Alan's micro expressions are so well done. The more you watch him the more you pick up on them like you can tell exactly what hes thinking. Coogan is a genius.
@@TheKaluNaama who cares about people's poltical beliefs? Seriously, it's not worth even concerning yourself with. Forget who's a leftist and who's on the right, life will be so much simpler.
@@croonyerzoonyer according to BoE inflation calculator, £65.90 in 2021 when I wrote that comment. At £5.40 a drink, it’s still pretty good compared to most of England now!
Alan's furtive and half-scared sideway glances at the 'cordless' man are pure acting genius, and for me they pretty much make the scene (complete): they wonderfully convey Alan's out-of-touchness and almost inimical approach to people who behave as they are as opposed to how Partridge thinks they should.
I think Its always the subtle details that make this so brilliant for instance the weird noise Peter Baynham does after every laugh on the voicebox 'uurrrggh' and how it visibly irritates Alan.
Because back in the 90s at least that was how the technology worked when a person wanted to talk they put that filter up to their throat. I doubt itd work just strapping it on, you had to press it against your larynx. @@Competitive_Antagonist
This same order at a Wetherspoons on Leicester Square (Bailey’s, pint of cheap Lager and basic Gordon’s and tonic) would cost £65.56 today. In a more boutique bar in London this would easily cost over £100.
Finally, yesterday evening it happened: I went to meet two friends of mine and a few cold ones. After a while The conversation led us into the topic British humour/comedy Tv-series, and if we “had to choose” one absolute favourite out of em all, which series/would that be. One of them came to the conclusion she held MP’s Flying Circus dearest, the other gal informed us that her choice most likely would be Hale and Pace. I were in good mood, had some extra cash available to burn, so I found it somewhat interesting and worth try a nonverbal form of answer. I excused myself and said I’d first just wanted to buy us a new round from the bar and come back with my choice of comedy favourite. I got in line and when my turn came, I ordered “Three Ladyboys”. The bartender weren’t quite sure if he knew how to make it and asked if I could assist with info on how to make it. To make it easy, I ordered 3pints of beer, 3 GTs and 3 bailey’s and congratulated the bartender on how splendidly well he had made his first three ladyboys ever. He then helped me carrying the order over to the table, and I sat down with my friends again. Contrary to what I thought really would come out of it, I were positively surprised when, after a few seconds of them both just looking at the drinks standing in front of us, when the eyes of one of the two lighted where she shortly after shouted out “I’m Alan Partridge!!”. Just one of those moments where the mix of good friends, alcohol and a shared fondness of good comedy becomes a short moment of perfection and laughter. In short: I’m Allan Partridge is my all time favourite from the world of tv comedy 🤩
Simon Pegg was such a Great colleague when I acted in Hot Fuzz. I was the lead school boy . I’m now a Helicopter/ Fast Response Doctor, commonly known as “ H.E.M.S” . Great memories indeed .
"One small Baileys..."- can you even buy a small (or half) measure of Baileys? I thought this was all in (whichever is) the current Weights and Measures Act? If so (and believing that Alan would be just the sort to be conversant with them), this just adds another level to show how terribly petty and pointlessly demeaning Alan is. Love it!
@@luvuyonobadula40 oh you dig Pegg, thats cool. I just saw a movie where he and half the cast from that movie were in an alien takeover of an English boarding school. It was very strange and cool. The big guy from Shaun of the dead, I forget his name, played a hippie who camped out on campus while the rich kids fracked the place for oil - very funny.
When Alan asks Lynn to go down to the casting agency, Montagu plays that part as if the joke is that she thinks Alan's going to ask her to be his wife (which pays off her asking him in the lift earlier on), but the way it's edited the joke never really comes across. Or maybe the studio audience didn't pick up on it
I think those layers to UK sitcoms are what makes these moments even more immersive. We don't need a laugh track to tell us when something funny has happened
1:26 a little like Paul Whitehouse there Couldn't put my finger on who it looked like on my first viewing...after all, this is quite a, erm, 'fast show' 😆
Love Alan at 0:54 getting Punter B BBC Exec voice box from Toys R Us; this reminds me of my good friendly interactions with various CC at my favorite holiday venue of Magaluf on Sea.
