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Boards Top TV Christmas Special

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  • #652
    Jude13
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,828 ✭✭✭Jude13


    Who's in the final?


  • #653
    DvB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,502 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    Jude13 wrote: »
    Who's in the final?

    Fr Ted & the first Gavin & Stacey special
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • #654
    Jude13
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,828 ✭✭✭Jude13


    I vote Fr Ted
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    I was hoping to trap posy with that one


  • #655
    TRS30
    Registered Users Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    DvB wrote: »
    On the contrary, trying to keep it exciting by being a tad mischievous!

    Ah, the old hand grenade and run away......:D


  • #656
    DvB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,502 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    TRS30 wrote: »
    Ah, the old hand grenade and run away......:D

    If its good enough for the mods.... :D
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • #657
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,651 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    The final match. :)



    First to 6 votes. Winner has to win by two clear votes. Two strong contenders, and as DvB said- it's Craggy v Barry!



    Father Ted Christmas special- A Christmassy Ted- 1996



    v



    Gavin and Stacey Christmas Special- 2008


  • #658
    DvB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,502 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    Gavin & Stacey for me.

    From the opening with Smithy ringing Gav & them singing band aid together it had me captured... have watched it every christmas since it was first shown in 2008 & have no plans to drop it any year soon.

    For me the its best christmas special ever.

    "galaxy truffle, cracking...."
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • #659
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,837 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    Gavin and Stacey for me.
    I suppose for a big part of it because it feels real.
    Families meeting up for Christmas.
    There’s the journey.
    The shopping scene in M&S feels like Christmas shopping in Ireland/UK.
    Smithy and Gavin singing.
    Pam being in a flap about guests calling.
    The elderly relatives.
    Baileys being mentioned.
    The fight on Christmas Eve.
    Awkwardness between relatives.(Camping Trip).
    Everything being okay the next morning.
    Talking about cooking the turkey.
    Swopping presents.
    Gavin sticking to the small present rule.
    A proposal.
    Moaning about TV/soaps.
    Then a song at the end.

    It’s perfect in every way.


  • #660
    bmorrissey
    Registered Users Posts: 1,775 ✭✭✭bmorrissey


    This is a dead split for me...

    Gavin and stacey special nails everything about every family Christmas, the drama, the hype leading up to the day, all the details that the others gave before me.

    But im gonna have to go with Father Ted, maybe its more of a nostalgia thing as i would have been younger watching it at the time it was released, but everything from the womens lingerie section, to the golden cleric celebrations to the christmas film about the man who breaks into peoples houses at night and kills them in their sleep. its all brilliant.

    Father ted gets my vote


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  • #661
    ronan.h
    Registered Users Posts: 384 ✭✭ronan.h


    Gavin and Stacey

    While it’s hard to vote against Ted - G&S captures the Christmas feeling


  • #662
    TRS30
    Registered Users Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    Father Ted.


  • #663
    Aisling(",)
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,425 ✭✭✭Aisling(",)


    Fr.Ted.
    I associate it with younger years and more tranditional christmasy feelings ,like santa.
    I quote it on the regular still!


  • #664
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,651 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Oooh 3-3! This is shaping up to be a good final. :D


  • #665
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,253 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Fr. Ted

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • #666
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,651 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Gavin and Stacey for me, making it 4-4.

    Main reason is really it's lot more Christmassy than Ted, with a better, funnier plot. Ted is a bit disjointed, more like 2 episodes strung together.
    I still love it though, of course! :D


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  • #667
    DvB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,502 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    Posy wrote: »
    Gavin and Stacey for me, making it 4-4.

    Main reason is really it's lot more Christmassy than Ted, with a better, funnier plot. Ted is a bit disjointed, more like 2 episodes strung together.
    I still love it though, of course! :D

    The bit in the lingerie department of the shopping centre was a real WTF part of it. The weakest bit of both finalists IMO.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • #668
    ChannelNo5
    Registered Users Posts: 779 ✭✭✭ChannelNo5


    Am i too late? Gavin And Stacey please if not.


  • #669
    TRS30
    Registered Users Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    Next vote could do it!!!!


  • #670
    DvB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,502 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    One more for Gavin & Stacey to win outright or Fr Ted to level up @ 5-5
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • #671
    TRS30
    Registered Users Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    DvB wrote: »
    One more for Gavin & Stacey to win outright or Fr Ted to level up @ 5-5

    Is there anything to be said for another Mass???


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  • #672
    DvB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,502 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    TRS30 wrote: »
    Is there anything to be said for another Mass???

