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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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_Brian

Last few years of his broadcasting was ruff stuff. He was heedless and talked across people.

Had he continued I shudder to think where he’d have ended up. LMFM maybe.

His early years were golden listening.

Jacob13

Ayuntamiento wrote: »

They obviously do NOT pull in the audience or revenue to justify their salaries.
Why else is RTE selling off substantial portions of their land otherwise?
Selling land is a sign of desperation from such long established organisations in my opinion.

It's interesting to hear such high quality broadcasting from Newstalk considering that they can't avail of any of the TV licence funding.

The only semi-decent broadcaster from RTE was Pat Kenny and look where he is now.

Pat the plank is terrible and awkward. Pod casts from around the world now for me and the only Irish show podcast i listen to is Eamon dunpys, last stand.

Joe Dog

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.

That is what a broadcaster is supposed to do.You don't ask the questions you want the answer to you ask questions that your audience may want an answer to.

jimmynokia

Like others here he was my copilot for years. He was good and RTE have never been able to replace him. Some of the stuff he'd come out with was hilarious, like "get them shower of fcukers on the phone now" .. etc.. He entertained me anyway..

Mutant z

Tbh i've never given it a 2nd thought i was never an avid listener of his show but i dont doubt the impact he had on others he just wasnt my cup of tea.

colm_mcm

Being on the radio and having people call in is hardly a formula.

[Deleted User]

Radio5 wrote:

You'd wonder what he'd be doing now to try and keep his show relevant.

In fairness 10 years ago most morning radio shows tried to copy Gerry Ryan. Talk radio with listeners calling in. Even then they all had the same formula. Today we have Ciara Kelly on Newstalk trying to copy the formula. Gerry stood out on his own. Still does today imo

Radio5

Only listened to Gerry Ryan occasionally. Don't listen to 2FM now. Radio has changed a lot in 8 years. Nowadays there are contributions from listeners on practically every show, whether by phone, text, email etc. Anyone with a phone is a journalist and anyone who writes/films a blog becomes an 'influencer' or a You Tube star./sensation. Talk shows are mainly shouting matches between intolerant people with opposing views who are always right because they really know what they're talking/shouting about.

You'd wonder what he'd be doing now to try and keep his show relevant.

glenfieldman

Sterling_One wrote: »

There are a few here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPb2Fx_yJKXup0Vja_cdbuQ

Ironic to hear both Gerry and Paul castigate Eamon Dunne when both sampled his produce

NIMAN

Not at all.

purple_432

I do yeah. When he was on form, he was untouchable. Very engaging and well versed on mzny topics. The 8th anniversary of his death was a few weeks ago. I wonder, will his legacy recover as time goes on?

downwesht

Only a matter of time before we will have the Ryan line open again......Lottie surely will be given the gig!

purple_432

It's hard to believe he's gone nearly 8 years now, almost a decade. It's amazing to think(considering his fame and listenership when he was alive), that many of 2FM's current listeners will never have even heard of him. A few weeks ago a work colleague of mine, who is 21 or 22, was listening to 2fm and I asked her if she knew of or remembered Gerry Ryan.. She answered, ''Who's Gerry Ryan?''

Historybluff

I miss Gerry Ryan.

I listened to him mainly from mid-90s to the mid-noughties when I was a teenager and a young adult. Part of the attraction was that my father disliked him, probably because of Ryan's habit of discussing sex and other risque topics. I associate summer holidays from school and college with listening to Ryan.

To be honest though, his show was a mixed bag. When it was good it was very good but when it was bad it was very bad. There were a lot of z-list celebrities being interviewed to sell their inane autobiographies. Psychics seemed to be on the show a lot too. Ryan was a bit of a military buff and sometimes sounded like Alan Partridge when he was waxing lyrical about the SAS, the Navy Seals etc. Therefore, I learned that the best way to listen to him was to dip in and out rather than suffer through each three-hour show.

I hadn't listened to his show in a good few months when I heard that he had died. I was surprised how sad I was to hear of his death. But I shouldn't have been. He was a significant figure in my life for a good few years.

gamecube

Ursus Horribilis wrote: »

The scary thing is that he's gone so long, many of 2FM's listeners will have no idea who he was. Or might sort of remember him from childhood when their parents listened. I'm sure he'd still have been on 2FM if he'd lived but he'd be standing out like a sore thumb amongst the presenters who are the same age as his kids.

I wonder what the station would be like if he was still with us?

Would Dan Healy even be running it today?

ford fiesta

On YouTube, from 1994 Gerry on the TV in studio for 2FM 15th birthday:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00gNQ3kAqJw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdJBDferxSU

Ursus Horribilis

The scary thing is that he's gone so long, many of 2FM's listeners will have no idea who he was. Or might sort of remember him from childhood when their parents listened. I'm sure he'd still have been on 2FM if he'd lived but he'd be standing out like a sore thumb amongst the presenters who are the same age as his kids.

hawley

Sterling_One wrote: »

There are a few here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPb2Fx_yJKXup0Vja_cdbuQ

Definitely agree they should repeat some of his shows at the weekend.

Sterling_One

Sleeper12 wrote: »

I'd love RTE to release his podcasts. Possibly have an hour each week with the best bits on a radio show. I think there is enough interest there.

There are a few here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPb2Fx_yJKXup0Vja_cdbuQ

[Deleted User]

I listen to talk radio from 9am to around 3pm Monday to Friday.

I not only miss Gerry Ryan on the radio but I actually think about him several days a day. He was my copilot for 3 hours everyday for 20 years. I don't listen to my wife for 3 hours everyday.

I'd love RTE to release his podcasts. Possibly have an hour each week with the best bits on a radio show. I think there is enough interest there.

Gerard_David

I do miss listening to Gerry, but I think a lot of people have forgotten about him now.

[Deleted User]

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Mutant z

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

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.

Grady Boyd

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

Oops69

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

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.