I stumbled across the very first episode of Father Ted tonight.
This series, as many know, is an outstanding example of television comedy, balancing farce, pathos and subtle humour against a backdrop of irreverence and rebellion against state religion and silly entrenched beliefs.
I doubt though that Robert - the very reverent Catholic in this blogging community has seen it (without going immediately to Hell) so I thought it important to share it with him.
I was going to excise some pertinent episodes to underscore a lot of the silliness in the Catholic religion and the existence of the priesthood, for example the lecherous pedophile Father Jack (both current and in the past) but as it all flows so seamlessly I thought that the entire episode would be the best way to view these - that is, if it is allowed to play.
Enjoy ... or, rather, sit back, watch and be amazed as much as appalled:
