Coogan/Partridge is just perfect… the choice of Fernando as his child, doing a motivational speech for Bostick, Swaffham… everything is just excellent

I could never get sick of this character.

when he does that final bird shriek. gets me everytime.

Hilarious! Worrying thing is, the older I get the more I'm actually turning into this guy

@davidpetermcmorris857

3 жыл бұрын

Do you carry a finger of fudge when you go out though?

@tomoliver9239

3 жыл бұрын

Is your wife living with a narcissistic sports pimp?

@Sr19769p

3 жыл бұрын

@@tomoliver9239 🤣 No, but I drink that yellow stuff in cans; it's called Stella 🤣

@Sr19769p

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidpetermcmorris857🤣 No, just a Toblerone when I'm driving to Dundee in my slippers 🤣

@davidpetermcmorris857

3 жыл бұрын

@@Sr19769p just make sure you don’t throw a shoebox off a ferry containing all your tax receipts whilst you’re up there.

*Walks in the middle of the woods* "Somebody should clean up these leaves"

One of the very best Partridge clips this. It’s scary how funny he is and how well written it is.

"There's a caravan site there now. It's quite a good one. There's not gypsies. There's proper toilets."

The crack in Alan's voice at the end of the song snippet....wonderful acting by Steve Cooghan..you actually feel sorry for Alan.

@stephenbrady4829

6 жыл бұрын

Alan is a deeply lonely, isolated man. That's why he resonates with people

@smoog

6 жыл бұрын

Alan is such a beautifully crafted tragic figure. You laugh at him and feel sorry for him at the same time. Coogan is a comic genius.

@MajorKlanga

6 жыл бұрын

He has many characteristics of someone on the autistic spectrum so even though he's easy to laugh at , it is slightly mean humour. The best and cleverst comedy punches up, not down or is self deprecatory.

@Fin365

6 жыл бұрын

lol oh fuck off

@MoskHotel

5 жыл бұрын

Alan is socially inept, which leads to most people viewing him as a narcissistic lunatic, but really, he’s just a awkward TV personality trying to gain fame and attention as part of his own dreams. All what Alan wanted was to say to everyone; *He’s* Alan Partridge.

Gentle thoughtful tragic comedy. The British have quite sophisticated comedy.

I also love how every detail seems to matter in Alan's eyes ... it wasn't his father's car that he used to go on trips in, it was in his father's "mustard-coloured Dolomite"! To Alan, that is absolutely relevant information ... Also, when he's inadvertently spot-on as to his relevance and meaning in this world: "... times when I think birds are the only onbes I can really talk to ...". How sadly and tragically right he is!

@tommytoofar

Жыл бұрын

I keep seeing a mustard coloured Triumph Dolomite in the last few weeks here in Kilkenny

I love the way he describes the car in such detail, and lets us know the A road to take.

A contemplative, quiet, early morning Christmas ramble. Lovely stuff.

Alan's voice is so soothing

"I pack a finger of fudge" - I dropped my coffee

@Bungadin639

3 жыл бұрын

@Hugh Jones I laughed too - but er, my nostrils were clear...

Ah the Bostik sale force, great bunch they all bonded as soon as they met.

@mikeoglen6848

3 жыл бұрын

It's a shame they came unstuck in the end...

@pupskin123

3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant...

@54spatula

2 жыл бұрын

Liquid

@PaulieD1984

2 жыл бұрын

Buh-dum tish

@Lookup2Wakeup

Жыл бұрын

I expect they bonded on contact & they were stuck together in their group.....

"I proposed a series of vending machines in hedges" lol

@ShahPhilLeotardo

6 жыл бұрын

MrKnightlore Kit Kats, Mars Bars, Chunky Soup, Slices of Ham, Five Alive

@leewright1

3 жыл бұрын

Doggers would just abuse them....this country.

@MrKnightlore

3 жыл бұрын

@@ShahPhilLeotardo sounds good!

