Father Ted

[purrswhileheeats]

My favourite episode was on More4 earlier - The Mainland. I've seen it so many times but it still makes me cry laughing.

My dad and my ex boyfriend are Irish and they nearly came to blows in a restaurant fighting over who was paying the bill

“Is there a man looking at you, with a t-shirt saying ‘I shot JR’?”
“Actually, there is.”
“Ah, you're here so!”

MRS DOYLE: Excuse me Father, there's a woman here to see you.
TED: You mean a nun.
MRS DOYLE: No, it's a woman all right. A real woman. With a SKIRT!

'He gives good mass'

The writers must have had a hilarious time coming up with that list of names. I could hardly read it aloud without cracking up.

Careful now.

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Mrs Doyle with the giant flash cards.
In fact Mrs Doyle in every scene she's in.

We've got it on DVD, but episodes do still get shown on freeview sometimes.

When Mrs Doyle is talking to Ted about sex. I went and found the full quote

They were a bit obsessed with the old…S-E-X. God I’m glad I never think of that type of thing Father. That whole sexual world. God, when you think of it it’s a dirty, filthy thing, isn’t it Father? Can you imagine Father? Can you imagine Father, looking up at your husband, and him standing over you with his lad in his hand, wanting you to degrade yourself? God almighty can you imagine that Father? Can you picture it there Father? Oh get a good mental picture of it. Can you see him there? Ready to do the business?

With his lad in his hand.... Can you picture it father?

She does it so well as well, it cracks me up! 😂

Down with this sort of thing!

You called?

According to wiki, Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees was buried with his Father Ted box set.

@Glinner is on MN, pleased to say.

Yes, Graham Linehan is frequently on here! He is a good guy, which makes me love Father Ted even more

Mrs Doyle is the best - I love when she's talking about the writer who swears in all her novels
"Oh, Dreadful Language. "You big hairy arse." "You big Fecker." Fierce Stuff! And of course the F-word father, the bad F-word. Worse then Feck. You know the one I mean."

"What do you think will be behind the window, Father Jack?"
"A pair of fecking women's knickers!"
The rare occasions when Jack was vaguely lucid were always my favourite, although the episode where he was dead for several hours was also a highlight.

And of course, as my username suggests, I loved Eoin McLove. He doesn't have a willy, you know

I smell wee

Its coming from him

He smells of wee

I have found my tribe, sublime writing & acting we have many many sayings here lifted from Father Ted, most popular is “The money is resting in my account” I also love the summer fete episode.
I can’t pick a favourite they were really such comedic genius.
My user name pays homage, but I forgot to do the capital L so very few get what it means.

I love the one where he cheers up the depressed priest by playing the song from Shaft 😂 Then he goes home on the bus and the drivers playing Radiohead 😂

I was hit by lightning a few times, I never had to go to hospital.
Yes Dougal, but you're different from most people. All that happened to you was balloons kept sticking to you.
Magnificent

Kicking Bishop Brennan up the arse was just anarchy in action. Cry with laughter every time I see it.

River dancing

Near and faraway cows😂😂😂

Chris the burping sheep,

Fucking hell!

Love this - when we are on holiday & discussing where to go, one of us will always suggest St Hilda's stump. It's a class 3 relic you know.

The Night of the Nearly dead when Mrs Boyle tricks Mrs Doyle into betraying what day Eoin Mc Live is coming, despite swearing to secrecy “or may I be struck down with all the illnesses a middle aged woman may be struck with...” - the way she glides!
Then spreads the news by phone, morse code, pigeon and mirror signalling. Pure joy!

As someone who grew up in a village, I do appreciate the fête.

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"What's your favourite humming noise?"

"And now on BBC1, Jurassic Park: The Director's Cut, with extra dinosaurs."
(The BBC continuity announcer after Latin mass has ended.)

My favorite though, mentioned by countless PP is,
"Down with this sort of thing."
"Careful now"

Every time DH or I hand each other a cup of tea the person holding the body of the mug rather than the handle says "I'm in tremendous pain Ted"

We were watching a fair to middling action comedy last night (Keeping up with the Joneses) and there was a scene in a lingerie section. DH pipes up - "did you see that Catholic priest in the corner?" Made me look!