Father Ted

It's very tongue in cheek and surreal, you know it's reveling in its cheesiness as much as you are it's just a fun time

>It's very tongue in cheek

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>Do I have to be an Irish boomer to get it?
No, just over 13

Pretty much. Zoomers won't know what they are referencing.

The Church?

are you some america 14y/o whos great great great great grandparents went through ellis island or something?
give us background on yourself, and maybe we can explain why you dont find it funny, shlomo

more water

Careful Now

Dumb unrefined americunt

Irish*

If you need to have explained why something is funny, I think you should stop bothering altogether. Just stick to friends.

I think so. I'm a Britbong and I can't stand it.

Not only that. How many zoomers have seen Speed(1994)?

>I see you're having a Ted thread here. Too bad it's full of shitposters, zoomers and bait. We're having a kino Byrne Thread at the Parochial House over on Rugged Island.

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FECK OFF, CUP

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>The west part of the thread......drifted off?
>Yes. We woke up one more thinking it'd sage like usual and it was just gone.

based

My lovely horse, I want to hold you so tight, I want to rub my fingers through your tail and love you all night

i hear it's ireland's largest lingerie department

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Where did you read that?

>I literally made a Father Byrne thread then two minutes later saw this

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Reminder that we've lost both Pat Mustard and Father Stack this past 12 months.

He's yanking himself off round the clock in heaven now

I'm a 3rd gen Irish American. But none of the references are funny or clever. It doesn't even make jokes about the church that much

>3rd gen Irish American

So not Irish then. I mean you may as well have just left out the word Irish and that post has same effect.

top kek

>>I'm a 3rd gen Irish American
You're just American user.

You are not irish at all faggot

They say it's as big as four cats and it's got a retractable leg so's it can leap up at you better. And you know what, Ted, it lights up at night and it's got four ears, two of them are for listening and the other two are kind of back-up ears. Its claws are as big as cups and for some reason, it's got a tremendous fear of stamps! Mrs Doyle was telling me that it's got magnets on its tail, so's if you're made out of metal it can attach itself to you and instead of a mouth, it's got four arses!"

fuckin hell

Finally SOMEONE gets it.

Faggot

everyone gets it, other than larping muh heritage burgers.

Produced by UK Channel 4 so it's British. Ireland's greatest export is British. Roll on Brexit

>I'm a 3rd gen Irish American
Why do burgers do this?
Is it because they have no culture of their own?

>larping muh heritage burgers.
Kek

Yes, you do have to be Irish to get it. Because the characters are based on the behaviour of many Irish people that can be found in rural areas particularly. Characters like Mrs Doyle who are obnoxiously generous, the couple who run the shop that hate each other but keep up appearances in public and many others are all real life tropes.

If you are Irish, it's one of the funniest shows on the planet.

What was his secret lads?

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Yes. Other places have thousands of years of history and heritage, they don't.

But it's popular throughout the UK too. I think general British Isles does it.

It's funny even if you're not Irish.

what in the actual fuck are you even on about m8?

>Out and about?
>Same as yourself.
>Good, good.

Captured Irish small talk so perfectly.

Transwomen, a great bunch of lads!

Written by Irish people,starring an Irish cast and filmed in Ireland,but keep fooling yourself while country continues to make a massive fool of itself,

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of course, there are no transgenders on craggy island.

>still seething after 100 years

Yes but do you truly get it in that case, that's the big think

>filmed in Ireland

"The interior scenes were recorded at the London Studios in front of a live studio audience."

Only the location shots were in Ireland, and even then any cold and wet place would have done the job.

>filmed in Ireland
Yeah, but like 1/3 of Ireland is the UK. IIRC that's enough to claim intellectual property

Yep. It's also why they get obsessed with pop culture.

>dubs
>trips
>BTFOposts

based as fuck

Written by and starring Irish people based heavily on Irish stereotypes and attitudes,if you can offer a proper retort on why it is British besides what channel it aired on please do.

I hear you're a racist now father

Ireland has only been an independent country for 98 years. All of those "Irish" actors and writers had British parents and grandparents. Irish culture is British culture.

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Right so, father!

