[TV] Alan Partridge: This Time

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Caught up on episode 1 last night.

For some reason I was genuinely laughing out loud at the bit where Alan is watching the "washing your hands" video with that lady. I think it was the noise of soapy hands and his heavy breathing. Brilliant

Altogether now: '‘After the pee and poo has landed, please make sure that you’re clean handed’

 

[The Clamp]

I rather chuckled at "drive, drive, drive your car..."

 

[Is it PotG?]

Not wanting Madeley to hog the limelight

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[Brovion]

It gets 8/10 simply for the "Clunt / Fluck" joke. Still laughing at that now.

 

[Miserable Les]

It was absolutely cringe-inducing throughout with a smattering of genuinely very funny moments, what's more Partridge than that? Each incarnation of Partridge has been subtly different, and that takes some doing over this amount of time.

 

[schmunk]

I had to stop it half way through the touchscreen section to let the cringe dissipate...

 

[Pavilionaire]

I think analysing humour as if it's a team selection or new formation is extremely cringe.

We should all be embarrassed (me included)

Coogan and Partridge has been around at the top of the tree for 30 years because his humour is carefully crafted, so what is wrong with taking the time to appreciate the craft?

It's like a fine wine - you don't just knock it back, it must be savoured.

 

[Megazone]

Coogan and Partridge has been around at the top of the tree for 30 years because his humour is carefully crafted, so what is wrong with taking the time to appreciate the craft?

It's like a fine wine - you don't just knock it back, it must be savoured.

I think if he focused on the subtle humour at first, then approached a more aggressive/brutal display of cringe humour, this would allow for a more unsurprised chuckle when we're least expecting it. Don't get me wrong, Coogan is definitely using his strengths in the way he's deploying his jokes and the subtleness of his deliveries, I just think if he manages to learn a new way of brining the audience into a familiarity with Partridge, we'd be getting more consistent performances.

But nonetheless, in the words of Kevin Bridges, "great banter".

 

[Pavilionaire]

I think if he focused on the subtle humour at first, then approached a more aggressive/brutal display of cringe humour, this would allow for a more unsurprised chuckle when we're least expecting it. Don't get me wrong, Coogan is definitely using his strengths in the way he's deploying his jokes and the subtleness of his deliveries, I just think if he manages to learn a new way of brining the audience into a familiarity with Partridge, we'd be getting more consistent performances.

But nonetheless, in the words of Kevin Bridges, "great banter".

Re the first part of your post, I think Partridge's humour has always operated on many levels - wordplay, facial expressions, slapstick, farce, tragedy, cringe, but to an extent his range is constricted by the events of his life. He is damaged and at the end of his career.

I think it would be an easier task to write a laugh out loud script for a younger, vainer, cockier, up and coming Partridge. These are the 'Abbey Road' days, those wanting 'A Hard Day's Night' aren't going to get that.

 

[DFL JCL]

i liked it. Chinaman square gag was gold.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

I had to stop it half way through the touchscreen section to let the cringe dissipate...

That was excruciating

 

[Uh_huh_him]

I liked it, but agree the format will take some getting used to.
It's copying Larry Sanders a bit in that regard, but I think it has the potential to be very funny indeed.

 

[Carrot Cruncher]

Much much funnier on a second pass. Noticed a lot more. Definitely improves on a second viewing.

More so than 'Bravo Two Zero'?

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

monday

 

[Bry Nylon]

Cringing already.

But not in the way the writers would have wanted. Dreadful.

 

[clapham_gull]

Loving it, very clever critique of programmes like The One Show.

 

[Grassman]

That was very good.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Jumps from the banal to the surreal and back again in the true spirit of The One Show

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

Funnier and more Partridge tonight I thought.

 

[Motogull]

Yeah, better this week. Its taking a little getting used to, but worth it.