This is definitely my favourite Fr. Ted episode. As an Asian guy I would love to go to a Fr Ted convention wearing a lamp shade just like the one used in this episode,
@@fraenzchen85 You must be white - getting offended for others to feel morally superior without any effort. *WE MINORITIES LAUGH AT YOUR VIRTUE SIGNALING.*
I'm in the US and am here after watching Taskmaster. I didn't know who Ardal was and thought I'd check this out. Holy moly is this ever hysterical comedy!!!! I definitely need to watch more of Father Ted. The window scene was outrageous, but then the entire episode was too!
I hadnt seen this episode in years. Had me crying from laughing so hard. This had to be the best episode of the series. "You put the cyanide pills next to the valuum!"
It's a hilarious episode. I like that they did the effort to actually hire a German actor for the part of the old dude, not someone with a fake German accent.
This and Kicking Bishop Brennan Up The Arse are my two favorite episodes. What's funny is with how long Ted was living on Craggy Island you'd think he'd have known about a Chinatown on the island.
I figure the Chinatown formed while he was away, since he doesn't even seem to know anyones names (while Dougal can easily identify exactly what family it was). It's absurd, but about as much sense as him simply never knowing about them.
The writing on this show in general was excellent, but in this episode it is just phenomenal. Every single joke is hilarious on its own, but they all tie in with each other and lead onto other ones. Layers of jokes develop as the episode progresses and they become funnier and funnier as they combine. There are very, very few throwaway gags, almost each one leads into another or plays a part in advancing the plot. They manage to do all this while also being edgy (poking fun with racism, Nazis, swastikas) while using it through the lens of Ted's hapless/bumbling nature to make it not actually offensive, and it makes the whole episode timeless, as relevant and funny now as it was when it came out. An absolute masterpiece of comedy writing.
Whenever I heard that line when I was a kid, I always imagined a bunch of Greek scientists, dressed in white lab coats and goggles, analyzing glass beakers and flasks, and revelling over finally discovering the secret of gayness
3:09 interesting that he says “Humanae Vitae… how far we’ve come”. It’s usually regarded as a step back since it reaffirms the traditional doctrine of the church with regards to contraception… so I’m not sure if he’s being sarcastic
He's reading it because it's archaic and no longer applies, not because he believes it. Basically he's reading what people *used to* believe in order to put into context how much better church teachings are in the present.
4:24 one thing is to collect Werchmarch military memorabilia, but the moment you SS stuff looking like a shrine you might want to check if those Luger's are still in working order
(Pointing out the window)"Dugal! THERE WERE CHINESE people there!" "...alright, yea." Hahahaha! Dugal just has no evaluative ability to his response. It kills me.!!
My wife and I performed 'My Lovely Horse' in front of the Parish House in The Burren in 2017. We filmed it, I made a few edits, and slipped in a 'subliminal' 1 frame of text that said: NOT RACISTS! 'Chinatown' is Vaughan's Pub in The Burren. 😀
Its hard to say this because father ted is such a likable guy and the show he's in is so well written....but he's basically a selfish embezzler. Though I think he has some redeeming qualities
Jokes aside, I don't think Ted is selfish. He's somewhat quick to annoy, and it's very clear the residents of Craggy Island get on his nerves, but given how they seem to act (not to mention how his house-mates act), can we really blame him? Remember, when Ted's around people more to his liking, for example with the priests in Dublin, and thus not constantly annoyed, he's a far nicer person and even seems to be largely liked by his contemporaries.
I think the funniest line in this episode is: ' So Father, I hear you're a racist now'. Cracks me up every time...
Mine is that lady yelling..Good fpr you Father, good for you!!
For me it's when Mr Yin says "Well, the slideshow was a big pile of crap". Don't know why, just the way he says it never fails to make me laugh.
For me, it's when Mrs. Doyle falls down the stairs and then jumps up to say she's been cured.
“It isn’t the Greeks it’s the Chinese he’s after!” This is absolutely one of the funniest scenes in the whole series
@@lakehayden He's not after the Chinese!
