This Time With Alan Partridge is to return to BBC One for a second series.
Steve Coogan revealed the news whilst speaking on the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show with host Zoe Ball.
When asked, "Is Alan returning to our screens any time soon?", the comedy star replied: "Uh, he will, there'll be another series of This Time in the next 12 months, but there's a podcast starting next month so."
Prompted further about the podcast, Coogan said: "It's called From The Oast House."
That's such a perfect Partridge-style name for the podcast.
There aren't any oast houses in Norfolk... has he moved to Kent?
There aren't any oast houses in Norfolk... has he moved to Kent?
I genuinely don't think that would stop him using the name for his 'house' (probably the shed).
(https://i.imgur.com/LQ5aqjC.gif)
In a separate interview with Absolute Radio, he clarified further to host Dave Berry: "There is going to be more Partridge in 2020. There'll be another This Time though that won't be this year, that'll be probably next year. Then there might be a documentary series with Alan roving around Britain.
"But the next thing that's coming out is a podcast, which is out next month, called From The Oast House, With Alan Partridge. There's 18 of those and they're about 20 minutes each. They're very sort of one-on-one. If anyone wants Alan up close and personal in their own space then the podcast is an opportunity."
Maybe they will figure out how to make This Time less sterile.
Maybe they will figure out how to make This Time less sterile.Just make it funny, please.
Maybe they will figure out how to make This Time less sterile.
Is there a launch date for this? He said “next month” back in Feb so assuming it is soon
The constant cutting between different takes was one of the main culprits. They should do it Knowing Me Knowing You style - 'as live' with a real studio audience.
I just loaded up the Nomad audio book on the Audible app for yet another listen and the "condemnations" section at the start has been removed! I didn't even know that could happen, I assume there's an auto-update function, but anyone know why? Guessing one of the names has recently become controversial?
here you go: https://vocaroo.com/9esGCsVcLX3
Is it because Peter Sissons died?
No word on this yet?
I can see Alan ignoring many of the rules, especially traveling, he would be driving all over East Anglia.
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/best-podcasts-may-2020-new-return-alan-partridge-secret-life-prisons-from-the-oast-house-steve-coogan-uk (https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/best-podcasts-may-2020-new-return-alan-partridge-secret-life-prisons-from-the-oast-house-steve-coogan-uk)
According to Prospect Magazine we'll get it in May.
Podcast released September 3rd.
“Next month” my arse, Steve.
https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2020/06/04/46248/its_official:_alan_partridge_podcast_coming_soon
It seems like theyre probably already recorded so it's a shame there's such a long wait for them. Now seems the time to be making the most of the captive podcast audience.
Yeah, it's got DRM up the wazoo and they'd much rather you streamed the content you've bought, but there are ways to download the aax files and convert them to mp3s.
https://mega.nz/file/YSx2TAKI#3gh6Jw99xKYOx0Roq1X98bsRJbqyWflsZ7nyAAwuHYM
Here go
Does using Alexa for this actually fucking work for anyone? When I try it Alexa gives me google search results.
https://mega.nz/file/YSx2TAKI#3gh6Jw99xKYOx0Roq1X98bsRJbqyWflsZ7nyAAwuHYM
Here go
Wouldn’t want to download alexa and find out. Get yer grubby mitts off my data
We've all got your data Ferris.
Edit: This is great. I think I have done precisely that rant about weekend cyclists in their aerodynamic lycra. I'm 43 next week.
https://mega.nz/file/YSx2TAKI#3gh6Jw99xKYOx0Roq1X98bsRJbqyWflsZ7nyAAwuHYM
Here go
https://mega.nz/file/YSx2TAKI#3gh6Jw99xKYOx0Roq1X98bsRJbqyWflsZ7nyAAwuHYM
Here go
https://mega.nz/file/YSx2TAKI#3gh6Jw99xKYOx0Roq1X98bsRJbqyWflsZ7nyAAwuHYM
Here go
https://mega.nz/file/YSx2TAKI#3gh6Jw99xKYOx0Roq1X98bsRJbqyWflsZ7nyAAwuHYM
Here go
I assumed he was referring to Carol, but could be wrong.
https://mega.nz/file/YSx2TAKI#3gh6Jw99xKYOx0Roq1X98bsRJbqyWflsZ7nyAAwuHYM
Here go
https://mega.nz/file/YSx2TAKI#3gh6Jw99xKYOx0Roq1X98bsRJbqyWflsZ7nyAAwuHYM
Here go
Without wanting to reduce appreciation for the MP3, the YouTube version is a lot easier to hear if there's background noise. The MP3 loses a lot of high-end in the voice.
I assumed he was referring to Carol, but could be wrong.
Can't get the jingle out of my head
Alan: (joking but not joking) "why can't you just admit the fact that I have a better house than you?"
...chuckle it out and they can't take offence. 09:57
I liked this joke, but thought it odd how it ended with a joke about "knifing" this person and, if that wasn't enough, stabbing his ex wife. Is that canon?
jumper-chunky socks.
Is there any indication of what you'll get for your £20? If it's 18 DRM free MP3 files (other formats are available) then fine. If it's some shitty thing that you can only listen to in Audible forget it, I'll find a pirated version somewhere.
I wish they wouldn't call things that aren't podcasts podcasts though.
It's an Audiobook, it's only a podcast in-world
Yes it would have been nice to get this free via the usual podcast channels rather than pay them for it
You seem very angry
Yes it's a verbal knifing, something about going to the gym
If someone can think of a way for me to respond to this post and win please PM me.
Autumn Leaves
by Alan Partridge
AUTUMN
by
shiftwork2
Leaf dies
And falls
Gone brown like shit
Leaf is you
It's also on the 'Tube if you're down with the kids:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylg3HAOue1M (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylg3HAOue1M)
AlanPartridge-FromTheOasthouse_s1e01.mp3 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1p-JKhFLPikTCZLnb8HYTL2g5QrNfolLJ/view?usp=sharing)
Is the big bastard house Alan was living in in Alpha Papa not canon any more, or did he have to downsize to an oast house? I've probably missed something from one of the audiobooks there...
Do they have oast houses in Norfolk. I thought they were exclusive to us here in KENT.
Train loads of happy smiling cockneys didn't use to go to Norfolk to pick hops for exploitative farmers as a holiday did they?
Is the big bastard house Alan was living in in Alpha Papa not canon any more, or did he have to downsize to an oast house? I've probably missed something from one of the audiobooks there...Isn't it more likely that Alan has named his shed The Oasthouse?
Trailer for the Podcast.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=V0m0KuJLnvY
New clip: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A5Fk8IHlay8P9sRVLlCzKu6fbr96yGq5/view?usp=sharing
"He's not a confident lad, but his mum will be there."
New clip: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A5Fk8IHlay8P9sRVLlCzKu6fbr96yGq5/view?usp=sharing
I can't remember the exact quote but I loved the bit where it mentions someone spotting Alan in the swimming baths and he was doing widths. What a fantastically understated insult.
As is seeing him in Asda and Argos.
Like most people, I assumed those who hosted podcasts were pale, tech-obsessed social lepers who live with their mums and couldn’t get a platform on any meaningful broadcaster so started spouting their bloated opinions into their USB microphones to flatter their groaning sense of self-importance.
“But then I spoke to a man I’d never heard of before from Audible. HE called ME and made me an offer. I countered. He came back. I countered again. In short, we hammered out the details (to my satisfaction) and the result is a series of podcasts. They’ve been described as very good/sensational.”
That idea could have been slightly trimmed down I think.
The "refreshing" callback at the end was pretty weak.
