Does anyone think Father Ted is overrated?

Colmo52 · 19-11-2011 9:49pm

Definately No!!

Abraham · 19-11-2011 9:55pm

Well, if it helps us to dismantle druidism then it's just about tolerable with me.
But when you consider that there are swathes of people out there who must have, and I mean must have, the soap idiocies to help them thro' the day then why would it be strange that a sliver of them yearn for this
ho**em**u*e ? Doesn't it take Liquorice Allsorts ?

Red Right Hand · 19-11-2011 9:57pm

No!

It was one of the better British offerings from the 1990's, no more, it could do with being buried for 20 years. What I most object to is every smartarse saying things like 'careful now' and thinking they're hilarious.

19-11-2011 9:59pm

FUPP OFF, YA GRASSHOLE!!

Yahew · 19-11-2011 9:59pm

Abraham wrote: »

Well, if it helps us to dismantle druidism then it's just about tolerable with me.
But when you consider that there are swathes of people out there who must have, and I mean must have, the soap idiocies to help them thro' the day then why would it be strange that a sliver of them yearn for this
ho**em**u*e ? Doesn't it take Liquorice Allsorts ?

Yahew · 19-11-2011 10:00pm

There's a lot worse than Ted.

Hard to think of a bad episode.

Daniel S · 19-11-2011 10:04pm

*THAT WOULD BE AN ECUMENICAL MATTER*

Mr E · 19-11-2011 10:12pm

Father Ted is great. Anyone who says otherwise gets to meet Tom.

OKeeffer · 19-11-2011 10:19pm

No!

It's loved by Irish people more than any other. It's pretty good, not as well written as Partridge, not as well made as The Office, but is pretty good all the same.

It's great for quoting, but I wonder how many people watch dvds of it? I've got the whole set, but wouldn't really watch it, unless is happened to be on telly.

IvySlayer · 19-11-2011 10:24pm

A PAIR OF FECKIN WOMENS KNICKERS!!!

saa · 19-11-2011 10:41pm

No matter how great something is there will always be those who don't get it,
Why are we giving them a platform to complain, go home and ring Joe.

fatherbuzcagney · 19-11-2011 11:15pm

Dougal:'' didn't father jack have a trial with liverpool''
Ted ''no dougal, he was on trial in liverpool.''

probably make the current liverpool squad.:P

ShooterSF · 20-11-2011 1:29am

I'd safely say it's the most watched box set I own, probably watched more than the office, extras, black books and blackadder put together (and I love each and every one of them, well all but season 1 of blackadder). Everyone's tastes are different but for me it's one of the all time greats up there with Fawlty and Steptoe.

OKeeffer · 20-11-2011 1:33am

No!

ShooterSF wrote: »

I'd safely say it's the most watched box set I own, probably watched more than the office, extras, black books and blackadder put together (and I love each and every one of them, well all but season 1 of blackadder). Everyone's tastes are different but for me it's one of the all time greats up there with Fawlty and Steptoe.

It's not even the best comedy Linehan and Matthews have done.

That was Big Train:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4KvX5jR_1w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIIAQME1Uhg

Blondini · 20-11-2011 1:45am

That's completely unfair !

monkey9 · 20-11-2011 2:50am

OKeeffer wrote: »

It's not even the best comedy Linehan and Matthews have done.

That was Big Train:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4KvX5jR_1w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIIAQME1Uhg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIA_NVFnXZ8

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater · 20-11-2011 3:07am

Father Ted was years ahead of it's time. RTE sure missed out on that but it goes to show how reluctant they were to support something satirical where the Catholic church was concerned as late as the mid-nineties.

I have the box set, and it never gets old.

Bye girls!!! Pair of ****..

dfx- · 20-11-2011 4:00am

monkey9 wrote: »

I'm glad this thread was created just because it gives me a chance to read the quotes again. I'm laughing my head off at some of the posts on here.

The Fr. Stone post above has me in stitches. Strangely I didn't like that episode as much until several repeats and the box set. It's by far my favourite now.

Not the biggest fan of the Eurovision or the hairy hands episodes in comparison to the others.

psychward · 20-11-2011 4:22am

RTE is what's overrated for turning down the opportunity to produce such a fantastic show.

tvnutz · 20-11-2011 4:42am

psychward wrote: »

RTE is what's overrated for turning down the opportunity to produce such a fantastic show.

urban legend

Our man in Havana · 20-11-2011 8:41am

Take your Big Train discussions to a different thread.

fryup · 20-11-2011 8:40pm

psychward wrote: »

RTE is what's overrated for turning down the opportunity to produce such a fantastic show.

they were never offered it, thank god...remember leave it to mrs o'brien:rolleyes:

OKeeffer · 20-11-2011 9:17pm

No!

