Unused Alan 8 - Extended car scene

Unused extended scene from Series 1 with Alan and Lynn in the Rover.

[@tensago]

If anyone is wondering, the warning sound is indication that Alan needs to press the unlock button on the key fob to disable the vehicles immobiliser-A common feature of the Rover 200, 400, 800, and 100, mini metro during the 90s

[@woodrow_mayes]

was about to write that

[@therealryan1329]

@@goldenegg1063 farmers feed swans burgers to make them float better, don't you know anything

[@adolfhiller3146]

@@goldenegg1063 That's an honour

[@adolfhiller3146]

@@goldenegg1063 To be as sad as Alan P

[@danmcdaid]

First class

[@Bjarku]

They could make a whole series of just Alan and Lynn talking in the car and I would watch it and love it.

[@lilme7052]

like Peter Kays car share. I'd love it but not if they got together at the end.

[@scarpergirl]

@@lilme7052 Yes like Peter Kay's Car Share, but good.

[@ENigma-um8zw]

Lol For sure right, I was watching this and like damn it’s already over?! Onto the next Alan video!

[@thomaschristopher1513]

​@@scarpergirl❤

[@nigel2093]

Felicity Montague who plays Lynn is every bit the comic genius of Steve Coogan. Brilliantly funny, how she doesn't laugh I'll never know.

[@jaspertickler1831]

I thought the same myself!

[@Morpheus0000]

It's because she's a comic genius. They know laughing would ruin the scene.

[@nigel2093]

@@Morpheus0000 It was a rhetorical question a question asked to make a point rather than to elicit an answer

[@staponsa1]

Definitely. The only good scenes from that recent series he did on BBC were between Alan and Lynn

[@nigel2093]

​@Stephen Branley you have way too much spare time if you're posting comments like that. Seriously, you need a hobby😂

[@jamescooling]

Lynn is literally petrified to answer any question as she knows every time he'll ridicule her.

[@99kellas]

partridge without laughter track is so much better

[@mrtwostrike]

Hard to watch it nowadays cos of the canned laughter

[@cdname47]

@@mrtwostrike it was never canned. Always filmed in front of an audience

[@mrtwostrike]

@@cdname47 even the outside scenes? Either way, I wish the laughter wasn’t there.

[@cdname47]

@@mrtwostrike yeah. They're recorded first and shown on a monitor to the audience while they're changing sets and stuff. Fairly standard for a tv recording. Most sitcoms are actually audience recorded it's only stuff like the chase or you've been framed that uses canned laughter

[@00pugsly48]

9 years late but I miss a laugh track! When it’s used well I think it adds to it like with Alan or blackadder.

[@PeaceDweller]

Watching this clip is rather bittersweet. This conversation captures every conversation my parents would have back in the 80s when we'd go for a family day out.

[@phoenixzappa7366]

Same. Except there was a lot more shouting and personal insults.

[@paulcunnane4]

It's my wife and I everyday sadly. I'm just waiting to die frankly. Im 31.

[@jbmuggins8815]

@@paulcunnane4 leave her mate

[@zapkvr0101]

​​@@paulcunnane4mbrace the misery. It's not deadly. And let it go. No one knows what they want at 31

[@zapkvr0101]

​@@jbmuggins8815he is her mate

[@Bran1507]

The funniest Partridge clip, not seen this for years... “Boiled sweets? You’ve lost me Lynn..”

[@gamos6698]

In essence, this is every marriage.

[@bokehintheussr5033]

This is me after 5 months of being furloughed.

[@setsailsam]

The car horn at 7:13 killed me. I love how he waits for eye contact from Lynn before pressing it. Comedy genius.

[@alpacamybag9103]

Hahaha. Prime Alan.

[@andyleather3444]

I love how they actually sat there and played out the whole thing on camera, for 12 minutes, even knowing that %90 of it would never be used, seeing as these episodes were only like 28 minutes long 🤣🤣 Fucking genius

[@gromitpesley]

Andy Leather Because it was all ad libbed on the spot and they thought they would choose the best couple of minutes out of it.

