MORE of Alan's Funniest Bits - Series One | Mid Morning Matters | Baby Cow

[@joshmerritt4953]

"...yawns back, like a Muppet's mouth." The writing here is just phenomenal. And of course the way Steve Coogan times his delivery of "oh my god" afterwards, it's so well written, memorable and hilarious.

[@zootsoot2006]

They missed the funniest line: "Did the man kill Bill Oddie?" "No, no. Bill Oddie's alive and well. Well, he's alive."

[@kinloch7332]

"...bearded catherine wheel scything through the crowd"

[@VacantHaven]

Which muppet?

[@doyouneedalittlebag]

Yeah there's one killer line after another.

[@jimbobaloobobname5767]

Shoot and move and shoot and move..

[@risingdawn5259]

It's just masterful comedy, absolute precision timing and endlessly funny. So many comedians and characters run out of steam, but Partridge just gets funnier.

[@MrWayout74]

Agreed. Watched KMKY from ages back. Still funny, but not a patch on these ,scissored isle or this time.

[@sallyward3652]

That character he created fed by daytime TV can never run out of fuel I mean look at Richard Madeley he does daily the thing Coogan mocks he's like the gift that keeps on giving.

[@sallyward3652]

I was delighted to see Saxondale, he brought a new character more akin to people we know, less extreme, he filled the role perfectly (in double denim!) but added pathos with no loss of comedy. Then he went on to pure pathos with 'Philomena' and kept comic moments while adding the depth of life experience. The man is a genius.

[@brumsgrub8633]

It's just quality

[@leem1979]

In my opinion the greatest and most nuanced British comedy character of all time.

[@kezdearmer7716]

"We cleared the cave" is one of the best deliveries ever.

[@mathewhart2263]

Defo they cleared out v ‘Wookiee hole’! “No Sophie nobody survived “Alan realising he’d got in too deep 💨💨💯🤣

[@MattWilliams482]

It lingers on the palate . Like a lazy forklift driver. 😂

[@Rockprog101]

The timing was perfect

[@sports872]

@@FoodforThought12345678dsds 👌

[@G4mer_D4d]

And explaining the joke was so funny, it's the exception that proves the rule... I mean, that timing! 😆 🤣 😂

[@AJ_Lucas]

Like a druggie's tongue.

[@zapkvr]

@@FoodforThought12345678dsds about fifty times.

[@LostwaveObsession]

"This is a little itty bitty... of Scritti Politti." Is all just perfect!

[@VickyVideo_]

Alan's two audio books are absolute genius. I listen to them back to back, over and over and they get even funnier. So much depth

[@Catonius]

glad i'm not the only one. The 'podcast' has its moments too but the theme music is insufferable.

[@ValleyRC]

I loved when he retold events such as his confrontation with Tony Hayers but we knew he was embellishing and making it sound like he came off better than he really did because, of course, we all saw it happen in I'm Alan Partridge.

[@Catonius]

@@ValleyRC 'you smell like cheese.' Amazing ;)

[@johnboro64]

Everytime I listen to them I hear another joke I’ve not heard before

[@kevinwallace962]

Genius comedy

[@TaurusTorus]

I genuinely cannot think of a comedy character that is more realised than Alan Partridge. He is such an in-depth, realistic and consistent creation. Not to mention timelessly funny and genuinely witty. Absolutely incredible. Thanks, Mr Coogan. P.S. I adore Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible and Saxondale as well. :) Love Em, (from Norfolk).

[@lucasm3879]

'No he didn't feel bad Sophie' 😂

[@tiredgiraffe]

Genuinely don't know of anything that makes me laugh more than Partridge. It's difficult to explain exactly why he's so damn funny.

[@mephistoXFC459V]

"The world doesn't revolve around you - you're not the Moon!" Lol.

[@travisbickle2004]

People like Mid Morning Matters, let’s make some more of them

[@kristianTV1974]

No budget left for "Sparrow"!

[@bumpyknucklezzzz]

An absolute genius, deserves all praise he has brought me innumerable moments of genuine heavy laughter for years

[@mercuriusmc213]

The fake "Awww" after the sad story had me buckled 🤣

[@kriddz]

This is GREAT banter…it really is.

[@jtnilc]

Coogan renders perfectly the 5-glasses-of-wine-in-the-daytime-while-everyone else-is-sober vibe

[@eggymayo3271]

Many a uni lecture spent like that

[@G4mer_D4d]

Poetry... no notes.

[@frankyvincentio3301]

He is getting funnier, character development is incredible, makes it look fun, had me in stitches!

[@MrRorySteel]

This was 12 years ago.

