New Jack City (Father Ted)
"New Jack City" | |
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"New Jack City" is the ninth episode of the second series of the Channel 4 television sitcom Father Ted.
At the inaugural Ted Fest in February 2007, it was voted the best Father Ted episode.
Synopsis
A new priest replaces Jack while he is on leave:
Fed up with Stack, Ted and Dougal kidnap Father Jack back from St. Clabbert's Hospital, which is full of elderly priests with a similar demeanour to Jack (except for one who says "I really shouldn't be here"). Jack returns to the parochial house with Ted and Dougal, desperate for a drink. He is furious when he finds out that his booze stash is gone and prepares to punch Stack out for going after his whiskey, but stops himself after noticing that Stack has caught the hairy hands syndrome from sitting in Jack's chair, which Dougal forgot to disinfect before Stack arrived. Stack is sent to St. Clabbert's Hospital and everything in the parochial house returns to normal, though Jack is locked in a hermetically sealed chamber to prevent him from passing the hairy hands syndrome on to anyone else, which Ted considers an improvement.
Meanwhile at St. Clabbert's, Father Stack still insists on playing his jungle music, distracting the other residents.
Production
Pat Laffan auditioned for the role of Father Stack. He later appeared as the villainous milkman Pat Mustard in "Speed 3", in the third series.[1] Fr. Stack's
. The episode was named after the film New Jack City. Mrs. Doyle parodies the opening scene of Dont Look Back, a 1967 documentary film by D. A. Pennebaker that principally covers Bob Dylan's 1965 concert tour of the United Kingdom.References
- ^ "Father Ted's Speed 3 Episode: An Oral History". The Daily Edge. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
External links
- "New Jack City" at IMDb
- Cutty Ranks - Limb By Limb - DJ SS Remix (YouTube)
- DJ Taktix - The Way - The VIP Mix (YouTube)