Is part of the conceit that Alan is reading a script for his podcast, thereby misunderstanding what a podcast is? If not, I don't want it to feel like it's Coogan reading as Alan, which some of this does. The bits where it sounds like Alan's winging it are the best.
After the year we’ve been through, there are more important things than how much you earn or what racquets club you’re a member of or how sweet your wheels are. And people say, ‘That’s the Insignia GSi, isn’t it? Nine-speed automatic with paddle shift? Keyless entry, e-boost hydraulic brakes, heated front seats with massage functionality?’ And I just chuckle. Some even peer through the window and say, ‘Tell you what, Alan, for a 40k car, this is specced to absolute buggery.’ And I just shrug and, again, chuckle.
Bit in the Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/sep/02/alan-partridge-podcast-interview-boris-johnson-oasthouse?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Includes exciting link to a CaB thread from 2006!
Where's the Cab link? That's like seeing somewhere you know on the news. So exciting.
I love that I can read all his words in his voice with his mannerisms. It’s like Partridge is inside my head, a metaphorical head of course, he’s not literally inside my head, that would be crazy, and also dangerously unhygienic.Over a hundred likes for that.
Hyperlink behind "Fuck Off, I'm Fat".
Great article, pity about the comments.
Over a hundred likes for that.
Includes exciting link to a CaB thread from 2006!
I originally presumed the Gibbons' had written it, but there are a few canonical errors in there which they'd never let slide, so I presume they've supplied answers to pre-baked questions and the journo has massaged it into an "interview".
Includes exciting link to a CaB thread from 2006!
Partridge now has a Linkdin account.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/the-real-alan-partridge/
Partridge now has a Linkdin account.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/the-real-alan-partridge/
I originally presumed the Gibbons' had written it, but there are a few canonical errors in there which they'd never let slide, so I presume they've supplied answers to pre-baked questions and the journo has massaged it into an "interview".
Thought the podcast would be available from midnight dammit.
What's the score with Audible? Is it like a streaming thing or can you get the free trial, download and then cancel? I'm sure I legitimately managed to do the latter with I, Partridge.Yeah, i've just done that. I'm sorry but it's not really a podcast if it's distributed like this!
What's the score with Audible? Is it like a streaming thing or can you get the free trial, download and then cancel? I'm sure I legitimately managed to do the latter with I, Partridge.
Yeah, i've just done that. I'm sorry but it's not really a podcast if it's distributed like this!
Yeah I agree, it might feel like a daft complaint but somehow the delivery as an audiobook feels like it spoils the idea of it being a podcast.
I understand why it happened - is there any way to monetise podcasts without ads? I still want to pay for it, I just want it in my podcast app! I want the experience !!! I WANT THE FIDELITY
Yeah I agree, it might feel like a daft complaint but somehow the delivery as an audiobook feels like it spoils the idea of it being a podcast.
I understand why it happened - is there any way to monetise podcasts without ads? I still want to pay for it, I just want it in my podcast app! I want the experience !!! I WANT THE FIDELITY
A lot of podcasts have paid versions via Patreon, but all that normally entails is sending subscribers an exclusive RSS feed to paste into their podcast client and crossing their fingers that nobody leaks it.
There's also the Spotify route if you think they'll cut you an exclusivity deal, but they are looking for proven podcasts like Joe Rogan who gets nearly 200m listens a month. But you'd still get ads and you'd still be forced to use a specific app.
This is as about as good an option as you'll get.
I beg one or all of you to PM me with an upload
No actually please remain largely within the confines of the law
Signed up for yet another free Audible trial (last one was when Nomad came out), downloaded this for free, cancelled my account and as I was doing so was offered another free credit to stay. Lovely stuff.
How do those free trial offers appear? Email? The app itself?
What's the easiest way to convert these shitty .aax files into .mp3?
Give this (https://audio.online-convert.com/convert-to-mp3) a try.
The file is too big, that one only goes up to a certain limit. Just tried OpenAudible and that will only transfer to MP3 on the paid version. Anything else?
This would be the only thing I'd listen to if I had audible, I don't like audio books.
Now if someone took it upon themselves to PM me with mp3s of this I'd give them a piece of my mind!
Don't EVER send me this. EVER.
DON'T read my previous post
It might be because I've spent the night drinking heavily, but as a MILLENIAL of the ZOOMER PERSUASION this is a very "comfy" Partridge work. I've had it on while playing Killing Floor 2 and doing some game modding idly, and it's quite pleasant to just listen to, occasionally tune in/out of, and the like. Probably heresy to those of you who will analyze every single word Alan says, but I think the sheer volume of time here means it's well worthy of being decent background to doing something more productive (like shooting shitty zombies.)
So many incredible bits in it, absolutely loving it. Hard to pick out a favourite moment but I was just utterly ruined by:
"Get me out of here, these people are cunts"
Am I the only one who, after he sings “from the Oasthouse” keeps adding “with the most-house”?
I bet I am.
Fucking barked a HAH! out walking down the street at him falling over in the countryside. Turns out he's really good at physical comedy even in audio form.God, yes, that was a brilliant moment.
And if someone sends this to me, I won't kill myself. Tonight anyway.
^Dickhead^
Don't you fucks read any of the rest of the thread?
Google "alan tomorrows release reddit"
Also KKBYT, my favorite of all.
Great stuff, really enjoying it.
I don’t buy into the audiobook/podcast thing though. When people hear “podcast” they, quite reasonably, think of a free thing. But, the Alan Partridge world is fiction, so I think of it as just like any other Peartree Production. This is a podcast inside of Alan’s world, but we must buy a ticket to gain entry into this world. It’s really no different to KMKYWAP, MMM, APSI, etc, just another format.
Tried the free trial on Audible on Amazon but when I try to get the app to listen to it,it just says currently unavailable. Anyone else had this problem ?
Tried the free trial on Audible on Amazon but when I try to get the app to listen to it,it just says currently unavailable. Anyone else had this problem ?
I really did like the bit where he gets audibly depressed and miserable at going through his loft and finding out he hasn't done much with his life, only for his grandkids to make a surprise appearance and him to, at least implicitly, spend the rest of his day having a great time with them, getting to know them, and reconnect with them. Including the implication (because they have a nanny) that Fernando has done good for himself. A true heartwarming bit.
So many incredible bits in it, absolutely loving it. Hard to pick out a favourite moment but I was just utterly ruined by:
"Get me out of here, these people are cunts"
I used up my free trial earlier this year, but someone on Reddit has uploaded the whole thing: https://www.reddit.com/r/AlanPartridge/comments/ilea1f/tomorrows_release/
Already on my second listen through and wouldn't be surprised if I did a third straight after. Can't fathom how people would be too tight to pay for this, given that if you get the half price trial, you can also get the previous two audio books as well.
I'm just as bad, but people are just like that. You can have something fantastic for sale for less than the price of a cup of coffee (or about 1/50 the cost of a night out drinking) but people will still spend an hour looking for a way to get it for free.
Already on my second listen through and wouldn't be surprised if I did a third straight after. Can't fathom how people would be too tight to pay for this, given that if you get the half price trial, you can also get the previous two audio books as well.
It would help if they integrated Audible with Amazon better. Like I said I was surprised not to be able to use my Amazon gift voucher.
Ok, 30 mins in, I'm struggling a bit. This rambling stuff is fucking boring. Does it improve?
I haven't nailed down what happens on which episodes
Have only listened to the pre-release clips so far - does it have in-universe adverts like a real podcast?Yes, brilliant ones.
