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Post by Shep on Apr 17, 2005 16:01:37 GMT -5
This has to be one of the funniest characters ever created. A friend of mine persuaded me to get Series One of "I'm Alan Partridge" on DVD some time ago and I was not disappointed. A failed BBC talk-show host, kicked out by his wife, lives in a travel tavern while working the graveyard shift of a crappy radio station. Alan is boorish, insulting, self-serving and utterly hillarious. They're showing reruns of "Knowing Me, Knowing You" on BBC America Saturday nights and eventually will be showing the even better follow-up, "I'm Alan Partridge." "A-ha!"   |
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Post by mightyjack on Apr 17, 2005 16:27:46 GMT -5
I heard this is Ro-Matts favorite show ;D
I've never seen it, I'll have to check it out, thanks.
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Post by vanhagar3000 on Apr 17, 2005 19:15:45 GMT -5
Ladies and gentlemen, YOUR CHICAGO BULLS!!!!!! |
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Post by Shep on Apr 18, 2005 19:10:23 GMT -5
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Post by 3col3 on Apr 18, 2005 20:59:41 GMT -5
"A friend of mine persuaded me to get Series One of "I'm Alan Partridge" on DVD some time ago..."
I guess you bought the region 2 version. It hasn't been released in America and I missed it has it? If you got the UK version, any good tips where to pick it up here in the USA?
Thanks for any help.
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Post by Dangermouse on Apr 19, 2005 5:01:48 GMT -5
If you like Alan Partridge then you may be interested in this  And on that bombshell ... Alan Partridge, the movie?
Owen Gibson, media correspondent
Tuesday April 19, 2005
The Guardian
A-ha! Alan Partridge, the tragicomic local radio DJ who harbours delusions of the big time, could make it in Hollywood after all. After a brief appearance in this year's Comic Relief, Steve Coogan wants to put his radio and TV persona on the silver screen.
Coogan, who has forged a film career with 24 Hour Party People, The Parole Officer and Around the World in 80 Days, has said he will only play Partridge in one-offs and specials.
Plans for the film are in their "early stages" but "the will is there" to make a film based on the hapless Partridge, according to a spokeswoman for Coogan's Baby Cow production company. "It's in the pipeline but we don't have any definite date."
Coogan's co-writer Armando Iannucci, who directed the TV series, said he was not involved with plans for a film.
"My personal view is that I've taken him as far as he can go and I'd rather leave him where he is - having a nervous breakdown in a bath in Dundee. But it's up to Steve what he wants to do with it and I wish him well," Iannucci said yesterday.
The character has appeared in various guises since his debut as a sports reporter with a patchy knowledge of his subject matter in Radio 4's On the Hour in 1991. From the success of the spoof radio chatshow Knowing Me, Knowing You, Partridge progressed to the small screen. He brought his inimitable broadcasting style to Chris Morris's news satire, The Day Today, before going on to host a televised version of his chatshow.
In the fictional world of Partridge, the show was cancelled after one series when he shot dead a guest in the final show. He next turned up in two series of I'm Alan Partridge, a mockumentary that followed his humiliating return to East Anglia, where he lived first in a Travelodge and then a caravan as he tried to rebuild his career.
Apart from his toe-curling graveyard slot on Radio Norwich he failed to get back on the BBC. During the two-year gap between series, Partridge became "clinically fed up", culminating in a breakdown when he drove to Dundee in his bare feet and gorged on chocolate. |
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Post by Shep on Apr 19, 2005 7:50:18 GMT -5
I guess you bought the region 2 version. It hasn't been released in America and I missed it has it? If you got the UK version, any good tips where to pick it up here in the USA? Thanks for any help. Yes, I've got a All-Region DVD player and I got my copy from AmazonUK. It was on sale at the time so it only cost me a few pounds. Great deal considering it's now one of my all-time fav shows. I think "Knowing Me, Knowing You" is being released on DVD in America sometime this year. Hopefully "I'm Alan Partridge" will follow. |
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Post by Shep on Apr 19, 2005 7:53:05 GMT -5
If you like Alan Partridge then you may be interested in this And on that bombshell ... Alan Partridge, the movie?
Owen Gibson, media correspondent
Tuesday April 19, 2005
The Guardian
A-ha! Alan Partridge, the tragicomic local radio DJ who harbours delusions of the big time, could make it in Hollywood after all. After a brief appearance in this year's Comic Relief, Steve Coogan wants to put his radio and TV persona on the silver screen.
Coogan, who has forged a film career with 24 Hour Party People, The Parole Officer and Around the World in 80 Days, has said he will only play Partridge in one-offs and specials.
Plans for the film are in their "early stages" but "the will is there" to make a film based on the hapless Partridge, according to a spokeswoman for Coogan's Baby Cow production company. "It's in the pipeline but we don't have any definite date."
Coogan's co-writer Armando Iannucci, who directed the TV series, said he was not involved with plans for a film.
"My personal view is that I've taken him as far as he can go and I'd rather leave him where he is - having a nervous breakdown in a bath in Dundee. But it's up to Steve what he wants to do with it and I wish him well," Iannucci said yesterday.
The character has appeared in various guises since his debut as a sports reporter with a patchy knowledge of his subject matter in Radio 4's On the Hour in 1991. From the success of the spoof radio chatshow Knowing Me, Knowing You, Partridge progressed to the small screen. He brought his inimitable broadcasting style to Chris Morris's news satire, The Day Today, before going on to host a televised version of his chatshow.
In the fictional world of Partridge, the show was cancelled after one series when he shot dead a guest in the final show. He next turned up in two series of I'm Alan Partridge, a mockumentary that followed his humiliating return to East Anglia, where he lived first in a Travelodge and then a caravan as he tried to rebuild his career.
Apart from his toe-curling graveyard slot on Radio Norwich he failed to get back on the BBC. During the two-year gap between series, Partridge became "clinically fed up", culminating in a breakdown when he drove to Dundee in his bare feet and gorged on chocolate. Nice! Hope it happens (as long as it's good--unlike that awful Mr. Bean movie). |
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Post by Emperor Cupcake on Apr 19, 2005 21:36:12 GMT -5
That's Steve Coogan playing Alan Partridge, right? He's funny as hell. I've never seen the show, but I've heard it's hilarious. My English friend is supposed to burn me a couple of shows.
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