Americans React | FATHER TED Season 2 Episode 1 with GRAHAM NORTON | Reaction 

The "small, far away" scene wasn't in the original script. Dermot Morgan and Ardal O'Hanlon improvised it during rehearsals and the writers loved it so much that they kept it in. It's now become part of TV history - even the official documentary on the series is called "Small, Far Away".

Not only do Irish people love Father Ted but it was written by two Irish people and all the actors are irish.

One of the best lines of the whole series was. Mrs Doyle to Father Jack. “What do you say to a cup of tea father?” Jack replies looking directly at the cup. “Feck Off, Cup!”

I was so looking forward to seeing how long it took for the penny to drop with the "small, far away" gag. It's one of the best 'fill in the blanks yourself' gags ever. Love that it had the queen crying haha

The cow part has gone down in British legend as one of the best lines ever in a series over here. One of the best comedy series ever.

Father Jack is a classically trained actor which makes his character funnier

In the U.K. the first season was popular, but there were still a lot of people who didn’t really know it. This is the episode where the masses suddenly ‘got’ Father Ted’ on a grand scale. Graham Norton wasn’t very well known at this point (at least not in England). The character of Fr Noel Furlong is what he was first well known for and helped launch his career to stardom.

To be fair - this was before Graham Norton was as big as he is today, before he had his show. This is a young Graham Norton much earlier in his career.

The guy in the car gets killed nearly every week by Ted phoning him at an inconvenient time. He’s like Kenny of South Park.

"He's puncturing the tyres, Ted."

For reference, I'm irish living in dublin, and don't know one person who is offended by father ted. It's the most well known and well loved sitcom in Ireland by a long shot I'd say. It's just such a perfect (somewhat) satirical representation of the church in Ireland 😂😂

I love that you were both crying laughing at the far away cow joke. That's my favourite joke in the whole series of Father Ted!

Everyone here in Ireland love this show. Also you keep missing the last joke after the end credits. The one this time is hilarious

Father Ted Dermot Morgan 31 March 1952 - 28 February 1998 Father Jack Hackett Francis Kelly 28 December 1938 - 28 February 2016 Mary O'Leary ( the shop owner) Rynagh O'Grady 18 April 1951 - 7 February 2021

The “Magic Road” thing is because there’s multiple magic roads around Ireland. There’s 2 half an hour from me. I’ve never actually bothered trying to find them. I’ve driven on them but never stopped to look for the correct spot to try it out. Some are more impressive than others because the optical illusion works better. Apparently.

The Irish people love father ted

Irish people love this show so whoever said that is lying

For the record, Roddy Doyle is an Irish novelist known for writing the Barrytown Trilogy, an anthology book series set in the working class area on the Northside of Dublin. His novels usually contain strong language, hence why Dougal swore at Ted because Dougal had been “reading those Roddy Doyle books again”. That Irish film *_The Commitments_* (released in 1991) is based on his first Barrytown novel of the same name. Recently, there was even a jukebox musical based on the film. FUN FACT: Roddy Doyle is actually one of the regulars (customers) in the local pub I work at. And his son went to the same primary school (elementary school) as me. 😄 Edit: I read his children’s books as a kid - The Giggler Treatment, Rover Saves Christmas and The Meanwhile Adventures (obviously these don’t contain strong language 😂).

The explaination of the small cows always has me in stitches!! 🤣

Its was irish written ,acted and set. Channel 4 just came in at the last second and offered a load of money for it. It really should be seen as Irish. But sure whatever, best comedy series of all time. Been quoting it for decades at this stage

Good reaction as always. Just for note, this was an early appearance from Graham Norton, fairly unknown to the wider audience back then, long before he had his first chat shows. He does pop up again in a later episode.

It's an Irish show. Irish written, Irish actors. Can you not tell the cast are Irish? It's filmed in Ireland...

One of the finest examples of Chekov's Large Consignment of Raw Sewage in television history.

It a UK TV sitcom that was massive show in the UK and Ireland, the writers and most of the actors are Irish and it based on a island just off coast of ireland

Larry Duff (the priest going over the cliff in his car) is the same priest who was skiing and then got caught in the avalanche in the Christmas episode. You watched that out of order, it comes at the end of season 2, but no harm done. You'll be seeing Larry again!

