Yeah my best friend and I both watched this episode in the early 2000s when we were still in school and we were answering any questions we were asked by anyone with either yes or that would be an ecumenical matter for ages lol. Having been raised Catholic in the UK and attending Catholic schools for my whole education this show really rings true in so many ways, as bizarre as it can be I have met few priests and congregation members that would fir right in on Craggy Island.
There is a part I never noticed before. When Ted mentions someone was lured to The Holy Stone he says Paddy Shortt. Pat Shortt plays the hilarious character Tom in the show.
Although McLynn was in her early thirties when playing Mrs Doyle in Father Ted, makeup was used to make her look far older to fit the character's elderly profile. She received a British Comedy Award for her performances in 1996. The award was presented to her by Tony Blair.
@@christopherangeli1141 True sadly. When Channel 4 did a documentary about the show Pauline rejected the chance to take part. She feels that there is more to her than Mrs Doyle and she’s right as Pauline is a published author
@@bestirishfirefighter She was on the radio before Xmas promoting her new sit-com and seemed much happier talking about it, but then her husband in the show is played by Ardal O'Hanlon, so maybe working with him again has helped her.
@@christopherangeli1141 I think that her attitude has changed since her non appearance in "Small, Far Away - The World Of Father Ted" She is very comfortable with it now as seen in a recent interview, "Pauline McLynn Talks Playing Mrs. Doyle on Father Ted in Her 20s & How it Affected Her Love Life"
Just in case the Ferrero Rocher advert didn't make it across the pond - it was basically a butler with a pyramid of the chocolates like Mrs Doyle had at a swanky party with someone saying 'Ambassador, with these ferrero rocher you are really spoiling us" Very iconic
I grew up catholic in rural Ireland. On Sunday at mass when I was about 7 or 8, I was walking back to my seat from receiving holy communion and I got stuck behind an old woman trudging alone painfully slowly for young self so I overtook her and sat down. My uncle leaned over with a smirk and said "the overtaker will soon meet the undertaker".
Superb reactions, thank you 👍😁 When I first saw Bubbles (TPB) I immediately thought of Mrs Doyle in this superb episode. The Cliffs of Moher (The backdrop to Jack and the Holy Stone) are well worth a visit if you get to Ireland. The House used in Father Ted is a relatively short drive from there...
@@Fireglo Didn't know that. Makes me like the song even more! I'm not a big music fan but have been told he used to play "My Lovely Horse" at gigs too as he wrote and sang that for the show too.
Ardal O'Hanlon decided - on the spur of the moment - to say "It won't work, will it, Ted?" as himself rather than as Dougal; thinking it might work better - as Dougal would probably never say something as perceptive as that. The showrunners agreed and left it in.
09.12 - Father Jack is the God of Hellfire? 27.00 - "That went well, I thought" - and now Ted is David Bowie? We haven't got to the Bishop Brennan/rabbits episode yet - one of their summits of splendid stupidity
In your discussion about the order of funniness, The three others would not have been effectively funny without Ted. He often served as the "Straight man" to set up the joke for their "punch lines". AT least that's how I see it.
"Chess or Buckaroo? Actually, I wouldn't mind a game of the old chess today meself! No, only joking Ted, Buckaroo of course!" 😂 That part is so understated, yet so hilarious as well. ❤The part where Fr. Ted says "Ferrero Rocher?" And Bishop O'Neill replies "Father Ted, with these Rocher, you are really spoiling us!" is a reference to a series of Ferrero Rocher adverts shown here in the early-late 90's about the "Ambassador and his guests" where that line was frequently used by one of his guests. lol Loved the reaction as usual, they always brighten up the day! Oh, I hope I'm not the first to point this out, but the pic in your avatar looks like a photo if Lucy with Bill Burr. hehe I know it's Brad, but that's what it looks like to me. 🙃
I love your pre video video intros but this was the first time I saw the one of the baby falling face down in the baptism font! OMG I nearly fell out of my chair when I saw that 😱 I completely agree with Lucy's ranking of who is the funniest character. Although Father Ted is the main character, he is portrayed as the most sensible and serious out of all of them. Father Jack is most definitely the funniest with his nonstop expletives "Feck, Arse, Girls, Drink"; not necessarily in that order! 🤣
The ghost book Dougal was reading was SUPPOSEDLY written by Gary Lineker, who is a British football/soccer player. He has retired now, but he still does commentary on matches.
@@trashandcheese3636Except that’s actually not true, is it? He posted a tweet on his own Twitter account as he is entitled to do and the BBC which is now headed by Tory donors overreacted and suspended him for doing far less than the likes of Andrew Neil was doing before being forced to back down by the general public.
The wee clip at the start with the baptism, I was waiting for "where's the money Lebowski?" I happened upon a clip similar a while back with those lines dubbed over from that scene from The Big Lebowski and I had to hold on to the back of the chair, I was howling so much! Ahhh good stuff! 🤣👍
Not just ghost stories, Gary Linkers ghost stories (Gary Linker is a former England/Tottenham Hotspur [Spurs] footballer and is now a TV football pundit). The gag there is the bizarre of Gary Linker writing a book of ghost stories.
@@barriehull7076 Just checked it, 4th place with 48. Harry Kane and fat boy Rooney tie for the record now at 53. Then Bobby Charlton then it's the "big eared jellyfish".
2:58 Gary Lineker - A former footballer who works for the BBC, presents Match of the Day and other sports related shows like Sports Personality of the Year, and is constantly getting involved in politics which BBC workers aren't allowed to do, yet somehow he keeps getting away with it.
Because he’s freelance, so technically he’s self-employed and the BBC pay him for his services. It’s salaried staff that can’t publicly express their political opinions.
@@stickytapenrust6869 There's no such thing as salaried BBC staff, as all of them are self-employed BBC workers, a fiddle they've been doing forever to pay less tax, while the workers get wrongly convicted if they make a mistake with their taxes as shown multiple times in the last decade. And that's not true. Every self-employed person at the BBC is not allowed to talk about politics, which is why fellow BBC workers also had a go at Gary, and why Timothy Douglas Davie was questioned by MP's about that. Yet still TDD defended Gary, by saying he had "had a quiet word with him" about talking politics, would "keep having words with him as he's a work in progress" but he "backed him fully." Gary then responded by saying that TDD will not silence him.
Yup, not a fan of the intro. As for the show, the writers are gently parodying Catholicism, they are smart, much like the writers of South Park on how they do it. Other writers who are not as intelligent display their religious intolerance worse than what they believe are the sins of the church and religion which everyone knows and are drilled home ad nauseum, ad infinitem by the intolerant media. The horse is dead, the autopsy has been done, time to move on rather than using it as a permanent excuse for religious intolerance.
