Author Topic: Alan Partridge - including Alpha Papa (Read 556634 times)

gerrardisgod · « **Reply #4760 on:** May 10, 2021, 12:32:44 pm »

Wonder if there’s gonna be some sort of punchline to all the zooming in on his socks, I know the first episode hinted at some sort of sponsor deal, but there were even more this week.

sinnermichael · « **Reply #4761 on:** May 10, 2021, 12:48:48 pm »

Apparently Alan does SAS training this week.

Riquende · « **Reply #4762 on:** May 10, 2021, 01:24:42 pm »

Quote from: sinnermichael on May 10, 2021, 12:48:48 pm

Apparently Alan does SAS training this week.

Bill Oddie gone apeshit?

LanceLink!!!!! · « **Reply #4763 on:** May 10, 2021, 05:28:46 pm »

When he's talking to the Prison governor, Maurice Pelt.

'there's a boys eye'

Fitzy. · « **Reply #4764 on:** May 10, 2021, 07:27:06 pm »

Quote from: BIG DICK NICK on May 10, 2021, 12:11:58 pm

He was indeed.

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

Fletcher from Porridge was mentioned...and nonces

John C · « **Reply #4765 on:** May 10, 2021, 10:54:02 pm »

Quote from: Hazell on May 7, 2021, 10:06:20 pm

Him talking about ITV regions to teenage prisoners was terrific

Loved that bit, funny as fuck.

voodoo ray · « **Reply #4766 on:** May 10, 2021, 11:01:53 pm »

I found it funnier than last week.

Dench57 · « **Reply #4767 on:** May 11, 2021, 02:17:53 pm »

One of the best i've seen:

https://twitter.com/adam_major1/status/1387359220291485700

Hazell · « **Reply #4768 on:** May 11, 2021, 07:23:55 pm »

Quote from: Dench57 on May 11, 2021, 02:17:53 pm

One of the best i've seen:

https://twitter.com/adam_major1/status/1387359220291485700

Welshred · « **Reply #4769 on:** May 11, 2021, 09:22:59 pm »

Quote from: Dench57 on May 11, 2021, 02:17:53 pm

One of the best i've seen:

https://twitter.com/adam_major1/status/1387359220291485700

You should see the whole segment, it's 5 mins of awkwardness

The G in Gerrard · « **Reply #4770 on:** May 13, 2021, 10:52:31 am »

Chicken shop wet wipes in his pocket made me laugh more than it should.

Dench57 · « **Reply #4771 on:** May 14, 2021, 01:24:07 pm »

"Why would you want to kill... people... most of whom are already dead?"
"Noel Edmonds isn't. He's very much still at large."

Welshred · « **Reply #4772 on:** May 14, 2021, 09:38:16 pm »

Dennis Nilson...

tray fenny · « **Reply #4773 on:** May 14, 2021, 10:00:10 pm »

class

LanceLink!!!!! · « **Reply #4774 on:** May 14, 2021, 10:02:45 pm »

Sinbad The Sailor 🤣

Welshred · « **Reply #4775 on:** May 14, 2021, 10:03:17 pm »

"We don't shoot goats"

Welshred · « **Reply #4776 on:** May 14, 2021, 10:07:12 pm »

Also he was really getting into Jenny's personal space and making her uncomfortable wasn't he

Hazell · « **Reply #4777 on:** May 14, 2021, 10:08:44 pm »

Saw he gave Lynn the cocktail with the raw eggs in

bradders1011 · « **Reply #4778 on:** May 15, 2021, 01:17:51 am »

Kirstie Allsopp's bridesmaids.

gerrardisgod · « **Reply #4779 on:** May 15, 2021, 09:18:12 am »

Oh Alan...

Mind’s gone blank...shandy

Best one of the series by a mile.

LanceLink!!!!! · « **Reply #4780 on:** May 15, 2021, 09:25:44 am »

Quote from: gerrardisgod on May 15, 2021, 09:18:12 am

Oh Alan...

Mind’s gone blank...shandy

Best one of the series by a mile.

Shandy 🤣

quirkovski · « **Reply #4781 on:** May 15, 2021, 02:39:28 pm »

“Lads”

Dench57 · « **Reply #4782 on:** May 15, 2021, 02:58:09 pm »

Definitely my favourite one so far, just so much in there, wall-to-wall quotable lines and Partridgeisms, had to watch it twice.

Alan getting to live his Andy McNab fantasy in the SAS segment.
"That makes 4 unharmed terrorists, and 4 dead hostages"
"Yeah, that is suboptimal"

and particularly good bits with Lynn this week

"because women have got a bit big for their boots-
-alright alright Lynn, that's..that's for the car"

"I can't believe I've taken a knee to talk about white people"

Riquende · « **Reply #4783 on:** May 15, 2021, 09:16:56 pm »

Tommy Gaskill is the spit of Gordale Media's Jason Cresswell.

Ray K · « **Reply #4784 on:** May 17, 2021, 08:33:06 pm »

The bit at the start of the SAS film, where he talks about always winning, whether asking for a woman out to dinner, etc, they cut it just when he's made a misstep and about to fall arse about tit.