[@chuzzwozzer]

The "Inticators"...."Inticators????" INDICATORS. You can tell that was ad-libbed and it played perfectly to Alan's car obsession, he was never going to let that go.

[@w00df0rd]

Best hit do this ad-libbed outtake🤣🤌

[@soundseeker63]

This makes me appreciate what great actors they both are. How they keep it together for 12 minutes staight I will never know! :-D

[@LilySaintSin]

There's probably a lot of bloopers for this scene.

[@Weird-City]

These two were so well matched lol.

[@melgrant7404]

Agree.perfect.xxx

[@markmurphy4934]

😂😂

[@agdgdgwngo]

oh god no! Lynn is way too good, too nice for Alan. Plus imagine how boring the kids would be

[@PaisleyParkGirl]

I'll be honest Lynn....I'm at a bit of a loose end. That's why I'm talking. Talllllkiiiing. Talllllking....

[@DuderinoDeux]

Out of his xxxs

[@simonkawasaki4229]

*Turns head at Lynn*

[@Sheenarachael]

the split second where the camera switches to show alan's awful parking after his handbrake rant is subtley hilarious

[@adrianmeyer2157]

I would pay for all the unreleased, unused footage they captured there must be hours of it.

[@Wolshanze]

adrian meyer me too ...

[@renhoek3851]

@@Wolshanze me too. That's about 130 quid between us including my tenner, shall I contact the BBC or will you guys?

[@jackiep6704]

Me three!!

[@sirmoanalot3779]

Give us the unused footage you shits!

[@bramtheblackpoolfan6922]

And me. Genius.

[@phillipbailey70]

Coogan never corpses (apart from the 'chocolate scene'. But when Lynn mentions the clock, I swear he has to compose itself, as her ad lib just totally catches him off guard!! Thx for posting

[@icespittingfire]

yes! i've been saying this for ages. alan the character laughs at lynne's suggestion, but i swear you can see coogan begin to really laugh for a split second at the recognition of what a brilliant thing it was for her to say

[@danyoutube7491]

I think you might be right there. He doesn't have a line ready and seems to draw his reaction out a bit :)

[@stevenmassey2551]

come on Ill drop you at a cab rank 😂

[@tomsimons1811]

Cant believe this comment is 8 years old and I've never seen these videos but you're right its so ridiculously funny what she says, he definitely composes himself with the moronic comment

[@ulture]

which chocolate scene? toblerone or mousse

[@oscargrainger2962]

He dragged Lynn from home in a taxi to ask her what the noise was. 😆

[@elpadre4202]

literally just burst out laughing when he said "its pricked vinyl"

[@eddiebaby22]

Lynn is priceless! Amazing woman

[@atb89]

I love the 'boosh!' sound he makes when mimicking the sound a airbag would make when going off.

[@stumbling]

Ideas for names for Alan Partridge unused footage DVD release: "The Lost Partridge Tapes". "Alan's Cutting Room Floor". "Alan Partridge: Tales of the Unedited". No that one's too pretentious. "Alan Partridge Uncut". Vaguely genital. "Alan's Left Overs". "Alan's Odd Bits". No, we're back to genitals again.

[@godscovenant857]

[sic] 🤣🤣🤣

[@Scrapyy]

I’m sorry, Lynn. I think that is possibly the worst idea I have ever had. I’m going nowhere, Lynn. Quite literally. I’m on the ring road. My third time round. I’ve just been into B&Q for a bag of tungsten-tipped screws. Never gonna use ‘em, never gonna use ‘em.

[@bulletproofblouse]

ALAN ATTACK! Too Hot For TV!

[@therealcaldini]

Monkey Tennis?

[@JMG_86]

"Alan, Enlarged" - Also vaguely sexual

[@tomsimons1811]

I'm a huge Alan Partridge fan and this is the first time I've seen these Unused Alans. This improvisation has me in stitches. Alan talking about keeping the glove box open drains the battery then Lynn goes on about sweeties, I had no idea what she was talking about then Alan says he is lost haha that could easily have been left in the show.

[@phatheffer3439]

"Boiled sweet?... Huh... You sound like a lunatic!" 😂😂😂

[@HollynHex]

Actually, my friend was a dealer for Rover back in the 90s. He said that sound indicated a fault with the immobiliser. Still though. very nice wood laminate !

[@danmcdaid]

Shame about the embossed badge!

[@koratvinnie]

It's the gift that keeps on giving! 15 years after the series first went out, I discover this. Thanks for posting.

[@visionist7]

And now it's 25 years after it came out

[@TransmissionEpicts]

@@visionist7 A "15 after the series" comment which was posted 12 years ago and a "25 years ago" commented on a year ago 😬 Yikes.

[@stuntmanmike6330]

"Come on ill drop you at a cab rank". SAVAGE!

[@bensmithkent22]

Tell you what tell you what its 9 and a half thousand pounds.

[@chrispayne1824]

I'm sorry Lynn, I'm normally patient, but the idea that an alarm would be triggered because the clock isn't right is....is...is... cloud cuckoo land. Alice in Wonderland. That's not going to happen.

[@monstermunch4956]

hahahahha

[@Jacob_Crowthorne]

Exactly! 😁😁

[@Nick-yb9xz]

They could have added he tried to start the car but drained the battery with all the messing around.

[@tristanveal7634]

Comedy gold

[@04mdsimps]

“You’ve lost me, boiled sweets, humpf, you sound like a lunatic”

[@HK_Musician]

That was the best bit. Hilarious acting

[@04mdsimps]

@@HK_Musician Just watched it again and its got me again

[@DashDrones]

How is Lynn not laughing 😂😂 fucking brilliant

[@Macho_Fantastico]

Remember this from the DVD, was even more impressed when I heard it was improv.

[@geoffsaunderson5766]

Sad thing is I find myself being like this with my mum, just an objectional prick lol

[@foreverred105]

Or just a prick in general eh pal?

[@RobWright1981]

Stop getting objectionable wrong!

[@highdownmartin]

You gobackto being an irritable teenager again. We all do it. Christmas is worst

[@sports872]

You really are the worth of boast worlds

[@alextoft9199]

Me too lol that's funny! I was sat in my old 2002 Skoda Fabia Estate waiting in a carpark with my Mum! The conversation was just like this scene. My poor conventional lovely Mum has got a son with mild to modern Aspegers she can't understand! We live in different worlds! 🤣

[@bobbyshaftoe409]

I could watch Alan Partridge all day every day,he's pure genius,ever since his first chat show when he abused all his guests.

[@melgrant7404]

Me too.he is a comedy great xx

[@renejean2523]

He more than abused his guests. He shot one of them dead! lol

[@fluchterschoen]

The loss of that enameled steering wheel badge was the final nail in the coffin for Rover. Lexus better watch out: they've started to cut corners lately too.

[@gamos6698]

The MG Rover Group’s fatal error was getting in to bed with BMW, after giving Honda the cold shoulder. A succession of lacklustre corporate decisions by the Bavarians resulted in frankly criminal asset stripping by the Phoenix Group, only enriching the directors and other actors. What’s left? Bland Chinese badge engineering amidst a confused Midlands post Brexit malaise.

[@simonh6371]

@@gamos6698 Getting into bed with Honda wasn't such a great idea either. Rovers were just Hondas with wood. On the continent a Rover was just seen as a Honda. I remember the early 90s ad slogan ''above all, it's a Rover'' and thinking to myself ''above all, it's a Ronda'' would have been more appropriate.

[@simonh6371]

In the 80s.

[@simonh6371]

They've rebadged it, you fool

[@powerbite92]

@@simonh6371 Honda made very good engines and were doing good things with Rover. The phoenix group on the other hand...

[@twctopcat]

It's the thought process of AGP that is so good, for instance here when he says "That's unusual....is that a lie?" - how often do taxi's break down?! Superb.

[@NxDoyle]

The balance is at its most delicate and perilous with Lynn. There has always been just enough softness and pathos in Alan for the audience to stay on his side all these years, but the closest they've come to tipping the balance is with Alan's treatment of Lynn. It helps that she is so forgiving.

[@1414yorks]

She loves Alan but he doesn't have a clue,there is one episode where Lynn is not so forgiving!

