Steve Coogan - Alan Partridge Nomad Audiobook

[@samparker7133]

On this occasion, there is no-one I wish to acknowledge - Thank You.

[@thebagelsproductions]

However, there are a number of people that you wish to condemn...

[@DavidBotes-nc9io]

Whilst listening to Alan and trying to fall asleep my thoughts tumble around in my mind like trainers in a washing machine .....

[@Steveholmes1972]

Indeed. However, I find myself pillow muffling Brian, although it never spills over to suffocation

[@540BC]

This is a FANTASTIC video. And great to know it was made without a single casualty.* *with the exception of Michael who died

[@sports872]

He used to say "if you die owing money, you've beaten the system" and when you think of that, you get a measure of the man.

[@deanhull8480]

Fell asleep listening to this and got woke up to "Brian Brian Brian BRIANNNNNN, classic Partridge think I'm going to record that part and this will now be my new alarm clock, it's at 4,15 ill never be able to say the name Brian again without thinking of good old alpha papa

[@MrIanSellers]

Every time

[@mrsd8401]

Been driving my partner mad by listening to this over the course of the past few days. It's what Alan would want... 🤣 x

[@AcornElectron]

Always good to have some AP on the wireless.

[@reallyryan_]

@@AcornElectron wireless? Ok boomer

[@stephen3654]

@@reallyryan_ KZbin has only been available wireless in cars for about a decade

[@neilmccormick2064]

Back of the net .

[@manoutoftime9057]

​@@reallyryan_really Ryan? Are you actually serious?

[@reallyryan_]

anyone else put this on as background while doing stuff around the house? keeps me entertained it's brilliant! :D

[@richnewton7411]

Me too!

[@davidcollins1320]

This and I, Partridge take turns accompanying my dishwashing

[@theculturedthug6609]

@@davidcollins1320 and the osthose.

[@Aidandur]

I've listened to it many times whilst working around the house. It's fantastically bad and addictive at the same time 😂

[@MrIanSellers]

It really is first class

[@johndeereoli]

Every time I listen to this to fall asleep to, I ALWAYS wake up to “briiiian briiiiiiiiiiiiaaaaaan briaaaan briiiaaaannnnnnnn”

[@BurtSampson]

Alan Partridge might be the greatest character ever created. Not even just comedic, but of any character, from any genre, ever.

[@CHRISTSPIRACY.comJESUSwasVegan]

Id like him to meet karl pilkington. i think he acts when hes being steve and alan is the real him lol

[@BurtSampson]

@@stevenriley6597 I couldn't agree more Steve. Cheers!

[@brimleyhillmassive]

That's not me saying that Carol, that's TOP GEAR MAGAZINE.

[@BurtSampson]

@@paulmclorinan8456 Alan Partridge would probably end up murdering David Brent. lol

[@MrBunghole666]

God thats good.

[@LCDouglas]

The addition of advertisements to this recording has made bedtime listening nigh on impossible. Thank you for the years of service. 😢

[@Netlife-001]

"There wasn't just chemisty between us, there was physics too" You can literally stop anywhere and lift a great quote

[@gwynevans6440]

"Like a Gynaecologist bellowing into a woman."

[@Netlife-001]

@@gwynevans6440 yeah, that really is beyond outstanding. First time I heard I was like ....... what . the. Fukc! lol. Such visceral imaginery, Lynn on all fours ... Alan! Alan , like a gyno bellowing into a women. Lol. :o) The whole journey from early 90s on the hour to today (not that one). sweet as .. silk!? candy! I'm a particular fan of Duncan Thicket. :o)

[@readventurekids]

"Order sixty Littlewoods catalogues to the place where they live, where their partner lives... where their children live, and you can seriously shake them up." You're not wrong @Netlife-Google

[@dr.rodders3329]

​@@gwynevans6440 gay lovers with a shared interest in transit vans

[@jamesc8450]

“I remember looking around the packed arena , and just shouting ‘CULTURE!’ “

[@MegaJ217]

Love that bit 😂

[@Wolshanze]

“Edmonds” is there a more chilling word in the English language.

