I get that your joking but this is the bit I don’t find funny at all. I think he is predatory and manipulative and behaved really badly over the dic pic thing. On quite a few levels. It’s actually worked for him in a way, cos you’re joking about it.Good point. I must be Iain and the new member is Kath. Thank God we got this sorted out before it got out of hand! Who wants a pic of me knob? (Moderators, that is a joke)
One of the people who he send his dick pics to and who he requested send him her own photos called up literally the day after her partner had physically assaulted her. Is something completely consensual in those circumstances? It seems like there can never be consent when there's such an imbalance of power.I'm joking about it because it keeps coming up here as a stick to beat him with. He admitted at the time that he acted badly around it all, but at the same time - am I wrong in thinking these were all consensual discussions?
I wouldn’t be bringing it up if he hadn’t got a new job with a (slighter) higher profile and therefore fresh opportunity.I'm joking about it because it keeps coming up here as a stick to beat him with. He admitted at the time that he acted badly around it all, but at the same time - am I wrong in thinking these were all consensual discussions? And this was what, four or five years ago now? Nothing like that has come out since, unless someone here has proof to the contrary...
It feels like there's a number of people here who have been directly hurt by Iain and Kath in some way. And that's between you and them. But at what point does it go from wanting 'justice' done to just being vindictive?
Actually, you put it better than me. That’s it in a nutshell for me.One of the people who he send his dick pics to and who he requested send him her own photos called up literally the day after her partner had physically assaulted her. Is something completely consensual in those circumstances? It seems like there can never be consent when there's such an imbalance of power.
It must be that Mancunian sass?I can promise on the lives of all eight of Iain and Kath's cats (I think that's right?) that I have zero idea who that new poster is. I would hope that it's not Iain or Kath and that they have better things to do an hour before going live, though. But I like the cut of her jib.
How can you not find him funny?!Ah, I see you're following the old adage: "If nobody laughs the first time, just keep making the joke until they realise how funny it is."
Which, ironically, accurately describes the last 15 years of actual Alan Partridge output.
This bit:I remember Iain getting proper annoyed at the "Accidental Partridge" guys, because the things they picked him up on were never accidental. There's always been a key difference between Iain and the likes of Madeley in that Iain is a comedic performer. He's aware of a lot of the tropes of what he believes is bad radio, and he often leans into pretending to be a bit out of touch etc to get a laugh - and it's usually pretty signposted as deliberate if you're looking for it.
There's definitely a Partridge trajectory to his career though, I can't deny that. I think the way he talks at the moment it's more likely that he'll get out of the limelight entirely than present The One Show, but you never know, eh?
Don't what ever you do go to watch Alan Partridge's Stratagem.I quite enjoyed I, Partridge, but Nomad didn't do much for me. Nor did From the Oasthouse or This Time.
But hey, it's all subjective, and I may have been a little hyperbolic as I don't think any of the above are BAD, as such - it's just that at best they make me smile. Even now, the first few iterations of Partridge can leave me in hysterics. But that's exactly why the likes of Armando Iannucci and Peter Baynham, who wrote so much of it, don't have the time to be involved really anymore.
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?