Now this is an argument I'd love to recite in a tunnel to passing walkers and tourists.
@ryanfisher14402 жыл бұрын
hahahaha i love you
@darren29002 жыл бұрын
You hammered your mother
@TobyLerone-yn3rr Жыл бұрын
You hammered your mother
@nswanson315 Жыл бұрын
Also recite whilst playing resident evil
@sybennett1179 Жыл бұрын
Been done
@rosmith6062 жыл бұрын
just passed some fella in a tunnel reciting this by heart and I thought it sounded familiar
@realboltfan Жыл бұрын
9/4
@sybennett7392 Жыл бұрын
Francis Higgins
@ciaran92032 жыл бұрын
Miserable lanes of Limerick ✅ Miserable childhood ✅ Miserable people of Limerick ✅ Misery (x3) ✅ The whole flippin way ✅
@michaelwalsh9145 Жыл бұрын
And McCourt knew that misery sells, the more misery the more sales, looks like old Frank was good at spinning yarns. His rebuttal leaves a lot to be desired.
@reubenrules54292 жыл бұрын
Francis Higgins one take, is the greatest recreation of all time, almost reptilian in his movements.
@scottrobinson46112 жыл бұрын
Those reptilious repetitions
@eatingpeppermint2 жыл бұрын
He moves like a SHNAKE
@gusmcsweeney2222 жыл бұрын
Shnakespearean in his delivery
@realboltfan Жыл бұрын
9/4
@reubenrules5429 Жыл бұрын
@@realboltfan it's an iconic price
@madman4077082 жыл бұрын
The one man modern remake is just as good as the original and I'll die on that hill
@thisisit33337 ай бұрын
Francis ‘the Viper’ Higgins Legend.
@MickyD2 жыл бұрын
The girl behind Jerry laughing is the absolute star of the show
@MossyKong2 жыл бұрын
Was this comment with her consent?
@edmundpower1250 Жыл бұрын
I agree... She smiles through it all
@Paul-sl9zm Жыл бұрын
@@MossyKong Lies lies lies ALL THE FLIPPIN WAY
@johndoyle2429 Жыл бұрын
But in fairness would not blame her, because everyone was laughing this argument.
@michaelwalsh9145 Жыл бұрын
How do you know what she’s laughing at?
@TheEejitNetwork2 жыл бұрын
He’s like the human incarnation of a half-melted block of Kerry gold butter
@marymcelroy5967 Жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@vickyoshea1293 Жыл бұрын
this comment. I laughed from the depths.
@roisinmc7442 Жыл бұрын
Dying Ciaran 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@davomccranko Жыл бұрын
Gold, brother 🤤
@arthurmorgan7086 Жыл бұрын
Great argument thanks
@LuDel95 Жыл бұрын
Gerry- "You seem to have a morbid fascination for necrophilia." Frank- "I do. I like women." What a response 🤣.
@terri6854 Жыл бұрын
No. He started that "response" before Gerry had finished his question.
@michaelwalsh9145 Жыл бұрын
Frank had very little to say and only used the fascination line to ignore the questions.
@spa2damax8 ай бұрын
@@michaelwalsh9145 to be fair he was trying to respond to the ream of accusations and got interrupted with another one while attempting to do so.
@michaelwalsh91458 ай бұрын
@@spa2damax he gladly avoided the answers, it’s well known that franks book and movie was based on complete lies even the dogs on the street know that.
@jameskidd35027 ай бұрын
"Morbid fascination with necrophilia" Has gotta be an oxymoron. Necrophilia is morbid in its nature.
@ghostofgralton68592 жыл бұрын
Glad you reuploaded this. KZfaq CENSORED this before, they won't censor it again
@padraicglynn26572 жыл бұрын
We often censoir videos for length
@ghostofgralton68592 жыл бұрын
@@padraicglynn2657 Ah that's crap
@conorthomas892 жыл бұрын
@@ghostofgralton6859 it's not crap it's customary practice
@brianm28812 жыл бұрын
I notice that Gerry Hannan never spoke about his paid employment, starring as the Yellow Man in David Lynch's Blue Velvet.
@kevinwhelan96077 ай бұрын
Zinger!
@andythefork2 ай бұрын
David Lynch is after ye
@pclm2 жыл бұрын
Gerry is the moistest Irishman I've ever seen, and that's coming from a two-time gold medallist in Vaseline surfing.
@Xerrand2 жыл бұрын
"Moistest" lol that's the best word ever.
@therespectedlex97942 жыл бұрын
He's a certain type, or maybe all of them... or none of them.