Since 'We need to talk about Alan' I'm convinced audio books are the way forward for Alan, Nomad was not in the same league but both made me laugh harder than anything, basically ever. This is easily as good as. "Nothing refreshes like an ice cold glass of milk".I don't understand why anyone would read the books instead of listening to them. Like you say, some of the funniest stuff ever.
Yes, brilliant ones.
I'm onto chapter/episode ten, and much like an idiot, I've actually cried at his grandkids turning up. The start of the episode was making me want to post in here about the fact that the one thing I don't really like in Partridge is the whole thing with his kids not seeing him, because the longer it goes on, the more it just feels bleak in a nasty way. It was a funny and believable detail in the earlier stuff, but after this long it just seems a bit much, all the stuff about not being invited to their weddings or whatever. Of course he's a ballache but he's not an evil cunt, we're meant to have affection for him, so it just never worked for me. And the opening of episode ten, with all the stuff about him just being a spectator on Instagram, while Carol is fully involved, felt quite cruel, felt like the gag past its limit. I always thought they missed a bit of a trick by not ending Nomad with a reunion of sorts with Fernando, given that the book was all about him and his dad. I wasn't expecting a big Oscar moment set to Cat Stevens, but just something in that nice small, muted way they usually do in Partridge. So I really really really loved the way they ended episode ten. And I cried, ALRIGHT?!
Fucking hell, I just remembered they opened the episode with that bit about crying at podcasts, making you think he was going to engineer some unearned bit of emotion at the end, because they know they've deliberately written it to get you at the end.
Cunts.
Hahaha one of the related videos is I, Partridge.
"Smash your head in." was pure Alan.
Yeah and the moment at 10:57 was great as well.
Figured I'd put this here, from the AP Reddit. Some (apparently well-known) car reviewer bloke's in-depth review of a "luxury camper" vehicle (which he was supposedly living in on the Walsall ringroad whilst visiting his mum).
That doesn't sound interesting, I know, but it's a wonderful example of real-life Partridge: https://youtu.be/tKBBYeZD0po
I'm onto chapter/episode ten, and much like an idiot, I've actually cried at his grandkids turning up. The start of the episode was making me want to post in here about the fact that the one thing I don't really like in Partridge is the whole thing with his kids not seeing him, because the longer it goes on, the more it just feels bleak in a nasty way. It was a funny and believable detail in the earlier stuff, but after this long it just seems a bit much, all the stuff about not being invited to their weddings or whatever. Of course he's a ballache but he's not an evil cunt, we're meant to have affection for him, so it just never worked for me. And the opening of episode ten, with all the stuff about him just being a spectator on Instagram, while Carol is fully involved, felt quite cruel, felt like the gag past its limit. I always thought they missed a bit of a trick by not ending Nomad with a reunion of sorts with Fernando, given that the book was all about him and his dad. I wasn't expecting a big Oscar moment set to Cat Stevens, but just something in that nice small, muted way they usually do in Partridge. So I really really really loved the way they ended episode ten. And I cried, ALRIGHT?!
Fucking hell, I just remembered they opened the episode with that bit about crying at podcasts, making you think he was going to engineer some unearned bit of emotion at the end, because they know they've deliberately written it to get you at the end.
Cunts.
This is true of Comixology too, which now that I think about it is also owned by Amazon.
Figured I'd put this here, from the AP Reddit. Some (apparently well-known) car reviewer bloke's in-depth review of a "luxury camper" vehicle (which he was supposedly living in on the Walsall ringroad whilst visiting his mum).
That doesn't sound interesting, I know, but it's a wonderful example of real-life Partridge: https://youtu.be/tKBBYeZD0po
Hahahaha 20:30 "She doesn't half get a move on when you put your foot down." said with the exact Partridge intonations. Its bloody brilliant!There's too much gold in this one. "The Spirit of MDMA". Unreal. https://youtu.be/Bu0UhBrzd8k?t=669 (https://youtu.be/Bu0UhBrzd8k?t=669) "and down...for a very long time"
I second a new thread motion.
There's too much gold in this one. "The Spirit of MDMA". Unreal. https://youtu.be/Bu0UhBrzd8k?t=669 (https://youtu.be/Bu0UhBrzd8k?t=669) "and down...for a very long time"
Glad I stuck with it - my main criticism of the first hour is that Alan is nowhere near as funny when he's just wandering round outside chuntering to himself as he is when talking to the microphone in his broadcasting voice (imo). It's too close to the line between pretending to be a boring man and just being a boring man.I don't know. I loved the rambling and how Coogan makes trying to talk when running so incredibly funny is amazing.
Listened to the first twenty minutes walking back from school run this morning. Looked a bit of a plum laughing away to myself.
Are you being served?
Are you being served?
I don't know. I loved the rambling and how Coogan makes trying to talk when running so incredibly funny is amazing.
Haha! Again, pure Partridge. "Heroin, smack and gear."
Coogan and the Gibbons' have revived Alan to spectacular effect in the last ten years, but I sympathise with Iannucci when he said that he could no longer be in the same room as that character. The older, slightly warmer Alan must be so much easier for Steve, Rob and Neil to deal with.
the GibbonsesThank fuck!
The Oast House is great. So far (I'm on E2) it's been just Alan with very little interaction with anyone else and it paints quite a bleak picture of his life as he progresses into old age and the occasional references to his friends only serve to reinforce it.
I suppose one thing in favour of earlier Partridges were that other people got good lines - I know this happens in MMM and a couple of times in Oasthouse - but not to the extent of KMKYWAP or IAP. Even TTWAP was basically a load of stooges and Alan. Gibbons Uno & Dos have nailed the voice but you could make the argument that the character has increasingly narrowcast to ardent fans. Which I don't mind as such, but you won't get any more 'head slapping?' or stories about macaques.
I used up my free trial earlier this year, but someone on Reddit has uploaded the whole thing: https://www.reddit.com/r/AlanPartridge/comments/ilea1f/tomorrows_release/
I'm onto chapter/episode ten, and much like an idiot, I've actually cried at his grandkids turning up. The start of the episode was making me want to post in here about the fact that the one thing I don't really like in Partridge is the whole thing with his kids not seeing him, because the longer it goes on, the more it just feels bleak in a nasty way. It was a funny and believable detail in the earlier stuff, but after this long it just seems a bit much, all the stuff about not being invited to their weddings or whatever. Of course he's a ballache but he's not an evil cunt, we're meant to have affection for him, so it just never worked for me. And the opening of episode ten, with all the stuff about him just being a spectator on Instagram, while Carol is fully involved, felt quite cruel, felt like the gag past its limit. I always thought they missed a bit of a trick by not ending Nomad with a reunion of sorts with Fernando, given that the book was all about him and his dad. I wasn't expecting a big Oscar moment set to Cat Stevens, but just something in that nice small, muted way they usually do in Partridge. So I really really really loved the way they ended episode ten. And I cried, ALRIGHT?!
Fucking hell, I just remembered they opened the episode with that bit about crying at podcasts, making you think he was going to engineer some unearned bit of emotion at the end, because they know they've deliberately written it to get you at the end.
Cunts.
Also, I love the bits in this that are basically Coogan airing his own views and grievances, eg about the royals, tories, the press, big business etc.
He says "grab a shower" despite previously making fun of Sidekick Simon's "grab a coffee", and pronounces schedule the American way, which I don't think Alan actually approves of. I'm not going to lose another night's sleep over it though.
Can I just shock you? Alan likes saying those things. Despite what he said earlier.
Can I just shock you? Alan likes saying those things. Despite what he said earlier.
at some point in Oasthouse he is asked to grab a coffee and he has no problem with it; i think in that scene in IAP it was more an utterly minor adversarial thing that he could use.
