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Alan Partridge Superthread - Sponsored by Dettol

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  • #1862
    thecretinhop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,699 ✭✭✭thecretinhop


    I’ve had an overactive gag reflex ever since a drinking game I was made to play on a stag do.


    https://www.bt.com/tv/comedy/tv-comedy-bbc-this-time-7-questions-alan-partridge-steve-coogan


  • #1863
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 92,394 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Skid X wrote: »
    Here's a very short trailer for the new series



    https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/comedy/first-look-at-this-time-with-alan-partridge-in-new-season-2-trailer/

    30th of April


  • #1864
    sligojoek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,420 ✭✭✭✭sligojoek


    Just hit RTE 1 and they're showing "This Time", at this time. Should be on at prime time.


  • #1865
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 92,394 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    sligojoek wrote: »
    Just hit RTE 1 and they're showing "This Time", at this time. Should be on at prime time.

    Is it a repeat did they already air it?


  • #1866
    Skid X
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,444 ✭✭✭✭Skid X


    "Hello, and welcome to the show that covers the full spectrum of human life

    From Aqua Aerobics to Abortion, From Zebras to Zionism"






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  • #1867
    Duckworth_Luas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,736 ✭✭✭Duckworth_Luas


    Did I just hear Partridge use the American pronunciation of "zebra"?

    Next he'll be using a collective term for a single vehicle, or worse, drinking fizzy Benylin!


  • #1868
    Ash.J.Williams
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 22,814 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    Alan after a pop out in his short shorts “the boys are back in the barracks “


  • #1869
    Thargor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,291 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    He lined up the non-white people on the team and memorised their names :P


  • #1870
    Skid X
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,444 ✭✭✭✭Skid X


    There's a BFI This Time Series 2 Preview Zoom discussion thing featuring Steve Coogan, the Gibbonses and Susannah Fielding





  • #1871
    artvanderlay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,245 ✭✭✭artvanderlay


    Skid X wrote: »
    There's a BFI This Time Series 2 Preview Zoom discussion thing featuring Steve Coogan, the Gibbonses and Susannah Fielding





    Nice find!


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  • #1872
    artvanderlay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,245 ✭✭✭artvanderlay


    Thargor wrote: »
    He lined up the non-white people on the team and memorised their names :P


    See that's what actually annoys me. That would not be allowed on a BBC broadcast. Somebody would have said cut, and taken Alan aside. We get it: Alan is uncomfortable around non-white people and over-compensates for it, but could they not make that premise a bit funnier?


    Oh god, I'm off again :pac:


  • #1873
    Mike Litoris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,192 ✭✭✭Mike Litoris


    artvanderlay wrote: »

    Oh god, I'm off again :pac:

    Seriously, you need a deep bath! :p


  • #1874
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    "from aqua aerobics to Abortion"


  • #1875
    Ash.J.Williams
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 22,814 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    sligojoek wrote: »
    Just hit RTE 1 and they're showing "This Time", at this time. Should be on at prime time.

    Or instead of prime time


  • #1876
    Skid X
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,444 ✭✭✭✭Skid X


    Six minutes to new Partridge!


    Viewers of RTE1, don't be conned by the overpaid Irish imitation version on at the same time tonight.


  • #1877
    Welsh Megaman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,606 ✭✭✭✭Welsh Megaman


    Lots of close-up shots of his driving gloves :D


  • #1878
    el Fenomeno
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,935 ✭✭✭el Fenomeno


    It's still a far cry from old Partridge. Overly animated, overly slapstick and far less subtlety.


  • #1879
    Skid X
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,444 ✭✭✭✭Skid X


    In a former life, that SpokesMonk was the Minister who was provoked into declaring war in the Australian/Hong Kong trade dispute on The Day Today




  • #1880
    .anon.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭.anon.


    Skid X wrote: »
    Six minutes to new Partridge!


    Viewers of RTE1, don't be conned by the overpaid Irish imitation version on at the same time tonight.

    HAHA!!! (sic)


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  • #1881
    Morgans
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,473 ✭✭✭Morgans


    "Thousands of what....."


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  • #1882
    Mushy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,419 ✭✭✭✭Mushy


    Morgans wrote: »
    "Thousands of what....."

    Cats?


  • #1883
    artvanderlay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,245 ✭✭✭artvanderlay


    More of the same, that is, not funny at all. I laughed when Alan compared his nose hair to bracken, and thanked Lynn for loaning him her nasal hair trimmer. That was in the first minute of the show, and nothing after that made me laugh. Cock piss Partridge indeed: this is the worst he has ever been.

    It's like there are now two versions of Alan: this one that makes no sense and is not funny,, and the audiobook/Oasthouse Alan which is still amusing and in line with the character's history and personality.

    Lynn and Simon completely wasted, and the new characters are dull as dishwater. Strange decisions being made all around with this show. Money must be good though.


  • #1884
    Mr.Nice Guy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,643 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Nice Guy


    I enjoyed it overall. I thought it finished well. I'd like to see it slow the pace down a bit as the gags can be hard to keep up with at times.


  • #1885
    Ash.J.Williams
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 22,814 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    artvanderlay wrote: »
    More of the same, that is, not funny at all. I laughed when Alan compared his nose hair to bracken, and thanked Lynn for loaning him her nasal hair trimmer. That was in the first minute of the show, and nothing after that made me laugh. Cock piss Partridge indeed: this is the worst he has ever been.

    It's like there are now two versions of Alan: this one that makes no sense and is not funny,, and the audiobook/Oasthouse Alan which is still amusing and in line with the character's history and personality.

    Lynn and Simon completely wasted, and the new characters are dull as dishwater. Strange decisions being made all around with this show. Money must be good though.

    I think that’s what it is , it’s a tangent to the canon


    Still good though

    Trying to shoe in the twins at the end was classic


  • #1886
    Morgans
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,473 ✭✭✭Morgans


    Old Alan died when the Gibbons got involved. It had run its course, Coogan tired of it, tired jokes.

    I, for one enjoy the latest Alan and while this is no mid morn mat, there is plenty fresh life for an older Alan while being respectful to the pre-Gibbons stuff.


  • #1887
    Ash.J.Williams
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 22,814 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    Jenny is beautiful, that’s all


  • #1888
    Duckworth_Luas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,736 ✭✭✭Duckworth_Luas


    Look who's back!


    Hold on to your sides, they might just split!


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC-bt0nWBs4


  • #1889
    Mike Litoris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,192 ✭✭✭Mike Litoris


    Man it really saddens me to say this but I thought that was piss poor. :(


  • #1890
    Duke of Schomberg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 133 ✭✭Duke of Schomberg


    Mike Litoris wrote: »
    Man it really saddens me to say this but I thought that was piss poor. :(

    I think the difference with this series is that there is a new writing team, in particular Armando Iannucci is no longer involved as co-writer.


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  • #1891
    artvanderlay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,245 ✭✭✭artvanderlay


    Duckworth_Luas wrote: »
    Look who's back!


    Hold on to your sides, they might just split!


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC-bt0nWBs4

    It's not real!!!



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