Alan's Bad Funeral Etiquette - I'm Alan Partridge

Alan's Bad Funeral Etiquette - I'm Alan Partridge - BBC

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7 жыл бұрын

Insensitive Alan has ulterior motives for attending a funeral
Taken From I'm Alan Partridge Series 1
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@dixienormous9511 6 жыл бұрын

That jacket is a fantastic touch for this scene, it just sums up Alan perfectly.

@leekam4606 3 жыл бұрын

" its first class "

@jasonantigua6825 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely touch! Would have been nice with 5 suede stars on the back too

@Scripture-Man 2 жыл бұрын

Lovely stuff.

@serbinator8529 2 жыл бұрын

Apparently the jacket was especially made for this episode

@roseharvey2664 2 жыл бұрын

@@serbinator8529 I would think so, can't imagine anyone willingly parting with their original.

@RargoFC19 29 күн бұрын

“Would it be terribly rude to stop listening to you and go and speak to somebody else?” What a brilliant piece of comedy.

@CheechWizard22 7 жыл бұрын

If the BBC ever auction off Alan Partridge props, I am in there for that Castrol GTX jacket.

@d07a 7 жыл бұрын

same m8 =]

@CheechWizard22 7 жыл бұрын

Looks like we're gonna have a bidding war on our hands. And to that I say 'Let battle commence!'

@Irishmuffcabbagyurt 7 жыл бұрын

Whoever wins the jacket will get to say "Needless to say, I had the last laugh".

@DoctorMeatDic 6 жыл бұрын

I bought it at an auction, along with K9, the robot dog from Doctor Who.

@DoctorMeatDic 6 жыл бұрын

I was clinically depressed.....boo hoo.....but I've bounced back. People bounce back.

@hootie203 7 жыл бұрын

"Would it be terribly rude to stop listening to you & go and speak to somebody else!?!" 😂😂😂

@TeaAtTwo2 4 жыл бұрын

I'm going to remember that line for any social or work networking event

@theovolz3073 3 жыл бұрын

If I had a dollar every time I wanted to do that to somebody…..

@humann5682 4 жыл бұрын

When he says "hopefully you bounce back" to the widow, you just know he went outside a few minutes later with his dictaphone and went "Book idea called Bouncing Back, authored by Alan Gordon Partridge".

@MrWeekendoff 5 жыл бұрын

‘He had a second class honours degree in media studies from Loughborough university. What a waste.’

@Ron.S. 3 жыл бұрын

It’s not a bad university tbh...

@cameronmiles645 5 ай бұрын

Cracked me up! Ahahhah

@rigel5 4 жыл бұрын

I love how the actress playing the widow is struggling to keep in the laughter when Alan approaches her. Just sums up how farcical this scene is! Comedy gold!

@VoiceOfThe Жыл бұрын

Good spot that!

@saccerzd 9 ай бұрын

I noticed that, but couldn't get over how old she looked given her husband was only 41! Is she meant to be early 40s?!

@Deanster101 7 жыл бұрын

I want that Castrol GTX jacket.

@ae4164 4 жыл бұрын

Catch a flight to Alabama and find the nearest garage sale.

@FoodForThought356 4 жыл бұрын

2:16 Love how Alan gives the same shrug of the shoulders to Peter as he did when he was introduced to him at the infamous Cheesegate..

@shpiral 2 жыл бұрын

This has to be the best 5 minutes or so of Alan Partridge , sums up his utter inability to consider other people's feelings , just line after line of comedy genius. Fantastic writing, and yes the jacket sums Alan up a treat, do your kids a favour and show them some real comedy!!

@jhwalsh93 6 жыл бұрын

Possibly the greatest reveal in television history

@dispirted8 3 жыл бұрын

Shame about the thumbnail then 😊

@avybenfield508 3 жыл бұрын

Deep deep dispair

@paulcowie3348 Ай бұрын

Moss working behind the bar in the IT crowd is up there

@placidrenegade 6 жыл бұрын

If only the shit would have given Alan a second series.

