...to think Father Ted is funnier than IT Crowd

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www.chortle.co.uk/news/2020/11/12/47282/the_it_crowd_named_britains_funniest_sitcom

Nice to see a MNer doing well.

Don't get me wrong, IT Crowd is brilliant, but every syllable and shot of Father Ted is deranged perfection.

I can watch those Priests trapped in a lingerie department a thousand times and not be bored.

Bought some black paint recently and didn’t want any undertones of chocolate or blue but I ended up saying ‘priests’ sock black, you know’
The assistant snorted through his mask and said yes

Seeing something you think no-one else ‘got’ about you/your life is great and FT just hit more than most. I even liked the Blackadders according to my preferred historical eras. So I don’t think one can be the best as such.

It even beats Frasier for me 😃

I couldn’t wait to watch The IT Crowd because it sounded right up my street and I love Richard Ayoade, but it sort of didn’t work for me. Gave up after one episode.

Fr. Ted on the other hand is fantastic. If I’m down or worried I just have to think about kicking Bishop Brennan up the arse and I’m smiling and feeling better.

YADNBU,love Father Ted.
Never watched IT Crowd

@HPLikecraft - try from when Douglas arrives / the funeral episode. Brilliant. And the dinner party one, with Noel Fielding

^^EachandEveryone

Not one of my Irish friends find Father Ted funny. Is that the general consensus over there? I love it so much.

Interesting you should say this, my parents are Irish and never got the appeal. My aunt wouldn’t even have it on the TV (she was v devout Catholic though). I love the IT crowd but Fr Ted is the best for me.

Italics fail 👆🏻

Toothache is funnier than the IT crowd.
Father Ted is brilliant laugh a minute stuff.

Father Ted, Alan Partridge and BlackAdder for me. Sadly the IT Crowd never really grabbed me and since someone mentioned Mrs Browns Boys can I just say for the record it is the least funny comedy on TV. Same old, same old.

I have to give the edge to the IT Crowd, having personally gone through the Goth2Boss programme to lead a SAAS company despite at best medium knowledge of com-pu-ters.

I preferred Father Ted. Though grateful for the opportunity and platform Katherine Parkinson and Richard Ayoade have had from the IT Crowd, both very talented.

@TheDogsMother I consider calling Mrs Brown's Boys a comedy a misuse of the English Language.

Perhaps they thought that it was Irish rather than British? It is an odd one as it was produced in Ireland using Irish cast and crew, but it was funded by channel 4 to air on British TV.

@nosswith absolutely correct but they keep screening it ad nauseum.

I like the IT Crowd but Father Ted is the BEST

I don't agree. I love the it crowd but don't get father ted at all.

I like Father Ted a lot but I re watch the IT crowd much more

My DD loved Father Ted so much she painted a Bishop Brennan mural on my wall.

She was suitably chastised but I was secretly proud of her.

[quote Piffle11]@HPLikecraft - try from when Douglas arrives / the funeral episode. Brilliant. And the dinner party one, with Noel Fielding [/quote]
Yes, I've long thought I should give it another go... I think I will. Sometimes you've got to get into a comedy and get onto its wavelength before you can really appreciate it. It can take a couple of episodes to get to know the characters etc.

There’s a pacing to Father Ted that The IT Crowd lacks, although I like both. Once I start watching the former it’s hard to stop the episode, but I can walk away from IT Crowd easily.
Black Books sits somewhere in the middle of the two.

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FT is the funniest thing ever broadcast

I adore Father Ted, but for me Fawlty Towers just has the edge. Never got into the IT crowd, but I admit to having only seen the first episode.

They're both sublime. Glinner is amazing. We love spotting his not very well hidden cameos. We got DS a Richard Ayoade signed photo for his birthday.

@Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g - the football episode of IT Crowd is hilarious. DS couldn't breathe for laughing.