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Kicking Bishop Brennan Up The Arse [Father Ted]

CyvrosCyvros Registered User regular
edited July 2009 in Social Entropy++
It went for three series, finished over ten years ago and is still great. Who was in it?

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The late Dermot Morgan as Father Ted Crilly. Morgan died less than two days after he finished filming the final episode of Father Ted.

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Ardal O'Hanlon as Father Dougal Maguire. You may remember him as Thermoman (see above right). Or that humanoid cat in series 3 of Doctor Who.

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Pauline McLynn as Mrs Doyle, the mildly insane parish housekeeper.

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Frank Kelly as Father Jack Hackett, a violent, grumpy, swearing priest who once kept a brick as a pet.

What's it about? Three Irish Catholic priests in a parish with a housekeeper on a remote island off the coast of Ireland. Shenanigans ensue. Like what? Like...

Entering Eurovision!
Simultaneously taking the piss out of Speed and milkmen!
And getting stuck in the lingerie department!
So, fellows, let us talk about Father Ted and how great it was.

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  • freelancerbobfreelancerbob UKRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Oi love this FECKING Show. Oi been talkin in the oirish ever since. Feck orf any fecker that doesn't fecking love Father Fecking Ted. Feck!

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  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    DRINK!

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  • FAQFAQ Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    this was a good show

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  • Spectre-xSpectre-x Rating: AWESOME YESRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    chrishallett83 wrote: »
    DRINK!

    GIRLS

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  • The Otaku SuppositoryThe Otaku Suppository Bawstan New EnglandRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Dave Fella thread

    also

    Bugger Off

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  • The Black HunterThe Black Hunter The key is a minimum of compromise, and a simple, unimpeachable reason to existRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I need to check this show out on DVD

    I missed it when I was young

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  • ButlerButler 89 episodes or bust Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    ARSE BISCUITS

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  • CyvrosCyvros Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    "Feck" is, by far, my favourite fictional swearword. ("Smeg" follows slightly afterwards, and "frak" and "frell" are nowhere near my list.)

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  • FAQFAQ Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    except feck isn't fictional at all

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  • CyvrosCyvros Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I never realised that.

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  • FAQFAQ Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    well now you are going to have to revise your list

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  • CyvrosCyvros Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Yep. It seems that "smeg" is the only one on it now.

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  • Bacon-BuTTyBacon-BuTTy Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    What am I doing on the fecking wheel!?

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  • DiarmuidDiarmuid Amazing Meatball Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    The song contest scenes from the Eurovision episode were filmed in a (now abandoned) theatre that's just a 15 minutes walk from my place.
    A few old mates of mine were in the audience. Sadly, I was not.

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  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I WOULDN'T HAVE DONE THE CHINAMAN IMPRESSION IF I KNEW THERE WAS A CHINAMAN STANDING THERE

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  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    God yes I love Father Ted

    I just saw The Plague the other day with all the random rabbits

    "Go back to sleep Bishop, it's just a dream."

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  • QuetziQuetzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User, Moderator mod
    edited July 2009
    Cyvros wrote: »
    Yep. It seems that "smeg" is the only one on it now.

    Smeg is short for smegma. It's pretty real

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  • Bad-BeatBad-Beat Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Down with this sort of thing!

    ...careful now.

    and

    TERESA, I FORGOT ME FECKIN' TROUSERS!!

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  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    edited July 2009
    Cyvros wrote: »
    The late Dermot Morgan as Father Ted Crilly. Morgan died less than two days after he finished filming the final episode of Father Ted.

    Ardal O'Hanlon as Father Dougal Maguire. You may remember him as Thermoman (see above right). Or that humanoid cat in series 3 of Doctor Who.

    I know who got off easiest

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  • CyvrosCyvros Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Straightzi wrote: »
    Cyvros wrote: »
    Yep. It seems that "smeg" is the only one on it now.

    Smeg is short for smegma. It's pretty real
    As in smeg's use in Red Dwarf. I remember an interview from ages back where they were asked about smeg's origins, and they just said it was something they made up, and not short for smegma.

    Of course, I could be imagining all that, but I'm pretty sure that's what they said.

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  • ButlerButler 89 episodes or bust Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Cardboard Tube wrote: »
    Cyvros wrote: »
    The late Dermot Morgan as Father Ted Crilly. Morgan died less than two days after he finished filming the final episode of Father Ted.

    Ardal O'Hanlon as Father Dougal Maguire. You may remember him as Thermoman (see above right). Or that humanoid cat in series 3 of Doctor Who.

    I know who got off easiest

    I don't know, I mean My Hero was pretty awful but being in Doctor Who is alright.

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  • FAQFAQ Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I loved the amount of characters who were completely one note but hilarious

    like the laughing priest, the boring priest, sarcastic priest etc.

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  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Apparently the guy that plays Lucius Vorenus in Rome is the young priest in the lingerie section scene of the Christmas episode.

    Also god I wanted to choke Graham Norton when he was on the show.

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  • FAQFAQ Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    yeah I noticed him too

    also Graham Norton was great in it I thought

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  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    No he was great

    just terribly annoying, which was the point of his character

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  • JansonJanson Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Edcrab wrote: »
    God yes I love Father Ted

    I just saw The Plague the other day with all the random rabbits

    "Go back to sleep Bishop, it's just a dream."

    Hehehe I love that episode

    Mori and I just finished watching Seasons 2 and 3

    I had to explain all about the Eurovision song contest to him

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Americans don't have Eurovision parties?

    They have no idea of what a good time really is.

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  • JansonJanson Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Australians have Eurovision song parties?!

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Janson wrote: »
    Australians have Eurovision song parties?!

    Hells yes.

    All dressing up as European stereotypes.

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  • JansonJanson Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Woah

    I haven't watched the Eurovision song contest in years, but my family used to, and I remember Ireland's winning streak alright

    The voting's become crazy political as of late

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I think how political is it is one of the reasons it has become such a cult thing over here.

    Just the ridiculousness of it in general and the fact that it has become political.

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  • JansonJanson Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    To summarise neatly:

    http://lyricstranslations.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/eurovision-voting-pacts.jpg

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  • That Dave FellaThat Dave Fella Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    what's all this then?

    I love this show, it's always great to watch.

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  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Father Jack, you said you'd give alcohol up for our lord.

    ARELERD

    WHO'S ARELERD

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  • JansonJanson Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Speed 3 is another great episode

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I have always wanted to see Father Ted, I just never watched, I am sure it has been on TV many times though.

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  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    My favorite episode is probably the one with the three bishops.

    THAT WOULD BE AN ECUMENICAL MATTER

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  • laughingfuzzballlaughingfuzzball Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I have a very Catholic co-worker. We have very similar tastes in entertainment.

    I'm not allowed to mention Father Ted around him.

    He knows it's great, but then there's the whole Catholic thing.

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  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    It's weird, apparently when the show aired it got complaints from people who thought it was too light on Catholicism, and people who thought it was too harsh on it.

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  • laughingfuzzballlaughingfuzzball Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Blaket wrote: »
    Americans don't have Eurovision parties?

    They have no idea of what a good time really is.

    I'll start the tradition.

    When's the next one?

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