I hate (love) it when he does that!
Re: Father Ted... that's kind of where I was going with Murph's last bit, I guess... the dude looked really familiar but, right off the bat, Murph couldn't quite place the face. Had imagined that, at some point after introductions were made, the mechanic would get this look of realization and go... "You're that TV preacher, aren't you?"... or something along those lines, anyway.