This time with Alan Partridge



I think some people just want comedy shows with laughter in because they aren't sure when to laugh.
I'm Alan Partridge had that, but none his other work has.
There was laughter in KMKYWAP, but that's because there was a live audience present, which was essential to the spoof chat show format.
 
Not really The Guardian is it? It's a "fan" who says "barely one star at best" so he's barely a fan at best :lol:

The actual review is five stars out of five ffs :lol:
This Time With Alan Partridge review – an excruciating white-knuckle ride
@What A Waster was saying the press have got it in for him, I'm struggling to catch up here

The Telegraph did this too. Suggests to me that they went overboard and some backtracking was needed

"Precision Engineered Pastiche"
This Time with Alan Partridge, episode 2 review: Alan deals with death in another precision-engineered pastiche/

"Why Have Fans Turned on Partridge?"
'Stop getting Alan wrong!': Why have the fans turned on Partridge?/
 
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I just noticed the bloke falling off the top row on the second watch, and some of the Tweets are worth pausing for. And the subtle "Fuuuck" when he's late for a link. Don't give a fuck what the reviews say, I think it's started out about as good as IAP
 
Think it's been great so far. Too many people need a laugh track these days, too dumb to get the subtle jokes. I blame shite like Mrs Brown's Boys and reality tv shows for reducing viewers intellect.

Bit more to it than a laugh track

Knowing Me Knowing You had absolutely class set pieces and guests. AP's reaction to them still makes me chuckle.

Class guests like the Porn Clowns, Bald Brummies, ex gangsters, shooting a guest live on air etc wouldn't work at all on This Time because it's too close to the real thing. Piers Morgan plays a daft arsehole far better and comedy guests just look unrealistic.

I'm Alan Partridge worked because they aged him 30 years, shot it as a documentary and added some characters.

Mid Morning Matters/Scissored Isle tried to carry on the franchise with a mashup of the two. Didn't work for me personally but a lot of people liked it

Then Alpha Papa, which was poor, but This Time is easily the worst so far.

This is the first time it feels like they've wanted to throw every idea they can think of in there, even that gormless fucker who can't work a screen. Do Twitter feeds actually fail on telly these days?
 
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Bit more to it than a laugh track

Knowing Me Knowing You had absolutely class set pieces and guests. AP's reaction to them still makes me chuckle.

Class guests like the Porn Clowns, Bald Brummies, ex gangsters, shooting a guest live on air etc wouldn't work at all on This Time because it's too close to the real thing. Piers Morgan plays a daft arsehole far better and comedy guests just look unrealistic.

I'm Alan Partridge worked because they aged him 30 years, shot it as a documentary and added some characters.

Mid Morning Matters/Scissored Isle tried to carry on the franchise with a mashup of the two. Didn't work for me personally but a lot of people liked it

Then Alpha Papa, which was poor, but This Time is easily the worst so far.

This is the first time it feels like they've wanted to throw every idea they can think of in there, even that gormless fucker who can't work a screen. Do Twitter feeds actually fail on telly these days?

No they didn't.
In one scene Alan says to Dave Clifton "I'm 43 you cheeky git". In another scene he phones his son and tells him he's 22 and wasting his life by spending Saturday afternoon in bed with a girl.
Following on from him murdering Forbes McAllister on air, having the new commissioning editor Tony Hayers on his Knowing Me Knowing Yule special, he meets with Tony Hayers in episode one.

In KMKY, he mentions his son Fernando who is "at Cambridge".

In series 2 of I'm AP Lynne says "you're nearly 50" when he has his foot on a spike. Series 2 was 5 years after series 1.
The timeline is pretty consistent throughout.
 
No they didn't.
In one scene Alan says to Dave Clifton "I'm 43 you cheeky git". In another scene he phones his son and tells him he's 22 and wasting his life by spending Saturday afternoon in bed with a girl.
Following on from him murdering Forbes McAllister on air, having the new commissioning editor Tony Hayers on his Knowing Me Knowing Yule special, he meets with Tony Hayers in episode one.

In KMKY, he mentions his son Fernando who is "at Cambridge".

In series 2 of I'm AP Lynne says "you're nearly 50" when he has his foot on a spike. Series 2 was 5 years after series 1.
The timeline is pretty consistent throughout.
Had a rough paper round to look like this at 43 like

 

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