Grant Unto Him Eternal Rest his body works differently from other people". The executives were bemused by an incomplete story where one of the main characters was dead, but commissioned the series soon after receiving the full script. In retrospect, Linehan and Mathews noticed that the plot was very similar to that of the "Fawlty Towers" episode "The Kipper and the Corpse". Despite being fans of the show, they only noticed the parallels afterwards, and would likely have abandoned the episode if they had seen them earlier. Kevin Sharkey, who plays the black Donegal priest, was a friend of the writers', and was brought in
The Kipper Kids The Kipper Kids The Kipper Kids were a duo composed of Martin Rochus Sebastian von Haselberg (born 20 January 1949) and Brian Routh (9 March 1948 – 3 August 2018), two artists known for the extreme, raucous and often funny performance art they made together in the 1970s and after. Von Haselberg lives and works in New York, US; and Routh lived in Leicester, UK at the time of his death from cancer. From 1971 the duo were also known as Harry and Harry Kipper. Martin von Haselberg and Brian Routh met in 1970 at East 15 Acting School. After