Fri, Sep 24, 1982
Enzo mistakenly believes that Father Murphy is being transferred to another parish. Although unhappy with this situation, he is not goaded into action until he meets Father Murphy's supposed replacement, Father Savage, who is so strict he makes the Pope look like a degenerate. Enraged and terrified all at once, Enzo writes an abusive letter to the Bishop, telling him off for daring to take Father Murphy away from his devoted parishioners. Once he realises that he has it all wrong, and that Father Murphy is not being transferred at all, he must break into the rectory to recover the letter before the Bishop sets eyes on it.
Once in the Bishop's office, he does indeed recover the letter, but when he hears someone coming, he hides in the Bishop's wardrobe, to avoid being caught. The plan fails when the Bishop opens the wardrobe to put his coat away. "I'll bet you can't-a think of a single reason why I'm in-a your cupboard," Enzo says, by way of an explanation. "No, I can't, Mr Pacelli," the perplexed Bishop tells him in reply. "Oh, that's-a too bad," says Enzo. "I was-a hoping you might come up with something."
Seeing the letter in Enzo's hand, the Bishop grabs it and, seeing that it is addressed to him, opens it and reads it aloud. It turns out that while Enzo was in the pub writing the letter, he mixed it up with one being written by the barman to his girlfriend. The letter begins, "Dear sexy bum."
The episode ends with Enzo giving his family an exaggerated account of how he convinced the Bishop not to transfer Father Murphy to Burraburrawinjup. "Well, perhaps it didn't happen quite like that," says Father Murphy diplomatically. "But the sentiment was just the same."
Once in the Bishop's office, he does indeed recover the letter, but when he hears someone coming, he hides in the Bishop's wardrobe, to avoid being caught. The plan fails when the Bishop opens the wardrobe to put his coat away. "I'll bet you can't-a think of a single reason why I'm in-a your cupboard," Enzo says, by way of an explanation. "No, I can't, Mr Pacelli," the perplexed Bishop tells him in reply. "Oh, that's-a too bad," says Enzo. "I was-a hoping you might come up with something."
Seeing the letter in Enzo's hand, the Bishop grabs it and, seeing that it is addressed to him, opens it and reads it aloud. It turns out that while Enzo was in the pub writing the letter, he mixed it up with one being written by the barman to his girlfriend. The letter begins, "Dear sexy bum."
The episode ends with Enzo giving his family an exaggerated account of how he convinced the Bishop not to transfer Father Murphy to Burraburrawinjup. "Well, perhaps it didn't happen quite like that," says Father Murphy diplomatically. "But the sentiment was just the same."