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Brendan Grace, get well soon

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    Thelonious Monk
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    I remember how funny I thought he was as a kid in the 80s.
    Who wants to get the Fr Ted quotes out of the way? If he doesn't get better I'll put your head through a wall etc? I'm a moaning Michael.


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    branie2
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    Hopefully he will

    Roigh'!


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    Immortal Starlight
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    Had a great night many years ago at one of his shows. Brendan is a funny man but also is a talented singer. Its a true saying your health is your wealth. I hope he gets well soon.


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    padd b1975
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    Immortal Starlight wrote: »
    Had a great night many years ago at one of his shows. Brendan is a funny man but also is a talented singer. Its a true saying your health is your wealth. I hope he gets well soon.

    He started out in the showbands and used to tell a few jokes between songs, pretty soon he was doing comedy shows on his own.

    A genuine old style entertainer who's had a career the likes of Ed Byrne and Andrew Maxwell etc can only dream about.
    Anyone that can get a laugh out of Sinatra is got to be doing something right.

    I wish him well, sadly the cancer is the latest of a number of health problems he's had to deal with in recent years.


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    branie2
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    You're right there, he has diabetes


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    topper75
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    One minute he could be fingerpicking My Ringsend Rose on an acoustic and the next he could be churning out loud jungle music from a ghetto blaster. A man of broad taste.


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    Hoboo
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    He's about as funny as his diagnosis.


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    dublinman1990
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    Jesus. That is terrible news to hear about Brendan Grace. Having been diagnosed with diabetes a few years ago; to hear he has to battle things like pneumonia & lung cancer on top of his diabetes is very tough for him as he is only one man. He has great support coming in from his family, friends & from fans who love him. I hope that he gets more help & support as he fights these illnesses. He is a very funny, generous & kind gentleman. He is in a very unlucky position to be sick in this way. I hope he gets all the support he needs when he gets treatment from his health staff, family, friends & from fans who love him. He deserves all of that in a big way.

    Get well soon; Brendan.


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    lipso tokko
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    Hoboo wrote: »
    He's about as funny as his diagnosis.

    far queue, this is the Brendan Grace appreciation queue


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    nacho libre
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    The mother who loses her son and husband to cancer within six months of each other is just as unlucky as Brendan, as are all who diagnosed with this wretched disease. I hope he can win this battle.


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    Rothko
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    Hoboo wrote: »
    He's about as funny as his diagnosis.

    There's no need for that.


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    lipso tokko
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    ordered a pair of shoes online, they only arrived with one lace. when i looked at the box it said 'Taiwan'


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    ChikiChiki
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    Hoboo wrote: »
    He's about as funny as his diagnosis.

    Stay classy:rolleyes:


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    suicide_circus
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    ChikiChiki wrote: »
    Stay classy:rolleyes:

    i actually think brendan would see the funny side of that remark


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    branie2
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    Hoboo wrote: »
    He's about as funny as his diagnosis.

    If you ever say that again, I'll put your head through the wall


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    FFred
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    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    I remember how funny I thought he was as a kid in the 80s.
    Who wants to get the Fr Ted quotes out of the way? If he doesn't get better I'll put your head through a wall etc? I'm a moaning Michael.

    Hi Theo .... from our last interaction :pac:

    giphy.gif


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    FFred
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    Hoboo wrote: »
    He's about as funny as his diagnosis.

    What a kuntish thing to say.


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    branie2
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    I had the pleasure of seeing Brendan perform live at the Gleneagle Hotel in Killarney in 2001


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    branie2 wrote: »
    I had the pleasure of seeing Brendan perform live at the Gleneagle Hotel in Killarney in 2001

    I had the pleasure of seeing him in Fernhill House, Clonakilty in 1977.

    “Roll over, Bubbles”


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    squawker
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    met Brendan a few times in his bar in Killaloe a good few years ago, he is some craic and a sound man

    wish him all the best


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    A good decent man by all accounts, he’s battled many serious illnesses in latter years, including diabetes, strokes, amputation of a toe. Advanced lung cancer doesn’t bode too well along with his other health battles, but there is more effective treatment than heretofore for buying more time. Henry Mount Charles has been battling advanced lung cancer for some years. In times past it would have been a matter of weeks or at best months, now patients survive a few years. Very early lung cancer is potentially curable, but usually an incidental finding when being investigated for something unrelated. Hoping Brendan gets plenty of quality time.


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    Church on Tuesday
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    Hoboo wrote: »
    He's about as funny as his diagnosis.

    ...and lives the good life in the States with lots and lots of money.

    Hope he gets better soon.


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    Dante7
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    Could be due to the many years he spent playing in pubs and clubs before the smoking ban.


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    Spanish Eyes
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    None of us are immune to any diagnosis at any age. Being a so called celebrity means nothing to anyone who deals with it in their own family really.

    I wish him well.


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    squawker
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    Dante7 wrote: »
    Could be due to the many years he spent playing in pubs and clubs before the smoking ban.

    he chain smoked afair


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    paulbok
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    Free a nipper!


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    Dante7 wrote: »
    Could be due to the many years he spent playing in pubs and clubs before the smoking ban.
    That's what got Roy Castle.


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    branie2
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    Cancer can strike anyone


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    Spanish Eyes
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    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    That's what got Roy Castle.

    Was that actually proven really? That was back in the day when everyone smoked.

    I know he didn't smoke cigs himself, but the possibility is that many who were in smoky rooms/gigs back in the day also succumbed. Maybe they did, I don't know, no one knows. It is only the so called famous we hear about really.

    I think it is genetic myself. But what do I know.


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    Anybody remember his Maxol "Free a Nipper" ads in the 80s where he was dressed as Bottler in a green cub scout uniform? I used to regularly listen to a cassette of his, where Bubbles the cat went nuts after drinking petrol and the punchline when he collapsed after flying around the ceiling was, with one eye open, "I just ran out of petrol". Spectacularly unfunny, but hilarious delivery at the time.

    Then there was the lads who robbed a double decker bus and the judge asked them, "Why did you rob a double decker bus when you could have robbed a single decker bus?" and the punchline answer was "Murphy wanted a smoke" (you could only smoke on the upper deck in the 1980s). Again, not really funny but he got the giggles -and if he didn't he'd launch into some really bad singing to cheer people up.

    High standards in comedy in the 80s!


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