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RIP Arthur Murphy

  • 08-02-2019 5:22pm
    #1
    PingTing comes for Fire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 81 ✭✭


    Mailbag legend Uncle Arthur sadly has left us.


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  • #2
    Donutz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 320 ✭✭Donutz


    Sorry to hear that. Always enjoyed him. Was only thinking last week that I hadn't heard his mailbag slot on the Ray Darcy show for quite some time.

    R.I.P.


  • #3
    Aglomerado
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,785 ✭✭✭Aglomerado


    Aw. He was brilliant I loved his dry humour. RIP Arthur.


  • #4
    Kristopherus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,907 ✭✭✭✭Kristopherus


    RIP, Arthur.


  • #5
    mzungu
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,309 Mod ✭✭✭✭mzungu


    Poor Arthur. I used to love watching Mailbag back in the day.

    RIP


  • #6
    mcmoustache
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,237 ✭✭✭mcmoustache


    It was a great show. Simple format and could be quite funny.


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  • #7
    Franz Von Peppercorn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,070 ✭✭✭Franz Von Peppercorn


    He managed to convey his amusement (even contempt) at the letterwriters with extreme subtlety. Which was all he could do.


  • #8
    Credit Checker Moose
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,226 ✭✭✭Credit Checker Moose


    Had 2 letters read out on Mailbag over the years.

    RIP Arthur. :(


  • #9
    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,275 ✭✭✭Your Face


    R.I.P.

    Good age.


  • #10
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,728 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    A gent, much loved by TV watching folk, RIP & condolences to his family. .....two sons I believe.


  • #11
    paw patrol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,312 ✭✭✭paw patrol


    i loved mailbag , used to watch it with my grandfather. I loved Arthur murphy and his humour.

    RIP


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  • #12
    lbc2019
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,291 ✭✭✭lbc2019


    Ah poor Arthur RIP


  • #13
    Poor Uncle Tom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,547 ✭✭✭✭Poor Uncle Tom


    Bye for now!


  • #14
    Ronan|Raven
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,148 ✭✭✭Ronan|Raven


    Loved his slots on air. Great guy. RIP.


  • #15
    Buford T. Justice XIX
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,633 ✭✭✭✭Buford T. Justice XIX


    Aw no!


    I loved Arthur on Mailbag, he was always so funny.:(


    RIP, Arthur and condolences to his family.


  • #16
    PingTing comes for Fire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 81 ✭✭PingTing comes for Fire


    Aglomerado wrote: »
    Aw. He was brilliant I loved his dry humour. RIP Arthur.

    That's it exactly - the dry wit.

    When he occasionally trespassed into sarcasm it was subtle, playful and warm.

    The overall approach to complaints and queries was a blending of the respectful and whimsical. The show depended on and succeeded solely on Arthur's personality and charm.

    This unusual RTE success arose from a serendipitous transfer of a BBC equivalent(with Anne Robinson).
    Similar to RTE's take on the BBC's The Rock 'n' Roll Years to Reeling in the Years the English show screened once, decent and immediately forgotten, the RTE version becomes their best ever hit and repeated ad nauseam.


  • #17
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,604 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    PingTing comes for Fire wrote: »
    Similar to RTE's take on the BBC's The Rock 'n' Roll Years to Reeling in the Years the English show screened once, decent and immediately forgotten, the RTE version becomes their best ever hit and repeated ad nauseam.
    You need to watch Pop Goes Northern Ireland.

    It's awful. Relentlessly depressing.

    But there was nothing wrong with the way it was done.

    It's a reminder of just how bad things were. It should be force fed to every Brexiteer.


  • #18
    Sorry about that
    Closed Accounts Posts: 632 ✭✭✭Sorry about that


    He was great fun on Today fm with Ray D. He’d never reveal his age no matter how much he was pestered to tell, all just a bit of craic. And now we know... Rest in peace Arthur.


  • #19
    RMAOK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,245 ✭✭✭✭RMAOK


    RIP


  • #20
    Ursus Horribilis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,168 ✭✭✭Ursus Horribilis


    Sorry about that wrote: »
    He was great fun on Today fm with Ray D. He’d never reveal his age no matter how much he was pestered to tell, all just a bit of craic. And now we know... Rest in peace Arthur.

    He also used to drop tantalising hints about the life he had lived. He was probably taking the piss but it wouldn't surprise me if he had led an interesting life.


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