Father Ted

marathont · 18-10-2010 5:12pm

fontanalis wrote: »

Anyone else think that Jack wears thin after a few repeat viewings? I found myself cringing a few times at recent viewings.

I was never a big fan of the father jack bits.

Apart from when he goes to an AA meeting, after he buys a pint in the pub, the other guy tries to stop him, and then you just see an ambulance with the siren on.

Also, "that would be an Ecumenical matter", was classic.

fontanalis · 18-10-2010 6:04pm

marathont wrote: »

I was never a big fan of the father jack bits.

Apart from when he goes to an AA meeting, after he buys a pint in the pub, the other guy tries to stop him, and then you just see an ambulance with the siren on.

Also, "that would be an Ecumenical matter", was classic.

The ecumenical matter bit was deadly but there's only so many times you can listen to some one shout drink, feck, girls, arse.

pavb2 · 18-10-2010 8:30pm

Wonder if he'll be shouting that in the Woolpack,fantastic job for him as the whole village spend most of their lives in there

podgemonster · 19-10-2010 10:07am

Jacks flashbacks to his golden days of priesthood were amazing, aswell as the 'moreeeee water' scene and 'NUNS, REverrse. I do think that they could have gotten more from Frank Kelly but Jack was 1 dimensional.

Posy · 03-11-2010 1:32am

I love Father Ted so much.

I'm going to dig out my Ted DVD's and have a look at the Sheep episode tomorrow- haven't seen it in aaaages!

denishurley · 03-11-2010 2:01am

Busi_Girl08 wrote: »

"Go on......my son"

The soccer episode actually had what seemed like a good scene cut, the women sitting around a table at half-time and talking like pundits in a studio

baldbear · 03-11-2010 2:05am

Only eejits quote Fr ted!:D

What a comedy, i wish Dermot Morgan was alive. He'd have some craic pulling the piss out of our gob****e politicians

Denzil2222 · 03-11-2010 2:22am

Fr ted was great, but it is repeated way to often on RTE two.

bodhrandude · 03-11-2010 3:56am

The caravan episode is absolute class.
Ted to Dougall: "Ok, one last time. These are small... but the ones out there are far away."

CliffHuxtabel · 03-11-2010 4:34am

Denzil2222 wrote: »

Fr ted was great, but it is repeated way to often on RTE two.

Yip I agree...and its a constant reminder of how there hasnt been a good Irish sitcom since then.

Its still brilliant though, especially Len Brennan

Rowley Birkin QC · 03-11-2010 5:06am

Definitely the best Irish comedy show. One of my lecturers in college was Fr.Jacks brother and he was the absolute image of him, I'd imagine he got pretty sick of the muffled "Feck, Drink, Arse" comments from around the room after a while.

I can't say I have any favourite bit but some of the most memorable for me were the time Ted has a flashback to when Dougal looked after a funeral for him and the hearse was on fire and an ambulance on the way, brilliant.

Also, when the priest with the squeaky voice, Fr.Purcell was talking about his favourite humming noise and uttered the brilliant monologue with my favourite line in bold;

Father Purcell: This is a piece of advice my father gave to me. Now this refers not only to lagging, but all forms of insulation. He said "dont ever"...no, wait, it was "always"...no er, "never, never" - oh wait now, I've forgotten. Never mind. Whats your favourite humming noise? Would it be mmm-mmmmm or would it be mmmm-mm? The first one there, now thats the sound of a fridge humming and the second one, now thats the sound of a man humming. You never hear a woman humming. I knew a woman once, but she died soon afterwards. Now if you push me to it, I'd have to say my favourite colour is grey. No, blue. A soft blue with a hint of grey. No, orange. Yes, orange. I remember now. I had an extension put on the house, and I put it on the extension, so the house is in a circle now, you see...

Funglegunk · 03-11-2010 6:44am

Dougal: Who are you? What are you doing here?
Father Ted: This is Father Buzz Cagney. He's here on a short visit. He's from America.
Dougal: America, eh? We were just talking about that fella Kurt Cobain. He was from America. Imagine blowing your head off with a shot-gun. How'd he manage to survive that?
Ted: He didn't, Dougal... he died.
Dougal: Oh right.

jugger · 03-11-2010 7:43am

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i just wanted to watch father ted after reading the thread:mad:

cc · 03-11-2010 8:56am

"But best of all the Chinese people themselves. Look at them there, aren't they great? The Chinese; a great bunch of lads."

Duckjob · 03-11-2010 9:44am

I hear you're a racist now Father. How did you get interested in that type of thing?

Only, the farm takes up most of my day, and when I get home, I only have time to have a cup of tea. I mightn't be able to devote myself full-time to the oul racism.

fontanalis · 03-11-2010 2:02pm

Rowley Birkin QC wrote: »

Definitely the best Irish comedy show. One of my lecturers in college was Fr.Jacks brother and he was the absolute image of him, I'd imagine he got pretty sick of the muffled "Feck, Drink, Arse" comments from around the room after a while.

I can't say I have any favourite bit but some of the most memorable for me were the time Ted has a flashback to when Dougal looked after a funeral for him and the hearse was on fire and an ambulance on the way, brilliant.

