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Brendan Grace, get well soon

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  • #2
    Thelonious Monk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,478 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    I remember how funny I thought he was as a kid in the 80s.
    Who wants to get the Fr Ted quotes out of the way? If he doesn't get better I'll put your head through a wall etc? I'm a moaning Michael.


  • #3
    branie2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,305 ✭✭✭✭branie2


    Hopefully he will

    Roigh'!


  • #4
    Immortal Starlight
    Registered Users Posts: 2,148 ✭✭✭Immortal Starlight


    Had a great night many years ago at one of his shows. Brendan is a funny man but also is a talented singer. Its a true saying your health is your wealth. I hope he gets well soon.


  • #5
    padd b1975
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,782 ✭✭✭✭padd b1975


    Immortal Starlight wrote: »
    Had a great night many years ago at one of his shows. Brendan is a funny man but also is a talented singer. Its a true saying your health is your wealth. I hope he gets well soon.

    He started out in the showbands and used to tell a few jokes between songs, pretty soon he was doing comedy shows on his own.

    A genuine old style entertainer who's had a career the likes of Ed Byrne and Andrew Maxwell etc can only dream about.
    Anyone that can get a laugh out of Sinatra is got to be doing something right.

    I wish him well, sadly the cancer is the latest of a number of health problems he's had to deal with in recent years.


  • #6
    branie2
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    You're right there, he has diabetes


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  • #7
    topper75
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    One minute he could be fingerpicking My Ringsend Rose on an acoustic and the next he could be churning out loud jungle music from a ghetto blaster. A man of broad taste.


  • #8
    Hoboo
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    He's about as funny as his diagnosis.


  • #9
    dublinman1990
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    Jesus. That is terrible news to hear about Brendan Grace. Having been diagnosed with diabetes a few years ago; to hear he has to battle things like pneumonia & lung cancer on top of his diabetes is very tough for him as he is only one man. He has great support coming in from his family, friends & from fans who love him. I hope that he gets more help & support as he fights these illnesses. He is a very funny, generous & kind gentleman. He is in a very unlucky position to be sick in this way. I hope he gets all the support he needs when he gets treatment from his health staff, family, friends & from fans who love him. He deserves all of that in a big way.

    Get well soon; Brendan.


  • #10
    lipso tokko
    Site Banned Posts: 16 ✭lipso tokko


    Hoboo wrote: »
    He's about as funny as his diagnosis.

    far queue, this is the Brendan Grace appreciation queue


  • #11
    nacho libre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,962 ✭✭✭✭nacho libre


    The mother who loses her son and husband to cancer within six months of each other is just as unlucky as Brendan, as are all who diagnosed with this wretched disease. I hope he can win this battle.


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  • #12
    Rothko
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    Hoboo wrote: »
    He's about as funny as his diagnosis.

    There's no need for that.


  • #13
    lipso tokko
    Site Banned Posts: 16 ✭lipso tokko


    ordered a pair of shoes online, they only arrived with one lace. when i looked at the box it said 'Taiwan'


  • #14
    ChikiChiki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,950 ✭✭✭ChikiChiki


    Hoboo wrote: »
    He's about as funny as his diagnosis.

    Stay classy:rolleyes:


  • #15
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    ChikiChiki wrote: »
    Stay classy:rolleyes:

    i actually think brendan would see the funny side of that remark


  • #16
    branie2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,305 ✭✭✭✭branie2


    Hoboo wrote: »
    He's about as funny as his diagnosis.

    If you ever say that again, I'll put your head through the wall


  • #17
    FFred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 772 ✭✭✭FFred


    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    I remember how funny I thought he was as a kid in the 80s.
    Who wants to get the Fr Ted quotes out of the way? If he doesn't get better I'll put your head through a wall etc? I'm a moaning Michael.

    Hi Theo .... from our last interaction :pac:

    giphy.gif


  • #18
    FFred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 772 ✭✭✭FFred


    Hoboo wrote: »
    He's about as funny as his diagnosis.

    What a kuntish thing to say.