Irish dancing in a small caravan was the most hilarious part for me lol and the cows 🐄

The Irish dancing skit makes me laugh so hard 😂😂😂😂 It's something about the comedic timing.. from Ted and Dougall, skip to the caravan 😂 Love you guys, haven't had a chance to wish you both Happy New Year.. may this one be better than the last ! 🌈✨✨✨

It's a great episode but a lot was cut out unfortunately

Love the reactions guys. I grew up watching the series and still find it funny to this day. If you haven't seen it already I'd suggest checking out 'The IT Crowd' which is written by the same guy that did Father Ted (Graham Linehan)

QBs face when the guy steps out the shower.... priceless 😲

Can't wait for the far away gag🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Hahaha your reaction was amazing! That gag is one of the best lines ever in comedy history!!!

I'm irish, I love this show too!

My birthday is July 19 and that means this episode is always a bit extra fun to watch, at least the intro. Also classic episode across the board. Ardal's expression during the cows explainer is just, chef's kiss.

The cow distance thing usually ends up being peoples' favourite.

In the 20 year reunion show one of the comedians talked about how much comics wanted to be on the show so whatever role they were asked to audition for, they knew they stood a better chance of getting it if they took the character and went completely overboard with it.

"Small, far away"

Those were Wildebeest or gnus that which Charlie Drake sang about from the Sinderella Live reaction with Jim Davidson. Wildebeest, also called gnu are antelopes of the genus Connochaetes and native to Eastern and Southern Africa.

Thers actually a festive every year on an island of the west coast of Ireland (Irish mor) called (ted fest) boat loads of people dressed up as characters from fr ted head out for a few days on the beer and party away!! Google it!! Keep the father teds coming!! Great Irish comedy!!!

respect to you guys watching this. it was extremely controversial at the time but us Irish adored it and we still do l.

ah yes .. that famous literary device - Chekhov's Sewage Truck.

Father ted is the most popular sitcom ever shown in ireland. It was controversial making fun of priests at the time because the church were extremely powerful up to the 1980s in ireland. Some of the older generation found it blasphemous but everyone else truly loved it. Its quoted regularly and is ingrained in our culture now.

You can tell that these two love each other just from the way that they look at one another.

this episode is all about the cows scene. Genius.

"Graham Norton turns into the devil"😂 that would be brilliant

If your ever in Ireland and you make any Fr. Ted reference people always get it.

I just happen to be watching this on JULY 19th. 2024. Wooooo!

The other episode with Graham Norton is The Mainland (another classic although one of the big jokes in it rather relies on you being vaguely familiar with a British sitcom called "One Foot in the Grave").

Graham Norton was still mostly unknown at that time. He pops in in another episode later on when they all get lost in some caves.

Father Larry Duff's first appearance, definitely not his last.😂

Only been watching you guys a few times but love your reactions to Father Ted. Grew up with this programme, one of my favourite episodes ! 😂👌

I'm sitting here in Canada and I can't wait for you guys to watch the "NIGHT OF THE NEARLY DEAD" episode.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

You guys seem like such a lovely couple 💕💕 I love seeing your reactions - I'm so glad you enjoyed the famous 'faraway cow' joke! The one about the cakes with cocaine/raisins is another brilliant one in this episode 😂😂

The cow joke is one of my favourite jokes from a show ever.

Noel furlong makes another appearance in series 3 in another classic episode. You should check out 'One foot in the grave' before that episode to fully understand it.

"Father Ted Father Ted whucha gonna do abar it Father Ted" All hail the queen waaaaay !

Us irish have a sense of humor we love Fr ted 😄😅

I'm Irish, and I adore this show! :)

Everyone in Ireland, except maybe a few Aul'wuns (old ladies) loved this show. The problem at the time was Church and State were balls deep in each other.

A legendary episode for many reasons - for me though, as wonderful as series 1 was, it's here where the confidence in the writing and performances are starting to shine bright. You have many delights to come King and Queen! Bit of a shame though that you felt a bit distracted in this one. EDIT - sorry forgot to mention, I know you saw him in the Christmas episode, but you just saw the very first Father Larry Duff (he's tremendous fun) gag, I can't tell you how absolutely killer that was at the time, and it's still the best one. Has me roaring with laughter every time.

What has Queen Boomer done to her hair? It the prettiest I’ve ever seen! Is she getting her hair ready for your up coming marriage? 😁

Irish lad here. The church didn't like it, and because they had so much power in the country they threw their weight around. Funnily enough Father Ted itself played a part in the erosion of the Catholic Church in Ireland. Shit I remember condoms were still illegal in Ireland in 1998.

It’s a shame you had to cut so much out. What a sorry state of affairs were in when you have to censor fr. ted.

father ted father ted wot u gonna do today father ted

This is one of my favourite episodes!