I can't believe Norfolk's finest actually invented ladyboys. I always thought they'd originated in South-East Asia. Totally no end to his talents. If there's no budget for monkey tennis on BBC tv, why not do it on the radio?
Being one of the greatest men who ever lived, I have a tendency to exude 'absolute machismo' when not suffering from ingrowing toenails. I came to my optimum macho reality by learning from the greats before me. Aristotle, Plato, Socrates, Sting, and Alan Partridge. Never in the field of exfoliating treatment, has one man, notably from Norwich, done so much in the field of pore cleansing awareness. It should be known, that my award recently for 'excellence in the field of dermatology' could partially be attributed to Sir Alan's legacy of support and development of skin care products near the borough of Rickmansworth. Without his devotion to various cosmetic ranges, like the stud of Xanadu he appears, I doubt the fate of humanity would have ever prospered so much, accepting also the powerful impact of Gary Wilmot's toaster repairer, who happens to be Alan's stunt double while filming in the tropics commercials for Hull's tourist board.
Alan's micro expressions are so well done. The more you watch him the more you pick up on them like you can tell exactly what hes thinking. Coogan is a genius.
His reaction when he first hears Hugh talk is brilliant facial comedy acting. Cracks me up every time.
too bad he's a leftist liberal and hates his country in real life. Still, I try not to think of it, as I love Alan.
@@TheKaluNaama who cares about people's poltical beliefs? Seriously, it's not worth even concerning yourself with. Forget who's a leftist and who's on the right, life will be so much simpler.
@@TheKaluNaama pointless comment....too bad you can't see beyond your small minded pettiness
@@Mr_Mz518 pointless? the man is a complete asshole in real life. That's not pointless.
£33 for 12 drinks?
The 90s sure were a beautiful time to be alive
Get down to Wetherspoons, you'll still get change out of £33 for 12 drinks.
£33 then would be worth more now. Inflation.
@@croonyerzoonyer according to BoE inflation calculator, £65.90 in 2021 when I wrote that comment.
At £5.40 a drink, it’s still pretty good compared to most of England now!
Would have been cheaper than that normally back then too, bars in travel taverns were more expensive.
I just like to get hammered on me own.
The "now you're talking my language" " well i hope not" line was absolutely brilliant...
Almost every single line is a classic. "Three star!"
Alan's furtive and half-scared sideway glances at the 'cordless' man are pure acting genius, and for me they pretty much make the scene (complete): they wonderfully convey Alan's out-of-touchness and almost inimical approach to people who behave as they are as opposed to how Partridge thinks they should.
Good summation. Well observed.
This is still some of the finest comedy ever written. The little nuances on Alan and Lynns faces are what makes it. This is so good.
Lovely phrases, very simple, *very moving*
The thing that sets it apart is there is a running joke but with lots of little jokes thrown in as it goes along.
One of the greatest comedy series ever written.
Lynn... the unsung hero of British television. ❤
In the finale of season one, Susan yelled at her. I wish it had been Lynn. She endured so much of Alan's crap.
“Didn’t even wash my hands, because I’m a bloody bloke!”
“i’ll have a little bit of..... sick. eugh, i’m gonna.... cook all the food” top notch drunken dialogue there
I think Its always the subtle details that make this so brilliant for instance the weird noise Peter Baynham does after every laugh on the voicebox 'uurrrggh' and how it visibly irritates Alan.
yeah and the thumbs up all the time. Very funny stuff
Ye-Yeh sound like the girl in The Exorcist..!
.......
.......
*AHHHHH-HAAAAAR-HARHARHARHARHAAAAARR-----EEEEURRGGGHHH*
😒
It gets more apparent each time he does it.
He misses putting the box to his throat when talking and one point but still genuis 🤣
Dr No... Vocal chords
I love the way Michael just goes with it when alan orders the lady boys
Cos he’s a bloody bloke
Yep and even repeats it😂
Michael as nuts as Alan
"Get me a 40 year old scorcher" and do use those words 😀
That's how God made milfs.
Those exact words were in the clip. Uncanny!
I nicknamed my wife the Blonde scorcher after this clip....
@@cacambo589 Not quite. He actually says "use THAT word".
Ahh, back at a time when TV was funny. Now we've got James Corden.