Positive comments coming in thick and fast on the "From the Oast House" delivery. Sounds like Coogan's Terry Wogan to me when I hear it. And all the better for it.
Has there ever been anything else even remotely like AP in a conceptual sense? A fictional character whom/who we see move through various life stages via various platforms?
Has there ever been anything else even remotely like AP in a conceptual sense? A fictional character whom/who we see move through various life stages via various platforms? I love how the character has been revived and fleshed out, and I want it to keep going basically until the day Coogan pops his clogs. What would 80 year old Partridge be like?
His stance on things is just that little less easy to predict but always makes sense; it really brings him more to life. It’s all just rather lovely.
Has there ever been anything else even remotely like AP in a conceptual sense?
| 1. | Gregg, on the other hand, is an amazing character (albeit inherently limited), and Turkington is easily the more tasteful and thoughtful of the two. I wish he'd do more of his own stuff. |
Yeah I’ve mentioned it on here previously, but Alan getting annoyed at supermarket self checkouts from MMM is a good example of this. He doesn’t get frustrated at them when they don’t work (which would be the obvious move), he gets frustrated at people for not using them correctly and causing them not to work.
It’s a tiny detail but it adds a lot.
Not the same, as they're only novels (plus adaptations), but recent Partridge has reminded me of the Adrian Mole books. The sense of a character ageing in real time, and the canon gradually building and the circumstances changing as the years go on, becoming richer and more complex.Yep, good call.
One of my favourite themes of From the Oassssthouseeee is Alan clearly reading out Wikipedia entries on complicated topics and passing them off as his own, off the cuff, thoughts.
Need to give this another listen, but is there a slight dig at David Baddiel with all the trolling stuff or am I reading too much into it? I only say that because of the stuff about people doing children's books for maximum money for minimum effort too.That's just aimed at all the celebs who write children's books isn't it? There's enough of them.
That's just aimed at all the celebs who write children's books isn't it? There's enough of them.
Coogan's performance as Partridge might be the best comedy character of all time. It's perfect.I've been I'd this view for years. Incredible character with real depth.
I've been I'd this view for years. Incredible character with real depth.
"Rehabilitates ex-offenders, not rehabilitate sex-offenders."
Coogan's performance as Partridge might be the best comedy character of all time. It's perfect.
His delivery is so good, I saw that joke coming a mile off and still pissed myself.When he mentioned a mispronunciation I thought he was going to talk about saying codpast instead of podcast. These tiny little moments just emphasize how mixed up and on edge he is all the time.
There's no mention of Sidekick Simon, is there? Not that there needs to be, but I like to imagine that Alan severed contact with him following the This Time fiasco. He was of no further use. The bantankerous youngish bloke who initially made Alan feel like he was in tune with modern broadcasting became instantly expendable. Dead to him now.
There's no mention of Sidekick Simon, is there? Not that there needs to be, but I like to imagine that Alan severed contact with him following the This Time fiasco. He was of no further use. The bantankerous youngish bloke who initially made Alan feel like he was in tune with modern broadcasting became instantly expendable. Dead to him now.
Oh God that's another great moment. Paraphrased: "My daughter Denise doesn't have any children, it's a lifestyle choice. Some people say "well, you never know", but I do know, it's a lifestyle choice".
I didn't get that reference, is it a famously gay-friendly area?
I didn't get that reference, is it a famously gay-friendly area?
I'm going to have to pay for Audible to get this aren't I? Sounds great, need more Alan.
I'm going to have to pay for Audible to get this aren't I? Sounds great, need more Alan.
If you have an Amazon account, and haven't used Audible before you get either one or two free books.
If you've already used them up, you can join Amazon with different details, and a debit or credit card you haven't used on the first account, and hey presto, you have another Amazon account, and can get your free audible book.
That's what a criminal told me anyway, it's certainly not something I did.
I've used 4 free Audible trials so far, all on the same account. Last time was for the Nomad audiobook so it's been a while, but they definitely give you recurring offers.
The Mr Kipling line is very Saxondale.
There's several times I've felt this could be Saxondale speaking, not complaining though.
Just pay for it for fucks sake lads because if enough people stop paying for things we like then the people we like will stop making them :-(
He's also wrong when he describes 'As Time Goes By' as an '80s sitcom'.
I was fucking fuming when I heard that.
For the record, your honour, my browser was displaying a broken link.
Stay safe everyone. o7
Is APFTO the first time in the Partridge canon where Alan has said "cunts"?
Shocked me a bit, that.
Is APFTO the first time in the Partridge canon where Alan has said "cunts"?
I'm sure he's said it before. There's a bit in one of the Sky mocumentaries where he encounters an old teacher and calls him a cunt but I think it might have been slightly obscured by the voiceover.
Really caught me off-guard but, bloody hell, it made me laugh.
No, no. It was broken. But you shamed me into getting a new one. Thank you.
Not at all. You have behaved impeccably throughout this whole imbroglio. I shall rest tonight a better man. Thank you.
Whole thing has been ruined by the bit where he talks about looking good in a backless dress because as we all know Alan famously has a fat back.
The theme tune is haunting me. I can not shake it.
PRELIMINARY RANKINGS
MMM1 > IAP 1 > I, Part > KMKYWAP (inc. Xmas) > Oasthouse [new entry!] > MMM2 > TTWAP > KMYWAP radio > Day Today bits > Scissored Isle > Nomad > IAP2 > On The Hour bits > Open Books With Martin Bryce > Alpha Papa > Places of my Life > stand-up bits live as part of those Coogan shows > Anglian Lives
I'm interested in your distinction between MMM1 and MMM2. In my mind they all merge into one long season of 12 episodes. I'm not sure I could tell you which eps were in which season(apart from a couple). In what way is S2 noticeably worse than S1?
Actually this reminds me of one of my friends - a big fan of post-2008 Partridge (slightly too young for the TV stuff) who insists he can't tell the difference between S1 and S2 of IAP. I mean, honestly. That's just blindness.
PRELIMINARY RANKINGS
MMM1 > IAP 1 > I, Part > KMKYWAP (inc. Xmas) > Oasthouse [new entry!] > MMM2 > TTWAP > KMYWAP radio > Day Today bits > Scissored Isle > Nomad > IAP2 > On The Hour bits > Open Books With Martin Bryce > Alpha Papa >Places of my Life > stand-up bits live as part of those Coogan shows > Anglian Lives
I'd put Anglian Lives higher up on that list though! "300k! 300k or we take it to Sky!"
That was the Xmas KMKYWAP
Dunno why I thought it was Anglian Lives.
Dunno why I thought it was Anglian Lives.
I have the DVD of series 1 only, so I don't merge them together. They are distinct entities, and while I really like MMM2 (everything from IAP2 up is gold to me) I just felt like it was a slightly less-successful retread and slightly broader (particularly Julian Barratt and the kids at the end). Lines from the first series have become braintape whilst few from the second have. Splidding hairs though.
On the subject of MMMM (Mid-Morning Matters Music), I absolutely bloody love Alan, Simon and Dave Clifton's accordion-backed singsong of "Are Friends Electric."
On the subject of MMMJ, the best jingle on any show ever is the 8 seconds of "Sidekick Simon, Sidekick Simon, Sieg Heil! Sieg Heil! Sidekick Simon, Sidekick Simon, duu-duu-du-du-da-daa" to the sound of marching jackboots.
