Alan Partridge - Sports reporter, 1994 Part 2 of 2

[@jessturner6886]

I’m from the US, living in Sheffield UK since 2020. I had been familiar with this series for years before moving to the UK, and now after being inundated with BBC- style news reporting for 2 years, I fully appreciate its genius.

[@graemestewart7752]

Now it makes sense. So funny. Americans are usually crap at getting irony. Well done and enjoy.

[@graemestewart7752]

Apart from Alan Partridge, try "peep show" and "the inbetweeners". Or old comedy like "fawlty towers" and "rising damp". Enjoy.

[@jota55581]

Marry me .

[@jeffkingston67]

Interesting, having grown up with it, its almost possible to imagine that everyone is familiar with that style of reporting.

[@AmateurSci]

"...and another!" Get's me every time.

[@serloinz]

best bit for me haha

[@TheThejpmshow]

TWAT!... that was liquid football

[@rabbieburns2501]

Made a GIF from that today .. my favourite line too. Improvised apparently.

[@DiRtYLaWs2007]

@@rabbieburns2501 👍Totally improvised - Armando just gave him clips and said “say something over this”. Quality.

[@michaelhughes8413]

Me too 😂

[@Iceni007]

"Shit! Did ya see that!" Listened to it about 100 times over the year and still makes me laugh 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@TheComplete]

I love it when he says "what!" after he says "i'm 33 years of age"

[@w8m4n]

Bit weird, init

[@bhuvidya]

Yeh that was gold

[@spartybrearly7221]

Hello. How’re you? I’m very well Are you now!

[@jamesadams6009]

We ALL love it, mate.

[@clothilde1623]

“And another!” epitomises his incompetence and cluelessness. Just genius.

[@frankiepaul9869]

Exactly

[@soilcredibility]

@@frankiepaul9869 abso-bloody-exactly.

[@kisbie]

Alan plucks Chile and Paraguay off the top of his head, neither of whom were playing in the 1994 World Cup. (Chile in fact had been banned for their goalkeeper faking an injury and trying to get a match abandoned in the 1990 qualifiers.) Another subtle allusion to how he knows nothing about sport.

[@daz4756]

His football commentaries are absolutely legendary. Creepy how many modern day presenters seem to have adopted his style, when he was ripping the piss out of that, clueless, self important style 20 years ago. Coogan is one of the all time great comedians.

[@sillybean501]

Daz Whovian i

[@kisbie]

The Day Tpday was used in BBC training exercises for several years afterwards, even though it arose out of Morris and Iannucci’s direct experience of their tediousness.

[@groznybaranek]

IT'S LIQUID FOOTBALL

[@geordiejones5618]

Morris and Coogan are funnier to me than Fry and Laurie up there with Palin, Cleese and Atkinson.

[@keithwellerlounge74]

Do you mean Gary Weaver? He's like a caricature.

[@AcidRayne100]

3:34 - Only just clocked Alan mentioning The Lone Ranger on Tonto. Tonto was his mate, the horse was Silver 🤣

[@criticalbil1]

Good spot! Went over my head and I've seen that clip quite a few times.

[@LScouser8]

Jesus wept of course, lmao

[@ColinIngus1]

Stop getting Lone Ranger wrong!

[@cartmanofsp]

I think he was flustered

[@deepaknambisan3251]

“Please stop riding me, Kemosabe.”

[@ajwasp]

5:34 " and another " , class!

[@metafis2490]

20 years later and "foot like a traction engine" cracks me up every time.

[@leroylang2453]

How do you ride a horse?

[@steelernation1989]

With a plastic stand and great caution

[@Macho_Fantastico]

I always wanted EA Sports to add Alan Partridge commentary to one of the FIFA games. Sadly it's never happened.

[@xmlthegreat]

Thank God that plague known as EA hasn't been able to do that

[@kinketsu9103]

My mates and I had to add it ourselves when playing. "Striiiikeeeer" "TWAT! That was liquid football" "Shit! Did you see that" etc. I still do it now as a reflex. Playing FIFA on my own....

