Drink! Feck! Girls!

February 28, 2016 6:21 AM

RIP Frank Kelly, Irish actor best known for playing Father Jack in the UK Channel 4 comedy series Father Ted. He died 18 years, to the day, after his co-star Dermot Morgan.
posted by fearfulsymmetry (47 comments total)

Feck
posted by fullerine at 6:23 AM on February 28, 2016 [8 favorites]

Feck indeed.
posted by Pendragon at 6:24 AM on February 28, 2016

Down with this sort of thing.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 6:25 AM on February 28, 2016 [36 favorites]

Careful now.
posted by Artw at 6:31 AM on February 28, 2016 [9 favorites]

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hope there are plenty of his favourite things where he is now...
posted by runincircles at 6:32 AM on February 28, 2016

That would be an ecumenical matter.
posted by leotrotsky at 6:49 AM on February 28, 2016 [14 favorites]

Left the box on his head too long.

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posted by delfin at 6:49 AM on February 28, 2016

feck. arse.
posted by palomar at 7:04 AM on February 28, 2016

Remember to tell your bricks that you love them.
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posted by BinaryApe at 7:07 AM on February 28, 2016 [4 favorites]

Hopefully he just drank a bottle of floor polish which brought about all the signs of death.
posted by kersplunk at 7:34 AM on February 28, 2016 [5 favorites]

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posted by Foosnark at 7:38 AM on February 28, 2016

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posted by crush-onastick at 7:48 AM on February 28, 2016

It's hard to believe he's gone...
posted by Doktor Zed at 7:56 AM on February 28, 2016 [2 favorites]

Feck off, death.
posted by SansPoint at 8:11 AM on February 28, 2016 [3 favorites]

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posted by valkane at 8:20 AM on February 28, 2016

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posted by Smart Dalek at 8:24 AM on February 28, 2016

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posted by detachd at 8:29 AM on February 28, 2016

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posted by mixedmetaphors at 8:35 AM on February 28, 2016

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posted by acb at 8:35 AM on February 28, 2016

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posted by Splunge at 8:50 AM on February 28, 2016

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posted by colie at 8:55 AM on February 28, 2016

I'm sad about this and also stunned that it's been 18 years since Dermot Morgan died. Death is a gobshite.

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posted by billiebee at 8:59 AM on February 28, 2016 [8 favorites]

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posted by etchogon at 9:03 AM on February 28, 2016

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posted by PROD_TPSL at 9:12 AM on February 28, 2016

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posted by threetwentytwo at 9:23 AM on February 28, 2016

What a bummer!
posted by Calzephyr at 9:23 AM on February 28, 2016

That would be an ecumenical matter.

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posted by pxe2000 at 9:58 AM on February 28, 2016

Death is a gobshite.

Sure he's a feckin eejit that death fella.
posted by the quidnunc kid at 10:06 AM on February 28, 2016 [3 favorites]

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posted by Samarium at 10:13 AM on February 28, 2016

St. Clabbert's clip.

Never would have thought I'd enjoy this series so much, but we quote it endlessly.

(P. S. Writer Graham Linehan is on Twitter, and he is a Gooberglob-hatin', Trump-bashin' wonder to behold.)
posted by wintersweet at 11:55 AM on February 28, 2016 [1 favorite]

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His Christmas Countdown is one of the best things about the festive season every year.
posted by robcorr at 12:13 PM on February 28, 2016 [1 favorite]

"HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN POPE, TED! Them feckin' Jesuits have it all tied up."
posted by Prince Lazy I at 12:28 PM on February 28, 2016 [4 favorites]

Feck, indeed.

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posted by shiny blue object at 12:31 PM on February 28, 2016

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posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 12:39 PM on February 28, 2016

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posted by monopas at 12:41 PM on February 28, 2016

Ah come on Father, you're not dead again are you?

RIP Frank Kelly
posted by vacapinta at 12:42 PM on February 28, 2016

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posted by lysimache at 2:19 PM on February 28, 2016

Ah, hopefully he's just nipped out for a pint.
posted by ivan ivanych samovar at 7:17 PM on February 28, 2016 [1 favorite]

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posted by marienbad at 8:24 PM on February 28, 2016

Drink

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posted by SageLeVoid at 12:39 AM on February 29, 2016

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posted by Ms. Moonlight at 4:16 AM on February 29, 2016

Ah, Jack. Hope there's whiskey and girls wherever ye are.

The Father Jack character was genius, but Kelly elevated it to an unbelievably funny level.

Safe travels.
posted by Kafkaesque at 1:39 PM on February 29, 2016

Yes, down with this sort of thing.
posted by klausness at 1:54 PM on February 29, 2016

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posted by On the Corner at 12:17 AM on March 1, 2016

Jim'll Paint It:

Hi Jim,

I would love to see Father Ted’s peaceful 18 years in heaven being disturbed by the arrival of Father Jack being chased by glasses stealing crows.
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 1:07 PM on March 2, 2016 [5 favorites]

It’s banned in most European countries
posted by NordyneDefenceDynamics at 5:25 AM on March 3, 2016

"...during leap years, Father Jack is very much affected by the changing of the seasons..."

Feck.

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posted by Orange Dinosaur Slide at 8:52 AM on March 13, 2016