10 Sitcom Characters You'd Hate To Live With

2. Father Jack Hackett €“ Father Ted

Father Ted Father Jack Any kind of house share with elderly Catholic priest Father Jack Hackett is bound to end in tears. Your tears to be precise. His habit of frequently jumping through the living room window will cost you a fortune in repairs and if you switch on the television while he's sleeping, he will shoot at it. But although Father Jack's violent tendencies and sociopathic sense of humour (Never give him a hammer if you enjoy being conscious) are things that mark him out as a bad housemate, they pale in comparison to his rampant alcoholism, which is so extreme so that only sobers up about once every twelve years. There's an alarm bell installed above Jack's armchair to alert whoever's looking after that it's time for his afternoon drink, if you run out of booze he'll start drinking Toilet Duck and eating floor polish, and don't try to stop him drinking unless you want to end up in hospital. On the bright side, if you can't be bothered to take him for his walk, just attach a bottle of wine dangling from a string to his wheelchair and he'll end up pushing it for you. But if he manages to get hold of that bottle, don't try to take it away from him or you'll run the risk of him locking you in his hamper of dirty underpants.
 
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JG Moore is a writer and filmmaker from the south of England. He also works as an editor and VFX artist, and has a BA in Media Production from the University Of Winchester.