And the first season is on Prime. You should try an episode. Go on, try one. Go on. Go on and try one. Go on, go on. Go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on. Go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on. GO ON!
I think I may have seen a few episodes years and years and years ago* (rented from Netflix), but I still show this scene to people once it a while. I’m sure someone here linked to it at some point.
I remember something about a hillbilly type guy wearing a shirt that said “I killed JR” and that’s it. That guy might not even have been a regular on the show, it’s just all I remember.
What would you say to a cup of tea, father?
FECK ORF, TEA!
THAT WOULD BE AN ECUMENICAL MATTER!
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I have the series on DVD. 
Down with that sort of thing!
Careful now!
The money was just resting in my account.
YOU LET DOUGAL DO A FUNERAL!!!
Why do they have so many kinds of bras? Do they go around all the time parading in front of mirrors?
There will be a limited supply of free drink after.
“Well, if it looks like a spider, and it doesn’t actually gurgle or anything, how do you know it’s actually a baby?”
“They keep it in a pram.”
You need to broaden your horizons. I’m REREADING William Shatner’s Tek War.
I just watched ep one of the first season. It had a couple of amusing moments (the amusement park attractions), but much of the humor is telegraphed, which is common with British sitcoms. Also a bit broad for my tastes. Does it get better?
IMO, series 2 and 3 are much better than the first, I think they found the groove towards the end of the first. It does remain a bit broad, but it’s a lot cleverer too. The first does introduce some recurring characters though.
The first episode of series 3 has the funniest deployment of a Chekhov’s Gun I’ve ever seen.
Watch the episode are you right there father. I never laughed so hard.
They Don’t Exist:
Loch Ness Monster
Frankenstein
Magnum P.I.
Non-Catholic Gods
Darth Vader
The Beast
The Phantom of the Opera
“Father Ted”-haters
One day, I hope to make friends with a Catholic priest so that he can order me some socks that are REALLY black.
Well, it’s not intellectual humour for sure; but it has made me wee myself on occasion. So there’s that.
Seriously, “About an hour” ?!? If that didn’t make you laugh it’s probably not worth the effort. . .
It has been rerun constantly since it first aired but some of it is gold, as good as comedy in this part of the world has been.
“I hear you’re a racist now, Father!”
It’s a bit of Red Dwarf, a bit of The Vicar of Dibley, a bit of Open All Hours and not a bit like The Thick of It or Yes, Minister.
So no, not really. It is what it is - nice but a bit slow.
Its a lot more intellectual than you might think, the problem is that in many ways it is very, very Irish. It is seeped in subtle nods and references to Irish culture, references that probably don’t even register to foreign viewers but that hit very close to home if you were born and raised here.