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Down with this sort of thing. / Careful now.
— Father Ted · 1995
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
A perfect picture of protest with no idea what it is against: two priests chanting at a cinema because a bishop told them to, with a polite warning tacked on. The pair of phrases walked off Craggy Island and onto real banners, and they still turn up whenever a march needs a gently self-mocking slogan.
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In context
Spoilers for Father TedShow the scene
In "The Passion of St Tibulus" (Channel 4, May 1995, Series 1), Bishop Len Brennan orders Ted and Dougal to protest a banned erotic film that has slipped onto Craggy Island's one cinema through a loophole. They turn up outside with placards, and Ted's "Down with this sort of thing" is answered by Dougal's "Careful now". The chanting only makes the islanders curious about the film, so the protest backfires. The writers had planned to air this episode first, before choosing "Good Luck, Father Ted" as the opener.
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- Wikiquote: Father TedSeries 1, The Passion of St TibulusReference checked
- Father Ted Wiki: The Passion of Saint TibulusStory, Trivia and ProductionReference checked
- Father Ted Wiki: Good Luck, Father TedProductionReference checked
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