American Reacts to Father Ted (#18)

[@BenBanjo87]

"How long was the car journ-?" "FOUR HOURS." Perfect comic timing there, and much said in that moment! 😆

[@jvgreendarmok]

It was a bit like the kind of thing, you know?

[@ethanholgate2512]

Its such an Irish humour thing with Father Barty Dunne because in Ireland there's lots of men like that who will piss themselves laughing about anything and can't stop that's what he represents so well one thing I love so much about father ted is it really captures Irish humour so bloody well Graham linahan and Arthur matthews are geniuses the way they did it

[@TheDoran144]

Yeah I've known people like that from way back when I was a farm boy.

[@kevincollins8484]

The actor who played Fr. Dunne (Fergus O' Kelly) died last month. RIP

[@MrGersboy72]

Hahaha- he, Ahahahaha- ah no.

[@MoskHotel]

Fergus actually seemed like a nice guy. :(

[@SergioMach7]

RIP Fergus O' Kelly/Barty Dunne. Every time this episode is on his laugh gets me.

[@frglee]

I seem to recall that the actor who played Father Dick Byrne (Maurice O'Donoghue) was second choice to play Ted. This role as the nemesis of Ted was a kind of consolation prize. I wonder if the other denizens of Rugged Island Parochial House were also second choices for Dougal, Jack and Mrs Doyle?

[@alpine_newt]

Yeah, I'm sure I heard that they were all close in the running at least.

[@rossalexander2255]

It is true, there's a documentary on channel 4 I watched recently and Graham Linehan and Arthur Matthews confirmed this. The programme is called 'Small, Far Away - The World of Father Ted' if anyone is interested.

[@colloquialsoliloquy3098]

I only realized this recently...but shouldn't Pauline McLynne be the third name in the credits? She has far more lines than Frank Kelly. 2021,strange 1990's,commonplace?

[@Temzy17]

@@rossalexander2255 Found it here and thought I'd only look at the first couple of minutes🙄. Ended up watching the whole thing. Thanks for the recommendation 😁

[@RltchieI]

The other housekeeper was played by Pauline McLynn as well, she just didn’t have her face made up the same and had a more natural look. The outfit & hair style was the same as Mrs Doyle, but not using the Mrs Doyle expressions or the makeup was enough of a difference for the mirror effect they were going for. The character actually looked more like Pauline than Mrs Doyle.

[@RS250Squid]

"Is there anything else we can get you?" "No no, I'm fine" *Stares venemously at Father Dunne* XD

[@jackhynes7268]

Ted : “Anything you want I’ll get it” Henry: ”Well I would actually love a PS5” Ted : “Except a PS5”

[@jackcarter5101]

Mrs Doyle was dusting the Mother Theresa photo at the start of the Eurovision episode

[@schteeve4759]

Glad to hear you say in the last one that Ted is your favourite show to react to!

[@areasquirrel]

Heads... Tails... Heads! Tough. Henry Sellers is a cross between Henry Kelly and Sir Terry Wogan - Irish and on the BBC every day in the 80s and 90s. The game show is a bit of both as well - Wogan having an audience of old people and presenting with a 'why am I even here?' style, and Kelly hosting a daily quiz. Add the quiz, Going for Gold, to the game show pile.

[@colloquialsoliloquy3098]

think Jack's 1st reaction was an allusion to Saville?

[@colloquialsoliloquy3098]

@@Fireglo not mad mate,just curious about the name placements

[@finnatikk]

My favourite is where the TV presenter is drunk and goes on a rampage

[@MoskHotel]

“Oh, what shower of BASTARDS!”

[@corey1054]

2:24 One of my favorite Father Jack quotes simply because he sounds exactly by my Late Granduncle here who come to think of it looked a little like Father Jack.

[@MrGrifft]

Oh shit, it's been 10 years at least since I saw this episode, I've seen it maybe 5 times, never realised they wore black face @ 20:00

[@rcm616-j5t]

I'll be sad when these reactions end. Peep Show would be a great replacement.

[@colloquialsoliloquy3098]

Imagine he did OFAH

[@lenmarfox2947]

Best bit 8:15 and 8:58 After affects only possible after drinking a ton of Toilet Duck P.S. DON'T DRINK TOILET DUCK!

