Alan VS Tex & The USA - I'm Alan Partridge - BBC

[@54spatula]

It’s almost like every sentence is a classic. One of the greatest comedy’s ever written.

[@SM-ee8be]

The Ymid THE greatest

[@mr.a8315]

Classic Partridge!

[@Muskateering]

Beats the hell out of The Office

[@melgrant7404]

Agree the man's a genius Could watch partridge forever It's the gift that Keeps giving. Funny Every time you watch it.

[@RealityCheck6T9]

Nah the Office is better Which line in Partridge is better than "I think there's been a rape up there"?

[@derekmccormack5900]

“Do you chat to any other men?” “Michael what the hells going on?” 🤣

[@StayPuft80]

"Nice to meet you Colin" So simple but so funny

[@cartmanofsp]

Lee Howling hahahahaha “Colin?”

[@humann5682]

@@cartmanofsp As Terry leaves he calls Alan" Colin". The delivery is brilliant because it's done in that laid back nice guy way but at the same time it's a withering put down.

[@cartmanofsp]

@@humann5682 Cheers Hu

[@humann5682]

@@cartmanofsp just realised you were quoting Alan and not wondering what the joke was ha ha! Sorry been a long week.

[@aestheticaltwat]

“Walt Disney, y’know... animals never wore clothes!”

[@emiel255]

“Michael you are hanging around with a man who uses a collective term for a single vehicle” made me burst out laughing

[@cartertheunstoppablefaxmac902]

Pure undiluted Partridge

[@darudesandstrom1067]

“I’m going to get a GINSTERS from the FRIDGE, put it on the SLATE” The delivery is hilarious

[@TonyEnglandUK]

Classic intercourse.

[@humann5682]

The side eyeing of Terry as he says it is great too ha ha!

[@73whitezz]

Absolutely one of the best comedy characters ever written, if not the best! Every episode is utter class.

[@73whitezz]

@Sanity Is Freedom yeah, I think he could have too. Check out the audio books, if you haven't already.

[@dovesfan1]

I love how Michael has a little circle of lonely men he feels he has a duty to be friends with. Brilliant writing 😂

[@jon4324]

Yeah. I think the realisation by Alan that he is the 'sad and lonely ' one out of the two of them. I always thought he kind of hung out with Michael to make himself feel better.

[@jamesportoraro8248]

Just goes to show the depth of these characters

[@jamesportoraro8248]

He must have "dreamt it"

[@paulmcgrath6118]

Brilliant

[@Dan_wiles]

Micheal - you’re hanging around with a man who uses a collective term for a single vehicle

[@kieranrankie203]

You're*

[@T13HS]

*Michael

[@TonyEnglandUK]

@@kieranrankie203 Petty*

[@ferda9476]

@@TonyEnglandUK Tom* Petty

[@VAPIDISM]

@@ferda9476 Heartbreaking

[@franglancy2275]

"Do you talk to other men" 😂😂😂

[@DashDrones]

Four regulars 😂

[@garryharriman7349]

Watching these classic comedy clips of KZbin reminds us all just how brilliant and collaborative an actor Steve and the ensambled cast are. British comedy at it's finest

[@joliecide]

Have you taped over The Spy Who Loved Me with America’s Strongest Man? Well now you’ve got Norfolk’s Maddest Man!

[@twincammikev]

Yeah... that part was hilarious...😁

[@KONAMAN100]

Truly brilliant. Machine gun script, line after line after line plus the timing, delivery, nuances...

[@dogbadger]

I wanted to Watch Roger Moore necking with Fiona Fullerton, but instead I have to watch a giant Michael Bolton lookalike in a tight vest throwing an oven over bales of hay

[@kenjiwa5895]

Peak Alan! Every single line of Alan's in this video is a classic and my go-to whenever I face one of life's most unsavoury bores. It also reminds me that with each year that passes, I turn a little more into Alan.

[@JJONNYREPP]

Alan VS Tex & The USA - I'm Alan Partridge - BBC 1053am 8.7.23 alan desperately tries to cling to the last vestige of his social scene...in the form of the geordie, michael, at the petrol station... colin will relate to that... won't you colin... ? not any colin you might know.. obviously...

[@aname-w2x]

I used to have periodic work trips to Leicester where I would stay on my own in an awful Premier Inn. I definitely ended up being Alan. Scary.

[@leecorcoran6174]

Same 😂👍

[@jeffstone2136]

"They're actually left hand drivers there, so if you were doing that you'd just be grabbing photographs of your family."

