Gay Byrne RIP

FrancieBrady

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

The public were sick of it.
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:D:D They were flat out sharing it last week and the 'chastened' RTE didn't seem all that bothered after being savaged by Boyszone apparently, because they showed it again and again...so much so that 'somebody' had to come on here to complain about it.

Gwan Beech....you just want to be miserable and angry.

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donkeykong5 wrote: »

Shane lynch needs to grow tf up.

what a twat lynch is

Tammy!

completedit wrote: »

They kept showing this but to me this is an example of the kinda pompous nature he had. ‘Do you understand **** Owffff’’

That's what I was getting at. Nothing too bad tbf but that's probably more the real him off camera.

Voltex

My own mother is buried in St Fintans and is only 2 rows from where Gay is buried. I was out there today and as I expected, it was busier than Id ever seen. But I have to say I was shocked by the behaviour of some people.

Most folk were there to pay their respects and waited for people to move away from the grave, spent a few moments at the grave side and then moved on. Others were utterly crass! Taking selfies, down on their knees to get a pic with the wooden cross and the flowers...then shouting across the grave that they were looking for Phil Lynotts grave (which is a very short distance away).

elperello

Voltex wrote: »

My own mother is buried in St Fintans and is only 2 rows from where Gay is buried. I was out there today and as I expected, it was busier than Id ever seen. But I have to say I was shocked by the behaviour of some people.

Most folk were there to pay their respects and waited for people to move away from the grave, spent a few moments at the grave side and then moved on. Others were utterly crass! Taking selfies, down on their knees to get a pic with the wooden cross and the flowers...then shouting across the grave that they were looking for Phil Lynotts grave (which is a very short distance away).

The older generation used to say about people like that "leave them to God".

In the north of England up around Lancashire and Yorkshire they have another one "there's nowt so queer as folk".

holyhead

Just watched the tribute show to Gay Byrne on RTE Player. I imagine he would be cringing. None of the current RTE people can hold a candle to him. Mike Murphy and Pat Kenny were excellent in their way but no longer of the RTE parish. I learned nothing new about the man and I didn't know him any better than when the show started. It was an awful back slapping exercise. Tubridy is I'm sure a nice man but he lacks the gravitas to pull off a program like this.
I wouldn't quite agree with Mike Murphy's assertion that we, as a small English speaking island, produced two of the greatest broadcasters ever. But it at least made me think. I would say that in Sir Terry Wogan and Gay Byrne we produced two broadcasters the equal of any we have seen and for a small island that's remarkable.
The LLS is a busted flush. It went downhill once Gay vacated the hot seat. Pat Kenny is better suited to radio. Ryan Tubridy is just candy floss. No substance. I do wonder how Gerry Ryan would have fared had he succeeded Gay as host. I don't think game shows were Gerry's forte but I recall him doing a good LLS when he filled in for Pat Kenny. I think Gerry had a warmth and connection with people that neither Pat or Ryan have. He also had enough intelligence to tackle a serious discussion. But was also comfortable with the light hearted side of entertainment.

donkeykong5

Airyfairy12 wrote: »

Wouldnt believe much that Louis Walshe says to be fair.

If he said tomorrow was Monday I'd check

Beechwoodspark

+1 on the Gerry Ryan thoughts above

He had far more substance than tubridy or Darcy god help us.

G Ryan was very intelligent along with all the silly stuff he got up to. Not getting into a to and fro about his personal issues.

Airyfairy12

Voltex wrote: »

My own mother is buried in St Fintans and is only 2 rows from where Gay is buried. I was out there today and as I expected, it was busier than Id ever seen. But I have to say I was shocked by the behaviour of some people.

Most folk were there to pay their respects and waited for people to move away from the grave, spent a few moments at the grave side and then moved on. Others were utterly crass! Taking selfies, down on their knees to get a pic with the wooden cross and the flowers...then shouting across the grave that they were looking for Phil Lynotts grave (which is a very short distance away).

That is so creepy and weird.

RabbleRouser2k

ofcork wrote: »

He asked her why did she die and the caller asked him was he being funny what a time to mix up your words.

'Why did she/ he die' is a phrase you'd hear in some parts regarding whether it was in illness, or sudden, or an accident (As it was in this case).

It's not him asking 'why'. It's probably a phrase that's died out in some parts.

But you can't look at something from over 20 years ago, and hold it to the modern lens.

It's one of the many turns of phrases you'd hear. I knew a guy from Waterford who was down in Tralee for a bit (Either work or at one of the festivals) who got ticked off over the response to his question 'Is there paper?'.
I'd never heard that phrase ever-it basically means 'Are you done reading that news paper?'
The guy was like myself-probably never heard that phrase and responded 'Yeah, there is' which irritated the guy from Waterford.

phantasmagoria

Does anybody remember the radio programme where he read out clues to uncover the hiding place for a gold bar?

It was before the boom times and loads of people, including myself as a kid, travelling the length and breadth of the country with a tape recorder replaying and deciphering messages, my Dad going mental and refusing to let my siblings out to search in case we put somebody else on the scent.

We were close one year and there was loads of cars driving slowly on the road and people in ditches kicking them apart, hoping the gold bar would reveal itself. That's how broke people were at the time.

fryup

was it an actual gold bar ??

phantasmagoria

fryup wrote: »

was it an actual gold bar ??

Yep, it was as far as I recall

MrMusician18

holyhead wrote: »

Just watched the tribute show to Gay Byrne on RTE Player. I imagine he would be cringing. None of the current RTE people can hold a candle to him. Mike Murphy and Pat Kenny were excellent in their way but no longer of the RTE parish. I learned nothing new about the man and I didn't know him any better than when the show started. It was an awful back slapping exercise. Tubridy is I'm sure a nice man but he lacks the gravitas to pull off a program like this.
I wouldn't quite agree with Mike Murphy's assertion that we, as a small English speaking island, produced two of the greatest broadcasters ever. But it at least made me think. I would say that in Sir Terry Wogan and Gay Byrne we produced two broadcasters the equal of any we have seen and for a small island that's remarkable.
The LLS is a busted flush. It went downhill once Gay vacated the hot seat. Pat Kenny is better suited to radio. Ryan Tubridy is just candy floss. No substance. I do wonder how Gerry Ryan would have fared had he succeeded Gay as host. I don't think game shows were Gerry's forte but I recall him doing a good LLS when he filled in for Pat Kenny. I think Gerry had a warmth and connection with people that neither Pat or Ryan have. He also had enough intelligence to tackle a serious discussion. But was also comfortable with the light hearted side of entertainment.

Ah come on, we learned (again), that he thought solpadine was a Spanish footballer.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

holyhead wrote: »

Just watched the tribute show to Gay Byrne on RTE Player. I imagine he would be cringing. None of the current RTE people can hold a candle to him. Mike Murphy and Pat Kenny were excellent in their way but no longer of the RTE parish. I learned nothing new about the man and I didn't know him any better than when the show started. It was an awful back slapping exercise. Tubridy is I'm sure a nice man but he lacks the gravitas to pull off a program like this.
I wouldn't quite agree with Mike Murphy's assertion that we, as a small English speaking island, produced two of the greatest broadcasters ever. But it at least made me think. I would say that in Sir Terry Wogan and Gay Byrne we produced two broadcasters the equal of any we have seen and for a small island that's remarkable.
The LLS is a busted flush. It went downhill once Gay vacated the hot seat. Pat Kenny is better suited to radio. Ryan Tubridy is just candy floss. No substance. I do wonder how Gerry Ryan would have fared had he succeeded Gay as host. I don't think game shows were Gerry's forte but I recall him doing a good LLS when he filled in for Pat Kenny. I think Gerry had a warmth and connection with people that neither Pat or Ryan have. He also had enough intelligence to tackle a serious discussion. But was also comfortable with the light hearted side of entertainment.

