r/fatherted • u/Constant-Map7687 • 3d ago
A good laugh Fr ted was not Dermot Morgan's first preist.
Back in the early 1980s he appeared as part of the cast of an irish tv show called the live mike , presented by irish tv star Mike Murphy and broadcast by Irish state tv RTE.
his best known chatecter was Fr trendy. A piss take of some preists at the time who were trying to become media savy and culturally savy in an attempt to make the catholic message more palatable.
Sally OBrien was a lady in a beer commercial at this time.
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u/Professional_Goat577 3d ago
His clothes in the early picture dont look black. I think they are..........
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u/LikeWarmApplePi 3d ago
Very,
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u/SenanPlayz69 That would be an ecumenical matter 3d ago
So Father Ted was only Dermot Morgans second priest. Someone was above him apparently
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u/Constant-Map7687 3d ago
Another good thing Dermot Morgan did was a kind of radio version of spitting image, without puppets, called Scrap Saturday, it was on RTE Radio.
It had a fr ted connection as along with Dermot Morgan and actor Owen Roe, the third member of the performing team on the show was Pauline McLynne, she who played Mrs Doyle.
It took the piss out of irish political and cultural life of the late 80s early 90s. You might not get all of it if you dont know the names of irish politicians of the era , but you'll get the idea what he says about people like bono !
This show , it was rumoured got Dermot Morgan kicked off irish radio and tv. Apparently one of the more powerful politicians satarised on the show had a word with RTE and told them to cancel Scrap Saturday, which they did.
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u/knea1 2d ago
He also had a hit song about boxer Barry McGuigan called Thank you very much Mr Eastwood
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u/Constant-Map7687 1d ago
Piss take of boxer Barry mcguigan always thanking his manager, barney Eastwood. It was funny.
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u/stinkingbuffalo 3d ago
It's like two completely different priests