Father Ted: "Fascists wear black, telling people what to do, whereas priests..."
the best line
More drink!
Wear black, and tell people what _not_ to do.
@@James-en1ob by this logic
Priest = non fascists
Non priest = fascists
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@yohaneschristianp I was only pointing out the difference between a priest and a fascist, please don't apply this logic to all people. Thank you.
"I think I've addressed all aspects of Chinese culture" in a 2 minute speech kills me every time!
And Pat Morita wasn't even Chinese...he was born in America and his parents were Japanese :)
Thw window scene is one of the best ever hahaha!
The Chinese - a great bunch of lads!
So long as they're not working for the government. 😒
@@luisreyes1963 OH NOOOO....
There's a Chinatown on Craggy Island?
HURRAY! :)
This is definitely my favourite Fr. Ted episode. As an Asian guy I would love to go to a Fr Ted convention wearing a lamp shade just like the one used in this episode,
I lived in China for years, and I once showed this episode to a girlfriend from Hu Bei. She laughed harder than anyone I've ever watched it with.
That would be HILARIOUS!!!
I think you are a liar.
@@fraenzchen85 You must be white - getting offended for others to feel morally superior without any effort. *WE MINORITIES LAUGH AT YOUR VIRTUE SIGNALING.*
@@TheMonteCarlo Welll some of us whites have not fallen for the sjw bs
I am from Hong Kong. And this has to be one of the best episodes of FT..the part of group of Chinese playing Irish song is funny !
I'm a HKer too who grew up in Ireland. 2 of my childhood friends were extras in this episode :)
@@Ed7501 really?! That’s so cool!!!!
And their verdict?
The picture of Father Ted with the random black guy to prove his lack of racism makes me LOL every single time
All Father Ted addicts we should arrange a trip to Ireland!
Yup first stop Craggy Island
Awesome idea. All depends we're you are . Australia is a fecken long way away.. yet again 42 heat fire.
Will love to travel to reality/ dreams.
Dose any human's talk thinking
In the name of the Father Ted¿
For DRINK, tea, GIRLS, and the odd bit of Nazi memorabilia! FECK!
i'll be waiting for all of you here!
I'm in the US and am here after watching Taskmaster. I didn't know who Ardal was and thought I'd check this out. Holy moly is this ever hysterical comedy!!!! I definitely need to watch more of Father Ted. The window scene was outrageous, but then the entire episode was too!
He's on Taskmaster!? That must be great lol
The stupidly random gags are what make this show so funny
Poor Ted.
He finally gets what he wants in Dublin.
Then he shoots himself in the foot...again.
And it's back to Craggy Island.
just a ride on the algorythm wave here, so im unfmiliar but what bit him in the ass in the accounting book?
2024 still coming back to this.
I hadnt seen this episode in years. Had me crying from laughing so hard. This had to be the best episode of the series. "You put the cyanide pills next to the valuum!"
I've watched this over and over through the years, and I still crack up.
Sweet dreams, Dermot.
It's a hilarious episode.
I like that they did the effort to actually hire a German actor for the part of the old dude, not someone with a fake German accent.
I thought Donald Trump's old man was dead, what's he doing in that priest's closet? 🤣
Pretty sure that wasn’t a German actor. His German pronunciation is good, but definitely not native.
@@martinmills135, Vernon Dobtcheff, British of Russian descent, born in France.
@@petertaylor4980 aka Max Kalba from The Spy Who Loved Me
German actor who played the German Theater, getting asked to play an Old Nazi in an Irish sitcom "MEIN TAG IST GEKOMMEN."
One of the funniest episodes of the show
This and Kicking Bishop Brennan Up The Arse are my two favorite episodes. What's funny is with how long Ted was living on Craggy Island you'd think he'd have known about a Chinatown on the island.
I figure the Chinatown formed while he was away, since he doesn't even seem to know anyones names (while Dougal can easily identify exactly what family it was). It's absurd, but about as much sense as him simply never knowing about them.