@muse3324 Жыл бұрын
never knew that vaseline surfing was a thing
@onepoeticromancer Жыл бұрын
Gold?! I was never good enough to get silver!
@Rashers-8 ай бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@Tumbledry1009 ай бұрын
Can we all just acknowledge that some of the best you tube moments from Irish tv are from times when Pat Kenny is presenting a show? He just attracts the crazies. Good man Pat, we salute you! Never lose the cringe factor 😂
@dympm98847 ай бұрын
This was why the Late Late used to be great.
@anadaroth2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Viper, you are truly insane for memorizing this.
@InnocentBastard2 жыл бұрын
Fine line between genius and insanity
@realboltfan Жыл бұрын
9/4
@HarryFontaine2 жыл бұрын
Because, Frank Jesus Christ up in heaven
@seanthompson60882 жыл бұрын
YOU SAID WILLY HAROLD. YOU SAID WILLY HAROLD. YOU SAID WILLY HAROLD.
@GERARDKENNELLY Жыл бұрын
Frank lied about Harold
@johnnyboy1877811 ай бұрын
This man said.
@funnellbyrd Жыл бұрын
Frank McCourt 1999: It's a squabble. Nobody's interested. Viper fans 2022: .....
@Brewmaster757 Жыл бұрын
5:53 "But who's to say my book will be contradicting his?" Amazing line lmao
@TheAtticusFinch6 ай бұрын
A man recreating this in a tunnel made me understand art
@selectgood_timesidfrommemo31922 жыл бұрын
"YOU SAID WILLY HAROLD"
@jtnilc2 жыл бұрын
Shout out your one in the background, the under-sung hero of this masterpiece, and my extremely niche celebrity crush.
@Deebar142 жыл бұрын
Same!!!!! She is gorgeous! 😂😂😂
@Deebar142 жыл бұрын
Mine also is the blonde lady beside your man talking about pontificating on the Pat Kenny frontline video. Babe.
@phon372 жыл бұрын
Shout out to you good sir 👏👏
@newspaperface2 жыл бұрын
I had to keep it real like that in a gazebo at a wedding in bunclody when a woman i was having a cigarette withs husband came in and started giving out stink about a supposed affair years before then other family members came in and got involved i had difficulty finishing my smoke then getting out without incident
@jtnilc2 жыл бұрын
@@newspaperface haha I'd love to have been there
@TheGreatWhiteCount5 ай бұрын
Gerry Hannan makes great points. There's something more to this whole argument. At first Frank McCourt has no clue who Hannan is, but his wife magically is able to recite an echo about Frank Hamilton being Hannan's boss? Something weird.
@jg60592 ай бұрын
Don't be talking shite
@TheGreatWhiteCountАй бұрын
It's in front of you. Frank and the wife know nothing. But then Frank Hamilton is brought up? How would you know someone's old boss if you didn't know who they were?@@jg6059
@TheGreatWhiteCount18 күн бұрын
@@jg6059 That's like me saying "I don't know who you are" - and then my girlfriend brings up a weirdo you used to work for.
@phhiggins2 жыл бұрын
The reactions of the girl behind him is worth a rewatch
@BagOfKnives Жыл бұрын
The women behind Gerry is the true star of this piece
@semi-sane51498 ай бұрын
'Had'nt noticed her & so i scrolled back & she did'nt look out of the ordinary to me; what was it about her that made her your "star" ?
@charliegeorge.7 ай бұрын
Seemed childish and immature, why not listen to the heated discussion like an adult.
@LuDel95 Жыл бұрын
I interviewed Máire Gallagher. She describes Angela McCourt as the ANGEL OF THE LANES!
@maolsheachlannoceallaigh4772 Жыл бұрын
"It's a squabble and nobody is interested", says Frank McCourt at the end of the video. Twenty-four years later we're still watching it...
@thehand13582 жыл бұрын
That guy is what we nowadays refer to as a "hater".
@michaelwalsh9145 Жыл бұрын
Oh look another person conditioned how to think by the media and their government.
@dogwklr Жыл бұрын
He was also correct. Frank's book was trash
@thebillryan8 ай бұрын
@@dogwklr How would you know? You haven't read it.
@ozmage1002 жыл бұрын
I’m here from Francis Higgins 🤣
@realboltfan Жыл бұрын
9/4
@Deebar142 жыл бұрын
Misery misery misery the whole flippin’ way
@michaelwalsh9145 Жыл бұрын
If Frank wasn’t lying does that mean he had lustful feelings for sheep 😂😂😂
@MrWilliamlynch1984 Жыл бұрын
The reaction of the woman behind Gerry is gold!
