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Gerry Ryan Documentary RTE1 9:30PM 26/4h

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  • #152
    shaveAbullock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 965 ✭✭✭shaveAbullock


    Tork wrote: »
    He was on his best behaviour on that LLS. It would've been a different story once the complacent, phoning-it-in persona took over. I wasn't a regular listener to his radio show but by all accounts it was gone quite stale by the end.

    True, you can see signs that he would not tolerate the guests being the centre of attention and this would have got worse if he had a regular spot. He would do or say anything to make sure it was all about him.


  • #153
    Tork
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    That was definitely a fault of his. He didn't always listen properly to the people he interviewed on the radio and would either get the details wrong or miss what they were telling him. On his day he could be great but that ego and need to be centre stage was definitely a drawback. The brashness and larger than life persona made him, then it broke him.


  • #154
    BarryD2
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    It was Lambo. The early G Ryan at his best. He spun a yarn about killing a lamb while taking part in a reality survival programme. Caused outrage with people believing him!

    I think any outrage was about the issue that he made up a pack of lies to get some front page headlines and media attention to give a kick to his career and push himself into the limelight.

    Pretty much summed up Gerry though, he carried on as he started - self obsessed egotist with his head stuck firmly up his arse. Entertaining though at times :)


  • #155
    [Deleted User]
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    Back to the post a few pages ago - What did he do to his neighbour in Clontarf??

    Apologies, after being locked up for the past 6 weeks I would get on my knees for a bit of gossip right now


  • #156
    Cienciano
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    Good review of his autobiography here: https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/how-gerry-ryan-turned-into-mr-smug-26485089.html


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  • #157
    [Deleted User]
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    Cienciano wrote: »
    Good review of his autobiography here: https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/how-gerry-ryan-turned-into-mr-smug-26485089.html

    Great GR mega thread below going back to just before he passed away- some great content here including Degsy quoting from the book, reactions to his pay cut speech and his general irreverence which was getting very tiresome at that point for many on the thread

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055454771


  • #158
    blinding
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    Did Rte compensate Gerry’s drug dealers for loss of income after Gerry passed.

    The drug dealers would have taken it particularly badly.


  • #159
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Great GR mega thread below going back to just before he passed away- some great content here including Degsy quoting from the book, reactions to his pay cut speech and his general irreverence which was getting very tiresome at that point for many on the thread

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055454771

    I’ve read a few pages of that thread, thanks for linking it.

    Ten years on and, with only a few name changes to take account of changes in the RTE DG, or their “top stars” it’s quite clear that the situation now is exactly as it was then. Nothing’s changed, still over bloated as an organisation, paying over the odds to contract presenters, the same old same old. I chuckled to read Noel Kelly’s name early on in the thread.

    Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.


  • #160
    Brock Turnpike
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    Honestly, everything in this thread, and my memories of him, has suggested to me that GR was an arse. The exact type of person that so many people have an issue with RTE churning out: overinflated sense of ability, overly self-important, paid a ridiculous salary for doing very little... If he was still around today, people would be calling for him and his massive salary to be taken off the books in the same way they do for Tubs and D'Arcy.


  • #161
    John_Rambo
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    Jaysus, yer man Degsy had a lot of pent up hate!! Slunk off with a simple RIP on hearing the death of poor Gerry Ryan!


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  • #162
    Radio5
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    The programme was ok, it was never really going to be critical or ask difficult questions given that it was an in-house production.

    I was thinking of all the controversy when Miriam O'C tweeted reaction to his death that afternoon, before it had been officially announced by RTE. She apologised but I remember all the commentary that time on the dangers of Twitter....


  • #163
    Welsh Megaman
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    Surprised that Ryan ‘Tubs’ Tubridy didn’t contribute to the documentary.

    Didn’t he start out as a ‘tea boy’ for Gerry? Very much the Rick Astley to Gerry’s Pete Waterman :pac:

    Similar dress sense to Astley too :D


  • #164
    Tork
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    I would've been more surprised if Tubridy had been on it. What exactly could he say? He got the job Gerry Ryan had coveted and perhaps the disappointment of that contributed towards the stress he was under. As was rightly pointed out, that's showbusiness and he could never have assumed the job was his anyway. I'm sure there were Gerry Ryan fans watching this who wish they had given it to him instead of to Tubs. He has turned out to be a woeful choice.


