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  • @KeplersDream
    @KeplersDream Рік тому +114

    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".

    • @gergemini2993
      @gergemini2993 Рік тому +4

      IMAGINE EXPLAINING FORCED PERSPECTIVE PHOTOGRAPHY TO DOOGLE---HAHAHA

    • @stephenfox8685
      @stephenfox8685 9 днів тому

      I must be the only guy who thinks that joke is dumb. I don't kniw why. It's just TOO stupid. Even for Dougal.

  • @wurble
    @wurble Рік тому +73

    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

  • @geraintgriffiths9435
    @geraintgriffiths9435 Рік тому +39

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

  • @Ssparksey
    @Ssparksey Рік тому +49

    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!”

  • @annedunne4526
    @annedunne4526 Рік тому +77

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

    • @ianstaines4395
      @ianstaines4395 Рік тому +3

      Graham Lineham(Father Ted writer) was one of the Irish guys in the Alan Partridge reaction that you did, at the breakfast table.

    • @davidsweeney4021
      @davidsweeney4021 Рік тому +12

      Sorry Anne, It's a shame RTE couldn't see the potential and it was made by a British TV company

    • @thadtuiol1717
      @thadtuiol1717 Рік тому +8

      If Ireland loved FT so much, why was it filmed in London at Channel 4's studios? Sorry Anne, your hatred for the English shines through in all your comments. England and English people played a big part in FT ever making it to the screen. Get over it.

    • @annedunne4526
      @annedunne4526 Рік тому +6

      @@davidsweeney4021 From what I read the two writers specifically approached channel 4 to make Father Ted rather than RTE.

    • @natmanprime4295
      @natmanprime4295 Рік тому +1

      Lol, that's pretty Irish

  • @GrilloTheFlightless
    @GrilloTheFlightless Рік тому +31

    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.

  • @anthonyholroyd5359
    @anthonyholroyd5359 Рік тому +21

    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.

  • @nickrobinson8339
    @nickrobinson8339 Рік тому +200

    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.

    • @xplorer841
      @xplorer841 Рік тому +3

      Yep!

    • @johncartwright8154
      @johncartwright8154 Рік тому +6

      Indeed, it has gone into our family vocabulary.Oft used when we are at a Caravan Club site! :)

    • @mattierenton701
      @mattierenton701 Рік тому +5

      @@johncartwright8154 and there's only one rule of caravan club.......

    • @johncartwright8154
      @johncartwright8154 Рік тому +3

      @@mattierenton701 I'm 72....don't think that rule applies to me 😇

    • @stephenmurphy2212
      @stephenmurphy2212 Рік тому +37

      *Irish legend

  • @sonofednawelthorpe8609
    @sonofednawelthorpe8609 Рік тому +15

    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.

  • @yekimsrennihs-yhprum2074
    @yekimsrennihs-yhprum2074 Рік тому +14

    "He's puncturing the tyres, Ted."

  • @detonator82
    @detonator82 Рік тому +14

    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!

  • @MD-1982
    @MD-1982 Рік тому +9

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

  • @MrHotsnakes
    @MrHotsnakes Рік тому +5

    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.

  • @seanlennon5913
    @seanlennon5913 Рік тому +2

    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

  • @sonofednawelthorpe8609
    @sonofednawelthorpe8609 Рік тому +4

    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

  • @stephenmurphy2212
    @stephenmurphy2212 Рік тому +48

    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 😂).

  • @christophercasey3530
    @christophercasey3530 Рік тому +4

    Irish people love this show so whoever said that is lying

    • @CorvusCorone68
      @CorvusCorone68 Рік тому +1

      i think the distinction is that the man on the street at the time liked it, it's just the man in the stuffy suit (politicians) and the man with the backwards collar didn't, and they had the most power

  • @f0rth3l0v30fchr15t
    @f0rth3l0v30fchr15t Рік тому +8

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

  • @mag5020
    @mag5020 Рік тому +2

    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.

  • @ciandarcy5430
    @ciandarcy5430 Рік тому +31

    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 😂😂

    • @cahillgreg
      @cahillgreg Рік тому +1

      The Darcy fella having his tuppence worth

  • @schuey089
    @schuey089 Рік тому +14

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

  • @terrymurray9818
    @terrymurray9818 Рік тому +4

    The Irish people love father ted

  • @A..Shadow..
    @A..Shadow.. 9 місяців тому +1

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

  • @mhagain
    @mhagain Рік тому +7

    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!

