In my very humble opinion, the All-Priests Over-75 Indoor Five-a-Side League episode is the greatest half-an-hour of comedy there has ever been. Well, I can't really begin to be able to quantify that properly, but I've never laughed as much as I have done at that episode. Close seconds are the caravan holiday and the Richard Wilson episodes.
Who loves *Father Ted*?
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It's odd how sensibilities differ. The football match with the old priests never seemed very funny to me at all. But I do like the other two episodes that you mention. My favorite overall I think is the one with the three bishops who visit Craggy Island to upgrade the Holy Stone of Clonrichert -- mainly because of the great scene of Father Jack being trained to say something besides "drink," "feck," "arse," and "girls."
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I LOVE Father Ted!!!
My favorite scene is in Series 3 where they go to the mainland and Mrs. Doyle and Mrs. Denean get tea. When it comes time to pay there is a verbal argument, which later on in the episode has spiraled into Mrs. Doyle on the floor hold ing down her friend, and yelling at the waiter "TAKE THE MONEY! TAKE THE MONEY" and "I'M WRITING A CHEQUE!"
My favorite scene is in Series 3 where they go to the mainland and Mrs. Doyle and Mrs. Denean get tea. When it comes time to pay there is a verbal argument, which later on in the episode has spiraled into Mrs. Doyle on the floor hold ing down her friend, and yelling at the waiter "TAKE THE MONEY! TAKE THE MONEY" and "I'M WRITING A CHEQUE!"
That's a fine episode. It's also the one in which Father Jack follows a sign that has the word "DRINK" on it and ends up in an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.
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Yes I like Father Ted, shame he died, I think there could of been a few more great series left in it. Anyone who enjoys Father Ted might want to look into watching some Big Train, twas a sketch show wrote by the same writers.
I went to the Father Ted House in the Burren, County Clare last weekend, it was bizarre, the people who own the house (delightfully eccentric) will host you for tea and homemade cake if you ring ahead and make a booking. There were chickens in the garden and a lovely spaniel puppy. But sitting in someone's dining room having tea was a little incongruous frankly, even if the coffee cake was delicious.
The setting is spectacular.
The setting is spectacular.
Well, here's a favorite bit of dialogue for me (from "Going to America"):
Parishioner: Father, that sermon today-- (Ted looks complacent, waiting for the compliment) frankly, it bored the arse off me!
Ted: Well, Eugene, I'm not here to entertain you. If you want that type of thing, go see Jan-Michel Jarre or something.
Parishioner: But what the hell was it about, anyway?
Ted: Well, it was -- (pauses to think)
Parishioner: (immediately losing interest) Ah, Jesus! (walks away)
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I adore this show!
I think my absolute fave moments have already been mentioned - the whistle ep, the caravan ep (small/far away), kicking Bishop Brennan up the arse, 'spiderbaby', 'I hear you're a racist now father' and the scene that had me in actual physical pain from laughing so hard - 'just play the f*****g note!!!'
I think my absolute fave moments have already been mentioned - the whistle ep, the caravan ep (small/far away), kicking Bishop Brennan up the arse, 'spiderbaby', 'I hear you're a racist now father' and the scene that had me in actual physical pain from laughing so hard - 'just play the f*****g note!!!'
College of Cardinals Announces New Pope
VATICAN CITY, 12 March 2013. The College of Cardinals has chosen Father Jack Hackett, a hitherto little known Irish priest, to be the new Vicar of Rome. He has taken the name Incontinent I.
Asked for comment, the new Pope replied "Drink!" When asked for an explanation, he replied "Feck!"; and then, after a pause, "Arse!"; and after that, "Girls!" He then proceeded to shout the same four words in other combinations before being hustled away by his handlers.
VATICAN CITY, 12 March 2013. The College of Cardinals has chosen Father Jack Hackett, a hitherto little known Irish priest, to be the new Vicar of Rome. He has taken the name Incontinent I.
Asked for comment, the new Pope replied "Drink!" When asked for an explanation, he replied "Feck!"; and then, after a pause, "Arse!"; and after that, "Girls!" He then proceeded to shout the same four words in other combinations before being hustled away by his handlers.
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'Father Ted's Father Dougal responds to Pope campaign
'Father Ted's Father Dougal responds to Pope campaign - TV News - Digital Spy
Remember what happened when Dougal conducted a mere local funeral, and then imagining him conducting mass for thousands of celebrants in St. Mark's Square!
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For anyone with an Android phone I recommend the following:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.deadlyfastapps.fathertedsoundboard&hl=en
All your favourite quotes at the touch of a button. It's great fun when you're in the middle of a group of people who are boring you to death, you can just not bother to contribute to the conversation and add the relevant phrase to sum up your feelings at the time.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.deadlyfastapps.fathertedsoundboard&hl=en
All your favourite quotes at the touch of a button. It's great fun when you're in the middle of a group of people who are boring you to death, you can just not bother to contribute to the conversation and add the relevant phrase to sum up your feelings at the time.
i absolutely loved Father Ted and i have to say my favourite episode is the Christmas special.
