YES, ''FATHER TED'' THE PROGRAMME IS , WHAT YOU SAID. TED AND HIS DIMWIT OPPO HAS BEEN SENT TO THIS TINY IRISH ISLAND, BECAUSE THEY CAN DO LESS TROUBLE THERE. MADE IN THE 1990'S, THE BRILLIANT SCRIPT WRITER'S ARE NOW 'BLACKBALLED' FROM MAKING ANY MORE COMEDY, BECAUSE OF THE WOKE LUNACY DOESN'T ALLOW TRUE COMEDY ANYMORE. COMEDY IS DEAD--AND SO IS TED.
People need to lighten up, people put ginger wigs on and try and talk-in a Scottish accent, people put on flat caps and put on a Yorkshire accent, two examples it’s funny.
Father Ted is one of the funniest series ever written. The actors in the character roles are perfect. Unfortunately there were only three series made because Dermot Morgan passed away. Definitely watch all the episodes and in order. You won’t be disappointed.
Sadly, Frank Kelly passed too, and Pauline McLynn probably wouldn't have come back as she felt she'd be known ONLY for Mrs Doyle (probably rightly) and refused to even be part of a retrospective show ("Small, Far Away").. Its the rare show that finished exactly when it should have rather than go on season after season getting less and less funny. Fawlty Towers was the perfect length too, but others like Black Books went on a bit too long (and without Lynneham as the main writer) and it got pretty bad as do most US sitcoms.
Even if he hadn't, I'm pretty sure that Graham Linehan had done everything that he wanted to with the show. The last episode was really designed as an ending to the whole series.
@@zybchfrom what I’ve heard, the whole ‘refusing to be a part of the documentary’ is not true at all. Pauline was simply doing another project at the time but journalists and certain others twisted that to create controversy. It’s true that she wanted to branch into other things and not JUST be known for Mrs Doyle, but she has openly admitted that she loved her time on the show and doesn’t regret it at all
I agree; one of my fave memories with my family was all of us watching Father Ted & collectively losing it in fits of giggles- I bought every season & when I’m struggling with my health or mental health I re-watch & it never gets old! Fun fact one of my school friends was one of the “Chinese” in the pub scene- my dad still loses it with the perfectly square piece of dirt on the window🤣😂😜🤭 Feckin giggles guaranteed 💯💯!
Craggy Island is a place where Priests who have been a bit of a thorn in the side of the Church are sent to - to keep them out of harms way. This sitcom is one of the funniest ever written, but to get the full benefit, you really have to watch whole episodes to follow the madness !! You wont be disappointed, I promise you.
season 3 was always the last season. There was never any plans for a 4th. What always gets me though is that in the very first episode Ted got 3 death cards from the psychic and he literally died less than 24 hours after filming the last episode
Tears running down my face watching this. As an Irish, ex Catholic, atheist, who grew up in rural Ireland, you wouldn't believe how funny we find Father Ted. I have every episode on CD. Actually the Chinese man is an old friend of mine from 1960s Liverpool. His name is Austin Yu & was in a famous band called The Hideaways.
@@gvigary1 Thats Cool, im gonna check his old band and that film u mentioned, I do wonder why we hardly see Chinese in our TV n film etc when the Chinese have been here more than a century longer than Arabs and Africans have been here.
iam a English ex Catholic who was taught by Irish Nuns and our church had lots irish priests,I can remember. Father Jack priests abd father Ted and Dougal types and lots of mrs Doyle types working in the prestusby lol love Father Tef
Laughed til I cried ! 🤣🤣🤣 And also, growing up in the countryside , I know rumors spreads faster than lightning , which is so perfectly parodied here !!! 😁🤣🤣
Oh dear, you said "The Father's having a heart attack". Literally, that's what the actor, Dermot Morgan, died of, just after filming the last episode. 😢
The Greeks, in their mythology, had gay and lesbian gods. The island of Lesbos in the Northern Aegean Sea, close to Turkey, is where we get the word "lesbian" from
This clip is cut from the longer full episode, S3 Ep1. This entire episode is one of the funniest things I have every seen. You should see the entire episode.
Father Ted is probably the best sitcom of all time and this episode is the best of them all. The whole series is hilarious. Watch from the beginning to get to know the characters and why they are there. Same writer as The IT Crowd which is just as good in a different way.
There are a couple of misses, but its overall utterly brilliant. Sadly we don't get this kind of show nowdays as some crybully will get offended and have it cancelled.
There are so many irish cultural references in that small clip alone. The show is basically satire, commentating on life in Ireland in the 90's. And is a show that still has a special place in irish culture today.
In the show later on in the episode the Chinese are coming back to receive an apology, now through the episode Ted has been complaining about a speck of dirt on the window that was missed when they were washed and is standing at the window ranting cut to the Chinese outside and from their point of view the speck of dirt looks like a Hitler moustache on father Ted who is still ranting throwing his arms about
Father Ted is easily one of the best comedies to come out of the British Isles - Irish writers and actors under British production. Whether you react to them or not, the series is well worth a viewing.