  • #165
    rightmove
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    in the middle of a pandemic this is the stuff that sickens my h*le

    "Old clip of Gerry Ryan talking about Lottie resurfaces for 10th anniversary"

    apparently she couldnt go to italy coz ada pandimik a few months back

    ah the poor thing.FFS


  • #166
    Heckler
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    The way he used to be slurping his drinks and eating on air was revolting. And his constant banging on about that hotel in NYC he'd be going to. Fitzpatricks ?
    He mentioned it so often it was a freebie for sure.

    He could be entertaining at times sure but he was full of his own inflated self importance.


  • #167
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    Heckler wrote: »
    The way he used to be slurping his drinks and eating on air was revolting. And his constant banging on about that hotel in NYC he'd be going to. Fitzpatricks ?
    He mentioned it so often it was a freebie for sure.

    He could be entertaining at times sure but he was full of his own inflated self importance.

    He mentioned the Mazda RX 8 (a dreadful car as it turned out) as well- there’s no doubt in my mind this was stealth advertising


  • #168
    rightmove
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    it gets better today

    "Television presenter Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh is suing her employers RTÉ, the Irish Independent has learned."


  • #169
    PieOhMy
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    rightmove wrote: »
    it gets better today

    "Television presenter Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh is suing her employers RTÉ, the Irish Independent has learned."

    Article mentions someone she complained about has passed on? Is that included for a reason or am I reading into something that isnt there?


  • #170
    rightmove
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    PieOhMy wrote: »
    Article mentions someone she complained about has passed on? Is that included for a reason or am I reading into something that isnt there?

    she doesnt come across as a nice individual anyhow


  • #171
    AMKC
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    Ms


    Heckler wrote: »
    The way he used to be slurping his drinks and eating on air was revolting. And his constant banging on about that hotel in NYC he'd be going to. Fitzpatricks ?
    He mentioned it so often it was a freebie for sure.

    He could be entertaining at times sure but he was full of his own inflated self importance.

    I disagree about him been entertaining. I found him dreary, boring,smug and like you said full of his own over inflated self importance.

    I never liked him could not stand him and that documentary just shows that when the going got tough he could not hack it. Instead of moving on with his life after his marriage broke down he went the wrong way. I am sure there would have been loads of admirers that would have loved to be with him and help him.

    I remember him bragging about how healthy he was and then not long after that he was dead. Maybe if had stayed of the coke he might have got a few more years. That's what killed him that and him overdoing it.

    Live long and Prosper

    Peace and long life.



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  • #172
    Gods Gift
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    Gerry: And where would you like to be buried?
    Caller: Up to my balls in Bibi Baskin.


  • #173
    elperello
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    And on that note.........


  • #174
    batman75
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    rightmove wrote: »
    it gets better today

    "Television presenter Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh is suing her employers RTÉ, the Irish Independent has learned."

    She truly grinds my gears. She is trouble. I thought this before she took his action. RTE would be well rid of her. She is dangerous.


  • #175
    batman75
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    AMKC wrote: »

    I never liked him could not stand him and that documentary just shows that when the going got tough he could not hack it. Instead of moving on with his life after his marriage broke down he went the wrong way

    I wouldn't hammer someone for struggling to go on with their lives after their marriage breaks down. This whole 'when the going gets tough' is just guff. He was a human being with feelings. Yes he wasn't everybody's cup of tea but who is.


  • #176
    Welsh Megaman
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    The documentary is repeated tonight, after 'The Late Late Show' (11.35pm).


  • #177
    10000maniacs
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    Millionaire only not wrote: »
    Say what u like Gerry showed most of them how it’s done . Always liked Gerry told it as it was .

    No not really. I watched the Eurovision from 1994 again and he came across as arrogant and embarrassing at times. He lost the run of himself and got carried away with stuff for example like "Wasn't that the best thing you ever saw?" when Riverdance finished. Wogan had to say "Steady on Gerry" a few times on the BBC commentary. The whole country was saying it too.