On the subject of MMMJ, the best jingle on any show ever is the 8 seconds of "Sidekick Simon, Sidekick Simon, Sieg Heil! Sieg Heil! Sidekick Simon, Sidekick Simon, duu-duu-du-du-da-daa" to the sound of marching jackboots.Up there with the distressing sweary traffic report one from IAP
Obviously as a fan I would be able to tell the difference as I know all the episodes more or less by heart, but I don't think there's a huge difference in quality at all. I've always wondered whether those who saw the first series had really high expectations for the second series and so felt the dip in quality more strongly. As someone who came a bit later (in fact I think the first run of the second series was my introduction to the character beyond a vague awareness of him from The Day Today), I'd say the first is probably better, but there isn't much in it.
I haven't read most of this (I'm only about halfway through, avoiding spoilers) so sorry if this has already been mentioned, but has anyone else noticed some lines or sentiments repeated from other Partridge things? I've noticed a lot of them, but the first that springs to mind is the Catherine Zeta-Jones/Michael Douglas "looks like a gray crow" line from I, Partridge. There have been plenty of others though.
his grandma: "She used to stare me out"
i don't want this to end
The only thing about IAP2 that decisively puts it beneath IAP1 on sight is the Bono episode, which is pretty bad.
On the subject of NMMMJ (non-mid morn mat jingles) how did Chris Morris ever get away with 'Hi I'm Bruno Brooks... nnnngggcunt' on Radio One
Going to Remembrance Sunday dressed as a poppy is one of the silliest things he's done.
That stuck out to me as something Coogan or Gibbonses clearly wanted to take a dig at via Alan. Can't remember it specifically now but there's a political bit in FTO where Alan's words are clearly the exact opposite of what Steve really thinks.
One of the oldest things I remember from the internet. Do you have a link to it?
or a valid ethical reason for not giving Audible money (i like to imagine that they were involved in some sort of powered baby seal milk scandal in the 80s)
There’s a few of those - Alan’s thoughts on Top Gear and Piers Morgan come to mind.
Seriously, how fucking good is Steve Coogan?I just said to my wife that I was amazed at how good Coogan is at physical comedy through the medium of sound. The sound he makes bending over to pick up the towel in the spa episode is sublime.
Well, they're owned by Amazon.
I know this has been said a lot already but you can get the entire thing free by installing Audible as a free trial and then cancelling the subscription. This is so much easier than playing it as a long unsegmented mp3 off your phone (or whatever), it's free, and will still count as a purchase from Audible's perspective, thereby helping Coogan and Co.
So get it on Audible unless you have the moral objection to Amazon, which is fair enough
Yeah too right. I immediately imagined the eggy fart smells but then imagined the state of the egg shits. Good god it made me cold.
Okay, I'm going to have to be That Guy, because I'm really struggling with this. I'm at 2hr35 and I've turned it off a good few times out of boredom. Wherever this "best Partridge ever" is I haven't hit it yet.
Okay, I'm going to have to be That Guy, because I'm really struggling with this. I'm at 2hr35 and I've turned it off a good few times out of boredom. Wherever this "best Partridge ever" is I haven't hit it yet.
That is ace. Also enjoy the reaaaaalllllly slowed-down version that lasts forever and highlights how desperate and contrived all the wacky "boing" and "parp" effects are.
Well, they're owned by Amazon.
I know this has been said a lot already but you can get the entire thing free by installing Audible as a free trial and then cancelling the subscription. This is so much easier than playing it as a long unsegmented mp3 off your phone (or whatever), it's free, and will still count as a purchase from Audible's perspective, thereby helping Coogan and Co.
So get it on Audible unless you have the moral objection to Amazon, which is fair enough
PILE ON!
Aye fucking PAY FOR IT, for fuck sake. Use whatever rationale you need to, it's a few cups of coffee, it's 800 penny chews, whatever, just fucking pay for it so they make more, pay for the things in life that are good and stop expecting other people to do it for you.
Even if you CAN'T afford it, even if you live in an Alan Clarke film, even if you don't like Alan Partridge, laughing, spoken language or have ears or a brain, pay for Alan Partridge From The Oasthouse, now, got it?
edit: Pay for it? If we do the audible trial scam, surely Amazon is paying him for the "token" we use regardless
pay for the things in life that are good and stop expecting other people to do it for you.
Nice one, tell you that to the ones scouring the Internet for a free download of which Amazon has no awareness like the upthread Reddit discussions.
Personally, upon getting access to it on Audible, I used a second PC to play the entire 6 hours through, meanwhile recording the speaker output in Audacity so I wouldn't lose possession of the series even after I cancelled the free Audible subscription.
This is a particularly flimsy argument to apply to a podcast, a medium people on low incomes and without major funding can create and publish work of artistic value, but the fact is the product has emerged in a certain form which is infinitely duplicatable at no cost and such a product has a market value of zero.
Audible have also decided this specific product should be released for free for a time as a hook to attract people to their wider service.
Someone not paying to hear this is not depriving them of their livelihoods.
Audible have also decided this specific product should be released for free for a time as a hook to attract people to their wider service. The creators have also consented to this and they have been paid for their work. Someone not paying to hear this is not depriving them of their livelihoods.
(Never mind the fact that Partridge wouldn't be half as popular or well known had it not been for the freely accessible content that has been shared. Word of mouth is, as it has always been, free advertising.)
it's the third Audible-Coogan deal so I think it's fair to assume people are happy with the proceeds.
I'd dispute that too. Partridge is mainstream, and has been for over 20 years, well before the popularity of the internet. That's why he kept coming back, not because a few people on the internet were sharing clips.
I'm just pointing out that it's not correct to say that choosing to pirate the podcast has no impact at all on its creators.
Did I say it was one or the other?
(Never mind the fact that Partridge wouldn't be half as popular or well known had it not been for the freely accessible content that has been shared. Word of mouth is, as it has always been, free advertising.)
Is it as bad as nicking a torch from Tesco?
Not an argument I was making.
Again, I argued it was not depriving them of their livelihoods...
This is a particularly flimsy argument to apply to a podcast, a medium people on low incomes and without major funding can create and publish work of artistic value, but the fact is the product has emerged in a certain form which is infinitely duplicatable at no cost and such a product has a market value of zero. Audible have also decided this specific product should be released for free for a time as a hook to attract people to their wider service. The creators have also consented to this and they have been paid for their work. Someone not paying to hear this is not depriving them of their livelihoods. It is up to Audible/Amazon whether they commission work to be done and whether they decide to use it as a loss leader and whether they choose to protect the copyright of that work adequately, or whether they let it escape to a format that is infinitely duplicatable and has a market value of zero. If they found piracy morally abhorrent enough then they would have protected this art. As it happens, they have most likely accepted archival and sharing will occur and will budget accordingly. They accepted the risk, they took the risk. Everything else is extraneous.
(Never mind the fact that Partridge wouldn't be half as popular or well known had it not been for the freely accessible content that has been shared. Word of mouth is, as it has always been, free advertising.)
sevendaughters doesn't need to justify why they haven't paid for this in the way they have done.
If there was a way for the money to go directly to the creators, a la Patreon, with none of the pointless middle men getting any, i'd urge paying for it, but fuck it they're getting paid by Bezos.
It's fine to nick a torch from Tesco because Tesco have factored shoplifting into their projected costs. They expect a number of people to steal torches so why not be one of them? The torch manufacturer understood this risk when they allowed Tesco to sell their torches.
This is such a bad argument. If you saw it through logically you'd probably not pay for anything. You wouldn't steal from shops and you shouldn't steal from artists. Especially if their work has brought you much joy, which it clearly has.
It's fine to nick a torch from Tesco because Tesco have factored shoplifting into their projected costs. They expect a number of people to steal torches so why not be one of them? The torch manufacturer understood this risk when they allowed Tesco to sell their torches.
I mean I do pay, just saying.
