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The Giant Gerry Ryan Mega Thread

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Gerry Ryan is on the missing list since tuesday... Is he on a bender or anyone know where he is?? At least they got rid of Evelyn O' Rourke today. Jesus, that laugh of hers....:eek:

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Beechwoodspark

Don't miss him. Rarely if ever think about him.

He often was laziness personified on his show.

Now and again he would do a decent "emotional" type interview.

But Sometimes exploitative of the caller's problem (be it grief, poverty, depression etc).

Grossly over paid and over rated. Part of the golden circle.

dxhound2005

Ayuntamiento wrote: »

What are they entitled to compared to RTE? I'm genuinely curious.

If you're genuinely curious you can look it up.

Beechwoodspark

blade1 wrote: »

When you see what the likes of Ray Darcy earns,it makes what Gerry Ryan got seem like a great deal.

Agree. Absolutely scandalous what darcy earns. Ryan is a genius compared to darcy. Shockingly awful.

Ayuntamiento

dxhound2005 wrote: »

If you're genuinely curious you can look it up.

No thanks. That would be as pointless a use of my precious time as actually watching RTE produced tripe.

NIMAN

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Don't miss him. Rarely if ever think about him.

He often was laziness personified on his show.

Now and again he would do a decent "emotional" type interview.

But Sometimes exploitative of the caller's problem (be it grief, poverty, depression etc).

Grossly over paid and over rated. Part of the golden circle.

You sure that's not Joe Duffy you're talking about.

Beechwoodspark

NIMAN wrote: »

You sure that's not Joe Duffy you're talking about.

Good point. They obviously went to the same training course! "Chapter 3. Milk the tears"

[Deleted User]

Had stopped listening to him long before he died. Felt really sorry for his girlfriend. She was the only one that didn't know about the drugs.

[Deleted User]

Ayuntamiento wrote: »

I already pay over 50% PAYE

No you don't. It's mathematically impossible. Check your payslip and divide your tax contribution by your salary x 100.

The average earner (37k) pays about 20% between all income taxes and PRSI.

I know that's off-topic, sorry, but it's an often-seen exaggeration.

anewme

My Mum had a bad accident and was out of work( unfortunately was not able to go back) She got herself very down and at one point did not want to get up out of bed in the mornings.

She said 2 things got her through.

1. The dogs, she had to get up and feed them.
2. Gerry Ryan on the radio. She loved his interviews and wit.

She remembers the last show, where he did not turn in and it was obvious something was up. She was gutted to hear of his death, said it was like speaking to a friend every day, even though she never met him. She recalls some of his interviews very fondly.

Ursus Horribilis

He wasn't really my cup of tea and I was usually in work when he was on the air. But, he had a certain something that made a lot of people connect with him. Perhaps it was the larger than life personality and the naughty schoolboy puerile streak, combined with all the anecdotes and the insights into his own life. I'm not sure there are many presenters on radio now who listeners would connect to in the same way. I mean, does anyone out there tune into Ryan Tubridy because of his personality? Gerry Ryan had his flaws but he was a better radio presenter than many of the people who have come along in his wake. Al Porter anyone?

John_Rambo

I didn't like him, but sort of really liked him too, despite myself. He grated, he ate on air, he thought a lot of himself, he acted the dumbo (like Joe Duffy), he asked questions he knew the answer to in a way to get the best answer.

I listened to him when I could (in the car going to meetings, otherwise I couldn't) and I met him a few times as I lived close to him. Very pleasant and engaging.

I miss him. He was good at what he did and he was incredibly clever (business law I think). I also think is early demise is sad. He seemed to love people and company but he died alone and unexpectedly which is tragic for his family, friends, loved ones and his girlfriend.

His renewed personal isolation in his apartment may have led to unchecked eating, drinking and other obvious bad habits that family or other members may have tried to control.

I'd say it was a wake up call to the many celtic tiger dads when he died. Dreadful unhealthy lifestyle for such a clever man.

humberklog

When he started his show in '88 there was nothing like him. The alternative was Gaybo and by that year Gaybo was well out of steam and relevance.

Ryan was energetic, fun and irreverent. It was a good and very different type of show by RTE standards (and pirate radio of the time too).

By 2000 he had ran out of steam and relevance and (like Gaybo) he believed too much in his own worth. But that's still after putting in a good 10years+ of a 3 hour show. His grandiose and self worth ate away at the soul of his original show and that's kinda sad.
His last 10 years on the radio was of him smelling and appreciating his own farts.

But I miss him. A bit. Occasionally.

rustynutz

I think irish radio is worse for his passing, he wasn't particularly likeable, and he came across as over confident and arrogant but I still always listened to his show when I could. Nobody else has come close to filling that slot on 2fm since. Having said that he was brutal on tv, and whoever came up with the idea for him to host operation transformation should have been shot, he was fatter than most on the show

LordSutch

Wasn't it Chris Evans who singled out & praised Gerry Ryan for giving him the courage to get back into broadcast Radio, after an extended absence from the airwaves?