  • #178
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    Gods Gift wrote: »
    Gerry: And where would you like to be buried?
    Caller: Up to my balls in Bibi Baskin.

    That was a classic, up there with with the Gareth o callaghan show when a man phoned in & asked "can I play a request, I'm celebrating my first job" and Gareth asks "what's the job?" And man says " blowjob"


  • #179
    Muahahaha
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    batman75 wrote: »
    She truly grinds my gears. She is trouble. I thought this before she took his action. RTE would be well rid of her. She is dangerous.

    Yeah something not right there.Back a few years back her co-presenter on the Afternoon Show accused her of bullying in RTE, Sheena something was her name. iirc Blaithnaid is permanent staff in RTE so cant be sacked. The other girl was a freelancer and got let go, what a message to send.

    Blaithnaid was left on the scrap heap for the last few years with little to no screen time at all. I wonder what she was doing in there, probably just going around chatting to staff and drinking coffee all day long. Now they've given her the Nationwide gig and less than two months into it she is suing them in the High Court, like wtf?


  • #180
    glenfieldman
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    Im watching this again,
    Discard the drink and drugs, he was 100 % better than RTE have at the moment
    That interview with Lavinia Kerwick was a game changer, he had compassion
    About the pay cut, he was a small fish in a big pond that didnt take paycuts


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  • #181
    shaveAbullock
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    glenfieldman wrote: »
    Im watching this again,
    Discard the drink and drugs, he was 100 % better than RTE have at the moment
    That interview with Lavinia Kerwick was a game changer, he had compassion
    About the pay cut, he was a small fish in a big pond that didnt take paycuts

    Also he was unable to live on half a million a year and was in financial difficulties. If anything he needed a pay rise.


  • #182
    blinding
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    Gerry Ended up Bloated like Rte, that he worked for.

    Rte = Bloaters Incorporated ! !


  • #183
    batman75
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    Whether you like him or not I think he was the last broadcaster that RTE have had that was a character. He was his own man rightly or wrongly. Tubridy, D'Arcy, O'Callaghan and Duffy are all bland non descript broadcasters. None do an awful job but none do a good job either.


  • #184
    Brock Turnpike
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    batman75 wrote: »
    Whether you like him or not I think he was the last broadcaster that RTE have had that was a character. He was his own man rightly or wrongly. Tubridy, D'Arcy, O'Callaghan and Duffy are all bland non descript broadcasters. None do an awful job but none do a good job either.

    You're bring very generous to them all with that statement. VERY generous.


  • #185
    batman75
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    Brock Turnpike wrote: »
    You're bring very generous to them all with that statement. VERY generous.

    The quarantine has brought out the kindness in me. I'm not normally this kind :D:D


  • #186
    Mysterypunter
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    Usual RTÉ rubbish, I remember he was on operation transformation and laughing at the fact that he was preaching to people about a healthy lifestyle, thought it was hypocritical at the time, and then the chap died. Rewriting history and papering over his faults, the chap was only an overpaid RTÉ dude, should be put on a pedestal, but the way some people talk, you would think he was a hero. Wasn't in my book, but he was entertaining and a lively personality, but it's the RTÉ ****e that always overshadows this type of programme, it is like a mind control cult, very unhealthy, a bit like Gerry.


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  • #187
    LoughNeagh2017
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    I didn't know who he was until this thread, maybe an example of a north-south divide with media.


  • #188
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    LoughNeagh2017 wrote: »
    I didn't know who he was until this thread, maybe an example of a north-south divide with media.

    Thank God for that divide. I couldn't hack listening to the Northern news every day.


  • #189
    Tork
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    No. Not to mention the accent. Gawd. Leave them where they are.


  • #190
    blinding
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    LoughNeagh2017 wrote: »
    I didn't know who he was until this thread, maybe an example of a north-south divide with media.
    You didn’t miss anything.

    He was just another Bloater that worked for Bloated Rte that died from Bloating himself with Drugs and Drink.

    Southern Scum.