I'm watching this in 2021, this episode is still more relevant than ever.
Definitely timeless.
True!!
Kinda not.
Even with everything going on, the funniest scene is Dougal screaming TED!! when opening the door
I bought all three seasons after 9/11 (worked in NYC). They got me through the stress. 🙏
I have not laughed so hard in months! I choked on my beer. Thanks for posting.
Drink!
@@NoahSpurrierhooray!
"I didn't know you had to follow up a good idea with loads more little good ideas" 🤣
I think in all probability this is the funniest comedy episode ever written.
The perfectly-square block of dirt on the window.
Genius.
“Ming the merciless” 😂
The writing on this show in general was excellent, but in this episode it is just phenomenal. Every single joke is hilarious on its own, but they all tie in with each other and lead onto other ones. Layers of jokes develop as the episode progresses and they become funnier and funnier as they combine.
There are very, very few throwaway gags, almost each one leads into another or plays a part in advancing the plot. They manage to do all this while also being edgy (poking fun with racism, Nazis, swastikas) while using it through the lens of Ted's hapless/bumbling nature to make it not actually offensive, and it makes the whole episode timeless, as relevant and funny now as it was when it came out. An absolute masterpiece of comedy writing.
Alas, they will never show this episode again because it will offend all the SJW's....
The ending of the episode always cracks me up hahaha.
For me, this is the best episode of them all. Although "Kicking Bishop Brennan up the arse" comes a pretty close second.
don't forget about pat mustard!
“Feggin’ Greeks!...” - me favourite episode! 🇮🇪🤝🇬🇷
FT was so far ahead of its time.
Now give us our money back.
"THEY INVENTED GAYNESS" Gets me everytime 🤣
@@Okurka. - It’s long gone, mate - we haven’t got it; ask the Germans.
@@seavixen125 - We didn’t invent it, we just improved it; and then the English upper class perfected it.
FECKIN..........GREEKS!
The bag lady is hilarious. 🎉😂
20:29 That's commitment! 💪They painted the man's face just for one second of screen time 👍
They invented gayness!
Whenever I heard that line when I was a kid, I always imagined a bunch of Greek scientists, dressed in white lab coats and goggles, analyzing glass beakers and flasks, and revelling over finally discovering the secret of gayness
The Sonic Sega Nerd - That’s precisely how we did it!-how ever did you know? 🇬🇷🌡📊🔬👨🏼⚕️👩🏼⚕️🎛🏛🏺🇬🇷
😆 Tells Doogle to lighten up while wearing a lap shade
Dougal
Pure script & acting brilliance.
"Is that the Ying dynasty" hahahagahagahagagag
3:09 interesting that he says “Humanae Vitae… how far we’ve come”. It’s usually regarded as a step back since it reaffirms the traditional doctrine of the church with regards to contraception… so I’m not sure if he’s being sarcastic
He's reading it because it's archaic and no longer applies, not because he believes it. Basically he's reading what people *used to* believe in order to put into context how much better church teachings are in the present.
"Chairman Mao"
It's basically as if you showed a portrait of Hitler to them.
GOOD FER YOU, FATHER!!
TAKIN' OUR JABS 'N STEALIN' OUR WOMEN!!!!
the thing about good humor is layers upon layers upon layers.
"I can explain everything!" - best line of the best scene of the best episode of the best sitcom ever.
Amen. Ay men.
14:24 always reminds me of the hillarious "Muskatnuss"-scene from "Le Grandé Restaurant" with Louis de Funes.
8:52 he looks like a grown up Daniel Radcliffe for a second there
Lol I feel so bad for Father Ted, every time he tries to make the situation better, it blows up out of his control even worse.
Like in "keeping up appearances", she's tries so hard to be with the "upper crust"...hae hae...oh it always back-fires, just like her sister's car.
One of my favourite episodes.
One of the Best episode ever!!!!
This is my favourite episode thank you so much for posting it
That still cracks me up!
One of the best father teds!
I want out Ted. I didn't know you had to follow up a good idea with more little ideas.
