Question for Alan

[@tghffghf54]

The idea that he negotiated the special needs school down in price for the whiteboard is a superb detail.

[@mrgreen1759]

Exactly, details like that, that make Partridge so good.

[@stevensutton4677]

Also there's ambiguity as to whether his talk ever actually happened. I don't know and I don't want to know.

[@alemwoldeyes]

​@@stevensutton4677I don't think it did 😂

[@neothedog5769]

I have to admit that bit got me 😅

[@patchso]

I want to hear Alan’s talk on the history of fire.

[@awinbisa]

Crucially, i live in a large detached house.

[@simonwright6163]

While the mortgage crippled me..

[@joncoslett9307]

"I haven't done anything" gets me absolutely every single time, always crease at it.

[@simonpenum]

I love the muffled "I haven't done anything" amid the shuffling sounds

[@cautionTosser]

it's these details that keep me coming back again and again.

[@crownretro]

Then replaced by tv crew still wearing headphones lol

[@54spatula]

Just perfect..

[@simbamasaku1]

I loooove the detail

[@dsl218]

Only just heard that and it really made me laugh

[@johnscott6960]

"I haven't done anything!" I absolutely love these oddball, peripheral characters that exist in the Partridge universe. Jed the Superfan, regular callers to the show like Mary and Roy, the Geordie audience member from This Time (I'm convinced he's Michael's brother). Entire sitcoms have been based on lesser comic creations than these.

[@judyhopps9380]

"are you hairy... Mary?"

[@andrew1984uk]

​@@judyhopps9380NO!

[@MrAgbxl]

Mary (I believe) is played by the actress who does Sonia

[@spudulika23]

Tom Davis' delivery is incredible

[@saucers4eyes695]

Tom Davis has had a bit more presence on TV lately but I still think he's underappreciated. The guy is hilarious.

[@thepetevonde]

‘So happy I wake up laughing because I’m doing so well!’ I love that line so much...

[@HK_Musician]

Hahah me too. I wish I actaully did that

[@christschinwon]

Needless to say, he had the first laugh...... of the day

[@thatonethisone5904]

Same

[@calumb7000]

chuffed to buggery.

[@MichaelTaylor-jf2qo]

I've always loved Coogan's eyes at the end, looking towards what's presumably the exit as the poor guy is booted out.

[@imnothere220]

Yes. That's the joke.

[@johnmartinez7440]

@@imnothere220 He knows, he's saying he enjoys it.

[@GG-zl3et]

I thought he might have actually been the bully and Partridge twigged half way through.

[@coffeebreakfiction1765]

This is so tragic. Everything about it. I try and explain this humour to my American wife, it’s totally inaccessible to her.

[@Anonymous56657]

I wouldn’t worry my friend. I have grown up with Partridge and my partner will never ever ever ever ever ever ever understand him.

[@tynebar]

I've had a few American musician friends visit me over the years ~ they all ask for Partridge or The Office (before the US one aired) on the TV as soon as they get here ~ they get it, even now they always slip Partridge-isms into their messages to me.

[@johnLennon255]

Im american and find this hilarious.

[@acesul8811]

Stephen Fry said that the difference between American humour and British humour is that an American tragedy is a British comedy.

[@Bungadin639]

"She likes American things now..."

[@FlameFlickers]

This is just so beautifully written and perfectly delivered. Not my words - the words of Shakin' Stevens..

[@TheMrbc74]

Lovely stuff!

[@chiefstain]

@@TheMrbc74 It's fine to join in

[@eddiestarship8565]

The talent behind audio of a man being removed from a studio.... on point.

[@francoramazani]

This short clip just goes to show what an amazing job editors do in creating comedy.

[@lexorcism]

Great camera work too. Juxtaposing an arty change of focus with the ridiculousness of "a whiteboard I bought second-hand from a special needs school".

[@nectarinedreams7208]

@@lexorcism Changes of focus aren't artsy, they just look nice.

[@helpmeinburning]

Heh, its true

[@shooglies]

Fantastic clip. Tom Davis is amazing. Really disturbing also. A magical blend of humour and pathos

[@offrampt]

And he is disturbingly big.

[@RealityCheck6T9]

"I've come with him" Haha why is that so funny?

[@JeansWebbTv]

Plus the fact that he still sits there listening, as if nothing has happened, even though his dad was thrown out a few seconds ago.