[@boozerverif]

the guy lynn dates in that one episode immediately points out how badly alan treats her lol

[@VXVLIFESTYLE]

boiled sweets? you sound like a lunatic haha

[@becausegang7266]

Lynne is a legend

[@TheReesi73]

Could listen to them both all day, lovely stuff!

[@wholovesyoubabywholovesyou1147]

I love this lady. She is absolute genius.

[@euanscotland]

Imagine sharing with Alan from lands end to John O’groats end in a Toyota Avensis (one of the worlds best drives) As mush as Alan is my hero I wouldn’t want to share that journey, I’d want the airbag to go off on my face.

[@ignoblesurfer6281]

Into me!

[@donnaclarke4727]

Why have people taken the time to watch this and then disliked it. Comic genius I love it.

[@visionist7]

Probably used to american comedy

[@ianport2185]

Alan Partridge is BREXIT man isn't he?

[@zeez9053]

You bet

[@StylishWrestling]

The temperature inside my apple turnover is 1000 Degrees. If I squeeze it, a jet of molten bramley apple is gonna squirt out. Could go your way/could go mine. Either way, one of us is going down.

[@krell2130]

Argh, thats hotter than the sun

[@Htiler]

It was in the microwave for 8mins.....

[@lackadaisicale492]

Its hotter than the sun! Yes, even now, 6 years later. You did this to yourself.

[@DuderinoDeux]

Inspiration for Crash BANG Whallop! Whot a VIDEO!

[@Marks-Garage]

Its a rover, the headgaskets gone

[@euanscotland]

I need a solero, need to get my head together

[@willselley6693]

Just released that before Lynn hits him with the fan he says 'you know when I met Damon Hill-'

[@AgentSmith911]

I grew up with Alan Partridge on the telly back in the 90s and for ever I thought he was a real person, not a character 😅

[@mattsephton]

The first time I saw him on TV I thought the same. The slow realisation that he's a character is something I wish I could experience again!

[@TheClarksonFan]

The thing is, Steve Coogan is a caricature of himself, he himself should be the character and Alan Partridge playing him.

[@steveforest8385]

IMPACT...BANG...LOCK....EUURGHHH!!!

[@ljkdesignsltd3302]

"All precision engineering" ..... "And back again.."

[@thisisstupidtoo]

After 20 years I now understand why Partridge buys those 12 bottles of windscreen washer fluid from the mini-mart.

[@chrisbradshaw6883]

Hands up, gimme all your petrol!

[@chrishammond4381]

And they say nurses have it tough hahahaa best comedy character ever

[@inkstersco]

Has anyone else had a summer like this?

[@monstermunch4956]

hahahhah

[@SAXONWARLORD1000AD]

This woman plays this brilliantly

[@jimpackard8059]

Yes she is outstanding

[@ak3721]

'Boiled sweets? sound like a lunatic. What is that noise?'

[@oldergeologist]

Excruciatingly uncomfortable but brilliantly funny. Both genius comedians.

[@shirty2]

And of course you've got the errr, manual FLAP.

[@matthewvarney6214]

'And of course you've got the manual flap' Banter!

[@christopherwhite5244]

Hands down my favourite part of the scene 🤣

[@cheekyegg]

Could watch this all day. Lovely stuff

[@kerrysgold1]

Oh shit. I've become Partridge. Wifey isnt able to drive, any move by her out place in MY car, gets her some Partridge knowledge. She sounds less interested than Lynne does😂😂

[@simonkawasaki4229]

“‘Scuse me, I don’t want to distract you from your driving, but you _might_ like to know the windscreen washer fluid is getting low.”

[@hazardous1990]

"Boiled sweets? sound like a lunatic"

[@adolfhiller3146]

Felicity Montague is quite good looking.

[@femaleanimal]

No laughter tracks at the BBC!

[@lustreboy]

awesome stuff! nice one for uploading this darkness genius :)

[@tcdirks]

This is my favorite of all the partridge clips on KZbin

[@NxDoyle]

Drainage of hand sweat.