Larry Langer Exactly. Fat waste of space. His success baffles me
Stephen Murray he was fantastic in Gavin and Stacey!
I couldn't agree more!
The Americans have him now, which I think counts as provocation.
The Americans are many things but they didn't deserve James Corden. Poor bastards.
The look Alan gives him at 1:27 priceless
John K haha yes that look hysterical
classic hahaha
“Maybe I should stop making jokes now. Yeah.”
Reminded me of Paul Whitehouse a little
Funniest part of it
"Now you're talking my language" never fails to crack me up
Well I hope not
That's exactly what I came here for.
I hope not
Dr No.....vocal chords
“You sound like the girl in The Exorcist.”
It's one of the greatest lines in comedy. Ever
@@nicksneddon2396 ‘Cos I’m a bloody bloke!’🤣
Cracking !
I love how Peter Baynham puts the voice box to his throat to do the little laugh at 1:05.
Yeh I noticed that, nice touch lol
Why don't they just make a strap for the electronic voice box?
Because back in the 90s at least that was how the technology worked when a person wanted to talk they put that filter up to their throat. I doubt itd work just strapping it on, you had to press it against your larynx. @@Competitive_Antagonist
Johnny Malcho well spotted
Love the way he actually forgets to do that until a whole second after laughing.
Love the way Michael has no problem with a Ladyboy drink combo and can total up so quickly. Trying to get one drink is hard work normally.
Ah remember michael's tale about Thailand where he had to change turning a ladyboy over and... into a car rolling over 😀
I've watched partridge back to back on a weekly basis , never fails to crack me up , its comedy genius , its just to funny
still say to this day that he was then and still is, ahead of his time for this type of comedy
I ordered a ladyboy at my local pub and was told to leave.
The big girls' bras
Should have gone to Bangkok.
You think that's bad? I ordered a ladyboy in a Phuket bar and got a lager, a G/T and a small Bailey's...
Zzyzzyzzs that is the best comment I’ve ever read lol
I ordered a ladyboy at a bar in Thailand and got bummed :(
pure genie us
“Genie us”
You are a handsome girl
The will be 33 pound pleese
Considering he’s just made it up, I love how Micheal doesn’t question what it is he just says “right-o”.
Michael seems like the kind of guy who just rolls with whatever's going on around him. After all, he's seen some things.
That's his Army training.
"cos I'm a bloody bloke"
Classic scene. Alan's posture after the 'bloody bloke' line!
The way the bloke without vocal chords glugs the beer!!!! HAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH!!!!
L - Lager
G - Gin
B - Baileys
T - Tonic
As Michael would say, "canny"
I - Ice
Genius comment. A year late but I salute you sir.
Well fuck
A-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha euurrrrrrrrh
Alan’s reaction to good communication with farmers 😂😂😂
just magic at the end when he walks in the kitchen and shouts 3 star lmao
@3:50 "Mr Partridge that's the kitchens......Yeah, I'm gonna cook all the food" XD
Didn't even wash my hands.. Cause i'm a bloody bloke!
Surprised that wasn't included in the recent toxic Gillette advert..!
(yeah, somebody had to bring that up didn't they?)
How times change, 4 ladyboy’s sets you back about £125 these days...
@RaoulDuke6666 back of the net!
And how much will the drinks cost?
What a funny story
Haha
I've just said that, I'd be so happy if I ordered 12 drinks and the bill was £33
This same order at a Wetherspoons on Leicester Square (Bailey’s, pint of cheap Lager and basic Gordon’s and tonic) would cost £65.56 today. In a more boutique bar in London this would easily cost over £100.
And the average wage in the U.K. in 1994 was 13it’s now 35k Inflation is amazing isn’t it.
Watched this 20 times and still in tears watching his expressions - absolute comedy genius!
"Looks like a woman but really it's a man". "Fascinating creatures".
Like Burt Reynolds!
Michael. Michael. Tell me about the ladyboys!
"DR No. Vocal Chords". 🤣😅😂😍
It's cords, not chords.
"You sound like the girl in The Exorcist." 😆😅😄🤣😂
Hugh Morris.
I've seen this scene so many times and not noticed this before. Brilliant!