[@tomoliver9239]

@@JeansWebbTv lolololololololololol

[@tomoliver9239]

I'm so happy that I sometimes wake up laughing.. because I'm doing so well.

[@TheJohnCooper]

This subtle humour is why I love patridge.

[@melvingira]

excellent humah

[@k.j.g.9601]

Incredibly funny. I miss this show

[@abbaszaidi8371]

I hear that This Time- coming to BBC1 next week is “ruddy good”

[@tost6956]

@@k.j.g.9601 It isn't a show. It was a standalone book promotion on Sky Atlantic.

[@crapitoutjim]

John Cooper - Art of Social erm, who is this 'patridge' person you speak of? Ah, one moment you mean Partridge. Use your fucking spell checker for fucks sakes!

[@tedcrilly1]

The first time I'd seen this, I'd had a few beers I think. Could not stop laughing! The painfully awkward silence when letting the general public weigh in with an opinion! 😂

[@lysander1]

I really want to hear alans talk on the history of fire.

[@finnkdy]

That's a very good question, Dan; can I call you Dan, ...Dan, Dan.. DAN DAN .. ...DAN!! .. DAN!!!

[@tomoliver9239]

No he hasn't seen me, I'll get him later.

[@hexonatapeloop]

Fire! Sometimes terrifying, sometimes useful, sometimes a way of getting rid of an employee found guilty by a tribunal of gross insubordination. But what is fire? Yes, you at the front eating… grass i think. Is he eating grass? Should he be doing that? Well he might find it calming but I would rather he didn’t do it when I’ve come here to give an important talk

[@eddiestarship8565]

" well get him to wear a tie and a dress tshirt ". And the sound girl still had her headphones on.... Jesus. .. . Thank you Chris morris

[@mattpendell1369]

The people who removed him from the studio...they were horrible weren't they! Really really horrible

[@Nathan-gd7xq]

No. Y ... ye ... Yeah.

[@greglynch391]

Yeah, wasn’t too keen on them…

[@andrew1984uk]

It's a fact. It's a factual thought.

[@rainbowrockettv6829]

Haha 😂😂😂

[@nobodyowens8159]

Tom Davis and Coogan .amazing .we need more Davis on Tv

[@johnmartinez7440]

The Curse was quite decent this year, on Channel 4

[@06comment]

needless to say, he had the last laugh

[@Anfubvinch]

"Needles to say"

[@pepesmith5753]

Anfubvinch "I took drugs"

[@outsiders4951]

@@pepesmith5753 You certainly have a lot of issues- 'yeah of what car magazine.' LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@RaferJeffersonIII]

Have you ever shaved your crackling?

[@iby914]

Smell my cheese

[@MedievalFolkDance]

If Alan Partridge came to my school and gave an assembly on "The History of Fire", I probably wouldn't have burned my house down.

[@conlaiarla]

😂🤣😃 priceless !

[@chris777ta]

Me too but in my case it was a old peoples home😊😊😊

[@maaththecreator]

history of fire

[@tynebar]

Seen this a few times and just realised that's Tom Davis!

[@sratus]

Well spotted Inspector Holmes. The main clue I spotted was his face.

[@justlookin28]

​@@sratusHave you ever been punched in the face? I could definitely see that.

[@sratus]

@@justlookin28 Do you want some? I'm handy!

[@alanpartridge3253]

The bullies at my school they really were horrible.

[@saxglend9439]

The bullies at my school were really nice.

[@highnoon7097]

is that a question?

[@Rodiraskal]

The shits

[@bobbykotick1163]

Heh, its true

[@theeverchosen1504]

SMELLY ALAN FARTRIDGE!

[@julyanjohns1237]

this is so good lmfao. alan's worried glances as he tries to look relaxed are perfect

[@jacobdemanuel9657]

I'm so happy I sometimes wake up laughing

[@arveyilleszender5809]

The guy asking questions had me in stitches hahahahahaha.

[@TKBossCat]

It's genius.

[@4000Wiggins]

that’s Tom Davis. Check out Murder In Successville. He’s the lead on that show, and it’s hilarious.

[@GavTatu]

@@4000Wiggins and king gary, i enjoyed that.

[@DaveInBridport]

Tom Davis. Legend.

[@54spatula]

I’d love to be that happy that I sometimes wake up laughing.

