someone do a revive when it is on slsk
― calzino, Thursday, 3 September 2020 21:50 (three years ago) link
diy
― calstars, Thursday, 3 September 2020 22:07 (three years ago) link
Okay I was legit lolling through episode two numerous times, which was offputting because I was listening to it while I ran.
― Just a few slices of apple, Servant. Thank you. How delicious. (stevie), Thursday, 3 September 2020 22:43 (three years ago) link
downloaded it, now I just need to figure out a way/time to listen to it
― kinder, Friday, 4 September 2020 12:46 (three years ago) link
I had to turn it off in the car because I was laughing too hard.
― trishyb, Friday, 4 September 2020 20:49 (three years ago) link
AA - I meant the sketch I posted, which was 18 years before Places Of My Life :)
― erratic wolf angular guitarist (sic), 2020年9月4日 星期五 上午 5:59 (three days ago) bookmarkflaglink
agh of course you were, wish i could read tbh
― THE LEFT (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 7 September 2020 10:13 (three years ago) link
i’m just over halfway through, and it’s not MidMorMat brilliant but still heaps worthy of existing. plenty of classic moments and even some of the most effective pathos in the canon.
― THE LEFT (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 7 September 2020 10:16 (three years ago) link
Coogan's performance is so incredibly and hilariously detailed in this, especially thrilling after my disappointment with same in Nomad
― erratic wolf angular guitarist (sic), Friday, 11 September 2020 22:11 (three years ago) link
I’ve tried listening to it and doing other things and that hasn’t worked out. It demands full attention
― calstars, Friday, 11 September 2020 22:19 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I'm enjoying it a lot but finding it hard to find times I can hear but am not going to fall asleep
― kinder, Friday, 11 September 2020 22:28 (three years ago) link
for people that can't be arsed pissing away time or money nor audible signups to experience this so so, pretty non-essential AP material, it's on slsk now!
― calzino, Friday, 11 September 2020 22:46 (three years ago) link
Aha!
― 这是我的显示名称 (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 11 September 2020 22:55 (three years ago) link
this should be some of the best alan in a long time.
The episode where Alan goes to Lynn's house is one of the best Partridge things ever.
(it is also infuriating and very stupid that it wasn't released as separate episodes.)
― erratic wolf angular guitarist (sic), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 08:02 (three years ago) link
The head's too big for the body
― kinder, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 08:14 (three years ago) link
Every episode I've listened to has been great so far, and much better than last year's TV series IMO. The bit in like the second episode where he was talking about his dog savaging a guy who was walking past the Oasthouse with a sandwich and who refused to drop said sandwich made me weep with laughter.
― Just a few slices of apple, Servant. Thank you. How delicious. (stevie), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 08:52 (three years ago) link
What's curious about the whole discussion here is - Partridge is still good. Very good. And has been through multiple instances and formats.
Few characters or comedy ideas remain this good for this long?
― the pinefox, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 09:04 (three years ago) link
because he isn't Harry Enfield for a start! I was listening to a clip on 4extra of his R4 comedy debut in the 80's, where he plays a hapless stand-up comedian saying stuff like "you lot would go down well in a graveyard" + "did you hear about the Irish lampost? it pissed on a dog" and I was pmsl!
― calzino, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 09:21 (three years ago) link
Sandy Stone did, though only through one-act monologue plays a couple of times a decade.
Partridge (29 years) has a way to go to beat Edna Everage (64 years, and not necessarily out yet), who has at least as many formats as Partridge and while the character does not have the depth of Alan - especially after her elevation to Damehood, twenty years in - and has been in some ill-designed projects, remained funny across stand-up, revue, radio, scripted theatre, semi-scripted TV, talk shows as both guest and host, supporting character in film, comedy book, fictional autobiography, sitcom actor, theatre improv, live in-person appearances, game-show hosting and advertising spokesperson.
― erratic wolf angular guitarist (sic), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 09:27 (three years ago) link
Last one reminds me: iirc, and I may not, her equivalent was deliberately portrayed as annoying and unfunny in Humphries' roman a clef
― erratic wolf angular guitarist (sic), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 09:29 (three years ago) link
oh yeah, she made records too
― erratic wolf angular guitarist (sic), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 09:32 (three years ago) link
Partridge is still good. Very good. And has been through multiple instances and formats.
What's more remarkable is the general consistency despite seismic changes in the creative team behind the character. The guys stewarding Alan now are doing a fantastic job of making the character deeper and more complex while still staying true to the original character on On The Hour.
― Just a few slices of apple, Servant. Thank you. How delicious. (stevie), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 09:55 (three years ago) link
on my second run-through now. at times it seems a bit short of ideas, but the peaks are incredible. the father’s day episode is a work of art imo. as good as early partridge was, he feels like an real and fully realised person now, with the consequences of his actions over decades coming home to roost in the most thoughtful and satisfying way.
― THE LEFT (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 24 September 2020 03:56 (three years ago) link
I listened to the whole thing in one go while redecorating at the weekend. The theme tune never stops being funny after 38 repetitions.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Thursday, 24 September 2020 05:18 (three years ago) link
i’m alan partridge, this is my podcast... ‘MTHEOASTHOUSE
― THE LEFT (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 24 September 2020 06:48 (three years ago) link
Just simple stuff like how he pronounces the "h" in whilst is hilarious. But the Alan Partridge project is deeper than a simple lampoon of hopeless MOR TV presenters now, From The Oasthouse - like the best Alan of recent years - is focused on a certain late-middle-aged redundancy, men who've been coasting on their own hubris and self-belief for so long they've not noticed that it's all leaked away and they;re left with nothing of much value. That thing about how Alan and all his golf club mates discussed with each other what to name their cottages, and Alan ended up with the Oasthouse...