Ireland is not part of the British Isles Ireland is solo, is France part of Britain, its close to Britain as well?... Father Ted Irish, nothing to do with Britain.
@@relentless1989 Didn't do well in geography I take it? Look up the meaning of the 'British Isles' (which Ireland is very much a part of- you're confusing it with Britain.) Father Ted was made by a British production company (Hat Trick productions, HQ in London, with British and Irish executives) Sorry kid, Father Ted was an Anglo-Irish production.
yep was a hat trick production but only because it was deemed too risky by Irish production companies (rte were also reluctant to put it on air), It''s a stretch to call it an anglo-irish production @@cerisambrook7692
@@cerisambrook7692 Nobody in Ireland gives a bollocks what the British, in their typical arrogance, decided to name these islands, as if they ever should have been collectively named in the first place. Pick up a history book and educate yourself. You should have learned that lesson a hundred years ago.
@@rachelmoran2205 I don't know if you are trolling or really that stupid. The British isles were named by the Romans "Brittanicae Insulae", derived from an earlier Greek name. British Isles is just the old English translation of that VERY SAME name. It seems that I read better history books than you. I don't think 100 years will give you enough time to reflect on the depth of your ignorance, but at least you made me laugh, so that's something.
As I explained to two Nigerians reacting to the same scene, the idea of Craggy Island having a China Town area is funny because the little islands off the west coast of Ireland have few Irish people living on them let alone enough foreigners to make up a community. I don't think there's a China Town in the capital, Dublin. Ireland is not a very cosmopolitan country. The premise for Father Ted is 3 misfit priests who are an embarrassment to the church are exiled to a small, barren, remote island. The word craggy is an anglicised word from the Irish meaning 'rocky' or 'stoney'.
Most people in Ireland, especially the older generation, may not have seen a non white person in real life until this century. I live in the Scottish Highlands and it's similar here.
Dublin is ridiculously cosmopolitan. If it wasn't for the riots after that foreigner tried killing those kids a few months back I'd have thought it a lost cause.
The Irish have given the UK two of their most popular comedy series. In the 90s it was Father Ted and Derry Girls is the latest comedy. Derry girls is on Netflix. Both innovative, clever and hilariously funny.
I remember in the 90's when this was on tv, I would record the episodes and watch them over and over again. The charactes are totally off the wall but so hilarious.
Sadly the actor who played Father Ted, Dermot Morgan, before location filming on the third and final series of Father Ted, Morgan underwent a mandatory medical examination in which he was found to have high blood pressure, and was prescribed medication. On 28 February 1998, one day after recording the series' final episode, Morgan suffered a heart attack while hosting a dinner party at his home in London's Hounslow area, at which the Scottish musician Jim Diamond was present. He was rushed to hospital, but died soon afterward. He was 45 years old.
It always amazed me that he was only 45. Dude looked MUCH older. Its the grey hair probably. I am only coming up on the same age myself and no way I look as old as he did. Still, a legend all the same.
"Hello there Colm". Colm (alternative spelling of Columb) is a common first name here in Ireland. A bit like "Patrick" - Saint Columb was one of 3 patron Saints of Ireland. They were Patrick, Columb and Brigid. And that reaction was great haha i hope you watch the show from the start
Father Ted was three series of the best humour we ever saw here in the UK. Brilliantly written, brilliantly acted. To get the full impact of this one short clip, you'd have to watch the whole episode, it's hysterical. Ted's problems just keep getting worse the more he tries to make amends. Absolutely classic British/Irish humour. 🙋♂ Sadly Dermot Morgan (Father Ted) passed away at a fairly young age, so they only managed to make the three series, each one comedy GOLD.
Irish humour* my friend, not British. Technically Father Ted was a British TV show as it was produced by Channel 4, but the humour was pure Irish. I agree with everything else you said though. The show really was a genius collaboration between Ireland and England and will never be replaced
I think Fawlty Towers was just as good, in the sense of consistently being brilliiant. And I will never forget the brilliant Leonard Rossiter playing Rigsby.
Channel 4 (the producers of the series) have made the full episodes publicly available on their website. 25 years old now but it’s still the funniest Irish comedy that’s ever been made.😂
Father Ted was one of the best television series ever written. Absolutely brilliant…. In my opinion. The guy who played Father Ted passed a few years ago. Such a shame.
I hope you enjoy Father Ted, you can pick almost any episode there's no bad ones, but I always thought what was interesting watching the first episode was that the characters were so fully formed and "themselves". Most shows take a bit to get into themselves and find the characters, but the characters and sets of Father Ted were there from episode 1.
You really must watch the whole 3 series - it’s about 3 priests who’ve been exiled to an island in the west of Ireland for various failings, Fr Ted Crilly, whose bank account was found to contain money collected to send a young girl on a pilgrimage to Lourdes, just before he had a trip to Vegas (“it was just resting in my account!”), Fr Dougal Maguire, who’s a bit simple and has only a vague grasp of the Church’s theology, and Fr Jack Hackett, who’s permanently drunk, or asleep.