@TheThejpmshow 5 жыл бұрын

placid renegade gimme a second series ya.. shit

@atlascove1810 5 жыл бұрын

Well, there's that new one coming up

@KRPTV 5 жыл бұрын

Smell my cheese!

@Peto111222 5 жыл бұрын

@Cool Waters I got cheese.

@20thCB 10 ай бұрын

I died at "were you close?"

@markdickens968 Ай бұрын

Me too

@stephenguppy7882 6 ай бұрын

Just think. The BBC will never again make anything even half this good ever again.

@TheDEATHSTARIII 7 жыл бұрын

I love that he punches her husband , puts cheese in his face then he turns up at the funeral

@10188deathstarhero 5 жыл бұрын

It's great that Alan is oblivious that this woman would've known about the Yule incident

@tjfSIM 5 жыл бұрын

He was only there so he could speak to Chris Feather and get his foot in the door :)

@tjfSIM 5 жыл бұрын

@DR Evil Speak for yourself

@tjfSIM 5 жыл бұрын

@DR Evil Well then, your comment should have read "something I can own up to" - should it not?

@Amethyst_Friend 4 жыл бұрын

He only goes to schmooze with Chris Feather. He's happy that Tony Hayers is dead lol

@duffymoony 3 жыл бұрын

"What can I say?" "Well there's nothing you can say." "Well, hang ON..."

@schmatever 4 жыл бұрын

"He's probably up there now looking down on us".... "what on the roof?"

@apnoakes 7 жыл бұрын

We'd booked to go on holiday next week Bugger!!!

@markjeffery3237 2 жыл бұрын

The jacket is possibly the best bit of Partridge, period. Fantastic sight gag an sums up everything about Alan. Superb.

@terratec1001 7 жыл бұрын

1:05 - "Were you close?" Haha Both series 1 & 2 are hilarious!

@RaferJeffersonIII 3 жыл бұрын

Do you mean KMKY WAP and I’m Alan partridge (this one)? Or this one and the next one. KMKY WAP was excellent as was this one. The third one (Sonja in the static home) was pretty good. Got a bit slapstick and gag oriented. Everything since then has been pretty poor. Coogan lets his politics get in it, because he’s a good comedic actor but a bigoted prick as an individual

@zufgh 3 жыл бұрын

@@RaferJeffersonIII I personally think IAP series 2 is perhaps even better than series 1. But they're all great staples of British comedy. I also agree that Coogan himself is a bit of a pompous arse. I actually like Alan the character more than Coogan the person tbh.

@RaferJeffersonIII 3 жыл бұрын

@@zufgh well, you’re wrong....you’ve got a lot to learn.....(as regards IAP 1 v 2) 🤣 Actually 2 has some great moments and really clever scripting. However I think little things seem a bit kind of tired, like they were running out of ideas, like the bond episode. Some of the dialogue is probably better than IAP 1, agree on that basis. Yeah, Alan Partridge I’d rather have a beer with than Steve Coogan. He’s of anything less arrogant and slightly warmer and more gregarious, if more neurotic and childish.

@Scripture-Man 2 жыл бұрын

@@RaferJeffersonIII Totally agree - KMKY and I'm Alan series 1 are the best. Series 2 was pretty good, and he did a few Comic Relief appearances that were OK. But anything after about 2005 just wasn't the Alan I know and love. He started using the shrill voice all the time, with weird wardrobe. Alpha Papa was a disaster (especially that dreaful hair). This Time was a little more on track, but still not the same character. He's too modern, dark, and very often genuinely unlikeable. Alan was always insensitive and self-absorbed, but very lovable, chirpy, and charming.