Menu, do you realise how absurd you look giving (admittedly quite wise advice) while sporting such a hilarious avatar?
those not in the know (NSFW)
https://i.imgur.com/hB9IoOq.png don't click
Before you start, I actually did buy this off Audible -- after pirating it first because the pirate format is easier for me to transfer about. Yes, I'm probably a minority.
I do like the idea that people might think I am him.
The moralism about pirating this is actually laughable considering how openly this forum pirates TV programmes and the likes. Please pack your E-wang away and understand that people are going to pirate content regardless of what you say or how you try to shame them.
Before you start, I actually did buy this off Audible -- after pirating it first because the pirate format is easier for me to transfer about. Yes, I'm probably a minority. No, I don't care about that, nor the purported moral quandry you're going to use to shame people for pirating something purely because you like it. If they were downloading the entire series of Two Pints of Lager & A Packet of Crisps over and over you would give nae fucks.
That wasnt really the discussion though, it was more about getting it for free from Audible versus getting it for free from elsewhere, until Shoulders made that post about how pirating podcasts is fine and hurts no one, which was just wrong from top to bottom, really. If you think about the reasons why you bought it after pirating it, those are the reasons why people are saying get it for free from Audible instead of elsewhere.
And yes I can safely say this is fact, as I have spoken to people in this industry.
I don't think it is a fact, though.
If you get it for free from Audible then don't renew you are actually doing more harm than pirating it, though. That sort of thing adds a major disincentive to investors, who DO look at the metric for releases-to-free-trials-to-cancellations. Not only that but Audible's files is shite. If you really want to get it for free just pirate it, becuase that does far less investor-visible harm. I don't care about investors but they are the people who determine whether or not stuff like this continues to get made.
And yes I can safely say this is fact, as I have spoken to people in this industry.
Shoulders made that post about how pirating podcasts is fine and hurts no one, which was just wrong from top to bottom, really.
If you are going to keep failing to comprehend explicitly caveated arguments could you leave me out of it so I don't have to keep popping in here to respond "I never said that, please stop misrepresenting me" every 2 hours.
Gonna need to offer a bit more evidencefor than that for it to be fact, as it makes no sense. Pirating it so they get nothing and so think its not popular and wont make any more is better than someone signing up to their service, getting it, letting them know there is a demand for it, and then cancelling?
Investors literally do not see the figures for pirate websites -- they aren't particularly known for record-keeping... but they see the figures for people who have registered, downloaded X podcast, then not renewed at the end of their free trial. Can you see the chain here?
I know nothing whatsoever about bookselling and I'm not a data scientist. But I do work in the field of data metrics bollocks. I will now speculate from my anus. Behold:
Amazon know that when people create a free Audible subscription and get a free book many will cancel the subscription. But from Amazon's perspective, that's not a loss. It's a win, when compared to the starting position, which is that you didn't have an Audible account (and might not even have had an Amazon account).
For the cost of giving you a free book, they have got your email address, put Audible on your phone, and hoovered up some other data about you that you probably didn't notice. You now know what Audible is and you know its potential value to you, leading to a vastly improved odds of one day paying for something. They have also gathered a few extra morsels of data points they can use to sharpen their algorithms and publishing strategies. Amazon have won. They are in this for the long term.
I would find it incredibly surprising if there were some category of books Amazon was devaluing internally (and therefore paying Coogan less for) because they triggered a high proportion of free subscriptions that did not immediately lead to paid subscriptions. Those are still high-value propositions for Amazon.
Amazon know that when people create a free Audible subscription and get a free book many will cancel the subscription. But from Amazon's perspective, that's not a loss. It's a win, when compared to the starting position, which is that you didn't have an Audible account (and might not even have had an Amazon account).
For the cost of giving you a free book, they have got your email address, put Audible on your phone, and hoovered up some other data about you that you probably didn't notice. You now know what Audible is and you know its potential value to you, leading to a vastly improved odds of one day paying for something. They have also gathered a few extra morsels of data points they can use to sharpen their algorithms and publishing strategies. Amazon have won. They are in this for the long term.
I paid the full £17.99 retail price. Happy to do it. It’s fine.
Actually, that’s a point. Is there any chance of them releasing this in print form too?
I'm surprised they've not done an Encyclopedialan. They could basically rip off stuff he says in this and the other two audio books/ novels and have an a to z of Alan's thoughts and opinions.
It's not so much I think you are him... I just can't not think you are him.
If you get it for free from Audible then don't renew you are actually doing more harm than pirating it, though. That sort of thing adds a major disincentive to investors, who DO look at the metric for releases-to-free-trials-to-cancellations. Not only that but Audible's files is shite. If you really want to get it for free just pirate it, becuase that does far less investor-visible harm. I don't care about investors but they are the people who determine whether or not stuff like this continues to get made.
And yes I can safely say this is fact, as I have spoken to people in this industry.
Once a year or so audible will offer you half price for 4 months. Just set a reminder to cancel before the 3 months are up, rinse and repeat forever.
Amazon doesn't have a "monopoly" on anything, to be serious for a moment.
Amazon has market-warping de facto monopolistic and monopsonistic power. It is not a good thing, and I try not to buy too much from the cunts if I can help it.
Cancel it. The site will force you to click through a few screens including a “tell us why you’re canceling” screen with a load of options.
Picking “it’s too expensive” will always give you a large discount for another 1-3 months*.
*To add: this works for basically any subscription service. We canceled our internet as we were moving, and they immediately offered a year at half price as part of the cancelation process aka “we’ve been mugging you off for years and could slash the price in half and still operate profitably, you suckers!”
This backfired in my case as it only made me hate the provider more, and I’m making a point of not getting a new contract with them in the new gaff.[/sub]
Amazon has market-warping de facto monopolistic and monopsonistic power. It is not a good thing, and I try not to buy too much from the cunts if I can help it.
Admittedly, I buy so much on Amazon (especially these days) that I rightly ought to be offered some equity. I do, however, stand by my hatred of the high street (except for the charity shops/ used-paperback booksellers - they can stay).
If you're a regular customer and believe you're owed something for your custom, try telling them something you bought was broken or whatever and ask for a refund. I've never done this illegitimately, but have twice had to request a refund for genuinely faulty products and both times they just gave me the refund without asking for proof. Annoyingly the same fault seemed to affect three separate copies of the fantastic Phl Collins tribute album Urban Renewal, they kept sending me replacement copies as requested until I eventually said "look lads, the entire batch is fucked can you just send me a refund". Ans they just sent it out without any hassle
As far as I understand this happens if you have a long record of buying products without any issues, I guess because they value your custom and can see you don't have a track record of trying to scam them.
Exactly the same thing happened with John Lewis with my first ever order from them - the delivery guy literally smashed a pair of whiskey glasses by my front door as he delivered them, I was already on the phone to customer services before he had even gone. They didn't ask for any proof of damage or anything, just sent a new pair out instantly. And that was before I had any purchasing history with them whatsoever. Bound to be plenty of cads who have taken advantage of their policy.
I'm returning a CD/DVD drive which quickly stopped working. They wanted me to send it back. I said I was all disabled and had no printer, so they are coming to pick it up next week.
You can always say you never received the item, Amazon always believes the buyer, even if there's a signature and video of you opening the parcel with the thing inside.
Sorry I came to the last page first and thought you were quoting an episode I hadn't got to yet.
Nothing personal, I was cycling home the other night and criticised a car driver in my head and it automatically turned into Partridge.
