The Giant Gerry Ryan Mega Thread

mickd · 02-03-2006 11:44AM

Chris Barry,Adrian Kennedy the death of music radio in this country. Where the dj/presenter views are more important than the music they play.

grumpytrousers · 02-03-2006 11:51AM

Belle Ende wrote:

Gerry Ryan is an oxygen thief.

He gets paid nearly half a million euros a year for opening his jowly gob for three hours in the morning (when he actually decides to 'grace' his listeners by feckin' turning up for work - usually it's either his infamous "Flu" [yeah, right] or ANOTHER ruddy holiday). Then you'll often hear him spout about the toast he's eating and the coffee he's sipping (with "yum yum yum" sound effects thrown in for good measure), all the while regailing us with details of his late night out drinking and eating at some posh restaurant (cue gratuitous plug for them, so he can continue to eat for free there next time).

Next up it's time to waste 20 minutes of the programme by reading aloud some headlines from various newspapers, all the while mumbling to himself as he fumbles through the pages. This is where his self-deluded ould 'lad' image comes in to play "I'd love to do the willlddd thing with her. Hyuk hyuk hyuk!". Gerry Ryan really puts the 'shock' into 'jock'. Not. Cue some 'hilarious' phwoaring (TM) over a picture of some scantily-clad young wan he's 'accidently' browsed to in The Sun or The Mirror. Tedious.

Then proceeding to open his 'RyanLine' to the potato-brained masses, Gerry Ryan ingratiates himself further with his "I'm just like you, an ordinary joe soap too" schtick. Then going off on one of his Jerry Springer-esque faux-concerned 'final thoughts' (read: homilys) before the next ad break. Back on the air, it's time for another Gerry Ryan "I'm not an expert but..." spiels, wherein he describes his past amateur dabblings in neurosurgery and what he would propose as a remedy for this particular caller's epileptic pet chihuahua.

The really sad thing about all of this is that GR, as utterly crap as he is on the radio, is still a sight better than many other so-called 'personalities' on the airwaves. Gerry Ryan and 96% of the rest of radio DJs/presenters need kicking off the air (and possibly a good kicking too).

Shock jock? Total c0ck, more like. (And the only thing shocking about him is the amount of wool he's managed to pull over people's eyes for so many years now. Gerry Ryan is no fool, and he's no beggar, but he's every bit the charlatan.)

So right - post of the year from the GrumpyTrousers jury as well, and i don't care if it's only March...

jd · 02-03-2006 11:52AM

For the last two weeks he has talked about bad driving in Ireland, without failing to mention his "high powered" car. Last week he was indignant because he got flashed on the Motorway. That prat was pontificating to Ryano Junior while sauntering down the overtaking lane...

eth0_ · 02-03-2006 12:02PM

I'm forced to listen to Gerry RYan's show in work every day. God he's a tool. You can actually hear how drool covered his big fat lips are when he talks. He's like a great big sex obsessed slug.

In general, Irish radio is a fscking joke. Most of the radio I listen to is BBC 6 music or Radio 4, and on occasion Newstalk. Is 2FM run by Alan Partridge?

Belle Ende · 02-03-2006 12:06PM

FlutterinBantam wrote:

Its "jowelly" you plank!!!!

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=jowly

Maxwell · 02-03-2006 12:22PM

Can I just congratulate Belle Ende as his post perfectly summed up what I think of Gerry Ryan.

Just to add that I think he is a dirty old man - anytime I have the misfortune to come accross his show on the radio dial he is talking about sex etc etc.

A greasy muppet

Belle Ende · 02-03-2006 12:23PM

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

I REALLY resent that part of my license fee gets wasted on that slacker. Yeah I know that license doesn't go to pop-radio but that muppet is on TV too. And it's the same organisation.

Seriously and absolutely.

jd wrote:

For the last two weeks he has talked about bad driving in Ireland, without failing to mention his "high powered" car.

Oh yes. A BMW, if I recall correctly.

As an aside, another annoyance with GR is how he says the word "paedophile" (and he does say it quite a bit, given his reliance on tabloid newspapers for much of his subject topics). GR prono(u)nces it "Pay-Dee-Ohh-Feel". How very nu-cu-lar of him...

mickd wrote:

Chris Barry,Adrian Kennedy the death of music radio in this country. Where the dj/presenter views are more important than the music they play.

