Americans React To "I'm Alan Partridge - S1E4 - Basic Alan"

[@ianoo23]

😂😂😂 the receptionist was saying that to scare him off- she knew it would freak him out and at that point she’d had enough of him 😂😂

[@tganet7123]

Just on the wind up playing on his absolute awkwardness

[@charliegeorge9393]

Americans are so gullible - not even get the sarcasm

[@jim7831]

For reference, all Alan Partridge releases, so far, are as follows: * On The hour (radio series, sports presenter) * Knowing Me Knowing you (radio series) * The Day Today (sports presenter) * Knowing Me Knowing You (tv show & xmas special) * I'm Alan Partridge (2 series) * Anglican Lives (tv special) * Mid-Morning Matters (2 series) * I, Partridge (book & audiobook) * Open Books (tv special) * Welcome To The Places Of My Life (tv special) * Alpha Papa (feature film) * Nomad (book and audiobook) * Scissored Isle (tv special) * This Time (tv show, 2 series) * From The Oasthouse (podcast 3 series) * Big Beacon (book & audiobook) There's also numerous red nose day/comic relief appearances and live shows (My personal favourites are both series of Mid Morning Matters and Scissored Isle)

[@sequilla]

*Big Beacon (book and audio book)

[@jim7831]

@@sequilla aww bugger, knew I forgot something. Cheers 👍

[@charliegeorge9393]

impressive list

[@albertwallace5060]

Hi. Alan Partridge HAS his own podcast. It’s called From the Oasthouse and there are 3 series of it. It’s up there with his best work. He just gets better and better with age. We love him as an actual person.

[@neilsun2521]

I'm not sure he gets better with age. In my opinion this 1st series and Knowing Me Knowing You are peak-Partridge. Series 2 has 1 classic (the Dan Dan Dan.. one). His live shows stayed strong for long though.

[@congydave]

I absolutely agreed! Alan as a character and the writing team behind his shows has improved over the years. Far more nuanced and intelligent than his the earlier work such as "Knowing Me Knowing You".

[@TIMARTO]

She wasn’t serious when she asked him to go around the back, it’s a British way of getting rid of him knowing he wouldn’t go. Also you need to watch “Mid morning matters “ , you’ll love it.

[@pj_naylor]

Sally Phillips as Sophie and Phil Cornwell as the other DJ, link to a couple of other "WTF did I just watch ?" shows that you'd probably enjoy: "Smack the Pony" and "Stella Street".

[@bicolouredprawn]

I'm so glad you guys are enjoying AP, I feel like he's a little known gem that Americans have missed out on over the years. Although it's certainly not everyone's cup of tea, the whole Alan Partridge franchise has such great lore that has been developed over the years, and one thing you'll find through the TV series, stage shows, the Alan Partridge movie, the books and the podcast, is that it has such a tight and well crafted continuity.

[@beesfoot]

"Read the small print in your CONEtract" Back of the net!

[@andrewpeters6339]

Genius show. Can't make it better.

[@izzwizz2094]

he is based on a GB tv presenter called richard madley…..google Richard Madley being Alan Partridge, Coogan has him down to a tee 😂

[@gustoaudio8711]

Richard Madeley is very Partridge, there’s compilations on here of his most Partridge moments

[@makadeni123]

The two irishmen are the Father Ted / IT Crowd creators

[@johna3789]

Mid Morning Matters is the TV series set at a radio show with Alan Partridge. Knowing Me Knowing You was also a radio show on the BBC before the TV version. Daniel, you'd love them!

[@tommym5023]

Always thought the receptionist was just teasing, making fun of him 😆🍆

[@rosshunter9792]

She was. She knew it would scare him and get him to go away

[@tedholmes336]

I’m Alan partridge is well deserved to be in the top 5 uk sitcom list. You guys need to do: The Thick of It Early Doors Phoenix Nights Peep Show IT Crowd

[@mrvoodoo5498]

100%This

[@jonhill134]

Dismantled the trouser press and then asks will it show up on the bill 😂

[@KevPage-Witkicker]

Series rough order; The Day Today/BrassEye - Alan as a sports reporter/investigative reporter Knowing Me, Knowing You - Alan as a tv chat show host Then this series, as a regional radio host in a Travel Tavern... Then the next series in the caravan waiting for his house to be built... Then Mid Morning Matters... Then the movie, Alpha Papa... Then the latest series doing the Daytime TV show. ALL good.

