You couldn't POLL a cat: it's the 'I'm Alan Partridge' episode poll

It's full of classic moments but, I don't know, it seems like everyone, but especially Coogan, is trying too hard. The drummer's fine.

a colleague of mine was planning her wedding at Blickling Hall. She was baffled then increasingly annoyed at me referring to it as 'Bono's house'

it seems like everyone, but especially Coogan, is trying too hard.

all the forced catchphrases fell pretty flat (“back of the net” landed but “spice world” and “jackanackanory” didn’t)

a colleague of mine was planning her wedding at Blickling Hall. She was baffled then increasingly annoyed at me referring to it as 'Bono's house'

god i love this.

a few years ago i went to an abba exhibition in melbourne, and i was the only one yelling “AHA!!” at the right moments, and other visitors thought i was touched

Armando randomly says how much he dislikes IAP2, or at least some of it, on the dvd commentary track for his own Armando Ianucci Shows. The dvd came out in 2005 mind so maybe he’s warmer towards it now. A lot of it falls very flat, Lynn seems to be a different more exaggerated person, and the fat make up doesn’t work at all. I wonder if it just seemed, at the time, suddenly much less subtle than The Office which had first been shown the year before series 2 aired. You couldn’t help but compare them. The laugh track made it seem dated.

seems like he was pretty disillusioned with the character in general at the time

I tell him I enjoyed the most recent I'm Alan Partridge series, which I did. Armando, it turns out, is not so sure. "I just don't think it gelled," he says. Really? "There were some funny bits in it. I'm glad we got there in the end. Maybe it's because I was so bound up in it. When I was watching it, I found myself thinking, 'Why are we devoting so much time to this man? Why is he of interest?' I didn't see a reason for it. I saw the reason for the last series, but not this one." Perhaps, I suggest, it was because The Office had moved the whole genre on so much. "It did make our show seem more traditional. I think this Partridge was more BBC1 than BBC2 in the end."

Was it difficult to make? Very, it turns out. "By the time we finished filming, when I still had all the editing to do, my brain was just gunged up. But I was aware of not being able to cope, so I went to the doctor and got signed off for three months." A mini-breakdown? Burnout? "It was stress. I should have done it earlier." What happened to the production? "Everything shut down." Was it scary? "It was great. I was at home. Carmello [his third child, a daughter to add to two sons with his wife, Rachel] was about to be born. It's funny, when you do something like that you realise how everyone gets so sucked in by their daily routines. You forget you can call a halt. The world does not cave in. I think this is why I feel slightly dubious about the last series. It was very difficult to make, and I don't feel as if I was in it. I feel very detached from it. In fact, we've recorded the rough elements of a new series, but I'm not producing it. Someone else is doing it."

What's this done to your relationship with Steve Coogan? "I don't think I'll work with Steve for quite a while. He was a major niggle on a day-to-day basis. We've talked about it and he knew. We didn't fall out or anything. It's like if you share a flat with someone. You can be best friends and then you share a flat and think, 'I can't bear it.' We sort of assumed we'd all be exactly as we were five years ago, but we're not, we're five years older. And it's strange trying to do exactly what we did five years ago, and I sort of thought we should have been doing a completely new thing, not revisiting the old. But the pressure was on. The BBC wanted Partridge, and people would say, 'When is Alan coming back?' You have an obligation. You're in a room with each other for a year. Every day. That's quite an intense activity. Quite personal." Gosh, this is getting gloomy. Maybe Armando just isn't an "up" kind of person generally. But then, who in comedy ever is?

that's interesting; thanks

Jeez yeah Coogan with a ‘niggle’ on must be a nightmare.

that makes a heap of sense, thanks number none

piscesx:

Lynn seems to be a different more exaggerated person, and the fat make up doesn’t work at all. I wonder if it just seemed, at the time, suddenly much less subtle than The Office which had first been shown the year before series 2 aired. You couldn’t help but compare them. The laugh track made it seem dated.

it does seem dated for its time, now that you mention it. the fat makeup wasn’t great but i still find that whole sequence hilarious. lynn changing i hadn’t noticed, but i’m about to watch the whole thing again (it’s been at least three months) so i’ll look for it this time.

I'm shamefully un familiar with Partridge but the spiiike episode is one of my favourite episodes of anything ever, so that

I must be the only person who prefers season 2. Anyway, I voted Dan (DAN! DAN! DAN! DAN! DAN! … … DAN!), Norfolk Bravery Awards, cup of beans.

"Lynne, these are sex people!"

Probably "what's de big oidea". He's a mentalist!

I must be the only person who prefers season 2

Not as good as 1, but it only grows in stature with each passing year.

I'm currently getting that Steve Coogan Stand Up Down Under from a private torrent tracker. I can upload it to some host overnight if anyone's interested?

Its 650 mb - can anyone recommend where to upload it to?

I also have a few invites to that UK torrent site. If anyone's interested then send me a webmail on here.

(with your email address)

I've got three invites left.

although it might actually be open sign up atm. it's tvchaosuk.com

I'll take one please jed if you will. I'm jayunkempt at that gmail dot com.

sent

It's on Dailymotion for illegal streaming too (AA it turns out it was on iView until three weeks ago!)

gahhhh shit

I've just downloaded the dailymotion app so I can stream it to a TV, and three minutes in am already mad at Peter Helliar for being dumb

lol they keep going on and on about how he hasn't toured for 12 years years, so they're worried about reviews, although it was a less-shit version of his very-poorly-reviewed tour of one year earlier

how in christ’s honda did i not hear about this

you'll love the bit where: halfway through the first of two weeks in Melbourne, they're close enough to selling out that they add two return shows a month later, after the Perth and Adelaide and Brisbane and first round of Sydney shows, having already had to reschedule Christchurch and Auckland due to selling out and adding dates in Sydney. (they ended up having to do two stints at three different theatres in Sydney)

damn it

and three minutes in am already mad at Peter Helliar for being dumb

i suspect he’s an incredibly nice, lovely and generous guy who people like having around, because i legit don’t know how he keeps getting work

although that doesn’t explain f1f1 b0x

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The audio book of "I, Partridge" is incredible

― . (Michael B), Monday, February 11, 2019 12:40 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the only way to read this book imo

― seedy ron (Autumn Almanac), Monday, February 11, 2019 1:32 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It would (also) be funny if it wasn't Alan reading it, like they got a different (virtual) celeb to.

But then, meta

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