Oft-forgotten gems from the Alan Partridge canon

[Gurke and Hare]

Neighborh(ood) - p(udd)ing
Vs.
M(udd)le - p(udd)ing

So what does the vowel sound in muddle rhyme with if not the vowel sound in hood?

[jamiefairlie]

So what does the vowel sound in muddle rhyme with if not the vowel sound in hood?

Eh?

Muddle puddle huddle trouble

Pudding looting booting shooting

[Russ L]

POO-DEENG

[ZoyzaSorris]

I've been thinking about (wasting my time) and editing together all his music intros/outros. By far my favourite parts of the multi-part-verse. The ones from MMM are just wonderful:

"and I was going to play London Calling by The Clash but it's awful."

"That was The Police, or as they are now known as - Sting. With their gibberish classic Da Doo Doo Dah."

The Roxanne one may be my favourite Alan of all time. Going from liking the song, to revealing it's about a prostitute, then "wanting to look her up" with his moustach twirl, then realising the song came out in 1979, thinking Roxanne is a real person, and speaking in oldy worldy language, still in his moustache twirling guise, about how "35 years on the game may not make her pleasent to thine eye".

Good call. What was the MMM one about jamiroquai? That cracked me up something chronic but sadly the mass death of my synaptic terminals seems to have deleted the details

[ZoyzaSorris]

I did a few rewatches of TTWAP. It's so much better than I remembered. Especially the second series. Loads of great stuff in it.

Never understood the poor reception in some quarters, I thought it was great. Thanks for inspiring a revisit.

[dontpaintyourteeth]

the only correct way to say things is in my specific regional accent

[Chollis]

Good call. What was the MMM one about jamiroquai? That cracked me up something chronic but sadly the mass death of my synaptic terminals seems to have deleted the details

God yes. That's the one where he's telling a caller to jump off the Clifton Suspension Bridge:

"He is and hopefully soon to be was, a very unpleasant individual, a bit like...Jamiroquai!"

[Captain Z]

Cuba Pudding Jr

[Average Comedy Enjoyer]

Puddy Holly

[Gladys]

'All the other kids with the pumped up kicks,You better run, better run outrun my gun.
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks, You better run, better run faster than my bullet... is that better? You really should talk to someone.'

[Chollis]

YouTube recommended me the tribute to John Baskell, and Alan's inexplicable mispronunciation of Baskell when introducing his widow absolutely floored me.

Devoted himself quietly - and without fuss or fanfare - to his charitable foundation: The John Baskell Foundation.

[Tarquin]

Be sure to include R.E.O Speed Wagon one - probably not considered a classic but love the delivery.

That may well be my favourite, it's beautifully timed - R...E...

From the book's essential soundtrack:
"32. Anything by Keane"

[mr. logic]

UB40...4

[Menu]

Never understood the poor reception in some quarters, I thought it was great. Thanks for inspiring a revisit.

Really glad to hear it!

[midfielder]

uh oh, mommy pea and baby pea have pushed daddy pea a bit too far, here are the black eyed peas

[Ferris]

uh oh, mommy pea and baby pea have pushed daddy pea a bit too far, here are the black eyed peas

I know we've been spoiled with latter-day Partridge, but Mid-Morning Matters and "I, Partridge" really are a cut above. Every episode has dozens of these throwaway pearls.

[Mobius]

that one always jumps out at me a bit more because of "Baby P"

[Average Comedy Enjoyer]

"The tuna and sweetcorn filling explodes into my eager mouth."

[Menu]

YouTube recommended me the tribute to John Baskell, and Alan's inexplicable mispronunciation of Baskell when introducing his widow absolutely floored me.

That Candle in the Wind joke is one of the funniest lines in all Partridge.

[The Bumlord]

That Candle in the Wind joke is one of the funniest lines in all Partridge.

The spitty noise as he puts the candle out.

Almost up there with his crunchy knees.

[Huxleys Babkins]

New Q&A with Alan:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/nov/23/alan-partridge-on-cars-canadians-and-sunday-roasts-im-already-about-70-vegan

[The Bumlord]

New Q&A with Alan:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/nov/23/alan-partridge-on-cars-canadians-and-sunday-roasts-im-already-about-70-vegan

Who would be your ideal partner in Strictly Come Dancing?

I've given this a lot of thought and all things considered I'd go for one of the women.

[chip]

I nipped to the garage and bought a bag [of Doritos], but didn't buy salsa as I had a jar in the cupboard. When I got home, I noticed the salsa had gone off in 2010, but we tucked in anyway, since best-before dates are a scam. It was only when we finished that I noticed the expiry date actually said 2001.

Laughed aloud at this

[The Bumlord]

Cow trumps

[Captain Z]

Very funny. I don't know if that's an original observation re: sequence of Bond actors, but if so he should really try stand-up. Continuity error in the answer to the final question though I think?

Spoiler alert

Didn't the role of car laureate go to someone else in Oasthouse S3?

[close]

[Proactive]

Very funny. I don't know if that's an original observation re: sequence of Bond actors, but if so he should really try stand-up. Continuity error in the answer to the final question though I think?

Spoiler alert

Didn't the role of car laureate go to someone else in Oasthouse S3?

[close]

Yep,

Spoiler alert

Idris Elba

[close]

[kalowski]

The article is brilliant. The Gibbons brothers really have a complete grasp of this character.

But years before then, as a younger man in a simpler time, I fondly remember pootling around Norfolk in a humble little runaround. Wasn't the fanciest nor most expensive, but it had personality, and that matters more than anything to me. I cried when I had to sell it. It was a 2002 Range Rover HSE+.

[Mobius]

It's just so good how they capture his voice so well in any medium. A tossed off newspaper interview shouldn't be that funny.

What would life be without Gibbons?
Worse!

[Menu]

Thank you for the article, The Bumlord!

[majava]

As an authority on the benefits of self-reflection and continuous improvement, what are your top three regrets and how did you learn from them? MarkAP

Laughed at wife when face swelled up after bee sting(s); kicked pig; wasn't great dad. Don't believe in looking back, so haven't learned from them.

The time he kicked a pig is one of my favourite little AP details. 😄

It was mentioned in the first book, but I feel it was referenced somewhere else as well. Anyone remember?