Partridge is the precursor to many KZread vloggers. 😂

1:36 He would have a job seeing Hergest ridge from Norfolk. It's in Wales.

Bit small minded really....bit nasty.

@monstermunch4956

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@Rodiraskal

3 жыл бұрын

Best bit 👌

@lose8447

3 жыл бұрын

ahahahaha the original david brent

@Rich7714

3 жыл бұрын

I really hope Mike Oldfield saw this!

@stephenbarlow2493

3 жыл бұрын

@@Rich7714 - I think he'd be surprised to find that there's a Hergest Ridge in Norfolk as well as the one on the Herefordshire/Welsh border he named his album after.

That moment in life when you realise you are as lonely as Alan Partridge

@mogadon7

3 жыл бұрын

Alright , dont rub it in. Geez.

@marrs1013

3 жыл бұрын

He is lonely in a relationship with kids. That makes it bad.

@zapkvr0101

Жыл бұрын

I'm alone. I'm not lonely

@octagonseventynine1253

Жыл бұрын

Bunch of Eleanor Rigby’s

@paulkielty3800

Жыл бұрын

@@octagonseventynine1253genius 😂

Whenever I'm walking in an area with a leaf covered ground, I never avoid saying "someone should really clean up these leaves" and then booting a big pile of them.

@popmur7089

3 жыл бұрын

Nor should you. They are a hazard.

@peterh1353

3 жыл бұрын

Amazing the number of people who write "leaves" for "leaf's." Might be the number one KZread grammar error.

@enemywithin1295

3 жыл бұрын

@@peterh1353 Well noticed! However I don't think "leafs" needs an apostrophe.

@popmur7089

3 жыл бұрын

@@peterh1353 Leaves is correct!!! 😂

@peterh1353

3 жыл бұрын

@@enemywithin1295 Depends on context.

"Oldfield hosts a celebrity clay pigeon shoot every Christmas. He invites round Paul Eddington, Adam Faith, Danny Baker, Moira Stewart, Edward Heath and Mr Motivator....................and Francis Rossi of Status Quo."

"I Alan partridge require solitude" 😂😂😂

18 months ago I moved up to Norfolk and bought a house in North Pickenham . Then I found this on you tube . They say there's a little bit of partridge in all of us , maybe mines come home to roost .

@PTD2023

6 жыл бұрын

I did the same. I'm quite close to Swatham :)

@blacktoothfox677

6 жыл бұрын

I was in Cromer last year living with one of Norfolks web-toed women. Now I literally want to kill myself everyday. I was quite happy before.

@mannixflinn6227

5 жыл бұрын

I lived in East Dereham for a few months. It seemed like a few years. Hated it. Boring town. Weird people. Getting back to London seemed like a relief.

@Rodiraskal

3 жыл бұрын

Mannix Flinn I had a clothes shop on the high street there for years. The staff treated me like some kind of godlike alien whenever I went to drop off new stock from Leicester where I live. I’m sure they were robbing me blind though and I had to shut it down so they lost their jobs. Needless to say I had the last laugh.

@MrPlannery

3 жыл бұрын

I bought a Lexus, the Japanese Mercedes

Alan seeks solace after motivating the Bostik sales force, reinventing Leo Sayer classics on his way, while simultaneously enjoying a finger of fudge, about the size of a slim panatella.

@mannixflinn6227

5 жыл бұрын

@Lewis 970 he got a new one from the vending machine in the hedge.

“I always like going on an Xmas morning walk, for 2-3 hours”. 🤣🤣

"to this day I don't know whether it was dead or just badly concussed..." prolly dead, Alan.

I looked up the town's he mentioned Swaffam, North Pickenham, Necton, Great Palgrave, Sporle, even East Walton. They are all small villages about 3km out of Swaffam, East Walton is about 10km.

thanks Steve Coogan for brightening my life and giving me such belly laughs!!!

Remember, Alan is not Jesus. He doesn't want to get bogged down in that controversy again.

