Happy Birthday Larry Gogan

The Parish Priest.

79 years old tomorrow, probably the oldest chr jock on air in the world:eek:

ofcork

And still off air.

hill_walker

despite never uttering one interesting thing in his entire career , the man is still a legend

The Parish Priest.

I thought he was back today because his oldies you remember, Larry Gogan on 2fm jingle was played but it's that Conor fella that filled in weeks ago.

ford fiesta

The Parish Priest. wrote: »

I thought he was back today because his oldies you remember, Larry Gogan on 2fm jingle was played but it's that Conor fella that filled in weeks ago.

that young stand in usually plays Larry's golden hour 1990's jingles, the other young stand in's don't.

ford fiesta

Any update on how Larry is at the moment? This is probably the longest time he has been away from 2FM..(off in 2002 and 2016)

endacl

hill_walker wrote: »

despite never uttering one interesting thing in his entire career , the man is still a legend

Just a minute....

:mad:

William99

Larry the legend was back yesterday after 4 months off air

Sam Kade

The Parish Priest. wrote: »

79 years old tomorrow, probably the oldest chr jock on air in the world:eek:

I thought he would be around 120 at this stage.

CeilingFly

And they wonder why 2fm don't have listeners


He was old and boring in my days of youth - and that was 35 years ago.

I'm sure he's a decent guy, but he is not suited for a youth orientated station.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

William99 wrote: »

Larry the legend was back yesterday after 4 months off air

He has been on RTE Gold every week.

DopeTech

Oops69

he seems to be back , from the little bit I Heard the speech seemed slurred but still had the happy/ cheerful inflection to it , I Wish him well he still has a place and skill .

Ursus Horribilis

Dalary Stale Stoplight wrote: »

He has been on RTE Gold every week.

Goes to show the reach RTE Gold has! It's a pity that station isn't on FM so it can be picked up nationwide.

Shakyfan

Dalary Stale Stoplight wrote: »

He has been on RTE Gold every week.

They've been repeating the Classic Countdown shows!

coylemj

Shakyfan wrote: »

They've been repeating the Classic Countdown shows!

+1 the nature of RTE Gold is such that hearing a DJ on it is no indicator that they are even alive. And Larry never does intros for news (let alone nuacht) so you could play a 30 year old program featuring him on RTE Gold and nobody would be able to tell that it wasn't recorded yesterday.

flangemeistro

Really sad to see pics of Larry in a wheelchair at the U2 gig.

ford fiesta

https://www.thesun.ie/tvandshowbiz/1308573/larry-mullen-jnr-organised-special-vip-pass-so-radio-legend-larry-gogan-could-attend-u2s-massive-croke-park-show/

ofcork

Poor larry playing uncensored versions of limp bizkit rollin today.

Phat Dick

I listened to larry this weekend for the first time in years, it was obvious he hasn't a clue what he's playing, there you go that was (looks at screen) BX1

Never Say Never Again

Is it 79 or 83 ?

Mr Snow

83 6th of may

Fann Linn

Too old.

end of the road

Fann Linn wrote: »

Too old.

and like us all, you will be that some day as well.

Rock Solid

end of the road wrote: »

and like us all, you will be that some day as well.

Should be on RTE Gold.

Never Say Never Again

The thing is, Larry is a contractor so they are not going to pay him to be solely on RTE gold. Leahy and crossen are staffers so they'll be living off the licence fee till they are 66 regards of what part of rte they're in

Rubberchikken

Doesn't matter what age he is imo, hes perfect. Professional pleasant knowledgeable knows when to talk and when to not. If he could only be cloned and a whole pile of 'presenters' could be axed.

Oops69

If RTE was a normal station with a next generation of talent chomping at the bit to have a go , i'd be urging Larry to go but its such a dysfunctional organisation with no guarantee that a new talent will replace him and more likely a reshuffle of the talentely-challenged , that I'm inclined to urge him to keep going as long as he can and take whatever's going .

Rochester

Oops69 wrote: »

If RTE was a normal station with a next generation of talent chomping at the bit to have a go , i'd be urging Larry to go but its such a dysfunctional organisation with no guarantee that a new talent will replace him and more likely a reshuffle of the talentely-challenged , that I'm inclined to urge him to keep going as long as he can and take whatever's going .

Or usually the offspring of one of the talently-challenged.

ford fiesta

Mr Snow wrote: »

83 6th of may

No he was born in 1938. He is now 79. DOB on wikipedia is incorrect.

Oops69

ford fiesta wrote: »

No he was born in 1938. He is now 79. DOB on wikipedia is incorrect.

This should be a question on the sixty - second quiz for Larry, replying " well 83 didn't suit me so I'm 79 now "

MikeyTaylor

Born in 1938.

ford fiesta

Larry has been off air again on 2FM for the past few months, for the past 2 years this has been a twice yearly long break...Anyone know how he is?
Aifric O'Connell today filling in for him today, playing her own jingles.

gamecube

ford fiesta wrote: »

Larry has been off air again on 2FM for the past few months, for the past 2 years this has been a twice yearly long break...Anyone know how he is?
Aifric O'Connell today filling in for him today, playing her own jingles.

Larry should sign off on his show now or come back next year for a goodbye show in 2019 during the 40th anniversary year of 2fm starting up

Bradlin

gamecube wrote: »

Larry should sign off on his show now or come back next year for a goodbye show in 2019 during the 40th anniversary year of 2fm starting up

Larry: Finish this phrase: "As happy as ......."

Contestant: "A pig in sh1t"

sligojoek

Bradlin wrote: »

Larry: Finish this phrase: "As happy as ......."

Contestant: "Gimme a clue"

Larry: "Think of me."

Contestant: "A pig in sh1t"

I think it went more like this.

John from Carlow

Larry should really have stood down with dignity about 5 years ago

ford fiesta

Larry still off air

end of the road

he's probably on a break like last year.

Welsh Megaman

For the last few weeks, Conor Behan has been sitting in.

I miss the smooth, velvety tones of the big guy.

So when is he coming back to 2fm?

Or is it a case of WILL he be coming back?

Itssoeasy

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

For the last few weeks, Conor Behan has been sitting in.

I miss the smooth, velvety tones of the big guy.

So when is he coming back to 2fm?

Or is it a case of WILL he be coming back?

Surely that call should be left to Mr gogan ? If anyone on the Irish airwaves should get to call his own shot so to speak it should be Larry Gogan.

ford fiesta

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

For the last few weeks, Conor Behan has been sitting in.

Or is it a case of WILL he be coming back?

last few months, with others filling in

MikeyTaylor

This HAS happened before. I guess no news is good news.

Shakyfan

He's back!

AnneFrank

Hopefully he'll never come back

Shakyfan

AnneFrank wrote: »

Hopefully he'll never come back

???

He is back! Which part of "He's back!" did you misunderstand?

Mondo from Dublin

Surprised nobody mentioned/noticed that Larry was obviously pre recorded last weekend.

Dr. Bre

Larry Gogone

ford fiesta

His voice still as good as ever !

ford fiesta

I wonder why Larry's 2FM shows are now pre-recorded? He sounds the same as ever !!

He is inviting listeners to take part in the just a minute quiz, in advance of the following weekend shows.

Mondo from Dublin

ford fiesta wrote: »

I wonder why Larry's 2FM shows are now pre-recorded? He sounds the same as ever !!

He is inviting ylisteners to take part in the just a minute quiz, in advance of the following weekend shows.

I can't think of an exact explanation but I'd say it's because of his health/mobility issues