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Alan Partridge Superthread - Sponsored by Dettol

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  • #842
    selwyn froggitt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 486 ✭✭selwyn froggitt


    Alice Clunt/Alice Fluck

    LOL


  • #843
    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,059 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    Love the introduction/distance to subject lack of judgment.


  • #844
    glenfieldman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,019 ✭✭✭glenfieldman


    Terrible episode


  • #845
    el Fenomeno
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,942 ✭✭✭el Fenomeno


    Couple of definite LOL moments, but that was quite disappointing for the most part.


  • #846
    IamtheWalrus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,075 ✭✭✭IamtheWalrus


    glenfieldman wrote: »
    Terrible episode

    5/10


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  • #847
    IamtheWalrus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,075 ✭✭✭IamtheWalrus


    Jenny was the best. Lynn and Simon added nothing.


  • #848
    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,059 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    I was struck by the way more was not made of the live broadcast studio environment, it was best on the insert film. Alan walking and talking.


  • #849
    Welsh Megaman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,642 ✭✭✭✭Welsh Megaman


    The hacktivist reading out Alan’s internet activity :D:D


  • #850
    Mr.Nice Guy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,643 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Nice Guy


    I really enjoyed it. Totally nailed the likes of The One Show and their format.

    Loved the way they compared bacteria resistant to antibiotics to an unhappy partner getting chocolates!


  • #851
    Welsh Megaman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,642 ✭✭✭✭Welsh Megaman


    Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »
    I really enjoyed it. Totally nailed the likes of The One Show and their format.

    Loved the way they compared bacteria resistant to antibiotics to an unhappy partner getting chocolates!


    I wonder what Matt Baker and Alex Jones thought of it :D


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  • #852
    Dante7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,542 ✭✭✭Dante7


    Not great


  • #853
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 9,106 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Disappointed - will watch a couple more but I think he's had his day.


  • #854
    humberklog
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 11,008 Mod ✭✭✭✭humberklog


    Hi Jean...


  • #855
    Cazale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,907 ✭✭✭Cazale


    humberklog wrote:
    Hi Jean...

    Bye Jean.


  • #856
    Mike Litoris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,195 ✭✭✭Mike Litoris


    Harry Palmr wrote: »
    I was struck by the way more was not made of the live broadcast studio environment, it was best on the insert film. Alan walking and talking.

    I didn't find it funny until the first Alan walk and talk and then I laughed hard. Good and bad in equal measures. I don't think much of the studio bits. Seems way too forced. 5 on 10 sadly from me. :(


  • #857
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Few funny moments. Some forced, unfunny moments. How could someone get the word Fluck and Clunt mixed up :confused:


  • #858
    Hande hoche!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,949 ✭✭✭Hande hoche!


    Enjoyed his tissue disposal technique.


  • #859
    selwyn froggitt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 486 ✭✭selwyn froggitt


    "Partridge you wanker!"


  • #860
    Skid X
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,444 ✭✭✭✭Skid X


    "Delia, Guess who's big in the back time!"


  • #861
    dball
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,921 ✭✭✭dball


    selwyn froggitt wrote: »
    Alice Clunt/Alice Fluck

    LOL

    i thought this was the one line that made the episode stand out, it was perfectly timed and an absolute cracking line.

    Then it was repeated at the end of the interview - No need for that, i thought


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  • #862
    KungPao
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,794 ✭✭✭KungPao


    Was alright, like.



    Needs more John the builder.


  • #863
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    don't know what to make of it really may have to watch it again

    "bacteria multiply like randy catholic rabbits"


  • #864
    jobless
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,185 ✭✭✭jobless


    Hope it improves


  • #865
    artvanderlay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,245 ✭✭✭artvanderlay


    I had very low expectations for this, and it was just slightly better than anticipated, but it's still very much Alan-by-numbers these days. Coogan is still a great comedy actor, but the writing is not there anymore. The Gibbons brothers did good work with I, Partridge and Mid Morning Matters Series 1, but it's just repetitive now and the joke is wearing thin. There used to always be a triumverate of Coogan/Iannucci/Marber or Baynham, and since they have moved on, Coogan does not have equal partners to challenge him, so the quality control is not as good. He seems to be totally in charge of the character now and I don't think it's a good thing.


    With regards to the episode, it's ridiculous that they have Alan on a mainstream BBC show in this day and age. It would never happen, so the concept of the show is totally off. I'll watch it because I love Partridge/Coogan, but it is making me sad that something that was once so great hasn't been funny in a long time.


  • #866
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    by first impressions its basically Mid Morning Matters in a TV studio,


  • #867
    IamtheWalrus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,075 ✭✭✭IamtheWalrus


    KungPao wrote: »
    Was alright, like.



    Needs more John the builder.

    Bleachy head


  • #868
    artvanderlay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,245 ✭✭✭artvanderlay


    KungPao wrote: »
    Was alright, like.



    Needs more John the builder.


    Unfortunately, I don't think the world is quite ready for View T'Kill....Eeeeehhhhh, Octopussy....Dr. Nowt :)


  • #869
    sacamano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 184 ✭✭sacamano


    The episode just made me wish that we got a third season of Mid Morning Matters instead of this.


  • #870
    Mike Guide 69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,546 ✭✭✭Mike Guide 69


    “.......,very creamy hands.....”


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  • #871
    ben.schlomo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,910 ✭✭✭✭ben.schlomo


    Thought it was slow to start but certainly improved as it went, some classic Partridge moments dotted throughout e.g. putting on the mask of the hacktivists face, the 'i heard you're separated' bit etc.


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