[@davecooper4442]

Mid morning matters is everything you have ever wanted and more. Full partridge radio show with behind the scenes. Its brilliant

[@petersidell7511]

"Knowing Me Knowing You" is the show he was trying to get renewed at the BBC in the first episode.

[@bennystar29]

It's so good too. You must try and watch it

[@stephenderbyshire7849]

@@bennystar29 I hope they follow this up with 'Knowing Me Knowing You'.

[@neilsun2521]

@@stephenderbyshire7849 I think KMKY has way more funny moments than Series 2 of I'm Alan Partridge. His acting wasn't so subtle in series 2. He was too loud and proud with his new GF.

[@davidcorbett341]

You 2 guys have summed Partridge up to a tee over the past few weeks 😂 He's been for a long time the best comic character I've seen😂

[@EastVanRed]

I strongly recommend you watch both series of Steve Coogan's lesser known show Saxondale. He plays an old rock n' roll roadie who is an exterminator. Hilarious but in a completely different way.

[@robgilmour2172]

Don’t know how many times I’ve watched this but it never stops being funny

[@theblackwidowchronicles]

IT EXISTS...IT'S CALLED MID MORNING MATTERS WITH ALAN PARTRIDGE !!!!!!!!

[@DavidZ4-gg3dm]

The next ep is brilliant.

[@NeilusNihilus]

Definitely one of the best episodes if not the best. So memorable.

[@veryvarley6706]

Partridge is such a strange character --- if you ever met him you would hate him, but watching him you end up loving him.

[@ruairiwhite6303]

This show is merely a snap shot in time of the Alan Partridge universe. If you love this show, there is soooo much more to enjoy. Steve Coogan is a genius....and a quality actor.

[@tomgrant29]

I'm so glad you guys have found Alan. He is an absolute legend, only comparable IMO to Basil Fawlty and David Brent in the pantheon of unique, genius British comedy characters

[@mrvoodoo5498]

Agreed although,I'd add Fletcher from Porridge, Rigsby from Rising Damp and Arthur Daley from Minder. Super Hans from Peepshow too as some of the best Brit Sitcom Characters , then again I'm an old twat and tastes change.

[@tomgrant29]

@@mrvoodoo5498ok yeah Fletcher's up there, good shout. The others I'd put in 2nd tier with a whole bundle of others but it's horses for courses innit :)

[@davebarlow6457]

Steve Coogan's Partridge creation is genius , one of the best ever.

[@Harriet-Jesamine]

Regarding your closing statements.....it is funny, because, We are ALL a little bit ALAN...All of us, at times, and that awkwardness we recognize from ourselves is the humorous revelation!😂

[@moshambles]

I saw a guy ago 15 years ago, dressed up as Alan Partridge Zombie for Halloween. It was spot on, greatest costume ever

[@informedchoice2249]

Please please please also watch the chocolate mousse outtake from this show because it is just amazing it's one of my favorite things.

[@mrvoodoo5498]

This country.

[@informedchoice2249]

Partridge is just a legend he started on a show called the day to day as a sports reporter which is also amazing and the guy that wrote the day to day is the guy who played the original boss in the it crowd

[@EnigmaStar153]

Does anyone remember Alan Bastar’d ? Rik Mayall 😂

[@stephenderbyshire7849]

Yes, I do.

[@davelister2961]

The New Statesman

[@MrEAus]

"How is Anne Diamond's darling little baby?" "We're meant to be discussing the By election it's not Woman's Hour!"

[@32446]

I love Alan B’stard. ❤

[@missxsoph1]

Steve Coogan probably only man who could get away with having a character sing an IRA song on BBC telly

[@neilsun2521]

In the DVD commentary the writer Armando Iannucci states: "none of us have made as much money from Alan Partridge as Ricky Gervais has". (I remember when I first saw the office in 2001 thinking Brent was basically a more realistic version of AP.

[@NeilWebb-tc6fp]

Have you guys done Knowing me knowing you with Alan Partridge , it's brilliant fellas

[@seanjohnjean7929]

Alans audiobooks/podcast are fantastic, id highly recommend

[@saintdon4461]

thing is when you were bored back then, you didnt have the internet

[@gmdhargreaves]

We call them lifts not elevators. Great series❤❤

[@KevPage-Witkicker]

She was saying that come-on to wind him up, knowing it would put him on the back foot and not know what to do or say. If he actually went round the back she'd most probably laugh in utter disbelief that he went for it, until he ran away.