Hilarious. Funniest show ever made
The episode made me laugh me pants off
one of them.
4:24 one thing is to collect Werchmarch military memorabilia, but the moment you SS stuff looking like a shrine you might want to check if those Luger's are still in working order
Great art never dates. Always stays relevant.
Its not "relevant" its just funny.
I'd love to open a package and have SS Father Jack leap out!
This has to be my favourite episode of Father Ted yet XD
(Pointing out the window)"Dugal! THERE WERE CHINESE people there!"
"...alright, yea." Hahahaha! Dugal just has no evaluative ability to his response. It kills me.!!
23:05 When my friends find my social media burner accounts
"I wouldn't have done an Altmer impression if I knew there was a Thalmor there to see me do an Altmer impression!"
According to the white gold condordinant u are probably subject to a fine
"No, Ted, there's prob'ly something wrong with it."
Still brilliant, 25 years on.
Th th th there's a Chinatown on Craggy Island?!?!?! The delivery on that line was the best.
GET OUT WITH THAT SORTAAA THINGG!!
Down with that sort of thing!
Careful now
"So the story is: You're not a racist,...." 🤣🤣🤣
oh I was so hoping that one of the slideshow images showed a picture of Mickey Rooney in the movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
I was low key expecting that to show up too!
Certainly would've fit in with everything else.
Tip father ted. I hope I get ur autograph in heaven 🙋🏽♀️
My wife and I performed 'My Lovely Horse' in front of the Parish House in The Burren in 2017. We filmed it, I made a few edits, and slipped in a 'subliminal' 1 frame of text that said: NOT RACISTS!
'Chinatown' is Vaughan's Pub in The Burren. 😀
Just brilliant.
Things got just crazy hilarious!
'The Chinese: a great bunch o' lads.'
Never gets old
I love this episode.
I thought I'd seen every episode more than once but I'd forgotten most of this one.
First episode I've ever watched best episode I've ever watched I seen why Ireland likes this
Mr Miyagi🤣
😂there is no reason for him to gesture exactly the way he does when gets mad behind the window 😂
I think the best joke, honestly, is the "ag'rophobic" exchange. It's a throwaway gag, but it's just perfect.
Its hard to say this because father ted is such a likable guy and the show he's in is so well written....but he's basically a selfish embezzler. Though I think he has some redeeming qualities
No. The money was just resting in his account.
Jokes aside, I don't think Ted is selfish. He's somewhat quick to annoy, and it's very clear the residents of Craggy Island get on his nerves, but given how they seem to act (not to mention how his house-mates act), can we really blame him? Remember, when Ted's around people more to his liking, for example with the priests in Dublin, and thus not constantly annoyed, he's a far nicer person and even seems to be largely liked by his contemporaries.
Lol- it is a comedy after all... 😂🤣😂
Omg 😂 I pissed myself laughing 🤣🤣🤣
fantastic
A house that size and they share the smallest room 😅
Why is that one not in the playlist?
Funny how you get more right as thing gets older 🤣🤣🤣
The Chinese Irish bar, stunned mullets
2022 here. i did not see it til now
Maby he's agrophobic
Jack scared of fighting I don't think so Ted
😂
This was such a Seinfeldian episode. Hilarious! 🤣
"There's a G in Dougal.."
"Where?" 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
That was hysterical
This is so hilarious episode of father ted
Brilliant!
Brilliant we’ll let Father Ted 🐍buy
the tickets😇⁉️ Ireland here☘️🙃
we come🙏🏻
ACH SCHEISSE!!!!! Ich bin müde!😂😂😂😂
The funniest comedy ever.
Thank you from Manhattan ©2024
"TED.... would you like a peanut?"
That lady is so funny, good for you father 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Fekken greeks!
I love her. Do we see more of her on the show?
Brilliant.
It always cracks me up when Ming the Merciless pop up
Especially when played by a Swede!
@@milou66 and not to mention Ming was a negative portrayal of Asian when he was created in the 1930
Hysterical!
Hampster sandwich 😂😂