You need to watch the full episode of this.. Watch all of them!!! You will grow to love it!! Oh, & I can't forget Father Jack, who's famous for telling everybody to, "Feck Off"... Enjoy!!
Shows plotline - The Catholic Church had moved the three priests in this series to "out of the way" Craggy Island to stop them becoming an thorn in the side of the church visible to a wider public on the mainland (Ireland) Fr Ted for his embezzlement of church funds. Fr Maguire the dopey Man child & everyone's favourite Fr Hackett the drunken lecherous old priest. This is is one of the funniest comedies ever' "touched by the moon" as they say - silly surreal and when 1st shown back in the 90' s dangerously subversive to the Church's authority in Ireland. well worth watching full episodes = clips in isolation don't do this show justice "Feck! Drink! Arse! Girls! (wise words from Fr Hackett!)
The Father Ted writers decided to end Father Ted after 3 series, but there was talk of a movie. Sadly, Dermot Morgan who played Father Ted died the day after recording the last episode. Graham Linehan, one of the writers, went on to write The IT Crowd and Black Books, also worth searching out.
You're in for an absolute treat. Unfortunate the writer Graham Linehan is going through some issues. Others very worthy of a good binge watch by the same writer are Black Books & The I.T. Crowd (UK Version).
Fr Ted was the first Irish Written Sit Com that garnered international acclaim. It was actually produced in the UK with scripts and cast mainly Irish. It helped to showcase the talents of Irish performers including the characters in the main cast. This included established performers in Ireland not widely known elsewhere such as The late Frank Kelly, Brendan Grace, Gerard McSorley and Fr Ted himself played by the late Dermot Morgan as well as up and coming comedians and architects like Pauline McGlynn, Ardal O'Hanlon, Dennis Norton, Tommy Tiernan and others. This was a step change from previous times when the path to success for Irish talent almost invariably ran through the UK. It's almost certainly the case that the series paved the way for the revolution in Irish comedy and TV that occurred over the 90's and into the present.
I believe they intended to finish at that point anyway, which I remember thinking at the time was bittersweet in a way. Also Linehan was always a bit restless, I think, Black Books was quite short, and he only did one series of the (excellent) sketch show Big Train, remember, the second one was Arthur Matthews alone. But cut short for Durmot, absolutely, a tragedy.
You have to also think of the context. This was the first real comedy in Ireland that was lampooning the priesthood. My late mum was a devout Irish Catholic and adooooorrrred it. We replay Father Ted jokes pretty every day
Oy yes!! Youre going to love this series!! Mwahahahaaa. Im evil laughing because i know what a guilty pleasure this is going ro be for you!! F',ing hilarious!! Ill be back to see how you like it 😁😎😀
I nearly choked when you said that Father Ted was having a heart attack when he got caught acting like a racist.....because the actual actor who played Father Ted....actually died from a heart attack in real life....!!
You should watch all three series. Quite possibly the greatest comedy show ever created and done in a way where it still hasn’t “dated”. Probably has just as much relevance today as it did back in 1995.
Father Ted is a brilliant series, and a lot of the humour comes from satirising the stranglehold the Catholic Church had on all aspects of Irish life in the mid-20th Century, to the extent that divorce wasn't legalised there until 1995, and abortion not until 2018. That's why Colm asks if racism is now the church's official line. Co-written by Graham Linehan, who also created the I.T. Crowd (which I see you've also watched), but do also seek out series by his writing partner on Father Ted, Arthur Mathews, who's the more surreal of the two. He wrote the hilarious sketch show Big Train and the sitcom Toast of London.
Father Ted is one of the best sitcoms of all time. Written by Graham Linehan (a now cancelled comedian -another story) who also wrote "The IT crowd" - catch line " have you tried turning it off and on?" Favourite episodes off the top of my head A Song for Europe Father Ted: Season 2, Episode 5 Kicking Bishop Brennan Up the Arse Father Ted: Season 3, Episode 6
You need to see the Priests stuck in the Women's Lingerie Section episode. dude.. you'll bust a rib laughing, 🇬🇧. The Father Jack character is gold too: "drink fek girls arss" his catchphrase lol
Found this series through Prime and binge watched all seasons! Easily one of the most hilarious sitcoms ever created and so many moments of brilliance that I lost count! This is one of the best bits, also the "Kicking Bishop Brennan up the arse" episode. Bless you Ireland for this gift, highest recommendation!
I live in Ireland now and Father Ted is describing Irish people so well. I swear they are all just having a crack..They call having fun having a crack - those people are not serious-ever.
Thank you for checking this out, I love British comedies. Father Ted is funny as it gets. Best thing about British comedy is they love poking fun of themselves. Americas for the most part not so much. We’re not real big on pointing out the stupid things we do or the goofy things we believe.