Didn't know Sean dyche starred in this
"one small baileys please"
I love Baileys even though I'm a bloody bloke
@DF AMO piss kidney is funny 😂
Poor Lynne, she thought he was going to ask her to play his wife for a second then her face dropped. Very subtle
In 1998 33 pounds was a lot for 12 drinks, 4 ladyboys for 33 quid would be a bargain now
1997
stop getting original Alan Partridge episode broadcast years wrong.
C S5 😂
33 pound is still quite a lot for 4 people’s drinks
Youd be looking at nearer 90 quid for that in a hotel bar down south now.
"33 pound"
So well delivered, hahahahaha
I only paid 25 pound for 3 ladyboys but I hear Bangkok has changed since I last visited.
Tell you what! Tell you what! It's 33 Pounds.
I think I'll go to my room, and lean on the sink. I have a little bit of sick.
Finally, yesterday evening it happened:
I went to meet two friends of mine and a few cold ones. After a while The conversation led us into the topic British humour/comedy Tv-series, and if we “had to choose” one absolute favourite out of em all, which series/would that be.
One of them came to the conclusion she held MP’s Flying Circus dearest, the other gal informed us that her choice most likely would be Hale and Pace.
I were in good mood, had some extra cash available to burn, so I found it somewhat interesting and worth try a nonverbal form of answer.
I excused myself and said I’d first just wanted to buy us a new round from the bar and come back with my choice of comedy favourite.
I got in line and when my turn came, I ordered “Three Ladyboys”. The bartender weren’t quite sure if he knew how to make it and asked if I could assist with info on how to make it.
To make it easy, I ordered 3pints of beer, 3 GTs and 3 bailey’s and congratulated the bartender on how splendidly well he had made his first three ladyboys ever.
He then helped me carrying the order over to the table, and I sat down with my friends again.
Contrary to what I thought really would come out of it, I were positively surprised when, after a few seconds of them both just looking at the drinks standing in front of us, when the eyes of one of the two lighted where she shortly after shouted out “I’m Alan Partridge!!”.
Just one of those moments where the mix of good friends, alcohol and a shared fondness of good comedy becomes a short moment of perfection and laughter.
In short:
I’m Allan Partridge is my all time favourite from the world of tv comedy 🤩
Absolute classic. Never gets old.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA, EUUGGGHHHHH"
The look Partridge gives the bloke with no voice box at 1:28 after he makes that “uuuuugh” noise is just brilliant. 😆😆😆
You need to use a full colon for a time stamp Nick mate 1:28 Hope that helps.
@@hopebgoodgot it. 👍
@@nickgodfrey1148 1:16
Simon Pegg was such a Great colleague when I acted in Hot Fuzz. I was the lead school boy . I’m now a Helicopter/ Fast Response Doctor, commonly known as “ H.E.M.S” . Great memories indeed .
"One small Baileys..."- can you even buy a small (or half) measure of Baileys? I thought this was all in (whichever is) the current Weights and Measures Act? If so (and believing that Alan would be just the sort to be conversant with them), this just adds another level to show how terribly petty and pointlessly demeaning Alan is. Love it!
“Now you’re speaking my language” class🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
''Well i hope not''
Watched this over a dozen times and only now noticed one is called Hugh Morris (Humorous)
Ah! I watched it a bunch too, and never picked up on that. Good one.
Someone else named after Vampiro?
No Hugh Morris was a stupid name. He goes by General Rection now
Simon Pegg at 12 years old
he has been in a Star Wars... my god that’s good
Now you're talking my language- well I hope not best two lines in the series
SIMON PEGG!!!!!!
RIXRADvidz I was the school boy in Hot Fuzz with Simon Pegg. Fantastic times . I’m now a H.E.M.S Doctor.
I first saw this about 20 years ago on VHS and I had no idea who Simon Pegg was.
Don't you wish you still didn't know who he is.
@@JSTNtheWZRD No, I'm glad I know him now. I've seen Shaun of the Dead so many times.
@@luvuyonobadula40 oh you dig Pegg, thats cool. I just saw a movie where he and half the cast from that movie were in an alien takeover of an English boarding school. It was very strange and cool. The big guy from Shaun of the dead, I forget his name, played a hippie who camped out on campus while the rich kids fracked the place for oil - very funny.
@@JSTNtheWZRD Nick Frost?