They're "personalities", apparently.

shabbyroad · 02-03-2006 02:10PM

Gerry Ryan ? He's still on the radio ?

MarinoMark · 02-03-2006 05:38PM

Belle Ende wrote:

Oh yes. A BMW, if I recall correctly.

Its actually a large Mazda, given free by ..Mazda !!:mad: :eek:

louloo · 05-03-2006 11:41AM

He makes me sick! Whoever called him a greasy slug is sooooo accurate!

I hate the way he plugs his local supermarket in Clontarf, Nolans, that gauch castle he stays in, all those New York shops and Fitzpatricks Hotel, Inchydonney.... :mad:

parasite · 05-03-2006 11:49AM

it's pat kenny who gets all the free bmw's, easy mistake to make :rolleyes: :mad:

FlutterinBantam · 07-03-2006 05:44PM

Belle Ende wrote:

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=jowly

:eek: What can I say!!!!

Great post ya little beauty..... am I forgiven????

tbh · 07-03-2006 10:30PM

Gerry is the S in "Hit Radio"

Pigman II · 07-03-2006 10:41PM

I'd like to pour a tonne of salt on old Gerald there and watch him melt.

louloo · 16-03-2006 10:07AM

and now we have to suffer Gerry AND Hector as it's Chaltenham.... Sweet Jesus, it's too much.

Peter Collins · 02-05-2006 12:17PM

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

Has he been given a written warning yet ?

And if no then who isn't following HR procedures ?

Would it be worth a FOI application since it's my money being spent.

I REALLY resent that part of my license fee gets wasted on that slacker. The show is ok because I'll listen to just about anyone else do it. It's really amazing the contrast some days when you have Gerry straining his poor little brain to reuse words like "discomode" endlessly, and on BBC radio 4, you have Melvin Bragg going on about the history of ye olde english langague.

Yeah I know that license doesn't go to pop-radio but that muppet is on TV too. And it's the same organisation.

I kept a spreadsheet of the days he didn't turn up for work and sent it to HR in RTE for an explanation.

I got an acknowledgement but nothing else.

SprostonGreen · 04-05-2006 07:14PM

Peter Collins wrote:

I kept a spreadsheet of the days he didn't turn up for work and sent it to HR in RTE for an explanation.

I got an acknowledgement but nothing else.

Could ComReg investigate it, I doubt it, but it might be worth a try?

ronbyrne2005 · 05-05-2006 12:11AM

Belle Ende wrote:

Gerry Ryan is an oxygen thief.

He gets paid nearly half a million euros a year for opening his jowly gob for three hours in the morning (when he actually decides to 'grace' his listeners by feckin' turning up for work - usually it's either his infamous "Flu" [yeah, right] or ANOTHER ruddy holiday). Then you'll often hear him spout about the toast he's eating and the coffee he's sipping (with "yum yum yum" sound effects thrown in for good measure), all the while regailing us with details of his late night out drinking and eating at some posh restaurant (cue gratuitous plug for them, so he can continue to eat for free there next time).

Next up it's time to waste 20 minutes of the programme by reading aloud some headlines from various newspapers, all the while mumbling to himself as he fumbles through the pages. This is where his self-deluded ould 'lad' image comes in to play "I'd love to do the willlddd thing with her. Hyuk hyuk hyuk!". Gerry Ryan really puts the 'shock' into 'jock'. Not. Cue some 'hilarious' phwoaring (TM) over a picture of some scantily-clad young wan he's 'accidently' browsed to in The Sun or The Mirror. Tedious.

Then proceeding to open his 'RyanLine' to the potato-brained masses, Gerry Ryan ingratiates himself further with his "I'm just like you, an ordinary joe soap too" schtick. Then going off on one of his Jerry Springer-esque faux-concerned 'final thoughts' (read: homilys) before the next ad break. Back on the air, it's time for another Gerry Ryan "I'm not an expert but..." spiels, wherein he describes his past amateur dabblings in neurosurgery and what he would propose as a remedy for this particular caller's epileptic pet chihuahua.

The really sad thing about all of this is that GR, as utterly crap as he is on the radio, is still a sight better than many other so-called 'personalities' on the airwaves. Gerry Ryan and 96% of the rest of radio DJs/presenters need kicking off the air (and possibly a good kicking too).