If you're a regular customer and believe you're owed something for your custom, try telling them something you bought was broken or whatever and ask for a refund. I've never done this illegitimately, but have twice had to request a refund for genuinely faulty products and both times they just gave me the refund without asking for proof. Annoyingly the same fault seemed to affect three separate copies of the fantastic Phl Collins tribute album Urban Renewal, they kept sending me replacement copies as requested until I eventually said "look lads, the entire batch is fucked can you just send me a refund". Ans they just sent it out without any hassle
As far as I understand this happens if you have a long record of buying products without any issues, I guess because they value your custom and can see you don't have a track record of trying to scam them.
Exactly the same thing happened with John Lewis with my first ever order from them - the delivery guy literally smashed a pair of whiskey glasses by my front door as he delivered them, I was already on the phone to customer services before he had even gone. They didn't ask for any proof of damage or anything, just sent a new pair out instantly. And that was before I had any purchasing history with them whatsoever. Bound to be plenty of cads who have taken advantage of their policy.
Maybe I'm naive: if it wasn't for the lab-rat like existence of Amazon workers, would it be such a problem company? I don't see anything wrong with its success in terms of replacing the high street, for example. The high street is shit: you can never get the best product that is out there. But put a pin in that...
Since Audible is only financially linked to Amazon, and doesn't contribute to expanding internal demand for those nasty warehouse working conditions, I think it deserves a pass. If Audible made 2x the profit, I don't see what the negative repercussions would be. Obvious the positive repercussions would be huge for the creative and/or funny people community.
I thought the chapter with Alan's grandkids was beautifully done and really quite moving, as well as having lots of top gags. I'm surprised but happy it went the way it did.
Can't wait until we get some more of these.
it's the third Audible-Coogan deal so I think it's fair to assume people are happy with the proceeds.
I know nothing whatsoever about bookselling and I'm not a data scientist. But I do work in the field of data metrics bollocks. I will now speculate from my anus. Behold:
Amazon know that when people create a free Audible subscription and get a free book many will cancel the subscription. But from Amazon's perspective, that's not a loss. It's a win, when compared to the starting position, which is that you didn't have an Audible account (and might not even have had an Amazon account).
For the cost of giving you a free book, they have got your email address, put Audible on your phone, and hoovered up some other data about you that you probably didn't notice. You now know what Audible is and you know its potential value to you, leading to a vastly improved odds of one day paying for something. They have also gathered a few extra morsels of data points they can use to sharpen their algorithms and publishing strategies. Amazon have won. They are in this for the long term.
I would find it incredibly surprising if there were some category of books Amazon was devaluing internally (and therefore paying Coogan less for) because they triggered a high proportion of free subscriptions that did not immediately lead to paid subscriptions. Those are still high-value propositions for Amazon.
*I am unaware of a precedent for this, anyway, with other Audible-exclusive projects, but then Partridge is a very special beast so if they see that there is sufficient fan demand then they may well entertain the possibility of expanding this project into other formats.There’s a Goodies audio episode they did last year but it’s free with Audible I think. Listened once. Not bad for a bit of nostalgia but it’s written by a fan I think, not Oddie and Garden so it doesn’t feel canon to me.
Anyone else notice the couple of references to draclea? Made me smile for some reason.
Alan's been reading HS Art
Just listened to the episode with Morris.
I laughed out loud when High Noon was tweeting him with sensible advice on looking after him - it's Oddie!
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There's an episode with Chris Morris? Really??
No, Morris is a character.
Just tried to buy I, Partridge with my Amazon gift voucher and nope - you still can't. Daft.
Just discovered you can get it on Google Play, which is quite good. Can't get Oasthouse on there though.
Anyone seen this? Pretty good article - https://www.vice.com/en/article/4ayjpj/oral-history-of-alan-partridge
https://www.vice.com/en/article/4ayjpj/oral-history-of-alan-partridge
Nice little article with quotes from all involved.
We actually had Steve read for Father Ted at one stage, because he did this impression of an Irish relative he had. We were going to use that kind of character – it would have been for the Eurovision episode, he would have been the presenter – but it didn't work out.
So: politics, sexual politics, post-woke cancel culture, all the rest of all that stuff that people get very passionate about. I just wouldn't bother talking about that stuff because I want a quiet life. That's why I don't use social media. I don't want to get sucked into a vortex. I've seen other people get sucked into pointless conversations with people they don't know, and I just can't think of anything worse.
While Netflix, YouTube and TV have increased captioning awareness and accessibility, one form of media that hasn’t been accessible to the deaf and hard of hearing community, as of yet, is audiobooks.
This, however, is about to change.
Audible, Amazon’s audiobook company, says it had plans to release captions for audiobooks.
Soon, Audible customers will receive access to captions on any audiobook they choose. In addition to the captions, they’ll be able to highlight words, and look up definitions and language translations. All this will be able to be done through the Audible app.
He's right when he says he channels all that stuff through Alan instead, you can usually tell when Alan is talking about something Coogan is interested in (cars), or you can gauge Coogan's opinion on something from the way Alan talks about it (like The Daily Mail, grammar mistakes etc). I notice that kind of thing a lot more in the Alan material since the Gibbons Bros came on board.
Available for purchase on iTunes with Open Books. They’ve called the package Partrimilgrimage.
Is there such a thing as a written version or transcript of Oasthouse?
Audible must have to cater to the deaf I'd've thought.
I wonder is that the case? Aren't there other audio-only products on there? It's not strictly a site for audio versions of printed books, I mean.
Watching a bunch of partridge this afternoon with a mate and we can't find Places Of My Life anywhere, torrents included strangely , has anyone got a copy they don't mind sharing please?!
The BBC said season two would find Alan "now established as the show’s co-presenter" and would "follow Alan on air and off as he tries to cling on to his position, in the face of behind-the-scenes upheaval and [his] fears that his relevance is dwindling".
^ I think the issue was more than large swathes of the show didn't make sense within it's own context.I think the issue was that it just wasn't funny enough. It was nothing compared to the brilliance of the Oast House.
Having said that, I'm looking forward to this. The first series was funny enough (although Oast House is much, much better). I think This Time just could have been vastly improved if they'd had a bit more discipline in terms of operating within the parameters of the world instead of breaking the suspension of disbelief in pursuit of jokes that weren't worth it.
stuck out like a saw thumb
I know every raved about Jen, but I thought her performance juxtaposed with Alan didn't fit, she was playing the ''play a one show presenter'' too well. I think I said this when it aired, but nobody agreed.
Agreed, well not so much on Lynn. Tim Key had a better balance on Mid Morning Matters, but yes on this he was bordering on his character playing his character.
I'd disagree with that, i thought Key played it well, like a deer caught the headlights, never quite knowing what to do. Its Simons first time anywhere near tv, never mind mainstream live tv, he had a combination of nervousness and trying too hard that I thought worked well. His performance should have been different to how he was on the radio where hes experienced and in his element.
Obviously Coogan would want Key when they'd been so good together on MMM, but it didn't make sense that someone as inexperienced as Sidekick Simon would be allowed on TT straight away when Alan is initially just a stopgap presenter with no hiring influence.
EDIT: Just realised I'm a boring bastard. I'll be saying it doesn't make sense that Alan still has a career after killing Forbes McAllister next.
I thought it was okay, it just didn't hit the same heights as a lot of recent Partridge. The way the character keeps unravelling in MMM, the two books, Oast House and things like Scissored Isle is fantastic, and I felt like some of that depth was missing. It wasn't bad by any means but the bar is very high.
I thought it was okay, it just didn't hit the same heights as a lot of recent Partridge. The way the character keeps unravelling in MMM, the two books, Oast House and things like Scissored Isle is fantastic, and I felt like some of that depth was missing. It wasn't bad by any means but the bar is very high.