[@stevelee372]

Corden

[@Wolshanze]

@@stevelee372 True

[@monumentstosuffering2995]

The devil takes many forms.

[@Elbowdude]

0 oi

[@cerebralparsley9261]

BLOBBY

[@LEEOC]

Years later this is still my bedtime sleeping trick ❤️😊

[@nicholasstockling3264]

Been falling asleep to this for 2 years now..stilk makes me laugh in my dreams

[@conjob8168]

@@nicholasstockling3264 same

[@bathtime]

Same

[@ArticulateDegenerate]

I love falling asleep to stuff like this. My first listen through of Nomad haa left me with no sleep though because it's too funny!

[@PaperbackJourneys]

Anyone found anything similar by other authors / characters?

[@djj676]

1:56:14 for the Holmes and Watson bit

[@WoodwoseTransmissions]

You are a god. Thanks!

[@Rocky-c5e]

Thanks for this. Spent ages scrolling.

[@Mechanicalrob]

Yessss 😂😂😂😂😂

[@alicejohnson3883]

Thank you ❤

[@rogermoore6102]

" Wow!.... These cows really don't mince their words.... Unlike their bodies" Classic Partridge.

[@rachelodom7519]

1:08:40 BETTER much understanding. Alan Partridge sounds very Britishly.

[@andrewbenyon68]

Edmond

[@Tubekeny1]

The man's a genius. Partridge is the gift that keeps on giving.

[@davidwilliams776]

KWIKFITFITTERS.

[@kurisensei]

And some good writing too...

[@manoutoftime9057]

For decades now.

[@gabrielc.martel4386]

Am I the only one who would watch Swallow?

[@AintLifeHard]

Gabriel C. Martel I'd watch XD

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

And Flint

[@sebfox2194]

@@ProjectFlashlight612 Flint has so many layers, like his sedimentary namesake that is forged by times and pressures that would crush lesser men, or a Samurai sword made by a master craftsman hammering and folding the finest steel over and over upon itself hundreds of times, or an onion that has been aged in a mixture of Brut and testosterone.

[@anthonymadden9470]

@@sebfox2194 mnmnm

[@DustyNothing]

@@ProjectFlashlight612 The Swallow/Flint crossover would be tops too

[@BrendonTerra]

“My longing for revenge, much like the foreskin of an adult Jew, simply isn’t there anymore.”

[@fktcmdtlk3104]

😂 gets me every time

[@monkeytennis800]

"Climb to the top of this rope, or Grandad kills himself" 🤣

[@shahree100]

Grandad Graham.

[@TheDrFMG]

my calves were mooing like their farmyard counterparts

[@jman6587]

One of the best pieces of comedy writing ever

[@niallkennedy23]

yeah man. i tried listening to it at the gym and i nearly killed myself in an accident with some weights i was lifting.

[@jman6587]

Haha

[@yehheapsmadaybut]

The original is funnier but both are golden

[@skyblazeeterno]

i like how it sometimes repeats some Alan scenes but rewrites them...always favouring him of course

[@ArnoGoldfinger]

A philosophical piece of writing that shines light on the human condition but above all. practical advice on rural rambling in the home counties.

[@LeeOCGaming]

Is this a quote? Ha

[@tallandhandsome29]

With Pringles? That is, the knitwear not the snack.

[@monumentstosuffering2995]

That really is good humour.

[@madeinbanat3534]

Indeeeeeed

[@monumentstosuffering2995]

i find this very comforting and reassuring, this heroic anti-hero mocks us all somehow.

[@rajatkaramat]

Pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp

[@monumentstosuffering2995]

@Thomas Farrell Yes indeed, that Edmonds is purest evil and a toy werewolf type breed of horrid thing.

[@brimleyhillmassive]

@Thomas Farrell Edmonds is basically a gnome, with a helicopter. Airwolf theme is rubbish anyway. I don't hate him. I don't even care about him. He's an idiot.

[@jamieperrin8955]

“I’d often wow the girls by walking all the way to school using just 4 gulps of air” 😂

[@LeeOCGaming]

Hahaha

[@kmj1535]

Kiikkkkkkkkn You should be there by I’m. Ken I.

