Alan's Bad Funeral Etiquette - I'm Alan Partridge - BBC

Insensitive Alan has ulterior motives for attending a funeral
Taken From I'm Alan Partridge Series 1
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[@dixienormous9511]

That jacket is a fantastic touch for this scene, it just sums up Alan perfectly.

[@leekam4606]

" its first class "

[@jasonantigua6825]

Lovely touch! Would have been nice with 5 suede stars on the back too

[@Scripture-Man]

Lovely stuff.

[@serbinator8529]

Apparently the jacket was especially made for this episode

[@roseharvey2664]

@@serbinator8529 I would think so, can't imagine anyone willingly parting with their original.

[@CheechWizard22]

If the BBC ever auction off Alan Partridge props, I am in there for that Castrol GTX jacket.

[@d07a]

same m8 =]

[@CheechWizard22]

Looks like we're gonna have a bidding war on our hands. And to that I say 'Let battle commence!'

[@Irishmuffcabbagyurt]

Whoever wins the jacket will get to say "Needless to say, I had the last laugh".

[@DoctorMeatDic]

I bought it at an auction, along with K9, the robot dog from Doctor Who.

[@DoctorMeatDic]

I was clinically depressed.....boo hoo.....but I've bounced back. People bounce back.

[@hootie203]

"Would it be terribly rude to stop listening to you & go and speak to somebody else!?!" 😂😂😂

[@TeaAtTwo2]

I'm going to remember that line for any social or work networking event

[@theovolz3073]

If I had a dollar every time I wanted to do that to somebody…..

[@MrWeekendoff]

‘He had a second class honours degree in media studies from Loughborough university. What a waste.’

[@Ron.S.]

It’s not a bad university tbh...

[@cameronmiles645]

Cracked me up! Ahahhah

[@humann5682]

When he says "hopefully you bounce back" to the widow, you just know he went outside a few minutes later with his dictaphone and went "Book idea called Bouncing Back, authored by Alan Gordon Partridge".

[@20thCB]

I died at "were you close?"

[@jhwalsh93]

Possibly the greatest reveal in television history

[@dispirted8]

Shame about the thumbnail then 😊

[@avybenfield508]

Deep deep dispair

[@rigel5]

I love how the actress playing the widow is struggling to keep in the laughter when Alan approaches her. Just sums up how farcical this scene is! Comedy gold!

[@VoiceOfThe]

Good spot that!

[@saccerzd]

I noticed that, but couldn't get over how old she looked given her husband was only 41! Is she meant to be early 40s?!

[@Deanster101]

I want that Castrol GTX jacket.

[@ae4164]

Catch a flight to Alabama and find the nearest garage sale.

[@placidrenegade]

If only the shit would have given Alan a second series.

[@TheThejpmshow]

placid renegade gimme a second series ya.. shit

[@atlascove1810]

Well, there's that new one coming up

[@KRPTV]

Smell my cheese!

[@Peto111222]

@Cool Waters I got cheese.

[@larsson02sco]

The whole sketch is equally awkward and hilarious but the reveal of the Jacket at the start is comedy gold 😂 Just get the feeling we’ll never see comedy like this again (certainly not from the bbc)

[@duffymoony]

"What can I say?" "Well there's nothing you can say." "Well, hang ON..."

[@schmatever]

"He's probably up there now looking down on us".... "what on the roof?"

[@shpiral]

This has to be the best 5 minutes or so of Alan Partridge , sums up his utter inability to consider other people's feelings , just line after line of comedy genius. Fantastic writing, and yes the jacket sums Alan up a treat, do your kids a favour and show them some real comedy!!

[@TheDEATHSTARIII]

I love that he punches her husband , puts cheese in his face then he turns up at the funeral

[@10188deathstarhero]

It's great that Alan is oblivious that this woman would've known about the Yule incident

[@tjfSIM]

He was only there so he could speak to Chris Feather and get his foot in the door :)

[@tjfSIM]

@DR Evil Speak for yourself

[@tjfSIM]

@DR Evil Well then, your comment should have read "something I can own up to" - should it not?

