Americans React | FATHER TED Season 2 Episode 1 with GRAHAM NORTON | Reaction

[@KeplersDream]

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]

IMAGINE EXPLAINING FORCED PERSPECTIVE PHOTOGRAPHY TO DOOGLE---HAHAHA

[@stephenfox8685]

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.

[@geraintgriffiths9435]

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

[@wurble]

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

[@GrilloTheFlightless]

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.

[@Ssparksey]

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!”

[@alasdairmacleod7769]

I love that bit 😂😁👌

[@rabid_si]

"NUNS! AAAARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH!"

[@anthonyholroyd5359]

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.

[@annedunne4526]

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

[@ianstaines4395]

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

[@davidsweeney4021]

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

[@thadtuiol1717]

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]

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

[@natmanprime4295]

Lol, that's pretty Irish

[@nickrobinson8339]

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]

Yep!

[@johncartwright8154]

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

[@mattierenton701]

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

[@johncartwright8154]

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

[@stephenmurphy2212]

*Irish legend

[@yekimsrennihs-yhprum2074]

"He's puncturing the tyres, Ted."

[@sonofednawelthorpe8609]

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.

[@seanlennon5913]

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

[@MD-1982]

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

[@mag5020]

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.

[@detonator82]

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!

[@MrHotsnakes]

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.

[@sonofednawelthorpe8609]

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

[@christophercasey3530]

Irish people love this show so whoever said that is lying

[@CorvusCorone68]

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

[@syphon_9892]

I think the fishing game dougal is playing, was called junior angler

[@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t]

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

[@ciandarcy5430]

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]

The Darcy fella having his tuppence worth

[@METALLICARULES11]

Fun fact: After the raw sewerage scene, Ardal o' Hanlon (Father dougal) went to the nearest house which was occupied by a elderly couple he didnt know and begged them to let him use their bath. They did :)

[@paulmackay2176]

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

[@stephenmurphy2212]

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 😂).

[@stephenmurray2851]

I thought he was a wrestler. The guy with the bagpipes?

[@matwetton]

@@stephenmurray2851 thats Rowdy Roddy Piper

[@sarraconnolly3774]

what pub

[@stephenmurphy2212]

@@sarraconnolly3774 Harry Byrnes

[@sarraconnolly3774]

@@stephenmurphy2212 go maith

[@catshez]

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 ! 🌈✨✨✨

[@partially_discombobulated9818]

The faces trying not to break character crack me up even more 😂

[@matthewdove3520]

Dougle played thermal man to a British sitcom years ago

[@A..Shadow..]

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

[@barriehull7076]

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]

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").

[@terrymurray9818]

The Irish people love father ted

[@suzy686868]

the reason why we irish people love father ted is because of a lot of the satire is completely true when mrs doyle comes out with mountains of sandwiches and lots of tea this is exactly what happened when friends came over you would be offered tea and if you said no your mother would say GO ON GO ON GO ON .. Also the priests here in ireland drink a lot that why you have the drunken preist. im surprised that americans get the satire.

[@marcballard9428]

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

[@StefanWB]

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]

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

[@mhagain]

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]

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

[@marcballard9428]

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!!!

[@cymru7394]

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

[@P5YcHoKiLLa]

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

[@TallBlondeSassy]

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.

[@cathalhayde8628]

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]

That show sucks lmao.

[@philrob1978]

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

[@jakemelvin8473]

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 ! 😂👌

[@5thRace]

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.🤣🤣🤣

[@natmanprime4295]

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

[@mookie2637]

The small/far away cows bit is one of the great moments of modern comedy - worthy of Spike Milligan.

[@aaronhanlon772]

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.

[@alasdairmacleod7769]

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

[@schuey089]

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

[@makaveliuk86]

Yeh it was quite a sudden, random cut...🤔😔

[@peterdavidson3890]

The large cuts ruined the show

[@skyeait5939]

this episode is all about the cows scene. Genius.

[@Grumbo91]

I'm irish, I love this show too!

[@barriehull7076]

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.

[@manonthestreet1703]

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.

[@barriehull7076]

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]

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

[@sarraconnolly3774]

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

[@dillo222]

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!!!

[@Grumbo91]

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

[@johnboy2562]

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

[@ianstaines4395]

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

[@richardkennedy7941]

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

[@Paul_1971]

This is one of my favourite episodes!

[@grahambamford9073]

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

[@KarlXByrne]

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.

[@williecollins5833]

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

[@mijmijrm]

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

[@noelienoelie8425]

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.]

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

[@me1735]

"Small, far away"

[@michealjones9863]

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.

[@TallBlondeSassy]

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

[@nacekozo]

The Magic Road actually exists - I've tried it!

[@frankspencer6935]

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

[@nick8069]

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

[@philrob1978]

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.

[@jonnyshackleton1911]

Father Jack channeling his inner Kramer with that holiday entrance 🤣

[@Baptist7203]

Just have to say sir that I watched a KZbin 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!

[@Ian-lx1iz]

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]

And "Flight into Terror".

[@Ian-lx1iz]

@@ak99uk _Good call!_

[@nw8000]

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

[@simontay4851]

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

[@JohntheLNERP2]

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

[@michealjones9863]

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

[@rmlfilms123]

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

[@richardfurness7556]

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

[@matthewtaylor8394]

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.

[@Shane-Flanagan]

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!

[@Mrbleusky]

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

[@jmurray2018]

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? 😁

[@darmtb]

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 😂😂

[@britblue]

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

[@stueyboyrob5447]

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

[@jonnycola86]

Hooray they're back.

[@Chalky29]

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

[@conmcgrath7174]

One of the best, arguably eclipsed by 'Kicking Bishop Brennan up the arse' howling mad!

[@timothyp8947]

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

[@B.A.Pilgrim]

being professional actors may have helped

[@colinsweeney2628]

I love the reaction at 16:12, its the most iconic line in the entire show

[@geoffduke1763]

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

[@margaretflounders8510]

Or "All of me"..absolutely brilliant Steve Martin film...

[@mehhandle]

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.

[@abarratt8869]

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

[@MrFalconhead]

Holy shit you just made my night. Love you guys.

[@mlee6050]

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

[@Kraken54321]

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

[@alecmunro1732]

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!

[@gareth3507]

Great reaction as always King & Queen. Nice to see the gorgeous Nora making an appearance too!! :)

[@gibsonms]

There’s always a final joke after the end credits - hang on in there!

[@bainebolton8244]

father ted father ted wot u gonna do today father ted