[@kushra]

Omg that’s genius

[@tac2456]

It's just "saaaaaad"

[@frankspencer6935]

Promises were made about the packaging that weren't kept.

[@stewux]

The world cup 94 soccer meter still has me pissing myself!

[@keyboarddancers7751]

I cried!

[@nkenchington6575]

like admin forms in my workplace - unnecessarily complicated

[@kisbie]

You laugh now, but it almost certainly makes more sense than Gianni Infantino’s plan for a 48-sided World Cup.

[@KaitainCPS]

Now that I live in the Bay Area I find myself asking, "Where's...where's San Francisco?" on a weekly basis.

[@soilcredibility]

Why? It's a serious bit of equipment.

[@TheThejpmshow]

Ingenious programme, so ahead of its time

[@alphabetplants9530]

The '... and another!' gets me every single time.

[@johnwolcot]

All these years on and these sketches are still too funny.

[@martinwilliamrandall]

His face when she took her shirt off, LMFAO!

[@nickc6583]

And his voice

[@kisbie]

“If I was a judge, I’d have been a complete mess!” 🤣

[@ModMokkaMatti]

She's a *LADY.*

[@deepaknambisan3251]

Thank you for posting these. Perfection.

[@TB.....]

yes........yes.........yes...yes....YEEEES!!!!!! That was a Gooooaaal!

[@MrBuch169169]

-What do you call those things with the two sticks and a chain between them? -Uh, nunchaku. -Yeah, I like those. LOL

[@JJONNYREPP]

Alan Partridge - Sports reporter, 1994 Part 2 of 2 1436pm 10.7.23 sadly missed - the day today... ffs!!!!!

[@rgrace6609]

" Do you fancy a pint after work ?, No, me neither "

[@ExploringHabit]

nice array of pasty's you have here

[@jackgrimshaw5030]

Goldfinger. Pretty girl, beware of his web of sin - BUT DON'T GO IN!

[@cartmanofsp]

I'm going in circles Lynn, literally I'm on the ring road, third time round.

[@jayjaybee3101]

I've just bought some tungsten tip screws (sigh)... never gonna use 'em, never gonna use 'em

[@twold4this]

jayjaybee3101 of course he managed to use them with his shower -curtain based vampire /frankenstein monster garb!

[@gordonbannerman4400]

After all these years I've only just noticed the 2/1 'favourite', Onion Terror is followed by Massive Bereavement at 7/4 haha

[@user-xx6in8vu6c]

Thanks for posting

[@alterbridgegod]

'bob mariner, you missed the penalty, why?' LOL.

[@D-777i]

"....You won't find that with FIFA, just with me"

[@andygalloway3282]

I remember during USA 94 constantly shouting eat my goal

[@awinbisa]

goooaaal. and another!

[@charlesanthony2837]

Thanks for putting this up!

[@SmugSuspenders]

As a 13 year old football crazy Swede, 1994 was a magical summer for me 😇

[@CelticSaint]

Excellent compilation mate. Thanks.

[@SitDownnnn]

You missed the penalty. Why?

[@monstermunch4956]

You...looked really stupid!

[@deffonotluke]

"You missed a penalty, WHY?"

[@AcidRayne100]

With bare arse in the background

[@DanceySteveYNWA]

No womans football back then so had to go showjumping for the joke to work..

[@lexington23alex]

"You missed the penalty - why?" Love it. Wish they'd do that in real interviews, rather than the same dull questions.

[@streetinscotland1225]

"TWAT, that was liquid football." 🤣🤣🤣

[@ZuluRomeo]

Whoever designed that inexplicable and incomprehensible "soccer meter" World Cup chart was an utter genius. 😂😂😂 "Round one - owwwwwwww..."

