Gerry Ryan Radio Show Thread

fatgav · 06-05-2010 11:32AM

http://www.stjohnsclontarf.dublindiocese.ie/webcam is showing the service live... who's presenting on 2fm? Think I can make out Mark Little but who else is there?

bmaxi · 06-05-2010 11:33AM

mikemike wrote: »

miketv ,, I thought it was only me ... I was flicking like a b*stard ..

Driving along , usually I'd stay on 2fm and listen to what Gerry had to say ....

But this morning , I was all over the place ,, couldn't find ANY station that really suited me ,, God I miss him ..

2FM is gonna have a serious challenge to keep the listeners..

I think they shoulod give Fiona Looney a shot at it , maybe a 2 hour show and see how it goes from there... she any Gerry always seemed to work well togeather , like Laurel and Hardy , always had me laughing ..

whether or not she can pull it off alone , we'll have to see .

I don't think Fiona Looney could carry it off. She's OK for the odd one liner but I couldn't take three hours of her. At the risk of being branded sexist, I don't think a female will fit the bill at all.

RangeR · 06-05-2010 11:35AM

fatgav wrote: »

http://www.stjohnsclontarf.dublindiocese.ie/webcam is showing the service live... who's presenting on 2fm? Think I can make out Mark Little but who else is there?

Colm Hayes is one of them. There is also a woman but I didn't get her name.

JP Liz V1 · 06-05-2010 11:37AM

Who takes over his show now?

bbability · 06-05-2010 11:44AM

Just thought I post this lovely letter which is on the Gerry Ryan page from John Mc Mahon - Head of 2fm

"From everyone at 2fm to every one of our listeners.

We in the RTE radio centre have been immensely moved by the depth, warmth and volume of the tributes that have been paid by you, our loyal listeners in the hours and days since we all learnt of Gerry's death on Friday afternoon.

While we are coming to terms with losing a friend and colleague, we know too that the hundreds of thousands of people for whom The Gerry Ryan Show was a daily fixture, are themselves grieving over the loss of their friend.

The great gift that Gerry Ryan shared with us all was his unique bold style and his unequalled ability to communicate. For more than 22 years you told him and he told them. You took him to your hearts and he repaid that love with some of the funniest, sharpest and warmest radio programmes ever to be broadcast. Anywhere.

He would no doubt have been greatly honoured by the many famous and influential people who have paid tribute to him in recent days, but I believe he would have been even more impressed by the magnitude of the response of his listeners. I know everyone in 2fm has been.

The Ryan Line may now be closed, but be assured that every text to 51552 and every email to grs@rte.ie will be read by his team and passed on to his family. The tributes received so far have been hugely comforting to all of us in 2fm and I know they will be just as important to his family.

For those of us who worked on it, the Gerry Ryan tribute programme on Saturday morning was one of the hardest things we've ever done and also one of the greatest privileges we could have had.

We cannot replace Gerry Ryan. Nor will we try to. But the show must go on. Where it will go and how it will go is a question and answer for another day.

For now we must simply say thank you to Gerry for all the memories. From the Ryan Show team and from everyone in 2fm, thank you for your support. It means more than you know.

From me and them, until then... whenever that may be. Thank you

John McMahon
Head of 2fm
2nd May 2010"

LoanShark · 06-05-2010 11:53AM

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Who takes over his show now?

I know this might be a bit off the wall..But what about Derek Davis for a short period? Say a Month... G.R's listeners need to hear a warm comforting voice for a while that will help them get used to not having gerry around anymore....

I would like to see/hear someone like Mark Little trying it out,He does have good reports when he is on Radio 1..

Poly · 06-05-2010 11:56AM

LoanShark wrote: »

I know this might be a bit off the wall..But what about Derek Davis for a short period?

Davis would be good, He was great when he stood in for Joe duffy. I think he is sort of semi-retired now though.

SilverSparkle · 06-05-2010 12:37PM

LoanShark wrote: »

I know this might be a bit off the wall..But what about Derek Davis for a short period? Say a Month... G.R's listeners need to hear a warm comforting voice for a while that will help them get used to not having gerry around anymore....

I would like to see/hear someone like Mark Little trying it out,He does have good reports when he is on Radio 1..

Could be a possibly good idea!.. I like the idea of Mark Little

Diabhal Beag · 06-05-2010 12:45PM

Very sad listening to his funeral on the radio.

mach1982 · 06-05-2010 12:46PM

I never listen to Gerry, but it seems that from reading this thread and the tributes over the last week he had very loyal listeners , maybe they should decide his replacement . Over a month differ people would present the shown and there be a poll.

SilverSparkle · 06-05-2010 12:54PM

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Very sad listening to his funeral on the radio.

Its terribly sad. I am watching it online

SB-08 · 06-05-2010 01:00PM

Bono and the boys doing With Or Without You - There are not many people who would have the biggest band on the planet performing at their funeral - I am sure he would have loved it. The part where his kids were speaking was very sad.