I agree. I thought Simon was one of the funniest bits of the series. I think he gets funnier as he develops a sense of confidence which he expresses in the way normal people rather than consumate professionals do - like following the path out loud to images on the overly complicated multimedia board - "Handshake ... Bird it ... Envelope ... Nothing ... Home ... Handshake ..[...]" .
I'd argue it had a bit of an arc, with Alan being nervous and unsure of himself at the start of the series and being confident and a total prick by the end.
I think you don’t have as much control when you’re on the telly, the Gibonseseseses probably had to placate a lot of tv execs and so on, harder to do that fanatical attention to detail they’re rightly praised for
I think you don’t have as much control when you’re on the telly, the Gibonseseseses probably had to placate a lot of tv execs and so on, harder to do that fanatical attention to detail they’re rightly praised for
Where's all this 'BBC executives caused all the bits I didn't like in This Time' coming from?
This, for me, is the critical point. The death of Forbes Macalister was plausible within the show. The subsequent H&S stuff that allowed Alan to make Knowing Yule was just about plausible too, and played as if perfectly plausible. But TTWAP felt like a grotesque. An audience member fell off the stage and they didn't do anything about it. Someone shouted "Partridge you wanker" on a recorded section and it was left in. Not plausible. Give us a live outdoor broadcast if you want that joke.
NB: I know lots of other posters have said that realism isn't the best way to judge the show but I feel it should at least be plausible within its own universe.
This, for me, is the critical point. The death of Forbes Macalister was plausible within the show. The subsequent H&S stuff that allowed Alan to make Knowing Yule was just about plausible too, and played as if perfectly plausible. But TTWAP felt like a grotesque. An audience member fell off the stage and they didn't do anything about it. Someone shouted "Partridge you wanker" on a recorded section and it was left in. Not plausible. Give us a live outdoor broadcast if you want that joke.
Compare to the brilliance of the comic relief sketch where it felt real that SS got pepper spray in the face.
I'm going to disagree with you. They are all more plausible, in my opinion.
And the audience thing is wrong too. They're not "in world", they, like us, are watching a comedy show. The audience in TTWAP were in show characters, so there is a difference.
Maybe I have lived with it longer, or maybe they're different enough to show the in world implausible nature of TTWAP.
They're not "in world", they, like us, are watching a comedy show.
Alan writers: Can the second series of This Time match up exactly with the frankly BAFTA-winning setup that lives in my head please? Hit me up and I'll send you an e-mail of exactly what's required, ta. It won't be funny or surprising but by fuck will it be convincing.
This, for me, is the critical point. The death of Forbes Macalister was plausible within the show. The subsequent H&S stuff that allowed Alan to make Knowing Yule was just about plausible too, and played as if perfectly plausible. But TTWAP felt like a grotesque. An audience member fell off the stage and they didn't do anything about it. Someone shouted "Partridge you wanker" on a recorded section and it was left in. Not plausible. Give us a live outdoor broadcast if you want that joke.
Compare to the brilliance of the comic relief sketch where it felt real that SS got pepper spray in the face.
One thing I find weird is that the shooting isn't mentioned at all in Alan's dinner with the BBC producer in IAP1.
No, I'd say the audience were in-world too, otherwise how would they know what Keith Hunt's catchphrase was?
KMKY was implausible from start to finish because it too, like This Time, was supposed to be a live, mainstream BBC show, there's a ton of shit that happens in that show that wouldn't fly in a real chat show. Because neither TTWAP or KMKY are real shows, they're spoofs, that's why implausible shit happens, they're not going for a facsimile representation of a chat show or The One Show, they take those formats as starting points and exaggerate them for comic effect. So no, in real life someone calling Partridge a wanker wouldn't be left in a pre-filmed clip any more than horse shit would be left on stage throughout a whole show, or a vid clip of Partridge nearly getting knocked over in Paris, or not lingering long enough on his blazer badge for him to explain it, or Partridge not knowing that the dancers were men and not women, or Partridge doing product placement (twice), or any number of other implausible in-universe moments from KMKY.
Honestly, you'll go fucking mad thinking about this stuff.
I think it's the tonal inconsistencies rather than the logical ones which made This Time less enjoyable for me. It felt like an awkward hybrid of modern, Mid Morning Matters Alan with some of the grotesque caricatures of the KMKY era, and it wasn't helped by the fact that it was a 'live' show with no atmosphere which had clearly been assembled from hundreds of takes. They should have done it as-live with a proper audience, then at the very least we could have argued about whether they're in-world or not.
Not that it matters but you are still mixing up realism with plausibility. I don't think anyone is demanding realism but just that things make some sense within its own universe. If any old shit can happen at any time like in, eg. Naked Gun, it becomes a different type of comedy. I think all we're saying is they didn't strike that balance well enough on TTWAP and that's one of the reasons it's not as funny.
Not really. Lets talk about this in-universe thing. People keep saying that the clip of Partridge being called a wanker would never had made it into the show, it's not plausible in it's own universe. Why do you think that? Why do you think that that kind of thing isn't plausible when there is plenty of other stuff in the show you find implausible? It's not that it doens't make sense in-universe, it's just not making sense the universe that you expected it/wanted it to be. And This Time is in the same universe as KMKY, isn't it?
And This Time is in the same universe as KMKY, isn't it?
Officially (going by the canon laid out in I, Partridge) it's all in the same universe as The Day Today, the mind boggles.
What about Alan saying I'm Alan Partridge is a fly on the wall documentary series on Clive Anderson, is that the same universe?
And the bit about an Escort doing doughnuts in a car park. "The Ford car doing wheel spins, not a sex worker with a binge eating problem".I love that he specifies a Ford Escort Mexico, he had to specify it's a rear wheel drive model capable of doing 'proper doughnuts'. It's those little character touches that make AP stuff one notch above the rest.
Again, Amazon is an evil company so I would understand not supporting them on that basis. But from a consumer perspective Audible is an unbelievably flexible, generous service that will literally give you the books you want free with no strings attached. I am slightly alarmed by the hoops people are jumping through to circumvent using it.
It's not true that there are no strings attached though. There's a big string attached, that they can use to yank it back if they feel like. You have access to it for as long as Audible exists. I'd happily pay the full price for it if they allowed me to download some DRM-free files that I know I'll always have access to. Given how easily it can be got for free, it's not even as if the DRM is serving any purpose.
Given how easily it can be got for free
Officially (going by the canon laid out in I, Partridge) it's all in the same universe as The Day Today, the mind boggles.
| 1. | I suppose a bit like the way Batman is a standard character template, but then you have the more cartoony Tim Burton Batman, the Nolan reality-based Batman, the fantasy Arkham games Batman, and so on. They are all Batman, but they're not all the same universe. Although, from what I understand they are now, via the Arrowverse stuff, but that's another matter |
| 2. | Urgh, sorry: feel a bit naff using "universe" in relation to Alan Partridge, like it's some serious-discussion Marvel lore or something, but I couldn't think of a better word |
Regarding the wanker, I quite like the idea that everyone involved with the show dislikes him so much that they'll happily let that sort of thing stay in the edit.
It's not true that there are no strings attached though. There's a big string attached, that they can use to yank it back if they feel like. You have access to it for as long as Audible exists. I'd happily pay the full price for it if they allowed me to download some DRM-free files that I know I'll always have access to. Given how easily it can be got for free, it's not even as if the DRM is serving any purpose.
Urgh, sorry: feel a bit naff using "universe" in relation to Alan Partridge, like it's some serious-discussion Marvel lore or something, but I couldn't think of a better word
Alan... was a bit overwhelmed as to how large the television was in the lounge and jumped every time a face appeared on the screen