Father Ted is a piece of genius that sometimes goes overlooked. His timing was so good. The whole show was gold. It was even more funny if you were irish and your own dad happened to be a minister of a church (different denomination ofc).
It gets better as farther Ted stands behind the mark on the window which makes him look like Hitler whilst the Chinese were invited back and Ted is flinging his arms around.
Father Ted is classic british humor honestly. So many great shows people dont know about here in the states. That and people cant realize the norms of the time the show was made is different.
All this, although hilarious, is a set-up for the big payoff at the end involving the Chinese family being invited round to the rectory for Ted to explain himself and prove he's not a racist, but it all backfires spectacularly, it's a must-watch!
They always cut off the end of the sketch: Do you see the piece of black sticky tape on the window? Later on, that becomes an accidental part of Father Teds angry rant - as seen from the outside - where his rant becomes an impression of Hitler giving a speech: seek it out.
Father Ted is Sarcastic, satirical, and unapologetically irreverent. They did 3 seasons and the writing is fantastic.
YES, ''FATHER TED'' THE PROGRAMME IS , WHAT YOU SAID. TED AND HIS DIMWIT OPPO HAS BEEN SENT TO THIS TINY IRISH ISLAND, BECAUSE THEY CAN DO LESS TROUBLE THERE. MADE IN THE 1990'S, THE BRILLIANT SCRIPT WRITER'S ARE NOW 'BLACKBALLED' FROM MAKING ANY MORE COMEDY, BECAUSE OF THE WOKE LUNACY DOESN'T ALLOW TRUE COMEDY ANYMORE. COMEDY IS DEAD--AND SO IS TED.
Rather ironic today in Ireland though, many folks getting ticked off with migration.
@@elih9700Rightly so, it’s mass immigration and illegal there’s a difference. Also have you heard of the crimes?
People need to lighten up, people put ginger wigs on and try and talk-in a Scottish accent, people put on flat caps and put on a Yorkshire accent, two examples it’s funny.
And a Christmas special.
Father Ted is one of the funniest series ever written. The actors in the character roles are perfect. Unfortunately there were only three series made because Dermot Morgan passed away.
Definitely watch all the episodes and in order. You won’t be disappointed.
Sadly, Frank Kelly passed too, and Pauline McLynn probably wouldn't have come back as she felt she'd be known ONLY for Mrs Doyle (probably rightly) and refused to even be part of a retrospective show ("Small, Far Away")..
Its the rare show that finished exactly when it should have rather than go on season after season getting less and less funny. Fawlty Towers was the perfect length too, but others like Black Books went on a bit too long (and without Lynneham as the main writer) and it got pretty bad as do most US sitcoms.
Even if he hadn't, I'm pretty sure that Graham Linehan had done everything that he wanted to with the show. The last episode was really designed as an ending to the whole series.
@@zybchfrom what I’ve heard, the whole ‘refusing to be a part of the documentary’ is not true at all. Pauline was simply doing another project at the time but journalists and certain others twisted that to create controversy. It’s true that she wanted to branch into other things and not JUST be known for Mrs Doyle, but she has openly admitted that she loved her time on the show and doesn’t regret it at all
Yes the man playing Father Ted, Dermot Morgan, died at 45 of a heart attack.
I agree; one of my fave memories with my family was all of us watching Father Ted & collectively losing it in fits of giggles- I bought every season & when I’m struggling with my health or mental health I re-watch & it never gets old! Fun fact one of my school friends was one of the “Chinese” in the pub scene- my dad still loses it with the perfectly square piece of dirt on the window🤣😂😜🤭
Feckin giggles guaranteed 💯💯!
Craggy Island is a place where Priests who have been a bit of a thorn in the side of the Church are sent to - to keep them out of harms way. This sitcom is one of the funniest ever written, but to get the full benefit, you really have to watch whole episodes to follow the madness !! You wont be disappointed, I promise you.
Oh yes. Father Ted embezzled church money ('It was only resting in my account!') Father Dougal is an idiot and Father Jack an alcoholic pervert.
The actor playing father ted died suddenly from a heart attack before they could make season 4. Very sad , he was so talented
🙏🙏🙏
season 3 was always the last season. There was never any plans for a 4th. What always gets me though is that in the very first episode Ted got 3 death cards from the psychic and he literally died less than 24 hours after filming the last episode
Season 4 wasn’t planned. He died after the last episode in season 3.
Tears running down my face watching this. As an Irish, ex Catholic, atheist, who grew up in rural Ireland, you wouldn't believe how funny we find Father Ted. I have every episode on CD. Actually the Chinese man is an old friend of mine from 1960s Liverpool. His name is Austin Yu & was in a famous band called The Hideaways.
And he was the splendid Mr Wang in All Quiet on the Preston Front, if I'm not mistaken!
@@gvigary1
Thats Cool, im gonna check his old band and that film u mentioned, I do wonder why we hardly see Chinese in our TV n film etc when the Chinese have been here more than a century longer than Arabs and Africans have been here.
iam a English ex Catholic who was taught by Irish Nuns and our church had lots irish priests,I can remember. Father Jack priests abd father Ted and Dougal types and lots of mrs Doyle types working in the prestusby lol love Father Tef
"Feck" is an Irish non-swear word. Really. You should TOTALLY watch Father Ted. The funniest thing ever.