[@nathanmerchant7696]

20:10 - looks like Jimmy kimmel, justin trudeau and Joy Behar sitting together

[@jethro1963]

Good one, sad to see kids so brainwashed they are offended by this and yet make the crudest anti religious comments. This generation is f'ed.

[@iamnotarobot2378]

@@jethro1963 they call the World War Two generation the 'greatest generation that ever lived'. They ought to call millenials the 'most useless generation that ever lived'..

[@KeplersDream]

I would really much like to see you reacting to The Detectives, starring Jasper Carrott and Robert Powell, another great 90s comedy.

[@Davz616]

Yep very underrated show

[@kebarosUK]

Good shout

[@1979kg]

Definitely 👍🏻

[@Richard-Hawkins.]

Yes mate. I think Noah would love The Detectives

[@mikebailey783]

Damn, thanks for reminding me of that show; loved it!

[@marshallthefirepup5795]

The way Jack said it like he was asked if he wanted to play bowling.

[@slainemccool2875]

Thank god I have the DVDs because they’re censoring everything on tv now

[@helentucker6407]

Yes you are so right! God knows what he'd make of alf garnets rants! I fear for the future of comedy. ✌

[@TheDoran144]

The Channel 4 network seem to have stopped showing this episode and 'Are You Right There Father Ted?' I wonder is that because of the content. 🤔

[@TheDoran144]

@@helentucker6407 So do I.

[@NewjerseyFan]

i think it's fine for comedy purposes what they did in 60's 70s and 80s and 90's it was never ment to be malicious and there is a fine line between Malicious and Comedy and alot of people laughed at that stuff back then cause it was suppose to be entertainment and Comedy these days comedy took a serious blow cause everything is taken tooo seriously and people gotta be super sensitive about things.

[@mr.sentient7344]

@@TheDoran144 last I checked it was still on thier all 4 streaming service but it shows a warning before the episode starts

[@ballconei4879]

Taffy mate I'm going to lose another job if you keep uploading these so early in the morning.

[@RebelCityEejit]

a lot of sitcoms in the late 90s/2000s had blackface, never found it funny myself. I remember scrubs having it too. I think you need to be Irish to get Fr. Bartie Dunne, there's always auld fellas like him around the place, laughing at everything. We all know one haha

[@Makman1994]

Please do "Flight into Terror" as the next Father Ted episode?

[@jedsithor]

YES! Flight Into Terror!!! Trust us, it's great! Granted, we could say that about most episodes of Father Ted but Flight Into Terror damn good.

[@susanashcroft2674]

You can never have enough of Mrs. Doyle's sandwiches! Ah go on go on go on :-)

[@billthecat2410]

go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on........ GO ON!!!!!..... That bit was so funny. This show was so funny. It's amazing how low budget it seemed and they still pulled it off. The style of humor is so off the wall different and they made it into a classic show that could make anyone laugh... I have prob. seen it 20 times or more, over the years and I still love watching it.. It's such a sad part though that one guy who died It just isn't fair. To hear about his death... He really did a great job making us laugh and lucky to see his talent.. The world these days could really use more of this kind of humor, being able to make a show poking fun at Religion and I would not be offended by watching it.. That showed real talent from the whole cast and the people who wrote it, directed ect..... Thank you Father Ted

[@shamrockgerry]

Total experience of Irish comedy ☘️🙏❤️

[@scorchx3000]

We three fans of Elvis can, show the life of the Rock N Roll man. Dougal: Hot young geyser. Ted: Old and wiser. Jack: The one who died on the can.

[@Nealson454]

This was always my favourite episode.

[@jageiosjgaeiojg]

I'm elvis

[@Justahuman-vv1]

I know you’re Elvis. We’re all Elvis. That’s the problem!

[@AtheAetheling]

I think when you see black face in shows like this, its more...hmm...like they're making fun of the people who are using black face, and calling them out. Obviously Dick Byrne is the kind of person who would think its acceptable to use black face, and we're not exactly supposed to be rooting for him. Given that context, its somewhat different to the original purpose of black face, which was to make fun of black people. Though I understand why it would make some viewers uncomfortable even with the different context. It never personally bothered me, but I never judge anyone it does bother.

