Author Topic: Alan Partridge - including Alpha Papa (Read 557138 times)

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #4720 on:** May 4, 2021, 07:05:04 pm »

Quote from: Ray K on May 4, 2021, 06:49:35 pm

Joe Beesley was on the show with Forbes McCallister when the unfortunate incident happened. Alan also has a cut at him in the book.
He also blames the two lesbians, who he said 'went a bit hysterical' after the shooting.

Haha superb.

Hazell · « **Reply #4721 on:** May 4, 2021, 07:23:18 pm »

Quote from: BIG DICK NICK on May 4, 2021, 06:22:25 pm

You’re welcome.

Or should I have spoilered. Or better still, given you found out about something Partridge related in a Partridge thread whilst trying to avoid Partridge news...

Fair point I guess. Looking forward to that one now though, he was one of the best one time characters Partridge has ever had.

Buck Pete · « **Reply #4722 on:** May 4, 2021, 07:53:48 pm »

Quote from: Hazell on May 4, 2021, 07:23:18 pm

he was one of the best one time characters Partridge has ever had.

100%. Joe Beesley and Cheeky Monkey was one of the funniest sketches I've ever seen on any show.

Genius.

voodoo ray · « **Reply #4723 on:** May 4, 2021, 08:14:09 pm »

lashing the monkey puppet to the side as he walks off set was a great touch.

funny as usual this week. for some reason 'beans' when he's listing things to poke back at ruth duggan made me laugh a lot.

jedimaster · « **Reply #4724 on:** May 5, 2021, 03:09:46 pm »

Needles to say, I had the last laugh

LanceLink!!!!! · « **Reply #4725 on:** May 7, 2021, 01:41:43 pm »

I'm so excited about Joe Beasley and Cheeky Monkey tonight I think I might have issues. It's a character that appeared on TV for 2 minutes, 27 years ago. I'm a grown man.

sinnermichael · « **Reply #4726 on:** May 7, 2021, 01:58:17 pm »

Hartlepool goes Tory.

gerrardisgod · « **Reply #4727 on:** May 7, 2021, 02:25:30 pm »

They all need to be thrown into the sea.

Ray K · « **Reply #4728 on:** May 7, 2021, 02:40:34 pm »

Quote from: gerrardisgod on May 7, 2021, 02:25:30 pm

They all need to be ~~thrown~~hoyed into the sea.

I'm not sure how that's spelled. It's sometimes difficult to understand the Geordie...people.

LanceLink!!!!! · « **Reply #4729 on:** May 7, 2021, 02:41:47 pm »

Cheeky monkey hangers

Dench57 · « **Reply #4730 on:** May 7, 2021, 03:31:13 pm »

Quote from: Hazell on May 4, 2021, 06:20:32 pm

Well done Nick, I did hear that someone from the past would be making an appearance but was deliberately trying to avoid finding out who

Hahaha same. Nick, I think you're a compleme cunm!

Welshred · « **Reply #4731 on:** May 7, 2021, 03:32:06 pm »

https://twitter.com/AccidentalP/status/1390581833419661313?s=20

Dench57 · « **Reply #4732 on:** May 7, 2021, 03:36:43 pm »

Bird it.

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #4733 on:** May 7, 2021, 04:52:31 pm »

Quote from: Dench57 on May 7, 2021, 03:31:13 pm

Hahaha same. Nick, I think you're a compleme cunm!

Well I think you’re a dosser and a dwad.

mattD · « **Reply #4734 on:** May 7, 2021, 06:43:20 pm »

I do love the scenes with Tim Key and the message board. But I don't find This Time nearly as funny as Knowing Me Knowing You. The Gibbons brothers can write a good quip for Partridge but they can't write situations for him.

There's none of the farcical nonsense that made the earlier stuff hilarious. I'm not one who thinks the more understated approach is funnier or smarter, it's fine and it works in small doses (so the mid morning matters thing was well suited to that kind of humour). It's just I love the escalation of total farce like Knowing Me Knowing You much much better and funnier.

LanceLink!!!!! · « **Reply #4735 on:** May 7, 2021, 06:56:39 pm »

Quote from: mattD on May 7, 2021, 06:43:20 pm

I do love the scenes with Tim Key and the message board. But I don't find This Time nearly as funny as Knowing Me Knowing You. The Gibbons brothers can write a good quip for Partridge but they can't write situations for him.

There's none of the farcical nonsense that made the earlier stuff hilarious. I'm not one who thinks the more understated approach is funnier or smarter, it's fine and it works in small doses (so the mid morning matters thing was well suited to that kind of humour). It's just I love the escalation of total farce like Knowing Me Knowing You much much better and funnier.

Agree, I think KMKYWAP (kim-q-app?) and Series 1 of I'm Alan Partridge were the pinnacle of comedy, I doubt that I'll see anything funnier in my life time. It set the bar so high that whatever followed would struggle.

I wasn't disappointed with episode one of this series though, the more you watch it, the better it gets.

Anyway, two and a half hours until Joe Beasley and Cheeky Monkey.

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #4736 on:** May 7, 2021, 07:11:10 pm »

Quote from: LanceLink!!!!! on May 7, 2021, 06:56:39 pm

Agree, I think KMKYWAP (kim-q-app?) and Series 1 of I'm Alan Partridge were the pinnacle of comedy, I doubt that I'll see anything funnier in my life time. It set the bar so high that whatever followed would struggle.

I wasn't disappointed with episode one of this series though, the more you watch it, the better it gets.

Anyway, two and a half hours until Joe Beasley and Cheeky Monkey.

End of the pier.

Remember to put every in spoilers for the sake of Hazell and Dench. Dit di dit di dee.

LanceLink!!!!! · « **Reply #4737 on:** May 7, 2021, 07:42:42 pm »

Quote from: BIG DICK NICK on May 7, 2021, 07:11:10 pm

End of the pier.

Remember to put every in spoilers for the sake of Hazell and Dench. Dit di dit di dee.

He's made me forget the spoiler ladies and gentlemen, you cheeky cheeky monkey

Hazell · « **Reply #4738 on:** May 7, 2021, 08:55:41 pm »

Quote from: BIG DICK NICK on May 7, 2021, 07:11:10 pm

End of the pier.

Remember to put every in spoilers for the sake of Hazell and Dench. Dit di dit di dee.

Hazell · « **Reply #4739 on:** May 7, 2021, 09:59:27 pm »

Ummm... Fucking mental!

demain · « **Reply #4740 on:** May 7, 2021, 10:03:39 pm »

Cheeky monkey

Welshred · « **Reply #4741 on:** May 7, 2021, 10:04:10 pm »

He put his foot in it by saying he didn't think Jenny talking about her engagement trivialises the show!

Hazell · « **Reply #4742 on:** May 7, 2021, 10:06:20 pm »

Him talking about ITV regions to teenage prisoners was terrific

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #4743 on:** May 7, 2021, 10:47:26 pm »

Quote from: Hazell on May 7, 2021, 09:59:27 pm

Ummm... Fucking mental!

He did say “fucking” didn’t he?

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #4744 on:** May 7, 2021, 11:10:49 pm »

Jesus Lynn, you should work for Mossad!

bradders1011 · « **Reply #4745 on:** May 8, 2021, 02:27:08 am »

"Chicken shop wet wipes, 5 units."

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I agree with the comments that the Gibbons write great jokes, but Iannucci and Baynham wrote great comedy. TTWAP (tee-tee-wap) is more of a sketch show than the crescendo situations of KMKYWAP (cumkeewap).

elbow · « **Reply #4746 on:** May 8, 2021, 03:47:26 am »

I disagree. I, Partridge and Nomad audiobooks are the best things he’s done in my opinion.

LanceLink!!!!! · « **Reply #4747 on:** May 8, 2021, 09:12:48 am »

Ball pong ping

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #4748 on:** May 8, 2021, 09:15:16 am »

The whole bit of him apologising to Ruth Duggan for mistaking her dad as his Uber driver had me giggling out loud, that was classic Alan.

I thought she was being surprisingly nice to him, probably because she knew she was about to stitch him up with the reporting in his tag thing. Aqua aerobics between 10-11 at the leisure centre.

