Americans React To "I'm Alan Partridge - S2E1 - The Talented Mr. Alan"

[@ashbridgeindustries380]

"I cannae hit customers, I've been told!"

[@kevinty7]

“Don’t smile, you’ve broken your neck”😂😂😂😂😂every single time😂😂❤️❤️nice one fellas

[@finncullen]

The Partridge canon is huge. You can find the resolution of the TV contract issue in his autobiography "I Partridge, We Need To Talk About Alan" (the audiobook read in character by Steve Coogan is an absolute joy) which also covers Alan's own recollections/interpretations of the events you've seen in the series. It's a work of genius.

[@Mike-ol7gt]

I’ve every piece of work partridge has done on audible and dvd......all of it is top drawer.....the oust house podcast series are the finest work ever 😂

[@FrodankBaggies]

You guys would love 'Mid Morning Matters' its another Alan Partridge show but its set exclusively in the radio studio.

[@Chapterspodcast]

Second that!!

[@jeffh2166]

Minor women's whiplash 😂😂

[@therewind6207]

Mid Morning Matters !! It's season 3...A MUST WATCH

[@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t]

Rolf Harris as an example of people who bounced back hits different now.

[@MarkLaw-xy9vf]

😂

[@saintdon4461]

rolf gonna take some bouncing to bounce back from that lol

[@michaeljohn1978]

And he didn't care if you were gay either

[@davecooper4442]

He like adolescent things now

[@0okamino]

Took him far too long to bounce to where he should have been long before. 🪦

[@mrmoran0077]

"come on Sonia, let's be appalling" is one of his greatest lines ever

[@IIChristisKingII]

That one and ''That was classic intercourse''.

[@NeilusNihilus]

@@IIChristisKingII Definitely his best.

[@tommym5023]

The other DJ,Dave Clifton (Phil Cornell) had a show Stella Street,where he played all the characters such as Mick Jagger,Keith Richards Joe Pesci and many more.

[@midnightzathras6870]

Co starred with the sadly no longer with us John sessions. It was very funny at the time but I'm not sure they would know who most of the people being impersonated were/are now days.

[@davidcorbett341]

Phil Cornell plays DJ Clifton brilliantly he's got that presence in his voice to banter with Partrige 😂

[@tommym5023]

@@midnightzathras6870 Americans would know a few,Jack Nicholson,Joe Pesci Mick Keith Michael Cane can't remember the rest

[@tommym5023]

And of course when on Steve Wright in the Afternoon and Gilbert's Fridge 😀

[@JamesLMason]

Keeeeeith! Have you seen the date on these marshmaalooows?

[@rooroo9216]

😂😂 these never get old

[@k2ashley]

Oh YES !!!! Been waiting for this 😂😂😂

[@michaeljohn1978]

I once saw Alan's bully in the reception at my doctors in Chester. Ian Puleston-Davies is his name. Unfortunately, I didn't have hot bramley apple pie on me at the time

[@ajorngjdonaydbr]

You lads are gunna love his movie Alpha Papa, also his Football (Soccer) Commentary is just epic.

[@MGrayl-ib5fo]

I swear Steve Coogan based Alan Partridge's voice on Robin "Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous" Leach. Sounds just like him!

[@0okamino]

I can’t even imagine the atrocities Alan would likely be willing to commit to get a host gig like that.

[@Ashamanic]

His rivalry with Clifton made a lot more sense in S1- the breakfast show is one of the biggest slots on radio, so Alan was probably just jealous. Not sure what his beef is now that Clifton is doing the midnight shift.

[@0okamino]

I think it boils down to a clash of egos. Sometimes an antagonistic rivalry just won’t die. It’s possible that David is still considered a better DJ, and brought more popularity to the later time slot than Alan did. That would continue to get under Alan’s skin.

[@Ashamanic]

@@0okamino good point. Alan can be remarkably petty and driven by jealousy

[@BobGnarley.]

Back of the net

[@RalphBrooker-gn9iv]

Simon Greenall. Michael, the Geordie. Underrated or not credited enough. He was brilliant in Phoneshop as the sales training day expert. Hilarious bloke:

[@Prophaniti666]

Random bit of trivia: the school used in the external shots is Hampton Grammar School in London, which I went to. I remember being so surprised watching this episode as a teenager and seeing my school!

[@davidcorbett341]

Theres No limits with his ways he just as No emotion on all levels 😂😂

[@winterlinde5395]

But you would be the most popular talkers with the students in your old high school😊

[@stankgaz]

been using they saying HOTTER THEN THE SUN since this was first aired ha ha

[@michaeljohn1978]

Ignore the people saying do "Mid-Morning Matters" next and do Knowing Me Knowing You first, so you're not too chronologically fucked

[@simonpoole2333]

The actress playing Sonia is British. She's just putting on a generic Eastern European accent

[@neilforbes819]

It's hotter than the Sun! XD

[@jabbathehut656]

You are about to be entertained by "Dan". Cant wait for your reaction. Then the James Bond episode. Brilliant.

