Father Ted or Mrs Brown's Boys?

Sinfonia · 25-01-2013 05:08PM

BBDBB wrote: »

jeez some people take their comedy seriously

Seamus: 'That’s the Irish People all over - they treat a serious thing as a joke and a joke as a serious thing.'

(O'Casey, Shadow of a Gunman)

syklops · 25-01-2013 05:13PM

Arpa wrote: »

There is no contest in terms of quality of humour and ingenuity, however I feel Ms. Browns Boys has a place outside of Irish humour.

Over Christmas it was on and I was sitting in with a few international mates, Brazilian, Spanish, French and a Latvian. They all found it hilarious. Maybe we Irish see this type of character and situation in our everyday lives and therfore are accustomed to it which may mean that we don't think it worthy of a TV show. So international audiences find it funny enough, because as I'm sure you've noticed, other people don't get comedy like the Irish, British and to an extent the Ozzies and Canadians.

I laugh mildly at some of the jokes, but they seem to be re-hashes of other jokes over the years. Every joke I see is predictable and I always find myself thinking, "I've seen that somewhere else before."

Why people dismiss it so vehemently is what I don't understand though. It's better than a lot of shiet but it doesn't compare to comedy classics like Father Ted. I for one know I'd prefer to watch Ms. Browns Boys than that shiet they produce like Give My Head a rest or whatever it was called. Also better than Killinaskully and basically loads of other so called comedies in the Irish vein.

Thats a very good point. Mrs Brown shows off the typical irish mammy which many abroad have heard of but never seen first hand, but who we all are very much familiar with. E.g. : "Mary down the road had the wedding last weekend. She put all the photos on bookface". Foreigners, particularly the English love this insight into our ways.

Fr Ted, showing in detail the ways of the corrupt(and sometimes just stupid) priest, is different in that as Irish people we have seen them first hand as well, but the relationship is very different.

RebelRed90 · 25-01-2013 05:17PM

This is like comparing Barcelona to Ebbsfleet united!

syklops · 25-01-2013 05:21PM

RebelRed90 wrote: »

This is like comparing Barcelona to Ebbsfleet united!

Ebbsfield? No, someone crap.

RebelRed90 · 25-01-2013 05:29PM

syklops wrote: »

Ebbsfield? No, someone crap.

Couldnt think of any side lower, shame really.

syklops · 25-01-2013 05:32PM

RebelRed90 wrote: »

Couldnt think of any side lower, shame really.

Claregalway wanderers or some such ought to do it.

Cabinteely United?

leeroybrown · 25-01-2013 05:34PM

I can't believe Mrs Brown's Boys is even being mentioned in the same thread as Father Ted. Father Ted is comedy brilliance whereas Mrs Brown's Boys is guaranteed to get over half the people I know to change channel to something else!

housetypeb · 25-01-2013 05:35PM

I'v tried watching it as I have friends that love it, but as far as I can see it has the look and feel of a very unfunny panto, total ****e.

juan.kerr · 25-01-2013 05:37PM

I keep thinking that the whole Mrs Brown's Boys phenomenon is a massive hoax, that millions of people are in on, except me. Like a big Beadle's About or something.

Biggins · 25-01-2013 05:54PM

Voted Father Ted.
There is no comparison for me.
Its like putting Howard The Duck movie up against Airplane (the first movie) in regard to comedy laughs.

WoollyRedHat · 25-01-2013 06:32PM

If there's one thing that MBB does that's good, it's that it gives hope to struggling and aspiring scriptwriters.

aca101 · 25-01-2013 06:47PM

Clearly Father Ted has gathered a massive cult following over the years, not saying that MBB is deserving of being equated to FT but I wouldn't rule out a scenario in 10-15 years where MBB has a similiar following and is held in equally high regard by the Irish public.

Granted the humour in MBB is slightly cruder and more infantile but at the same time I don't think the two shows are a million miles apart in terms of content; they're both based largely on farce.

PizzamanIRL · 25-01-2013 06:51PM

Mrs Browns Boys is ridiculously unfunny.

All it is is an auld one making sexual references for 30mins.