[@Amethyst_Friend]

He only goes to schmooze with Chris Feather. He's happy that Tony Hayers is dead lol

[@FoodForThought356]

2:16 Love how Alan gives the same shrug of the shoulders to Peter as he did when he was introduced to him at the infamous Cheesegate..

[@stephenguppy7882]

Just think. The BBC will never again make anything even half this good ever again.

[@tsr6220]

that jacket goes hard unironically

[@apnoakes]

We'd booked to go on holiday next week Bugger!!!

[@charliekane135]

'Networking' at a funeral. Only Partridge would think of that 😫

[@Yellowswift3]

"Were you close?" LOL. :D

[@terratec1001]

1:05 - "Were you close?" Haha Both series 1 & 2 are hilarious!

[@RaferJeffersonIII]

Do you mean KMKY WAP and I’m Alan partridge (this one)? Or this one and the next one. KMKY WAP was excellent as was this one. The third one (Sonja in the static home) was pretty good. Got a bit slapstick and gag oriented. Everything since then has been pretty poor. Coogan lets his politics get in it, because he’s a good comedic actor but a bigoted prick as an individual

[@zufgh]

@@RaferJeffersonIII I personally think IAP series 2 is perhaps even better than series 1. But they're all great staples of British comedy. I also agree that Coogan himself is a bit of a pompous arse. I actually like Alan the character more than Coogan the person tbh.

[@RaferJeffersonIII]

@@zufgh well, you’re wrong....you’ve got a lot to learn.....(as regards IAP 1 v 2) 🤣 Actually 2 has some great moments and really clever scripting. However I think little things seem a bit kind of tired, like they were running out of ideas, like the bond episode. Some of the dialogue is probably better than IAP 1, agree on that basis. Yeah, Alan Partridge I’d rather have a beer with than Steve Coogan. He’s of anything less arrogant and slightly warmer and more gregarious, if more neurotic and childish.

[@Scripture-Man]

@@RaferJeffersonIII Totally agree - KMKY and I'm Alan series 1 are the best. Series 2 was pretty good, and he did a few Comic Relief appearances that were OK. But anything after about 2005 just wasn't the Alan I know and love. He started using the shrill voice all the time, with weird wardrobe. Alpha Papa was a disaster (especially that dreaful hair). This Time was a little more on track, but still not the same character. He's too modern, dark, and very often genuinely unlikeable. Alan was always insensitive and self-absorbed, but very lovable, chirpy, and charming.

[@chrisbroxton2813]

The most genius thing about this scene is that Alan meets Peter (who revamped current affairs) in the first episode, and does the infamous shrug then aswell. I've watched this a bunch of times and only realised its the same person recently.

[@revoksfn7354]

What a funny story

[@89thomasjones]

@@revoksfn7354 Hahaha......hahaha......hahaha......hahaha.....news!

[@Grimmtombobulus]

I only just noticed it too. Rare to see a show with such depth and rewatchability. Ten jokes a minute. Absolute classic.

[@BossySwan]

@@revoksfn7354I don’t agree Peter would go to Legoland

[@markjeffery3237]

The jacket is possibly the best bit of Partridge, period. Fantastic sight gag an sums up everything about Alan. Superb.

[@crh7742]

one of the greatest scenes in the history of British comedy.... and that first line "Second-class honours degree in media studies at Loughborough University..... what a waste!" must be utterly degrading for anyone who studied there.

[@farmbrough]

Well.... it was a tech college renamed as a university. They've rebadged it, you fool!

[@johnmc3862]

The jacket reveal is genius.

[@vironosvironos3692]

“And they say life begins at 40” When she gestures at him to put the phone away and he say “yeh, yeh, alrite” and puts his hands up. “ Just talking to a widow” “is it alright if I stop listening to you and talk to him over there?” “Littlewoods are very good, aren’t they l” laugh a line stuff. Incredible.. Best thing since sliced bread.

[@garsm2290]

The BBC has made so many great programmes.

[@Richard-hv5hh]

This is just marvellous. Sounds corny perhaps but Steve Coogan has given me so much pleasure with his unendingly brilliant humour. Greatly enriched my life. Whenever I am down I listen to his Alan Partridge audiobooks or watch episodes of Alan's mishaps on TV or radio. Such a vast body of always original work to draw from. I hope he gets knighted for services to comedy as he deserves it.