@larsson02sco 6 ай бұрын

The whole sketch is equally awkward and hilarious but the reveal of the Jacket at the start is comedy gold 😂 Just get the feeling we’ll never see comedy like this again (certainly not from the bbc)

@Yellowswift3 6 жыл бұрын

"Were you close?" LOL. :D

@charliekane135 Жыл бұрын

'Networking' at a funeral. Only Partridge would think of that 😫

@chrisbroxton2813 3 жыл бұрын

The most genius thing about this scene is that Alan meets Peter (who revamped current affairs) in the first episode, and does the infamous shrug then aswell. I've watched this a bunch of times and only realised its the same person recently.

@revoksfn7354 2 жыл бұрын

What a funny story

@89thomasjones Жыл бұрын

@@revoksfn7354 Hahaha......hahaha......hahaha......hahaha.....news!

@Grimmtombobulus Жыл бұрын

I only just noticed it too. Rare to see a show with such depth and rewatchability. Ten jokes a minute. Absolute classic.

@BossySwan Жыл бұрын

@@revoksfn7354I don’t agree Peter would go to Legoland

@stephendines1936 7 жыл бұрын

Have you met Jane? yes I've done her.

@vironosvironos3692 3 жыл бұрын

“And they say life begins at 40” When she gestures at him to put the phone away and he say “yeh, yeh, alrite” and puts his hands up. “ Just talking to a widow” “is it alright if I stop listening to you and talk to him over there?” “Littlewoods are very good, aren’t they l” laugh a line stuff. Incredible.. Best thing since sliced bread.

@bobbyshaftoe409 6 жыл бұрын

Surely one of the best sketches ever!

@Scripture-Man 2 жыл бұрын

It's not a sketch… It's a real-life documentary.

@Richard-hv5hh 5 жыл бұрын

This is just marvellous. Sounds corny perhaps but Steve Coogan has given me so much pleasure with his unendingly brilliant humour. Greatly enriched my life. Whenever I am down I listen to his Alan Partridge audiobooks or watch episodes of Alan's mishaps on TV or radio. Such a vast body of always original work to draw from. I hope he gets knighted for services to comedy as he deserves it.

@intro-amajid9251 3 жыл бұрын

This is exactly what I do... i dont know how I found it but I consider myself to be a lucky American. Most people here are too "thick" to get the humor

@johnmc3862 2 жыл бұрын

Made me laugh.

@renejean2523 2 жыл бұрын

@@intro-amajid9251 - It's great that Americans appreciate Partridge, but do you find quite a lot of cultural references that go over your head? Do you ever find yourself googling something or someone out of curiosity?

@intro-amajid9251 2 жыл бұрын

@@renejean2523 i have been watching these episodes for a long time obsessively that I feel like I know why something is funny even if I dont fully know the reference.

@renejean2523 2 жыл бұрын

@@intro-amajid9251 - Okay. Just curious. I'm a Brit in the US and don't even recommend Partridge to my American friends. Blackadder, Gervais, Father Ted and many others, but no Partridge. I just see it as intrinsically British, I guess. Good for you though!

@crh7742 Жыл бұрын

one of the greatest scenes in the history of British comedy.... and that first line "Second-class honours degree in media studies at Loughborough University..... what a waste!" must be utterly degrading for anyone who studied there.

@farmbrough 9 ай бұрын

Well.... it was a tech college renamed as a university. They've rebadged it, you fool!

@roberthemingway9553 4 жыл бұрын

So many good one liners in this scene

@tsr6220 2 жыл бұрын

that jacket goes hard unironically

@boredweirdster 6 жыл бұрын

I have the DVD of the whole first season which has 3 different commentary tracks for each episode. Such value!

@Kelly14UK 5 жыл бұрын

It's all so... PAIN in the ARSE. Whole scene's a classic.

@johnmc3862 2 жыл бұрын

The jacket reveal is genius.

@Failedprodegy42 7 жыл бұрын

Just genius when he turned around! Wish we could get full episodes in the States.