Laughed til I cried ! 🤣🤣🤣 And also, growing up in the countryside , I know rumors spreads faster than lightning , which is so perfectly parodied here !!! 😁🤣🤣
It seems like he barely had time to put his hat on before everyone knew!😅😅
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on
Oh dear, you said "The Father's having a heart attack". Literally, that's what the actor, Dermot Morgan, died of, just after filming the last episode. 😢
It was the first thing I picked up on too. I'm guessing he didn't know, or it would have been in poor taste lol.
@@Pauly0705I think he would have appreciated it, somehow!
@jamesthecat Lol, I think he would, too, actually.
The Greeks, in their mythology, had gay and lesbian gods. The island of Lesbos in the Northern Aegean Sea, close to Turkey, is where we get the word "lesbian" from
one letter makes all the difference with words, guy gay
People from Lesbos aren't too happy about it.
The Greek style of sex is anal. It was long said Greeks were so strict about marital virginity that pre marital anal sex kept virginity intact.
Well, that's because Sappho from Lesbos writing poems about love between women. She was bisexual though.
Not really mate
This clip is cut from the longer full episode, S3 Ep1. This entire episode is one of the funniest things I have every seen. You should see the entire episode.
I'm Going to watch some EP this week
@@CVTECK1Good man and dont be afraid of the PC brigade and laugh if u want 😂
@@Pureblood32 The jokes wouldn't be funny without a little political correctness.
its satire of culture, its mocking the racism and homophobia, and ignorance, in my opinion, the best way to deal with it? quite possibly.
Father Ted is probably the best sitcom of all time and this episode is the best of them all. The whole series is hilarious. Watch from the beginning to get to know the characters and why they are there. Same writer as The IT Crowd which is just as good in a different way.
There are a couple of misses, but its overall utterly brilliant. Sadly we don't get this kind of show nowdays as some crybully will get offended and have it cancelled.
There are so many irish cultural references in that small clip alone. The show is basically satire, commentating on life in Ireland in the 90's. And is a show that still has a special place in irish culture today.
Oh you HAVE to do Father Ted man, the actual episodes are pure comedy genius
You have to watch Father Ted Irelands Biggest Lingerie Department, still has me in tears after all these years
First Father Ted episode I saw. I was in tears, must have been about 94 I'm guessing
Love the Airplane episode! Hilarious! A plane full of priests, and only one parachute!
Father Ted was one of the most hilarious shows ever ever. Brilliantly written and acted👌👏👏 🇦🇺
Father, I killed a Man!
Yep, it's FAF 4 sure
👍🇦🇺
Yes, two very talented writers, but such a shame Arthur Matthews had to throw his writing partner, Graham Linehan, under the bus!
I loved watching Father Ted when it came out in the nineties and regularly rewatch it, it's such a tonic! You will not regret a trip to Craggy Island.
Father Ted is a cult classic. If you can watch the entire series… it puts it in context, and makes it even funnier!!!
In the show later on in the episode the Chinese are coming back to receive an apology, now through the episode Ted has been complaining about a speck of dirt on the window that was missed when they were washed and is standing at the window ranting cut to the Chinese outside and from their point of view the speck of dirt looks like a Hitler moustache on father Ted who is still ranting throwing his arms about
Father Ted is easily one of the best comedies to come out of the British Isles - Irish writers and actors under British production. Whether you react to them or not, the series is well worth a viewing.
Ireland is not part of the British Isles Ireland is solo, is France part of Britain, its close to Britain as well?... Father Ted Irish, nothing to do with Britain.
@@relentless1989 Didn't do well in geography I take it? Look up the meaning of the 'British Isles' (which Ireland is very much a part of- you're confusing it with Britain.)
Father Ted was made by a British production company (Hat Trick productions, HQ in London, with British and Irish executives) Sorry kid, Father Ted was an Anglo-Irish production.
yep was a hat trick production but only because it was deemed too risky by Irish production companies (rte were also reluctant to put it on air), It''s a stretch to call it an anglo-irish production @@cerisambrook7692
@@cerisambrook7692 Nobody in Ireland gives a bollocks what the British, in their typical arrogance, decided to name these islands, as if they ever should have been collectively named in the first place. Pick up a history book and educate yourself. You should have learned that lesson a hundred years ago.
@@rachelmoran2205 I don't know if you are trolling or really that stupid. The British isles were named by the Romans "Brittanicae Insulae", derived from an earlier Greek name. British Isles is just the old English translation of that VERY SAME name. It seems that I read better history books than you. I don't think 100 years will give you enough time to reflect on the depth of your ignorance, but at least you made me laugh, so that's something.