Our man in Havana wrote: »

Take your Big Train discussions to a different thread.

It's obviously relevant to this thread considering it was written by the same team as Father Ted, and this is a discussion about the merits of their show. It's also of interest to any fan of Father Ted, also obvious.

I'm hardly gonna start a new thread for every bloody TV programme.

The soccer forum should get rid of it's Liverpool thread and have one for each player instead.

:pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:

Richard Dower · 20-11-2011 9:19pm

No!

I hear the names of those who vote NO will be revealed when the polls close and automatic 1 month bans handed out! :eek:

Yahew · 20-11-2011 11:05pm

OKeeffer wrote: »

I'm hardly gonna start a new thread for every bloody TV programme.

you should.

The soccer forum should get rid of it's Liverpool thread and have one for each player instead.

:pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:

actually the analogy would be if there were a thread about Chelsea, and someone kept mentioning liverpool.

Our man in Havana · 20-11-2011 11:10pm

OKeeffer wrote: »

It's obviously relevant to this thread considering it was written by the same team as Father Ted, and this is a discussion about the merits of their show. It's also of interest to any fan of Father Ted, also obvious.

I'm hardly gonna start a new thread for every bloody TV programme.

The soccer forum should get rid of it's Liverpool thread and have one for each player instead.

:pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:

I am the mod and you will obey me!

hondasam · 20-11-2011 11:32pm

No it's the one programme i can watch over and over again, great comedy.

RichT · 20-11-2011 11:35pm

If this thread has put you in the mood for a bit of Ted, Think Fast, Father Ted(the raffle one) is about to start on More4 at 10.40.

IsaacWunder · 20-11-2011 11:37pm

I think sociologists and historians will be critically examining Father Ted and its role in the changing of attitudes towards the authority of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland in much the same fashion as that other great satire, Yes Minister, is viewed in the UK in the context of the rise of Thatcherism or the Cosby Show in the US in post-racially segregated America. It's anything but overrated.

texidub · 20-11-2011 11:45pm

probably going to get slated for this, but despite it being a very funny show I think it is overrated. The problem is that it's one of very few good Irish comedies and in the absence of any real competition it seems even better than it is.

Imagine if you were English or from the US.. there'd be many more competing shows and people would be more comfortable saying 'yeah, I think it's overrated.' But to slag Father Ted is to slag pretty much the only decent Irish comedy going, which is like an insult to the comedic abilities of an entire nation

Fighting Irish · 21-11-2011 12:06am

No!

doovdela wrote: »

No not really. You can laugh at it all the time. Its like friends you laugh at the rerun episodes regardless the jokes don't dry out. They are still funny to this day.

:pac:

Sir Gallagher · 21-11-2011 1:14am

texidub wrote: »

probably going to get slated for this, but despite it being a very funny show I think it is overrated. The problem is that it's one of very few good Irish comedies and in the absence of any real competition it seems even better than it is.

Imagine if you were English or from the US.. there'd be many more competing shows and people would be more comfortable saying 'yeah, I think it's overrated.' But to slag Father Ted is to slag pretty much the only decent Irish comedy going, which is like an insult to the comedic abilities of an entire nation

The Brits love it nearly as much as we do in fairness.

timberland · 21-11-2011 1:17am

its on now. its gas

OKeeffer · 21-11-2011 1:22am

No!

Sir Gallagher wrote: »

The Brits love it nearly as much as we do in fairness.

They don't.

I live here. A lot of people have barely heard of it.

It's on the same level as Rab C Nesbitt....the "Scottish fella". Father Ted, the "Irish priest".

It is overrated, and you've proved why by thinking everyone, who is not Irish, loves it.

They don't.

Cill Dara Abu · 21-11-2011 1:34am

what the, god, jesus christ, oh my god, ****ING HELL, jesus, ohhh, what the.

JonathanAnon · 21-11-2011 1:46am

Seriously Richard, all the crap kiddie TV that you watch and you think Father Ted is overrated ... How about saying that <insert any TV series that Richard watches> is overrated?

IvySlayer · 21-11-2011 1:51am

Cill Dara Abu wrote: »

what the, god, jesus christ, oh my god, ****ING HELL, jesus, ohhh, what the.

Have you been reading those Roddy Doyle books again?

Professey Chin · 21-11-2011 1:52am

IvySlayer wrote: »

Have you been reading those Roddy Doyle books again?

I have ya big bollox

Corkfeen · 21-11-2011 2:02am

OKeeffer wrote: »

They don't.

I live here. A lot of people have barely heard of it.

It's on the same level as Rab C Nesbitt....the "Scottish fella". Father Ted, the "Irish priest".