[@mhoppy6639]

I never realised before but the judo player’s name, Adam Neals, must be a reference to a well-known judo guy from the 80s in the UK, Neil Adams. He followed Brien Jacques as being good on Superstars as well.

[@sirmemer4464]

Why can't i like it twice?

[@Fullvinyl]

"SHIT! DID YOU SEE THAT?!" Absolutely classic.

[@twold4this]

SORRY TO SHOUT! Have you watched Partridge's documentary (sic) Scissored Britain? an in depth look at the schasm (sic) in British society. He is on great form.

[@cduck88]

scissored isle.

[@twold4this]

cduck88 Quite right! Needless to say, however, I had the last laugh!

[@samphazm]

Schism..

[@MelliaBoomBot]

“Twat! ….That was liquid football! “

[@duncanthomson7894]

"It's his bed, let him lie in it. Let him lie in it!"

[@monstermunch4956]

Duncan Thomson brilliant

[@MantisCFS]

Shame you missed out his coverage of the Football results which included the line "the match between Strathclyde and Glasgow Rangers CANNOT BE STOPPED!"

[@SimonB198207]

Yeah. You can almost imagine the players ignoring the whistle, the subs coming on when some of the regulars get tired and then switch back after a couple of hours, the fans just whooping it up over and over.... "You join us in the 21st hour of the game, 56 - 61 to Strathclyde. The pitch is now just a huge mud puddle. The ref gave up 19 hours ago, the players are like football playing machines.... This match is never going to end..."

[@j0hnf_uk]

Not to mention the racing coverage of the 3.30 Chicory Tip Incest Cup, where he claims Epileptic Fridge Boy was beaten to the post by Small Town Gypsy Massacre, but in fact Christ's Chin won the race because he got confused.

[@darrenkennedy1012]

Trust me, I'm a stomach 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Captain_Rhodes]

liquid football!

[@phuckaducker5070]

+Captain Rhodes Gets me every time!

[@chuzzwozzer]

"Right that's why you don't see people like Brian Blessed riding horses" . Absolute Partridge Gold!!!

[@KaitainCPS]

Have always loved the throwaway, "...you looked like the Lone Ranger on Tonto". Blink and you'll miss it.

[@markforrest9958]

Are you really 33 years old?!? Brilliant

[@twold4this]

Yes. I love the way the notion that the *small people* on the back of a horse are anything other than children comes with the same revelationary effect as Jesus revealing himself to Saul! 😁

[@TimCrinion]

Was this filmed in 1994?

[@twold4this]

Yup! 30 years... THIRTY YEARS AGO!... 'The Day Today' with the wonderful Chris Morris *at the helm*...

[@4nagramfilms]

"TWAAT"

[@seanlivingston8789]

SHIT

[@azalea_k]

I would pay per view for matches with Alan's commentary.

[@pennyhannibal155]

I lost my shit at 07:18 with the top-down look of him trying to walk through the sign posts!

[@pantarei8382]

The judo guy is in every partridge program ever!!

[@Marshmellowfroggable]

As far as im aware this is false. I dont think he's in mid morning matters, scissored isle or this time.

[@matrags]

Golden age stuff. Still hilarious.

[@steveluckhurst2350]

let's just write down bits we liked.

[@steveluckhurst2350]

@Nick Martin 😂

[@billbailey7193]

Anyone notice the odds in the race were all wrong. Cant have a 2/1 fav with a 7/4 in the field as 7/4 is shorter odds so that horse would be favourite. Also the 100/30 horse then 3/1 bar is wrong as 100/30 is longer odds than 3/1 so it should be 100/30 bar…..just saying, lol

[@paulfitzpatrick6290]

Lovely stuff

[@harrydrake4173]

Still a better commentator than Peter Drury.

[@RealmsOfThePossible]

this is liquid compilation skills :)

[@321wowzer]

Always loved "uh__ ...SHIIIT!!!! DID YOU SEE THAT!!??"