    Nah, lets just end this & move on to another music one! :pac:
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • #673
    Autosport
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,262 ✭✭✭✭Autosport


    Father Ted gets my vote


  • #674
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,837 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    Can I vote for my mother?
    If so she goes for Gavin and Stacey!


  • #675
    miamee
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional East Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 12,333 Mod ✭✭✭✭miamee


    And if not I will join very late in the day here and vote Gavin & Stacey!

    Love G&S.


  • #676
    DvB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,502 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    6-5 to Gavin & Stacey, same as before, G&S 1 from the win, Ted 1 from levelling up....
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • #677
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,651 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    So close!!


  • #678
    DvB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,502 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    Posy wrote: »
    So close!!

    Exactly what you'd want for the final really... a one sided final would be a tad anticlimactic...;)
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • #679
    Caranica
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,144 ✭✭✭✭Caranica


    Gavin and Stacey!!


  • #680
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 87,568 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Father Ted
    https://forumofgames.com/




  • #681
    DvB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,502 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    Caranica wrote: »
    Gavin and Stacey!!

    WE HAVE OUR WINNER!!!
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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  • #682
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,837 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    DvB wrote: »
    WE HAVE OUR WINNER!!!

    I think I might watch it tonight to celebrate!


  • #683
    TRS30
    Registered Users Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    4 minutes between winning and leveling up!

    Great final.

    This one was much better then I though it was going to be.

    Thanks Posy for organising and looking forward to the next one (once you had a well deserved rest)


  • #684
    DvB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,502 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    Yeah, thanks for putting this one together Posy, its much appreciated!!
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • #685
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,651 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Great final, great winner!

    I'm definitely going to watch that episode of Gavin and Stacey again soon. :D


  • #686
    DvB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,502 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    Posy wrote: »
    Great final, great winner!

    I'm definitely going to watch that episode of Gavin and Stacey again soon. :D

    Its sure to be on Gold in the next week or 2 anyway :D
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • #687
    Autosport
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,262 ✭✭✭✭Autosport


    Sorry to see Father Ted fall at the last hurdle :( I just don’t get the love for Gavin and Stacey, I don’t find it funny at all

    Be thank you to Posy for hosting the tournament :)


  • #688
    Beechwoodspark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,854 ✭✭✭✭Beechwoodspark


    Autosport wrote: »
    Sorry to see Father Ted fall at the last hurdle :( I just don’t get the love for Gavin and Stacey, I don’t find it funny at all

    Be thank you to Posy for hosting the tournament :)

    I’m the exact same. “Gavin and Stacey” is never watched in this house around the festive time of year ://

    I just don’t get it.

    Very much a traditional Irish Christmas household here.

    It doesn’t give me that christmas feeling whereas something like the various Christmas cookery shows or Christmas hymns and carols would ....


  • #689
    DvB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,502 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    There's plenty of stuff out there I simply don't get either, that Mrs browns boys for example, it's utter utter garbage but loved by the masses. Its the sun newspaper of the comedy world IMO, but there's plenty who'll argue the opposite.

    But as I always say, if we all liked the same things it would be a boring world.

    Anyway, a deserving winner IMO, but I'd have had no issues with 5 or 6 others winning it either.

    So on to the next one...
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • #690
    Caranica
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,144 ✭✭✭✭Caranica


    DvB wrote: »
    WE HAVE OUR WINNER!!!

    It was an honour to be the great decider :D


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  • #691
    bmorrissey
    Registered Users Posts: 1,775 ✭✭✭bmorrissey


    Not disappointed with the result not going my way at the end, gavin and stacy is an extremely close second for me.

    Thank for setting this up. was alot of fun


  • #692
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,837 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    Well I'm watching it!
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  • #693
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,651 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Is that an elf on the TV? :pac:


  • #694
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,837 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    Posy wrote: »
    Is that an elf on the TV? :pac:

    It is, I was hoping somebody might spot him.
    He lives there the whole year and his name is Dáithí.


  • #695
    DvB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,502 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    freshpopcorn wrote: »
    his name is Dáithí.

    FANTASTIC!!!! You named your elf after me!!:D
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • #696
    Jude13
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,828 ✭✭✭Jude13


    Delighted G&S won, I love Ted but as DvB put it that episode was a bit disjointed.

    G&S for me arrived at a crossroads in my life and it matched up in some respects. I don't have a connection with that Fr Ted episode.

    Thank you Posy for this thread.


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