Shock jock? Total c0ck, more like. (And the only thing shocking about him is the amount of wool he's managed to pull over people's eyes for so many years now. Gerry Ryan is no fool, and he's no beggar, but he's every bit the charlatan.)

LOL ,so true,excellent observation.

smurfbaby · 05-05-2006 10:11AM

Peter Collins wrote:

I kept a spreadsheet of the days he didn't turn up for work and sent it to HR in RTE for an explanation.

You have waaaaay too much time on your hands...

Belle Ende · 05-05-2006 01:54PM

smurfbaby wrote:

You have waaaaay too much time on your hands...

What a lazy, dull, and tiresome comment! It's people like you that proverbially throw stones at anyone's efforts to right things.

At least that other spreadsheet-making person made a proactive effort to do something about this lardy RTE waste of licence payers' money. Good on them.

ronbyrne2005 · 15-05-2006 09:50AM

ryan claims to be worth his salary because he gets so many listeners etc but i dont think its solely down to him ,does his shows audience dip a lot when he isnt on air and a guest presenter stands in for him? if not then its not him who's getting the audience but 2fm itself

popebenny16 · 16-05-2006 04:31PM

For the regular Ryan watchers he mentioned discommoded again today!!!!

It turned up on fix-it-friday recently as well......... what does it mean?

Ray: It means Gerry Ryan has swallowd the thesauras again*

*this may not be entirely true

narommy · 16-05-2006 04:54PM

Belle Ende wrote:

Oh yes. A BMW, if I recall correctly.

.

An 8 series if I recall correctly

It amazes me how Ryan and Duffy can emphatise with "the people" when they earn large 6 figure salaries?

narommy · 16-05-2006 04:56PM

ronbyrne2005 wrote:

ryan claims to be worth his salary because he gets so many listeners etc but i dont think its solely down to him ,does his shows audience dip a lot when he isnt on air and a guest presenter stands in for him? if not then its not him who's getting the audience but 2fm itself

Or maybe it's the researchers who take all the calls and get the stories ready and the producers/directors who decide what gets on the show

popebenny16 · 16-05-2006 05:22PM

Ah, that reminds me...........................

.............who else thinks that the listener who rang up last week, with the 9 daughters 7 of which have made and two who will make their communion in the same dress, was a plant? Espicialy when he started going on about how they all used to go to the church in a tractor and trailer. He said something even more dumb after that which I cant remember and Gerry had to let him go......

I mean, does he think we're thick or what?

popebenny16 · 17-05-2006 11:19AM

Was mentioned TWICE this morning before 10.00.

I dont hear him after 10 but, maybe its what he shouts to his lovely wife when he orgasams?

Tallspoon · 17-05-2006 04:40PM

Today he went on for over one hour and a half about bloody birds in the loft. He must have thought we would be riveted.
On the same subject he made reference to Derek Mooneys "Tits have come out" and he mentioned "coming out more than once".
Gerry we all know what you are getting at. By the way, the correct term is "hatched" and not "coming out" you fat, useless bucket of lard.
He is a total sleazeball. But i have heard from someone connected with the station that he paints his nails red while doing the show!

Wertz · 17-05-2006 05:44PM

The sad irony is that Derek Mooney's tits (blue tits in this case) make for far more exhilirating viewing than any of the crap Mr Ryan ever paraded for his TV audiences...

http://play.www.rte.servecast.net/downloads/rte/ram/live1.ram
Two tits in a box...*chortle*

Tallspoon · 17-05-2006 06:57PM

Wertz wrote:

The sad irony is that Derek Mooney's tits (blue tits in this case) make for far more exhilirating viewing than any of the crap Mr Ryan ever paraded for his TV audiences...

http://play.www.rte.servecast.net/downloads/rte/ram/live1.ram
Two tits in a box...*chortle*

Surely you must have been glued to the TV as Gerry slobbered through a meal as he did one of his "celebrity" interviews with his showbiz pals.
"So tell me Ronan...having a gift such as yours must have its down side"

popebenny16 · 18-05-2006 03:44PM

He's not in again. Must have put his back out in that attic whilst shouting discommoded!!

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