ScumLord · 25-01-2013 06:54PM

I like Mrs Browns boys, I think it works very well but it's not in the same league as Fr. Ted.

April O Neill · 25-01-2013 06:54PM

Henlars67 wrote: »

Only a complete and utter moron could find it humorous.

You'd think so, but I actually know non-morons who like it.

Sinfonia · 25-01-2013 07:12PM

I can't understand how (at this point) 27 have voted for MBB.

I mean even if you like it, even if you love it, to actually prefer it to Father Ted? Ah, lamb o' swingin' jaysus..

Da Shins Kelly · 25-01-2013 07:35PM

griffdaddy wrote: »

The reason Father Ted seems repetitive is because most people have seen every episode so many times. If you give it a break for a few years and come back to it it's still hilarious. The episode with the raffle was on last week and I was laughing the whole way through it. The part when the dj priest sticks The Specials on for the 5th or whatever time and the camera pans to the audience dancing awkwardly is one of my favourite scenes from anything ever.

Seriously, there are so many brilliant scenes in it. The duelling banjos scene in the funfair episode is the best scene in television history, as far as I'm concerned. Also, used to not be too keen on the Father Stone episode, but have come to love it and the scene in the hospital when Father Stone's father comes in and starts effin' and blindin' his comatose son still cracks me up.

Lad Of Banter · 25-01-2013 07:48PM

Fr Ted 756 96.31%
Mrs Brown's Boys 29 3.69%

:pac:

April O Neill · 25-01-2013 08:16PM

ScumLord wrote: »

I like Mrs Browns boys, I think it works very well but it's not in the same league as Fr. Ted.

Brave man!

Roger_007 · 25-01-2013 08:35PM

Watched MBB a couple of times. Worst comedy writing and worst acting I have ever seen. Seems that in order to get a laugh you just precede every noun with the f**k adjective. Crude it is, funny it ain't .

Fr_Dougal · 25-01-2013 09:35PM

Son Of A Vidic · 25-01-2013 10:02PM

aca101 wrote: »

Father Ted or Mrs Brown's Boys?

Are you really serious? I'd rather have all my teeth extracted without any local anesthetic, than sit and endure, the painfully contrived shyte from Brendan O'Carroll.

efb · 25-01-2013 10:05PM

If you are in a nursing home maybe you'd prefer Mrs Brown's Boys...

...to being neglected...

efb · 25-01-2013 10:07PM

Sinfonia wrote: »

I can't understand how (at this point) 27 have voted for MBB.

I mean even if you like it, even if you love it, to actually prefer it to Father Ted? Ah, lamb o' swingin' jaysus..

2 morons and 25 were being "ironic" (fcuking hipsters)

Mr Cumulonimbus · 25-01-2013 10:12PM

Lad Of Banter wrote: »

Fr Ted 756 96.31%
Mrs Brown's Boys 29 3.69%

:pac:

There could be a recount...............

the purple tin · 25-01-2013 10:37PM

Brendan O'Carroll - 'how did that gob****e get on the television?'

Cienciano · 25-01-2013 11:04PM

Lad Of Banter wrote: »

Fr Ted 756 96.31%
Mrs Brown's Boys 29 3.69%

:pac:

A higher percentage of boardsies think Lance Armstrong didn't dope than think MBB is better than Father Ted!

coolhull · 27-01-2013 11:12PM

870 to 35 (Sunday night) I guess that answers the question.
But is there 35 people in mental hospitals with access to boards?

pixie_dust · 28-01-2013 12:51AM

There is absolutely no comparison between those two shows. Fr. Ted was and is still one of the greatest comedies ever to be written and produced.

MBB might be popular at the moment (mostly among older generations), but there is no way that it's timeless and would be still watched in let's say 10 -15 years.

Well not by me anyway. I give Brendan Carroll the thumbs up for making it work and with his family involved in it..it's very cute.

But the humour in the two shows - there is no comparison.

Fighting Irish · 28-01-2013 12:59AM

both are meh, mbb is especially meh

ft will win this poll only because of the age groups of members on boards

Father Ted or Mrs Brown's Boys?

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