Clinton Grybas Passes Away

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very sad and moving funeral, he was the best commentator no doubt but why did they have wheel out Mike "bloody boring" Brady, that song is passe',over,finished
 
The song was good. Rex was awesome, but he spoke like a true old bugger.
 
That was very moving.

I liked Gerard, his funny stories were really welcome in that sad atmosphere.
Rex was moving and i felt so sad for his girlfriend.

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:(Very sad...

It was sad to watch, He'll always be remebered for the good things.
 
A fitting tribute to a champion broadcaster, and from all accounts, a champion bloke too.

I only spoke to him twice, and couldn't say I knew him all that well, but it was true when people said he treated everyone the same, no matter whether they were a superstar footballer, a second tier sportsman, a taxi driver, or a footy nerd with an interest in the game's history.
 
If anyone had any doubts just how good MC Tony Charlton is when it comes to MCs events like the ANZAC Day ceremony or funerals like this one, look no further than the way he handled the funeral of Clinton Grybas.
 
I headed down there today, and whilst I don't know just how well they conveyed how moving the service was on television, rest assured that it was very hard to keep a dry eye at the venue.

Lourenna's eulogy was fantastic, and something I liked about it all was that as sad as it was there were plenty of anecdotes from those who spoke at which you couldn't help but laugh.

A great farewell to a great broadcaster and man.
 
"Sometimes the tapes don't lie"​

The final words by Graeme Bond about his mate Clinton Grybas.

I was lucky enough to attend todays funeral for Clinton.

Thankfully not a religious service even though it was held in a church.

The order of service:

Open and Welcome by Tony Charlton.

Tony MC'd the whole proceedings. Did a wonderful job. Many quotes from famous people linking into the various speakers and giving an overview of what each speaker would talk about.

Tony said he only meet Clinton twice but was honoured that the family asked him to be MC. He also said after listening to Clinton on the radio he actually rang him up (my memory fails a bit here) but essentially just to congratulate him on his work on the radio (words to that effect)

1st speaker: Ashley Grybas. Talked about "Clint" how they as brothers would fit and mum would threaten with the wooden spoon or if that didnt work "wait till your dad gets home". Also spoke of the way Clinton was with his daughter - her God father.

Audio visual tribute (To Clinton's professional work)

2nd speaker: Gerard Healy. Spoke very well. Talked about Clinton and his 8 pens. He had the black, the blue, the red, the thick one, the one to score goals, another to score the points etc. Said after a year of always finding his pens missing he started to bring a 9th and 10th pen just to make sure his co-commentators wouldnt knock off his 8 pens. Gerard also spoke of CG being quite professional and demanding the same of the backroom people, the sound recordists etc. Probably the first time you would have heard something of anger from Clinton.

3rd speaker: Graeme Bond. Bondy spoke about getting Clinton over from the ABC. About sharing an office together until last year when he (I gather) got his own office. Graeme or Tony (cant remember exactly who) said that the schedules for 2008 where all drawn up. CG was going to be AW's lead man at the Olympics and various other sporting events, not just football.

GB last words where "Sometimes the tapes dont lie" as in CG was the best, you only have to listen to his body of work.

Tony Charlton then said Clinton was that the 2000 Olympics and heard Shine by Vanessa Amorosi and it was his favourite song. Whilst talking the band came on and VA sang "Shine"

Maybe just me but as good as it was an accoustic version would have been much better...like I say maybe just me.

4th Speaker: Laurenna Toulmin. LT talked about being the secret or hidden girlfriend for over a year before everyone found out. About how they used to say I love you to each other including when she got up at 04.30am to do the traffic reports it sounded more like "I uvv u" from a very sleepy CG.

Another audio visual, this time of more personal pics from his boyhood to travels around the world to people he had worked with.

Fifth speaker: Rex Hunt. Wow. very emotional. His final words ... which he just got out..was something like "If life is supposed to be so good.... why do I feel so sad"....... That speech did it for a lot of people. I didnt hear anyone balling their eyes out but there couldnt have been many dry eyes after that.

Mike Brady came out and sang "Up there Cazaly" and did it well and personally it was not out of place.

Closing remarks by Tony Charlton and then the coffin left to the music haunting music of "Time to say Goodbye" by Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman.
 
RustyHawk said:
"Sometimes the tapes don't lie"​

The final words by Graeme Bond about his mate Clinton Grybas.

I was lucky enough to attend todays funeral for Clinton.

Thankfully not a religious service even though it was held in a church.

The order of service:

Open and Welcome by Tony Charlton.

Tony MC'd the whole proceedings. Did a wonderful job. Many quotes from famous people linking into the various speakers and giving an overview of what each speaker would talk about.

Tony said he only meet Clinton twice but was honoured that the family asked him to be MC. He also said after listening to Clinton on the radio he actually rang him up (my memory fails a bit here) but essentially just to congratulate him on his work on the radio (words to that effect)

1st speaker: Ashley Grybas. Talked about "Clint" how they as brothers would fit and mum would threaten with the wooden spoon or if that didnt work "wait till your dad gets home". Also spoke of the way Clinton was with his daughter - her God father.

Audio visual tribute (To Clinton's professional work)

2nd speaker: Gerard Healy. Spoke very well. Talked about Clinton and his 8 pens. He had the black, the blue, the red, the thick one, the one to score goals, another to score the points etc. Said after a year of always finding his pens missing he started to bring a 9th and 10th pen just to make sure his co-commentators wouldnt knock off his 8 pens. Gerard also spoke of CG being quite professional and demanding the same of the backroom people, the sound recordists etc. Probably the first time you would have heard something of anger from Clinton.

3rd speaker: Graeme Bond. Bondy spoke about getting Clinton over from the ABC. About sharing an office together until last year when he (I gather) got his own office. Graeme or Tony (cant remember exactly who) said that the schedules for 2008 where all drawn up. CG was going to be AW's lead man at the Olympics and various other sporting events, not just football.

GB last words where "Sometimes the tapes dont lie" as in CG was the best, you only have to listen to his body of work.

Tony Charlton then said Clinton was that the 2000 Olympics and heard Shine by Vanessa Amorosi and it was his favourite song. Whilst talking the band came on and VA sang "Shine"

Maybe just me but as good as it was an accoustic version would have been much better...like I say maybe just me.

4th Speaker: Laurenna Toulmin. LT talked about being the secret or hidden girlfriend for over a year before everyone found out. About how they used to say I love you to each other including when she got up at 04.30am to do the traffic reports it sounded more like "I uvv u" from a very sleepy CG.

Another audio visual, this time of more personal pics from his boyhood to travels around the world to people he had worked with.

Fifth speaker: Rex Hunt. Wow. very emotional. His final words ... which he just got out..was something like "If life is supposed to be so good.... why do I feel so sad"....... That speech did it for a lot of people. I didnt hear anyone balling their eyes out but there couldnt have been many dry eyes after that.

Mike Brady came out and sang "Up there Cazaly" and did it well and personally it was not out of place.

Closing remarks by Tony Charlton and then the coffin left to the music haunting music of "Time to say Goodbye" by Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman.
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nice wrap there.

more here

http://www.mytalk.com.au/Stations/Talk/3AW/Pages/clinton-grybas.aspx
 
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