[@johnpersonage7220]

I love the face Partridge pulls after Michael says "he likes American stuff" 🤣

[@Romanplaystation]

I've only ever made that face once. In my teens, when my mate told me that a girl that I was in love with had started a relationship with another one of our friends. 🤣

[@Romanplaystation]

@@darrinito Aye. It still bites at me a little bit thirty years later. 😅

[@tonytouch2446]

Just like he heard about the revamping of news and current affairs

[@kenjiwa5895]

A very useful tool! It's the face you pull when your girlfriend is banging on about liking America and how everyone there is soooo much better, more attractive and fun. Cue: shrug and "who gives a flying monkey's?" face

[@iant234]

​@tonytouch2446 but he probably gave him a painting of a spitfire & let him go !!!!!

[@TheGodOfGravy]

I completely forgot that Peter Serafinowicz was in an episode of I’m Alan Partridge. Might have to rewatch this episode tonight.

[@DiRtYLaWs2007]

Pete is so underrated.

[@harrydrake4173]

It’s a weak episode

[@johnmc3862]

@@harrydrake4173 This clip is good though.

[@spawnofkratos11]

Pay attention Bond, simply remove the cap off this pen and jam it in somebody's eye and smash it in with your hand

[@MagicUK-wu2ov]

that's just a monstrous use of a biro

[@iorekby]

Just described the plot to any Jason Bourne movie...

[@JoshuaRoss2]

The El Dude Brothers

[@Marina-pe1gx]

Joshua Ross there's no quim likes to party

[@fatjapman9914]

Marina Panteli like a quim down in darty

[@chriswakefield9538]

@@Marina-pe1gx like the quim down in darty

[@cartmanofsp]

EHHHHHHHHHH EHHHHHHHHH

[@BobMacay]

​@@chriswakefield9538chance would be a fine thing

[@stephendines1936]

The names Tex, Text?

[@MzuMzu-nx1em]

Tex , maybe inspired at one of the funniest benny hill sketch

[@MzuMzu-nx1em]

Or maybe the comic book gunslinger

[@aight329]

@@MzuMzu-nx1em comics are for nerds lmao

[@99tubalcain]

'Nice to meet you Colin' always gets me.

[@KnugenMooMoo]

Colin!

[@KnugenMooMoo]

Colin!

[@drhenrywaltonjonesjr]

That’s not a gadget Michael, that’s just monstrous use of a biro.” I’m dying 🤣😭

[@brianc9393]

He wrote one half there and the other half..over there!

[@travelsaroundfrance9325]

Sleep well Michael.

[@ED-209UHD]

Who’s Tom Donaldson? 😂

[@SuperZedd]

The Wayne Sleep reference is still funny 😂

[@harrypainter7472]

-You're a Bond guy, are ya? My man's gotta be Wayne. -What, Wayne Sleep? -No, you know, Wayne, err, "Get off your horse and drink yer milk". -Yeah yeah, Wayne Sleep.

[@JonnyNonsenseUK]

Does anyone actually know who Wayne sleep is? Some of Coogan’s references are ancient

[@NeoDragoN7676]

Nice to meet you Colin....

[@not_henry_the_fifth]

NeoDragoN7676 Colin!?

[@joliecide]

Text?!

[@johngtrotman]

Michael, what the hell's going on?

[@TonyEnglandUK]

Homoflexuality.

[@TheReesi73]

His vocabulary is brilliant, he uses words you forget about over the years! Genius 😂

[@TonyEnglandUK]

Yes, like "Ginsters". Hahah super bingo.

[@jasonhutchinson8060]

Monstruos use of a Biro.

[@leecorcoran6174]

“ I thought he just drew pictures of mice “ 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@montylikesbeer]

It’s just fantastic writing, delivered so well

[@ab8jeh]

Ten on ten.

[@bensmithkent22]

@@ab8jehfirst class

[@-M0LE]

Michael was the realest real life character in any tv show ever

[@99Boiko]

Aye!

[@westboundbadger]

And made a cup of beans the culinary classic of the century !

[@satireisnotdead5804]

Haveyaneveradacupobeansman?!

[@Tetlee]

0:38 Micheal deserves credit here, he knew which arm to use unlike Teexxx.

[@jonahtitchmarsh4930]

This is the best scene in the series. Every line is perfect

[@daveontoast]

I said "do you talk to other men" to the bar maid in Spoons when I saw her chatting to a guy over the bar. Haha classic.