SilverSparkle · 06-05-2010 01:02PM

SB-08 wrote: »

Bono and the boys doing With Or Without You - There are not many people who would have the biggest band on the planet performing at their funeral - I am sure he would have loved it. The part where his kids were speaking was very sad.

Very well.. and they held themselves together.

His brother is a great speaker

Aglomerado · 06-05-2010 01:07PM

Mano is a great speaker. He even sounds a little like Gerry! His children were excellent as well, fair play to them, it had to be tough for them.

Limerickgal82 · 06-05-2010 01:08PM

His children were very eloquent . fair play to them. i am annoyed his partner was ignored by both Fr. Brian D'Arcy and Gerry's Brother It is hard for her as well

Goldenlady · 06-05-2010 01:12PM

Wow his brother sounds exactly like him, its actually scary.
Kids did a great job too.
I agree with the sentiments on his partner being left out, I feel really sorry for her.

eth0_ · 06-05-2010 01:12PM

The eulogy from his son was lovely but Lottie's was pretty gauche...it was mostly about her dad giving her money! I thought it was in very poor taste. Surely she had other anecdotes and memories about her dad?

Bono's contribution was, predictably, cringeworthy. How on earth did he manage to start singing in at the wrong point in the song?

Darksaga87 · 06-05-2010 01:13PM

Will this be on podcast later? Im in work and cant see/watch it.

SilverSparkle · 06-05-2010 01:14PM

eth0_ wrote: »

The eulogy from his son was lovely but Lottie's was pretty gauche...it was mostly about her dad giving her money! I thought it was in very poor taste. Surely she had other anecdotes and memories about her dad?

Bono's contribution was, predictably, cringeworthy. How on earth did he manage to start singing in at the wrong point in the song?

Yeah i thought Bono could have done better. I didnt like how he shortened each line instead of holding on the notes

eth0_ · 06-05-2010 01:15PM

Limerickgal82 wrote: »

His children were very eloquent . fair play to them. i am annoyed his partner was ignored by both Fr. Brian D'Arcy and Gerry's Brother It is hard for her as well

How do you know she was "ignored"? Are you a friend of the family? Maybe she thought it wouldn't be appropriate, or perhaps she was too upset to consider doing a reading!

A lot of ex-wives revel in excluding the "new woman" from the funeral; it was very kind of Morah Ryan and the kids to invite her.

Limerickgal82 · 06-05-2010 01:24PM

If you read it again i meant in their speeches !!! They did not mention or offer her sympathy . His ex wife did. So please Read post's better and do not be so rude

SilverSparkle · 06-05-2010 01:26PM

The priest singing at the moment reminds me of the day Gerry sang the weater forecast

Cole · 06-05-2010 01:29PM

That reference by Morah Ryan to Melanie Verwoerd and her kids was incredibly gracious, a class act.

10000maniacs · 06-05-2010 01:35PM

Is it only me? but Dave Fannings tribute today in the Indo included the line "Gerry could be a b0ll0cks". I know I am taking it out of context from the complete article, but a bit over the top on the day he is getting buried?
http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/i-know-therell-never-be-another-like-gerry-ryan-2166522.html

Sundew · 06-05-2010 01:36PM

Cole wrote: »

That reference by Morah Ryan to Melanie Verwoerd and her kids was incredibly gracious, a class act.

Very much so. Morah is a real lady!

yawnstretch · 06-05-2010 01:38PM

Godbless Gerry!

JonathanAnon · 06-05-2010 01:45PM

10000maniacs wrote: »

Is it only me? but Dave Fannings tribute today in the Indo included the line "Gerry could be a b0ll0cks". I know I am taking it out of context from the complete article, but a bit over the top on the day he is getting buried?

I thought that reasonable enough. Nobody is perfect. What I thought was ridiculous was when Fanning said on Tuesday night (ending the show) that if Gerry could say something to his wife it would be this... and then played this song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHTNHwJaYc4

Lyrics:
Dress sexy at my funeral my good wife
Dress sexy at my funeral my good wife
For the first time in your life
Wear your blouse undone to hear
And your skirt split up to here

What a stupid thing to do. Wonder how Melanie felt.

Slideshowbob · 06-05-2010 01:46PM

eth0_ wrote: »

The eulogy from his son was lovely but Lottie's was pretty gauche...it was mostly about her dad giving her money! I thought it was in very poor taste. Surely she had other anecdotes and memories about her dad?

Bono's contribution was, predictably, cringeworthy. How on earth did he manage to start singing in at the wrong point in the song?

My God - give the girl a break - she wasn't a celebrity! Her dad was and he DIED!

The only reason the mass was broadcast at all is because the public wanted to hear it and the family permitted it.

On the day a 24 year old girl buries her father you come on a public forum and criticise her - shame on you!

Hope you have better eloquence under similar circumstances.

dolittle · 06-05-2010 01:46PM

all the best ger

Goldenlady · 06-05-2010 01:46PM

Very gracious of Morah, what a lovely woman, and fair play to her for holding herseld during the speech, certainly dont think I could have

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