@jamesadcock5235 7 жыл бұрын

Vanger48912 true to think of something like that is Very clever

@coffycup75 7 жыл бұрын

Vanger48912 Hulu had this and Knowing Me, Knowing You. I have the UK region box set so I'm hoping Hulu will bring them back.

@tomthorne7347 6 жыл бұрын

So you haven't watched the 2 series of I'm Alan Partridge?

@aarongorton1984 5 жыл бұрын

NO USA WONT STOP COOPINY OUR COMEDY THAT YO ULOT ALWAYS COPY nothing beats uk comedy wont be as fun even if you tried :)

@WPTHFC 5 жыл бұрын

@@aarongorton1984 you should attend English class in the future

@garsm2290 4 жыл бұрын

The BBC has made so many great programmes.

@jamesgallagher1362 7 жыл бұрын

I bet Michael got him the jacket. Back of the net!

@humann5682 4 жыл бұрын

"I sold a Castrol GTX jacket and a can of Castrol in the local paper, then the next Christmas I got the exact same jacket back, minus the can...."

@user-jt5vm3mi1w 3 жыл бұрын

He got it free with a purchase of 12 bottles of car screen wash probably

@benmatheson1189 3 жыл бұрын

@@humann5682 what a funny story. I wonder who got the can!

@paulp4452 2 жыл бұрын

@@user-jt5vm3mi1w and a bottle of Tommy Hill finger

@Scripture-Man 2 жыл бұрын

Perfect Partridge! I'm not as keen on the newer series, but for me, these Iannuci days were perfection. Every line, every delivery hits the mark and makes me laugh. This is the TRUE Alan Partridge. And the answer to his question at 2:56 is - yes!

@PrisonerMusic 2 жыл бұрын

I love it how you can see Coogan laughing at 1:57 😂

@andrew1984uk Жыл бұрын

Good spot.

@54spatula Жыл бұрын

Razor sharp 👌

@captaindeadpool2655 11 ай бұрын

Pretty sure that's his in character smile.

@stephendines1936 7 жыл бұрын

Anyone got a battery for a Ericsson?

@RealityCheck6T9 3 жыл бұрын

@thert.hon.thelordnicholson7261 4 жыл бұрын

I remember Alan requesting or ordering a "black Castrol GTX bomber jacket" in another scene, cant remember if it was in this episode, outtakes, or somewhere else - you catch the end of the conversation on the phone and hear him mention it.

@peepiepo 3 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking the other day how Alan has changed over the years. I can't imagine the Alan we have most recently turning up to a wedding with a Castrol GTX jacket on

@Robin838 10 ай бұрын

Paul Calf wore a shell suit to his dad's funeral (mentioned in Pauline Calf's wedding video).

@nathfrancis01 5 жыл бұрын

Bad etiquette? I thought his behaviour was exemplary.

@arturskozlovskis124 6 жыл бұрын

Hello Partridge, I'm just talking to a widow...

@vironosvironos3692 3 жыл бұрын

Armando Iannuci is a genius . This with Thick of it makes him the greatest British comedy writer imo. Coogan as partridge is the icing on the cake. Every bit of dialogue is 10/10, the casting 10/10, clothes 10/19 as close to perfect as your going to get imo.

@imamoronand9199 3 жыл бұрын

Have you seen Death of Stalin?

@vironosvironos3692 3 жыл бұрын

I’m a moron and Yes. I thought it was brilliant. Didn’t like David Copperfield though.

@imamoronand9199 3 жыл бұрын

Vironos Vironos haven’t seen that yet actually

@revoksfn7354 2 жыл бұрын

10 in 10 lets make love

@-______-______- Жыл бұрын

It wasn't written solely by Ianucci though. It was written by Ianucci, Coogan and Peter Baynham

@richardclarke376 6 жыл бұрын

Littlewoods... Castrol... my childhood

@Pining_for_the_fjords 7 жыл бұрын

His awkwardness and knack for saying the wrong thing at the funeral reminds me of Moss from The IT Crowd. "It's not like you've lost a pen, is it?"

