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Sean Hughes RIP

[Deleted User]

Sad to hear of the death of Sean Hughes. Only 51. Very fond memories of Seans Show on C4 back in the day.

Best captain on never mind the buzz cocks too

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BandMember

Very well put tweet by Paul Howard earlier....

Paul Howard‏ @AkaPaulHoward

Irish comedy in the 1990s. Linehan and Mathews were Lennon and McCartney to me. D'Unbelievables were the Kinks. But Sean Hughes was Elvis.

harry Bailey esq

Lorelli! wrote: »

I remember watching Sean's Show as a kid when i was about 10 and it stood out to me and he was great on Never Mind The Buzzcocks! RIP

I'm guessing we'd be about the same age. Loved Seans Show, didn't know what I was laughing at half the time but I was laughing nonetheless.

Lorelli!

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

I'm guessing we'd be about the same age. Loved Seans Show, didn't know what I was laughing at half the time but I was laughing nonetheless.

Ye, I can't remember whether I got the jokes or even if they were any good but I remember that I liked the way he talked towards the camera/audience. And I remember asking my Dad when it would be on again.

Asus X540L

Anyways thought he was English

Annasopra

Deleted User wrote: »

Perhaps the first Irish comedian that made me laugh. Back in the 80s, Irish comedy consisted of Brendan Grace and Maureen Potter. It was like we were stuck in a timewarp. Then he came along and blazed a trail, though kinda thought he himself never really capitalised on his early appeal.

Brendan Grace is telling the same jokes 30 years later

saintsaltynuts

Asus X540L wrote: »

Anyways thought he was English

Your right he was born in London.

Asus X540L

saintsaltynuts wrote: »

Your right he was born in London.

I remember him on Buzzcocks had no idea he was irish.

Ashbourne hoop

Very funny guy. Saw him years ago in The Waterfront on the quays. Great show, bottles of Rolling Rock £1 too. Was also at the National Stadium gig earlier posters talked about. 51 is no age to die.

Ralf and Florian

Asus X540L wrote: »

Anyways thought he was English

Born in London and grew up in Dublin.

Yamanoto

Deleted User wrote: »

Perhaps the first Irish comedian that made me laugh. Back in the 80s, Irish comedy consisted of Brendan Grace and Maureen Potter. It was like we were stuck in a timewarp. Then he came along and blazed a trail, though kinda thought he himself never really capitalised on his early appeal.

Kind of ignores Dave Allen, who was by no means part of that Oirish Jury's cabaret sh1te.

[Deleted User]

Yamanoto wrote: »

Dave Allen was by no means part of that Oirish Jury's cabaret ****e.

Tbh, wasn't even aware of Dave Allen in the 80s. Lived in 2 television channel land, he vey rarely featured on RTE.

Howard the Duck

Deleted User wrote: »

Tbh, wasn't even aware of Dave Allen in the 80s. Lived in 2 television channel land, he vey rarely featured on RTE.

The Church didn't want Irish people to know Dave Allen. Not sure if he was an influence on Sean but as I've mentioned they were both from the same area Firhouse. I'm from Firhouse and even now I'd say most people don't know Dave Allen. It's nice to say the same can't be said about Sean Hughes

fryup

NATLOR wrote: »

Devastating news. Sean was a childhood friend, we went through school and college together and caught up regularly when he came home
RIP my friend

did you go to the funeral? loads of celebs there i do believe...they did a stand up routine during the service i hear

Hooks Golf Handicap

I see the eulogising is a lot more fawning in here than other sites I go on, perhaps that's an Irish thing.
Apparently some writer for the Guardian or one of the other UK papers wrote a less than flattering piece about him following his death & it has been backed up by others since.
Anyway, don't speak ill of the dead, at least not in Ireland.

[Deleted User]

Hooks Golf Handicap wrote:

I see the eulogising is a lot more fawning in here than other sites I go on, perhaps that's an Irish thing. Apparently some writer for the Guardian or one of the other UK papers wrote a less than flattering piece about him following his death & it has been backed up by others since. Anyway, don't speak ill of the dead, at least not in Ireland.

Fawning? Get ta fook. If a handful of people remembering the happiness a comedian gave them and lamenting that he won't be able to do it anymore is your definition of fawning then either you need a new dictionary or are trying to be edgy.

Hooks Golf Handicap

Deleted User wrote: »

Fawning? Get ta fook. If a handful of people remembering the happiness a comedian gave them and lamenting that he won't be able to do it anymore is your definition of fawning then either you need a new dictionary or are trying to be edgy.

Very good, carry on

Wanderer78

fryup wrote:

they did a stand up routine during the service i hear

Jesus that would be hard to do at a friend's funeral. Rip

Grayson

Wanderer78 wrote: »

Jesus that would be hard to do at a friend's funeral. Rip

The pythons did something similar.

fryup

so he died a lonely alcoholic

very very sad

[Deleted User]

Hooks Golf Handicap wrote: »

I see the eulogising is a lot more fawning in here than other sites I go on, perhaps that's an Irish thing.
Apparently some writer for the Guardian or one of the other UK papers wrote a less than flattering piece about him following his death & it has been backed up by others since.
Anyway, don't speak ill of the dead, at least not in Ireland.

Read it, it's an interesting article.

But it's someone recounting their personal experience. It's like asking George Best's widow about someone she both loved and hated, because of his issues. But it doesn't stop the public saying...what a footballer. And that's with most of the posts here, they talk about his ability as a comedian. It is not negated by saying he could be cruel as an individual.

[Deleted User]

Deleted User wrote: »

Read it, it's an interesting article.

But it's someone recounting their personal experience. It's like asking George Best's widow about someone she both loved and hated, because of his issues. But it doesn't stop the public saying...what a footballer. And that's with most of the posts here, they talk about his ability as a comedian. It is not negated by saying he could be cruel as an individual.

https://www.theguardian.com/global/2017/oct/19/remembering-sean-hughes-the-sadness-is-he-didnt-get-to-be-old-just-lonely

dd972

saintsaltynuts wrote: »

Your right he was born in London.

Probably starting off another thread tangent here, but he was born in London to Irish parents and brought up in Firhouse from about 6 years old or thereabouts, he's not English, it's like saying he should be black if his parents were in Nigeria at the time of his birth.