[@AtheAetheling]

@@Fireglo I think that's probably part of the joke. Dick was so eager to put on blackface that he didn't even care that he didn't have enough members. But its entirely possible I am giving the show too much credit.

[@TheDoran144]

Nail on the head there.

[@peps7721]

@@Fireglo I reckon it's a ecumenical matter

[@teamcreambits]

The intent of the joke is not to be racist or to mock racists, it's to be absurd. The writers were certainly aware of racial issues in Ireland, and there is a joke in episode mocking the more subtle racism that black people can face. Can't remember the episode but I think it's Mrs Doyle talking to a black priest, praising how strong the faith is in Africa, and the priest replies (with a broad Irish accent) "I wouldn't know, I'm from Donegal". But in this episode the joke is just how silly it is that 3 white Catholic priests would choose to enter a lookalike contest as The Supremes.

[@KnightmareUSA]

@@teamcreambits A black guy on here who has a patreon has watched the episode and thought it was funny. It makes fun of those in makeup and little else, and that's all it is. The contrast of pale arms and dark makeup was to make them look silly. The choice of act may even be a nod to an artist one of the creators of the show liked. The media (and loudest on social media) may want to rewrite the rule book on what you and all others should deem right or wrong, but opinion and offense will always be individual. Don't follow the online herd

[@Saint_Dan132]

Rewatching whilst battling a stomach flu so thanks for the distraction ❤

[@willywonka7812]

Note how Ted says that Elvis invented Rocknroll, as they focus on the blackface. This kind of suggests something, the kind of thing people with an interest in history, music, or the art of comedy might catch

[@tonyjohansson7567]

Great reaction and good comments at the end! Thank's for a very nice KZbin channel 👏👏👏👏👏

[@Shazbut0191]

Do "Grant Unto Him Eternal Rest" before "Flight into Terror" because Father Fay is in both episodes but gets introduced in the former.

[@Tampo-tiger]

Fabulous! My cup spilleth over.

[@JohnUK22]

I don't know if you've already seen it but if you want to see Father Dougal in something else, he's the lead in series 7+ of BBC's Death in Paradise (it's only from a few years ago so he looks older of course).

[@SinisterArchives0]

Give peep show another try, it might take some time to get into

[@5hanesBoard]

I didn't realise Peep Show never worked out. It's probably one of the funniest TV comedies of recent times in my opinion.

[@pigknickers2975]

@@5hanesBoard I agree but maybe it's too English, I'm not sure.

[@SinisterArchives0]

@@MrJ0mmy how many episodes did you watch

[@tbone35453]

I have to echo some of the other comments and beg you to consider carrying on with Peep Show. The first series is ragged around the edges, but it really takes off in the second series and became probably the best sitcom since The Office.

[@Justahuman-vv1]

I MADE THE BBC!!!

[@dannydorko7075]

part of the video had you in supreme discomfort.

[@torresilk4277]

Ba dum tish

[@Saint_Dan132]

You should try"that Mitchell and Webb look" Great show

[@Saint_Dan132]

Go on go on, go on go on go on

[@ligman100]

Peep show much better

[@DJGrice13]

Great episode. It is a shame that the Diana Ross bit hasn't aged well. But I try and view things from when it was made rather than if it was made now up to a point.

[@lizziedavidson1987]

I thought you had already done this one...maybe it was a dream!

[@mario6sic6]

He done the eoin mclove episode if ya got them mixed up?

[@lizziedavidson1987]

@@mario6sic6 might have done.

[@jackcarter5101]

Father Jack could always walk and even run

[@MRJWC2332]

hi , i never write stuff but i have liked this in way your reaction to teds antics. Can i ask of you is may be try either black adder 2 - 4 versions or " I DONT BELIEVE IT" yes aka ,one foot in the grave "jury" ... Thank you From across the pound

[@denzal689]

If you haven't seen Fawlty Towers, I recommend watching it because it's hilarious

[@neilford8580]

Another good reaction. You said you'd cut out a bit of Ted previously, which Ep? I can't for the life of me think which one or remember noticing, and I know the EPs pretty well. Not looking to enter into a debate, it's dealer's choice.