@NickTion 5 жыл бұрын

"Sorry for your lose........move on" 😂😂

@doyoumind9356 5 жыл бұрын

@@NickTion That was brilliant comic invention

@humann5682 4 жыл бұрын

Definitely think this was an influence for Graham Linehan, who played an RTE executive in this series and wrote the IT Crowd.

@DC-bu1ok 7 жыл бұрын

Absolutely love all this Partridge love, top work from the bbc!

@terryspurr1563 7 жыл бұрын

HullCityFansTV m

@Mark-lj1dj 4 ай бұрын

Gravy train 😂

@9wolves2007 7 жыл бұрын

7 people had batteries for an Ericsson but they were not asked.

@willbrennan9986 4 жыл бұрын

when he goes over to the wife you can see she is stifling a laugh, cracks me up

@SuperZedd 7 жыл бұрын

Great episode in its entirety. I remember seeing an audio commentary for this episode from Steve Coogan which was on the DVD release.

@indianaevans 7 жыл бұрын

SuperZedd seeing the commentary surely you heard it? 🤔

@SuperZedd 7 жыл бұрын

indianaevans Yes 😊

@Karloffrules 7 жыл бұрын

Life begins at 40!

@travisbest9041 7 жыл бұрын

"Just trying to think of something to say." "There's nothing to say." "Now hang on, hang on..." 😆

@Karloffrules 7 жыл бұрын

+Travis Best He is beyond hilarious.

@infi702 5 жыл бұрын

Those who say that are notable for their absence. The nerve!

@LAnonHubbard 5 жыл бұрын

I don't think I'm going to live to 40! (i.e. 40 factorial)

@asobstoryforeverysong9853 8 ай бұрын

The Castrol GTX reveal is brilliant and so on character. Just the sort of jacket Alan would wear

@Dead-Ball-Situation 2 жыл бұрын

Probably the most awkward scene in comedic history. And so well done. Absolute classic,

@brendanroberts4866 Жыл бұрын

Also Ricky Gervais in extras in restaurant scene where he complains abt a noisy child

@starmersbarber 7 ай бұрын

Classic indeed. It takes quite some writing talent to conceive a character so utterly nasty, self-serving and lacking in any moral compass, yet he has us all laughing along. Utter genius.

@charliegeorge. 2 жыл бұрын

Probably the best TV comedy scene ever! So much going on and that silent reveal! 🥴😥

@Amadeus-ms9lt 3 ай бұрын

His inappropriateness is legendary.

@giodurden4051 5 жыл бұрын

That jacket always gets me

@littlejohnnyturtle8770 4 жыл бұрын

One of his greatest scenes. Brilliant.

@twiglet2214 Жыл бұрын

Alan puts the ' fun ' in funeral !

@steveforest8385 3 жыл бұрын

Any chance of uploading the end scene where Chris Feather has a heart attack just as he's about to sign Alan's contract. It's arguably the greatest piece of black comedy ever shown on the beeb.

@renejean2523 2 жыл бұрын

One Foot in the Grave ventured onto the dark side from time to time too.

@christopherbusby1726 5 жыл бұрын

Brillianty written......

@Toestubber 7 жыл бұрын

Super cringe. The man is a genius.

@sillygoose635 5 жыл бұрын

No.

@arenoskarlaen4951 5 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@sillygoose635 5 жыл бұрын

No.

@a.tanner8524 3 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@timelessthee Жыл бұрын

Have you got a battery for an ericsson?

@davidjames579 5 жыл бұрын

That widow was so rude! Alan was just making conversation, and she tells him to stop talking. Don't know what her problem is. Probably a robot.

@numberonedad Ай бұрын

i now think about this scene every time i go to a funeral

@tasosdiaforetico7377 4 жыл бұрын

Great stuff watch again during this time.

