Whatbegins with a hangover, a warm beer problem, and the small matter of a civilwar somehow ends with feral dogs, Elvis impersonators, Father Ted obsessives,and the accidental invention of a festival that really shouldn't work - butspectacularly does. TedFest: Nothing but the Truth is the wildly entertaining true story behind TedFest, themuch-loved festival celebrating Channel 4's iconic sitcom Father Ted.Written by PeterPhilips, one of the festival's co-founders, the book charts how a Welshwriter, an Irish filmmaker, and a succession of terrible ideas collided across Sri Lanka, Wales, Fargo, and the west coast of Ireland to create acultural phenomenon. Along the way, readers encounter real and fakedtsunamis, exploding generators, aggrieved Amtrak guards, political spats, pubarguments, and a truly ridiculous plan to push a decrepit milk float aroundIreland for forty days and forty nights. Against all logic, it works. Toldwith razor-sharp humour, unexpected tenderness, and a deep affection forglorious failure, TedFest: Nothing but the Truth is a celebration of friendship, chaos, civic stubbornness, andthe strange magic that happens when people commit wholeheartedly to somethingutterly daft.Part memoir, part travelogue, and part love letter to Father Ted, festivals, pubs, andjoyful resistance, this is a book for comedy fans, festival-goers, and anyonewho believes that sometimes the silliest ideas are the most important ones.
