Father Ted spinoff

Putin · 26-09-2014 01:13PM

KungPao wrote: »

The IT Crowd is very overrated though, I must say. Sometimes it is painfully unfunny. Chris Morris was hilarious as usual though.

A show that's so painfully unfunny to watch, I'd find it funnier removing my own toe nails.

Foxhound38 · 26-09-2014 01:17PM

Tabnabs wrote: »

The further adventures of Father Fintan Stack

I heard he was Health Minister recently :pac:

Summer wind · 26-09-2014 01:21PM

That would be an ecumenical matter!

Myrddin · 26-09-2014 01:25PM

I think a spin off centering around Ronaldo the Hamster has potential. The things a hamster could get up to on Craggy Island...

Muff_Daddy · 26-09-2014 01:28PM

KungPao wrote: »

Obviously no, it'd be terrible. Season 3 was shaky...even with the genius DM.

People say that, but the first 3 episodes of that season are the funniest in the entire run IMO.

ringadingding · 26-09-2014 01:30PM

This is how only fools and horses got ruined.

The later seasons and Christmas specials were awful.

Spin off with boycey was pure muck.

Leave it be, like fawlty towers

AllGunsBlazing · 26-09-2014 01:32PM

Always thought Dylan Moran would make a pretty good version of a young Father Jack.

baldbear · 26-09-2014 01:33PM

No way. Leave it as it was , a masterpiece of comedy ya dirty decker ya.

Muff_Daddy · 26-09-2014 01:46PM

Isn't/Wasn't there plans to make an American remake of Fr Ted ala The Office?

Or was that just a really bad dream I had.

Kidchameleon · 26-09-2014 02:04PM

fleet_admiral wrote: »

As much as I think it should be left alone to retire peacefully I would literally collapse with joy if it was announced there was a hidden episode or even deleted scenes

*Ted Dougal and Mrs Doyle appeared in character at an awards show to present an award.

*Unique scenes were shot for promotional purposes. I know one of them featured dougal in his matador costume.

*A scene of ted standing on a ledge about to jump off at the end of season 3 was shot. Instead there is a montage.

shuffles88 · 26-09-2014 02:18PM

Nay. I know that this is hypothetical but Graham Linehan has said that with all of the revelations of abuse in the church since Father Ted was made that he couldn't make such light-hearted jokes about it now. The great thing about Father Ted is that it captured the Zeitgeist of the time in which it was made, that weird transitionary period that we went through in the mid-nineties was the perfect setting for it. Don't mess with perfection.

Grab All Association · 26-09-2014 02:56PM

shuffles88 wrote: »

Nay. I know that this is hypothetical but Graham Linehan has said that with all of the revelations of abuse in the church since Father Ted was made that he couldn't make such light-hearted jokes about it now. The great thing about Father Ted is that it captured the Zeitgeist of the time in which it was made, that weird transitionary period that we went through in the mid-nineties was the perfect setting for it. Don't mess with perfection.

They're not all like that.
Say there's 200 million priests and 5% of them are paedophiles.
That's still only ten million.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 26-09-2014 02:58PM

Spinoffs can be very dodgy, for every Frasier you have a Joey.

Balmed Out · 26-09-2014 03:06PM

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

Always thought Dylan Moran would make a pretty good version of a young Father Jack.

This is what id like to see. A young fr jack during the 60's with the church at its height of power and corruption. Dylan Moran would be excellent though the wounds may yet be a bit tender.

Adamantium · 26-09-2014 03:17PM

Balmed Out wrote: »

This is what id like to see. A young fr jack during the 60's with the church at its height of power and corruption. Dylan Moran would be excellent though the wounds may yet be a bit tender.

Christ, I've never heard an idea more perfect. :eek:

Son Of A Vidic · 26-09-2014 03:19PM

Chris___ wrote: »

YAY or NAY?

No.

RayM · 26-09-2014 03:22PM

Lenin Skynard wrote: »

Nah. The closest we'll ever get is The IT Crowd. For me was like Father Ted mark II. Similar style, same humour, same absurdity.

Linehan seems to have gone off the boil since then. That thing he made last year, "The Walshes" was absolute ****e.

I thought The Walshes was excellent. It reminded me of Father Ted, in that it took me a while, and a few re-watches to really 'get' it, as opposed to just finding the characters annoying. Anyone who didn't like it - I'd advise them to track it down somewhere and watch it again. It's a lot better than it initially seems. Contains a lot of Ted-esque moments too.

I remember, back in 1995, finding Father Jack and Mrs Doyle seriously tedious.

Deathwish4 · 26-09-2014 03:44PM

Father Ted has aged badly. Best leave it be.

Akrasia · 26-09-2014 03:50PM

Deathwish4 wrote: »

Father Ted has aged badly. Best leave it be.

This is the only time I have ever supported the blasphemy legislation...

Lawyers!! get him!

fleet_admiral · 26-09-2014 04:15PM

Kidchameleon wrote: »

*Ted Dougal and Mrs Doyle appeared in character at an awards show to present an award.

*Unique scenes were shot for promotional purposes. I know one of them featured dougal in his matador costume.

*A scene of ted standing on a ledge about to jump off at the end of season 3 was shot. Instead there is a montage.

Yeah they changed the ending as a result of Dermot Morgans death. The matador costume was in the xmas special
They also did some children in need segments

Stojkovic · 26-09-2014 08:24PM

Pat Mustard is dead, blown up.

Stojkovic · 26-09-2014 08:30PM

Pat Mustard is dead, blown up.

The Adversary · 26-09-2014 08:35PM

"How about an american version?"- Said no one ever.

Kidchameleon · 26-09-2014 08:49PM

fleet_admiral wrote: »

Yeah they changed the ending as a result of Dermot Morgans death. The matador costume was in the xmas special
They also did some children in need segments

Na it was an entirely different scene with the matador costume... Cant seem to find it but found these...

Oh and you know that joke in the Christmas special where the lady leaves the baby on the doorstep for a second by accident, well they had a script where that would have been an episode. Lenihan talks about it on the commentary. That would have been a feckin great episode if it had been made.

endacl · 26-09-2014 09:51PM

Perhaps a Graham Linehan penned take on the goings on in Dáil Éireann would be more in keeping with the current spirit of the age?

Priests are beyond funny now. Too close to the bone...

Kidchameleon · 26-09-2014 09:52PM

Here's more:

This is the "matador" scene I was referring to, turns out it had nothing to do with the matador costume, ah my memory is getting bad :pac:

joe swanson · 26-09-2014 10:02PM

No Father Damo option?

Father Ted spinoff

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