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I really love how British this British sitcom is, what with all its Britishness and all

m.youtube.com/watch?v=OxcvVdIgyBA

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>using the same logic as this retard
Still waiting for a proper retort

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Its fine for people to like a show you don't. I personally wouldn't watch it but people like you have ruined Yea Forums for good. You unfunny tryhard faggot.

It's Irish you mong

you're on this board. you're obsessed with americans, pop culture, and american pop culture

>Do I have to be an Irish boomer to get it?
nah, just a bitter drunk

>How is this funny?

Maybe it isn't for you. Maybe this show was made for somebody else.

Mind blowing revelation, isn't it?

Do I have to be an Irish boomer to get it?

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Yes, same with anything produced by RTÉ bar Reeling in the Years.

I think they tried exporting them to Bongistan at one point

No, you really just have to understand good comedy. It was hugely popular in England too.

First two seasons were mediocre basic sitcom garbage, the third one somewhat picked up the ball. If you filter the shit even in this thread you may notice a lot of people like it for "being from Ireland"

my favourite character is father fintan stack

what did he mean by this

People like it because it's fundamentally funny. It's a classic sitcom setup of a central character who'd rather be somewhere else, stuck in a pointless and depressing existence, surrounded by a supporting cast of humorous caricatures of various personality types. You don't need to be Irish to get any of that.

Plus some really good surrealist stuff and unusual story progression. It's phenominal.

What a nice bottom she has, but of course they all have nice bottoms.

I read that

somewhere

The more this country goes on, the more I'm convinced it was a documentary

I didn't say you need to be Irish to get it, I said people like it because it's from Ireland. Same way a lot of trashy Korean movies get praised simply because they follow classic/banal conventions and come from somewhere you wouldn't expect them from.

People like it because it's a well executed example of a sitcom. The fact that it's Irish is inconsequential.

scare at bedtime was definitely on tv here, don't think any of their other shows were though.

I don't think I even knew it was Irish when I was a kid. I didn't know what Irish people were.

Is Glinner a good guy now?

Your problem is it was making fun of what Irish people are actually like and not whatever bullshit your grandfather told you about Kilkenny in the 40s.

It's literally the worst 15 percent.

>Begorrah!

This. If being Irish was enough to make people like a sitcom, everyone would love Mrs. Brown's Boys too.

>Do I have to be an Irish boomer to get it?
That would be an ecumenical matter

Millions do

It's a real pleasantly cursed memory watching a scare at bed time at like age 8.

I found it weirdly immersive and captivating. Their decrepid, entirely brown house where they were always in bed and it was always raining outside was honestly really comforting in a horrible way. Had similar energy to the shared bed in Willy Wonka. Excellent framing device for the horror stories that I was too young to laugh at and which were just working for me as straight horror.

I'm aware of this but I don't really consider them people.

I remember passively listening to an episode and near the end they had two priests tell you that accepting immigrants is the righteous and moral thing to do. Literal propaganda.

But why did he need to steal the priests clothes

He was a turbo chad

Kek

It was just going that way

Reeling in the Years makes me so sad. Even in the shittier poorer times, Ireland looked more fun.

He had a huge tool

THOSE WOMEN WERE IN THE NIP!

Moved to England when I was 3 but still get nostalgic for Ireland in the 90s

Down with this sort of thing

They were a bit obsessed with the old…S-E-X. God I’m glad I never think of that type of thing Father. That whole sexual world. God, when you think of it it’s a dirty, filthy thing, isn’t it Father? Can you imagine Father? Can you imagine Father, looking up at your husband, and him standing over you with his lad in his hand, wanting you to degrade yourself? God almighty can you imagine that Father? Can you picture it there Father? Oh get a good mental picture of it. Can you see him there? Ready to do the business?

I remember early 90s Ireland, and yes, it really was a nicer place.

Niamh Conolly: The church in Ireland secretly had lots of potatoes during the famine, and they hid the potatoes in pillows and sold them abroad in potato fairs. And the Pope closed down a lot of the factories that were makin’ the potatoes and turned them into prisons for children.

Father Ted: God almighty, she says that as if there’s something sinister about it all! I mean, what is the problem with her?

Careful now.

