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stuartmmcfc said:
MarshPhantom said:
It's not good, is it? Hadn't realized the new series was even until tonight, they've done minimal publicity for it. Possibly realise what a crock it is.
Really? It's been on the telly, on Evans radio show and I even saw an ad in the Sun the other week.
Brings back some memories, from when I was younger, watching them on Big Breakfast before heading off to school loughran said:
Ok, why is the Character Alan Partridge funny. What is it that he does that's funny ?
The wikipedia entry says;" Partridge is a tactless and inept television and radio presenter who often insults his guests and whose inflated sense of celebrity drives him to treachery and shameless self-promotion. Coogan described Partridge as a Little Englander, with right-wing values and poor taste."
"Guardian critic Alexis Petridis wrote that "one of the reasons audiences find [Partridge] funny is that they recognise at least a bit of themselves in him."[29] Baynham told the Guardian that "despite the fact that people say he's awful, a lot of the time we were trying to build empathy: you're watching a man suffer but also at some level identifying with his pain."[30] Felicity Montagu, who plays Partridge's assistant Lynn, felt he was a good person "deep down" and actually "vulnerable and lovable".[25] Iannucci said that Partridge stays optimistic because he never sees himself as others see him,[24] and that despite his failings was "the perfect broadcaster for these times, when there are 24 hours to fill and dead time is a crime – he has a unique capacity to fill any vacuum with his own verbal vacuum."[1] Rob and Neil Gibbons felt that by the time of Mid Morning Matters, when Partridge is working for an even smaller radio station, "he was more at peace with himself" and that his lack of self-awareness saved him from misery.[30]"
I think you either get him or you dont. Like David Brent you often cringe while watching him but the character is so well observed and played.
24lemons said:
The wikipedia entry says;
" Partridge is a tactless and inept television and radio presenter who often insults his guests and whose inflated sense of celebrity drives him to treachery and shameless self-promotion. Coogan described Partridge as a Little Englander, with right-wing values and poor taste."
"Guardian critic Alexis Petridis wrote that "one of the reasons audiences find [Partridge] funny is that they recognise at least a bit of themselves in him."[29] Baynham told the Guardian that "despite the fact that people say he's awful, a lot of the time we were trying to build empathy: you're watching a man suffer but also at some level identifying with his pain."[30] Felicity Montagu, who plays Partridge's assistant Lynn, felt he was a good person "deep down" and actually "vulnerable and lovable".[25] Iannucci said that Partridge stays optimistic because he never sees himself as others see him,[24] and that despite his failings was "the perfect broadcaster for these times, when there are 24 hours to fill and dead time is a crime – he has a unique capacity to fill any vacuum with his own verbal vacuum."[1] Rob and Neil Gibbons felt that by the time of Mid Morning Matters, when Partridge is working for an even smaller radio station, "he was more at peace with himself" and that his lack of self-awareness saved him from misery.[30]"
I think you either get him or you dont. Like David Brent you often cringe while watching him but the character is so well observed and played.
I thought it was the jackets he wore." Partridge is a tactless and inept television and radio presenter who often insults his guests and whose inflated sense of celebrity drives him to treachery and shameless self-promotion. Coogan described Partridge as a Little Englander, with right-wing values and poor taste."
"Guardian critic Alexis Petridis wrote that "one of the reasons audiences find [Partridge] funny is that they recognise at least a bit of themselves in him."[29] Baynham told the Guardian that "despite the fact that people say he's awful, a lot of the time we were trying to build empathy: you're watching a man suffer but also at some level identifying with his pain."[30] Felicity Montagu, who plays Partridge's assistant Lynn, felt he was a good person "deep down" and actually "vulnerable and lovable".[25] Iannucci said that Partridge stays optimistic because he never sees himself as others see him,[24] and that despite his failings was "the perfect broadcaster for these times, when there are 24 hours to fill and dead time is a crime – he has a unique capacity to fill any vacuum with his own verbal vacuum."[1] Rob and Neil Gibbons felt that by the time of Mid Morning Matters, when Partridge is working for an even smaller radio station, "he was more at peace with himself" and that his lack of self-awareness saved him from misery.[30]"
I think you either get him or you dont. Like David Brent you often cringe while watching him but the character is so well observed and played.
stuartmmcfc said:
227bhp said:
loughran said:
Why is Alan Partridge funny ?
Because he's Steve Coogan really (he's a comedian/impersonator).I don't mind Partridge buy it's not as funny as people would have you believe and why can'take he do something other than Alan?
MarshPhantom said:
But Coogan is a comedy actor who has other people write his scripts for him. So he definitely isn'the the real Steve Coogan. He is basically an impressionist.
I don't mind Partridge buy it's not as funny as people would have you believe and why can'take he do something other than Alan?
That's a rather odd comment saying he's not as funny as people would have you believe, what you mean is you don't find him as funny as some others do.I don't mind Partridge buy it's not as funny as people would have you believe and why can'take he do something other than Alan?
So then, the people who find Steve Coogan/Alan Partridge hilarious... were you chuckling with delight/guffawing whilst watching TFI this week.
Was there anything particular in Partridge's delivery that made you think 'He's just f
king brilliant at this comedy lark is old Coogan'
Which bit was that ?
Was there anything particular in Partridge's delivery that made you think 'He's just f
king brilliant at this comedy lark is old Coogan'Which bit was that ?
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