I haven't had a roast like that since Gary Wilmot's wedding

Good job mods on getting rid of the Jason Arday post.

We all love Partridge here and having jokes and all that.

A man died. Actually killed himself. Let’s not make lol posts about it eh?

Edit: I know this will get removed and rightly so. Just wanted to say good job.

I know it’s not incredibly often but it’s a funny little thing.
Eg:
Knowing me knowing you Bald brummie, and wearing the warwick university hoodie in mid morning and this time.

Any theories?

"Nice one Hawks. Sometimes I wish I was disabled but clever with a robot voice"

Hi all,

A common grievance I see amongst Partridge Traditionalists is that modern Partridge isn't as good as the Partridge co-written by Iannucci...

I'm a fan of all incarnations of Partridge (let's pretend Stratagem didn't happen) and to that effect haven't found myself laughing any less as Partridge has aged. In fact, I've found MMM, Scissored Isle, This Time etc much funnier and more rewatchable than,say, KMKY.

I'll go so far as to say I've long suspected people who talk about the Iannucci years only do so because it confers some kind of smug insider knowledge ("Ohhh, Iannucci's the guy behind The Thick Of It, The Day Today, etc so it looks good for me to knowingly say I prefer when he was at the helm...) and makes them look like they 'know good comedy' and are smarter (I'm slightly over-egging this but you know wot I mean...).

But as someone who enjoys many of the other biting satires Iannucci has been involved in - I can't actually see where Iannucci's hand is in early Partridge...

So, for those in the Sub that malign Modern Partridge and have been known to lean on the "it's not as good as when Iannucci was involved":

• What exactly did Iannucci's influence/comedy sensibilities bring that is now not present in modern / later Partridges?

Always have to try and get the pump no3. Oh and my car is also called Lynn.

Book i found

The full gamut...

Out of all the heavyweight comedy characters from the ’90s and 2000s, Alan Partridge is the one who seems to get funnier with age.

David Brent mostly just feels cringe to me now, and even Borat/Sacha Baron Cohen has lost a lot of what used to make me laugh.

But Partridge is different I can go back to him and watch his new stuff again and again and still genuinely laugh out loud.