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Speed 3 "Speed 3" is the third episode of the third series of the Channel 4 sitcom "Father Ted" and the 20th episode overall. The episode parodies the action-thriller film "Speed" and the sequel "". "Speed 3" was written after the show's writers Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews asked themselves: "How can we make a worse sequel than "Speed 2"?" This episode was voted the fans' favourite episode on Channel 4's "Father Ted Night."
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Graham Linehan Graham Linehan ( ; born 22 May 1968) is an Irish television comedy writer and director who, often in partnership with Arthur Mathews, has written or co-written a number of popular television comedies. He is most noted for the sitcoms "Father Ted", "Black Books" and "The IT Crowd". Amongst others, he has also worked on "Big Train", "Count Arthur Strong", "Brass Eye" and "The Fast Show".
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Ted Healy Ted Healy (born Ernest Lea Nash, October 1, 1896 – December 21, 1937) was an American vaudeville performer, comedian, and actor. Though he is chiefly remembered as the creator of The Three Stooges and the style of slapstick comedy that they later made famous, he had a successful stage and film career of his own, and was cited as a formative influence by several later comedy stars.
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Robert V. Barron Robert V. Barron (born Robert V. Nemiroff; December 26, 1932 – December 1, 2000) was an American TV and film director, producer, screenwriter and actor best known for his role as the voice of Admiral Donald Hayes in the 1980s animated TV series "Robotech", of which he also served as the supervising producer. He is also well known for playing the role of Abraham Lincoln in "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" in 1989.
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Rob Sitch Robert Ian "Rob" Sitch (born 17 March 1962) is an Australian director, producer, screenwriter, actor and comedian.
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Robert Townsend (actor) Robert Townsend (born February 6, 1957) is an American actor, comedian, film director, and writer. Townsend is best known for directing the films "Hollywood Shuffle" (1987), "Eddie Murphy Raw" (1987), "The Meteor Man" (1993), and various other films and stand-up specials, especially his eponymous self-titled character as the starring role as Robert Peterson on The WB sitcom "The Parent 'Hood" (1995–1999), in which he created the series, as well as directing episodes and Donald "Duck" Matthews in 1991's "The Five Heartbeats". Townsend's career included stand-up comedy routines which appeared on cable television. During the 1980s and early–1990s, Townsend gained national exposure through his many appearances on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson". Townsend has worked with Halle Berry, Morgan Freeman, Chris Tucker, Beyoncé and Denzel Washington.
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Jorma Taccone Jorma Christopher Taccone ( ; born March 19, 1977) is an American actor, comedian, director, producer, writer, record producer, and musician. Taccone is one third of the sketch comedy troupe The Lonely Island along with childhood friends Andy Samberg and Akiva Schaffer. In 2010, he co-wrote and directed the "SNL" spin-off film "MacGruber", which was his directorial debut. Taccone directed his second feature with Akiva Schaffer, the musical comedy "", which he also co-wrote and co-starred with Schaffer and Samberg. The film was released on June 3, 2016 to positive reviews.
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Joel McHale Joel Edward McHale (born November 20, 1971) is an American comedian, actor, writer, television producer, and television host. He is known for hosting "The Soup" and portraying Jeff Winger on the NBC/Yahoo! sitcom "Community". He has appeared in such films as "" (2011) and "Ted" (2012). He also starred in the CBS sitcom "The Great Indoors".
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Martin Villeneuve Martin Villeneuve (] ; born March 13, 1978) is a Montreal-based screenwriter, producer, director, actor, art director and TED speaker. He is the younger brother of filmmaker Denis Villeneuve.
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Ted Newsom Ted Newsom (born December 3, 1952) is an American writer, director, producer and actor. Newsom has worked primarily as a documentary filmmaker, specializing in documentaries on the history of the horror and science fiction film.
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Charles Robert Carner Charles Robert Carner (born April 30, 1957) is an American TV and film director and writer. He is primarily known for directing numerous TV movies as well as the theatrical film "Witless Protection". He is married to Debra Sharkey, with whom he has two children, Michael and Grace Noelle.
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Gil Wadsworth Gil Wadsworth (born Gilbert Alexander Wadsworth III on June 11, 1959 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American film and television director and writer, and is best known for his dark comedic style.
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David Cross David Cross (born April 4, 1964) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, director and writer, known primarily for his stand-up performances, the HBO sketch comedy series "Mr. Show", and his role as Tobias Fünke in the sitcom "Arrested Development". Cross created, wrote, executive produced, and starred in "The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret", developed and had a prominent role in "Freak Show", appeared on "Modern Family", portrayed Ian Hawke in the "Alvin and the Chipmunks" film franchise, and voiced Crane in the "Kung Fu Panda" film franchise.
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Douglas Trumbull Douglas Huntley Trumbull ( ; born April 8, 1942) is an American film director and special effects supervisor. He contributed to, or was responsible for, the special photographic effects of "", "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", "", "Blade Runner" and "The Tree of Life", and directed the movies "Silent Running" and "Brainstorm".
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Joe Menendez Joe Menendez (born June 23, 1969) is an American film and television director, who has moved between the film and TV medium his entire career.
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Tom Shadyac Thomas Peter "Tom" Shadyac (born December 11, 1958) is an American Director, screenwriter, producer and author. Shadyac, who was the youngest joke-writer ever for comedian Bob Hope, is widely known for writing and directing the comedy films "", "The Nutty Professor", "Liar Liar", and "Bruce Almighty". In 2010, Shadyac departed from comedic work to write, direct, and narrate the documentary film "I Am", in which he explores his abandonment of a materialistic lifestyle following a bicycle accident three years earlier.
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John C. Walsh John C. Walsh is an American writer and director best known for his indie comedy "Ed's Next Move."
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Jonathan Krisel Jonathan Krisel is an American director, producer, writer, editor, and occasional actor. He is best known for his work with the comedy duo Tim & Eric, having directed episodes of "Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!" and "Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule". Krisel has also directed and co-wrote every episode of "Portlandia", as well as several "SNL" Digital Shorts.
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Patrick Marber Patrick Albert Crispin Marber (born 19 September 1964) is an English comedian, playwright, director, puppeteer, actor, and screenwriter.
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Tentacles of Doom "Tentacles Of Doom" is the third episode of the second series of Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted and the ninth episode overall.
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Fred Willard Frederick Charles "Fred" Willard (born September 18, 1939) is an American actor, comedian, voice actor and writer, best known for his improvisational comedy. He is known for his roles in the Rob Reiner mockumentary film "This Is Spinal Tap", the Christopher Guest mockumentary films "Waiting for Guffman", "Best in Show", "A Mighty Wind", "For Your Consideration", and "Mascots", and the "" films. He is an alumnus of The Second City. He received three Emmy nominations for his recurring role on the TV series "Everybody Loves Raymond" as Robert Barone's father-in-law, Hank MacDougall. In 2010 he received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his role on the ABC TV series "Modern Family" as Phil Dunphy's father, Frank Dunphy.
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Eric Wareheim Eric Alexander Wareheim ( ; born April 7, 1976) is an American actor, comedian, writer, director, and musician. He is one half of the comedy duo Tim & Eric, alongside Tim Heidecker. They created the television shows "Tom Goes to the Mayor", "Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!", "Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule", and "Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories". He has a recurring role on the Netflix series "Master of None".