    • @mlee6050
      @mlee6050 Рік тому

      To help me, car or ski happened first? Watching like 3 or so reactors at different stages on this and other programs

  • @paulmackay2176
    @paulmackay2176 4 місяці тому +2

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

  • @P5YcHoKiLLa
    @P5YcHoKiLLa Рік тому +6

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

  • @StefanWB
    @StefanWB Рік тому +9

    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.

    • @davidsweeney4021
      @davidsweeney4021 Рік тому +2

      My daughter was also born on 19 July. So I love the reference

  • @TallBlondeSassy
    @TallBlondeSassy Рік тому +6

    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.

  • @barriehull7076
    @barriehull7076 Рік тому +2

    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.

  • @doctordunc
    @doctordunc Рік тому +2

    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").

  • @marcballard9428
    @marcballard9428 Рік тому +3

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

  • @aaronhanlon772
    @aaronhanlon772 Рік тому +3

    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.

  • @cathalhayde8628
    @cathalhayde8628 Рік тому +21

    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)

    • @Fireglo
      @Fireglo Рік тому +4

      That show sucks lmao.

    • @philrob1978
      @philrob1978 Рік тому +3

      @@Fireglo A TV critic career awaits you, for sure.

  • @UnlimitedDreams-ui3if
    @UnlimitedDreams-ui3if Рік тому +6

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

  • @grahambamford9073
    @grahambamford9073 Рік тому +5

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

  • @Grumbo91
    @Grumbo91 Рік тому +3

    I'm irish, I love this show too!

  • @sarraconnolly3774
    @sarraconnolly3774 Рік тому +5

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

  • @mijmijrm
    @mijmijrm Рік тому +2

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

  • @skyeait5939
    @skyeait5939 Рік тому +3

    this episode is all about the cows scene. Genius.

  • @catshez
    @catshez Рік тому +8

    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 ! 🌈✨✨✨

  • @johnboy2562
    @johnboy2562 Рік тому +3

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

  • @manonthestreet1703
    @manonthestreet1703 Рік тому +3

    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.

  • @KarlXByrne
    @KarlXByrne Рік тому +2

    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.

  • @marcballard9428
    @marcballard9428 Рік тому +5

    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!!!

  • @natmanprime4295
    @natmanprime4295 Рік тому +2

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

  • @barriehull7076
    @barriehull7076 Рік тому +1

    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.

  • @jakemelvin8473
    @jakemelvin8473 Рік тому +1

    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 ! 😂👌

  • @dillo222
    @dillo222 Рік тому +4

    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!!!

  • @philrob1978
    @philrob1978 Рік тому +13

    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.

  • @cymru7394
    @cymru7394 6 місяців тому +1

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

  • @Grumbo91
    @Grumbo91 Рік тому +3

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

  • @JohntheLNERP2
    @JohntheLNERP2 Рік тому +2

    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

  • @noelienoelie8425
    @noelienoelie8425 Рік тому +2

    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.

    • @eadweard.
      @eadweard. Рік тому +1

      They were known within the church as "Johnny Bad'uns".

  • @me1735
    @me1735 Рік тому +3

    "Small, far away"

  • @nick8069
    @nick8069 Рік тому +3

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

  • @TallBlondeSassy
    @TallBlondeSassy Рік тому +2

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

  • @nw8000
    @nw8000 Рік тому +2

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

  • @Paul_1971
    @Paul_1971 Рік тому +2

    This is one of my favourite episodes!

  • @rmlfilms123
    @rmlfilms123 Рік тому +1

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

  • @jmurray2018
    @jmurray2018 Рік тому +5

    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? 😁

  • @frankspencer6935
    @frankspencer6935 Рік тому +2

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

  • @williecollins5833
    @williecollins5833 Рік тому +1

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

  • @mlee6050
    @mlee6050 Рік тому +2

    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

  • @simontay4851
    @simontay4851 Рік тому +1

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

  • @alasdairmacleod7769
    @alasdairmacleod7769 Рік тому

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

  • @bainebolton8244
    @bainebolton8244 Рік тому +2

    father ted father ted wot u gonna do today father ted

  • @BenBanjo87
    @BenBanjo87 Рік тому +5

    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 😂😂

  • @richardfurness7556
    @richardfurness7556 Рік тому +1

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

  • @richardkennedy7941
    @richardkennedy7941 Рік тому +1

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

  • @Micheal123mil
    @Micheal123mil Рік тому +3

    Keep the father Ted coming please

  • @geoffduke1763
    @geoffduke1763 Рік тому +2

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

  • @timothyp8947
    @timothyp8947 Рік тому +3

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

    • @B.A.Pilgrim
      @B.A.Pilgrim Рік тому

      being professional actors may have helped

  • @BusyAndySings
    @BusyAndySings Рік тому +3

    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.