I'm really surprised that when asked to make his favourite cocktail that he didn't suggest ladyboys.

RMG · « **Reply #4785 on:** May 17, 2021, 09:28:12 pm »

Lewis Hamilton.

British Gas.

The James Bond stance.

Hazell · « **Reply #4786 on:** May 17, 2021, 09:30:57 pm »

'British Gas are laughing at you Simon.'

'Finally someone is'.

ToneLa · « **Reply #4787 on:** May 17, 2021, 10:06:12 pm »

Loved it as it's more Alan but saw a few jokes coming miles off:

"She's been destroyed. The dog, not Clare Balding"

Didn't find the Simon advertising thing very funny

Think basically with this format, unlike Mid Morning Matters where nearly every line was a joke (and IMO it is the best Partridge), this is half-straight stuff and Jenny reeling off what's on the show is boring, it is just to set up Alan's madness

But still, MORE ALAN!

Riquende · « **Reply #4788 on:** May 17, 2021, 10:23:04 pm »

I think the trouble that This Time has, conceptually, is that it's an unusual success for Alan (even if he's taking steps to self sabotage it).

KMKYWAP was funny enough, but it was I'm Alan Partridge that cemented the character as an icon and set the tone of him being on an ever-downward spiral away from his one shot at TV fame, and no matter what he was doing or what temporary success he had it was underpinned by the bitterness that he had never made it big. The early Gibbons' material went along with this, both in real life (after all, Mid Morning Matters started life on Youtube) and also in the Partridgeverse as his career on radio was going down the pan onto some local digital station.

This Time bucks both trends in a way that is perhaps too jarring.

elbow · « **Reply #4789 on:** May 20, 2021, 12:47:41 am »

On the flip side, From The Oasthouse and Nomad podcasts are still firmly rooted in the bitterness of the I'm Alan Partridge days.

Welshred · « **Reply #4790 on:** May 21, 2021, 09:33:46 pm »

Did he just do a Jimmy Saville impression at the start?

Also, Jenny isn't wearing her engagement ring anymore

LanceLink!!!!! · « **Reply #4791 on:** May 21, 2021, 09:53:11 pm »

Where's the 12th Queen song?

The show Must Go On is coming....

Welshred · « **Reply #4792 on:** May 21, 2021, 09:57:33 pm »

The Nazi salute with Simon *facepalm.gif

Hazell · « **Reply #4793 on:** May 22, 2021, 12:10:32 am »

Quote from: Welshred on May 21, 2021, 09:33:46 pm

Did he just do a Jimmy Saville impression at the start?

Yeah and then he realised what he did

bradders1011 · « **Reply #4794 on:** May 22, 2021, 01:37:44 am »

The chemsex bit was outstanding, best VT of the series for me.

Simon Farnaby must write it into his contracts that they can have a dig at his eyes.

Fitzy. · « **Reply #4795 on:** May 24, 2021, 01:06:45 pm »

Quote from: Riquende on May 17, 2021, 10:23:04 pm

I think the trouble that This Time has, conceptually, is that it's an unusual success for Alan (even if he's taking steps to self sabotage it).

KMKYWAP was funny enough,

KMKYWAP is a masterpiece - the Radio 4 originals are on YouTube (I think) and are seriously well written half hours of comedy. The TV show was extremely strong also. AP had already landed by the time I'm Alan Partridge arrived, as good as that was.

Buck Pete · « **Reply #4796 on:** May 24, 2021, 02:03:26 pm »

Nobody will be quoting “This Time” in a few years.

Steve just topping his pension fund up I’m afraid.

The G in Gerrard · « **Reply #4797 on:** May 24, 2021, 02:24:44 pm »

Jenny is lovely.

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #4798 on:** May 24, 2021, 02:32:05 pm »

Quote from: Buck Pete on May 24, 2021, 02:03:26 pm

Nobody will be quoting “This Time” in a few years.

Steve just topping his pension fund up I’m afraid.

I honestly think that’s a bit harsh. Might just be the nature of everything these days (same with music for me) but I can quite and recall everything from the 90s/00s a lot more readily than current stuff.

I can endlessly quote I’m Alan Partridge but not Mid Morning Matters or the one offs, or even the books. I think they’re all still very decent though.

Riquende · « **Reply #4799 on:** May 24, 2021, 06:40:13 pm »

Quote from: Fitzy. on May 24, 2021, 01:06:45 pm

KMKYWAP is a masterpiece - the Radio 4 originals are on YouTube (I think) and are seriously well written half hours of comedy. The TV show was extremely strong also. AP had already landed by the time I'm Alan Partridge arrived, as good as that was.

You're not wrong (and I had those radio shows on tape way back when, and now have them on vinyl, weirdly enough) - but without making the move to I'm Alan Partridge, the character wouldn't have become the truly iconic titan of comedy. Things like regular Comic Relief guest spots, in-character interviews from Clive Anderson etc, all span off that, and pushed Alan out of just being an excellent character in a well written spoof.