yes very funny

And it comes off as an esoteric sorting algorithm.

Also he doxes himself 😂

😆

I burst out laughing when he said 'and to a lesser extent Ken'

@@dougburr4192 MILK

That’s superb

It really is

That's first class

10 on 10

Watched this loads of times and only just noticed, love it

The internet was great in the early 00s back when it was still called ‘surfing the net’ before everyone was doing it and there was no social media.

Mid to late 2000s. Internet was getting sufficiently fast enough to download a movie under an hour, social media didn't reign supreme like it does now and megaupload et al.

Yup. Ive been there too

Why to a lesser extent Ken do you think? Is it because he's Asian?

@@BarterTom No, just because Alan thought he looked a bit less tough than the other two and Alan can't help but insult people whenever he opens his mouth.

KKEEENNNN

@@thesprawl2361 True but isn't Alan a little bit of a racist? I might have just made that up.

@@BarterTom Yes, that's probably a bit of it. Although Alan would never admit it.

lol

It's actually genius

Funniest part

Ha ha ha.... you couldn’t make it up

David Cameron started off as chairman of Carlton Television. Just sayin’

genius observation

You mean Bill Carr

Ha well spotted

Was that when Alan and Michael stole the traffic cone?

Yeah that’s the one. Bill Carr from Ipswich.

What crimes did you commit?

@@MsBettyboo01 buggered a heron.

Got you on the old jeans rule?

Are you not ashamed to be such a burden on the average taxpayer?

@@MsBettyboo01 Traffic cone theft.

Back of the net!

Cash back!

Stangeways..but you be the judge

Fellow Partridgeologist here; been a fan since his The Day Today TV debut. (Circa 1994) And I can indeed confirm; with a certificate I've written myself if need be, that this is indeed, classic Partridge!

This is perfect for daft lads

Totally! Exploring the merits of utensil promotion and relegation is a splendid idea!

It's how computer data caches work.

It is bubble sort

I'm using that

I 100% do this anyway and was so pleased to see my ideas validated.

Genius what?? WAKE UP NO ONE THINKS THIS IS FUNNY AND NEVER HAVE DONE!

@@bennym5244 Bash your arse!

Me too.... unfortunately 😂

And they were all crap! I remember discussing the series Tintin with a colleague who came from Coventry. I watched it on Rediffusion he on ATV. I said we only ever seemed to get one episode - The Crab with the Golden Claw. He said the same but his was Red Rackhams Treasure! Variety of the most pathetic kind !!!

You couldn’t make it up

holy crap I only just noticed that! kinda creepy but also hilarious detail

Brand new sentence

All wrapped up with a pretty little bow ha ha ha you couldn’t make it up

@@BradleyBDN Ahaaaa that killed me.

I agree, the first 2 episodes have made me laugh just as much as classic AP!

@@lukew7343 Really glad it's not just me then :)

Coogan has changed the voice, look and mannerisms of Partridge. To longstanding Partridge fans from On The Hour, The day today, KMKY and IAP this character is now unrecognisable. The character has had its personality ripped out and replaced. Partridge smothered chocolate mousse over Jill and found it hilarious taunting Bridie McMann about Lesbian slang names. In this series of This Time Alan is pleading not to be reported because a makeup artist played a joke on him. I get the satire on today's society but its not actually that funny. Partridge is supposed to be a spoof of egotistical z list TV personalities , not a satire on the state of social change. Both Coogan and the new writers are completely over thinking everything.

@@nudisco300 Some interesting points there. In an online interview with BFI Steve addressed the fact that Alan's character has changed a lot by saying that Alan has developed as a person and that one would be quite different 20 years later, I know I am. You have to remember that in I'm Alan Partridge he is having a breakdown. Everything in his life has gone to shit, his marriage, his career, his housing situation and in that situation you would go a bit mad but he's had a lot of time to move past that. The breakdown in I'm Alan Partridge is itself a new development not present in the original chat show. However, Alan's most defining personality traits remain today: his pedantry, his social awkwardness and his tendency to get bogged down with insignificant details. As for his new voice, one can easily pick up a different accent in a new town. It does happen. As for the emergence of overt political commentary, I can see how that would be jarring for some. After all, Alan always used to be pretty right wing. Reading as he did the Daily Mail and making homophobic comments. Nowadays Alan is aware of how going to a public school helps you get a job at the BBC. It is, one can imagine, just Coogan's way of expressing his own left wing values, which one could say means breaking character. I enjoy it and find it funny, but it's a fair criticism of the writing. Again, one could imagine a person flipping from one wing of politics to the other over a twenty year period, but it isn't the norm.

I don’t find it funny because the writing is very poor. The classic AP shows stand up to rewatches, these new shows don’t. As for the laughter track missing that has no relevance, it’s usage isn’t a cue for those that don’t know when to laugh, to suggest that is nonsense, The successful Carry On films never had a laughter track, audiences react because the writing is good. The other element which you’ve overlooked that is missing is Armando Iannucci. He’s the driving force that would’ve made this show distinctive quality entertainment that’s leagues ahead of the rest. Armando Iannucci follows on from a long line of talent that knows comedy inside out, Geoffrey Perkins was another master of producing great shows.

It’s like the huge plasma screen tele on the lounge wall of a five bedroom executive house newly built on the outskirts of Norwich! Aha

hence the tissue issue

Cashback!

Ah yes, slight error there then, he should have said ATV not Central!😁😁

Ha, I like it! Although 'productions' is actually what the 'P' stands for!😁😁😁

Needles to say

My man

I had the last laugh.

@@19dazhogan82 ...i take drugs!

School ??

And the girl is great too. A typical simpering BBC female announcer acting so caring but a hard faced cow underneath! Simon doesn't ring true, but is quite amusing. Partridge is still vile, but more self aware than he was, which diminishes the comedy a bit ! As for the bit part players. Lynn is totally underused. The black girl reporter is a bit contrived, but the oily presenter now engaged to Sally is superb! The BBC is full of his type !!

@@johnsaunders2109 I think part of the problem is that this is a completely different type of show then the comedy sitcom and those jokes would not work. I think Lyne is in the show because they don't know how to make a story make sence with him having a new personal assistant when she stays with him despite his horrible behaviour. This Alan seems to be more based off of the origanal one.

Totally agree. And I must say, the way Coogan plays Partridge now is irritating. Not even close to how he once performed him. The writing also seems predictable and forced.

Totally agree, I could probably tolerate 'Woke' Alan if Steve used the same voice and mannerisms as 90s Alan but he neither looks anything like Alan nor sounds like him. He talks like his throat his full flem rather than the proper nasally sound Alan had. I also can't stand how he excessively enlongates vowels now. 90s Alan was superconfident, brash and brave. This one seems timid about everything and slightly depressed. Note to Steve : 90s Alan is funny and is how Alan became popular. No one is interested in the character arc, its not a Hollywood movie. People just want a funny character.

@Banana in Condom And that's the bits that made the character funny. Self aware Alan doesn't work because there's nothing to actually laugh at.

@@deepzepp4176 I've been saying this for at least 5 years I'm glad it's not just me that noticed this.

@@nudisco300 You’re certainly not alone. And I completely agree with what you said regarding his voice and mannerisms, etc. He’s completely forgot the subtleties that made Partridge great. The pedantic, bitter, but as you say, brash and confident Partridge that we all know and love.

Same depressing Tory as ever !!!

I like the utensil idea too. Not sure how it would work if you've got the utensils and cutlery in the same drawer though

​@@Bromley68​True it would not work together, would need separate draws.

Seemed.