[@AndrewG975]

This is where it I find myself relating to Alan.. and do not want to. Scene captures that feeling of insecurity when you sense that others might be moving beyond your own friendship, and feeling left out of others in-jokes. Really nailed it.

[@flashtheoriginal]

Or as the Americans say, Farrrrrrve

[@Tubeite]

Brett Farrrrrrve

[@munckinpuffycheeks3210]

Convoy? You're hanging aroynd with a man who uses a collective term for a single vehicle Pure Alan Partridge Love it!!

[@triplesevensix291]

Peter S is the man!! Genius.

[@jayaybe1]

Which man?

[@andrewphippsphillips1455]

@@jayaybe1 Peter Serafinowicz, amazing voice actor. He voices Darth Maul in the first Star Wars prequels, but has done dozens of voices on radio and Television. His Mrs is that dazzling blonde Sarah Alexander from Green Wing and Armstrong and Miller, used to present The 11 O'Clock Show on Channel Four when Daisy Donovan finished.

[@jayaybe1]

@@andrewphippsphillips1455 I was just making a joke with my comment and I knew who he was. I have however absolutely no idea who you are talking about with the rest of your post as I don't watch Star Wars and haven't watched TV for over a decade. But thanks ; - )

[@davidjames579]

"Do you chat to any other men?" The worry on Alan's face!

[@jamesley3743]

Like a suspicious wife!!

[@NxDoyle]

Simon Greenall is great as Michael. Both he and Felicity Montagu as Lynn are perfect complements to Alan. I hope Michael's not really dead.

[@tutin4090]

He's confirmed dead in Nomad 😕

[@mcsuibhne005]

@@tutin4090 they never confirmed him dead in Nomad.. he just says they called of the search and legally declared him dead

[@sarahmillard6401]

When I found out that Simon Greenall is the voice of Aleksandr the Meerkat: mind blown

[@SunburntHands]

He's alive!

[@FinkDial666]

He's alive. Confirmed in the latest series of From The Oasthouse

[@theseoldbeats]

Just noticed the massive cut between getting a Ginsters and “hang around the states”. You can hear Alan open the pastie and then he’s suddenly at the till. I’ve watched this shit far too much 😂

[@theseoldbeats]

@@TonyEnglandUK he goes to get a ginsters, you hear a rustle like he is picking up/opening a packet and then he instantly appears at the counter in a relaxed pose with nothing in his hands on 'yeah I used to hang around the states'

[@theseoldbeats]

@@TonyEnglandUK he goes to the middle, black fridge and is clearly heard rustling a package that instantly vanishes

[@theseoldbeats]

@@TonyEnglandUK dude I’m talking about Alan, not Tex 😶

[@TonyEnglandUK]

@@theseoldbeats Oh sorry, mate lol. I was wondering how you were seeing something I wasn't! Sorry

[@theseoldbeats]

@@TonyEnglandUK I’m glad we are friends now 🙂

[@AntarcticaTelevision]

0:55-0:56 -"The name's Tex." -"Text?" 🤣

[@WLDRVR]

Nice to meet you, Colin

[@signalmanmusic4225]

Colin?

[@MrEAus]

Nice to meet you too, Mr Brittas..! 😉

[@poiu77]

we all have a friend that likes american things

[@brettwyatt7165]

poiu77 that's me I love American muscle cars

[@acesul8811]

Alright Clarkson

[@Burgmannn]

Lol, I'm that one.

[@MrDaiseymay]

@@派耀诚 at least, let him choose the gun

[@RealityCheck6T9]

I had a friend who put on an American accent which he claimed to have picked up. In Europe.

[@matthewlee8725]

Coogan’s comic timing is unrivalled.

[@johnmc3862]

He's a fine actor also.

[@crashdavis721]

I'm just a fan Coogan, your biggest fan

[@frankspencer6935]

They are like overgrown kids, lovely stuff.

[@MagicUK-wu2ov]

"Dya chat to any other men ?" lol poor jealous alan 😂

[@Macho_Fantastico]

I love the shoulder shrug, cracks me up every time.

[@rickyjohnson8904]

Nice to meet you Colin. Colin? Gets me every time.

[@Margod141]

I thought he just drew pictures of mice!

[@ShahPhilLeotardo]

I prefer David Attenborough at least he’s more honest he interviews real mice.