[@jackcarter5101]

The first few seconds of Night of the Nearly Dead, with Jack in blackface.

[@neilford8580]

@@jackcarter5101 cheers! Oooh I had completely blanked it from my mind, I'm not one for cancel culture but you can argue you don't lose anything from the episode.

[@neilford8580]

@Taipan Tails thanks for explaining. I'd never heard of it.

[@cjpaeropaint]

My favorite one. 3 Elvis are just brilliant.

[@gary7118]

I really enjoyed hahahaha cause I was waiting on the hahahahaha I'm glad I seen the hahahahahs

[@MyThoughtsAreBelow]

Good vids my friend, you should rank all the episodes when you've watched them all.

[@cringycook9597]

Apart from Ted I thought they all sounded differently in this episode 😳

[@Saint_Dan132]

Love loved loved it. Cheers taffe

[@Saint_Dan132]

At 18 mins taffe disappears into teds special area, lol 😁

[@blustery_tabletop]

Mrs Brown's Boys, or Young Offenders I'd luv to see ya react to😆👀

[@jaksooon]

Mrs Brown's Boys is the biggest load of shite that's ever been broadcast.

[@scorchx3000]

Taffe: He can walk? Oh Father Jack can do lots of things when motivated by fear or drink. Usually drink.

[@shedandcabbage]

the sad thing is you wouldn't be able to have this on tele nowadays

[@nyators9652]

You have to react to "Think fast Father Ted" featuring the dancing priest

[@AndyVines86]

Hiya. I just want to say that, usually I find videos like this really forced and cringey. However I think your videos are brilliant mate! Loved Father Ted from day one but watching your reactions just make the show even better. Keep it up 🙂

[@lmc4964]

you spoil us

[@hywelw]

"A product of the time". Yes, absolutely. We wouldn't do that "black up" now (I sincerely hope not anyway) but this was made over 20 years ago when this was ... not acceptable even then but was used as satire to shock and produce a laugh (as I said unacceptable now). Whole episodes of classic shows like Fawlty Towers have recently been deleted off well known streaming services for the same reason - language used, even in the '70s which was barely acceptable even then, used for satire. We're deleting culture of the time from our records - a part of our history even though it's now considered very wrong if done today. For the record, I was instrumental in discovering the video tape of the launch night of the BBC's second service - BBC TWO (believed to have never even been recorded at the time due to massive power failures in London that evening... launched in April 1964 (only a year after AMPEX's 2 inch tape video recording system was made available to broadcasters) - the tape was discovered by myself and a colleague in 2003 in a pile of tapes in a forgotten archive in the BBC). The very first words uttered on the channel (due to the first two and a half minutes going out silent due to major technical difficulties would be UTTERLY unacceptable today even though it was a news presenter describing a despicable racial slur uttered by a bus conductress, who called a Pakistani a stinking w...g. But the news reader said it on air, even though he had a look of utter distain doing so! - I have to say I cringed even then when I watched the tape for the first time since it was recoded over 30 years later.... You'll not see this in any online version of this broadcast - the BBC have glossed over another part of our history. For the sake of political correctness.

[@Problembeing]

Have you watched ‘Jam’ yet?

[@scorchx3000]

Aw no, not toilet duck again.

[@TadhgHughes-qt5lj]

21:13 What did he say

[@phillipbishop5419]

Great episode two Father ted episode I most died gone to heaven lol

[@davidshirt5325]

after Ted try Garth Marenghis Darkplace

[@hellsing507]

cross dressing and blackface what a great combo XD

[@seank361]

Ah sure were just having the craic

[@helentucker6407]

Love love love it 😂

[@GhostMonkey111]

Will you be reacting to the rest of The Royle Family? it gets funnier has it goes on

[@neilford8580]

Bar the specials at the end but generally yes!

[@GhostMonkey111]

@@neilford8580 i agree, the specials were disapointing except from "Queen of sheba"

[@neilford8580]

@@GhostMonkey111 and I agree with that! That's actually quite moving. It's as sweet as it is funny. If only they'd stopped there. Did you like Early Doors too?