Wait till you get to S3E1 "I heard you're a racist now father"

I knew you would laugh at the small - far away joke.

Keep the father Ted coming please

"He's puncturing the tyres there Ted."

When jack says "who are you?" 😂😅🤣😆 love that character

If that trailer is supposedly bigger than the previous one like Dougal said then I'd hate to see what the previous one looked like

Naked guy hanging onto car is actually Graham Lenihan writer of the show,they're all legends,thanks for making me laugh today!

How does Magic Road Waterford work? Often referred to as the Mahon Falls Magic Road due to its proximity to the mighty Mahon Waterfall, this place is a little bit mental. In a nutshell, if you stop (safely!) on the Magic Road in Waterford with the handbrake off, your a car will appear to roll backwards up the hill. My brother and his wife are buried near Waterford, his daughters family still live in that vicinity. They used to own a family hotel but gave up some years back.

Hairy palms , Hairy babies, nervous sheep, speed! , football!, bishop brennans arse - great stuff yet to come!

Noel Furlong is brilliant, certainly put Graham Norton on the map.

Me, walking around my local shop in South of England, suddenly aware that I'm singing "father Ted, father Ted, what you gonna do today father Ted..." loud enough for the other customers to hear.

Not to worry, KB. Father Noel (Graham Norton) appears _again_ later in the season in the episode called 'The Mainland'. Norton actually commented that just about every Irish comedian on the comedy circuit had appeared on 'Father Ted', and that the few who _hadn't_ must be deeply depressed and feeling totally inadequate. ALL the bit-part priests and TV celebrities have a day job as Irish stand-up comedians, including Father Stone (the boring priest). Even Dermot Morgan (Ted) and Ardal O'Hanlon (Dougal) are really stand-ups. Frank Kelly (Father Jack) was actually a stage actor of Shakespearean repute, and remarked that for the comedians, no two takes were ever the same. (As an actor, he could deliver the line precisely the same every time, if required). Gemma Graven (the novellist Polly Clarke) and Pauline McLynn (Mrs Doyle) are primarily actors too, but so many of the other roles were done by comics. Graham Norton was just another Irish stand-up and unknown to TV in those days, so it wasn't a case of the writers missing a trick and _not giving him enough to do_ Norton at the time was given a very generous slice of the script, and indeed invited back to reprise _Father Noel_ on 'The Mainland'.

My favourite of all time!! Great reactions as usual!!

I love the reaction at 16:12, its the most iconic line in the entire show

It's my favorite episode this one especially when the caravan tips over off them dancing 🤣🤣

How on earth did these guys ever manage to keep a straight face during recording 😊

You guys would love the man with two brains or the jerk. Right up your alley that humour.

I'm loving your reactions. I wonder how you'd like The Mighty Boosh. Maybe you should react to that too. Very very..... odd British comedy. Think you'd like it.

Father Jack channeling his inner Kramer with that holiday entrance 🤣

I'm from the UK and they remind me of me and my g/f -- great couple to watch, really good chemistry between them. Really makes me and my g/f laugh watching your reactions.

Father Ted is great! I remember watching it with my dad when I was probably a bit too young XD

One of the best, arguably eclipsed by 'Kicking Bishop Brennan up the arse' howling mad!

Unsure if he was covered in something in season one or not but he hated getting covered so much he said about he wouldn't want to be covered in something else I believe and so that why he gets covered a second time and director made him stay and not move out of shot like he wanted to

Best Fr Ted episode imo. The run ins with the couple are brilliant

Graham Norton returns as Father Noel Furlong in the final episode of this season, 'Flight Into Terror'.

*sings along to intro* Father Ted! Father Ted! Whatcha gonna do today Father Ted!

Father Ted is on of my family’s favourite shows. I was 17 when it first aired and my 15 year old loves it today 🤣🤣🤣 Great Show.

You need to check out the Mainland episode, Graham features in that too.

Hooray they're back.

Watch to end of credits

When she said you fall asleep so easy now, I thought she sounded like Bill Cosby

Is that Chekhov's sewage truck...?

The fishing thing was around in the 60s in the UK, I had a set which you can find in the UK now for £10 or less, as well as The Amazing Magic Robot Game New Edition Merit 1950’s edition which is available on ebay.

19:11 ...Father Jack is my favourite character ...I think he's hilarious

Watch the end credits on this episode and the rest of season 2 onwards, there’s sometimes an extra scene. Great reaction to the far away scene 😂😂

Your brain is working ,I looked around for your dog when he said “we have a special guest”