@higurro

3 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of Garth Merenghi's "I'm not Jesus Christ, I've come to accept that now."

@IbnShahid

3 жыл бұрын

Only God can smite him.

@letsseeif

3 жыл бұрын

Jesus. Isn't he

@ollythorp5428

2 жыл бұрын

He's just a very naughty boy!

I had a mustard coloured triumph dolomite. But I have been to swaffham

"I'm no Doctor Dolittle, but uh there are times when I think birds are the only ones I can really talk to. Maybe that's because I'm a Partridge, Alan Partridge." - Am I safe to say Steve Coogan might be Britain's finest comedian?

@PaulieD1984

2 жыл бұрын

Nah Michael Macintyre is

@vinfishin2582

2 жыл бұрын

I like him a lot but he's definitely not

@PaulieD1984

2 жыл бұрын

@@vinfishin2582 I was being sarcastic I can't stand macintyre I've never seen such an unfunny comedian be so popular

@vinfishin2582

2 жыл бұрын

@@PaulieD1984 i didn't like him at the start but he grew on me. He has a few good bits. But each to their own. I think Amy Schumer is more shocking that she's popular

@upon-fe2720

2 жыл бұрын

For me nobody comes close to Coogan, Coogan sits at the top, then Peter Cook. Michael McIntyre sits in with the list of people I've met on nights out that i've wanted to punch in the face.

As an American watching this in 2020 with absolutely no context; this has to be the DRIEST bit of English humor i've ever witnessed. So much so that I can barely tell it's even meant to be humorous. Edit: That said, I did laugh.

@wxcferdts

3 жыл бұрын

Do watch the other Partridge stuff, in chronological order: it is simply genius!!

@caperlamb1930

3 жыл бұрын

Ye big time, watch the rest of Alan Partridge. This is v early and not quite as most of us would see the character nowadays but still, if you liked this the rest will definitely do it for ya

@cfinlay6428

3 жыл бұрын

Being British really helps to know why it's sooooo funny. The more you watch the more you'll get it.

@caperlamb1930

3 жыл бұрын

@@cfinlay6428 Definitely, there's a bit of alan in all of us haha

@TheCatBilbo

3 жыл бұрын

It is very British: all of the cultural references etc. plus, it's played by Steve Coogan totally straight. Some of the other Alan Partridge clips are better for out-right laughs! Alan is a DJ/TV presenter who believes he is amazingly talented, when he's actually terrible. He has an awful, selfish personality. He's a sad, clown-like character under all of the BS.

Alan manages to look equally uncomfortable in every single environment.

Schroedinger's badly concussed duck.

@letsseeif

3 жыл бұрын

Well. It's his cat that i'm worried about.

Stupidly, I checked Wikipedia to see if Mike Oldfield really lived in Norfolk. It said "Oldfield has lived in Nassau, Bahamas, since 2009" :-)

That was lovely. Thank you Alan

@britishstewart

3 жыл бұрын

I'll let Alan know for ya

As a bird I have no idea what he's saying.

Love the glimpse of a watch in the final scene

This is quite a sad video really even from the start “they get there excuses in early asif they know I require solitude “

@breakingaustin

3 жыл бұрын

That's the joke..

@boorhaave5880

3 жыл бұрын

He's the precursor to David Brent, he's unlikeable but we still feel sorry for him. One of the best fictional characters in British history in my opinion

@tomoliver9239

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly what the first reply said that's the actual joke you f* simpleton it's as if he's in a married relationship with kids and still is rejected to go alone on these rambles how dumb are you or how do you perceive comedy

@tomoliver9239

3 жыл бұрын

@@boorhaave5880 I love alan but I dunno I think David brent was the best thing to come out of British comedy

@boorhaave5880

3 жыл бұрын

@@tomoliver9239 Possibly but Brent wouldn't have been possible without Partridge. Basically Partridge is Brent's dad

Partrimilgrimage

@tobetrayafriend

3 жыл бұрын

A pilgrimartridge

If I were forced to choose one artistic work - be it literature, music, film ... whatever - to have as my only source of enjoyment for the rest of my life, I'd pick all things Partridge! For the sheer fun of it, for the subtly marvellous writing, for the near perfect acting, for my own unwaning realisation, after all these years, of how ruddy good it all is!