As I explained to two Nigerians reacting to the same scene, the idea of Craggy Island having a China Town area is funny because the little islands off the west coast of Ireland have few Irish people living on them let alone enough foreigners to make up a community. I don't think there's a China Town in the capital, Dublin. Ireland is not a very cosmopolitan country. The premise for Father Ted is 3 misfit priests who are an embarrassment to the church are exiled to a small, barren, remote island. The word craggy is an anglicised word from the Irish meaning 'rocky' or 'stoney'.
Most people in Ireland, especially the older generation, may not have seen a non white person in real life until this century. I live in the Scottish Highlands and it's similar here.
Dublin is ridiculously cosmopolitan. If it wasn't for the riots after that foreigner tried killing those kids a few months back I'd have thought it a lost cause.
A tiny island where news travels fast
The Irish have given the UK two of their most popular comedy series. In the 90s it was Father Ted and Derry Girls is the latest comedy. Derry girls is on Netflix. Both innovative, clever and hilariously funny.
You forgot Mrs Browns Boys, another Irish show that RTE failed to pick up and ended up in the hands of UK channels.
I remember in the 90's when this was on tv, I would record the episodes and watch them over and over again. The charactes are totally off the wall but so hilarious.
Sadly the actor who played Father Ted, Dermot Morgan, before location filming on the third and final series of Father Ted, Morgan underwent a mandatory medical examination in which he was found to have high blood pressure, and was prescribed medication. On 28 February 1998, one day after recording the series' final episode, Morgan suffered a heart attack while hosting a dinner party at his home in London's Hounslow area, at which the Scottish musician Jim Diamond was present. He was rushed to hospital, but died soon afterward. He was 45 years old.
Damn, that's way too young.
Sad an amazing comedy actor!😔👏
It always amazed me that he was only 45. Dude looked MUCH older. Its the grey hair probably. I am only coming up on the same age myself and no way I look as old as he did. Still, a legend all the same.
"Hello there Colm". Colm (alternative spelling of Columb) is a common first name here in Ireland. A bit like "Patrick" - Saint Columb was one of 3 patron Saints of Ireland. They were Patrick, Columb and Brigid. And that reaction was great haha i hope you watch the show from the start
Colm, "I hear you're a racist now Father," that's about how news spreads at the speed of light through small rural communities!
How rumors spread as well.
Father Ted was three series of the best humour we ever saw here in the UK. Brilliantly written, brilliantly acted. To get the full impact of this one short clip, you'd have to watch the whole episode, it's hysterical. Ted's problems just keep getting worse the more he tries to make amends. Absolutely classic British/Irish humour. 🙋♂ Sadly Dermot Morgan (Father Ted) passed away at a fairly young age, so they only managed to make the three series, each one comedy GOLD.
Irish humour* my friend, not British. Technically Father Ted was a British TV show as it was produced by Channel 4, but the humour was pure Irish. I agree with everything else you said though. The show really was a genius collaboration between Ireland and England and will never be replaced
@@MarkAfterDark_ I didn't say it was 'British' I said it was one of the funniest sit-coms we ever saw here in the UK.
@@jeffstevens4262 I was just referring to the "Absolutely classic British/Irish humour" comment
I think Fawlty Towers was just as good, in the sense of consistently being brilliiant. And I will never forget the brilliant Leonard Rossiter playing Rigsby.
Channel 4 (the producers of the series) have made the full episodes publicly available on their website. 25 years old now but it’s still the funniest Irish comedy that’s ever been made.😂
This IS a TV sitcom, and one of the best, if not THE best sitcoms ever!
I’d say it was the second best sitcom.😆
@@keithyork8226 OK, Bottom is the best.
Father Ted was one of the best television series ever written. Absolutely brilliant…. In my opinion. The guy who played Father Ted passed a few years ago. Such a shame.
Father Ted is the funniest TV show ever made IMHO. It just gets funnier and funnier as the shows go on.
Watch it! Best episodes in my book are "Kicking Bishop Brennan Up The Arse", "Chirpy Burpy Cheap Sheep" and "Speed 3".
Have a wonderful time. My favourite is the old priest saying DRINKKKK😂
I hope you enjoy Father Ted, you can pick almost any episode there's no bad ones, but I always thought what was interesting watching the first episode was that the characters were so fully formed and "themselves". Most shows take a bit to get into themselves and find the characters, but the characters and sets of Father Ted were there from episode 1.
I love Father Ted, such a funny show. I did the Ted Tour when I was in Ireland in 2016. A fun day 😅
You really must watch the whole 3 series - it’s about 3 priests who’ve been exiled to an island in the west of Ireland for various failings, Fr Ted Crilly, whose bank account was found to contain money collected to send a young girl on a pilgrimage to Lourdes, just before he had a trip to Vegas (“it was just resting in my account!”), Fr Dougal Maguire, who’s a bit simple and has only a vague grasp of the Church’s theology, and Fr Jack Hackett, who’s permanently drunk, or asleep.
I think you are wrong in saying Dougal had a vague grasp of Church theology, he had NO grasp at all!!!
