"That's fine, fill her up..." after all the shenanigans with the Blue Nun wine being poured by the waiter! Class writing and performing. Coogan is one talented chap.
Idea for programme, I Alan of Cheese, visit various places, home and abroad tasting different cheeses, SMELLING their cheeses, using anecdotes about cheese, from dairycentric US states to the hol(e)y cheese to smelly french stuff, make it light and heavy too for all different tastes, bring in babybelles, stringy snack cheeses etc.
That's why it's so great with the "I like wine" smirks he gives. Tony never considered giving Alan any content here, just brought him along to an Italian in his own place of work to say no as a courtesy
@CrazyCarMan Why would he - Alan Partridge - move a bag of cement, gone hard into his new garage, presumably from his former home? Unless he got Lynn to move it for him, since he had a fat back!
He's probably speaking about a former cellar of his but in the present tense, just to contribute something to the conversation. That's my guess anyway.
Thumbs down. How can you cut this short?? The description says "Alan meets with BBC Chief Tony Hayers to pitch his ideas.........." but we don't hear the ideas as the video's chopped short. Plus the excellent "cheese" bit!
The thing that I keep noticing every time I re-watch these clips (which is often) is the laugh track - by rights, it should ruin the whole thing. Every rubbish sitcom from the 60s through to the 00s had canned laughter and it sounded terrible, so surely it should sound terrible on Partridge too...? AND YET! Somehow it actually ADDS to the hilariousness of it all! I can't explain how or why, but it just does. It's almost the magic ingredient that raises IAP (or the first series at least) to the heights of perfection that it undoubtedly does reach. Fantastic.
It does add, maybe for the fact that its not canned, its genuine laughter at a much loved (as in we love to hate him and we love him for that lol) character and his total ineptitude and lack of communication skills.
Looking at it now, all these years later, when canned laughter in a series like this is practically non existent, it kinda adds to the absurdity of it. Making it even more hilarious. Especially when the show is still blatantly ahead of it's time. It's almost seems deliberately meta.
The background of the series is that this is based on Alan's real life events for him to act out. So the little jabs at Alan's futility are actually these 'actors' mocking him
2:40 - the joke about evolution - revolution - evolve - revolve is interesting. Revolution originally had one meaning only - turn around an axis. It was only after publication of Copernicus's "On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres" (1543) that it gradually took on its second meaning of important change (perhaps forceful).
It is from the era when wine became popular in the UK. Blue nun is cheap, medium wine that you'd find at dinner parties in the 80s. It signifies a complete lack of wine knowledge to bring out a bottle.
@@joedent3323 I'm no wiser. In fact, I feel like the chap in Currys to whom Alan said "apropos". Surely we're not expected to have a rudimentary knowledge of A Space Odyssey to understand Partridge?
I have believed for years that they should never bring back Knowing Me knowing you because it could taint the genius of the original. However, I am starting to think it should be brought back for 6 new episodes. Alan has changed, Tony Hayers is dead. I just wonder whether it would pass the political correctness check.
I love the beginning. Casually walking through a posh restaurant saying the words “cock” and “piss” rather loudly.
you’ve correctly identified the joke
@@startmakingsense2071 Can I just shock you.... I know that.
@@startmakingsense2071, haha, you got burnt.
@@startmakingsense2071 It really is good humour
After he told Lynn he'll 'play it down'.
Alan's reaction to hearing the guy is revamping current affairs is classic we've all felt that feeling
He does that rapid shrug a couple more times elsewhere in the series when someone's said something irrelevant to him, it's great.
The look on his face is perfect 😅
@@WeaselKing1000 at the funeral of Tony Hayers, ironically
My dad told me once "it's Don Bradman's birthday today, he would have been 110 years old". This was my exact reaction
Tony: "Alan this is Peter Linehan hes revamping our current affairs output"
Alan: 🤷♂️
"Give him another series you swine."
"Yeah, gimme another series you shit!"
'Can I just shock you? I like wine!'
'Don't worry Lynn, i'll play it down' . Literally first conversation you hear 😂
Action man bow tie and some blue nun.. ooo the height of sophistication
@Steve Anon worse
And farfalle al arrabbiata (WTF!)
"That's fine, fill her up..." after all the shenanigans with the Blue Nun wine being poured by the waiter! Class writing and performing. Coogan is one talented chap.
And Armani Ianucchi
Armando Iannoci and Steve Coogan were great together...😅
Probably the best scene from any sitcom since Roman times
Somewhere an unknown called Ricky Gervais was watching and taking notes.
Completely different comedies both brilliant
@@kneeenaw4 are they, really?
And thinking it was a documentary.
I’m curious to know what they think of each other. They’re both soo good
Everything Ricky Gervais says and does these days convinces me more and more that Steven merchant was the talented one
From that day on, farfalle was only ever known as “Action Man bow ties” 😂🎀
😂
Nowt wrong with a drop of Blue Nun. Lovely stuff. Not my words, but those of Shakin' Stevens.
