Tonight.
Via the medium of ‘telly’.
TV executive Helen O’Rahilly (top left), author of wildly funny ‘The Stairlift Ascends: Tweets from a Covid Cocoon‘ (O’Brien), about life in lockdown with her 91-year-old aunt, Monica, answers YOUR questions about her instant bestseller, RTÉ, Jameson whiskey and rebooting Dr Who.
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Have you seen Johnny Dangerously Helen?
It’d be a great lockdown movie. It’s got Michael Keaton in it, apetshop owner who turns to a life of crime to pay for his Mum’s medical bills. Its got Irish mafia families going up against the Italians.
Johnny gifts his Mum, Ma Kelly, an ashtray for her birthday, to which she responds “I’ve always wanted to take up smokin'” :)
I do enjoy Helen on twitter… I just didn’t have a proper question, but enjoyed that chat this morning.
Merry Christmas Helen :)
Ordered a copy :)
Really enjoyed this! Will be buying the book for sure. Thanks Helen and John.
Yeah John,
Thanks for partially reading out my question to Helen.
Why did you think I was being catty, as your tone was not the tone I asked it in?
I should have asked a different question now I’ve heard a very small part of Helens back story.
From my experience of talking and emailing people in London, and specifically in the BBC,
I would have expected Helen to understand that colloquialism, even if you didn’t.
Next time I’ll send in a question about the BBC/Atos debacle and if they ever figured out
the identities of over 20,000 active BBC email accounts that nobody at the time knew who
they were or where in the BBC they worked?
Best,
italia
italia ’90, sorry for my lack of respect. It was a considered question. I’d love to chat again with Helen about the BBC and ask it again properly.
Didn’t she learn anything about camera angles in the Beeb? Raise up the auld camera there, Helen.
I worked with helen very very briefly years ago – doubt she’d remember me, I was starting out. but I really liked her and she did me a massive favour. enjoyed that chat. still as cool as she was back then.