Advertisement
Help Keep Boards Alive. Support us by going ad free today. See here: https://subscriptions.boards.ie/.
https://www.boards.ie/group/1878-subscribers-forum

Private Group for paid up members of Boards.ie. Join the club.
Hi all, please see this major site announcement: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058427594/boards-ie-2026

RTE have dispensed with Larry Gogan's services

  • 03-01-2020 06:01PM
    #1
    Jonny one
    Closed Accounts Posts: 47 ✭


    On the 31/12/19 RTE quietly let go off Larry Gogan after almost 60 years for cost cutting reasons.


«13

Comments

  • #2
    NSAman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,497 ✭✭✭NSAman


    Finally


  • #3
    lalababa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,782 ✭✭✭lalababa


    Who gives


  • #4
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,519 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Thought he was brought in on consultancy basis or sub contractor....


  • #5
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,519 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Rte and cost cutting in one sentence.....


    Boom. Fake news... Has to be fake news....


  • #6
    DublinWriter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,599 ✭✭✭DublinWriter


    Laaaaaaaaaaarrryyy GONE-GONE!


  • Advertisement
  • #7
    threeball
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,882 ✭✭✭threeball


    Jonny one wrote: »
    On the 31/12/19 RTE quietly let go off Larry Gogan after almost 60 years for cost cutting reasons.

    Poor form if true. He deserved at least some recognition for his time and service.


  • #8
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,073 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    already a thread in RADIO

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2058041493


  • #9
    washman3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,646 ✭✭✭washman3


    Is he not dead..??
    I'd thought he died years ago.


  • #10
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,073 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    threeball wrote: »
    Poor form if true. He deserved at least some recognition for his time and service.

    He'll get a Late Late Show special tribute.....they need stuff to fill the show these days.


  • #11
    andekwarhola
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,679 ✭✭✭andekwarhola


    To be fair, he must be about 80.


  • Advertisement
  • #12
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,519 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    NIMAN wrote: »
    He'll get a Late Late Show special tribute.....they need stuff to fill the show these days.

    Marian is getting that tonight...


  • #13
    Bobblehats
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,707 ✭✭✭Bobblehats


    He can now assume the golden shower.


  • #14
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,519 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Bobblehats wrote: »
    He can now assume the golden shower.

    Who will they get in to supply the gold.....


  • #15
    Bobblehats
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,707 ✭✭✭Bobblehats


    Blast him with hits


  • #16
    stratowide
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 571 ✭✭✭stratowide


    Larry Gogan...'What's the capital of France..?'

    Contestant...'Would it be F Larry.'












    Gotta be well over 40 to remember that one..:)


  • #17
    jippo nolan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,726 ✭✭✭jippo nolan


    Larry Gogan, where is the Taj Mahal?
    Contestant, Lincoln Place!
    Another one over 40 years old!


  • #18
    bmc58
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,538 ✭✭✭bmc58


    lalababa wrote: »
    Who gives

    Well in his time he was an icon.No need to be so dismissive of some who's come to the end of their long and popular career.His fate awaits you too.Mind you,you'll never be as famous as him.


  • #19
    bmc58
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,538 ✭✭✭bmc58


    andekwarhola wrote: »
    To be fair, he must be about 80.

    So what?


  • #20
    The Tetrarch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,085 ✭✭✭The Tetrarch


    "Just a minute, the 60 seconds quiz" was on during lunch in the canteen at work.
    You listened in amazement at the answers.


  • #21
    bmc58
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,538 ✭✭✭bmc58


    The Tetrarch wrote: »
    "Just a minute, the 60 seconds quiz" was on during lunch in the canteen at work.
    You listened in amazement at the answers.

    Some of the answers were incredible I agree and we all got a laugh from them,but the poor people were under pressure.But some of the answers..well you couldn't explain.


  • Advertisement
  • #22
    Edgware
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,874 ✭✭✭Edgware


    Most of the so called"hilarious" answers were never given.
    Athough I do believe that the answer given when Gerry Ryan asked "where would you like to be buried?" is accurate.
    Answer. "Up to the hilt in Bibi Baskin"


  • #23
    The Tetrarch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,085 ✭✭✭The Tetrarch


    Google is your friend.

    Q Name a famous bridge
    A Bridge over troubled waters

    Q Can you divide 48 by 16?
    A Yes

    Q Name a bird with a long neck
    A Naomi Campbell

    Q What would you be doing if you were on the piste?
    A Drinking beer

    Q Name something that flies that doesn't have an engine
    A A bicycle with wings

    Q What star do travellers follow?
    A Joe Dolan

    Thank you Larry


  • #24
    yosser hughes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,047 ✭✭✭yosser hughes


    threeball wrote: »
    Poor form if true. He deserved at least some recognition for his time and service.

    He wasn't doing it for free.

    If RTE were serious about cost cutting they would close down 2FM or whatever it's called. It's not a public service, there is no need for it.


  • #25
    Edgware
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,874 ✭✭✭Edgware


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Marian is getting that tonight...
    Your Ma got it last night


  • #26
    end of the road
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,921 ✭✭✭✭end of the road


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Rte and cost cutting in one sentence.....


    Boom. Fake news... Has to be fake news....

    it probably is tbh. i haven't saw anything reliable to confirm it so far.

    I'm very highly educated. I know words, i have the best words, nobody has better words then me.



  • #27
    tanko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,657 ✭✭✭tanko


    bmc58 wrote: »
    Some of the answers were incredible I agree and we all got a laugh from them,but the poor people were under pressure.But some of the answers..well you couldn't explain.

    Wasn't there a man on one day who got all his questions wrong, Larry said something like "the questions just didn't suit you today". The man replied "would you ever f**k off Larry".


  • #28
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,519 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Edgware wrote: »
    Your Ma got it last night


    Suppose I set that up didn't I....


  • #29
    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,474 ✭✭✭Obvious Desperate Breakfasts


    bmc58 wrote: »
    Well in his time he was an icon.No need to be so dismissive of some who's come to the end of their long and popular career.His fate awaits you too.Mind you,you'll never be as famous as him.

    Is that supposed to be a put down?


  • #30
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,328 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    yosser hughes wrote: »
    He wasn't doing it for free.

    If RTE were serious about cost cutting they would close down 2FM or whatever it's called. It's not a public service, there is no need for it.

    Nobody is owed a high paying 60 year gig unless they consistently deliver - that said he’s still more listenable than most of 2fm.


  • Advertisement
  • #31
    KaneToad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,088 ✭✭✭KaneToad


    Not surprisingly. He is quite ill at the minute and probably not capable of continuing with the job.

    I hope his health improves and that he gets a few more years of happiness with his friends and family. I always found him to be a capable broadcaster and a likeable, inoffensive character.


Advertisement
Advertisement