[@cityzens634]

Henry Horse You need to buy yourself an extending table. I did and am now delirious and wake up at least 5 times a night laughing. On the downside because of the lack of sleep this was causing I lost my job through bad performance and then my wife left me and I lost my house but I’ve still got the extender and I’m still laughing 😂

[@fintonmainz7845]

I was a pupil at that school but I graduated before he gave his talk. Being gifted academically has its drawbacks.

[@ac2244]

Can’t believe this is Tom Davies. Legend.

[@andrewmay1299]

It’s not.

[@ac2244]

@@nettils5555 ahhh finally a worthy opponent.

[@AdamSmith75th]

@@andrewmay1299 It is

[@EpicWinz]

"My 5 bedroom bastard house!"

[@richardmoores]

With a Buck Rogers toilet. 1 yank, all gone!

[@sionyevans]

Buck Rodgers toilet..... Neighborhood watch., deaf school nearby..but there just deaf..there not deaf offenders ..??

[@cityzens634]

The funny thing is I would watch this in my 20s but now approaching 50 I too have a 5 bedroom detached house with an extending kitchen table and a rinser. Funny how life changes. Not boasting just giving you a factual thought.

[@TheThejpmshow]

Yes! It’s an extender

[@sports872]

Sorry I'm standing too close

[@christschinwon]

The 3 main anomalies in Alan's life: He got away with shooting Forbes McAllister live on his chat show. He signed his 2nd series contract with a dead man's hand but never got given it. And what happened to the Inland Revenue? He was guilty as hell! Can anyone help as this stuff has been hanging in the air for too long!

[@prappsy]

He explains the first two in the book I, Partridge. Not so sure about the tax situation though

[@christschinwon]

Quagsnake Thanks! Forgot about that book. Must get a copy

[@garethglitter5932]

Bill Odie sorted all that out

[@Mintteacup_]

Why was the original comment edited to something unrelated/different

[@sirmoanalot3779]

Snitch

[@punkbassist98]

DI Sleet asking too many questions

[@tracibeacer670]

'Like a run down fairground I had nothing to go on' His best line . Ever .

[@M4KAV3Li87]

Tom davis is brilliant in this 🤣🤣

[@hhomas_tills]

Fun fact: The interviewer is Robert Popper, creator of Friday Night Dinner.

[@benhall2235]

Shit on it!

[@hhomas_tills]

@@benhall2235 shalom

[@Just_lift_anyone]

He's a top bloke, sent him an email years ago as I thought timewaster letters was a brilliant book and he posted me a drawn picture of Parmaynu the Ping Pong bat :)

[@alamunez]

And singer of ‘Little Mouse’. :)

[@williamshaw9003]

do you know why he's called Robert Popper?

[@T800System]

"..D..dad .. why you crying? I said it's .. it's the book I'm reading.. it's making me cry.."

[@wheels4780]

Yes.. that's what was said

[@T800System]

yes, I found it particularly funny so I thought I would highlight it in the comments. 13 other people found it a valuable contribution. Thanks.

[@TB.....]

We know that is what was said.We can read.

[@kentjg32]

@Not A Horse What if he's deaf, and he can read lips? You ever think of that?!

[@mickeypearce244]

"..Just cause it's making me cry doesn't mean it's a bad thing..."

[@muttley9520]

'I've come with him' - LOL.

[@stephenguppy7882]

My late partner just never got Alan Partridge. He even sat through 'Knowing Me Knowing Yule' and didn't crack his face once.

[@Magicalfluidprocess]

“ Fanny !, I want Fanny “

[@medalion1390]

I have to admit that I didn’t “get it” until I happened to come across I’m Alan Partridge

[@HackneyShark]

lol my Dad was the same. Didn't care for Partridge at all.

[@friskygringo2031]

This humor is so hard to pin down but I adore it. It’s kind of that feeling of being repulsed by your fans and just the banality of some povs not fitting or being interesting enough. Soooo many layers.

[@Solar.Geoengineering.Advocate]

i actually think he's supposed to be one of alans bullies from school. i forget the name now McColm was it?

[@TheTyke]

The joke is in large part on Alan for feeling that way. And on anyone that would describe someone as a 'pov'.

[@friskygringo2031]

@@TheTyke ‘pov’ stands for point of view. Some weird geometry in your head for you to assume I’m calling people that. Strange pov tbh fr

[@friskygringo2031]

@@Solar.Geoengineering.Advocate I didn’t get that from watching but it could track

[@TomthatiscalledTom]

He was 'orrible... Let's examine your... He was really orrible! ...examine your writing process, Alan *scuffles*

[@MrAristaeus]

(Whispered) “I haven’t done anything!”

