his story obviously.

promethius

The guy is a class act. Honesty on this show, just telling it how it is, very refreshing. Would wish him the best in dealing with his illness. Ryan is letting him talk, not a prompt card in sight.

AnnyHallsal

ascanbe wrote: »

Aye. Lenny Henry used to fall off the chair every week back in the Gaybo years. Good times.

Except for the Brendan O'Carroll nights. Shudder.

Colmo52

DLB looked so interested.

Molzer2

NickDrake wrote: »

Should he not be talking less about himself and more about the disease and others who suffer??

And also about the waiting lists people have and do not have the ability to get bumped up and seen the next day?

If you have money in this country you don't have to wait

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steady on with the rush to judgement

Koloman

I see a ribena berry sitting beside that doctor.

Panthro

in all the sentiment...does anyone else pray he finishes the interivew with

"Colm Murray, RTE NEWS!"

Resi12

Ryan basically just asked her how long did he have to live.. *facepalm*

clikityclak

NickDrake wrote: »

Should he not be talking less about himself and more about the disease and others who suffer??

And also about the waiting lists people have and do not have the ability to get bumped up and seen the next day?

Do you not think that by going on TLL he is raising awareness, for people that might have a little niggle and this might push them to see a doctor about that, be it serious or not. If he has the means to have private health care I don't think that's any of your business? You seem to have quite a grudge against the man!

baldbear

He sounds to be a sound man. Fair play to him for coming on. I hope RTE won't leave him on the couch and put the Rubberbandits beside him.

LostGirly

Wow, some really truly awful people in here! I think if any one of you actually listened to the interview instead of trying your hardest to think of "witty" retorts to each other, you may actually realise he's on the show to raise awareness! Of course he's going to talk about himself - that's the point, explain how it affects someone with the disease!

I'd like to see any of you cope as well as he is right now!

SnowY32

are the bandits being interviewed or are the doing there song anyone know, hope its both:D

Lord Trollington

Nick Drake, if you've nothing nice to say, say nothing

Colmo52

Get ready:

mrsdewinter

Ryan was doing so well... until he turned to the Medical Person. Then he slips back into boring persona

ScareGilly

NickDrake wrote: »

Oh dear god, he LOVES himself. Get on with it

I am sure he was pushed in front of other people on waiting lists.

NickDrake wrote: »

Should he not be talking less about himself and more about the disease and others who suffer??

And also about the waiting lists people have and do not have the ability to get bumped up and seen the next day?

Cop on, how does he love himself? He's a great storyteller and clearly held all the audience's interest during his spiel..
Is there a long waiting list for getting checked for motor neurons disease? Obviously not..

SNORBEAST

Bring out the book......

SEPT 23 1989

AnnyHallsal wrote: »

Though, to be fair, Kenny started it. I don't remember it being half as .. tragic .. during the Gaybo years. It was all Lenny Henry falling off a chair and young Perrier winning comedians outraging the Churchies back then.

You see Tubs is controlled by FF and has been ordered to show people in situations worse than what the majority of people are in

We call this segment "you may have it bad but at least you dont have (insert disease here)

Ray Burkes Pension

SkidMark wrote: »

Bizarrely, Lou Gehrig may not have suffered from the disease which was named after him (in America)


http://www.wired.com/playbook/2010/08/lou-gehrig-disease/

And Good luck to Colm Murray, he's always been a very good presenter with a genuine love of sport horse racing.

FIFY

dapto1

SnowY32 wrote: »

are the bandits being interviewed or are the doing there song anyone know, hope its both:D

I heard they're not doing the song, just an interview.

Colmo52

SnowY32 wrote: »

are the bandits being interviewed or are the doing there song anyone know, hope its both:D

They arent allowed sing cos of all the f**ks in the song.

Joey the lips

World class care.... Me bollix...

Dots1982

He spoke articularly, seems like a totally random disease. I'm sure the poor bugger is thinking why me?

AnnyHallsal

dapto1 wrote: »

I heard they're not doing the song, just an interview.

Even better. Tubs is doomed.

MissHoneyBun

I find it very admirable the way he can sit there with a terminal disease and speak so honestly and profoundly about such a deeply personal and upsetting matter. It can't be easy.

UpTheSlashers

I know he means well by praising the service he got. But I'm cringing here, I dont think he realises how many hundreds of people get fucked over by the health system in Ireland.