@DackxJaniels

2 жыл бұрын

I recommend the podcast. Aside from the obnoxious theme song, it's great.

@wxcferdts

2 жыл бұрын

@@DackxJaniels It SHOULD be obnoxious, or it wouldn't be Partridge: cringingly painful self-aggrandizement, even through song

@jameselliott1965

2 жыл бұрын

@@DackxJaniels Also agree that should be obnoxious. Particularly enjoy the 3rd repetition where he sings juuuuust TOO hard/high

@octagonseventynine1253

Жыл бұрын

@@DackxJaniels even after hearing it 50000 times it can’t get it out of my head lol

Really sad at the end

Just before He did a Corporate with Bill Oddie!.

Never seen this, thanks for the upload.

@davidmarchant9386

6 жыл бұрын

Super Hans maybe it's cos of all the crack Hans

@chilldude30

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidmarchant9386 REALLY moreish

@ConyCees

3 жыл бұрын

The scenery reminds me of the Barchester Chronicles.

For all the subtlety, the best double entendre here is the opening line about Alan 'rambling'.

This was on the Knowing me Knowing Yule VHS if i remember correctly

Thank goodness there are no gypsies on the caravan site, certainly reassuring if you have elderly relatives.

As always brilliant from mr coogan funniest thing I’ve seen in ages really cheered me up but feel sorry for Alan at the same time even though he’s a fictional character 😂😂😂

brilliant 👌 i’ve bonded with Alan

Forgotten 5 Alive until I watched this

Who would have ever known he would start factory records

Love Swaffham and Fakenham for that matter. Lovely stuff

I wonder was this the Christmas when Carol left him :(

@harryflashman2029

6 жыл бұрын

I think so, hence the rendition of One Man Band. I had Kenco coming out of my nostrils at that point, AAHAAAAAAAA!

@blackphoenix8932

6 жыл бұрын

What for the idiot fitness instructor who drinks yellow stuff out of cans? I reckon so.

@brendanhunter389

5 жыл бұрын

No it was after Valentine's Day. He shook Jackie Stewart's hand. His marriage fell apart soon after

@paulmontuoro3387

3 жыл бұрын

He's an idiot.

Lovely stuff!

I have a 16 pack thanks to this guy. fkn hell is this guy funny!

Steve coogan is totally hilarious !!!

I can see the inspiration behind Farage's new KZread channel!

The moment he started doing a cuckoo clock, I lost it

@Tmuk2

3 жыл бұрын

That squark right at the end always gets me - amazing timing

Fucking Mike Oldfield hosting a celebrity clay pigeon shoot. A lot of Spag-Bol came back out of my mouth when he said this.

@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549

2 жыл бұрын

SPAG-BOLL!

Going to go full Partridge here and point out that Hergest Ridge is actually on the Wales/England border, west of Leominster. Great album. Lovely stuff.

@YaHozna1

3 жыл бұрын

Was going to post that, live just outside Leominster myself.

@wxcferdts

3 жыл бұрын

And it's just east of the B4594 south of Dolyhir, but watch out for the inevitable tailbacks along the A44 near Dunfield. My advice would be to head on for a bit, then go left on Old Radnor Road, keep right through Croft Castle into Dolyhir before joining the B4594 again near Hales Brook ...

@ianmackenzie8584

3 жыл бұрын

Hergest Ridge in this case was supposedly the name of Oldfield's house. Relax.

@therealcaldini

3 жыл бұрын

@@ianmackenzie8584 I somehow feel you’re missing the point.