[@kmj1535]

B. In B.

[@liammclaughlin8196]

@@kmj1535 l pp 0

[@MyFlobot]

@@LeeOCGaming and his brother and brother brother are in in a couple days in a couple

[@joelaine828]

Daily return flights from Norwich to Addis Ababa😂

[@jrs4516]

what an amazing piece of writing. i really enjoyed the throwbacks to previous partridge works.

[@YanoshRagauld]

Indeed, it's very well linked and referenced up isn't it.. I keep hearing new things to chuckle at on each listening.

[@rvic11]

This is a laugh a minute for 6 hours! Pretty amazing really.

[@LeeOCGaming]

rvic11 haha true

[@tommanserable]

That is exactly 360 laughs. Back of the net.

[@shaun2urz]

@@tommanserable actually, that is 360 laughs per hour. You should multiply that hours' laughs by the length of the reading, thus equating to 2160 laughs in total. Kiss my face!

[@masochistgaming8500]

@@shaun2urz no, a laugh a minute is 60 laughs per hour. 6 hours of doing a solid 60LPH would be 360 laughs in total. God this is starting to sound like a mid morning matters phone in.

[@danzvash]

Needless to say, I think you've had the last laugh.

[@electricrussell]

2:15:45 "In June 2013 I accidently rear-ended Tony...just to be clear I mean rear-ended Tony's car...just to be even more clear I mean my car rear-ended Tony's car."

[@fionanewport2895]

I can only listen in short bursts. I laugh so hard I miss the next bit. Use it to go to sleep? Not a compliment for him.

[@arveyilleszender5809]

It's funny she's called Sue Cook, when she can't cook, but she will sue. hahahahaha

[@lilme7052]

Thank you for putting this on here!!!

[@andrewbenyon68]

No way could she not hear the nightly buggery marathons! The thud of Holmes hitting the floorboards as he collapsed from an over tightened ball gag

[@markcarter7455]

0p

[@nicholasstockling3264]

The Holmes tangent is one of the funniest things I have ever heard...

[@zmyth7516]

Naaaah 01:04:00 is classic Partridge. Inventing a swimming competition with a retired dinner lady 😂

[@peerlearnin5600]

Cramp has struck!

[@zmyth7516]

@@peerlearnin5600 😂😂

[@AmateurSurgeonThe3rd]

The no-nonsense galumph of a lady Tory politician

[@mangoitaliano1757]

I snort laughed

[@mangoitaliano1757]

@@GladysSpume I was saying that only yesterday.

[@conorcharlesonn4409]

TTS tryy ty try

[@andrewmaccallum2367]

Snortle 😁

[@rhettkellen7104]

Sorry to be so offtopic but does anybody know a tool to get back into an Instagram account? I stupidly lost the login password. I would appreciate any tricks you can give me!

[@garethgill1]

There are so many good lines in this…

[@sarahmason1572]

Am I the only one who listens to this to get to sleep?

[@FromeFmAjayD]

Sarah Mason all the time, but I’ve ended up listening to the whole thing instead more than once.

[@LewdScoff]

Same here. Sux they took down I, Patridge..

[@sarahmason1572]

I know. Used to alternate between them.

[@simonlawford4589]

WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT NOW, MR NICHOLS!!

[@AintLifeHard]

Sarah Mason nope!! I listen to AP every night

[@eyeshandy]

The chocolate’s gone all ashen like ET when he goes all ashen.

[@shaunozzyoz425]

Listened to this straight after I Partridge. We need more of this brilliantly written comedy. Don't matter what stand up on telly they are just not funny at all.

[@LeeOCGaming]

shaun ozzyoz I have listened so many times I know every word 😅 to both lol

[@sprinkdesign7170]

Try Stewart Lee. The ONLY good standup.

[@LeeOCGaming]

Sprink Design Stewart Lee is shit 😂 hate him

[@sprinkdesign7170]

Doesn't surprise me.