RTÉ tried to foist Gerry Ryan on the TV-watching public a lot. It never really worked out for him. The quintessential face and voice for radio. I agree that Gerry Ryan was intelligent but you have to be joking about him having warmth. He could not have been more supercilious if he tried.

Claw Hammer

There was no sex in Ireland before Gay Byrne started.

RabbleRouser2k

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

RTÉ tried to foist Gerry Ryan on the TV-watching public a lot. It never really worked out for him. The quintessential face and voice for radio. I agree that Gerry Ryan was intelligent but you have to be joking about him having warmth. He could not have been more supercilious if he tried.

The one time he hosted,it was a disaster. He filled in for PAt Kenny when Pat's mother passed away.

Then Tubridy got the job (Ryan was still alive at the time). I believe he was seething with that.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

RabbleRouser2k wrote: »

The one time he hosted,it was a disaster. He filled in for PAt Kenny when Pat's mother passed away.

Then Tubridy got the job (Ryan was still alive at the time). I believe he was seething with that.

Yeah, I think RTÉ would have desperately wanted Ryan to work out as LLS host. Every few years, they took another crack at Project Make Gerry A TV Personality. His loudness suited the radio but he did not work well on TV at all.

completedit

I still cringe thinking of that night Gerry Ryan hosted the LLS. The interview with Tiernan is so hard to watch.

branie2

Anyone remember when Frank Hall presented the LLS for a season in the 60s?

Strumms

Airyfairy12 wrote: »

That is so creepy and weird.

2019 in Ireland, anybody surprised ? It’s Gay Byrnes grave, if you don’t know the man personally stay the fûck away and let those who know him have their space to grieve, he’s only just passed away ffs.

pipelaser

Does anyone have a link to the Late Late Show episode where Gay introduced an elderly Co. Monaghan couple in the audience, "The McKennas", who were surprised by their children, coming out to wish them happy Christmas one by one, all 25 or so of them?!

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

Voltex wrote: »

My own mother is buried in St Fintans and is only 2 rows from where Gay is buried. I was out there today and as I expected, it was busier than Id ever seen. But I have to say I was shocked by the behaviour of some people.

Most folk were there to pay their respects and waited for people to move away from the grave, spent a few moments at the grave side and then moved on. Others were utterly crass! Taking selfies, down on their knees to get a pic with the wooden cross and the flowers...then shouting across the grave that they were looking for Phil Lynotts grave (which is a very short distance away).

Creepy behaviour.

The only graves I’ve ever crouched down near the headstone of are my grandparents’ and my aunt’s when we do a bit of weeding when visiting them. I cannot imagine crouching down by the headstone of somebody who wasn’t close to me.

Edgware

pipelaser wrote: »

Does anyone have a link to the Late Late Show episode where Gay introduced an elderly Co. Monaghan couple in the audience, "The McKennas", who were surprised by their children, coming out to wish them happy Christmas one by one, all 25 or so of them?!

Don't worry. Cash strapped R.T.E will be bringing out every episode in a box set for the next ten Christmases.

blinding

Gay in a Box . Get yours at.........

RabbleRouser2k

Edgware wrote: »

Don't worry. Cash strapped R.T.E will be bringing out every episode in a box set for the next ten Christmases.

I wonder if they can-I know that a lot of the tapes were wiped by RTE. So they mightn't have them anymore.

Edgware

RabbleRouser2k wrote: »

I wonder if they can-I know that a lot of the tapes were wiped by RTE. So they mightn't have them anymore.

Don't worry. They have a committee working around the clock devising schemes to make as much moola as possible out of his memory

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blinding wrote: »

Gay in a Box . Get yours at.........

one for everyone in the ......

RabbleRouser2k

Bowen Lemon Milk wrote: »

one for everyone in the ......

It will be like the Padre Pio Gloves-every gran in IReland will have one.