@ianmackenzie8584

3 жыл бұрын

@@therealcaldini No, you didn't get the joke.

Can't believe how young Coogan is in this.

"Someone should clean up these leaves." 🍁🍃🍂🍁🍃🍂🍁🍃🍂🍁🍃🍂

@Jayfive276

6 жыл бұрын

Are people incapable of saying anything with stupid little pictures next to them? Grow up.

@george_3264

6 жыл бұрын

Jayfive276 🅱️🅾️🅾️😢😢😢😢😢

@stevechristie2569

6 жыл бұрын

Irina Volkoeva how old are you Miss Volkoeva?

@monstermunch4956

3 жыл бұрын

Jayfive276 er...GET A LIFE!!!! 👍🏼

@TheJohnnycreep

3 жыл бұрын

I fucking died

Five alives?! 😂

"......... and Francis Rossi of Status Quo."

I know these places well!!

@mannixflinn6227

5 жыл бұрын

No you don't because Norfolk doesn't have hills like that. They filmed it in Hertfordshire or somewhere near the studio.

@boonuts1975

5 жыл бұрын

@@mannixflinn6227 the references you dick

Aw, bless him.

"Someone should clean up these leeves" 🤣

Lovely stuff. Not my words. The words of Shakin' Stevens.

Mustard coloured Triumph Dolomite

@rossfromfriends8468

3 жыл бұрын

As an American I’m thankful for top gear for giving me context on that car

Epic 👏🇬🇧

This is where the very best comedy works, where you feel sorry for a really dislikable character

To this day, this is an Alan Partridge video.

"someone should clean up these leafs"

genius.

Class

Slices of ham from a vending machine? worth a discussion on the pros & cons.

"Mr Motivator" "…that whole controversy _again."_ I like how he makes this both funny and moving.

@edrooney9580

2 жыл бұрын

Free Palestine bitch

Norfolk nights, come on man. You are born to do it Radio gravy

Brilliant even years later 😂

You can re enact this at Trent Park

@MrPlannery

3 жыл бұрын

Trent park in Enfield?

@brendansheerin8980

2 жыл бұрын

I have

Just lost my blumin’ watch

@m3anthony

6 жыл бұрын

dave smith Kerplunk

I'm not comparing myself with Jesus. I don't want to get bogged down in that whole controversy again.

@tomoliver9239

3 жыл бұрын

I want to make that absolutely clear, right!? I am NOT Jesus.

Thats my watch

Chunky soup had me xD

A fascinating footnote to add to this rare clip! I'd not heard of Mr partridge until I got a text SMS message from my niece, a keen legal mind, saying "Grandad, Grandad, There's a fellow on Norfolk Now, using your bird-calls. I know they're your's, I could recognise them a MILE OFF.": Suffice it to say, to say it suffice, we won a handsome settlement, delivered in crisp pound (brackets Sterling) notes, delivered by his equally handsome older (male !) PA. I ask you!

Very funny!

And he was still wearing his watch at the end!

4:37 🤣🤣

"The Bostick sales force..." 🤣

"... and Francis Rossi of Status Quo"

1:19 smooth as you like

@mitchb77

3 жыл бұрын

Funniest thing i’ve seen Alan do!!

Back when Partridge was Partridge.

@lukenluken

3 жыл бұрын

What's he now?

That's not Swaffham. The magic of television.

What is this from?!? I don’t remember this at all. Coogan looks young and Alan is still married so he’s not living alone yet at the hotel, so it’s before I’m Alan.., but I don’t remember it from “Knowing Me Knowing You...”. Was it from the Christmas special? Not seen that in 20 years This is great, Alan at his pathetic best

@johnmartinez7440

Жыл бұрын

As far as I can tell, it was a bonus feature on the Knowing Me, Knowing Yule DVD release, hence why he's out walking on Christmas Day.

That is so sad... I wish I'd never seen it.

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someone should clean up these leaves

That was liquid football!

Classic Alan