― Just a few slices of apple, Servant. Thank you. How delicious. (stevie), Thursday, 24 September 2020 07:19 (three years ago) link
I went to listen to a new one last night, realised after a few seconds it was the one I'd listened to last and just re-listened anyway. Think they do need two run-throughs. He's got the voice down so well, it's a little close to home actually as he sounds identical to my dad in places. Always has.
― kinder, Thursday, 24 September 2020 07:44 (three years ago) link
stevie and kinder otm. he’s definitely moved slightly out of the realm of parody and more towards portraiture. i know people who are just like alan but 10 times worse: louder, more insecure, more bigoted, and an even greater groaning self of sense-importance. if they wanted alan to remain firmly in parody, they could have cranked him all the way up to 11, but instead they’ve chosen to demonstrate that alan is actually in 2020 now, and is responding positively (and sometimes reluctantly) to changing attitudes. an example of this is where he touches on trans issues: he gets it wrong of course, but he’s at least listening.
― THE LEFT (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 25 September 2020 03:09 (three years ago) link
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-54277794
Alan Partridge statue appears in Norwich
― koogs, Friday, 25 September 2020 03:56 (three years ago) link
AA, i remember thinking similar when s2 of I'm Alan Partridge came out... the "driving to Dundee in bare feet" suggested he was going to be crayzee but they made him "chilled out" with a girlfriend, which sounded like a terrible idea at first but was done so well, the sort of forced positivity etc
― kinder, Friday, 25 September 2020 06:53 (three years ago) link
The father's day podcast with the time capsule is oddly moving, while still hilarious.
― Just a few slices of apple, Servant. Thank you. How delicious. (stevie), Friday, 25 September 2020 08:25 (three years ago) link
yeah, it’s incredible how they get the balance right, and the end is such an unexpected payoff.
kinder otm, that was really well done. maybe that was the start of a more rounded alan. people knock s2 but it’s chock full of value.
― THE LEFT (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 29 September 2020 00:04 (three years ago) link
#AccidentalPartridge pic.twitter.com/J4pyPCTDab— Accidental Partridge (@AccidentalP) October 3, 2020
― error prone wolf syndicate (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 3 October 2020 23:12 (three years ago) link
I walked past the Forum a few days back and was hoping to see the statue, alas, didn't know it was quite so temporary.
― Maresn3st, Saturday, 3 October 2020 23:43 (three years ago) link
“When the shoe is on the other foot, it’s very different!”
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 17:18 (three years ago) link
This is as good as he’s ever been imoGreat posts on this thread explaining why
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 17:20 (three years ago) link
Did the final two episodes this week - for a moment when Alan had received all the genuine advice from High Noon about treating the injured bird, and was then tracking him down, I thought it was going to turn out to be a betrayal by Bill Oddie
― erratic wolf angular guitarist (sic), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 18:31 (three years ago) link
LA musings are great
― calstars, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 20:15 (three years ago) link
― Gab B. Nebsit (wins), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 20:16 (three years ago) link
How much of this does he write? Anybody know?
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 20:42 (three years ago) link
He generally does zero of the sitting-at-a-keyboard writing, but sometimes does lots of initial riffing with the Gibbons. The brothers then divide up ideas and write separately, and then they and Coogan and whoever else is on a given project* will revise. No idea if that's the same here, but it was made before the world shut down, and likely written while he was busy promoting Greed and the fourth series of The Trip...
*I think everything since Alpha Papa has just been the three of them, though sometimes Armando will give feedback.
― erratic wolf angular guitarist (sic), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 21:00 (three years ago) link
I was hoping you’d come thru sic. Thanks :)
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 21:06 (three years ago) link
:D
Probably less relevant to the process on this project, but also notable, from an interview with Neil about This Time (nb they started directing as well with MMM season 2):
Once the script is finished it continues to evolve until the cameras roll. 'On set we'll hammer it again and again, before and between takes, partly to gives us more options in the edit,' says Neil. 'And then there's the edit itself which is another phase altogether. The assembly that's put together at the beginning of the edit is miles from the finished article. We carry on writing until we deliver the final show, basically.'
― erratic wolf angular guitarist (sic), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 21:22 (three years ago) link
i’m alan partridge, this is my podcast... ‘MTHEOASTHOUSEhahaha i know except except - he says “i’m Ala’ Patridge” WHY DOES HE DO THAT
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 21:27 (three years ago) link
I think you'll find that he very helpfully went into extreme detail about why he has had to adopt some counterintuitive pronunciations in order to rise above anti-Norwichian prejudice on the media stage. So bloody go and stuff your leading questions!
― erratic wolf angular guitarist (sic), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 22:49 (three years ago) link
I'd like to apologise for that earlier outburst, I acknowledge you were posting in earnest
― erratic wolf angular guitarist (sic), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 22:52 (three years ago) link
no yes. well.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 23:13 (three years ago) link
🤠
― erratic wolf angular guitarist (sic), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 23:38 (three years ago) link
The theme tune is always in my head, but my brain wants to finish it with "with your fist holding tight... to the string of a kite" then I've got "Let's go fly a kite" as an earworm.
― kinder, Thursday, 8 October 2020 21:39 (three years ago) link
Initialism vs acronym distinction takedown was great in ep 3― calstars, Tuesday, March 19, 2019 4:09 PM (one year ago) bookmarkflaglink
― calstars, Tuesday, March 19, 2019 4:09 PM (one year ago) bookmarkflaglink
Just seen this from the This Time thread!
― kinder, Thursday, 8 October 2020 21:53 (three years ago) link
Not 'thread'... the bit of this thread
― kinder, Thursday, 8 October 2020 21:56 (three years ago) link