[@shutup2751]

'' this reminds me of vietnam ''

[@geordiechris121]

We knew then in the 90s it was wrong and uncomfortable! But like you said it was the product of the past and started us feeling a certain type of way then to change how it is now rightfully. We are stronger now,, no need to explain

[@scatterkeir]

Yes, it was accepted at the time that it wasn't cool, and it reflected how ignorant and behind the times the priests were, and there was humour in that, but I think that nowadays they'd have correctly felt that that wasn't a good enough reason and thought of something else.

[@irwin3381]

Load of bollocks, we are not stronger now. We are offended by EVERYTHING and EVERYTHING IS OFFENSIVE. Yes ( Black face is wrong) but we have turned into a wOke , PC culture and trying to wipe out history in Movies, TV and Music. Weaker we are is more like it .

[@dwano20]

The Black Face scene was cut from all TV and streaming versions.

[@slainemccool2875]

Christ lol

[@Calskiboss]

Nic cage movies, especially Vampires kiss would be a great reaction

[@bizzaro1988]

"How old are you"?

[@ajakuk1]

Dont worry We didnt see anything.

[@omggirlgamer2706]

Taffe if you have time check out Dear Green Place it has Ford Kiernan few other Scottish actors actresses in it

[@MrGersboy72]

Tashy prick

[@jonnyfitzyboy4297]

Gotie?

[@andyallwood]

I'm not sure if I mentioned this last time you were talking about 'black face' in shows, but there's an episode of Peep Show (Series 2 Episode 1 if I remember correctly) where Jez is briefly in black face, but it's done in the usual cringe way that Peep Show is known for, not really a racist way. It sounds strange in a comment, but if/when you watch that episode, you'll understand what I'm going on about. I agree with you that it's uncomfortable to watch now though.

[@Mviews-hb4ib]

God that scene was funny 😂

[@andyallwood]

@@Mviews-hb4ib it is a great scene

[@cazzywazzywoodle]

Hairs getting long noah, :)

[@CoupSounds]

The blackface bits will be why you couldn't find a good quality video. I believe there was a big outcry a year or two ago about British comedies (or Irish in this case) and their historical use of blackface, which led to channels and streaming services cutting episodes, and in some cases, entire series' from their archive. Little Britain, Bo Selecta, The League of Gentlemen and The Mighty Boosh were the biggest culprits of it's use as far as I know.

[@GedUK]

Some handle it better than others. This Ted episode for example is supposed to make you feel uncomfortable as three white priests pretend to be black women singers, and see no problem with it.

[@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t]

@@GedUK Yeah, in this instance, the use of blackface tells you a lot about the characters, and the world they inhabit.

[@MysticClaws100]

@@GedUK The laugh track indicates that we're supposed to find it funny though. It's not like the audience reaction is uncomfortable laughing or anything. They're just laughing. I know the writers can't control the audience's reaction but idk, it seems more like we're just meant to laugh at the blackface rather than find it uncomfortable. If you were to record this episode in front of a studio audience in 2021 I doubt you'd get the same response

[@GedUK]

@@MysticClaws100 It's true the reactions would be different now, but equally, I think that the way Dick Byrne and co are setup (and indeed Ted and co) is that they are incompetent with the wider world, so something like this would seem OK to them, whereas to the audience it wouldn't. The whole premise of the show is that the Catholic church is completely out of touch with the world.

[@MysticClaws100]

@@GedUK I just think blackface as a whole doesn't age well. Even if the use of blackface here is better than the use of blackface in other shows, it still hasn't aged well. I just don't find blackface funny & I'm glad that it's not really used in TV anymore. Fair point about the premise of the show but I think that premise has been better utilised in other episodes like in the episode about the Chinese.

[@scottwebb1978]

Last year tv company’s been cutting things like black face and stuff out of there on demand services programmes here in the uk since the whole Black Lives Matter thing so I wouldn’t blame you if you cut that out

[@565keving]

Forget father ted bridget and eamon is amazing

[@TheDoran144]

No it's not. Jennifer Zamperelli is about at funny as finding blood in your shit.