[@intro-amajid9251]

This is exactly what I do... i dont know how I found it but I consider myself to be a lucky American. Most people here are too "thick" to get the humor

[@johnmc3862]

Made me laugh.

[@renejean2523]

​@@intro-amajid9251 - It's great that Americans appreciate Partridge, but do you find quite a lot of cultural references that go over your head? Do you ever find yourself googling something or someone out of curiosity?

[@intro-amajid9251]

@@renejean2523 i have been watching these episodes for a long time obsessively that I feel like I know why something is funny even if I dont fully know the reference.

[@renejean2523]

@@intro-amajid9251 - Okay. Just curious. I'm a Brit in the US and don't even recommend Partridge to my American friends. Blackadder, Gervais, Father Ted and many others, but no Partridge. I just see it as intrinsically British, I guess. Good for you though!

[@bobbyshaftoe409]

Surely one of the best sketches ever!

[@Scripture-Man]

It's not a sketch… It's a real-life documentary.

[@peepiepo]

I was just thinking the other day how Alan has changed over the years. I can't imagine the Alan we have most recently turning up to a wedding with a Castrol GTX jacket on

[@Robin838]

Paul Calf wore a shell suit to his dad's funeral (mentioned in Pauline Calf's wedding video).

[@Kelly14UK]

It's all so... PAIN in the ARSE. Whole scene's a classic.

[@roberthemingway9553]

So many good one liners in this scene

[@stephendines1936]

Have you met Jane? yes I've done her.

[@PrisonerMusic]

I love it how you can see Coogan laughing at 1:57 😂

[@andrew1984uk]

Good spot.

[@54spatula]

Razor sharp 👌

[@captaindeadpool2655]

Pretty sure that's his in character smile.

[@Dead-Ball-Situation]

Probably the most awkward scene in comedic history. And so well done. Absolute classic,

[@brendanroberts4866]

Also Ricky Gervais in extras in restaurant scene where he complains abt a noisy child

[@starmersbarber]

Classic indeed. It takes quite some writing talent to conceive a character so utterly nasty, self-serving and lacking in any moral compass, yet he has us all laughing along. Utter genius.

[@Amadeus-ms9lt]

His inappropriateness is legendary.

[@thert.hon.thelordnicholson7261]

I remember Alan requesting or ordering a "black Castrol GTX bomber jacket" in another scene, cant remember if it was in this episode, outtakes, or somewhere else - you catch the end of the conversation on the phone and hear him mention it.

[@Failedprodegy42]

Just genius when he turned around! Wish we could get full episodes in the States.

[@jamesadcock5235]

Vanger48912 true to think of something like that is Very clever

[@coffycup75]

Vanger48912 Hulu had this and Knowing Me, Knowing You. I have the UK region box set so I'm hoping Hulu will bring them back.

[@tomthorne7347]

So you haven't watched the 2 series of I'm Alan Partridge?

[@aarongorton1984]

NO USA WONT STOP COOPINY OUR COMEDY THAT YO ULOT ALWAYS COPY nothing beats uk comedy wont be as fun even if you tried :)

[@WPTHFC]

@@aarongorton1984 you should attend English class in the future

[@vironosvironos3692]

Armando Iannuci is a genius . This with Thick of it makes him the greatest British comedy writer imo. Coogan as partridge is the icing on the cake. Every bit of dialogue is 10/10, the casting 10/10, clothes 10/19 as close to perfect as your going to get imo.

[@imamoronand9199]

Have you seen Death of Stalin?

[@vironosvironos3692]

I’m a moron and Yes. I thought it was brilliant. Didn’t like David Copperfield though.

[@imamoronand9199]

Vironos Vironos haven’t seen that yet actually

[@revoksfn7354]

10 in 10 lets make love

[@-______-______-]

It wasn't written solely by Ianucci though. It was written by Ianucci, Coogan and Peter Baynham

[@boredweirdster]

I have the DVD of the whole first season which has 3 different commentary tracks for each episode. Such value!

