![]() ![]() As the series continued, though, the doubts both Father Ted and Father Dougal have about religion are raised more frequently. These are small…but the ones are there are far away…small….far away…ah forget it!”).Īnother asset the show had was how often and easily the characters poked fun at the Catholic Church and its teachings, albeit in a rather harmless and fairly inoffensive manner. Whether it was Father Jack tossing empty liquor bottles through television sets and occasionally tossing Father Ted through windows, or Father Ted explaining the difference between a miniature toy cow and actual cows to Father Dougal in the “Hell” episode (“Okay, one last time. ![]() Perhaps the biggest reason why Father Ted worked so well was mixing the ridiculous with the sublime using Crilly (Dermot Morgan), his younger but intelligence-challenged cohort Father Dougal McGuire (Ardal O’Hanlon), and the alcoholic, foul-mouthed, quasi-womanizing Father Jack Hackett. And this new 5-DVD package (far slimmer than the rather bulky box set The Holy Trilogy released a few years ago) captures the characters at their craziest. With only three series filmed, and 25 episodes shot, Father Ted still packs as much laughter and pokes as much fun at various institutions now as it did during its original run from 1995 to 1998. Regardless of the reasons though, there have been quite a few over the last ten years that deserved a far better fate in North American circles, including Drop The Dead Donkey, Black Books and one which followed Father Ted Crilly and his colleagues around the delightful, ridiculous isle of Craggy Island.
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