[@LeeOCGaming]

Sprink Design sorry I'm laughing coz Stewart Lee keeps popping up on my yt wall, so I tried 1 to make sure that I didn't like him, and I was right, it was terrible imo

[@gedrooney9305]

Ive been woken to the sound of Brian, Brian, Briiiiannnn, Briaaaan, Briiaaaannnnnnn after a fully clothed nod off.

[@perzii]

Haha me too many, many times. Cant say i enjoy it

[@gedrooney9305]

@@perzii I was quite perturbed when it happened, I had absolutely no idea what was going on..

[@monumentstosuffering2995]

My name is Brian and its very unnerving.

[@23joanlee]

this dude is hilarity incarnate. I see his face, hell, I hear his name, and I break into a big grin that knows with coogan and/or partridge, laughs are right behind. brilliant.

[@AintLifeHard]

michelle stonebraker yes Michelle, I like your thinking!

[@monumentstosuffering2995]

He is a great comfort to many.

[@monumentstosuffering2995]

He's very reassuring and familiar. Matured to perfection.

[@nostalgiabarn4072]

Do you know the Wheat Sheaf?

[@mac2audio]

I'm back listening to this for the 4th time and it still makes me laugh like the first time hearing it. so good!

[@theculturedthug6609]

Steven McComb said you're a tit.

[@brienfoaboutanything9037]

Thats amazing information about Partridge: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZ7Udpmimrhkgrs

[@mac2audio]

Now my 5th time 😂

[@FromeFmAjayD]

Lovely stuff, not my words the words of Shakin` Steven's

[@liammclaughlin8196]

..

[@liammclaughlin8196]

..

[@dehydratedwater4803]

To a nomad, all roads lead to roam.

[@romeaffair]

Thanks for posting this. It's magic.

[@sk8rboi28]

“The cream of our discharge”

[@brimleyhillmassive]

What John referred to as his "golden period".

[@superthrowdown1]

We all walk, all of us.... With some exceptions

[@majorccunliffe4662]

this is the best audiobook since Gary Wilmotts weading

[@ezzy525]

Not my words...but the words of Top Gear Magazine.

[@-Deena.]

I rented an apartment in Beacsonfield for two years from Gary Wilmot. He is married to Jo..I wasnt invited for the breakfast..Im saying nothing. A pair of egomaniacs.He has TERRIBLE taste in interior design imho

[@ab8jeh]

"Idea for ebook: Weading with Gary Wilmott".

[@brimleyhillmassive]

@@ab8jeh must try standup

[@lezzman]

Reading the book yourself wouldn't be half as funny as listening to him reading it.

[@dulcesolum]

Believe me, it is very funny. But the audiobook is even funnier, about twice as much in fact

[@WillowJordan1979]

It's still very funny, and there are illustrations, like the logo design. I find it easier to skim through my favorite bits in book form. But obviously Coogan's reading is the icing on the cake.

[@harrypalmer7365]

@@WillowJordan1979 Oh really, I thought he didn't have any right to reproduce the logo 😂

[@GeorgeFarrarDrummer]

Anyone else listen to this when going to sleep haha, soooooo good!

[@josephtreacy667]

Yep

[@saturn1returns]

Yup and I, partridge.

[@monumentstosuffering2995]

Its the best of the best of the very best. Probably.

[@brianperry2961]

It's the voice that sends me off.....cashback!!!!

[@MarkBak76]

Yes all the time

[@nox3335]

I completely agree with Alan's stance on rising inflection.

[@monumentstosuffering2995]

Me too? Like - a power stance?

[@jameshennessy9064]

Should make this into a series! I'm on a loop of listening to I partridge, from the oasthouse and this. Absolutely love it!

[@SandyYoung1]

“Guess who’s big in the back time?....”

[@buliztik314]

Wished someone time stamped this 😂

[@Steveholmes1972]

Delia

[@FanVarious]

@@buliztik314 1:17:00

[@buliztik314]

@@FanVarious yaaaas, thank you! Made my morning cracking up to this

[@kennylogins4688]

Howling over here

[@garybyrne38]

Thank you so much for making this available to all..... great work !

