Alan Partridge Superthread - Sponsored by Dettol

IamtheWalrus

Thargor wrote: »

"Mighty"

Coogan always seemed very knowledgeable about Irish stuff in his comedy.

He's one of our own, shure

fryup

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

Was good alright. He broke out his brown stripy tie, that was actually fashionable back about 1974.

still is in mayo in 2019

rubadub

sonofenoch

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

Wont happen. Racism and stereotyping are fine when its as funny as that.

Also the wrong minority type and skin color to cause a rumpus

Dante7

Charles Ingles wrote: »

Noway that was coogan playing the Irish lookalike

How much money would you like to bet on that? Coogan is an incredible impersonator and due to his Irish connections and time spent here, he has Irish accents down to a tea. I'd go so far as to say he is best impersonator of regional Irish accents since Neil Tobin.

If you are in any doubt that this wasn't Coogan, watch this brief clip about his character in Moone Boy. The Martin Brennan character is an evolution of this.

https://youtu.be/pJNGfUYMJNY

Skid X

When You Were Sweet Sixteen was very funny to start with (and Martin Brennan did a nice version)

then they turned it up to eleven with the IRA Medley.

It was so well crafted.

Mike Guide 69

“How long have you been an Alan impersonator “?

“‘‘Tis a weak Thuuurssadaaay”!!!

Neames

Lovely stuff.

tsue921i8wljb3

Very sexual. The shot of just her head bobbing up and down was also well done!

https://twitter.com/TobyonTV/status/1107770595213824006

tsue921i8wljb3

https://twitter.com/bbccomedy/status/1107763607327178753

ToBeFrank123

Brennan sketch classic case of pitfalls of live tv.

They think its a harmless segment about impersonators and it ends up propaganda for the IRA.

Has Alan learned nothing from shooting a man on live tv!

Dante7

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

Wont happen. Racism and stereotyping are fine when its as funny as that.

Yep. That, and Irish people have a sense of humour and don't tend to cry victim. But there will be some beardy gender studies student feverishly hammering out his blog.

Credit Checker Moose

Points of View this week should be interesting to see if anyone complains.

thecretinhop

lads that was one of the greatest 5 minutes of comedy humour you will ever see.
p flynn wearing terry wogans jacket giving alan an illegal tortoise (named alun) nodding his head he can get more getting catchphrase wrong haha!! and then literally hijacks the show at the end with ira songs. genius.
think how many times this has happened joe duffy ryan t etc. an all time classic clip.
hopefully joe fateen duffy is outraged..

thecretinhop

a lovely irish jesture!

tsue921i8wljb3

I see some sad Celtic jersey wearing ***** on Twitter are already trying to bait the "huns" as they refer to them as, over this.

RickBlaine

The brilliant thing about that Irish character is that is comes from a place of truth and understanding. I definitely recognized a lot of traits of middle aged men from the west of Ireland. Contrast this with a lot of other "Irish" comedy characters, especially from America, which are mostly complete BS.

tsue921i8wljb3

https://twitter.com/Bogus2387/status/1107816369230364672

Just rewatching the scene and it is just perfect. Up there with any of the best Partridge moments. An Irish rebel medley beside a figure representing MI5/6 British icon James Bond, who glances furtively at the presenters then shakes his head disapprovingly. Also at the end of the credits Partridge can be heard saying "Who are we going to blame. Find out who booked them and sack her"!

The CPR demonstration on a sex doll to the sound of Queen's Another One Bites The Dust was also genius.

OldMrBrennan83

Disgraceful ****e and you all lapping it up. If he'd blacked up you'd all be crying about it.

jaykay74

OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »

Disgraceful ****e and you all lapping it up. If he'd blacked up you'd all be crying about it.

Says old Mr Brennan

OldMrBrennan83

jaykay74 wrote: »

Says old Mr Brennan

That's a stupid thing to come back with. I'm not doing insulting bog-Irish sketches.

You can always bank on a british comedian to take it to the gutter when they're out of ideas.

jaykay74

OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »

That's a stupid thing to come back with. I'm not doing insulting bog-Irish sketches.

You can always bank on a british comedian to take it to the gutter when they're out of ideas.

I wasn't insulted and I know who the target of the joke was but carry on being offended.

Who was the target of the joke btw in your opinion ?

OldMrBrennan83

jaykay74 wrote: »

I wasn't insulted and I know who the target of the joke was but carry on being offended.

Who was the target of the joke btw in your opinion ?

Like I said, if he'd blacked up or pulled his eyes wide and started saying ah-so there would be a flood of tears coming from this. We're an easy target, even to ourselves by the look of it the way this was lapped up.

MonkstownHoop

OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »

Like I said, if he'd blacked up or pulled his eyes wide and started saying ah-so there would be a flood of tears coming from this. We're an easy target, even to ourselves by the look of it the way this was lapped up.

Relax

OldMrBrennan83

MonkstownHoop wrote: »

Relax

Of course, it's only the Irish after all.

ShakerMaker91

OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »

Like I said, if he'd blacked up or pulled his eyes wide and started saying ah-so there would be a flood of tears coming from this. We're an easy target, even to ourselves by the look of it the way this was lapped up.

Steve Coogan's parents are Irish

jooksavage

ShakerMaker91 wrote: »

Steve Coogan's parents are Irish

Indeed. Coogan is known for his Irish impersonations for decades. Anyone remember his thinly-veiled Gerry Adams impersonation on The Day Today? Graham Linehan and Arthur Matthews had originally intended to have him play the role of Eurovision presenter that John Kenny did in Father Ted.

OldMrBrennan83

ShakerMaker91 wrote: »

Steve Coogan's parents are Irish

Your point? I've English cousins with Irish parents who are equally as big a disgrace at making a mockery of us for a laugh. Luckily they all don't have the same platform he does.

Anyway, I'll let you all back to your self loathing. Maybe he'll do a jig and some wife beating next week for ye.

MillField

Another very enjoyable episode. How great is it to have regularly scheduled Partridge on TV again

Mickeroo

Everything about the character seemed pretty authentic to me, everything down to the way he was dressed reminded me of several people from my own village. I thought it was fairly obvious it was created by someone who had spent a lot of time in this part of the country over the years.