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

Alan isn't right about a lot, but he's entirely correct about Dr Pepper.

[@andrewphippsphillips1455]

Fizzy liquid marzipan or Battenburg

[@patagualianmostly7437]

@@andrewphippsphillips1455 Either of which does not go down well in liquid form. Call a spade a spade: It's shite.

[@jaycuthbert245]

Dr. Pepper is beautiful. I'll defend it with my life lol

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

@@jaycuthbert245 I quite enjoy the occasional Dr Pepper but it does have that medicinal taste, which is unsurprising given its origins.

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

@@patagualianmostly7437 have you ever actually tried liquid marzipan or battenburg? They might go down better in reality than in your imagination.

[@Zeekz123]

"How long has like a rhinestone cowboy been coming in?"

[@DarkLordofTheSith69]

😂

[@andrewmurray5542]

Alan's face in the first 30 seconds when he's standing behind Tex is hilarious. It's subtle, but you can just see how Tex is starting to annoy him and he can't wait to catch him out on something.

[@ShahPhilLeotardo]

That’s not a gadget Michael that’s just monstrous use of a biro.

[@smoog]

He uses a collective term for a single vehicle!

[@fruitcake4t]

american football, futuristic rugby very true alan very true

[@foreverred105]

Makes me laugh I use to watch Alan Partridge at school and everybody took the piss. Now everybody quotes the show.

[@thebatman4279]

So you got the last laugh?

[@WaddedBliss]

@@thebatman4279 Needless to say.

[@tonysshed2313]

Funny isn't it, same with Peep Show.

[@RandomTask]

Technically got the first laugh

[@tommytoofar]

@@RandomTask probably me next...

[@nitaigauranga3849]

The staff in shops are my friends also.

[@derangedband]

that "FIIIIIIVVVVVEEEE" gets me every time xD

[@leecorcoran6174]

“TEXT “ 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@mauricethegoldfish2455]

Nice too meet you Colin

[@MoskHotel]

Peter Serafinowicz!

[@visionist7]

He was in Hippies and Shaun of The Dead.

[@connorfinch1787]

@@visionist7 he's Darth maul aswell

[@bellachance1206]

Love his Paul McCartney and John Lennon impressions! 😍🤩

[@MoskHotel]

Truly one of the most underrated actors

[@andrewphippsphillips1455]

Check him out in Black Books, has a reading voice that sends Fran mad, she gets orgasms just from hearing him talk. I still like him most as in the ITV sitcom "Hardware" as Martin Freeman's pal Kenny. If you haven't seen Hardware, it really is worth at least one spin

[@frankspencer6935]

JPS Black and Superkings and no horrible pictures of rotting lungs, the glory days for smokers and Partridge.

[@hawsrulebegin7768]

Had there ever been a better written, nuanced, ridiculous and sad comedy than this? Answer is no. No there hasn’t.

[@TonyEnglandUK]

I still think David Brent owes a LOT to Colin. I mean, Alan.

[@20thCB]

Michael's face of panicked confusion when Tex starts talking about Walt Disney!

[@mrfrisky2997]

And this series isnt even as good as the first series - this whole scene is packed full of jokes - amazing how good this was

[@HammerLex77]

Whenever I hear the name Colin, I always think of Alan Partridge saying “Colin?!”

[@davidwhite4874]

I think of "Hello, Colin" by Derek and Clive......

[@whiskii]

Fun fact: Michael now voices Oleg in the Compare the Market meerkat adverts.

[@smythe2310]

More of these, same time tomorrow.

[@TonyEnglandUK]

What does Colin do?

[@DashDrones]

Dr Pepper? Tastes like fizzy benylin..

[@patagualianmostly7437]

Yup......Good line.....but that's describing it rather kindly. It's vile.

[@HotJalapeno_YT77]

3:18 I canny not talk to the customers look at me badge it says Michael here to help 🤣🤣🤣

[@jonevans870]

"Must have dreamt it"

[@seandonoghue2347]

It's hard to not click on this when it pops up

[@zodrob7]

What are those books on the shelf? Road Atlas of Britain, what is that?

[@lookatthestateofyourkneesl7877]

maps

[@zodrob7]

@ncfclee what i was really saying was who uses a road atlas nowadays? In a few short years they have become obsolete.

[@zodrob7]

@ncfclee I'm well aware of that

[@patagualianmostly7437]

@@zodrob7 Obsolete? Maybe if you only to go from A-B..... Sure, SatNav can handle that, for those who cannot use a map. But if you want to know what else is around your destination: The AA Atlas is much more useful.