Dougal said he was an atheist 😂
"That money was just resting in my account!" 😅😂
drink!!
Written by the genius Graham Linehan, who also wrote The IT Crowd, and Black Books.
Yes please watch Father Ted from the beginning.
You need to watch the full episode of this.. Watch all of them!!! You will grow to love it!! Oh, & I can't forget Father Jack, who's famous for telling everybody to, "Feck Off"... Enjoy!!
"Well done, Father!! Good for you! GOOD FOR YOU!!" Swinging her shopping bags around LOL.
Father Ted and My Lovely Horse...😂
The Lovely Horse?
@@CVTECK1It was his song, an entry into a 'song for Europe' contest, in the episode of the same name ;)
Shows plotline - The Catholic Church had moved the three priests in this series to "out of the way" Craggy Island to stop them becoming an thorn in the side of the church visible to a wider public on the mainland (Ireland) Fr Ted for his embezzlement of church funds. Fr Maguire the dopey Man child & everyone's favourite Fr Hackett the drunken lecherous old priest. This is is one of the funniest comedies ever' "touched by the moon" as they say - silly surreal and when 1st shown back in the 90' s dangerously subversive to the Church's authority in Ireland. well worth watching full episodes = clips in isolation don't do this show justice
"Feck! Drink! Arse! Girls! (wise words from Fr Hackett!)
The Father Ted writers decided to end Father Ted after 3 series, but there was talk of a movie. Sadly, Dermot Morgan who played Father Ted died the day after recording the last episode. Graham Linehan, one of the writers, went on to write The IT Crowd and Black Books, also worth searching out.
Gossip gets around real quick on craggy island🤣
You're in for an absolute treat. Unfortunate the writer Graham Linehan is going through some issues.
Others very worthy of a good binge watch by the same writer are Black Books &
The I.T. Crowd (UK Version).
Series. Definitely watch, this is one of the cleverest satires ever written.
Best Irish comedy show I have all the dvds. You should watch the full episode as the 2nd half is even funnier 😂😂
That was one of my favourite episodes. Other recappers, Embrace the Suck, King Boomer, BXkid7, did full episode recaps too.
Fr Ted was the first Irish Written Sit Com that garnered international acclaim. It was actually produced in the UK with scripts and cast mainly Irish. It helped to showcase the talents of Irish performers including the characters in the main cast. This included established performers in Ireland not widely known elsewhere such as The late Frank Kelly, Brendan Grace, Gerard McSorley and Fr Ted himself played by the late Dermot Morgan as well as up and coming comedians and architects like Pauline McGlynn, Ardal O'Hanlon, Dennis Norton, Tommy Tiernan and others. This was a step change from previous times when the path to success for Irish talent almost invariably ran through the UK. It's almost certainly the case that the series paved the way for the revolution in Irish comedy and TV that occurred over the 90's and into the present.
You need to watch earlier in the same episode.. the piece of black tape on the window.. it had me crying 😂
I finished EP 1. It's in my patreon
The full episode is better absolutely hilarious 😂
The rabbit hole of rabbit holes.. 3 series worth cut short too soon. Watch whole episodes if you can from 1x1.. you will not be disappointed...
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I believe they intended to finish at that point anyway, which I remember thinking at the time was bittersweet in a way. Also Linehan was always a bit restless, I think, Black Books was quite short, and he only did one series of the (excellent) sketch show Big Train, remember, the second one was Arthur Matthews alone.
But cut short for Durmot, absolutely, a tragedy.
You have to also think of the context. This was the first real comedy in Ireland that was lampooning the priesthood. My late mum was a devout Irish Catholic and adooooorrrred it. We replay Father Ted jokes pretty every day
Oy yes!! Youre going to love this series!! Mwahahahaaa. Im evil laughing because i know what a guilty pleasure this is going ro be for you!! F',ing hilarious!! Ill be back to see how you like it 😁😎😀
I nearly choked when you said that Father Ted was having a heart attack when he got caught acting like a racist.....because the actual actor who played Father Ted....actually died from a heart attack in real life....!!
OMG i didn't know 🙏🙏🙏🙏
@@CVTECK1yeah...I think this was more than 10yrs ago now.
i had the pleasure of taking it from 999 to 1K likes - love Father Ted, needs watching.
You should watch all three series. Quite possibly the greatest comedy show ever created and done in a way where it still hasn’t “dated”. Probably has just as much relevance today as it did back in 1995.
This was a Show from the 90s. One of my favourites
You could watch father Ted hundred times and it never gets old, the best Irish comedy show ever 🤣 😂, 😆
Father Ted is a brilliant series, and a lot of the humour comes from satirising the stranglehold the Catholic Church had on all aspects of Irish life in the mid-20th Century, to the extent that divorce wasn't legalised there until 1995, and abortion not until 2018. That's why Colm asks if racism is now the church's official line.