I didn't ask him about that when I met him, but my sister's claim to fame is falling over his bottle he left at the edge of the stage once :-)
"I evolve, but I don't.....revolve"
Surprised he didn’t pitch a cement related program: Going hard with Alan Partridge, a complete history of cement 😂
Serial killers included and their victims?
You can grow cement.
It looks like David Schneider is trying not to laugh all the way through
It's difficult to hold a straight face whilst Coogan does Alan.
It's part of the act of course, Tony Hayers really disliked Alan after the Christmas episode so firing him gave him great pleasure.
@@nightw4tchman to be fair he did whack him with a turkey
@@jayboy8080 "Ding dong merrily on high!"
@@nightw4tchman what do you do for an encore. Shag a robin
Idea for programme, I Alan of Cheese, visit various places, home and abroad tasting different cheeses, SMELLING their cheeses, using anecdotes about cheese, from dairycentric US states to the hol(e)y cheese to smelly french stuff, make it light and heavy too for all different tastes, bring in babybelles, stringy snack cheeses etc.
i evolve...i don't ........revolve
4:38 Alan: "Would you like me to lapdance for you?"
Tony: "Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! HA HA HA HA! BLUE NUN! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!"🍾
I'm most concerned that the BBC has an on site restaurant where top execs can sit around having working lunches and feeling important.
All on the bbc gravy train
"I evolve.. but I don't...revolve" 🤣
"I'll have a pint of bitter..."
"Mines is a pint of mild in a half pint glass"
@@siresquire9439 😂
@@siresquire9439 anyone want to see the Eiffel Tower, girls?
Came here to show someone this clip, turns out it's 11 years to the day after it was uploaded. Another one of those, same time tomorrow.
Absolute legend. Had the pleasure of seeing him do stand up years ago. 😁😁😁😁
Was he surprisingly down to Earth, and VERY funny?
Don't worry Lynn I''ll play it down 😂
_"It says Partridge, I can understand, but then cock and piss..."_
The fantasy with Tony Hayers is hilarious. Brilliant! :D
Do you want me to lapdance for you
@@bensmithkent22 Hahaha! :D
The intonation on the piss is quite something Alan
Oh god, this happened to me this week, made a total ass of myself at an interview, felt a lot like Alan.
6 years on, does it still haunt you?
@@goldenwombat2159 LOL 😂😂
Ambient Wanderer 😳
Did you get a second series?
He was fired, because of leaving coffee cups on the table and tutting in a slightly aggravating way.
Coogan is a genius..
Always go cheeky half bottle of blue nun for a business lunch. 💙
RIP Tony Hayers.
What was he doing on the bloody roof???
@@peteandurnot He met the perfect demise.
@@peteandurnotim being metaphorical.
rofl one of the best scenes ever
Excellent the way he necks the wine!
Il have a pint of biiiitttterrrrRr
This is painfully funny.
3:36 he knew straight away he wasn't getting a second series
Moments later he asked the question "have I got a second series?".
Twice.
And old bag of cement gone hard hahaha
exactly what i was looking for, thank you
In real life, Tony Hayers would have been a really good mate of Jimmy Savile!
What? A nonce?
Nonce sense. 👉🏻😐
Schneider is perfect as the smug, powerful, over-promoted BBC drone. Painful to watch, but so truthful.
If its a cliche how would I know? Do you remember Millman meeting the BBC in Extras? Awkward.
if the did give another 5 series il lbe watching them all
After punching Tony Hayers in the face with a raw partridge, I'm amazed he even got this far!
Professional courtesy, nothing more nothing less.
That's why it's so great with the "I like wine" smirks he gives. Tony never considered giving Alan any content here, just brought him along to an Italian in his own place of work to say no as a courtesy
I like the comedic timing where he says the word “cock” and “piss” only when walking past a table of people.
This is why Alan moved to Sky
What was he doing on the bloody roof
I never understood where Alan's cellar is. At the Travel Tavern? His ex-wife's?
CrazyCarMan the one with the buck rogers toilet. That’s why he needs a second series. It all has to be paid for! 😂
@CrazyCarMan Why would he - Alan Partridge - move a bag of cement, gone hard into his new garage, presumably from his former home? Unless he got Lynn to move it for him, since he had a fat back!
He's probably speaking about a former cellar of his but in the present tense, just to contribute something to the conversation. That's my guess anyway.
Alan often makes up scenarios in his head
oo.. oo.. oo... oo do you think you are?
Thats fine, fill'er up
Your programmes…your programmes
Thumbs down. How can you cut this short?? The description says "Alan meets with BBC Chief Tony Hayers to pitch his ideas.........." but we don't hear the ideas as the video's chopped short. Plus the excellent "cheese" bit!
That’s saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad
The thing that I keep noticing every time I re-watch these clips (which is often) is the laugh track - by rights, it should ruin the whole thing. Every rubbish sitcom from the 60s through to the 00s had canned laughter and it sounded terrible, so surely it should sound terrible on Partridge too...?
