Alan Partridge........

[Saffy]

Went last night, just amazing

so many piss funny parts that I can't recall now.

We're going this weekend but just seen a couple of dates were cancelled last minute. I'll be gutted if that happens to us.

 

[Plumdaff]

We're going this weekend but just seen a couple of dates were cancelled last minute. I'll be gutted if that happens to us.

We had our cancellation with one hour to go on Saturday, we were OK but some people had travelled a long way and spent a lot of hotels. Can't be helped but it was gutting.

 

[Saffy]

That's really gutting Plumdaff. We're not far from the venue and have only booked parking but I guess we'll just go out for dinner if it happens.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Out of interest, why are the shows getting cancelled?

 

[DaveCinzano]

We had our cancellation with one hour to go on Saturday

AND ON THAT BOMBSHELL

 

[Elpenor]

Out of interest, why are the shows getting cancelled?

 

[sojourner]

Out of interest, why are the shows getting cancelled?

Read an article that says he's got laryngitis.

 

[BigMoaner]

We had our cancellation with one hour to go on Saturday, we were OK but some people had travelled a long way and spent a lot of hotels. Can't be helped but it was gutting.

some have even travelled from Leeds

 

[Plumdaff]

That's really gutting Plumdaff. We're not far from the venue and have only booked parking but I guess we'll just go out for dinner if it happens.

Tbh, we were gutted and then we found a vermouth bar. It's a tough old life.

 

[ska invita]

AHHAAA!!!
I wonder if this exact same bit of script couldve been done as Alan Partidge?

 

[DaveCinzano]

AHHAAA!!!
I wonder if this exact same bit of script couldve been done as Alan Partidge?

I mean TBF Tommy has a point

 

[tommers]

Got tickets for next Friday.

 

[Elpenor]

I loved Saxondale. Not as well known as Partridge but right on the money

 

[DaveCinzano]

Has anyone told Alan that Glen has got a big new gig?

‘Our ears were bleeding!’ – Harry Hill on making his Tony Blair opera

Saddam gets a Groucho Marx makeover, Gordon Brown sings about macroeconomics – and Cherie is part Lily Savage, part Lili Marleen. The big-collared comic reveals all about Tony!

www.theguardian.com

 

[steveo87]

Back of the net!!

 

[chilango]

Saw Stratagem last night.

 

[Idaho]

Saw Stratagem last night.

Review?

 

[chilango]

Review?

It was patchy tbh.

I chuckled a lot, and there were some classic moments.

...but there was also a fair bit of "filler", which, as it's still Alan, fans will like.

Couldn't believe the crowds it drew.

 

[Saffy]

I thought the first half was a lot stronger than the second. Although, the very first part of the second half had me laughing so much.

 

[DaveCinzano]

I thought the first half was a lot stronger than the second. Although, the very first part of the second half had me laughing so much.

It is, as they say a game of two halves of two halves

 

[steveo87]

Needless to say....

 

[Elpenor]

I have always thought Alan doesn’t work well in a live format (the tour he did a while ago with the other characters was a bit meh apparently - and tbf he even admits it himself

 

[Ted Striker]

There was a very old...I'm sure it must have been late 90's...DVD of a show if his with all his characters AP, Paul Calf, Duncan Thicket...Was absolutely hilarious tbf, some of favorite AP material.

 

[DaveCinzano]

There was a very old...I'm sure it must have been late 90's...DVD of a show if his with all his characters AP, Paul Calf, Duncan Thicket...Was absolutely hilarious tbf, some of favorite AP material.

The one with Pegg?

 

[Ted Striker]

The one with Pegg?

Yup, doing his Liam Gallagher? And Julia Davis as Wendy Banachek.

Not seen it in years!

 

[Hollis]

It was patchy tbh.

I chuckled a lot, and there were some classic moments.

...but there was also a fair bit of "filler", which, as it's still Alan, fans will like.

Couldn't believe the crowds it drew.

I thought it was pretty good as a live show.. only bit that completely by-passed me was the women on stage at the end..

And I got to tell the 33 year old next to me to... watch SAXONDALE

 

[rubbershoes]

I thought the first half was a lot stronger than the second. Although, the very first part of the second half had me laughing so much.

I preferred the second half. What a funny story.

 

[kabbes]

I thought that Alpha Papa suffered in the second half too. A lot of long-format comedy does. I guess there’s a tension between building a plot serious enough to sustain the story but with enough silliness or irony or satire to be funny.

 

[Elpenor]

I thought that Alpha Papa suffered in the second half too. A lot of long-format comedy does. I guess there’s a tension between building a plot serious enough to sustain the story but with enough silliness or irony or satire to be funny.

I’ve watched Alpha Papa twice and still find it disappointing. I think you’ve summed up why tbh

 

[chilango]

The 2nd half felt rushed to me (though the opening gag and Martin Brennan - that was the 2nd half right? - were highlights of the whole show.

The swearing didn't seem very Alan, would Partridge really say "Cunt"? ...but then maybe Alan with the inflated ego of a 20k audience would? Who knows. It just didn't sit right.

The map of Britain was a great touch too.