[@funnyshish6305]

I grew up in the 90s and never appreciated how awesome the comedy on TV was, now there’s a million channels and an infinite supply of online videos and most of it is utter shite.

[@sebastianmonk1584]

I love how Tony hayers is doing the self defense 😂

[@TomRNZ]

It's also the same guy who taught judo in _Back to School Mr. Bean._ Must've been around the same time.

[@ZeroBudgetFilmSchool]

It's a pretty significant flaw in the AP universe. At no point did he tell Tony Hayers that he once interviewed a judo guy who looked just like him.

[@toutl]

Tony Le Mesmer!

[@ab8jeh]

I love the suggestively aggressive tone when he says 'nunchaku'.

[@cartmanofsp]

“She says to you ‘Bob remove the stain’, will you remove it?”

[@gloverelaxis]

The way he seamlessly enters into locker room banter mode after that is sooooo fucking funny.

[@HAXXORAUDIO]

Blimey.... 20 years ago! Still hilarious :)

[@cjlas4968]

Spastiq Soniq blimey ..... 25 years ago, still hilarious ;)

[@markyh88]

26 years ago... Never gets old :)

[@PaulieD1984]

@@markyh88 27 years now.....that would make me coming up for......never mind 😕

[@MrSeanL25]

Never realised alan partridge was from this show 1st. Haha. Brilliant

[@kevinjones4559]

Originally Radio 4.

[@ab8jeh]

"Buttress is a significant word isn't it!!??"

[@Dantotherivertosilenceme]

Is caitriona parfitt his wife on the boat in im alan partridge

[@profhannigan]

+Daniel O'Connell yeah it's the comedy actress Doon Mackichan

[@thefrecklepuny]

Alan Partridge was one of the best spin-off characters ever. A bit like Frasier where they eclipse the original comedy they appeared in.

[@KaitainCPS]

Nothing has ever eclipsed The Day Today.

[@loganslaughter8212]

CAN STEVE COOGAN STILL DO ALAN PARTRIDGE TODAY IN 2017? HE WAS REALLY REALLY GREAT!!

[@LordoftheSith]

Gooooooaaaaaaaalllll!

[@TheClaptonisgod1]

"Shouldn't you be at school, do they not think you're missing out on schoolwork?"

[@LawsonB7860]

Same here, not matter how many times I watch it, that bit always kills me.

[@steviehope7718]

What a superb character

[@voorheesjason3161]

2022 here ... yes, social-warrior Woke bs in their death rattle after a long ass battle with " Them / They " ... soon to be ... " Was / Were " ... but Alan is still here with us doing great things !!! 🙏💯🙏👊🏼😬👊🏼

[@SanDimas234]

Yeah that's because half of what you believe is just media bullshit that doesn't really exist in our daily lives. Stop listening to that shit (which is designed to wind you up) and just worry about the problems you ACTUALLY face.

[@QIKUGAMES-QIKU]

Aww never long enough ♥ 🍻 🐨

[@RyanB2619]

Any links to scissored isle? Can only find trailers etc

[@twold4this]

Watched it on Sky via a Now box.

[@AshMcFarlane]

check dailymotion

[@JustAnotherGolfFanatic]

I love the 'soccer meter' ......it's not written on that side.....it should be but its blummin not !

[@sirmemer4464]

i can not breath

[@willzer808]

chris witt lol

[@joshuataylor3550]

I saw a traction engine for the first time the other day.

[@jaycspeedier5507]

Lovely stuff

[@bhuvidya]

OMG Alan Partridge is one of the most genius comedy creations ever. @0:53

[@twold4this]

"I'm tirty tree" "WHAT!?"

[@bhuvidya]

@@twold4this rofl. "but you're so SMALL"

[@davidmurphy8364]

Literally everything he says is hilarious, how the fuck does he do it!

[@Dustyholes]

David Murphy I have no idea! He’s brilliant!

