Err...I wouldn't say we are poor for not knowing this guy...fortunate, definitely. Sounds like all he does is shout dirty words to get laughs, and not really have anything else to say. Much like the Tokyo Shouter.
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Posted by LB4747 on :
Well, uh, this Jack fellow is certainly...interesting. Just what show is he from?
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Posted by RW (Member # 27) on :
Father Ted, a really great show that stopped when the guy playing the title role died :[
Jeff-And it is not just what he says that's great (but I must admit it is cheap laughs here), you should see how he sits in his chair, or his facial expressions.
Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :
But if I want to see somebody sit in a chair and be very VERY funny... I'll watch "Dave Allen At Large."
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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
I feal I must stand up for Goffy here. Father Jack is very funny. And anyone who says otherwise is wrong.
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Posted by StationMaster (Member # 63) on :
Thinks for a moment.....
Okay He is a priest who sits in a chair all the time permanently drunk. Ted and Dougal play the funny and straight role for most of the time until Jack gets out of his chair and usually throws something, jumps out of the window, or hurles abuse at anything.
Frank Kelly, the guy that plays Jack is an absolute comic genius who may only have no more than 20 words in a show, is sometimes the funniest thing in it - and trust me - Father Ted got loads of comedy awards over its short life span.
It is well worth a look if you get a chance.
Certainly better than Friends or the Larry Sanders Show.......
Oh dear, this is one comedy from Britian that isn't funny! Cripes...I could shoot father ted! *L*
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Posted by Cargile (Member # 45) on :
Oh damn! It's rather fun! I like making him say "Drink Big Bras" or "Rats I like cake."
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Posted by RW (Member # 27) on :
Actually it's not from Britain..
Posted by Orion Syndicate (Member # 25) on :
DRINK! FECK! ARSE! GIRLS!
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Posted by Montgomery (Member # 23) on :
THAT WOULD BE AN ECUMENICAL MATTER!
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Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :
Well, from what I heard, I don't feel like I'm missing much.
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Posted by RW (Member # 27) on :
Father Dougal is very funny too actually, and he doesn't use swear words all the time.
Posted by Orion Syndicate (Member # 25) on :
Dougal's supposed to be this stupid little guy who couldn't do anything without father Ted Crilly. Dougal's also too mild mannered to go around shouting FECK, ARSE, DRINK, GIRLS.
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Posted by Cargile (Member # 45) on :
I would like to see this show. To bad it isn't on Public Television like other British/European shows.
It's a fuuny site. I just learned that you can click on all the circles as fast as you can and they still play superimposed.
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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Actually Father Ted was Channel 4 funded, and shown over here before it was shown in Ireland, so it is sort of a British show.
And everyone of those (counts 6, 6, christmas special, and, er, 8 I think) 21 episodes was a comedy classic. Like the VERY VERY VERY VERY funniest episodes of the Simpsons, but without ANY duffers whatso ever.
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Posted by MaGiC (Member # 59) on :
I thought I heard they were making a version for the states...not that it would still be funny......
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Posted by RW (Member # 27) on :
which means it will become a weak toned down version that isn't funny and actors who think they are funny anyway..
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Say, did anyone happen to catch that Fawlty Towers remake w/ John Larroquette? Did it even make it past one episode? *never bothered to check, since he didn't even see the first one*
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