Have you ever appeared on TV or spoken on radio?

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I pose this question to the ordinary folk here whose day to day life does not normally involve being on TV, in film or on radio or who is not called upon as an occasional contributor to any show.

Speaking for myself I made a TV appearance in the very early 60s as a baby! My uncle, who had been making films in India for years, returned to Ireland to retire as he was seriously ill, and did small bits of work on behalf of the newly founded RTE. He produced the earliest road safety films, which involved a cast of many of my extended family, and with my creative aunt hand producing 3D models for demonstrating correct road-craft. Some professional actors were hired. Joe Lynch was the narrator, and a 19 year old Mike Murphy was my distracted father rushing off in his car, having kissed his wife, my mother (then aged 42 but looking younger) and me, the babe in my mother’s arms. Mike then made every mistake in the driver’s book, nearly crashing into my real father’s car. My Dad found it only too easy to appear very disapproving if Mike’s driving. I think the name of the film was titled “Turn of the wheel”.

I was a guest once on Fr Michael Cleary’s radio show, there for the duration of the show and nervously speaking about organ donation. I also spoke briefly as a caller on Joe Duffy’s Liveline, on the same program that the late Frank Deasy spoke about his need for an urgent liver transplant. My mother had very recently died aged 89, and I made the point that it may be possible for a person of any age to usefully donate certain tissues, and not to rule out offering donor tissues just because your loved one died at an advanced age. I think I just about got my point across in spite of Joe Duffy trying to focus on the fact my mother had died so recently.

Would love to hear any suchlike anecdotes!

Deleted User wrote: »

I pose this question to the ordinary folk here whose day to day life does not normally involve being on TV, in film or on radio or who is not called upon as an occasional contributor to any show.

Speaking for myself I made a TV appearance in the very early 60s as a baby! My uncle, who had been making films in India for years, returned to Ireland to retire as he was seriously ill, and did small bits of work on behalf of the newly founded RTE. He produced the earliest road safety films, which involved a cast of many of my extended family, and with my creative aunt hand producing 3D models for demonstrating correct road-craft. Some professional actors were hired. Joe Lynch was the narrator, and a 19 year old Mike Murphy was my distracted father rushing off in his car, having kissed his wife, my mother (then aged 42 but looking younger) and me, the babe in my mother’s arms. Mike then made every mistake in the driver’s book, nearly crashing into my real father’s car. My Dad found it only too easy to appear very disapproving if Mike’s driving. I think the name of the film was titled “Turn of the wheel”.

I was a guest once on Fr Michael Cleary’s radio show, there for the duration of the show and nervously speaking about organ donation. I also spoke briefly as a caller on Joe Duffy’s Liveline, on the same program that the late Frank Deasy spoke about his need for an urgent liver transplant. My mother had very recently died aged 89, and I made the point that it may be possible for a person of any age to usefully donate certain tissues, and not to rule out offering donor tissues just because your loved one died at an advanced age. I think I just about got my point across in spite of Joe Duffy trying to focus on the fact my mother had died so recently.

Would love to hear any suchlike anecdotes!