@neil2905 Жыл бұрын
that black haired girl behind him giggling all the time was great.
@clasinamittiga33157 ай бұрын
Whether the story is true or not, McCourt is a great story-teller. It’s painful and humorous at the same time. Read it for that, if anything.
@kevinmcguinness6526 Жыл бұрын
Viper's recreation of this is nothing short of a masterpiece
@biulaimh30974 ай бұрын
The old lady who gave loans to people seemed like a lovely person.
@Shadyganleymawn2 жыл бұрын
I see the Viper Higgins brought you here, rest weary traveller.
@realboltfan Жыл бұрын
9/4
@ciaran92032 жыл бұрын
He spends his days in America reminiscing about his miserable time in miserable Limerick
@michaelwalsh9145 Жыл бұрын
He decided to write a book on his life with plenty added misery because misery sells.
@mikehinton90796 ай бұрын
Great book and his brothers also
@mikehinton90796 ай бұрын
Gerry can’t keep his lies even plausible , a pathetic person
@jackjones4248 Жыл бұрын
We used to be a country. A proper country.
@patriciafeehan77326 ай бұрын
No way, could this man be a contemporary of Frank McCourt.
@kennedyobrien12 жыл бұрын
Gerry interviewed me last July, and I recited all of this for him, word for word
@padraicglynn26572 жыл бұрын
What did he think of it?
@kennedyobrien12 жыл бұрын
He couldn't get over it, i memorised is word for word, and it brought memories back to him
@jplb962 жыл бұрын
Was it recorded? I'd of loved to hear it.
@kennedyobrien12 жыл бұрын
@@jplb96 Gerry recorded it, he had it on Facebook but the stuff that he puts up doesn't last, I asked him dis he have a copy of it and he said no
@jplb962 жыл бұрын
@@kennedyobrien1 ah a shame. Would have brilliant I bet!
@geremymac Жыл бұрын
I searched the late late from the 90s because my kid won't go to bed... fool me, this video was top gold entertainment 😂
@splonkydoo2 жыл бұрын
Very fitting that the Viper did his maestro one-take under a bridge, seeming as Gerry Hannon is Ireland's fantastic, unwavering, original troll
@realboltfan Жыл бұрын
9/4
@sitdowntwice4 ай бұрын
@@realboltfanwith rice
@MatthewOnlinee2 жыл бұрын
‘Gerry Hannan didn’t even write the book ashes’ ‘Hohoohohoho’
@michaelwalsh9145 Жыл бұрын
He never said he did
@hammersmashedspud43459 ай бұрын
McCourts family dont talk to him because of the book. Gerry was more than likely right
@FatHairyBeast2 жыл бұрын
I was walking over a bridge just the other day and heard some of these exact lines bellowing forth from a tramp below.
@SuperDutchGold2 жыл бұрын
But the late Jim Kemmy said that Frank's book was an accurate portrayal of the Limerick of their mutual youth
@Ditka-892 жыл бұрын
And Richard Harris said it was all lies and mentioned how awfully Frank and his brothers treated their mother
@davidsjlawless2 жыл бұрын
In the Limerick of their mutual youth
@robertpirsig50112 жыл бұрын
Yeah one person.
@XanltheCSG2 жыл бұрын
Jim Kemmy, who as a socialist needs to peddle an image of religious working life as evil and dour in order to consolidate his power. Very reliable and trustworthy testimony.
@bobbydogg2860 Жыл бұрын
My grandfather knew Frank McCourt grew up with him and he said that the book was lies aswell
@robertpirsig50112 жыл бұрын
I'll give your man Gerry one thing, he will fight his point tooth and nail. I love his response to pat saying they often chop interviews @2:01. "Awwwhh that's Crap!!"
@yescharliesurfs Жыл бұрын
The lass cracking up behind Gerry is pure class
@realboltfan Жыл бұрын
wonder where she is now
@Shadyganleymawn Жыл бұрын
She's hot af lol
@realboltfan Жыл бұрын
@@Shadyganleymawn agreed
@lifeofpablo893 жыл бұрын
Fair play for reuploading …RIP killianM2s channel #TommyCoin
@tipperary10823 жыл бұрын
It's an awful shame they took him down
@shanefreeley19633 жыл бұрын
@@tipperary1082 We often chop
@shanedonnelly31693 жыл бұрын
killianM2 is a made up name
@tipperary10823 жыл бұрын
@@shanefreeley1963 Ah that's crap
@padraicglynn26572 жыл бұрын
@@shanedonnelly3169 It is not a made up name. You are a liar! you are a liar!