[@derin111]

I’m convinced Steve Coogan based Alan Partridge on Fred Dineage. It’s just like a straight impersonation of him!

[@lennylaa1686]

I'm sure he copied the voice from a BBC Radio 2 sports reporter from that early 90's era, cannot remember who it was though. Got it perfectly.

[@derin111]

@@lennylaa1686 Could it be Des Lynam you're thinking of? Or Barrie Davies?

[@lennylaa1686]

@@derin111 No, not a big name at all like those two you mention. In those days, we did not have Radio 5 Live full on sport. Sports coverage was much more limited on Radio 2 so that particular presenter would not have been a household name. He could have been going for several years throughout the 80's, up to TDT which was in 1994. Maybe Steve Coogan himself could respond or even a SC fanatic?

[@kevinjones4559]

Possibly Steve Tongue on LBC in the early 80s.

[@B1G_Dave]

He must have a foot like a traction engine!

[@dale3852]

Timeless classics

[@AnnReginald]

You're like the Lone Ranger on Tonto, lol

[@SHATNERSBASS00N]

Katrina Parfit. A lady.

[@twold4this]

I will have to look at 'The Day Today' again to find it, I am devastated that I missed it!

[@andrewpelechaty7634]

The way Alan follows the soccer player into the shower and keeps berating him sums up modern sports journalism. Brilliant!

[@adamheeley1383]

Effortless! He's a perfect character

[@rwilliams6994]

Alan Partidge is quite literally a God............of comedy!

[@twold4this]

R Williams You have, quite literally, hit the nail on the head!

[@TulseLuper]

Isn't there an episode in which Chris Morris throws a soccer ball into Alan's face? I can't seem to find it anywhere.

[@ec_save9464]

U won’t find it coz it’s called a fucking football u skank

[@murphysgamingcentre1412]

the guy at 9:15 was the guy who was in episode 1 of series 1 as the executive of the BBC

[@DuffMan790]

I swear there was a clip on The Day Today where Alan is talking to a camera up above him in a supposed bustling crowd but as it pans out quickly there's about 10 people around him. Did I dream that it was it another character?

[@twold4this]

At 7min 45secs on the first part of this brilliantly compiled... er... compilation is a scene similar to that which you have described. Also the Comic Relief segment where Alan is in Swaffham and is hit with a custard pie. Thanks for watching!

[@Dead-Ball-Situation]

I used to watch Chris MOrris on Brass Eye. As a youngster, I never really "got it" properly but could see that it was quirky enough for me to stay watching the episodes. I never watched Day Today but these are hilarious.

[@JohnLutherable]

TDT is far more accessible if you will, it's like Brass Eye but more immediate. watch it, it's a legendary show

[@Dead-Ball-Situation]

@@JohnLutherable Yes, and in fact I have watched TDT several times over now since writing that comment a month ago.

[@PaulieD1984]

GOOOOOOOOAAAAALLLLLL

[@bucephalus1635]

Now, self-defence is NOT simply about punching someone repeatedly in the face 'til their unconscious, is it?

[@MrEAus]

Unless you're defending yourself against a Gas man and your name happens to be Richie (Helps if you have a mate who has a frying pan)

[@ColinIngus1]

@@MrEAus Also helps if the gas man enjoys bus surfing

[@StarScream7ZZ]

I rarely laugh out loud but Alan Partridge does. He is fooking brilliant!!!

[@tooshlong]

It's a shame Coogan is so one dimensional. He is hilarious at Partridge.

[@twold4this]

That's because my compiling arm is like a traction-engine.

[@rachaelsas]

Soooo funny :-p thanks for this! Goalllllll lol :-)

[@billfoolsgold1156]

Show some respect. This is a man who supports the law

[@Just_lift_anyone]

I love how Chris hated Alan xD

[@ajwasp]

5:45 " shit " , priceless! :-p

[@Dustyholes]

ajwasp he must have a foot like a traction engine!