[@itsMrNoble]

It so weird now seeing all the old cigarette packets behind the counter.

[@MasterControl-MCP]

Text was a great character, shame he wasn’t in more episodes

[@mikethemusicman1978]

played by Peter Serafinowicz

[@jj9749]

some of the best lines in comedy history were in that petrol station not my words ...

[@LAnonHubbard]

...they are the words of Mike Taylor from TV Quick.

[@jj9749]

@@LAnonHubbard Close. Shakin' Stevens.

[@DrRyan]

"Nice to meet you, Colin."

[@123haninhk]

laughing so hard 😅

[@JonnyNonsenseUK]

“I must have dreamt it” - best line in the scene 😂

[@DarkForcesStudio]

Michael is such brilliant character. They need to get him back.

[@andyb3666]

Will be difficult

[@davidemery1461]

Listen to season 3 of From the Oasthouse

[@GUMBOOTS9]

I'm just gonna grab a ginsters from the fridge put it on the slate 😂

[@Rangerstid]

It’s sad we will never see anything like this again 😢 genius ❤

[@DarkLordofTheSith69]

I've just realised I've got my own michael ...he lives in my local jet garage he's Muslim instead of Geordie so the jokes are slightly different but I've now got my own little fridge in the back and my own pastie section

[@philwilson4167]

So whenever you like, you can just walk in grab a ginsters and put it on the slate?

[@DarkLordofTheSith69]

@@philwilson4167 aswell as a Lucozade..I'm usually running low on electrolytes after having sexual intercourse on the bonkette

[@philwilson4167]

@@DarkLordofTheSith69 I think you mean classic intercourse

[@ronvlaarsvar6867]

Does he ever make toast in the microwave?

[@happyclappyslappy]

They have here to help at tesco... saw one guy at my local tesco with one on and turns out he's a legend.

[@willb1405]

That’s not a gadget, that’s just monstrous use of a biro

[@BlueyChandler]

These shop scene's are some of the best stuff ever.

[@bulletproofblouse]

Just waiting for that day when I met someone and they introduce themselves as Tex. I'm ready.

[@dlamiss]

I spoke to someone on the phone a few years ago called Jez the next guy came on and he said you are speaking to Tex I said im bloody not...............and put the phone down

[@moran68]

It's going go be a long wait!

[@MrThecarebear]

One of my neighbours is called Tex.......

[@moran68]

Albie Stainer well it's taken three weeks.

[@jonathanayres7789]

I'm ready too

[@SocieteRoyale]

"Michael, I'm here to help"

[@lucasbowers58]

I hate how I’m just a combo of Alan Partridge and Howard Moon 😭

[@harryhicks1142]

That’s just monstrous use of a biro 😂

[@DashDrones]

TEXT???

[@imamoronand9199]

Serifinawicz has had such a varied career

[@Norvaal3]

He was Darth Maul, wasn't he?

[@rrbh]

'Monstrous use of a Biro'... Biro is a brand name. I mean, HELLO?

[@briandoyle6188]

Root beer is like fizzy benylin... remember after me parents broke up for a while me dad lived in a bebsit and one of the others who lived there was called Tex and yes he had the tasseled coat and cowboy hat.... Alan finding out he wasn't the only one...just love partridge...laugh out loud in public and not care... brilliant...

[@guitarlover302]

Pure genius writing and timing !

[@d0nkeytr0nXBL]

"That's just monstrous use of a biro" I wish Armando Iannucci still wrote for the character

[@shellsbignumber2]

3:05 They're just lonely. lmao, I nearly spat my Dr Pepper all over my screen.

[@jrb1802uk]

What episode is this??? I thought I'd seen all of them but never one with Peter Serafinowicz?

[@danielbayliss4439]

Never Say Alan Again. From the second series. Definitely one of the best

[@jrb1802uk]

@@danielbayliss4439 many thanks. Must have passed me by. Will be sure to check that one out

[@RealmsOfThePossible]

Text?

[@aidanlynn]

“Has the Duke of Hazzard been in?”

[@arthurwilson3680]

0:25 and now we know where mark Corrigan and Jeremy osbourne got it from ;)

[@zanussidish5685]

When he said you've put 2 and 2 together I was expecting and got 007.

[@charliekane135]

Alan's actually jealous that Michael is chatting to someone else 😆