[@honeyfungus4774]

You should watch "Green Wing", it's hilarious and has lots of sexual innuendos. You'll love it.

[@theinvisibleneonrainbowzeb2567]

+1 to add Green Wing to your long list of things to watch

[@finregan9322]

Mid Morning Matters !!!

[@annakonda2664]

Go in and listen to Tommy Johansson who was a guitarist in Sabaton, do covers of queen, abba, gary more and a lot of others. super talent. Sings like a god, is a multi-instrumentalist, at least 10 instruments, does everything himself. He's amazing.

[@MrJimithee]

You notice Shaun Ryder building Alans house... I'm sure that'll go well!

[@RandallFlagg2112]

Lovely stuff.

[@ajorngjdonaydbr]

Not my words Michael, but the words of Shakin Stevens

[@markcutting6504]

I like shaking stevens & he likes shaking mine😉

[@jino4280]

You're looking super slim there, Spencer. well done 🙂

[@ROCKYBLUEDOGS]

Hurray !!

[@theblackwidowchronicles]

Mid Morning Matters !!!!!!!!!!!!!! After this season ends

[@mark-nm4tc]

In the real life UK TV industry, if presenters embarrass themselves, its known as an 'doing an accidental Partridge' if they become like Alan for a moment or two.

[@Meritania]

I mean this was Clarkson around about this time before Top Gear returned.

[@Thewingkongexchange]

"People bounce back... Rolf Harris...." perhaps not.

[@steelydanlover1972]

"Having a slash" is taking a piss.

[@Ahairinthegate]

Dan! Dan! Dan! Dan! Dan! Dan! Dan! Dan! Dan!

[@RocketMagnetUK]

Not yet wait for the episode :P

[@nickbeer2658]

🤣

[@djdeemz7651]

Goggle translate changed this to "and,and,and 🤷

[@Ahairinthegate]

@@RocketMagnetUK stop getting Bond wrong!

[@brianfantanamcsexpanther9290]

Alpha Papa

[@LoneRanger100]

Luckily audiobooks, oasthouse episodes etc are up on KZbin

[@nicklittle8909]

You’ve got to do Mid Morning Matters

[@phatpolofish]

Have you guys seen Alan in the new Joker trailer?

[@arikrishnan55]

React to "Cricket explained for baseball fans"

[@djdeemz7651]

If you two only knew whats coming up 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 just wait until he lives in the hotel and meets dan 😂😂😂😂😂ut gets better and better

[@jacobmassey3897]

8k a year when this was made (2002) is only 16k now 😂 Also, Alan Partridge Scissored Isle is worth a watch. It's basically a mockumentary about British culture.

[@JamesLMason]

Sadly wages haven't kept up with inflation in the main. I was earning £18k a year in 2002, which was an okay entry level wage. Bank of England inflation would put that at around £32k today. There's no way the job I was doing then would pay £32k.

[@paulmidsussex3409]

In 2002 £8,000 was worth about $12,500 so not far off the US federal minimum wage depending on how many hours a week she works.

[@JemmaH153]

It's a poor amount for being a PA. Especially with all the crazy tasks Alan has her doing - you see her working extremely late nights or early like in the traffic cone episode. The humour of the line comes from Alan thinking he's being extremely generous, when he's basically exploiting her.

[@paulmidsussex3409]

@@JemmaH153 She loves it.

[@ftumschk]

@@JemmaH153 "Thanks for changing the gas bottles, Lyn. I could hear them clanking" :)

[@LeeGion_981]

Fun fact series 2 didn’t come out until 5 years after season 1.

[@eponatwospirithorse4980]

Frighteningly I think Alan is rubbing off on you and turning you slightly Partridge.

[@0okamino]

It happens. I even found myself doing his “I need to try to justify my very existence, and whatever I just said, even though I should have shut up two sentences ago” follow-ups that Alan does. Unlike Alan, I don’t lack the filter to prevent doing so, but it just amuses me.

[@Thewingkongexchange]

The first series is better, but I have to say the second is more quotable.

[@gustoaudio8711]

Spencer doesn’t get it. Alan has a personality disorder but he’s certainly not lacking in intelligence

[@famalam943]

What happened to the peep show reactions?

[@Carboggg]

I loved Knowing Me Knowing You and the first series of this show. However, imho this second series is dire and probably the poorest show Coogan's been involved with.

[@realsteal317]

This Time is the poorest show Coogan has been involved with not this.

[@aTiminCambodia]

Accents like what? He doesn't have a posh accent.

[@stu2333]

Oh shut up

[@njones420]

He has a definite "anorak" accent... I'd say it's associated with intelligence but also being socially akward, not region specific. certainly not _posh_ though.

[@aTiminCambodia]

@@njones420 perfect explanation

[@shaneferrier5751]

I’m afraid you don’t get the humour of him at all

[@thegroovetube3247]

For some reason they cut out virtually all the bits where they're laughing, i.e. actually reacting. Makes the whole thing a bit pointless.

[@Sradders]

They don't..

[@winterlinde5395]

But you would be the most popular talkers with the students in your old high school😊