@mikem9309 14 күн бұрын

The smirk from Jane trying to keep a straight face 😂

@glennpowell3444 3 жыл бұрын

How many of us have been to funerals and weddings and wasted our energy on small talk to people you have never met nor will ever meet again? Very tiring days.No wonder everyone gets drunk!

@explorer806 5 жыл бұрын

Just realised the widow is the woman who organised the London Jam Festival.

@AlienInsect 4 жыл бұрын

Jam Festival?!? You could make more money auctioning dogs!

@Superspy315 3 жыл бұрын

Very ugly indeed!

@davestraughan Ай бұрын

I hate Sebastian Coe!

@simonbrierly5530 10 ай бұрын

Fantastic, best Alan Partridge sketch ever 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@kevinbaird7277 4 жыл бұрын

When Chris ignores Alan and goes to the widow, he say's "Jackie", but then introduces her too Alan as Jane.

@jonevans870 3 жыл бұрын

Kevin Baird shit, you’re right

@user-kb9xc3jr8v 5 жыл бұрын

i would pay decent money for that castrol gtx jacket

@DuderinoDeux 6 жыл бұрын

At least he got to smell Alan's cheese. 1 off the bucket list.

@TallSilentGuy 11 ай бұрын

Almost every line that comes out of his mouth is quotable! 😀

@mr_snrub1999 2 жыл бұрын

My best friend and I have an agreement that we will attend the funeral of whoever dies first wearing a Castrol GTX jacket. It'll probably lighten the mood a bit

@danwade3239 3 жыл бұрын

"Were you close?" 🤣🤣🤣

@jupitorious7925 Жыл бұрын

Can you smell Gas ? A great punchline to drop during a vicious wrestle

@aarongorton1984 5 жыл бұрын

THIS AND THE OFFICE SACKINGS IS THE BEST EVER

@Mark-ij2nh 5 жыл бұрын

All these people that say life begins at 40 😂😂

@kav6666 5 жыл бұрын

50,iam divorced,and I can do what ever the fuck I want,,no kids,still fit, so life begins at 50,

@RealityCheck6T9 3 жыл бұрын

@@kav6666 not if you died falling off a roof at 41

@albertmccready478 3 жыл бұрын

Notable by their absence..

@MD-sp9zu 3 жыл бұрын

“Were you close?”

@alanjones6359 3 жыл бұрын

My dad drove from Liverpool to Edinburgh for a funeral realised when he got there he still had his carpet slippers on - had to find a shoe shop quick !!

@paulp4452 2 жыл бұрын

Haha.... news.

@bst857 Ай бұрын

0:41 lol I never noticed before how awkwardly the handshake ends

@marlowemarlowe4893 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely brilliant.

@aarongorton1984 5 жыл бұрын

his jacket with castrol onit just LMAO

@bipbipbopbop 5 жыл бұрын

Littlewoods are very quick aren't they?

@stanmonzon5788 4 жыл бұрын

I have a 2:2 in Social Policy and Sociology from Leeds University. I’m currently alive so it can’t yet be said, ‘what a waste’.

@Useaname 6 жыл бұрын

Hahaha. Alba stereo system. Alba, the top line in naff hi-fi.

@DuderinoDeux 4 жыл бұрын

Ah! But HOOKED up to a pair of B & Os JACKANORY

@YOYO-mx6ie 5 жыл бұрын

Armando Iannucci is a genius

@pr9062 5 жыл бұрын

Absolute Genious

@Shadowghost81 7 ай бұрын

‘Very good that, have you got a battery for an Ericsson?’

@joshuapilling853 2 жыл бұрын

Blooming brilliant.

@SeeDeeSea 8 ай бұрын

It reminds me of Larry David nipping off for a quick round of golf mid-wake, only to return to find that there had been a typographical in the obituary of the beloved aunt.