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They missed the funniest line: "Did the man kill Bill Oddie?" "No, no. Bill Oddie's alive and well. Well, he's alive."

"...bearded catherine wheel scything through the crowd"

Which muppet?

Yeah there's one killer line after another.

Shoot and move and shoot and move..

Defo they cleared out v ‘Wookiee hole’! “No Sophie nobody survived “Alan realising he’d got in too deep 💨💨💯🤣

Agreed. Watched KMKY from ages back. Still funny, but not a patch on these ,scissored isle or this time.

That character he created fed by daytime TV can never run out of fuel I mean look at Richard Madeley he does daily the thing Coogan mocks he's like the gift that keeps on giving.

I was delighted to see Saxondale, he brought a new character more akin to people we know, less extreme, he filled the role perfectly (in double denim!) but added pathos with no loss of comedy. Then he went on to pure pathos with 'Philomena' and kept comic moments while adding the depth of life experience. The man is a genius.

It's just quality

In my opinion the greatest and most nuanced British comedy character of all time.

The timing was perfect

@@FoodforThought12345678dsds 👌

And explaining the joke was so funny, it's the exception that proves the rule... I mean, that timing! 😆 🤣 😂

Like a druggie's tongue.

@@FoodforThought12345678dsds about fifty times.

No budget left for "Sparrow"!

glad i'm not the only one. The 'podcast' has its moments too but the theme music is insufferable.

I loved when he retold events such as his confrontation with Tony Hayers but we knew he was embellishing and making it sound like he came off better than he really did because, of course, we all saw it happen in I'm Alan Partridge.

@@ValleyRC 'you smell like cheese.' Amazing ;)

Everytime I listen to them I hear another joke I’ve not heard before

Genius comedy

Many a uni lecture spent like that

Poetry... no notes.

So relatable x

This was 12 years ago.

yes. As subtle as a sledgehammer.

A terrifying prospect!

the best thing about parody is its so close to reality which is equally hilarious and sad at the same time

Eleven isn't that many. I've had worse

It's pure unadulterated Alan.

The whole of Norwich is brilliant.😂

Bill

Why is a blasphemy funny?

They are called 'writers'

There's not a word wasted, amazing writing and delivery...I've listened to this stuff loads of times and it never fails to bring tears of laughter....

One of my personal favourites from this entire season.

As someone just discovering this character, I immediately found this incarnation to be the funniest, because it seems the most nuanced and real. Earlier versions seem like an overly-caricatured fake cliche designed to appeal to average stupid blockhead leftists. I've seen a lot of those types constantly referring to him as a "monster" and reveling in projecting their own flaws upon a fictional creation. A lot like Harry Enfield's "Loadsamoney" character, who Enfield obviously loved playing, but then wanted to try to pretend to be offended by. It is a low and foolish thing to try to project your own rascality onto someone else, and a far greater thing to enjoy a character who embodies the flaws inside all of us, allowing us to laugh at ourselves, and even allowing us to enjoy being naughty through him--which is what those people obsessed with saying "monster" are really doing anyway, but just denying it. I wonder how much of the character's improvement came from Coogan's own maturation over time, which no doubt included the natural process of becoming more conservative rather than childishly, narrowly leftist. He doesn't seem like the kind of artist like Robert Smith who can't grow up and keeps 18-year-old student politics his entire life. But then again, who knows.

@@Margatroid the average stupid blockhead rwnj is a lot more dangerous. Religion makes people do awful things.

@@Margatroid written by someone who's never once heard Coogan talk about his politics. Alan is meant to be an incredibly flawed character, but he has to have a bit of sympathy from the audience. Even in the early ones he was so pathetic you couldn't help but feel slightly bad for him.

@@eeblihp Yeah since writing that I've discovered that Coogan is a desperate virtue signaler. I think the writers he works with on Partridge may not be, though.

@@Margatroid I think you're missing the point of partridge if that is what you get from it

surely thats pulped fiction.

Needless to say, he had the last laugh.

@@davidcartmell2141 👍😉

​@@threethrushes *Needles

@@FoodforThought12345678dsdsWell done, that's why it's funny.

@@FoodforThought12345678dsds ahh, a troll. Hello

Have you seen Duck Soup, the Marx brothers? You, you'd love that

Give him another series, you shit!

@@day0walker Smell my cheese, you mother!!

yep this is my favourite mid morning matters

he’s big in the back time I guess

Butter my arse

tim key is so good, check out on BBC radio a comedy called party, he is brilliant in it.

Coogan is fxcking amazing and surrounds himself with fantastic support...im sure he used to do impressions when he started out??

Except that isn't quite the point, is it? The French don't have the same sense of humor either. Neither do the Egyptans. Or the native Americans. Or the North Sentinel islanders.

Why on earth do you think Americans wouldn't get that joke? Do you think we don't use the term "pallet" here? I like how your extremely British name is "Clive Warren," and you sound like an arrogant thicko. Bit of an Alan Partridge yourself.

@@zapkvr Sentinel Islander's humour is WAY different, I agree. In fact one might call it unfathomable. Humour for the true connoisseur. Mainly arrow-based.

​@@KevPage-WitkickerNorth sentinel

Dude. There's pedantry and there's taking the piss. @@zapkvr

He’s a genius… If you wanna see a real life version of him listen to Jaackmaate’s happy hour and listen to stevie white! Jack is also basically David brent

it must be torture for him trying to keep a straight face

he is a low key comedy genius. his timing is amazing.

@@Scrapyy lol happy hour is so shite.

yes but you yes but you yes yes yes

No Rosie that's wrong!

I like it and it’s a good second best but nothing beats the two series of I’m Alan Partridge. Endless quotable lines and gave the best behind the scenes insight into who Partridge is

Finally someone who agrees I’m Alan Patridge is the best! MMM is good but it’s a distant second to the genius of IAP. So many funny quotes from both series and the insight into Alan’s off screen life was comedy genius

"scything through the crowd" - I'm still smiling.