  • @Chalky29
    @Chalky29 Рік тому +1

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

  • @jonnyshackleton1911
    @jonnyshackleton1911 Рік тому +1

    Father Jack channeling his inner Kramer with that holiday entrance 🤣

  • @garrkell
    @garrkell Рік тому +5

    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

  • @darmtb
    @darmtb Рік тому +1

    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 😂😂

  • @barriehull7076
    @barriehull7076 Рік тому +1

    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.

    • @MakoyUnggoy
      @MakoyUnggoy Рік тому

      Wasn't that the robot that had a stick in his hand and when placed he would spin round and point to the correct answer? I'm sure my uncle had that if it was the same thing

  • @Ian-lx1iz
    @Ian-lx1iz Рік тому +11

    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'.

    • @ak99uk
      @ak99uk Рік тому +1

      And "Flight into Terror".

    • @Ian-lx1iz
      @Ian-lx1iz Рік тому

      @@ak99uk _Good call!_

  • @abarratt8869
    @abarratt8869 Рік тому

    The near and distant cow gag was improvised on set, I think. 'Twas never in the script, they just made it up!

  • @Mrbleusky
    @Mrbleusky Рік тому +3

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

  • @alecmunro1732
    @alecmunro1732 Рік тому +1

    Well, I forgot about this one with Graham Norton. So you're in for a treat. He's in at least one more episode but on a plane. You're gonna love Father Jack in that one!

  • @Baptist7203
    @Baptist7203 Рік тому

    Just have to say sir that I watched a UA-cam short of your lovely misses sticking up for her man (you) and I loved it! It was so nice to see her not having to apologise in anyway and loves you for all that you are!

  • @michealjones9863
    @michealjones9863 Рік тому +9

    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.

  • @mehhandle
    @mehhandle Рік тому +3

    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.

  • @ianstaines4395
    @ianstaines4395 Рік тому +2

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

  • @Kraken54321
    @Kraken54321 Рік тому +1

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

  • @alanmackie7012
    @alanmackie7012 Рік тому +1

    Graham Norton wasn't that big when he did this episode. He was an Irish stand-up comedian who was unknown in the UK.

  • @Shane-Flanagan
    @Shane-Flanagan Рік тому

    I particularly like this episode as I remember watching it when young and shouting at the TV when Ted asked what was so special about July 19th. I would shout "I know, I know! It's my birthday!

  • @lizstratton9689
    @lizstratton9689 Рік тому +8

    Love your review of Father Ted - you guys are great :) Soon, too soon you will finish Father Ted and will be sad as we all were. So, i thought you might like to think about exploring the Brittas Empire - set in a Leisure Center - ua-cam.com/video/zzzfYBEMivA/v-deo.html link to a best bits but worth doing a series bing and so Very funny and totally British

    • @adamcashin4021
      @adamcashin4021 Рік тому

      Thanks for the Link. I forgot about Brittas empire

    • @Chris-lz1fs
      @Chris-lz1fs Рік тому

      I had completely forgot about that show!

  • @michealjones9863
    @michealjones9863 Рік тому

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

  • @anhistorian7255
    @anhistorian7255 Рік тому +1

    The game is magnet fishing, I had one of those when I was a kid. Simpler times!

  • @5thRace
    @5thRace Рік тому

    God damn I was checking discord the whole time wondering where the notifications were coming from until I realised the sound was from your computer lol.🤣🤣🤣

  • @jonnycola86
    @jonnycola86 Рік тому +3

    Hooray they're back.

  • @britblue
    @britblue Рік тому

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

  • @daedelous7094
    @daedelous7094 Рік тому

    Fun Fact: Graham Norton had a message from Frank Kelly (Father Jack) shown to him on The One Show in the UK years after Father Ted. Seen here: ua-cam.com/video/iNcX1eqjrco/v-deo.html
    Also, Frank Kelly appeared on a soap called Emmerdale as a character called Dermot Macey....you wouldn't imagine it was the same person.

  • @davey.f.demarco3858
    @davey.f.demarco3858 Рік тому +9

    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.

  • @stueyboyrob5447
    @stueyboyrob5447 Рік тому

    Love the jingle, it’s why I keep coming back.

  • @matthewtaylor8394
    @matthewtaylor8394 11 місяців тому

    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.

  • @jamesbowring9528
    @jamesbowring9528 Рік тому

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