[@lauraharper5500]

“He fell on me and shattered my spine.” Sweet Jesus I’m in bits 😂

[@dannyboy_dannyboy8274]

English 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 comedy at its finest! Mr Coogan you’re a fricking legend! 👍👍👍

[@Tetlee]

"wasn't he one of the Goodies, yeah not any more, now he's a baddie!" 😄😄😄

[@glapots]

"what were you getting?" "A panic attack"

[@billhawkins192]

So relatable x

[@richardmiddleton7770]

"Which Muppet?" 🤣🤣🤣

[@simonoates6463]

“I was firing my friends air rifle into…. a beef tomato…. And here is Mick Hucknall” gets me every time!

[@robdale88]

"which muppet?" 😂😂😂

[@MR-mc6rj]

" Which Muppet ?" - That kills me everytime. Genius.😍

[@newtheory785]

Love Mid Morning Matters. You get to immerse yourself in Alan. The whole cast is brilliant as usual.

[@LilySaintSin]

It's pure unadulterated Alan.

[@tonybarker1335]

The whole of Norwich is brilliant.😂

[@waldoppen]

Perfect parody of local radio! I wish this was a real radio show on daily!

[@nklin6]

the best thing about parody is its so close to reality which is equally hilarious and sad at the same time

[@VALIS538]

“And bill oldie goes ape shit” 😂😂 already starting on the bangers lol

[@eoinreilly3925]

17:03 "have you put up bus fares" 🤣🤣 girl cracks for split second somehow she saved it.

[@ashTHFCley]

“No Rosie that’s wrong!”😂😂

[@enemywithin1295]

The Baby Cow KZbin channel posted another video... and I was GLAD!

[@adrianholman4842]

...a bearded Catherine Wheel scything through the crowd...😂😂😂

[@spring899]

Hula hoops.. the crisps not the toy . Hula hoops .. the toy not the crisps 🤣

[@WHPwellbeing]

This is just brilliant. How can someone make this shit up? Or perform it so well. Alan's sad story is mental

[@johnkavanagh3830]

They are called 'writers'

[@-dave3577]

Alan talking about his dad: "He slipped on the cake, legs went flying, banged his head, he needed 11 stitches. And I was GLAD!" 🤣

[@zapkvr]

Eleven isn't that many. I've had worse

[@jimcreee3299]

perfect. that opening scene I've watched numerous times.

[@bumpyknucklezzzz]

“I didn’t even have to think of it, soon as I put it to my nose, *BANG* Pepper!” 😂😂😂😂😂

[@rodney6045]

I love the way Alan stood up to that arrogant councilor and got her to admit she'd put up bus fares...ONE-NIL! As if that wasn't enough, he then caught out Terri Cohen trying to lie about the time. He truly is a man of the people.

[@davidcartmell2141]

yes. As subtle as a sledgehammer.

[@GeoffsSousChef]

"how often should you wash your towels?" 🤣

[@G4mer_D4d]

I love how this teeters on imploding... you can hear a pin drop, then comedy bomb 💣 🤣 👌

[@Kloppsserialbottlers]

That last scene with the cake, I was crying laughing. Coogan is a genius.

[@mrbenoit5018]

Bill

[@meandthepotatoes4916]

Coogan is absolutely phenomenal

[@dukeofpreston3228]

Tim Key is the only comedian that could make me hurt laughing with the volume down. 🐐

[@Picnicl]

Mid Morning Matters, and by extension, Scissored Isle, are the best work Partridge has ever been in. It is so much richer when Partridge knows that he can't be seen or confronted in person by the radio audience. Also, it's just as strong and natural when Alan isn't live on air (whereas, on This Time, it becomes glaringly meta). His character became so much more believably natural in this series, not the outright hamfisted bore/bored person/stereotypically conservative/lunatic of some previous shows. The TV chat show format never rings as true as even Alan would know that a chat show is no place for the overly surreal or overly regional/specific. Plus, on This Time, he deliberately tries to be PC and caring/sharing as he knows that's required of him by the BBC but it doesn't ring true that a somewhat loose cannon like Alan would ever be hired to co-front a The One Show-style 'needs a safe pair of hands' show. On ITV, though, it'd be a different story, as they have form hiring Piers Morgan and Loose Women.

[@Margatroid]

As someone just discovering this character, I immediately found this incarnation to be the funniest, because it seems the most nuanced and real. Earlier versions seem like an overly-caricatured fake cliche designed to appeal to average stupid blockhead leftists. I've seen a lot of those types constantly referring to him as a "monster" and reveling in projecting their own flaws upon a fictional creation. A lot like Harry Enfield's "Loadsamoney" character, who Enfield obviously loved playing, but then wanted to try to pretend to be offended by. It is a low and foolish thing to try to project your own rascality onto someone else, and a far greater thing to enjoy a character who embodies the flaws inside all of us, allowing us to laugh at ourselves, and even allowing us to enjoy being naughty through him--which is what those people obsessed with saying "monster" are really doing anyway, but just denying it. I wonder how much of the character's improvement came from Coogan's own maturation over time, which no doubt included the natural process of becoming more conservative rather than childishly, narrowly leftist. He doesn't seem like the kind of artist like Robert Smith who can't grow up and keeps 18-year-old student politics his entire life. But then again, who knows.