[@davidcorbett341]

Knowing Me Knowing You is early AP, his chat show & guests were the start of Coogans genius character

[@DavidZ4-gg3dm]

KMKY was before this, but The Day Today was the first TV show to feature AP, who at the time is an incompetent sports correspondent.

[@davidcorbett341]

@@DavidZ4-gg3dm I didn't know that he was on any other show earlier, Thanks for that

[@motelghost477]

They're making a third series of I'm Alan Partridge right now in 2024.

[@Prospro8]

Partridge was originally conceived as a satire on regional UK TV and radio presenters. You guys maybe are used to seeing national BBC presenters but each region has its own substratum of presenters doing local news, weather, magazine shows etc.. In short, the Alan Partridges really exist! He's just an exaggeration of them, a throwback to the 1970s/80s who just doesn't realise it!

[@markysumm72]

Watching Americans try and get British humour is almost like a whole new form of cringe comedy. 😂

[@NPA1001]

“Read the small print on your Cone-tract”

[@Niala8419]

If you want a Radio station like this then listen to Jeremy Vine at lunchtime on BBC Radio 2. It really is Alan.

[@neilfett1233]

alan has a podcast - "From the Oasthouse". also mid-morning matters can be consumed as such too. plus get his 2 audiobooks, narrated by him. they are fantastic.

[@paulgee1355]

Three audio books

[@davidjb-750]

Currently reading his latest audio book but good to look back on this classic series.

[@chrisBrown58]

Let's not forget the writer, Armando Iannucci, who also penned the brilliant "Death of Stalin". If you haven't, you need to see it...a look at the cast will convince you.

[@samguberman2288]

Knowing me knowing you was hysterical, you have to check it out.

[@stewarthainey3751]

FYI, the image you use in the thumb nail isnt from that episode.

[@kevinty7]

Brilliant fellas😂😂😂❤️❤️

[@RichardHouston-cr6ds]

Partridge is brilliant, have a look this time I think it's called as well

[@Lochayetheview]

You should have watched the credits, it is overlaid with the CCTV of him trying to steal the cone. Also you should review the movie, it is class.

[@SouthCoastRich]

Yep, I would listen avidly to Alan Partridge's radio shows whenever I could , if he really existed, or even if it was Steve Coogan I suppose ! 😂👍

[@mrfrye18]

alan has a podcast on audible, FROM THE OASTHOUSE.... its hilarious 😂

[@DavidZ4-gg3dm]

Helvellyn is a mountain in the Lake District in Cumbria, NW England.

[@leighmonty13]

The hole monkey bit brilliant, you wait till next season so brilliant

[@JemmaH153]

Lol Susan is definitely not attracted to Alan, quite the opposite (this is made very clear in dramatic fashion a later episode). The staff all know how sexually repressed and generally awkward he is, so after polite attempts to get rid of him don't work, she wondered if actually pretending to show interest in his bizarre and intrusive flirting would confuse him enough to put him off.

[@motelghost477]

Make sure you watch series 2, it's genius.

[@Daniel-mh9re]

Second series really good as is the movie Alpha Papa

[@bradders9743]

Just saw the "AHA" loool

[@mana3735]

We've all got a bit of Alan Partridge in us. Not physically haha.

[@JBettz]

Brilliant 🤣👍🏼

[@jack28aug]

YAAAAS partridge tiiiime, WOOOOH, 24 hour party people after u finished partridge off please, u'll love it. coogan classic.

[@SirBoycie]

It's called Radio Alan (BBC)...look it up.

[@hetster69]

he has mid morning matters lol.. Basically i'm alan partridge radio show podcast

[@robertlonsdale5326]

Adam is the name of Frankensteins monster.

[@Ade-i8d]

MID MORNING MATTERS....... Is everything you keep saying you want Dan. Its set in the studio only... and the Eps are really short too...

[@marcusmaher-triskellionfil5158]

The 2 Irishmen (as an guy from Dublin) were Arthur Matthews and Graham Linehan, the creators of another Irish/British classic "Father Ted" that was supported by the UK C4 (when it was good) Sadly Linehan got involved in all the trans "nonsense" and has now been cancelled.

[@pastyman001]

You need to see the feature film based in that Radio North Norfolk.

[@arconeagain]

Derek and Clive doing a podcast before pod and cast.

[@thecornedbeefcouncil9792]

Partridge has had an interesting career. First appeared on the surreal ‘The Day Today’ as a sports correspondent for an entirely fictional news program before turning up hosting ‘Knowing me..’ supposedly on the real BBC before becoming a DJ for a fictional radio station. If you ever get the chance to watch ‘The Day Today’ you should do it (it’s great) but it’s weird to think that in the world of Alan Partridge, ‘The Day Today’ and the actual BBC exist in the same reality.