Co-written by Graham Linehan, who also created the I.T. Crowd (which I see you've also watched), but do also seek out series by his writing partner on Father Ted, Arthur Mathews, who's the more surreal of the two. He wrote the hilarious sketch show Big Train and the sitcom Toast of London.
Father Ted is insanely funny!
One of the best comedy shows ever made.
Check out the episode Speed 3.
Father Ted is one of the best sitcoms of all time.
Written by Graham Linehan (a now cancelled comedian -another story) who also wrote "The IT crowd" - catch line " have you tried turning it off and on?"
Favourite episodes off the top of my head
A Song for Europe
Father Ted: Season 2, Episode 5
Kicking Bishop Brennan Up the Arse
Father Ted: Season 3, Episode 6
You need to see the Priests stuck in the Women's Lingerie Section episode. dude.. you'll bust a rib laughing, 🇬🇧. The Father Jack character is gold too: "drink fek girls arss" his catchphrase lol
I'm watching all the EP Now
@@CVTECK1 They're cracking fun. "Cuppa tea Father.. go on.. go on go on.." lol. Enjoy.
There are 3 more clips that are amazing, but you should watch that WHOLE episode, it's S3E1
Each Spartan always had a young "boy" that they trained for War.
Hollywood might have missed that bit.
The beauty of comedy, take something ugly and turn it so farcical we cant but laugh.
Was made in the 90's and it's still on the TV in Ireland and the UK till this day. My family watches the Christmas special every year. And I'm 33
Found this series through Prime and binge watched all seasons! Easily one of the most hilarious sitcoms ever created and so many moments of brilliance that I lost count! This is one of the best bits, also the "Kicking Bishop Brennan up the arse" episode. Bless you Ireland for this gift, highest recommendation!
I live in Ireland now and Father Ted is describing Irish people so well. I swear they are all just having a crack..They call having fun having a crack - those people are not serious-ever.
'the timing,.. How, how?'..
No, its Nihow..
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Father Ted is one of the funniest tv shows that has ever come out of Ireland. You have to watch them all!
You're in for a real treat!!!!
Haha "how does he bounce back from that" funnier than father Ted!
Was a popular series, curtailed by the sudden death of the lead character
Thank you for checking this out, I love British comedies. Father Ted is funny as it gets. Best thing about British comedy is they love poking fun of themselves. Americas for the most part not so much. We’re not real big on pointing out the stupid things we do or the goofy things we believe.
Irish comedy bro 😊
In the 70s we had sitcoms which laughed at racism and made it look stupid. 'Love thy Neighbour' was brilliant.
Still watched and enjoyed in Jamaica, believe it or not!!
Irish Humor at its peak
Jesus looking over Dougal's shoulder is great.
The guy who wrote this has had his career ruined by the woke cult.
He chose to do that himself. He hasn’t actually done any writing or comedy in years.
The writing is so precise you HAVE to listen carefully. The jokes are timed to perfection.
Comedy (if allowed) could cure the world of all its ills. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Loving your channel. 👍🏻
Father Ted is a piece of genius that sometimes goes overlooked. His timing was so good. The whole show was gold. It was even more funny if you were irish and your own dad happened to be a minister of a church (different denomination ofc).
You didnt see the best bit yet
It gets better as farther Ted stands behind the mark on the window which makes him look like Hitler whilst the Chinese were invited back and Ted is flinging his arms around.
Dont ruin it for him my man
Never seen the German bit on youtube so it wont ruin anything..@@lfcgero35
I have to watch this. I love Ireland and Irish people, they’re the best. I spent one year in Dublin in the 90s and I loved everyday.
Nothing compares, nothing compares to Father Ted!
Americans have no idea how great this show was.
Father Ted is pure gold.
Should definitely watch the full episodes...this one gets more and more out of control as it goes along.
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One of the greatest comedy series of all time
Hilarious show. Great actors. Watched it all the time when it was on.
Father Ted is classic british humor honestly. So many great shows people dont know about here in the states. That and people cant realize the norms of the time the show was made is different.
One of my favourite sitcoms. Made in Ireland a few decades ago. All of the series is worth watching.
This is the funniest series ever, I don’t know how many times I’ve watched it all and still laugh my back off
All this, although hilarious, is a set-up for the big payoff at the end involving the Chinese family being invited round to the rectory for Ted to explain himself and prove he's not a racist, but it all backfires spectacularly, it's a must-watch!
I'm on EP3
Seriously dude, you should react to the entirety of Father Ted - it's sheer brilliance!
I think this was an 80’s sitcom. This tiny community lives on a small island on the coast of Ireland
This was on in the mid-90s
@@foulplay99 thanks @foulplay99.
Feck! I laughed so much. I love Father Ted. I'm Irish and we find this hysterical.
It's a TV show from years ago.
I recommend watching more episodes.
They always cut off the end of the sketch: Do you see the piece of black sticky tape on the window?
Later on, that becomes an accidental part of Father Teds angry rant - as seen from the outside - where his rant becomes an impression of Hitler giving a speech: seek it out.
to see you laughing at a racist joke tells me that all is good with the world.