[@zapkvr]

@@Margatroid the average stupid blockhead rwnj is a lot more dangerous. Religion makes people do awful things.

[@eeblihp]

@@Margatroid written by someone who's never once heard Coogan talk about his politics. Alan is meant to be an incredibly flawed character, but he has to have a bit of sympathy from the audience. Even in the early ones he was so pathetic you couldn't help but feel slightly bad for him.

[@Margatroid]

@@eeblihp Yeah since writing that I've discovered that Coogan is a desperate virtue signaler. I think the writers he works with on Partridge may not be, though.

[@arthurb6882]

@@Margatroid I think you're missing the point of partridge if that is what you get from it

[@davebellamy4867]

5:49 After working for a flavours company, this line is epic. Kind of Reggie Perrin.

[@pressureworks]

Although Alan's character of Steve Coogan is quite interesting, always preferred when he's just being himself, Our Alan Partridge.

[@TheRichieC78]

"like a bearded Catherine wheel" 🤣

[@sargonsblackgrandfather2072]

It’s nice to see Alan’s bounced back.

[@davidcartmell2141]

surely thats pulped fiction.

[@threethrushes]

Needless to say, he had the last laugh.

[@davedennison7386]

@@davidcartmell2141 👍😉

[@msmith323]

​@@threethrushes *Needles

[@JoeSmith-fx2km]

“BANG! Pepper!”

[@nervo6321]

Panic attack smelling the wine 😂

[@natureisallpowerful]

Alans scenarios about bill oddie though 😂😂

[@damianclark550]

There needs to be another series

[@day0walker]

Give him another series, you shit!

[@fredflintstone8569]

@@day0walker Smell my cheese, you mother!!

[@butterflymoon6368]

yep this is my favourite mid morning matters

[@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549]

he’s big in the back time I guess

[@seanlawman1518]

Butter my arse

[@izzymeadows1748]

I bet the outtakes are plenty. They must have laughed so hard

[@blubellybandit]

"are you on an E?"

[@perkosherrigh7243]

Imagine how hard it is too come up with this shit 😂 he’s so creative with his chats hahaha

[@davedennison7386]

There's not a word wasted, amazing writing and delivery...I've listened to this stuff loads of times and it never fails to bring tears of laughter....

[@matthewcannon9699]

Vaporized by the bearded catherine wheel that is Bill Oddie. Amazing.

[@kristianTV1974]

One of my personal favourites from this entire season.

[@alhassant9204]

"which Muppet?" 😂😂

[@tb7667]

I just watch Tim Key to see how close he is to breaking.

[@Scrapyy]

He’s a genius… If you wanna see a real life version of him listen to Jaackmaate’s happy hour and listen to stevie white! Jack is also basically David brent

[@EverGreen1888]

it must be torture for him trying to keep a straight face

[@mowvu]

he is a low key comedy genius. his timing is amazing.

[@jrm1077]

@@Scrapyy lol happy hour is so shite.

[@dukeofpreston3228]

yes but you yes but you yes yes yes

[@danwoodmusic2025]

"...and here is...Mick Hucknall" 😂

[@ExileGilby64]

"Jesus, not now..." Hahahaha

[@JohnSmith-bu3fw]

Why is a blasphemy funny?

[@13strong]

"You're not the moon" 😂

[@deepaknambisan3251]

“Which muppet?” 🤣🤣🤣

[@Quinnysings]

Which Muppet ? 😂 …. Simon you’re a star

[@nickpower3185]

Oddie is like a Catherine wheel scything through the crowd!😂

[@mangomasheen2324]

" you look like a strawberry milkshake. Gonna drink you like a strawberry milkshake. I'm down to your boots" 🤣😂🤣

[@bovine234]

No he didn’t feel bad Sophie 😂😂

[@chrisefc3579]

Glorious.

[@ENigma-um8zw]

Rewatching everything Alan Partridge since Oasthouse 2 dropped!

[@jamesfarrlley3666]

'The world doesn't revolve around you... you're not the moon!'

[@jamesfarrlley3666]

@@FoodforThought12345678dsdsWell done, that's why it's funny.

