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Father Ted - The Holy Trilogy | 
 enlarge | Actor: Father Ted
Studio: Channel 4
Category: DVD
List Price: $79.98
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Rating:  88 reviews
Sales Rank: 14138
Format: Box Set, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 5
Running Time: 640
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.5 x 2.3
MPN: DE1878D
ISBN: 0780645731
UPC: 794051187826
EAN: 9780780645738
ASIN: B0000TWMXY
Release Date: March 2, 2004
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Father Ted is one of those rare sitcoms that defies categorization--it owes as much to Flann O'Brien and Samuel Beckett as it does to Monty Python--and its blend of satire, character comedy, and anarchic surrealism has made it a cult favorite around the world. Exiled to remote Craggy Island, Father Ted Crilley shares a house with the breathtakingly stupid Father Dougal and the constantly inebriated Father Jack, who has a small vocabulary and a taste for furniture polish. Their housekeeper, Mrs. Doyle, takes care of them with a never-ending supply of tea and sandwiches: "Go on now, Father, won't you try one? They're diagonal." Together they fight boredom by dressing up as Elvis, startling ducks at the fair, and provoking nuns. This set compiles the entire three-year series. --Simon Leake
Description
Join Fathers Ted, Dougal and Jack, three Irish priests exiled by the church to their own private purgatory, a twisted lump of rock called Craggy Island, as penance for indulging their daft vices. With the help of the world's most devoted housekeeper, Mrs. Doyle, they tend a demented flock of island dwellers and try to make a heaven out of their rocky piece of hell.This five-disc DVD set includes every episode from the outrageous, award-winning comedy series, plus the hour-long holiday special "A Christmassy Ted".
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Father Ted July 10, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
...Sometimes you need to absurd to obscure the mundane of everday life. If you are looking for intellectual stimulation...well FECK, get this! Maybe you need a dose of nonsense to help get over yourself.
This package is the entire series. I couldn't stop laughing. Get it!
Warning - you'll laugh till it hurts July 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This 10 year old BBC series about a goup of Irish priests was recommended
to me by my relatives in Ireland and England. It is hilarous, very well
written and lots of fun. I don't think you have to be Irish or Catholic to
enjoy this laugh fest. Every character is quirkly and endearing. Don't miss
the houskeeper either. Enjoy!
Hysterically funny offbeat series! June 24, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Rather than rehash what this is about(you can read that in most of the other reviews) I'd like to tell you how much I love this series and why. I'm a huge fan of Britcoms: Blackadder, Ab Fab, My Hero & Catherine Tate to name a few. If you like that slightly bizarre, offbeat humor, this is definately for you. However, if you are easily offended by those who poke fun at religion or satirize it's quirks and shortfalls, you probably won't like this. It's a very funny look at the Catholic Church through the eyes of three outcast priests and their kooky housekeeper. I am Catholic and I don't like vulgar or mean spirited humor and that is not what this is. It's a more sophisticated, almost slapstick type humor with wonderful characterizations and situations, and the dialog is genius! Ardal O'Hanlon is magnificent and Dermot Morgan is just a joy to watch. At first I was not crazy about the character of Father Jack (in fact I really didn't like him at all) but he grows on you and eventually you realize how important he is to the hilarity of the situations. How sad that this series ended after only 3 seasons with the untimely death of Dermot Morgan. What a great comedian. He is definately missed. I feel for sure this series would have run for years if we had not lost him so young. If you have a well developed sense of humor, and don't take life too seriously, you'd be an eejit to miss this! You will watch it over and over and laugh outloud every time you do.
Hilariously funny June 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Three Irish priests and their housekeeper living on remote Craggy Island off the coast of Ireland seems like a very unlikely setting for a comedy of this quality. Father Ted who is the pastor apparently was banished there for some financial scandal that is only hinted at. He lives with a younger priest Father Dougal who is a good natured imbecile and Father Jack who is an aging , drunk mess.
They find themselves in a variety of situations in each epsiode that are absolute comedic genius. The show is a must for anyone who is either of Irish decent, Catholic or both and for those who are not the humor will still come through.
One of the best BBC sitcoms of recent years. Every episode has something that made laugh out loud.
Great stuff.
Comedy at its very best June 1, 2008
This is television comedy at its finest. The characters are genuinely funny and very talented. I've watched every episode and feel I got my moneys worth and more. I'm still laughing.
Would you care for some tea?
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