[@Pining_for_the_fjords]

His awkwardness and knack for saying the wrong thing at the funeral reminds me of Moss from The IT Crowd. "It's not like you've lost a pen, is it?"

[@NickTion]

"Sorry for your lose........move on" 😂😂

[@doyoumind9356]

@@NickTion That was brilliant comic invention

[@humann5682]

Definitely think this was an influence for Graham Linehan, who played an RTE executive in this series and wrote the IT Crowd.

[@nathfrancis01]

Bad etiquette? I thought his behaviour was exemplary.

[@giodurden4051]

That jacket always gets me

[@DC-bu1ok]

Absolutely love all this Partridge love, top work from the bbc!

[@terryspurr1563]

HullCityFansTV m

[@Mark-lj1dj]

Gravy train 😂

[@9wolves2007]

7 people had batteries for an Ericsson but they were not asked.

[@steveforest8385]

Any chance of uploading the end scene where Chris Feather has a heart attack just as he's about to sign Alan's contract. It's arguably the greatest piece of black comedy ever shown on the beeb.

[@renejean2523]

One Foot in the Grave ventured onto the dark side from time to time too.

[@Scripture-Man]

Perfect Partridge! I'm not as keen on the newer series, but for me, these Iannuci days were perfection. Every line, every delivery hits the mark and makes me laugh. This is the TRUE Alan Partridge. And the answer to his question at 2:56 is - yes!

[@twiglet2214]

Alan puts the ' fun ' in funeral !

[@jamesgallagher1362]

I bet Michael got him the jacket. Back of the net!

[@humann5682]

"I sold a Castrol GTX jacket and a can of Castrol in the local paper, then the next Christmas I got the exact same jacket back, minus the can...."

[@user-jt5vm3mi1w]

He got it free with a purchase of 12 bottles of car screen wash probably

[@benmatheson1189]

@@humann5682 what a funny story. I wonder who got the can!

[@paulp4452]

@@user-jt5vm3mi1w and a bottle of Tommy Hill finger

[@arturskozlovskis124]

Hello Partridge, I'm just talking to a widow...

[@mr_snrub1999]

My best friend and I have an agreement that we will attend the funeral of whoever dies first wearing a Castrol GTX jacket. It'll probably lighten the mood a bit

[@explorer806]

Just realised the widow is the woman who organised the London Jam Festival.

[@AlienInsect]

Jam Festival?!? You could make more money auctioning dogs!

[@Superspy315]

Very ugly indeed!

[@glennpowell3444]

How many of us have been to funerals and weddings and wasted our energy on small talk to people you have never met nor will ever meet again? Very tiring days.No wonder everyone gets drunk!

[@stephendines1936]

Anyone got a battery for a Ericsson?

[@RealityCheck6T9]

no

[@alanjones6359]

My dad drove from Liverpool to Edinburgh for a funeral realised when he got there he still had his carpet slippers on - had to find a shoe shop quick !!

[@paulp4452]

Haha.... news.

[@Toestubber]

Super cringe. The man is a genius.

[@sillygoose635]

No.

[@arenoskarlaen4951]

Yes.

[@sillygoose635]

No.

[@a.tanner8524]

Yes.

[@timelessthee]

Have you got a battery for an ericsson?

[@charliegeorge.]

Probably the best TV comedy scene ever! So much going on and that silent reveal! 🥴😥

[@charliekane135]

The fact the jacket would've been a promotional freebie makes it even more distasteful, if that's possible

[@richardclarke376]

Littlewoods... Castrol... my childhood

[@christopherbusby1726]

Brillianty written......

[@willbrennan9986]

when he goes over to the wife you can see she is stifling a laugh, cracks me up

[@littlejohnnyturtle8770]

One of his greatest scenes. Brilliant.

[@SuperZedd]

Great episode in its entirety. I remember seeing an audio commentary for this episode from Steve Coogan which was on the DVD release.

[@indianaevans]

SuperZedd seeing the commentary surely you heard it? 🤔

[@SuperZedd]

indianaevans Yes 😊

[@kevinbaird7277]

When Chris ignores Alan and goes to the widow, he say's "Jackie", but then introduces her too Alan as Jane.