[@OhioGoessWay]

that noise is driving my cat crazy

[@tomdavies6368]

The grunts as he smashes forward into the seatbelts

[@marshalllucky]

Wow @ 2.05 he actually looks and moves like Stan Laurel, years before he would be cast as him in `Stan and Ollie` :-O

[@ENigma-um8zw]

Haha i love the variable of considering the drainage of hand sweat. My Sweet lord Alan is the king and Lynn a wonderful Maiden!

[@jackrawlings8038]

Absolute excellent thank you for uploading

[@PoppinPortraits]

Great to have these rarer scenes. Nice!

[@Anticulation]

It's impossible not to love Lynn.

[@modifiedcontent]

This is what life in Britain is like

[@cheekyegg]

No guns

[@bonnie43uk]

That car is a collectors item today.

[@mr.a8315]

Classic extended Partridge!

[@madmaxmcinnes4102]

I feel SO sorry for poor Lynn😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@harrymartin684]

The older I get, the more I remind myself of Alan Partridge

[@LeeOCGaming]

poor lyne

[@Karlemids]

will you stop talking about benjamin netanyahu, you're never going to meet him.

[@PaisleyParkGirl]

It's minor women's whiplash, Lynn!

[@bensmithkent22]

Ironic that lynnes airbag deploys in the second series in the lexus when he almost seems smug here that the rover only has a drivers one!

[@progrockertom]

"come on, i'll drop you at a cab rank"

[@tutin4090]

Whirring away

[@busternick1]

There should be footage of Alan dropping Lynne off at the cab rank.

[@gordondean2165]

in the rain

[@MRROBBIEWATTS]

Did Alan EVER find out what that noise was ???????? - :)

[@Sm-iw2vh]

@jemimallah no not broken, it's simply asking you to press the fob button to deactivate the immobiliser now it's inserted in the barrel therefore ensuring you may begin your journey.

[@progrockertom]

you know when I met Damon Hil......ARRGHHH

[@wendygordon6140]

She's totally brilliant

[@euanscotland]

Boiled sweets.....? You sound like a lunatic 😂😂😂😂

[@CorruptUK83]

Just for the record there was no piped laughter in partridge it was filmed (mostly) on set in front of an audience

[@w00df0rd]

“Have to say you look a little bit catatonic there Alan” “Is that a good thing?” “ER NO”

[@HOUSEOFKLAUSE]

The noise means that the battery needs replacing in the key fob for the immobiliser

[@mattiemclean9882]

no it doesnt

[@Brad-lt6mr]

It means the immobiliser is active. I was a garage mechanic in the 90s. Remember that sound well.

[@curriculumveets]

spycrow lye You’re bang on sir! My dad had one when I was a teenager and I drove it often. Click on the unlock button on the key fob and it’ll sort it. 👍🏻🤣

[@sports872]

By the time you get to Pheonix, I’ll be smiling

[@ignoblesurfer6281]

I'd go camel racing with Lynn. Strictly platonic, obviously.

[@domstapleton]

Why does... "Then, of course, you got the, er, manual, er, flap!" CLUNK ...make me laugh so much?

[@studas2011]

wow, a full roast for £4.25

[@michaelgallagher3996]

I'd love to know whether all this was scripted or Steve coogan just went and improvised and told lynn to just play off whatever he does... has that kinda feel :)

[@BatteryExhausted]

They improvise during the writing phase, spending hours improvising, recording themselves and then picking out the best bits. Several people 'play' Alan during this phase. This then becomes the script. Whilst they could not possibly waste production/filming time improvising the whole time, I have no doubt that this is a planned scene that then spilled out into improvisation, so they let the camera roll.

[@lewisb9226]

I'd imagine they had a few ideas before filming, but most of this feels like improv to me too

[@cockoffgewgle4993]

They improvise during film also.

[@janosk8392]

Pity about the cost of filming - the BBC had reused (irreplaceable) tape of Spike Milligan to record the abominable and overall shabby Saville shows. Tragic.

[@briwire138]

They're "riffing".

[@richsan4923]

Hilton Watford (Bushey) a surprisingly reasonabley priced, well equipped and good value hotel. Aha

[@nigelcarren]

"Don't crush them Lynn!"