Also, when the priest with the squeaky voice, Fr.Purcell was talking about his favourite humming noise and uttered the brilliant monologue with my favourite line in bold;

Father Purcell: This is a piece of advice my father gave to me. Now this refers not only to lagging, but all forms of insulation. He said "dont ever"...no, wait, it was "always"...no er, "never, never" - oh wait now, I've forgotten. Never mind. Whats your favourite humming noise? Would it be mmm-mmmmm or would it be mmmm-mm? The first one there, now thats the sound of a fridge humming and the second one, now thats the sound of a man humming. You never hear a woman humming. I knew a woman once, but she died soon afterwards. Now if you push me to it, I'd have to say my favourite colour is grey. No, blue. A soft blue with a hint of grey. No, orange. Yes, orange. I remember now. I had an extension put on the house, and I put it on the extension, so the house is in a circle now, you see...

And we ran the electric of the gas and the gas of the electric.

Bubs101 · 03-11-2010 2:49pm

I showed my students in CHina the double Bishop Brennan episode and a song for Europe and they absolutely loved it

podgemonster · 03-11-2010 3:59pm

There he is back from the dead, just like yer man....E.T.

07-11-2010 8:07pm

ShagNastii wrote: »

I was thinking today, if Fianna Fail used more Father Ted quotes I'd be much more forgiving of this whole ballsed up economy.

I think if Ivor Callely gave a press release dressed as a priest pisstakingly commenting "The money was just resting in my account". I'd nearly let him away with it.

They could do a Fr Ted sketch similar to this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3hYYBJw5RA

xoxyx · 07-11-2010 8:18pm

Rowley Birkin QC wrote: »

I knew a woman once, but she died soon afterwards.

:D:D

The whole show was amazing. I thought I was sick of it having watched it so many times, but just reading this thread has me in stitches.

sonic85 · 07-11-2010 8:31pm

ironictoaster wrote: »

The "All Priests Five-a-Side Over 75's Indoor Challenge Match" ep is my favourite!!

fr. romeo sensini is my idol!

mrs doyle: go on..................my son!

sonic85 · 07-11-2010 8:33pm

best show ever - personally its impossible to pick a favourite episode i love em all!

Azhrei · 07-11-2010 8:36pm

"...and when it yawns, it sounds like Liam Neeson chasing a couple of hens around a barrel... and it has no eyebrows, except on Saturdays."

Got to love Dougal...

jill_valentine · 07-11-2010 8:44pm

Rowley Birkin QC wrote: »

Also, when the priest with the squeaky voice, Fr.Purcell was talking about his favourite humming noise and uttered the brilliant monologue with my favourite line in bold;

Father Purcell: This is a piece of advice my father gave to me. Now this refers not only to lagging, but all forms of insulation. He said "dont ever"...no, wait, it was "always"...no er, "never, never" - oh wait now, I've forgotten. Never mind. Whats your favourite humming noise? Would it be mmm-mmmmm or would it be mmmm-mm? The first one there, now thats the sound of a fridge humming and the second one, now thats the sound of a man humming. You never hear a woman humming. I knew a woman once, but she died soon afterwards. Now if you push me to it, I'd have to say my favourite colour is grey. No, blue. A soft blue with a hint of grey. No, orange. Yes, orange. I remember now. I had an extension put on the house, and I put it on the extension, so the house is in a circle now, you see...

Father Purcell was immense.

One of my favourite elements of Father Ted was the typically mental names - Father Benny Cake and Todd Unctious and so on. I just love the feel of the Father Ted character names - weird, but just about believable. No matter how many times I see it, it's the attention to bizarre little details - the "fecking Greeks" woman has the most Irish looking plastic bags I've ever seen in my life, they might as well say "HEATONS" on them or something - and the surreal little throwaway bits like Dougal's "The ants are back, Ted" or the giant box of teabags Mrs. Doyle is buying in Night of the Nearly Dead.

I don't think anything ever devised has ever made my mam laugh as hysterically and as often as Mrs. Doyle's "RIDE ME SIDEWAYS WAS ANOTHER ONE!". Doesn't matter how many times she sees or hears that bit, it sends her into fits.

3hn2givr7mx1sc · 07-11-2010 9:00pm

"I love my brick."

jill_valentine · 07-11-2010 9:34pm

Did any of ye ever read the Father Ted Parochial Magazine book? It was written by Mathews & Linehan, in the style of, well, a series of parochial magazines. It's in keeping with the slightly more surreal elements of life on the Island - there are ads in the magazines for a shop that sells wooden toes, and stuff like that - and a rundown of the Top 100 Priests including one who spontaneously combusted.

Bits of it made me cry with the laughter, well worth a read if you're looking for more Father Ted stuff and you know the shows off by heart.

Flimbos · 07-11-2010 11:50pm

Dusted off the box set and watched "A Christmassy Ted" the other night, was in tears laughing at some of it!

"Ah great, mass! Father Ultan Crosbie is doing it, I'm a huge fan of his, he gives good mass... he really, he really knows how to work the altar. Look at that chalice work - effortless!"

08-11-2010 12:04am

Father Ted wrote:

Chairman Mao. Leader of the communist party in China. Probably the biggest communist party in China...and in my view the best!

lol

jill_valentine · 08-11-2010 12:32am

Bet you anything that if you asked After Hours to organise a celebration of Irish diversity, it would end up uncannily similar to Ted's "Isn't China great?" thing.

Also:

"I feel Fearless... like Jeff Bridges in that movie."

"I haven't seen that one."

"Not many people have Dougal, it's probably a bad reference. Anyway-"

08-11-2010 12:53am

"Who is that silver haired priest?"

"A Bunch of cowboys Ted!!"

"You wouldn't be advising the use of artificial contraception now would you father??"

Father Ted

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