[@ashTHFCley]

Steve coogan is a genius

[@camptube7621]

The fact he denied getting Pat Farrel sacked and the door was jammed is brilliant. We all saw the film. 😂

[@adrianandlaura]

The description of Gary Wilmot's wedding may be Alan's funniest story (2:23:10) "I spend my life under lights, I wouldn't wish that on a sausage" Lovely Stuff

[@paulrouhan7288]

...can't cook and will sue.

[@kurisensei]

Use the sausage as a breakwater

[@paulrouhan7288]

@Acorn antiques Of course you W😉😉D say that.

[@DavidBotes-nc9io]

Lovely Stuff!!!

[@freezerjoe]

"Scrit, scrit, scrit, scrit, scrit and then away" - excellent writing

[@ItzJigz187]

My backside pleading for me to continue

[@advantagemarine7305]

The fifth one was skit. Stop getting bond wrong!!! 😂

[@saxongreen78]

Word count accomplished.

[@MsClockers]

Footsteps of Fathers walks don’t have to follow a precise route, they just have to be an approximation of the original journey - a minor detour to the house of an influential television and literary agent is hardly going to trash the meaning behind the journey.

[@w8m4n]

"I take off wheeling around the carpark like a spooked horse on its period."

[@watchspotting]

I, Partridge is one of my favorite books. Can’t believe I never read this one.

[@w8m4n]

Have you tried the latest one, 'Big Beacon'?

[@andykarran3271]

Michaela Strachan's commune gets me every time.

[@jordinio1O]

"thinking about it i might replace darren day with christine bleakley, i like her. tone down the accent and she could really be something". 😂😂😂

[@cerebralparsley9261]

Nomad: We need to walk about, Alan

[@LarryJohnVA]

😄

[@ManchesterKungFu]

Top notch

[@adamsubtract81]

"Nick Witchell, whose way of using the crosstrainer is admittedly very gay, gets more grief than most. Not that he minds."

[@tensevo]

Partridge, like a fine fermented brew, gets better with age.

[@euanscotland]

EDMONDS

[@LeeOCGaming]

Euan scotland CLIMB

[@tallandhandsome29]

Yes, I cannot stand him either.

[@Tconcept]

Hello Michael, if you are stiill alive and maintaining pedlos in the solent, please leave a comment.

[@anirudhjakhar5328]

Yeah

[@michaelwilkinson3376]

What a funny story.

[@TrueGritProductions]

Alan Partridge helped me to overcome my Toblerone addiction

[@WillowJordan1979]

Did you drive to Dundee barefoot too?

[@Dilkingt0nne]

Oh my god! I’ve listened so many times but only just now have I realised that he’s breaking the wall @ 3:44:56 so subtle haha

[@viscountofalamein]

I think I’ve hit the fucking jackpot here!

[@w8m4n]

This, I Partridge and From the oast house 1 and 2 are fucking gold!

[@dukeofpreston3228]

A minor cabinet reshuffle and I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT IT

[@LeeOCGaming]

steve thomas 😦

[@quamenmike2338]

They need to put I, Partridge back up I've nearly learnt this verbatim...

[@brimleyhillmassive]

And thats absolutely fine.

[@SuperDingus]

The reveal that Alan Partridge encountered Jesus Christ in his mind and then attacked him after shouting that he was actually an Arab is arguably the greatest moment in literary history.

[@rob484]

Do you mean 'Literary'?

[@SuperDingus]

@@rob484 yeah that's why I wrote literary

[@rob484]

@@SuperDingus Come on bro, no you didn't. That was 'literally' 8 hours ago. Do you think I go around making up typos that don't exist, to complain about them?

[@SuperDingus]

@@rob484 yes

[@rob484]

@@SuperDingus What like literally? or Literary?

[@paulrouhan7288]

Needless to say, Alan had the last laugh!

[@MrIanSellers]

For God's sake remember your sandwiches. Can just tell Alan for got his hahaha Pure class.

[@LaPtiteAnglaise]

‘Scottish: “not mad.” ‘ 😆

[@saturn1returns]

Aye, that was braw 😁

[@gregjones8412]

"When walking I often like to pretend I'm a car."

[@barringtongilbert9230]

i USED TO DO THAT AS A CHILD.