[@JackT13]

It was just a factual thought...

[@monkeyface6139]

Hahaha first time I've laughed out loud for ages... clever writing.

[@pupskin123]

Wonderful wonderful scene.

[@susanfagan2727]

'He was really 'orrible ' 😆

[@Fsrjtyttzma]

The guy with the hat.... I Came with him... Classic

[@tobleramone]

0:06 I love that 'Where's this going to go?' face.

[@suburbia2050]

I want to hear him talk about the history of fire

[@m3anthony]

Love the way he goes into detail about the White board.

[@tman5634]

Alan Partridge, Basil Fawlty, Lee Evans, Reginald Perrin, Ronnie Barker etc etc etc. You either get them & humour or you don't. I feel very fortunate that I do because I would have hated to miss out on all the laughter & slap stick enjoyment they have brought me.

[@nigelcarren]

Watching this honestly made me cringe in my enormous kitchen!

[@fintonmainz7845]

Not bespoke obviously.

[@lord_scrubington]

@@fintonmainz7845 well it is, but we don't say it out loud

[@jamesr6562]

Bosch?

[@soilcredibility]

​@@jamesr6562 Neff

[@Stephenhendrys]

This Partridge clip is remarkable. Can anybody tell me what the title of the full episode is please? Thank you.

[@JobyJonesJnr]

Anyone else think the interviewer has the same voice as Tim Keys

[@bane431-v8j]

No.

[@andrewt836]

It is similar to Tim ‘coat tails’ Keys’ voice.

[@JobyJonesJnr]

@@andrewt836 I thought so too

[@highnoon7097]

Sounds more like Simon Denton to me.

[@JobyJonesJnr]

@@highnoon7097 settle down

[@ambientatomicorbitals7810]

2:02 DI Sleet gets replaced by girl with headphones on, LMFAO

[@carpii]

I love how you can hear a commotion in the background, then it cuts back to the guys seat with one of the production crew sat there

[@duffdeluxe]

thx for pointing that out

[@KarlHamilton]

"I haven't done anything"

[@GamingRobioto]

That was the joke

[@benscotti1991]

His face tho whole time when talking about crying 🤣🤣

[@kentjg32]

I cried watching this... cried laughing.

[@andygalloway3282]

Dammit MrHazey123

[@geoff873]

just because it makes you cry...

[@RobWright1981]

Did you wake up laughing?

[@soilcredibility]

I cried laughing in my enormous kitchen

[@GoogleIsgay-g7y]

"I'm so happy I sometimes wake up laughing," puts about everything to shame, I think. O my God, Death, um, it's right outside the peek-door of the corridor, actually inside the door, creeping up your fallen asleep leg and still hoping, the pretender.

[@stephendines1936]

He's coming over as Steve Coogan instead of Alan Partridge.

[@tipperary1082]

Definitely the type of things Steve would say

[@highnoon7097]

He's bouncing back

[@NidgeOSullivan]

Are they not in fact the same....

[@kc3718]

used to live in Manchester 20 oddd years ago, and yes, he swanned around exactly like someone revelling in their own success ( even before he became famous) , and that's a small place do a lot of swanning in.

[@highnoon7097]

@@kc3718 I unfortunately still live in Manchester and though I've never met Steve Coogan or Alan Partridge, a friend of mine has. And in her words "he was coked up and thought he was it". It was a sobering lesson in 'never meet your heroes'.

[@superstraightandproud9087]

It's like he brought the lad who lives on his street who normally just sells him weed

[@mow3186]

I actually hurt myself laughing at this. It just builds, I was laughing so hard at the questioning, but when you could hear them removing the guy off camera I lost it, laughing so hard, but then they cut back to the floor manager seating in his place I laughed so hard it was painful. I think this work is simply unmatched for comedy craft.

[@mrneutral8423]

That guy in the audience is incredble.

[@GiuseppeCasey]

If you want to see more of him watch Murder in Successvile. Though you might not quite get the humour if you're not from UK as it's based on Z list celebrities!

[@rageagainstthenumpty4608]

Alan Partridge playing Steve Coogan.

[@p4cks]

the cut to the production assistant sitting in the fella's seat is golden

[@Fletchlie]

Read the small print on your cone-tract.

