Liveline: Thread with no name, Host with no shame

When I worked in the Central Library in the 90s Joe used to be a customer, but I never directly interacted with him. One thing I remember a staff member telling me in the staff kitchen “he’s extremely serious in real life, not the highly kind of comical persona he puts on during his broadcasts”.

One thing I recall distinctly is a morning I was going into work and had to pass him by in the ILAC during what was a Funny Friday type episode in Gaybo’s time, coming up to the Eurovision, the year Rock’n’Roll kids won. The song was being played over and over, or so it seemed, and Joe was addressing a then empty audience, and the producers were trying to drum up people to make a bit of noise and participate for when Gaybo would be handing over from the studio to the outside broadcast. He cut a lovely figure, talking to an empty space about 8.45 as I walked past and up the steps to my place of work, no time or much inclination to stop and linger.

He could actually have cut a career in Panto, but it wouldn’t have paid €400K

As I’m a lady of pleasure I don’t be keeping to to speed with bank holidays an dat. Just heard this evening dat tomorrow is a Bank Holiday, so no doubt Joe will not be breaking the habit of a lifetime by failing to take his fully entitled day of extra rest.

I’m laughing at what appeared on Joe Parody’s Twitter feed. Next we will have suggestions as to how to hack into Joe’s Eye Pad and mix up all de subjects and cawlurs on de show.

Mary from Crumlin is on de line to talk about led rising toyde on de seafront… oh no dat’s Mary from Clontarf. Eh we’re having a few technical problems more befitting of Ray Farcy.