[@skyblazeeterno]

I like how hes specific about the make of car too

[@ljs7434]

'I'm Rick Wakeman and my glass is dry'

[@frankspencer6935]

I can barely wait for his new book, Big Beacon. There will be Kenco coming out of my nostrils whilst listening to the audiobook in the car.

[@brimleyhillmassive]

Is this really real? I've not heard a thing.

[@w8m4n]

@@brimleyhillmassive I hope so!

[@w8m4n]

@@brimleyhillmassive yeah, apparently it's real 👍

[@toomanyhumansbuckethead4329]

It was on utube but since taken down 😢

[@PlantBP]

I've read the book and it made me laugh, but my nostrils were clear.

[@AintLifeHard]

the pep, the zip, the scriff, the wizzle

[@jamespilcher5287]

Every time I listen to this, I always end up watching the Steptoe'd marathon video.

[@suncity22001]

janet street porter and her ilk

[@LeeOCGaming]

Underdog haha class. I condemn them too 😁

[@steevedaw566]

I made that comment ages ago and someone had a go,saying Ilk was a wrong,word to use and gave me the dictionary definition of it. wrong?? What planet?

[@SlowPersuit]

@@steevedaw566 no, that was Elk. I think you may find the meaning somewhat changed - for example, "Porter and her Elk perused Norwich's leading haberdasher" adds a more... riotous aspect, although her ilk and elk most likely share certain tastes - and most likely Liberal Democrat membership (although which one gets the discount remains a mute point).

[@superthrowdown1]

Plural for magnum ice creams= magna

[@butcherax]

That's Bill Oddie. He's been with me all day, by the way...

[@LeeOCGaming]

butcherax 🐦

[@garybyrne38]

There's some great comments on here referencing some great bits of this hilarious audiobook but your little contribution makes me laugh the most everytime ! Great work !

[@ab8jeh]

2:24:40 "She [Sue Cook] really will go to town on you if you displease her... I've seen her reduce John Stapleton to tears more than once, but it's only because she cares."

[@dominiccroot1536]

She cant cook but she will sue

[@TheCollectorSteve]

Really weird , I just read this and Alan said the words as I was reading it “what are the chances!”

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

Boxley Wheatchief pub folk group Will O'The Wisp's first and only album, _Autumn Leaves_ (2015), was described by Douglas G. Fergus in the relevant issue of the NME as "a streak of warm dog piss".

[@Catonius]

wheat sheaf

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

@@Catonius Why not

[@DrBoobY2K]

Who on God's green earth dislikes this? It's free.

[@rebelwithoutapplause5629]

The blonde receptionist from the Lintern Travel Tavern for one..

[@CurrieNerd]

Noel Edmonds?

[@BeardyGit89]

Oh my god the bit about Holmes and Watson 😂🤣

[@connormacleod8042]

'Hey, (my assistant's name),' I said to her.

[@JCHKER]

Thank you Gerald 🤌🏽

[@levinuk78]

I can't control myself when he's talking about training in the pool.😅😂

[@TheGreatestPlayerInTheWorld]

Thank you for uploading this!👍😏

[@birdshenanigans8506]

Am i the only one that listens to this to go sleep walking?

[@skyblazeeterno]

hahaha any excuse to raid the fridge at night :)

[@AintLifeHard]

Don’t say I swan when I DONT yeah I wear a jean sometimes I also wear a chino or a thick cottoned PaNt

[@CarlDidur]

3:47:51 "Glen, Garryglen, Ross"

[@Luke-iq9yk]

Alan just might have been able to pull off the Alec Baldwin character 🤔 kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJzNl42ZqayAp5o

[@TheDaverobinson]

Luke given that Alan shot Forbes I’d say Baldwin is copying Alan rather than the other way round

[@FranMSK]

Always play this at bedtime 🌙 😴

[@Dj0mah]

The Nick Knowles anecdote from 4:49:30 is superb.

[@garethgill1]

“I’m walking in the footsteps of my Father”. ‘Quadriplegic was he?” says Portillo glancing at my slumped form’. Immediately I regretted sending him a cake when he lost his seat in ‘97.