Welshred · « **Reply #4749 on:** May 8, 2021, 10:27:16 am »

Yeah I think that might be why. The hair appointment thing was hilarious

"I don't remember"
"It was only yesterday Alan"

mattD · « **Reply #4750 on:** May 8, 2021, 11:38:45 am »

Talking of the earlier, more hilarious Partridge, even the writers would have thought they'd be jumping the shark if they wrote this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbKH12XCuys&list=RDsbKH12XCuys&start_radio=1

elbow · « **Reply #4751 on:** May 9, 2021, 02:01:41 am »

Quote from: mattD on May 8, 2021, 11:38:45 am

Talking of the earlier, more hilarious Partridge, even the writers would have thought they'd be jumping the shark if they wrote this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbKH12XCuys&list=RDsbKH12XCuys&start_radio=1

Amazing. That might be the best thing I’ve ever seen.

Ray K · « **Reply #4752 on:** May 9, 2021, 06:51:50 pm »

Quote from: mattD on May 8, 2021, 11:38:45 am

Talking of the earlier, more hilarious Partridge, even the writers would have thought they'd be jumping the shark if they wrote this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbKH12XCuys&list=RDsbKH12XCuys&start_radio=1

What the fuck did I just watch??

Just when I thought nothing could top See You When You Get There, he pulls this one out. Incredible scenes.

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #4753 on:** May 9, 2021, 07:03:25 pm »

Quote from: Ray K on May 9, 2021, 06:51:50 pm

What the fuck did I just watch??

Just when I thought nothing could top See You When You Get There, he pulls this one out. Incredible scenes.

Haha same. That Coolio performance was seminal but I’ve no idea how this has been kept under wraps for so long.

Am I sexual?...

Buck Pete · « **Reply #4754 on:** May 9, 2021, 07:04:37 pm »

Circa 1983 I developed a fairly robust dislike for the gay community. But that was before I met Dale Winton.

elbow · « **Reply #4755 on:** May 10, 2021, 12:37:47 am »

Quote from: Buck Pete on May 9, 2021, 07:04:37 pm

Circa 1983 I developed a fairly robust dislike for the gay community. But that was before I met Dale Winton.

From I, Partridge on being accused of being homophobic following Glen Ponder's sacking.

"I'm friends with Dale Winton for crying out loud, one of the gayest men in Europe!"

KMKYWAP · « **Reply #4756 on:** May 10, 2021, 12:05:12 pm »

Quote from: bradders1011 on May 8, 2021, 02:27:08 am

"Chicken shop wet wipes, 5 units."

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I agree with the comments that the Gibbons write great jokes, but Iannucci and Baynham wrote great comedy. TTWAP (tee-tee-wap) is more of a sketch show than the crescendo situations of KMKYWAP (cumkeewap).

I love Comekeywap obvs

Its hard to compare it with This Time because the tone of the shows they are nodding towards are different. The only This Time that built to crescendo in anything like KMKYWAP style was the hashtag John Gone episode with the revelations, Alan 'winning' and the shuttlecock. If ever a show needed finishing with 'on that bombshell' it was that one!

Really loving the new series the Gibbons litter it with subtle jokes that need repeated views to pick up on, for me anyway. Interested to see where the make up artist story goes. Cheeky Monkeys comeback was absolutely superb you just knew it was going to kick off eventually (you're fucking mental!). I loved how they re-imagined the original appearance with Alan stepping in as an act of mercy to a physically abused Cheeky

redgriffin73 · « **Reply #4757 on:** May 10, 2021, 12:09:52 pm »

Quote from: Welshred on May 8, 2021, 10:27:16 am

Yeah I think that might be why. The hair appointment thing was hilarious

"I don't remember"
"It was only yesterday Alan"

"My scalp was bleeding"

The explanation of the number of times he went to and from the clothes shop was amazing!

Loved the sly Andy Coulson reference in the list of "favourite prisoners" - he was behind the NOTW phone hacking that Coogan was caught up in wasn't he?

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #4758 on:** May 10, 2021, 12:11:58 pm »

Quote from: redgriffin73 on May 10, 2021, 12:09:52 pm

"My scalp was bleeding" The explanation of the number of times he went to and from the clothes shop was amazing!

Loved the sly Andy Coulson reference in the list of "favourite prisoners" - he was behind the NOTW phone hacking that Coogan was caught up in wasn't he?

He was indeed.

Who else got namechecked there? I think the Wests did but can’t remember who else now.

gerrardisgod · « **Reply #4759 on:** May 10, 2021, 12:23:44 pm »

Nelson Mandela the only one I remember, mainly for how he said it.

Just remembered Nero Costa