[@jamesfarrlley3666]

@@FoodforThought12345678dsds ahh, a troll. Hello

[@FoodforThought12345678dsds]

Have you seen Duck Soup, the Marx brothers? You, you'd love that

[@mowvu]

ha we all love the evolution of partridge. but tim key has genius timing as a comedy actor. same for the lady that was in the brittas empire and obviously lynne haha amazing creations.

[@majikbikemike]

tim key is so good, check out on BBC radio a comedy called party, he is brilliant in it.

[@davedennison7386]

Coogan is fxcking amazing and surrounds himself with fantastic support...im sure he used to do impressions when he started out??

[@ricardosp7975]

20:45 Most disturbing milkshake drinking since There Will Be Blood

[@clivewarren8671]

“Like a lazy forklift driver” just brilliant 😂😂😂. I would love to see Americans reactions to this classic British humour. They wouldn’t have a clue!!!

[@zapkvr]

Except that isn't quite the point, is it? The French don't have the same sense of humor either. Neither do the Egyptans. Or the native Americans. Or the North Sentinel islanders.

[@Margatroid]

Why on earth do you think Americans wouldn't get that joke? Do you think we don't use the term "pallet" here? I like how your extremely British name is "Clive Warren," and you sound like an arrogant thicko. Bit of an Alan Partridge yourself.

[@KevPage-Witkicker]

@@zapkvr Sentinel Islander's humour is WAY different, I agree. In fact one might call it unfathomable. Humour for the true connoisseur. Mainly arrow-based.

[@zapkvr]

​@@KevPage-WitkickerNorth sentinel

[@KevPage-Witkicker]

Dude. There's pedantry and there's taking the piss. @@zapkvr

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

"And Bill Oddie goes apeshit."

[@Millennial_Mike]

Coogan does drunk perfectly

[@Wolshanze]

One of the best Mid Morning matters

[@paulstroud2647]

Lovely stuff. Not my words, the words of Shakin' Stevens.

[@johngarnham5772]

Which muppet?? Brilliant line! Reminds of the dwarf sketch in The Office...

[@Snotlingfondler]

Bearded Catherine wheel really got me.

[@vordman]

Cake in the shape of...Space rocket? Train? Football? Er, no...a rectangle. Haha. That makes me laugh every time.

[@sirvidia]

I think MMM is Partridge's peak so far

[@bitcoinisfreedommoney.fckt2663]

I like it and it’s a good second best but nothing beats the two series of I’m Alan Partridge. Endless quotable lines and gave the best behind the scenes insight into who Partridge is

[@richardforshawsmith]

We cried and cried that night

[@adamlacey81]

Classic Partridge

[@alanmurray5963]

Get well soon Eddie Shadow! Steve Coogan=textbook genius

[@jessebella9322]

Muppets mouth, I almost died

[@stuartayre7618]

"bearded catherine wheel" was enough to get a like

[@stephenjobling9783]

"scything through the crowd" - I'm still smiling.

[@inspectortanzi]

Sad that I would know this - but 'Alan's Air Rifle' is the sound of the melon being shot in Day of the Jackal.

[@robertoseveno]

7:50 very moving story.. Quality Street in Yarmouth

[@bpm609]

The first im alan partridge series, in the travel tavern was the best comedy ever. Just perfect. Second one not so good. But great. His radio Norwich was good too. Alpha papa was so good

[@bitcoinisfreedommoney.fckt2663]

Finally someone who agrees I’m Alan Patridge is the best! MMM is good but it’s a distant second to the genius of IAP. So many funny quotes from both series and the insight into Alan’s off screen life was comedy genius

[@MorrisseysMonkey]

Muppets mouth! 👍😂😂

[@bassfingers]

“Shit! - she writes” 😆

[@alanrobertandrews6493]

My Mum married a forklift driver,Now whe can rest in Peace,we had it hard,Bye for now love Alan

[@IpswichRobert]

This wine tastes of Chewits!

[@chrisbroxton2813]

No Rosie that's wrong!

[@jefflikeusual20]

This is truly brilliant work!

[@raminybhatti5740]

Ten on ten.

[@p.mcinnes9705]

I love Alan so much I wish he was real 😂

[@Algorithm347]

The actress is so pretty , love her smile 18:43

[@renejean2523]

She's gorgeous. Good at acting too.

[@franco992]

The DJ is played by Pippa Duffy. Fab actress.

[@minigrande1939]

"Not a Goodie no more ,he's a baddie,"I think you have to be over 40 years old to get that😅😅😅

[@tomhughes4807]

Pioneering use of canons!

[@michaelrwilson007]

It's a metaphooor! 😂

[@sargonsblackgrandfather2072]

Radicalised RSPB insurgent Bill Oddie 😂

[@jamesley3743]

Lovely stuff...not my words...the words of "Shakin' Stevens"

[@lainey5767]

How do they not laugh though 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