Hedgecutter Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Describing the prison cell: "It's not the Ritz, more like a Marriott" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSU Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 Sidekick Simon is still mouthing Alan's autocue. It's still cracking me up. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 Loved this week's. The little sad head nod from Cheeky Monkey was worth a million terrible BBC sitcoms and it wasn't even the best bit (the list of the best prisoners). "All washed down with piping hot coffee, and my tablets" Feel like they might be building toward him being outcast from the Mr and Mrs of BBC1 again. The woman who contradicts everything Alan says is getting a bit tiresome now but they did tweak it slightly this week. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 Oh...big belly laugh at "within days the guards had become sadistic and cruel, the prisoners servile and weak, a power dynamic familiar to anyone who's stayed with their wives parents and Christmas"...and proper cracked up at him explaining the old ITV regional franchising system to the prisoners. That whole bit was great, the unbroadcast show "Loose Screws" and "the lighting is terrible, again no dimmer switches, like my assistants lounge" Also the stuff about mental health they're subtly weaving in is an interesting direction 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishBhoy Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 ‘My only friend was a ping pong ball, who I’d named ‘ball pong ping.’ Was absolutely pishing myself at that, along with the ‘ITV’ speech to the juveniles. It’s funny how people’s sense of humour can differ so wildly, I watched that second episode with my sister and she just couldn’t fathom what exactly was supposed to be funny. She was actually getting annoyed at me because she thought I was just laughing at nothing to try and make her look like she didn’t get the joke. Maybe it’s just targeted at a certain humour but I could go back and rewatch anything with Partridge in it, no matter how many times I had seen it before, and still be laughing out loud. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venti Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 Matt Smith was almost Chris Morris there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venti Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 SAS bit was class. Good episode. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSU Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Grandad Graham. Really looks like we're moving towards a massive Alan meltdown in ep 6 and Simon stealing his position on the show. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 That reminded me of watching This Morning in the 90s, when they did vodka tasting and Judy Finnegan ended up laughing like a maniac and telling an irrelevant anecdote about the kids thinking they'd seen the Loch Ness Monster. I think this has really found its feet this series. Last series felt disjointed but last night was great. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 That was tremendous last night. My wife hadn't watched it before and thought it was hilarious. Did Alan slip just at the end of one of the shots in the SAS stuff? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishBhoy Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 Friday nights episode was absolute class. So many subtle jokes that get missed on the first viewing, it’s just so well written and performed. Anyone else think Partridges more recent stuff from the Gibbon brothers is some of his best work? I love ‘I’m Alan Partridge’ and ‘KMKY’, and will never tire of watching them. But I love how the Gibbons have managed to take the character from that era, and through ‘Mid Morning Matters’ and ‘This Time...’, place him into the modern world and still have it feeling like a natural progression of Partridges career. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishBhoy Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 11 hours ago, Stu said: Did Alan slip just at the end of one of the shots in the SAS stuff? Definitely must have been on the screen for a tenth of a second. Alan’s overly long walk from the couch to Sidekick Simons TV screen always has me laughing away too. The woman who appeared in Fridays episode making the cocktails is the same woman from one of my favourite Mid Morning Matters moments, when she joins him on his radio show for a wine tasting...‘This wine tastes of Chewits’ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSU Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 8 hours ago, IrishBhoy said: Friday nights episode was absolute class. So many subtle jokes that get missed on the first viewing, it’s just so well written and performed. Anyone else think Partridges more recent stuff from the Gibbon brothers is some of his best work? I love ‘I’m Alan Partridge’ and ‘KMKY’, and will never tire of watching them. But I love how the Gibbons have managed to take the character from that era, and through ‘Mid Morning Matters’ and ‘This Time...’, place him into the modern world and still have it feeling like a natural progression of Partridges career. Partridge has always had great writers behind him but I’d have to agree that the Gibbons brothers have managed to pick up that legacy and expand on it, taking it in new, interesting directions while still being true to the character’s history. In addition to This Time and MMM, consider the books, and particularly the audiobooks, of I, Partridge: We Need To Talk About Alan, and Nomad, both of which are comedy perfection. They know what they’re doing, likes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 It’s a different person though. Must be. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabGaz Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 (edited) Been a fine start to the series but I thought Friday’s episode was the best so far. I think I emitted a loud snort when Alan casually said ‘lads’ at the SAS training. Edited May 16, 2021 by ArabGaz 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acastus Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 "Tastes like fizzy soup." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YER SISTERS YER MAW Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 Some of the facial expressions he pulls on the studio couch cracks me up 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 Alan opening with a Saville impression 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 I was absolutely poorless watching Alan's am dram role playing 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 Starting watching season 2 to pass the next hour or so. "If in doubt, handle and spout!" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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