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Father Ted/Night of the Nearly Dead
From The TV IV
| Night of the Nearly Dead | |
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| Season 3, Episode 7 | |
| Airdate | April 24, 1998 |
| Written by | Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews |
| Directed by | Graham Linehan (location), Andy De Emmony (studio) |
| ← 3x06 Kicking Bishop Brennan up the Arse |
3x08 → Going to America |
| Father Ted — Season Three | |
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Night of the Nearly Dead is the seventh episode of the third season of Father Ted, and the twenty-third episode overall.
Starring: Dermot Morgan (Father Ted Crilly), Ardal O'Hanlon (Father Dougal McGuire), Frank Kelly (Father Jack Hackett), Pauline McLynn (Mrs. Doyle)
Guest Starring: Patrick McDonnell (Eoin McLove), Maria Doyle Kennedy (Patsy), Elva Crowley (Mrs. Boyle), Vincent Marzello (Television Psychiatrist), Maggie Shevlin (Mrs. Collins), Rosemary Kennedy (Mrs. Dunne)
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Plot Overview
Mrs Doyle wins a contest to have tea with a personality whose adored by housewives. Soon, word gets out and every one on Craggy Island surrounds the parochial house, wanting to mother him.
Notes
Arc Advancement
Happenings
Characters
- Mrs Doyle mentions her husband before stopping herself and noting, "I've said too much."
Referbacks
Trivia
The Show
Behind the Scenes
Allusions and References
- Ted enjoys reading TekWars, a book series authored by Star Trek star William Shatner and were later adapted into a TV series of the same name.
- The episode title and the scenes of the old women attacking the house parody the classic 1968 George A. Romero horror film Night of the Living Dead.
Memorable Moments
Goofs
- When the women are trying to break through the door, the window on Ted's side can be seen alternating between being broken through intact.
Quotes
- Father Ted: (chuckling) Women.
- Father Dougal: Where?
- Father Ted: No, I - I - I mean... women.
- Father Dougal: Oh, right, yeah. Women.
- Father Ted: Ch'yeah.
- Father Dougal: Ch'yeah.
- Father Ted: You can't live with them and you can't live without them.
- Father Dougal: Yeah! But there definitely aren't any women in here.
- Eoin McLove: Go away. I don't want to catch the menopause.
- Father Ted: Eoin! Don't eat the jam from the jar.
- Eoin McLove: You leave me alone. I can have you killed.
- Patsy: I'm sorry he's been so much trouble, Father. I think a lot of it has to do with his... problem.
- Father Ted: Oh, yes, he mentioned something about that earlier. What is his problem?
- Eoin McLove: I have no willy.
