Alan Partridge Superthread - Sponsored by Dettol

malcy · 12-02-2017 01:28PM

Coogan says he will be doing new Partridge towards the end of the year. It'll be on TV but he doesn't know in what form yet.

De Bhál · 12-02-2017 11:28PM

Love this thread

siblers · 14-02-2017 12:38AM

malcy wrote: »

Coogan says he will be doing new Partridge towards the end of the year. It'll be on TV but he doesn't know in what form yet.

Jurassic Park

Ipso · 14-02-2017 03:47AM

malcy wrote: »

Coogan says he will be doing new Partridge towards the end of the year. It'll be on TV but he doesn't know in what form yet.

Hopefully it's not live. It can blow up in your face.

De Bhál · 14-02-2017 01:00PM

“Yesterday I read out a text saying that oestrogen was a kind of gas used to blow up balloons, Of course it isn’t, it’s a hormone used by women to perform a number of tasks, relating to, er, themselves…"

Cazale · 14-02-2017 08:57PM

Shirley in EastEnders quoting AP tonight. Smell my cheese!

trashcan · 14-02-2017 09:42PM

sabat wrote: »

Some more classic Partridge I mean Edmonds:

Wealdon District Council, Keith Chegwin as the sidekick, "this is not some entertainment show" in front of an audience waving giant foam hands.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAo-xyIEEkI

I'll also throw in my favourite line from the classic Jon Ronson feature about DOND:

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/oct/21/broadcasting.arts

Jesus, what an absolute and complete tosser Edmonds is.

Edit - mind you, it is pretty hilarious. I love the way he stands up to launch into his rant, and the shapes he throws.

Skid X · 14-02-2017 10:06PM

I was reading Steve Coogan's Autobiography recently ...

In the very first episode of Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge, Alan is kept waiting by his star guest Roger Moore all through the show (Roger was running late). Eventually the shows ends before Roger gets to the studio.

Anyway, Steve mentions in his book that Roger mentions that particular show in his own Memoir. Roger says that the next he saw his Father after the show he said "it was very rude of you not to turn up to that talk show". Mr Moore Senior was sat at home watching it, thinking his Son was showing a distinct lack of class by not appearing on this new Chat Show.

Roger put his Dad right, in true Roger style he informed him "Father, it's a satire!"

Makes you wonder how many other people didn't get the joke. They must have got a shock when Forbes McAllister got shot.

jaysisjames · 14-02-2017 10:15PM

"Wings are only the band the Beatles could have been"

"Martin McGuinness looks like a clown without make up"

on the irish famine - "if it was just the potatoes that were affected, at the end of the day, you will pay the price if your a fussy eater. if they can afford to emigrate, then they can afford to eat in a modest restaurant"

Fred Swanson · 14-02-2017 10:28PM

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Grayditch · 15-02-2017 12:42AM

"Lynn, Lynn! I'm on God's side. I can't stand the devil. I think he's bang out of order. I think he's an evil, evil idiot."

loyatemu · 15-02-2017 05:20PM

Skid X wrote: »

I was reading Steve Coogan's Autobiography recently ...

In the very first episode of Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge, Alan is kept waiting by his star guest Roger Moore all through the show (Roger was running late). Eventually the shows ends before Roger gets to the studio.

Anyway, Steve mentions in his book that Roger mentions that particular show in his own Memoir. Roger says that the next he saw his Father after the show he said "it was very rude of you not to turn up to that talk show". Mr Moore Senior was sat at home watching it, thinking his Son was showing a distinct lack of class by not appearing on this new Chat Show.

Roger put his Dad right, in true Roger style he informed him "Father, it's a satire!"

Makes you wonder how many other people didn't get the joke. They must have got a shock when Forbes McAllister got shot.

I've been reading Coogan's book but just can't get into it. He's almost as pompous and insecure as AP but not as funny.

Skid X · 15-02-2017 05:45PM

loyatemu wrote: »

I've been reading Coogan's book but just can't get into it. He's almost as pompous and insecure as AP but not as funny.

