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Old 24-09-2013, 07:12
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This is a comedy that I can watch repeatedly and never tire of...it's one of the best
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Old 24-09-2013, 08:32
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I love the whole thing; it is all-consumingly hilarious.

What gets me in torrents of laughs is when Dougal is stuck driving the milkfloat, and suddenly you see a fully equipped altar and cohort of priests pulling up alongside, doing mass
... and then afterwards when they're having a crisis meeting: "Is there anything to be said for having another mass?"
The dumper pulling alongside pulling an alter with the three lads is I think one of the funniest moments in television.. I still be be in tears laughing at it even though I have seen it about 100 times and know its coming... Classic
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Old 24-09-2013, 10:40
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You let Dougal do a funeral?!?!
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Old 24-09-2013, 10:46
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I love Tom, the guy who wears the 'I shot JR' t-shirt.
"Would you believe me own dog did that to me. Doesn't it look like a face?"

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Old 24-09-2013, 11:01
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It's like Monty Python for me in the sence that I find myself quoting big chunks of it,
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Old 24-09-2013, 11:11
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Come on, Ted. Sure it's no more peculiar than all that stuff we learned in the seminary, you know, Heaven and Hell and everlasting life and all that type of thing. You're not meant to take it seriously, Ted!
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Old 24-09-2013, 11:58
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I love Tom, the guy who wears the 'I shot JR' t-shirt.
"Would you believe me own dog did that to me. Doesn't it look like a face?"

Pat Shortt, one of Irelands finest and funniest comedians... Gas man
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Old 24-09-2013, 11:58
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Girls!!!!!
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Old 24-09-2013, 12:28
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"What was that term Father Jack used for the needy?"
"Ah Yes, a shower of Bastards."
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Old 24-09-2013, 13:26
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A clip from my own favourite episode, even the title just makes me giggle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaglEdB7CDs
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Old 24-09-2013, 21:28
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It's little things that make me laugh ...... like the names "Craggy Island" and "Rugged Island". Like the chair backs on the sofa with images of Christ. Like Mrs Doyle's head just disappearing past the window.

I actually have a Mrs Doyle crochet table doilie - I saw it in a charity shop and Mrs Doyles has a yellow centre but mine is pink. I just stood there with tears rolling down my cheeks and HAD to buy it.

I loved the one where Mrs Doyle got women from all over Ireland coming to the house to see some famous singer. There were thousands of them all in tweed coats and knitted hats and making a droning noise as they relayed the info by phone.
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Old 24-09-2013, 21:31
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This is Mrs Doyle at her best

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

I watched this with my very elderly Irish RC Mum and she was shooshing, laughing, crying, tutting ......... I thought she was going to die.
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Old 24-09-2013, 21:56
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Ted: 'Hello, Craggy Island Perochial House, Father Ted Crilly speaking'
Bishop Brenan: Crilly is that you?
Ted: OH... ****!
Brenan: WHAT?!
Ted: Oo iz zis? Zere is no Crilly 'ere!
Classic.
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Old 24-09-2013, 22:11
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This is Mrs Doyle at her best

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

I watched this with my very elderly Irish RC Mum and she was shooshing, laughing, crying, tutting ......... I thought she was going to die.
Another Mrs Doyle special:

Mrs Doyle: 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?

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Mrs. Doyle: I'm so excited. Taking on three bishops all at once. I can't wait.

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Old 24-09-2013, 22:28
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Another Mrs Doyle special:

Mrs Doyle: 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?

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Mrs. Doyle: I'm so excited. Taking on three bishops all at once. I can't wait.

Omg .... My mother WOULD die.
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Old 24-09-2013, 23:00
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Pat Mustard: I'm a very careful man, Father.

Ted: Except when it comes to taking precautions in the bedroom!

Pat: You're not advocating the use of artificial contraception now, are you?

Ted: Well, ye......well, no...well, naturally.....well, not really....well, of course you'd............JUST F.ECK OFF!

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Old 24-09-2013, 23:42
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That scene was my first experience of Father Ted! I'd never heard of it and was channel hopping and thought a sit-com about priests wouldn't be up to much. Boy, was I wrong
My o/h thought that too- he used to flounce off upstairs when it started, but then one day he watched it and cried (with laughter)
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Old 25-09-2013, 07:51
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Another Mrs Doyle special:

Mrs Doyle: 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?

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Mrs. Doyle: I'm so excited. Taking on three bishops all at once. I can't wait.

Mrs Doyle complaining about the language in a novelist's books: "Ride me sideways was another one!"
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Old 25-09-2013, 08:42
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Wouldn't it be terrible if Bishop Brennan came in and told us to go and start protesting again?

*Bishop Brennan bursts through the door*

First bit of Father Ted I ever saw although then didn't regularly start watching til the second series began.
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Old 25-09-2013, 09:04
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......Rats!!........Hairy Japanese Ba****ds!!
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Old 25-09-2013, 10:04
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Mrs Doyle complaining about the language in a novelist's books: "Ride me sideways was another one!"
Apparantly that was ad-libbed. "Ted" wasn't expecting it
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Old 25-09-2013, 10:29
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One of my favourite bits of dialogue


Ted: Dougal, do you know if we have any incense?
Dougal: (Thinks for a while) ...there was a spider in the bath last night.
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Old 25-09-2013, 10:32
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And another one:
Mrs Doyle: Are you looking forward to your lunch tomorrow, Father?
Ted: Hmmm? I suppose so.
Mrs Doyle: You do like pheasant, don't you Father?
Ted: Pheasant? I love pheasant.
Mrs Doyle: Well there's a little clue. The thing you'll be eating likes pheasant as well.
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Old 25-09-2013, 11:14
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One of my favourite bits of dialogue


Ted: Dougal, do you know if we have any incense?
Dougal: (Thinks for a while) ...there was a spider in the bath last night.
Remember when we ran out of incense and we used the Windolene?
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Old 25-09-2013, 11:18
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"That would be an ecuminical matter!"
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