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Father Ted

Agular said:
The loud, annoying laugh track needs to go.
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What, but Americans love that stuff
:D
[ted mode]or why bother inventing it Charles "Charley" Douglass eh, seemed like a good idea at the time didn't it, but here we see as usual in members of the lay community that you didn't take our Lords example and prepare ahead well enough.[/ted mode]

:D
 
kerikiwi said:
When did Ireland stop being in the British Isles archipelago?
How did it move?
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As far as I know Ireland is not and never was part of Great Britain or the British Isles*.

Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom and the rest of Ireland is a republic.

Hence the expression "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".

[edit]* I am tempted to remove this to hide my embarrassment, but maybe I had better leave my error in place - Britannica says that Ireland is part of the British Isles so I am wrong[/edit]
 
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Robin said:
As far as I know Ireland is not and never was part of Great Britain or the British Isles*.

Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom and the rest of Ireland is a republic.

Hence the expression "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".

[edit]* I am tempted to remove this to hide my embarrassment, but maybe I had better leave my error in place - Britannica says that Ireland is part of the British Isles so I am wrong[/edit]
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We never wanted it anyway
Ditto Scotland
Ditto Wales
Ditto Northumberland
Ditto Kent

and the sooner the Isle of Wight floats off the better
:D
 
Helen said:
I love Father Ted and Black Books (perhaps even more), do you think The IT Crowd. and Hippies would be worth getting on dvd?
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IT Crowd definately (if you're 'of a certain age' the menus on the season one disk are worth the cost of the DVDs alone!), personally I was really dissapointed by Hippies..........

Spaced is great if you're a bit of a fan boy, if you've seen 'Shaun of the Dead' it's very similar in tone. And 'Brasseye' was practically a public service announcement in why not to treat celebs as though they have the faintest idea what thier talking about. Excellent show.

Now in a slight derail, just finished watching all my collection of 'Drop the Dead Donkey', now that's still funny...:D
 
jhunter1163 said:
Here in the States, not too many people are hip to Father Ted. I can say "Drink! Arse! ◊◊◊◊! Girrrrrls!" in a crowded and get nothing but blank looks.
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I know a lawyer who was working in Japan who taught it to all the local junior partners..... Then one evening they walked straight into the senior partners on the street while in full verse...
 
Rinky said:
The 'My Lovely Horse' video is pure genius :D.
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Thanks, I made that after hearing the "Three priests advert" on the TV one christmas, "three priests with voices like Angels"
Had to be done
:D
It was immediately banned by you tube from being shown in the UK where I live, I'd like to think it was their copyright policy,
but I know it was really the Jesuits
He could've been Pope, Ted. But the ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ Jesuits, they have it all tied up
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:p
 
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Agular said:
The loud, annoying laugh track needs to go.
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It's not a laugh track, it's a studio audience - either live, or in the case of location filming, a recording of the audience being shown the footage. It's traditional in British (and Linehan is very much of the British *school* of comedy, despite his nationality) sitcoms.

I love all Linehan's shows. Including the most recent/current one.
 
When it comes to the gentle deconstruction of religion, another good British comedy show was the little known This morning with Richard not Judy. I cant post links but a youtube search of "sunday heroes" & "pause for thought for the day" throws up some good sketches :)
 
thenigotoffthebus said:
When it comes to the gentle deconstruction of religion, another good British comedy show was the little known This morning with Richard not Judy. I cant post links but a youtube search of "sunday heroes" & "pause for thought for the day" throws up some good sketches :)
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Look at you with your suit and tie, wanting to post links. You'll be wanting the moon on a stick next.
 
Professor Yaffle said:
Look at you with your suit and tie, wanting to post links. You'll be wanting the moon on a stick next.
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How about a nice cuppa tea then, Father? A nice cuppa tea.
You'll be wantin' a nice cuppa tea, Father, you will.
How about that, then? A nice cuppa tea?
I'll just go and put kettle on, shall I, Father?
For a nice cuppa tea?
You're wanting that, aye, Father?
A nice cuppa--


/me kills Mrs. Doyle.
 
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