Totally agree, there's too much of a "Needless to say, I had the last laugh" tone to it.

There's a part where he goes on about how he was getting more and more Spitting Image roles but "I was also conscious of the fact that some of the voice artists had a limited repertoire" (page 272). Pure Partridge. Was it really necessary to phrase it like that so many years later?

Passenger · 15-02-2017 08:10PM

"MDF is banned in America."

*Points at TV*

"So is that."

De Bhál · 16-02-2017 11:19AM

"That was Beyonce's mum, Tina Turner"

Mike Litoris · 16-02-2017 06:33PM

Passenger wrote: »

"MDF is banned in America."

*Points at TV*

"So is that."

Hahaa nice!

stimpson · 16-02-2017 08:14PM

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MillField · 17-02-2017 10:04AM

stimpson wrote: »

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I agree.

Realt Dearg Sec · 17-02-2017 10:29AM

stimpson wrote: »

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Well there's no need for that!!

Ipso · 17-02-2017 03:47PM

Lynn, they're sex people!

stimpson · 17-02-2017 03:55PM

Come on, pack it in, mate. I don’t want to have sex with your wife. Even though, from the promotional video, I can see that I would have a ruddy good time.

Passenger · 17-02-2017 04:12PM

dr.fuzzenstein · 18-02-2017 09:45PM

Let's talk kitchens.

Comic Book Guy · 19-02-2017 12:10PM

Only came across this thread on Thursday, pure class!

Pulled out the box set Friday night and watched the 6 episodes of KMKY.

So funny when he is summing up the guests he had on the show and slags them off....Dan the Man

Grayditch · 19-02-2017 01:25PM

"They’re actually left-hand drive, those lorries. So if you are doing that, you’d just be grabbing photographs of your family. Or perhaps, rosary beads, if you were driving up from Mexico."

De Bhál · 15-03-2017 04:20PM

I'm now three episodes into the second season of Coogan's show called 'The Trip'
It's on Netflix.

It's himself and Rob Brydon driving around and eating in fancy restaurants.

There's some very good impressions and conversation between them.
I love it although I find it's better in small doses as it's repetitive enough which is not a bad thing imo but not good for binge watching.

ligerdub · 15-03-2017 07:17PM

De Bhál wrote: »

I'm now three episodes into the second season of Coogan's show called 'The Trip'
It's on Netflix.

It's himself and Rob Brydon driving around and eating in fancy restaurants.

There's some very good impressions and conversation between them.
I love it although I find it's better in small doses as it's repetitive enough which is not a bad thing imo but not good for binge watching.

You will be kicking the screen by the end of the 2nd series.

That being said I found it to be quite decent, despite it's repetitiveness.

druss · 15-03-2017 07:42PM

Skid X wrote: »

I was reading Steve Coogan's Autobiography recently ...

In the very first episode of Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge, Alan is kept waiting by his star guest Roger Moore all through the show (Roger was running late). Eventually the shows ends before Roger gets to the studio.

Anyway, Steve mentions in his book that Roger mentions that particular show in his own Memoir. Roger says that the next he saw his Father after the show he said "it was very rude of you not to turn up to that talk show". Mr Moore Senior was sat at home watching it, thinking his Son was showing a distinct lack of class by not appearing on this new Chat Show.

Roger put his Dad right, in true Roger style he informed him "Father, it's a satire!"

Makes you wonder how many other people didn't get the joke. They must have got a shock when Forbes McAllister got shot.

I was over at a friends house waiting for her to get ready. Her mother was getting really irate during this episode.

"She has such a lovely voice. Why is he ruining it with his awful singing?".

Looking back, that was the episode with Hot Pants. Shame we'd left by then.

stimpson · 27-03-2017 04:23PM

Unintentional Partridge: http://www.dailyedge.ie/polish-band-ira-3309278-Mar2017/

I actually booked the room under the name of “The Real IRA”. They didn’t bat an eyelid. I’ll just go and tell them it’s me.

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