AND YET! Somehow it actually ADDS to the hilariousness of it all! I can't explain how or why, but it just does. It's almost the magic ingredient that raises IAP (or the first series at least) to the heights of perfection that it undoubtedly does reach. Fantastic.
It does add, maybe for the fact that its not canned, its genuine laughter at a much loved (as in we love to hate him and we love him for that lol) character and his total ineptitude and lack of communication skills.
Looking at it now, all these years later, when canned laughter in a series like this is practically non existent, it kinda adds to the absurdity of it. Making it even more hilarious. Especially when the show is still blatantly ahead of it's time. It's almost seems deliberately meta.
It was shown to an audience and so they laughed at this
The background of the series is that this is based on Alan's real life events for him to act out. So the little jabs at Alan's futility are actually these 'actors' mocking him
The irony of ‘youth hosteling with Chris Eubank’ is that the other day there was a programme on sky called ‘supercharged otters’
Chris Eubank prounouncing that series let his application down.
As well as the irony of wanting another chris evans on your hands….
Brilliant
"Half a bottle of Blue Nun".... Do they even make that shit anymore?
Blue Nun used to be very around from the 1930s to the 1980s. Its popularity wore off in the 90s. Blue Nun is very dated now.
@@MoskHotel Of course I remember it. Cheap Liebfraumilch, I think. I was just wondering if it's still available. Haven't seen it since the 80's.
Taco Bell Ha ha ha ha! Blue Nun! 🤣 👴🏻
Was always my favourite tipple in my local tandoori. That and a beer chaser.
@@tacobell6826 liebraumilch. Theres a name I havnt heard in a while!
Half a bottle of blue nun 😂
That with...Action Man bow tie...
the shrug became a meme
2:40 - the joke about evolution - revolution - evolve - revolve is interesting. Revolution originally had one meaning only - turn around an axis. It was only after publication of Copernicus's "On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres" (1543) that it gradually took on its second meaning of important change (perhaps forceful).
Blue Nun. Excellent.
vortex42studios the only wine to order at an Indian restaurant.
Poor old Alan. At least he had the last laugh.
Don't be blue peter! Needless to say, I had the last laugh.
I haven't drunk Blue Nun yet, does it get slagged off a lot in the UK?
It is from the era when wine became popular in the UK. Blue nun is cheap, medium wine that you'd find at dinner parties in the 80s. It signifies a complete lack of wine knowledge to bring out a bottle.
This is maybe a year after he punched him twice on the show and now he shoves cheese in his face
Fill her up 😂
£325,000 wouldn’t get you that these days
That's fine, fill her up.
I wonder who wrote on his car? It was probably one of his guests on kmky
Jed Maxwell I’d say
ye give em another series ya SHITTTTT lol
I like how we are supposed to imagine Tony is the smart one. He cant pronounce farfalla properly either.
why does Tony go bald in the fantasy?
Black Lock I can guess it’s something to do with losing fame, but I really have no clue.
I always wondered that
Black Lock It adds to the surrealism
Always thought it was a swipe at Greg Dyke who was, I think, BBC commissioning boss around that time.
Gary Loughran
Good call, kiss my face
"Thats a snazzy Boo Kay"
Blue nun 🤣🤣🤣
Yeah gimme another series ya shiiiit
Smell my cheese
SMELL MY CHEESE
Gervais not a patch on Coogan!
Dr Nowt
Can I shock you, I like woman's football despite what I said earlier
LOL
Would you like me to lap dance for you!
Its vulcanised rubber which means it wont perish
IVE got cheese
Why did they make him bald during Alan's daydream lol?
Something to do with a Space Odyessy 2001, im sure.
@@joedent3323 I'm no wiser. In fact, I feel like the chap in Currys to whom Alan said "apropos".
Surely we're not expected to have a rudimentary knowledge of A Space Odyssey to understand Partridge?
It adds a certain Lynchian surrealism to Alan's hallucinations.
Won't be long before they "reboot" this with James Corden as Alan, and change the famous line to "Give me another *season* you shit!".
"that would be hideous" !
And can I have..... the same please
Harry Hicks bullshit
Headslapping
🐵 🎾?
"smell my cheese you knobber!"
Mother, not knobber.
This is literally epic comedic genius
I literally hate Tony too
I'm sure you could've forced the word 'literally' in a third time if you'd really tried, you only had it once in every sentence.
Not that you actually used punctuation, of course, but it should've been two sentences.
@@markfox1545 Quite literally.
The sound is out of sync.
Haven't you all got jobs to do? No, you're all on the BBC gravy train...(wish I was)...
I have believed for years that they should never bring back Knowing Me knowing you because it could taint the genius of the original. However, I am starting to think it should be brought back for 6 new episodes. Alan has changed, Tony Hayers is dead. I just wonder whether it would pass the political correctness check.
Idea for programme: who's life is ( WAS ) tiswas it anyways? covering the covid jabs!!! ( Razor 1 google O )