[@jonevans870]

Kevin Baird shit, you’re right

[@asobstoryforeverysong9853]

The Castrol GTX reveal is brilliant and so on character. Just the sort of jacket Alan would wear

[@Mark-ij2nh]

All these people that say life begins at 40 😂😂

[@kav6666]

50,iam divorced,and I can do what ever the fuck I want,,no kids,still fit, so life begins at 50,

[@RealityCheck6T9]

@@kav6666 not if you died falling off a roof at 41

[@albertmccready478]

Notable by their absence..

[@danwade3239]

"Were you close?" 🤣🤣🤣

[@Karloffrules]

Life begins at 40!

[@travisbest9041]

"Just trying to think of something to say." "There's nothing to say." "Now hang on, hang on..." 😆

[@Karloffrules]

+Travis Best He is beyond hilarious.

[@infi702]

Those who say that are notable for their absence. The nerve!

[@LAnonHubbard]

I don't think I'm going to live to 40! (i.e. 40 factorial)

[@davidjames579]

That widow was so rude! Alan was just making conversation, and she tells him to stop talking. Don't know what her problem is. Probably a robot.

[@mrneutral8423]

Can I offer you.... My.... Deep, deep despair.

[@evegasse6999]

This is possibly the funniest scene in the history of television.

[@Scripture-Man]

Can't argue with that :-)

[@aarongorton1984]

THIS AND THE OFFICE SACKINGS IS THE BEST EVER

[@shellsbignumber2]

Yeah keep these clips coming, cant get enough of the Partridge.

[@MD-sp9zu]

“Were you close?”

[@user-kb9xc3jr8v]

i would pay decent money for that castrol gtx jacket

[@simonbrierly5530]

Fantastic, best Alan Partridge sketch ever 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@marlowemarlowe4893]

Absolutely brilliant.

[@tasosdiaforetico7377]

Great stuff watch again during this time.

[@KhanivoreQniba]

Poetry in every second.

[@nudisco300]

The quality of the writing on this version of Partridge is absolutely superior to what those new writers are doing with the character now. Steve Coogan is better at playing the character to this writing too.

[@frankspencer6935]

Yes, the new Partridge is like weak American beer that Tex might drink whilst watching Truckfest at the NEC.

[@newbarker523]

@@frankspencer6935 Ha ha! I've got Kenco coming out my nostrils now!

[@TallSilentGuy]

Almost every line that comes out of his mouth is quotable! 😀

[@keyboarddancers7751]

I'd put Partridge up at the same iconic level as Chaplin, Lewis etc.

[@farmbrough]

Lewis, as played by Kevin Whateley?

[@aarongorton1984]

his jacket with castrol onit just LMAO

[@AlephNeil]

The most horrifyingly cringy moment is just afterwards when (while trying to butter up Chris Feather) he does a sort of gesture with his hands that depicts Hayers falling off the roof, in full view of the widow as she's trying to walk past.

[@Useaname]

Hahaha. Alba stereo system. Alba, the top line in naff hi-fi.

[@DuderinoDeux]

Ah! But HOOKED up to a pair of B & Os JACKANORY

[@joshuapilling853]

Blooming brilliant.

[@stanmonzon5788]

I have a 2:2 in Social Policy and Sociology from Leeds University. I’m currently alive so it can’t yet be said, ‘what a waste’.

[@inglese2996]

Everyone with a second class honours degree in media studies from loughborough university currently re-thinking their lives.

[@YOYO-mx6ie]

Armando Iannucci is a genius

[@pr9062]

Absolute Genious

[@kitharrison8799]

The jacket steals it.

[@bipbipbopbop]

Littlewoods are very quick aren't they?

[@DuderinoDeux]

Liquid banter Castrol GTX

[@chankoey9147]

"I just er...talking to a widow" lol this is gold

[@DuderinoDeux]

At least he got to smell Alan's cheese. 1 off the bucket list.

[@DuderinoDeux]

Cool bomber jacket.

[@DuderinoDeux]

That jacket! COOL. COOL.

[@billford5553]

Legend

[@SeeDeeSea]

It reminds me of Larry David nipping off for a quick round of golf mid-wake, only to return to find that there had been a typographical in the obituary of the beloved aunt.