Partridge

Ric said:
Some very funny bits, but overall I was a bit disappointed. Maybe I had too high expectations, but thought it was a bit hit and miss. Still better than most British TV comedies, obviously, but not up to the standard of the earlier series. Hopefully it’ll pick up next week.
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I felt underwhelmed too.. The "Klunt" bit made me laugh though
 
It was watchable enough to think I’ll give it another go next week. Won’t lose any sleep if I forget, though.

Either way, the klunt will laugh all the way to the fluckin blank.
 
My god it's abysmal.

As I expected really. Who wrote it a fucking focus group?

If it ain't broke don't fix it.
 
It wasn't awful, it wasn't great.
Nowhere near the standards of I'm Alan Partridge, but I wasn't expecting it to be, with writers that aren't as good.

Loved the bit where he was walking London's streets, and heard "Partridge you wanker". I was expecting a load of angry farmers to emerge, then throw a dead cow onto a boat.
 
Looking at the format, it was always going to be more Mid Morning Matters than I'm Alan Partridge. Thought it was good but not as good as MMM. But then to echo what @gordondaviesmoustache said, MMM got funnier and funnier the more I re-watched it as I noticed little bits of mannerism and intonation that I had previously missed. So will watch the series, keep them on my planner and then keep watching them.
 
Not sure about this format. The best bits were the interaction with his sidekick at the video wall and with the correspondent, Lolly Adefope, about gaming machines trying to get her to agree with him, but there's only so many times he can say something totally inappropriate on live TV. That part has to be realistic to some level and be kept understated and nuanced, keep the ridiculous stuff for off camera.

Will keep watching though!
 
I was living abroad when the first series came on and nave never seen it before.
Coming to it as a total newbie with no preconceived ideas I thought it was pretty good.
 
Remember watching Series 2 and wanting him back on a 'chat show' format...but soon realised if was a better series (I caught a bit of Knowing Me the other night...it looks so old now)...so I'll give this another whirl. Oddly, my young kids like Partridge after watching the film then this new series...so it's introduced the character to a 'new audience' as they say.
Anybody know who wrote Series 2 and 3 (before I google it...)
 
started to watch it on iplayer last night after reading this thread, haven't seen earlier series, and on the evidence of the 15 minutes I managed last night, I haven't missed much. Obviously loved by some, not my flavour tho
 
We've had some of the best Partridge in recent years - the autobiography audiobook, Scissored Isle, Mid Morning Matters

Which is why this being so poor is so odd.
 
Listened to the original Knowing Me radio series on the BBC sounds thing yesterday and it was brilliant. The other cast members really added to it though. Partridge, at his best, always needs people to play off. When it transferred to TV it was just as good aided by the supporting actors. It carried on being very, very funny right up until it turned into just him and his sidekick. When he rants about stuff it's usually after he has been belittled in some way by people he perceives as of a lower standing than himself, like with his builders/ farmers etc etc Now he just has a woman nicking his best lines.

Needs to go back to the chat show format or make the TV presenting just a small bit of his life. His home life and the way he dealt with members of the public was far funnier than just sitting in a studio being slightly awkward.
 
Not exactly overwhelmed although I did manage many titters at the fluck clunt mixup and also the washing hands free on a train was par excellence making me at one point guffaw out loud.To be fair it was good but not overwhelmingly good.Comedy is divisive and one mans poison is another mans meat and I digress to stretching my own chops in acknowledgement of partridges unflinching stoichisism and craftsmanship to his chosen craft.Ah hah
 
BimboBob said:
Listened to the original Knowing Me radio series on the BBC sounds thing yesterday and it was brilliant. The other cast members really added to it though. Partridge, at his best, always needs people to play off. When it transferred to TV it was just as good aided by the supporting actors. It carried on being very, very funny right up until it turned into just him and his sidekick. When he rants about stuff it's usually after he has been belittled in some way by people he perceives as of a lower standing than himself, like with his builders/ farmers etc etc Now he just has a woman nicking his best lines.

Needs to go back to the chat show format or make the TV presenting just a small bit of his life. His home life and the way he dealt with members of the public was far funnier than just sitting in a studio being slightly awkward.
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Well done for expanding on the point I made two days ago
 
We're never getting vintage partridge back so in that respect anything new is going to be disappointing but it wasn't bad, there were enough lines in the first episode to be worth the watch. For me if we get just 1 minute of quality partirdge in each episode it will have been worth the watch
 
It was good but that is about it. I'm Alan Partirgde has some great characters to compliment him, as has been previously posted. The hotel receptionist, Lynn and the mad bloke from Sunderland all added to the show - the format of him sat on a sofa will only go so far
 
You just cant beat him living in a travel tavern trying to get back onto the TV

DAN!

This show was trying too hard (not just alan which I get is the whole point) but the show. The bit where the screen never worked was a bit tired , I did like the clunt joke though that was very alan.
 
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