The Flying Nun Speak the Speech, I Pray You (Season 3, Episode 3)
TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Fantasy

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The Flying Nun

Speak the Speech, I Pray You (Season 3, Episode 3)

TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Fantasy

San Tanco is getting a new parish priest, Father Walter Larson, an old friend of the Reverend Mother's. Father Larson has spent most of his life as an archivist. He is used to being alone with his books, and is not a very social person. ...See moreSan Tanco is getting a new parish priest, Father Walter Larson, an old friend of the Reverend Mother's. Father Larson has spent most of his life as an archivist. He is used to being alone with his books, and is not a very social person. His biggest weaknesses are his poor social interaction with people and his speech writing/delivery, weaknesses that he himself realizes. He is terrified by his new duties, the first of which is to give a speech at a banquet dinner. He uses the sisters as guinea pigs; Sister Bertrille admits to him that his speech is the worst she's ever heard. So she asks Carlos to find a writer to liven up the speech. He finds stand-up comedian writer Danny Simms, whose writing style of one-liners does not suit the father's stiff delivery style. So Sister Bertrille asks Carlos to tell the banquet guests, most of whom are his employees, to laugh at the father's speech regardless. The father however decides himself to give his original solemn and stiff speech, the mandated laughter during which makes the situation that much worse. Sister Bertrille and Father Larson apologize to each other, Sister Bertrille for ruining the banquet, and Father Larson for causing Sister Bertrille to weaken to the point of losing faith. Father Larson is ready to leave for good, when Sister Bertrille tells him of her own learning curve of flying. Amazed by the act of the flying itself and by the sister's message, Father Larson decides to stay. Written by Huggo See less

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7 cast members

Name	Known for
Sally Field Sister Bertrille Sister Bertrille See fewer	Forrest Gump (1994)
Marge Redmond Sister Jacqueline Sister Jacqueline See fewer	Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
Madeleine Sherwood Reverend Mother Superior Lydia Placido Reverend Mother Superior Lydia Placido See fewer	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
Alejandro Rey Carlos Ramirez Carlos Ramirez See fewer	The Flying Nun (1967)
Shelley Morrison Sister Sixto Sister Sixto See fewer	Will & Grace (1998)
Gary Crosby Danny Simms Danny Simms See fewer	Girl Happy (1965)
Robert Cummings Father Walter Larson (as Bob Cummings) Father Walter Larson (as Bob Cummings) See fewer	Dial M for Murder (1954)