  • #19
    branie2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,305 ✭✭✭✭branie2


    I had the pleasure of seeing Brendan perform live at the Gleneagle Hotel in Killarney in 2001


  • #20
    [Deleted User]
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    branie2 wrote: »
    I had the pleasure of seeing Brendan perform live at the Gleneagle Hotel in Killarney in 2001

    I had the pleasure of seeing him in Fernhill House, Clonakilty in 1977.

    “Roll over, Bubbles”


  • #21
    squawker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 501 ✭✭✭squawker


    met Brendan a few times in his bar in Killaloe a good few years ago, he is some craic and a sound man

    wish him all the best


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  • #22
    [Deleted User]
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    A good decent man by all accounts, he’s battled many serious illnesses in latter years, including diabetes, strokes, amputation of a toe. Advanced lung cancer doesn’t bode too well along with his other health battles, but there is more effective treatment than heretofore for buying more time. Henry Mount Charles has been battling advanced lung cancer for some years. In times past it would have been a matter of weeks or at best months, now patients survive a few years. Very early lung cancer is potentially curable, but usually an incidental finding when being investigated for something unrelated. Hoping Brendan gets plenty of quality time.


  • #23
    Church on Tuesday
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    Hoboo wrote: »
    He's about as funny as his diagnosis.

    ...and lives the good life in the States with lots and lots of money.

    Hope he gets better soon.


  • #24
    Dante7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,543 ✭✭✭Dante7


    Could be due to the many years he spent playing in pubs and clubs before the smoking ban.


  • #25
    Spanish Eyes
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    None of us are immune to any diagnosis at any age. Being a so called celebrity means nothing to anyone who deals with it in their own family really.

    I wish him well.


  • #26
    squawker
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    Dante7 wrote: »
    Could be due to the many years he spent playing in pubs and clubs before the smoking ban.

    he chain smoked afair


  • #27
    paulbok
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    Free a nipper!


  • #28
    Capt'n Midnight
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    Dante7 wrote: »
    Could be due to the many years he spent playing in pubs and clubs before the smoking ban.
    That's what got Roy Castle.


  • #29
    branie2
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    Cancer can strike anyone


  • #30
    Spanish Eyes
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    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    That's what got Roy Castle.

    Was that actually proven really? That was back in the day when everyone smoked.

    I know he didn't smoke cigs himself, but the possibility is that many who were in smoky rooms/gigs back in the day also succumbed. Maybe they did, I don't know, no one knows. It is only the so called famous we hear about really.

    I think it is genetic myself. But what do I know.


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  • #31
    [Deleted User]
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    Anybody remember his Maxol "Free a Nipper" ads in the 80s where he was dressed as Bottler in a green cub scout uniform? I used to regularly listen to a cassette of his, where Bubbles the cat went nuts after drinking petrol and the punchline when he collapsed after flying around the ceiling was, with one eye open, "I just ran out of petrol". Spectacularly unfunny, but hilarious delivery at the time.

    Then there was the lads who robbed a double decker bus and the judge asked them, "Why did you rob a double decker bus when you could have robbed a single decker bus?" and the punchline answer was "Murphy wanted a smoke" (you could only smoke on the upper deck in the 1980s). Again, not really funny but he got the giggles -and if he didn't he'd launch into some really bad singing to cheer people up.

    High standards in comedy in the 80s!


  • #32
    FFred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 772 ✭✭✭FFred


    If you ever want three minutes of good clean musical comedy then his parody of the Wolfe Tones is excellent ...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSGSkm42WsM


    Hope he makes some kind of recovery ....


  • #33
    decky1
    Registered Users Posts: 975 ✭✭✭decky1


    Hoboo wrote: »
    He's about as funny as his diagnosis.

    ah jesus, no need for that, where's the mods now?:mad:


  • #34
    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
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    Hoboo wrote: »
    He's about as funny as his diagnosis.

    If you have nothing nice to say, say nothing. No need to act the díck with your edgelord comments.


  • #35
    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 69,965 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    He recorded a lot of stuff that made me cry laughing as a child and young boy so just want to record my best wishes to him in his hour of need in return.