@jamesh4757 Жыл бұрын
St Joseph's boy scout movement was the special forces of boy scouts.
@cruddnow2 жыл бұрын
Number 2 Frank McCourt
@Deebar142 жыл бұрын
I LOVE WOMEN IM MAD ABOUT WOMEN
@seanshatters2 жыл бұрын
You are telling lies !
@jajajajajaja8672 жыл бұрын
IM INFATUATED WITH WOMEN ahhahahahaha
@NukeGlendale9 ай бұрын
If only a hash dealer and former Skyline owner would recite this to tourists and hikers in a tunnel...
@amandarheckinwieth59089 ай бұрын
The woman behind him is trying so hard not to lose it....hilarious!
@TheAtticusFinch6 ай бұрын
Frank does look like he’s lying
@deirdremannion7498 ай бұрын
Well done to the gentleman in mustard shirt from the audience he spoke the truth and he is right to speak highly of Limerick it's a lovely city and county. From a Dublin lady
@sallybird47 ай бұрын
Frank McCourt was entitled to write about his childhood, which was miserable by any standards. This joker was more worried about Limerick's image than anything else. He is not a very good representative of that city. In fact, he looks like he had a few too many. Angela Ashes was a great book and film imo.
@FoMoCo1236 ай бұрын
Thank you
@pburnzzz92602 жыл бұрын
I admire this man’s passion.
@johnwalsh78068 ай бұрын
He’s nuts
@TB.....8 ай бұрын
I just still don't know who to cheer on. Who's lying? I change my mind every other year it seems but I can't struggle with this for another 20 odd years.
@paudieslattery7536 Жыл бұрын
Franks says..."I do, I love women" and then remembers his wife is in the audience 😅😀
@michaelwalsh9145 Жыл бұрын
Frank likes sheep as well by all accounts.
@rgearr1808 Жыл бұрын
When did they stop letting the audience get involved like this? Makes it great...
@therespectedlex97942 жыл бұрын
Gerry: "You hammered (?) your mother, that she was a lazy..." Frank: "So that you could be virtuous." The Irish do this like no others.
@phhiggins2 жыл бұрын
How do you mean?
@mickyh786 ай бұрын
Er wot?
@sobbyhasselhoff2 жыл бұрын
Gerry Hannan coming in hot.
@mccarthy5825 Жыл бұрын
Eventually they made up and Gerry interviewed Frank and its genuinely good.
@zeezeebigz8 ай бұрын
I watch this once a week.
@LordMangudai2 жыл бұрын
"You hammered your mother"
@ajon62052 жыл бұрын
What an absolute mad lad
@5wheels1782 жыл бұрын
Pat dissing the entire audience is an underrated part of this video
@TOUGHEYES2 жыл бұрын
Oh, he didn't know who the audience was applauding, huh?
@stephenryan7855 Жыл бұрын
When?
@GERARDKENNELLY Жыл бұрын
Notice how Pat wouldn't allow Frank to answer the question about Willy Harold
@michaelwalsh9145 Жыл бұрын
Good old pat, he’s supposed to be the interviewer but only listening to one side of the story.
@Ditka-898 ай бұрын
@@GERARDKENNELLYwho was Willie Harold
@HamSaladtv8 ай бұрын
Ive always found this fascinating because Jerry Hannan has a visceral hatred for McCourt. We will remember the awkward scene for the insanity, but I think in the long run, McCourt will be remembered as a writer of acclaim, and Jerry will be remembered for just being visceral.
@kierandoran81966 ай бұрын
I was told by one of MC Courts ex-pupils that he was a very violent man. How did he get any education at a time when even second level education was so expensive. I'm Irish and although I never met him I've seen that nasty glance thousands of times in my own childhood.
@stevenhaas96225 ай бұрын
After he went to the US he was drafted into the army. After his Army discharge he used his GI bill benefits to pay for his university education.
@danielkeegan49233 жыл бұрын
We are back
@user-fz9vk4js5l2 жыл бұрын
5:08 “I made a mistake” So Gerry actually got him to admit something in this clip
@quibster Жыл бұрын
Well spotted. I heard it a bit differently: (Frank accusingly) "Will you handle the mistake?"
@phhiggins Жыл бұрын
Jaysis I can't hear him saying anything there
@frazzleface7533 ай бұрын
I love Irish television. Love it.
@punkeasy Жыл бұрын
Mad as a bag of mustard suits!
@skullzyy6633 Жыл бұрын
The audience is very confusing I literally never knew who the were clapping for😂😂
@michaelwalsh9145 Жыл бұрын
They use cue cards to instruct the audience when to clap.
