This Time With Alan Partridge (One Show Spoof)

[St_Eddie]

It's not a spoiler if you've just made something up and it's definitely wrong.

We shall see.  One of us shall be eating crow in a couple of weeks time and that person is you.  How would you care for your crow to be served, Sir?  Raw?  Filleted?  Pan fried with a side of seeds?

[Tony Tony Tony]

We shall see.  One of us shall be eating crow in a couple of weeks time and that person is you.  How would you care for your crow to be served, Sir?  Raw?  Filleted?  Pan fried with a side of seeds?

Might I suggest four and twenty of them perhaps baked in a pie?

[Shoulders?-Stomach!]

Just caught up with this thread. The show has been quality week after week. So dense with gags and exceptional performance tics. Still not over "they told me you were separated" from the first episode.
I must admit to thinking "he can't do this" a lot at the start of watching and being amazed at the extent of his behaviour and thinking "no really he can't do this", someone would notice and fire him, but then thinking "well I guess he can" and that's now the world he's in, such a shambles of a show that Alan can derail conversations into being about dimmer switches and that being totally okay. Or at least if not okay then accepted.

The fucking hubris of doing product placement in a bit about investigating product placement. Fucking hell.

It's the same drawing as in Nomad isn't it?

I don't understand this post. It seems to contain both careworn cynicism and doe-eyed naïvety.

[Kryton]

'You see in 1999 I hosted an event called 'So you wanna work for Halfords?' Hijinks ensued and long story short a chap swallowed his tongue and we all had to go home...."

[markpaterson]

What episode is BIRDIT from? If you're referring to Simon in episode four, he clearly says "my little birdie" about 3 or 4 times. Not birdit - why would that make sense?

[St_Eddie]

I don't understand this post. It seems to contain both careworn cynicism and doe-eyed naïvety.

The hallmark of your average CaBer, surely?

What episode is BIRDIT from? If you're referring to Simon in episode four, he clearly says "my little birdie" about 3 or 4 times. Not birdit - why would that make sense?

I believe "birdit" was in episode 2, possibly episode 1 (waits for someone to chip in and say "no, you fool.  It was episode 3!").

[zomgmouse]

I don't understand this post. It seems to contain both careworn cynicism and doe-eyed naïvety.

I'd say more that it contains a shift in opinion from reacting a certain way based on how I had interpreted the show to then coming to terms with the way I feel the show is presenting itself.

[greencalx]

It was episode 1 and Simon's first struggle with the digiwall.

[derek stitt]

Quite prepared to be wrong on this but, I suspect Alan uses that doll for purposes other than CPR. The filming the sequence like a heavily censored 'Electric Blue' soft core Porn video ( from the eighties) were very well done. I bet you Partridge himself directed those scenes. Also, The careful way he took the well dressed doll in and out of the loft reminded me of some of those strange men, from documentaries, who have relationships with dolls such as this. Plus, the sinister and ambiguous way he said, 'make sure to wash out the mouth' had me seeing him being orally pleasured by the doll as he was watching Howard's Way  on Netflix. Oh well, bollocks to it, even if I am wrong the stupidity of it all had me laughing and that's all that matters really.

Some other random thoughts. He is that self centred and self conscious around other people I can see the only way he can get true sexual satisfaction is by pleasuring himself in some odd way. Gunna keep my eye out for plastic bags and oranges in the next few episodes. I sometimes think they should retire the character but then there are so few other comic creations with the levels of Partridge so those thoughts of 'past his prime' are on the back boiler for now.

[hermitical]

There were 2 pictures of him on Alan's iPad (one of which was crudely drawn, presumably by Alan).

Just watched that bit again. Is that Lucy handing Alan his iTablet?

Sandwiched between the pictures of pregnant women (which is odd in itself) is a photo of an orangutan - WHY!?

Also, just noticed that Simon and the orangutan seem to be aping each other....
The same posture, same serious look on their faces etc

[Phil_A]

Just watched that bit again. Is that Lucy handing Alan his iTablet?

Sandwiched between the pictures of pregnant women (which is odd in itself) is a photo of an orangutan - WHY!?

Also, just noticed that Simon and the orangutan seem to be aping each other....
The same posture, same serious look on their faces etc

Is the orangutan also pregnant?

[the]

Quite prepared to be wrong on this but, I suspect Alan uses that doll for purposes other than CPR. The filming the sequence like a heavily censored 'Electric Blue' soft core Porn video ( from the eighties) were very well done. I bet you Partridge himself directed those scenes. Also, The careful way he took the well dressed doll in and out of the loft reminded me of some of those strange men, from documentaries, who have relationships with dolls such as this. Plus, the sinister and ambiguous way he said, 'make sure to wash out the mouth' had me seeing him being orally pleasured by the doll as he was watching Howard's Way  on Netflix. Oh well, bollocks to it, even if I am wrong the stupidity of it all had me laughing and that's all that matters really.

I thought the idea it that was an high-end sex doll with clothes on was very clear. Such a brilliant weird atmosphere.