>I'm a 3rd gen Irish American

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keke

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>Not Irish
>doesn't understand a show for Irish people

it's less than a quarter

>6 out of 32 is a third
whew lad

>these are small, but the ones out there are far away
What exactly did he mean by this lads? It's been twenty years and I still don't get it. Are the cows that are far away the same size as the little ones? They look the same size so they have to be.

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I remember watching this one as a kid and the line
>Well Dougal, I'd imagine it would blow up and you would be picking lumps of metal out of your face for the next three years. Your face would become all blotchy and you would get some kind of fish lips.
made my ribs hurt from laughing so much

They've taken the roads in.

CRILLY! FORMATION!

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>cast and location makes it property of that country
Guess Game of Thrones is the UK's.

Same thing.

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Yeah, christcucks and their fucking christian values.

>expecting Americans to know the first thing about Christian values despite claiming America is a Christian country
An exercise in futility.

Yep, it qualifies as British film. Many productions do the same in order to access UK and EU funding and tax relief since Hollywood doesn't really value the notion of "American cinema" and simply want to make money

...like Father Bigley.
Exactly like father Bigley.

nice b8 m8

Maybe that's what happened to him

>Oh, yes, they'll be peeling him off the wall for weeks to come.

>its an episode where the bad guy joins the good guys to fight an even bad guy

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Correct.

America is a Pr*testant country, not Christian.

I'm English and it is one of my favourites.
Come at me paddy.
In actuality I'm 1/4 Irish but I still call myself English rather than British. Scots can get fucked.

glinner still hasn't figured out that if you step even a little out line you get The Terror. he's been cucking hard recently but it won't be enough to save his career

And instead of a mouth, it's got four arses

Plastic paddies at it again

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wtf i love catholicism now

Same, but the difference is that English people with Irish blood would be embarrassed to point out their heritage in the OTT way that some of the yanks do.

I wish i would have trained to become a milkman rather than going to university now.

What's his name again?

I really, really hate Father Dick Burn.

Fr. Andy Riley,
Fr. Desmond Coyle,
Fr. George Byrne,
Fr. David Nicholson,
Fr. Declan Lynch,
Fr. Ken Sweeney,
Fr. Neil Hannon,
Fr. Keith Cullen,
Fr. Ciaran Donnelly,
Fr. Mick McEvoy,
Fr. Jack White,
Fr. Henry Bigbigging,
Fr. Hank Tree,
Fr. Hiroshima Twinkie
Fr. Stig Bubblecard,
Fr. Johnny Hellzapoppin’ ,
Fr. Luke Duke,
Fr. Billy Ferry,
Fr. Chewy Louie,
Fr. John Hoop,
Fr. Hairycake Linehan,
Fr. Rebulah Conundrum,
Fr. Peewee Stairmaster,
Fr. Jemima Racktool,
Fr. Jerry Twig,
Fr. Spodo Komodo,
Fr. Cannabranna Lammer.
Fr. Todd Unctious

He taught Elvis how to play karate

Arthur Mathews brought this back in Toast, still funny as ever
youtube.com/watch?v=nt-q_v_OjFw

You have to be at least a millennial of any western nation, but I guess you'd be completely oblivious as a gen z in some 3rd world nation.

>the priest sports day

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It's just really funny. The plots are so surreal and the gags are fantastic

Dougal is unironically one of the best comedy characters of all time

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Love Father Ted. If you guys like it I suggest Black Books too if you haven't seen it. More funny if you're an alcoholic Irishman though.

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You have to not be jaded to enjoy things. I can't help with that.

>America is a Pr*testant country, not Christian.
Protestants are Christian, user. Protestant is a word coined by the Catholic Church to define Christians that are not Catholics.

>Fr. Hiroshima Twinkie
I'm pretty sure you made this one up.

>shouldn't we just have a bit of an ould pray and maybe god will help us
>......right

he didn't.

>oh, right, yeah.

That is an ecumenical matter

>Well, it's been an easy decision. There's one out and out winner and, rather than waste time with a speech, I'll get on with the job of announcing the winner who, today has come first in this competition to see who the winner is in the king of the sheep competition that we have all come to today wondering, who indeed will it be who wins the prize of King of the Sheep

Gobshite

Might as well be a 3rd generation somalian and it won't change anything