The Father Ted Appreciation Thread

[Frank]

My dad didn't notice that cameo, and he LOVES Brian Eno!

[Frank]

Oh no, it's a little puppy with a broken paw. I'd better get home, and nurse him back to health.

[gaminglegend]

It's Ireland's biggest lingerie section I understand...

[PCCD]

He did! He did kick me up the arse!

[Sputnik]

So is this what an authentic Irish accent sounds like, then?

[chalkitdown]

Who are you referring to? Both Ted & Dougal speak with the actor's natural accents if that's what you mean.

[Sputnik]

Who are you referring to? Both Ted & Dougal speak with the actor's natural accents if that's what you mean.

That accent that Roy from IT Crowd has.

I thought Irish people were all "oi" this and "oi" that (not the oi oi banta thing). Here it seems like they're about to say every word with an American accent but change it halfway through the word and just suppress it.

[chalkitdown]

There are dozens and dozens of different Irish regional accents, just like there are in Britain.

[Sputnik]

Right. So the two actors have accents from a region in Ireland?

[chalkitdown]

Dermot Morgan is from Dublin and O'Hanlon is from Monaghan. They have completely different accents.

[Sputnik]

My ears are really untrained, because they sound very similar to me.

Ah well.

[Squinty]

Oh no, it's a little puppy with a broken paw. I'd better get home, and nurse him back to health.

I have no willy!

[chalkitdown]

My ears are really untrained, because they sound very similar to me.

Ah well.

See if you can understand the accents here.

[Sputnik]

The bear on the front, he's strawberry floating happy.

Some stuff I understand, some I haven't a clue.

[Starbreaker]

Would you like a cake father? They've got cocaine in them!

[Metalgear2k2]

My ears are really untrained, because they sound very similar to me.

Ah well.

See if you can understand the accents here.

The Hardy Bucks, fecking gas!

[superfurryfox]

Had a brilliant laugh looking at gonintendo today...

http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id= ... nt-section

Protesters show up at library's Call of Duty: Black Ops tournament
“They're trying to bring young people into the library, and that's a valid goal. But to use violent video games to draw the young people is just wrong.” - John Reiger, chapter president of the local Veterans for Peace

[PCCD]

"Careful now"

[Frank]

Would you like a cake father? They've got cocaine in them!

Wait, no. I mean raisins!

[Saint of Killers]

For anyone who missed this last night.

Small, Far Away - The World of Father Ted

On the 15th anniversary of its launch, this documentary follows Father Ted creators Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews as they return to Craggy Island on a road trip across Ireland, taking them back to some of the key filming locations from the series.

Father Ted captured a specific Irish humour rarely seen on screen and its impact doesn't seem to have faded. The show is revealed as a product of a pair of ambitious writers, a brilliant cast and the gently confident producer Geoffrey Perkins, whose suggestion of turning a one-off mock documentary into a sitcom helped make it the much-loved show it is today.

Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly, Graham Norton and many others pitch in with their reminiscences of the show, the passion it inspired and their memories of the late, great Dermot Morgan.