It is overrated, and you've proved why by thinking everyone, who is not Irish, loves it.

They don't.

That's just not true. I know plenty of English people that love Father Ted. It also got 11th in Britain's Best Sitcom which would have been voted for by the public. So clearly they do they rank it rather highly.

Bodhisopha · 21-11-2011 2:09am

No!

Yes.

It was very good, don't get me wrong, but not so good that after 10 or 12 years i should still hear at least one unfunny cúnt a day referencing it

Good old Irish humour, eh.

psicic · 21-11-2011 2:52am

Not overrated. When it came out, it certainly was one of the best comedies around - however, I do have to say that for me personally, it certainly has lost something over the past decade. That doesn't make it any less of a seminal piece of work.

It produced a lot of memorable one-liners, it was the first of a great batch of 'Irish' British comedies, and it helped the word 'feck' take off in Britain. It used some innovative staples of modern comedies - including meta jokes like 'Father Ben', film take offs like the episode with Father Dougal as a milkman - as well as being able to fall back on both slapstick (e.g. all the preist-on-preist violence from Father Jack) and surrealism (e.g taking in the roads on the island when it rains).

Certainly, I do think it will be looked at with scholarly eyes in years to come.

But, for me, time has dulled it. Part of the joy was not knowing what was coming next. Now, more than decade on, all we have are repeats. Another part of the joy was contemporary issues being raised or even serving as background to the jokes (e.g. the whole Eurovision episode was a lot more relevant and ponted when Ireland was winning the Eurovision every year). And pop-culture references (e.g. the Ballykissangel stuff) are often badly dated.

OKeeffer · 21-11-2011 2:53am

No!

Corkfeen wrote: »

That's just not true. I know plenty of English people that love Father Ted. It also got 11th in Britain's Best Sitcom which would have been voted for by the public. So clearly they do they rank it rather highly.

Horse****.

j72twr6f4e5ako · 21-11-2011 6:52pm

OKeeffer wrote: »

They don't.

I live here. A lot of people have barely heard of it.

It's on the same level as Rab C Nesbitt....the "Scottish fella". Father Ted, the "Irish priest".

It is overrated, and you've proved why by thinking everyone, who is not Irish, loves it.

They don't.

I have to disagree with you on this. I'm English and I absolutely love Father Ted. I think being raised a Catholic helps get some of the jokes but the quality of the comedy overall was superb. My family all love it including my staunchly Catholic Grandmother who would chuckle along when it was on.

There are so many classic bits that spring to mind: Father Noel and Riverdance, Pat Mustard (the priests saying mass alongside the milk float!) Bishop Len Brennan, my lovely horse and Fr Dougal's general cluelessness about what the Catholic faith involves.

I've lurked on boards for ages because I like reading an Irish perspective on things but reading this I had to register and share the love for Ted and especially the genius Dermot Morgan (RIP) from the other side of the Irish Sea.

Sir Oxman · 21-11-2011 6:54pm

fryup wrote: »

i thought the last series was a wee bit forced/tired esp that episode with the over 65 football team > was stupid

and its repeated way too often now, nearly know all the lines off by heart

(but it sure beats mass)

"Wait a minute...they're not REAL hands!"

and these can feck off...;-)

applehunter, Bodhisopha, Chad ghostal, Dutchie, exaisle, Fighting Irish, mlumley, OKeeffer, Red Right Hand, Richard Dower, shockwave, Teclo

Richard Dower · 21-11-2011 7:04pm

No!

gambiaman wrote: »

"Wait a minute...they're not REAL hands!"

and these can feck off...;-)

applehunter, Bodhisopha, Chad ghostal, Dutchie, exaisle, Fighting Irish, mlumley, OKeeffer, Red Right Hand, Richard Dower, shockwave, Teclo

Were the names revealed of the No vote????? :eek:

Btw...i voted NO just for a laugh, i really do like it.

Tomk1 · 21-11-2011 7:51pm

I
Donnn't
Believe
It.

Sir Oxman · 21-11-2011 8:49pm

Richard Dower wrote: »

Were the names revealed of the No vote????? :eek:

Btw...i voted NO just for a laugh, i really do like it.

Yeah, just click on the amount of votes in the poll and you're there in all your unglory!;)

Richard Dower · 21-11-2011 8:52pm

No!

gambiaman wrote: »

Yeah, just click on the amount of votes in the poll and you're there in all your unglory!;)

Our man in Havana · 21-11-2011 8:58pm

Just getting the ban hammer ready.

monkey9 · 28-01-2012 9:22pm

Does anyone have the photo of Fr Dick Byrne giving the Ted the middle finger with a smile on his face in the Song For Europe episode. That always cracks me up!!

Does anyone think Father Ted is overrated?

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