Frank Kelly RIP

Fr Tod Umptious

A mist all the election coverage the news has come out that Frank Kelly has died aged 77.

Many will remembere him as Fr Jack, though he was around long before that.

His "Christmas Countdown" was a favourite of mine as a kid and his performances on Halls Pictorial Weekly had the grown ups in our house in stitches every week.

Shakyfan

18 years exactly since Dermot Morgan's death!

Lovely Bloke

Dermot Morgan's anniversary too.

RIP Jack.

Fr Tod Umptious

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

Dermot Morgan's anniversary too.

RIP Jack.

Wow, did not know that

Also Starring LeVar Burton

A distinguished actor, and by all accounts a lovely man.

RIP Frank Kelly

"Are those my feet?"

Lisha

'Now Fr Jack, what would you say to a cup?'

'Feic off cup'

Thanks for the laughs, the Christmas Count down is a true Christmas essential for me.

RIP Frank Kelly, condolences to his family. A great loss I'm sure.

Go Harvey Go

Ah feck.

galljga1

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

A mist all the election coverage the news has come out that Frank Kelly has died aged 77.

Many will remembere him as Fr Jack, though he was around long before that.

His "Christmas Countdown" was a favourite of mine as a kid and his performances on Halls Pictorial Weekly had the grown ups in our house in stitches every week.

Rather appropriate that this thread was started by Father Todd Umptious.

Patty O Furniture

I first saw it & not realising straight away as I was in sky boxsets &
noticed Father Ted & it said "In Memory of Frank Kelly who sadly died on 28th Feb...":eek:

& not only was it Dermot Morgan's 18th anniv, but the last item Frank had done on his IMDB was 69 & Dead, he turned 68 on Dec 28.

Here's a pic Lisha to the words you added, that we all remember fondly,





I just read this on the Dailyedge

Last October it was reported that Kelly was suffering from Parkinson’s disease. He survived bowel cancer in 2011 and was treated for skin cancer last year.

RIP Frank

Patty O Furniture

galljga1 wrote: »

Rather appropriate that this thread was started by Father Todd Umptious.

As they say in Craggy Island "That would be an ecumenical matter."

coylemj

In the days of sponsored programs on radio I remember he did the Glen Abbey show.

tuisginideach

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

A distinguished actor, and by all accounts a lovely man.

hear hear

Welsh Megaman

Feck

RIP

JP Liz V1

RIP

Mr E

Always came across as a lovely, genuine man. A sad loss. RIP.

eurokev

gutted, provided me with so many laughs, and you would still use and hear his one liners when out and about.

Even today when i heard myself, (I'm not sure if it's tasteful or not) but I went in to father Ted mode and said

"My God, he drank a whole bottle of Dreamy Sleepy Nighty snoozey snooze"

RIP father Jack

Mr E

I was listening to the radio while driving this afternoon, and they played a Father Ted clip (below).
I actually thought it was because of Dermot's anniversary. I was very sad to learn the real reason a few hours later.

Still funny as hell, almost 20 years later (even on the radio).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptd_h0dF7NE

Welsh Megaman

Father Ted episodes on More4 now

Mr.Nice Guy

Sad news. Thanks for all the laughs, Frank.

'More water.'

ProudDUB

Drink.

Feck.

Arse.

Baron Kurtz

galljga1 wrote: »

Rather appropriate that this thread was started by Father Todd Umptious.

Yeah, but he's got the name wrong I think. It's Fr. Todd Unctious iirc.

Fr Tod Umptious

Baron Kurtz wrote: »

Yeah, but he's got the name wrong I think. It's Fr. Todd Unctious iirc.

Yep spelt it wrong when registering and never changed it.

Fr Tod Umptious

Am I the only one who thinks Kellys contributions to Fr Ted were pretty average.

Sure everyone can quote him but he was hardly used to the best of his comedic abilities in the show.

For me his earlier sketch type work he did is what I'll remember him for.

Patty O Furniture

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Father Ted episodes on More4 now

RTE 2 had 2 episodes@11 as well,
Tentacles of Doom featuring the Holy Stone of Clonrichert &
The Plague - The three priests get struck with a plague of rabbits and they find out that Bishop Brennan is coming

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

Am I the only one who thinks Kellys contributions to Fr Ted were pretty average.

Sure everyone can quote him but he was hardly used to the best of his comedic abilities in the show.

For me his earlier sketch type work he did is what I'll remember him for.

Less is more maybe, as who could have carried off Feck, ARse , Drink
But every Dec i do luv to hear the 12 Days of... every year

& it'll make Tedfest more memorable now, i think it's on soon?

topmanamillion

Patty O Furniture wrote: »

Tedfest[/URL] more memorable now, i think it's on soon?

Was on last week from Thursday - Sunday (yesterday/today whatever mode you're in)

RIP Frank Kelly

topmanamillion

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

Am I the only one who thinks Kellys contributions to Fr Ted were pretty average.

Sure everyone can quote him but he was hardly used to the best of his comedic abilities in the show.

For me his earlier sketch type work he did is what I'll remember him for.

Ted was really the only fully developed character in the show,the rest were caricatures.
Doughal and Jack had a lot of catchphrases/quotable lines but they didn't really have personalities or developed storylines.
It was amazing that there were 3 generations of Irish comedians working on it.
Frank Kelly - Dermot Kelly - Ardal O'Hanlon.

Simon2015

He was very good in Emmerdale.

squonk

Frank Kelly had a great career long before Fr. Ted came along. He was great in Halls Pictorial Weekly and I remember him being a mainstay of several RTE shows in the 80's doing his phonebox routines which were hillarious. When it came to playing Fr. Jack I think he wasn't taxed very heavily given his ability but I ton't think there are many comedians out there who could have pulled off the manic craziness of Fr. Jack. Given his contribution to Irish comedy I'm delighted he got the exposure he deserves with a wider audience via Fr. Ted. He was a favourite of mine as a child and it's rare that the things we like as children transition with us as we grow older and still give us so much enjoyment, if not even more. That's how I see Frank Kelly. He was one of the greats and I think his profile will only grow in time once peopel have a chance to look back and reflect on his overall contribution to comedy.

Skid X

I loved some of his old sketches, especially this one about the Security Guard dealing with a raid. Lots more on Youtube and Spotify (links in the Youtube video)

Very sad loss, so many similarities with Dermot Morgan (apart from having the same anniversary). Both of them were brilliant in Father Ted, but were also hugely successful in different branches of comedy. RIP.