@daithimcnally8212 Жыл бұрын
You said Willie Harold You said Willie Harold You said Willie Harold
@kevinwhelan96077 ай бұрын
Hark the Harold angel sang...
@PatrickTCAPIreland Жыл бұрын
I watch this way too much, because if you don’t mind I like women
@ramirosan145 Жыл бұрын
You have done nothing but lied. You are a self-confessed liar.
@TobyLerone-yn3rr Жыл бұрын
I'm infatuated with women.
@MrShaneHardy Жыл бұрын
Women who are 3 days away from their death?
@Paul-sl9zm Жыл бұрын
@@MrShaneHardy Teresa Carmedy???? It was a made up name!!
@Ellierua6 ай бұрын
Ah those mad late late show days just wouldn't happen now.. Gotta love em..
@Demios842 жыл бұрын
The lad holding the boom mic could do with a new pair of runners. Perhaps Frank's could have sorted him out with his well paid employment with Jim Kemmey?
@CaolanRasta8 Жыл бұрын
It was Jackie Brosnan, Jim Kenny with all due respect was a good friend of Frank McCourt.
@Octavius02 жыл бұрын
A poet philosopher artist bus driver who lives in a tunnel sent me here.
@chrisdonohue16076 ай бұрын
When people could call out bullshit.
@suolonatio32 Жыл бұрын
I believe the guy in the audience over McCourt
@janetclaireSays6 ай бұрын
Why wasn't Frank McCourt allowed to actually answer the man's accusations? Why would an audience member be allowed to attack a guest like that and ramble on interrupting him when he tried to respond? Very bad control of the show.
@Ditka-892 жыл бұрын
McCourt named Teresa Carmidy’s mother in his book and even listed her actual employment. She was not purely a fictional “made-up” name. The book really distressed the family
@padraicglynn26572 жыл бұрын
Teresa Carmody doesn't exist; it's a made up name
@arthurmorgan70862 жыл бұрын
@@padraicglynn2657 it is not
@padraicglynn26572 жыл бұрын
@@arthurmorgan7086 It is
@tipperary10822 жыл бұрын
@@padraicglynn2657 Tis in my ass
@conorthomas892 жыл бұрын
@@tipperary1082 your new book is called t'isnt?
@chadlegionary374811 ай бұрын
You hammered your mother
@linkdeminsk Жыл бұрын
Eyyy thanks MickyD
@johnnybgood58367 ай бұрын
-tis an- mi ass - .....priceless...he looked suitably proud of his creative inspiration...... i doubt FMcC knew this terrier was in the audience.....but P K certainly made sure he was invited ...ambushed Frank
@Success4u2476 ай бұрын
My father lived on the Lanes and his childhood was miserable. He knew the franks people and even one was miserable and they were happy in this misery.
@Unisaur645 ай бұрын
Top 10 anime showdowns.
@darragh50542 жыл бұрын
Francis brought me here 😂
@realboltfan Жыл бұрын
9/4
@jamesfulton82516 ай бұрын
Both of them are insane, 😂
@gungagalunga90407 ай бұрын
A brother of Pat Mustard
@MaryWolfe-jv7nb7 ай бұрын
he did lie, he painted it all black and forgot the light...The name was real, he's working the crowd.
@fuzzy12378 ай бұрын
Frank comes out badly here
@SJDSt Жыл бұрын
Why do irish people recite this interview in tunnels? I find that intriguing!
@joshxamanda Жыл бұрын
I’m related to Frank McCourt distantly:) I’m so confused about what’s going on here😅
@sybennett7392 Жыл бұрын
I drove from Limerick sniffing 5 g on route
@elizantoinette2 жыл бұрын
where can I purchase "Ashes"?
@Niallacus2 жыл бұрын
just burn some coal, save your pennies
@treventures24222 жыл бұрын
Has anyone figured out who the audience was applauding that Pat questioned?
@michaelwalsh9145 Жыл бұрын
The audience didn’t know who they were applauding themselves as they use cue cards to tell them when to clap, of course pat the plank knew that full well.
@kildareire Жыл бұрын
I hope the Viper does Padraig Flynn next.
@user-mh4em7kj8y9 ай бұрын
I'm team Gerry. He speaks with conviction.
@spa2damax8 ай бұрын
He speaks like hes had a skinfull (every evening for decades)
@user-mh4em7kj8y7 ай бұрын
Also, the American lady is Frank McCourt's wife, who has obviously been brought on to smear Gerry Hannan
@btrav667 Жыл бұрын
In New York Mccourt walked on water. My Old Irish mother thought he was full of malarky. She got tired of answering questions about the book.