  • #191
    lukin
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    I only got around to watching this last night.The dark side of Ryan' personal life was glossed over (as I expected). The program seemed to hint that the stress of his money problems was what made him start taking cocaine. Surely the coke was the cause of his money problems; it is a fairly expensive habit I'd imagine.
    It was interesting to hear from Lavinia Kerwick on it; people who weren't around at the time this broke in 1993 wouldn't be able to grasp how big a story it was. Gerry Ryan deserves praise for the way he handled it and I believe his concern for this girl was genuine and he wasn't just doing it for a ratings boost.
    Looking back now, a lot of the content of his talk shows was more juvenile than controversial (sex toys, bodily functions etc.). If a radio talk show host went on with that stuff now he or she would be ridiculed rather than criticised.
    Maybe that is because almost very taboo has been broken now in broadcasting.


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  • #192
    Tork
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    How big a coke user was he though? Going by the tone of what some people post here, you'd think he was singlehandedly keeping Ireland's cocaine trade going. My guess is that a large proportion of his money went on eating and drinking. Didn't he say at one point that his canteen was the restaurant in the Four Seasons Hotel? Someone mentioned how much he'd spend on a bottle of wine when eating out. I can't remember how much it was now but it was well into 3 figures.


  • #193
    rightmove
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    watched it finally. Listening to "the kids meant everything to him.. he would leave a meeting if one of them rang him"....so he is paid a fortune to p4ss off the second he gets a personal call. Any dave fanning banging on about the fact he was terrific for not doing any prep....

    I like GR in his time but he turned into one serious arse.

    Speaking of which how is bandaid ..blanaid blandiaidhl. doing ... the one thats suing rte..you know


  • #194
    batman75
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    rightmove wrote: »

    Speaking of which how is bandaid ..blanaid blandiaidhl. doing ... the one thats suing rte..you know

    Whoever is responsible for her getting into RTE has a lot of questions to answer. It's fine for them to say their legal team will handle it but I don't pay my TV license to be handed to presenters who take Mickey Mouse litigation against the station.


  • #195
    shaveAbullock
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    Tork wrote: »
    How big a coke user was he though? Going by the tone of what some people post here, you'd think he was singlehandedly keeping Ireland's cocaine trade going.

    For me it was more about how he used to vilify drug users and dealers on his show. If he didn't frequently bring up this topic to talk about how awful drug users were I'd have no issue.


  • #196
    qwerty13
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    shaveAbullock wrote: »
    For me it was more about how he used to vilify drug users and dealers on his show. If he didn't frequently bring up this topic to talk about how awful drug users were I'd have no issue.

    Same. The only difference between him and the guys who shoplift etc to fund their habit was that he had enough (just about, apparently) money that he funded his own habit. But yet he somehow viewed himself as a breed apart from the ‘ordinary’ drug user.


  • #197
    blinding
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    qwerty13 wrote: »
    Same. The only difference between him and the guys who shoplift etc to fund their habit was that he had enough (just about, apparently) money that he funded his own habit. But yet he somehow viewed himself as a breed apart from the ‘ordinary’ drug user.
    A Waster getting Wasted on Public Money. The Rte Way !


  • #198
    qwerty13
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    blinding wrote: »
    A Waster getting Wasted on Public Money. The Rte Way !

    Well, I guess he and others in RTE could have wasted their bloated salaries on many things: drugs, drink, fancy dining, cars, property. It’s the hypocrisy that gets me.

    Well, that and I’m never quite comfortable with the idea that shoving a load of stuff up your nose earns money for nasty people who drag others into their circle, and ruin their lives through violence and intimidation. But if drugs were decriminalised, that would stop that. That’s a whole different discussion though.

    But the point remains: he believed his own bullsh*t way too much, and had his own vice that he felt perfectly ok to pontificate about ‘lesser people than him’ (my take on it) doing exactly the same thing.


  • #199
    shaveAbullock
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    If you replace heroin with coke in this skit it could very well be a piss take on people like Gerry :)

    https://youtu.be/4xhdPmu2dEA?t=19


  • #200
    batman75
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    I think one lesson RTE need to learn from the GR documentary is that the station needs to stop eulogising past or deceased employees. It's nauseating.


  • #201
    qwerty13
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    shaveAbullock wrote: »
    If you replace heroin with coke in this skit it could very well be a piss take on people like Gerry :)

    https://youtu.be/4xhdPmu2dEA?t=19

    BRILLIANT


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