  • #36
    Dante7
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    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    That's what got Roy Castle.

    Although I have since learned that he also smoked heavily.


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  • #37
    Spanish Eyes
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    Last time I looked the man was still with us.

    It is sounding like an obituary now. Feck that, would anyone like that!

    Was never a fan, but wish him well.


  • #38
    FrancieBrady
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    Spanish Eyes wrote: »
    Last time I looked the man was still with us.

    It is sounding like an obituary now. Feck that, would anyone like that!

    Was never a fan, but wish him well.

    Nice if the subject of the thread gets to read about people wishing him well though. I am sure his own mortality is front and centre atm.


  • #39
    Dante7
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    FrancieBrady wrote: »
    Nice if the subject of the thread gets to read about people wishing him well though. I am sure his own mortality is front and centre atm.

    Yes. A cancer diagnosis like this is very serious. Well wishers often say, ah sure you could be hit by a bus tomorrow. But with this sort of diagnosis, it is like the bus is hurtling towards you and you are trapped, unable to move, in concrete boots.


  • #40
    Spanish Eyes
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    FrancieBrady wrote: »
    Nice if the subject of the thread gets to read about people wishing him well though. I am sure his own mortality is front and centre atm.

    As it is for all of us. Get your will made, and your joint account, and your power of attorney. We never know.


  • #41
    Bassfish
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    Many a Christmas eve I came in from the pub half cut and watched some Brenda Grace special from the early 90s on TG4 and laughed me arse off!


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  • #42
    janfebmar
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    A talented man, hope he gets well soon.


  • #43
    sligojoek
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    I was never a huge fan of Brendan's stuff but it was of its time and he brought a lot of people a lot of laughs. Given the choice I'd watch him over Mrs Brown any day. I always liked his singing voice.



    I think i told this story on a LLS thread before.

    In the early 80s I worked in a late night chip shop in Tipperary. We often had bands calling in on their way back to Dublin from Kerry, Limerick, Clare etc. Brendan and his crew were regulars. One night as he was waiting for his order two lads with a few pints down were trying to scrape together the price of a bit of grub to share. When Brendan had paid me he put a tenner on the counter and said, "Give the lads two breast of chicken and chips and two cans of coke and keep the change.".

    Hope all goes well for him.


  • #44
    [Deleted User]
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    Rhubarb tart!


  • #45
    Rubberchikken
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    always loved him.
    hes imo the best comedian ireland ever produced.
    the rest of them arent fit to wipe his shoes. imho.


  • #46
    branie2
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Rhubarb tart!

    Ham sandwich


  • #47
    [Deleted User]
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    branie2 wrote: »
    Ham sandwich

    Rhubarb tart, rhubarb tart :D


  • #48
    FFred
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    There’s no f in duck ...


  • #49
    ArnoldJRimmer
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    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    I remember how funny I thought he was as a kid in the 80s.
    Who wants to get the Fr Ted quotes out of the way? If he doesn't get better I'll put your head through a wall etc? I'm a moaning Michael.
    Hoboo wrote: »
    He's about as funny as his diagnosis.

    I've been waiting all day for just one other person to make a sh!tty comment so I could say

    Bye Girls! Pair o'****

    But even though its still only the one, I'll quote it anyway

    Sorry to hear this news, from everything I've heard he is a lovely man, and despite not being everyone's cup of tea, a very successful comedian


  • #50
    Yer Da sells Avon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,737 ✭✭✭Yer Da sells Avon


    Deleted User wrote: »
    A good decent man by all accounts

    He's worse than Hitler. You wouldn't find Hitler playing jungle music at three in the morning.


  • #51
    Witchie
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    Not a big fan of his comedy but when I was doing some fundraising for an operation for a kid he helped out. He donated some of the door from a gig in our area and allowed us to sell raffle tickets.

    We met him before and he was lovely.

    Get well soon Brendan.

    Went to college with a niece of his who was a bullying see you next Tuesday who always bragged about him. Hope life is treating her how she deserves to be treated.


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