Some other random thoughts. He is that self centred and self conscious around other people I can see the only way he can get true sexual satisfaction is by pleasuring himself in some odd way. Gunna keep my eye out for plastic bags and oranges in the next few episodes.

That's not Alan's style at all. His allusion to viewing the webcam of someone in the Philippines is more of an indication of what he gets up to.

Re. Simon's orangutan stance, if that was an intentional joke I can't begin to say how brilliant it is.

Best laugh for me this week was "Come on, Simon!" [shot of Simon looking nonplussed]

[NoSleep]

Are you sure that's an orang utan? I don't believe they stand erect like that. It's a photoshopped pic maybe meant to be a bigfoot or something (Simon?).

[Thomas]

It is indeed a free-standing orangutan.

Re. Simon's orangutan stance, if that was an intentional joke I can't begin to say how brilliant it is.

I didn't notice this excellent little touch at the time, but looking at it now I'd say it's deliberate. Even down to the position of his hand and its digits.

[Default to the negative]

Anyone else thinking the big reveal in the final episode will be that Lynn died years ago and she only exists in Alan's mind? Notice you never see her interacting with the other characters. They have these weirdly isolated little asides with each other and it often seems that she is saying the sort of things Alan would bounce around in his inner monologue.

[DrGreggles]

Anyone else thinking the big reveal in the final episode will be that Lynn died years ago and she only exists in Alan's mind? Notice you never see her interacting with the other characters.

She spoke with Jennie in episode one.

[Ferris]

Is the orangutan also pregnant?

Yeah, that's the joke. Lots of weird pregnant pictures.

[Default to the negative]

She spoke with Jennie in episode one.

Okay I checked the episode and you are right. But she says things which sound like they might be from the dark corners of Alan's brain. That piece of dialogue may have been a cathartic fantasy.

Theory not debunked.

[Tikwid]

Is the orangutan also pregnant?

A quick Google search, albeit one I forgot to do in private browsing, confirms it:

[derek stitt]

I thought the idea it that was an high-end sex doll with clothes on was very clear. Such a brilliant weird atmosphere.

That's not Alan's style at all. His allusion to viewing the webcam of someone in the Philippines is more of an indication of what he gets up to.

Re. Simon's orangutan stance, if that was an intentional joke I can't begin to say how brilliant it is.

Best laugh for me this week was "Come on, Simon!" [shot of Simon looking nonplussed]

Alan is a massive perv and I just like to imagine what he gets up too, he's not Yewtree though.

Fixed cousins computer once. Found out he has cybersex with Filipino women, sends money via western union as well. Computer full of pictures naked middle aged women and photos of his erection.

[kalowski]

Alan is a massive perv and I just like to imagine what he gets up too, he's not Yewtree though.

Fixed cousins computer once. Found out he has cybersex with Filipino women, sends money via western union as well. Computer full of pictures naked middle aged women and photos of his erection.

How did you know it was his?

[Glebe]

A quick Google search, albeit one I forgot to do in private browsing, confirms it:

[BlodwynPig]

What episode is BIRDIT from? If you're referring to Simon in episode four, he clearly says "my little birdie" about 3 or 4 times. Not birdit - why would that make sense?

He also uses Birdit in Ep 4, but you were too busy laughing to notice.

[the]

he's not Yewtree though.

To be clear, I wasn't suggesting that he was. As your cousin corroborates, there are adults in the Philippines. Unless it's recently gone Logan's Run over there.

[BlodwynPig]

Anyone else thinking the big reveal in the final episode will be that Lynn died years ago and she only exists in Alan's mind? Notice you never see her interacting with the other characters. They have these weirdly isolated little asides with each other and it often seems that she is saying the sort of things Alan would bounce around in his inner monologue.

She interacted with Jennie in the first episode

[garnish]

And Don Monty.

[Ferris]

How dare you

[St_Eddie]

Okay I checked the episode and you are right. But she says things which sound like they might be from the dark corners of Alan's brain. That piece of dialogue may have been a cathartic fantasy.

Theory not debunked.

She opens the door of the hotel room and invites Monty Don inside, whilst Alan is in the bathroom.  She also fetches the wine from the mini bar, pours it and serves it to both Alan and Monty Don.  She also directly interacts with Monty Don at several points during their meeting and Alan talks to her too, addressing her by name, in front of Monty Don.

Absurd theory thoroughly debunked.

[Default to the negative]

She opens the door of the hotel room and invites Monty Don inside, whilst Alan is in the bathroom.  She also fetches the wine from the mini bar, pours it and serves it to both Alan and Monty Don.  She also directly interacts with Monty Don at several points during their meeting and Alan talks to her too, addressing her by name, in front of Monty Don.

Can all be explained in a Fight Club-esque flashback sequence. The theory stands.

[St_Eddie]

I have a theory that Alan in this series is an imposter.  It's actually a marsupial wearing an Alan Partridge man suit.  Also, Jennie is an alien from outer space.  It can't be disproven, so the theory is valid.