[@morveng]

The Partridge hasn't landed, the Partridge is still flying...I thought I'd caught all of Alan in all his glory then I found this.....almost like getting the scotch eggs squeezed out of you in a headlock.....thanks

[@iorekby]

There's a ton of stuff people don't seem to know about. They do quotes from Knowing me, knowing you or I'm Alan Partridge. But some of the all time great Partridge is in things like MMM, Places of my Life and Scissored Isle. And this. And the podcast is amazing too.

[@christopherparry2612]

Tom Davis 😂no..yes 😂😂😂

[@Philosoph-ali]

You okay there my love? You go careful now. You alright packing?

[@billgordon6489]

This special is the pinnacle of Partridge in my opinion. A special shout out to ‘Scissored Isle’ which is a close second. The Gibbon brothers have fleshed the character out to new heights 👍🏻

[@iorekby]

MMM was quality and I prefer Places of my Life to Scissored Isle, but really there's not really any bad AP!

[@RaferJeffersonIII]

Anglian Lives

[@judyhopps9380]

@@iorekby Stratagem has bad reviews 😕

[@Philosoph-ali]

@@judyhopps9380 only god can smite him

[@johnmartinez7440]

​@@judyhopps9380I saw it live and really enjoyed it.

[@dean7652]

“When you cry you can be happy as well”😂 He got a good kick from Partridge being bullied😂

[@andrewmoonbeam321]

The boy who says "I've come with him" looks like a young Tom Holland.

[@bartlettbigx]

"... the history of fire."

[@DenzGooner]

This is like if David Brent was asking Ricky Gervais a question 😂

[@YOYO-oj8sx]

Love how they show us they replaced the big beard weird guy. Hahaha. A history on fire lol

[@ModMokkaMatti]

"Big Beard Weird Guy" should have been one of the horses racing at Marple. Unless it was injured in the paddock collapse.

[@rva]

🤣always 🤣

[@tomoliver9239]

Stop reading the book then

[@neilgodfrey2669]

Wow that’s Tom Holland in the hat! Never noticed before

[@johnking5174]

That is not Tom Holland

[@neilgodfrey2669]

@@johnking5174you’re right, on closer inspection I can see it’s Leonardo DeCapri-Sun

[@thomasedmundrichards]

That interviewer looks like sidekick Simon

[@mygoditsfullofstars9148]

Is the guy in the audience the `greatest thing since sliced bread` caller on Mid Morning Matters.

[@michaelpaxman9731]

YES! it's an extender!

[@fuckamericanidiot]

Ye House!

[@sticksman1979]

Tom Davis is hilarious.

[@adamhardcourt9428]

Lovely sense of humour.

[@garethwynn01]

Lovely stuff.

[@DM-kv9kj]

Tom Davis is such an underrated comedian/comic actor. BRING BACK "MURDER IN SUCCESSVILLE"!

[@FaxanaduJohn]

Look Around You!!

[@davebryan1890]

I find it slightly inconvenient that it cuts off just before we find out how much he was able to get the whiteboard for

[@effbeeaitch]

the voice here is a weird blend of partridge and coogan's actual voice

[@highnoon7097]

they've re-mastered it you fool

[@Jim17735]

It's the off screen "I haven't done anything that gets me " I must stop watching this as I am going to physically hurt myself laughing if I keep on

[@QIKUGAMES-QIKU]

This was one of the best shorts of it all ! What show is this part if please ???

[@cauliflowerpete616]

Alan Partridge on Open Books with Martin Bryce

[@renhoek3851]

Is this why half the audience in 'the wright stuff' are producers and runners? Can't imagine the sort that turns up at that programme to watch Mathew Wright argue with Vanessa Feltz

[@SGADRM]

King Gary there being a boss

[@goodlife6145]

I too cried when I read I, PARTRIDGE. I'm crying now.

[@DrLager2000]

Robert Popper and Tom Davis giving it the beans!

[@DC-bu1ok]

Needless to say I had the last laugh...

[@markevison7427]

HullCityFansTV now fuck off 😂

[@webs37]

Needles to say....I took drugs

[@Rodiraskal]

I don’t think anecdotes are your forte

[@markstartup3349]

Lovely stuff

[@sfoster.23]

Robert Popper as the interviewer?!

[@agr7879]

I wanna read that book

[@Georgieastra]

Has Alan ever done a piece about the popular 70s show The Partridge Family?(No relations)

[@PaulWilliamArnold]

It's Tom! The bailiff from Judge Romesh.

[@jman6169]

Tom Davis is a legend