Ursus Horribilis

LordSutch wrote: »

Wasn't it Chris Evans who singled out & praised Gerry Ryan for giving him the courage to get back into broadcast Radio, after an extended absence from the airwaves?

Correct.

Ursus Horribilis

rustynutz wrote: »

Having said that he was brutal on tv, and whoever came up with the idea for him to host operation transformation should have been shot, he was fatter than most on the show

Agreed. Being a good radio presenter does not mean your talents will extend to TV. I thought that TV series where he interviewed people was better. Perhaps that's because it was basically his radio show translated to TV.

humberklog

rustynutz wrote: »

I think irish radio is worse for his passing, he wasn't particularly likeable, and he came across as over confident and arrogant but I still always listened to his show when I could. Nobody else has come close to filling that slot on 2fm since. Having said that he was brutal on tv, and whoever came up with the idea for him to host operation transformation should have been shot, he was fatter than most on the show

Yeah but this is the Radio Forum. He was brutal on TV but so is/was Pat Kenny. (and this isn't the PK thread either:))

Gauguin_Ghost

Would he still be on 2FM?

Ursus Horribilis

I think he would, seeing as they've not axed Larry Gogan or Dave Fanning. Unless his listenership figures had taken a nosedive in the meantime, which I doubt. He wasn't everybody's cup of tea but he was one of radio's biggest names.

California Dreamer

Yay another let's "celebrate the life of a drug addict" thread about Gerry Ryan!!

thunderduck

Sound of my childhood. The mother always had him on the radio.

foxtrot101

He was brilliant in the late eighties and a large part of the nighties. I don't think anyone one else in Irish radio has come close to being as good as he was back then. Unfortunately, he didn't aged well and it was all just a bit stale at the end.

Oops69

Not really , he was gone quite stale in his latter years in fairness .

Grady Boyd

If G ryan was still alive he would have been poached by Newstalk 106/108 years ago with pat Kenny

Ursus Horribilis

Grady Boyd wrote: »

If G Ryan was still alive he would have been poached by Newstalk 106/108 years ago with Pat Kenny

Interesting point. I wonder something have had to happen in RTE to dislodge him though? Pat Kenny has said that if RTE hadn't axed Frontline, he might not have left. .

Unlike Pat Kenny, Gerry Ryan had a track record of his TV series being canned so arguably he was more used to these things happening. He was also presenting a radio show that had a big following and people who genuinely connected with him. Does a presenter of a current affairs show think about their audience to the same extent?

I wonder would Today FM have gone for him when Ray D'Arcy left? Remember, back in those days they weren't going for a younger audience? Tony Fenton was still on the air and they had shows such as Friday Night 80s, Nothing But 90s and Jim O'Neill's Sunday afternoon oldies show on the go.

Mutant z

Never listened to his show to be honest, its not what appealed to me.

wolfe

I do remember laughing out loud at the morning rte radio on many many occasions when Gerry Ryan was on. Unscripted and brilliant at times. Did not care one bit about the station being sued.

Can't say i have done so since........Tubs the bore, nicky and jenny laughing at themselves, those other gobsh**es Bernard, Keith and Jen.... Not Funny at all.

ButtersSuki

John_Rambo wrote: »

I didn't like him, but sort of really liked him too, despite myself. He grated, he ate on air, he thought a lot of himself, he acted the dumbo (like Joe Duffy), he asked questions he knew the answer to in a way to get the best answer.

I listened to him when I could (in the car going to meetings, otherwise I couldn't) and I met him a few times as I lived close to him. Very pleasant and engaging.

I miss him. He was good at what he did and he was incredibly clever (business law I think). I also think is early demise is sad. He seemed to love people and company but he died alone and unexpectedly which is tragic for his family, friends, loved ones and his girlfriend.

His renewed personal isolation in his apartment may have led to unchecked eating, drinking and other obvious bad habits that family or other members may have tried to control.

I'd say it was a wake up call to the many celtic tiger dads when he died. Dreadful unhealthy lifestyle for such a clever man.

Joe's not acting though.

plodder

wolfe wrote: »

I do remember laughing out loud at the morning rte radio on many many occasions when Gerry Ryan was on. Unscripted and brilliant at times. Did not care one bit about the station being sued.

I always remember one time, he was interviewing some American guy, I can't remember who it was, and Gerry made some random lewd remark. The American guy stopped and said "Oh, I didn't realise this was that kind of show..". where Gerry just says in a slightly self-deprecating way "yeah, I'm afraid it is that kind of show".

Can't say i have done so since........Tubs the bore, nicky and jenny laughing at themselves, those other gobsh**es Bernard, Keith and Jen.... Not Funny at all.

The difference with Tubridy (who I also enjoy) is that you can see Ryan T's mind jumping ahead, and vetting everything that he's going to say two or three seconds ahead. It's quite a feat, but there was nobody like G Ryan, to simply not give a sh!t.

[Deleted User]

Yea, missed him ever since he left Lights Out in about 1988.

It was a great music show in it's day.