This Time with Alan Patridge

Starts in Feb. I am so hype

 

https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/this-time-with-alan-partridge-steve-coogan-new-series-when-bbc/

Where do I start with Alan Partridge if I haven't seen anything except Alpha Papa promos and some The Day Today bits?

Start with Day Today ideally yeah. Most people would say just watch I'm Alan Partridge 1 & 2 after that (which is where the gold is) but I'd argue Knowing Me Knowing You gives important context for when they go full meta with I'm Alan Partridge.

After that it's all gravy. I need to rewatch Scissored Isle.

  On 1/11/2019 at 11:17 AM, hello spiral said:

Start with Day Today ideally yeah. Most people would say just watch I'm Alan Partridge 1 & 2 after that (which is where the gold is) but I'd argue Knowing Me Knowing You gives important context for when they go full meta with I'm Alan Partridge.

After that it's all gravy. I need to rewatch Scissored Isle.

Yeah I'm a big fan of Day Today, seen it several times already so I'll move on to Knowing Me Knowing You. Thanks a lot!

I fucking love Alan Partridge. Probably my favourite comedy thing ever. Can't wait.

  On 1/11/2019 at 1:48 PM, BCM said:

I fucking love Alan Partridge. Probably my favourite comedy thing ever. Can't wait.

 

#metoo

Speaking of Day Today, do you think a show like this or Brass Eye would work today? Or did reality catch up too closely?

I'm not sure how you could improve on Brasseye. Current affairs programs still look, sound and feel like Brasseye.

brasseye has proven itself to be an accurate prophet of human/media stupidity over the last 20 years tbh. 

I think Nathan For You is the most similar to Brass Eye/The Day Today in terms of humor but obviously very different subject matter. I pray for the return of Chris Morris though (I think he’s making a movie currently)

 

Regarding Alan Partridge I haven’t seen anything other than the two shows and the movie but I think he did a bunch of one off stuff. Any of it worth checking out?

Pretty much all of it really. Scissored Isle is great, so is Welcome To The Places of my Life.

 

Mid Morning Matters is another one that's great, but watch it when you're more familiar with the character. It's very dry and presented like a live webcam feed of Alan doing his radio show. Hilarious though.

 

Partridge is probably the funniest, most well realised comedy character ever made. Other than Mr Blobby.

both the books are great too, but i would recommend watching enough of him on screen to make sure your brain auto-reads in his voice. 

  On 1/11/2019 at 3:56 PM, messiaen said:

both the books are great too, but i would recommend watching enough of him on screen to make sure your brain auto-reads in his voice. 

 

Sod that, just download the audiobooks. Then you don't need to imagine his voice.

i cant cope with audiobooks. the spoken word is too slow for me in the knowledge that a book exists. 

I'm the same usually, it's just such a funny book when read by Partridge. I make exceptions only for the Partridge books.

  On 1/11/2019 at 6:03 PM, Obel said:

 

  On 1/11/2019 at 3:56 PM, messiaen said:

both the books are great too, but i would recommend watching enough of him on screen to make sure your brain auto-reads in his voice.

Sod that, just download the audiobooks. Then you don't need to imagine his voice.

I didn’t know there were books, let alone audiobooks. Jurassic Park!

  On 1/11/2019 at 2:38 PM, messiaen said:

brasseye has proven itself to be an accurate prophet of human/media stupidity over the last 20 years tbh.

Yeah pretty much - Pretty much any sensationalist news piece or documentary nowadays looks like it's been ripped straight from Brass Eye

although i had a hard time with most british comedy at first, turns out a lot of my favorite stuff is indeed british... i love alan partridge and i'm excited about this new show, thanks for the heads up...

good news, the man can do no wrong, his cone lap dances were epic

 

I really want a well-done infographic of every single appearance of Alan in chronological order. starting from on the hour through to this one. the world needs it. I would love to do a full run of alan, not dissimilar to watching every bond film back to back in my static caravan.

Edited January 13, 2019 by dr lopez

was his first appearance the sports reporting on the day today, or earlier?

I think alan partridge was in on the hour, which was the radio 4 thing which came before day today. It's basically the same thing, and funny as fuck

I think his first on screen thing was the sports commentary on Day Today yeah. The "they look like cattle, in a weird way. But cattle on bikes!" one

  On 1/13/2019 at 12:22 AM, dr lopez said:

I really want a well-done infographic of every single appearance of Alan in chronological order. starting from on the hour through to this one. the world needs it. I would love to do a full run of alan, not dissimilar to watching every bond film back to back in my static caravan.

not an infographic but this is a seemingly very comprehensive start https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Partridge#Appearances