Pegg has appeared multiple times in AP skits. He's always the straight man. They play well together.
The way he says ladyboys at 3 minutes is priceless
Dr No.......................vocal chords 🤣
One small baileys please 😂👍🏻
An inventor as well! There's no end to Alan's talent!
3:01 Oh lady boys!! 😂😂
1:27 Alan’s face is just perfect
When Alan asks Lynn to go down to the casting agency, Montagu plays that part as if the joke is that she thinks Alan's going to ask her to be his wife (which pays off her asking him in the lift earlier on), but the way it's edited the joke never really comes across. Or maybe the studio audience didn't pick up on it
That’s as funny as a pretty woman who is also clever.
I think those layers to UK sitcoms are what makes these moments even more immersive. We don't need a laugh track to tell us when something funny has happened
3:29 "I'm confused" 😂
Imagine getting all those drinks for £33 and thinking it was really expensive lol
It would be £50+ these days.
The late-90s looks like a financial utopia in hindsight...
Now you’re talking my language well I hope not 😂😂
Alan has a good relationship with farmers, they like him so much that they give him a whole cow, lol
Good one!
*MOOOOOOOO*
"One *small* Baileys please" 😂
Ohhhh lady boysss 🤣🤣🤣
Simon pegg has come a long way
Pure luck dreadful actor ever watched star trek
1:26 a little like Paul Whitehouse there
Couldn't put my finger on who it looked like on my first viewing...after all, this is quite a, erm, 'fast show' 😆
Love Alan at 0:54 getting Punter B BBC Exec voice box from Toys R Us; this reminds me of my good friendly interactions with various CC at my favorite holiday venue of Magaluf on Sea.
Liquid comedy!
That comedy... was a gooaall...
...and another one..!
Black belt!
Did voice box boy screw up at 01:05 ?
Ha… he just missed it!
Get me a 40-year old *scorcher* - and do use that word.
I can't believe Norfolk's finest actually invented ladyboys. I always thought they'd originated in South-East Asia. Totally no end to his talents. If there's no budget for monkey tennis on BBC tv, why not do it on the radio?
Three star!
Ball-bouncingly funny. Partridge is top quality.
3:00 it’s the way Coogan steps into impressionist mode. Genius.
Now your talking my language....''i hope not'' 😂😂
Classic Partridge.
Alan's jokes are priceless
Hilarious how the guy steps forward then gives the thumbs up 👍🏽😂
Now your talking my language. I hope not😂
I always think of my mate and his brother ordering a round of Ladyboys for themselves at the local pub after watching this. Happy days 😂
One of the funniest moments in british tv history
Doctor No... Vocal Chords!
That and Ladyboys Always make me snort!
I wonder if he did actually try to “cook all the food”. That would have been worth seeing.
...3 star!!
It's great banter!
Loved the 90's, wish I was still there!
It really did signal the end of the good days the millennium
"Ya big girls bras"
33£ for three Ladyboys. What a time to be alive
“00-Feckin-Bollocks! “ Brilliant!
I'm off to steal a traffic cone...
1:59 absolute perfection
Alan Partridge is a pound for pound, ounce for ounce comedy corker!!!
Being one of the greatest men who ever lived, I have a tendency to exude 'absolute machismo' when not suffering from ingrowing toenails. I came to my optimum macho reality by learning from the greats before me. Aristotle, Plato, Socrates, Sting, and Alan Partridge. Never in the field of exfoliating treatment, has one man, notably from Norwich, done so much in the field of pore cleansing awareness. It should be known, that my award recently for 'excellence in the field of dermatology' could partially be attributed to Sir Alan's legacy of support and development of skin care products near the borough of Rickmansworth. Without his devotion to various cosmetic ranges, like the stud of Xanadu he appears, I doubt the fate of humanity would have ever prospered so much, accepting also the powerful impact of Gary Wilmot's toaster repairer, who happens to be Alan's stunt double while filming in the tropics commercials for Hull's tourist board.
„I was drunk, didn’t even wash my hands, cause I’m a bloody bloke!“
Ha, Steve is close to losing it at this point - look at his eyes 3:01
You're right. First watched this in circa 1998 and had never noticed this. Thanks.
Tut7
"Lynn go and get me a 40 year old scorcher.... And do use that word".