Nine Bob Note
Self-Isolating before it was fashionable
Ignoring the modern shit, but did rewatch S1 for the 18th time in one go last week 
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Ignoring the modern shit, but did rewatch S1 for the 18th time in one go last week
the modern stuff is shit, he's supposed to be a middle-class oaf from Norwich but he cba to suppress his Middleton accent anymore.
Ignoring the modern shit, but did rewatch S1 for the 18th time in one go last week
Nine Bob Note
Self-Isolating before it was fashionable
Just realised I implied I'd just watched series one of This Time. Oh no...
Nine Bob Note
Self-Isolating before it was fashionable
Just watched the third episode of the second series of This Time. Every episode I've seen so far has been good. I don't know how they keep a straight face. The SAS bit was great.
neonwilderness
What would Badgers do?
“We don’t shoot goats” 
Jennie seems to me to almost outshine Alan on this, tapping a bit into Susan's shiny smiley veneer from the first series of IAP.
Ignoring the modern shit, but did rewatch S1 for the 18th time in one go last week
crap isn't it
Last night's episode was the best yet. This series is a bit more brass eye, proper taking the piss. I think comparing it to old Alan is missing the point.
Interesting. I haven't watched last night's yet, although the week before made me think of Seinfeld a little bit, particularly Alan's comment about letterboxes at the bottom of doors.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
Just realised I implied I'd just watched series one of This Time. Oh no...
Not KYKMWAP?
purves grundy
ambient clown remix
Yeah agreed, and I like seeing Alan in fresh formats and settings. Deepens him as a character.
The methedrone experiment borrowed from Coogan “being fellated” by the groupie on Attitudes Night, on The Day Today.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
He takes ecstasy in This Scissored Isle IIRC
Elpenor
a clown’s heart and a mandolin
An ecstasy pellet to be precise
Throbbing Angel
this is no longer a place of honour
Is that where he ends up doing J turns in the car park?
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
I don’t much care for the current vehicle. It doesn’t engage me or make me laugh. I can’t help comparing that to Partridge of old, which did both, and still does. I don’t think this one is terrible or anything, it’s just meh. Mrs LR watches it, but I’ll actually leave the room if it’s on. I’d rather read a book or do the dishes.
UrbaneFox
They've doubled in price
Alan on tour:
www.theguardian.com
The jingle jangle of two Morris dancers shaking hands
Alan Partridge takes the stage with a Stratagem to heal Britain
Steve Coogan’s blazered broadcaster promises to bring a touch of TV evangelism and hatred of speed bumps on tour next year in venues across post-Brexit UK
The jingle jangle of two Morris dancers shaking hands
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I think I'm agreement on this. To certain degree you can predict how Alan's going to react to things, which I don't think either KMKY or IAP had.
Some of it too might be down to a relative lack of surrealism, which seems to be a trend of the last twenty years or so in comedy. After The Royle Family and The Office almost everything has much more dramatic stylings. IAP definitely wouldn't have a laughter track if it was made today.
it was filmed live though, not canned laughter. At least, I thought we had established this upthread.
Was it? OK, my mistake. I suppose I meant that IAP wouldn't have had audience laughter at all if they made it now.
I'm not sure about KMKY, because the premise of that was that part of the situation was that it had an audience.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I think This Time is great, not least because of his supporting cast, especially Susannah Fielding. It made me laugh a lot and so they did a good job IMO
I think this has been, by miles, the best of the season, so far.
ska invita
back on the other side
Good way to start the day:
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