[@DavidZ4-gg3dm]

The Day Today is brilliant.

[@carlmarch9591]

Based in my home city Norwich 💪😂

[@stevekeeves9363]

Do the day today got alan partridge in that in that but mostly chris Morris who is the first boss in it crowd

[@terrystewart1973]

6:15 I think that was sarcasm, as she knew quite well Alan wasn't going to do anything about it

[@andyq752]

"If you do XYZ, Bob's your uncle" is the modern abridged version of "If", I believe. Nice one fellas, Partridge is perfect for this channel. There's also a full length movie, I'm sure you have it scheduled!

[@ibeswimmin]

You might like Dax flame's podcast

[@garydunning9363]

Haha..been waiting for this to drop..u both like Ricky g don't u..check out his other hits..really funny..

[@gmdhargreaves]

Go Maryland!!

[@DavidZ4-gg3dm]

7:05 Jealous Alan is deliberately c-blocking!

[@ajivins1]

Richard Madeley is a questionable British TV presenter that chimes with Partridge.

[@ianelley]

I think Alan Partridge has a pod cast ???

[@bexbugoutsurvivor]

I always associate Alan Partridge to Richard Madley. For US viewers Richard Madley is a TV presenter who has self self entitlement issues and is a narcissist, who assumes everyone likes him as much as he likes himself, who has no social boundaries,,,,,

[@Thisworldthisweek]

I feel SO sorry for Daniel. I don’t think Spence get or cares at all about this. Dan gets it. Spence is faking it.

[@sargonsblackgrandfather2072]

Sunday. Bloody Sunday. Sigh.

[@scottirvine121]

Trent crimm 😊

[@n8style]

Does the video keep skipping for anyone else?

[@slytub]

If you really want to try your British humour check out ‘people just do nothing’

[@TerranSol]

Why didn't he take his car? To walk up the road to the gas station? Serious? Why would you drive just to go a mile or 2 up the road? That's just lazy.

[@sanjulien1]

Only bad episode of the show.

[@DavidZ4-gg3dm]

I wouldn't describe it as bad. However, it's the weakest ep, inbetween the best 2.

[@JemmaH153]

@@DavidZ4-gg3dmYes even a relatively weak episode of Partridge is miles above most comedy... him swinging his bag at the staff + throwing their crisps away, the zombie prank and the monkey chat with Michael save it. It just seems weaker since as you say, it follows the excellent ladyboys and farmers episode, also because it's harder to make laugh-out-loud comedy about characters being bored. Similar to the Father Stone episode of Father Ted.

[@DavidZ4-gg3dm]

@@JemmaH153 Yes, Peep Show's episode Nether Zone is a rare example of getting that sort of episode right. However, that one's more about being trapped indoors than bored.

[@scoobyloo3157]

I'll tell you where to put it - it the bin! I'm a Brit and it's crap!

[@jim7831]

Which comedies would you suggest, out of curiosity?

[@scoobyloo3157]

@@jim7831 There are no recent British comedies worth their airtime now, but the best of the best was 'Only Fools & Horses', then 'Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps', then 'Absolutely Fabulous' and then 'One Foot In The Grave'. Most of my fave sitcoms are American. Like 'Friends' & 'The Big Bang Theory'. We have some great stand-up comedians, but as for sit-coms, nah. Cheers for asking my friend. Have a great weekend 👌

[@jim7831]

@scoobyloo3157 hmmm... Sounds like you're not a fan of awkward comedies or unpleasant characters. Do you like peep show or the office?

[@scoobyloo3157]

@@jim7831 I love the office, sorry I forgot about that! it's not awkward comedy, as you put it, it's unfunny comedy I don't like

[@HULLGRAFFITI]

it's a pity you didn' start with his original TV show so you can see him 'on top' in his hey day ...Makes the fact he's now on local radio at 4am all the more funny

[@markcutting6504]

Check out coogans early stand up.Paul & Pauline calfe especially.also Paul calfe diary.& The trip with Rob brydon.not hilarious,mostly the 2 of them doing impressi ons,but half hour to switch your brain off

[@iainprendergast8311]

Alan Partridge from the oast house is a podcast, get listening to it. Also, mid morning matters, Alan Partridge . You asked you got

[@JohnKater1971]

Wait till you get into Mid Morning Matters.