Completely agree. This was the pinnacle of Partridge. Mid morning matters was OK but I didn't think sidekick Simon added that much. And the writers changed which didn't help. Don't get me started on This Time. Had high hopes, but was way off the mark.
Peter: 2:37 "Bad day! Ironic really. He worked in television his whole life , died getting a aerial off a roof...so in the end , it was television that killed him!" Alan:" Yep thats very good that! Have you got a battery for an Ericsson?" Peter:" I wonder if he's up there now looking down on us?" Alan:" What on the roof?"
GTX was a quality product. I generally preferred Total Oils, but fair play to Alan if he's a Castrol chap. Quite a few people now go for synthetic oils. It's a complex marketplace.
@DnB and Psy Production Well no, "all comedy" doesn't have laughter tracks, and the latest Alan Partridge shows don't have them either... I'm pretty sure people complained about the laughter tracks in the 90's already, never liked them myself and I'm 42.
It was actually acted in front of a live studio audience. There is no canned laughter. I know it doesn't seem that way, but this is genuinely true. On the cast commentary, they talk about how several actors in the second series were horrified to find out the day before filming that there was going to be a live audience.
@@hamishmacpherson6080 They play the finished tape to an audience and tell them when to laugh. I did it once. I didn't contribute. I've always hated canned laughter.
@@Danville_AM_Toastmasters Who says it's unusual? It's just unnecessary - assuming the material is funny in the first place. You can watch a lot of recent sitcoms, Friends is a good example, without the laughter track, and at no point do you feel compeleld to laugh.
Приколы
![KFF Singapore Badminton Open 2024 | Alfian/Ardianto (INA) [7] vs. Liang/Wang (CHN) | QF](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/g0QGafkoT2o/mqdefault.jpg)
That momentous "Castrol GTX" entry will never be forgotten. A timeless classic.
Yes, every time I watch this video I remember it.
Best publicity they ever got
🤣🤣🤣
💯😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Good publicity considering the Exxon Valdez disaster.
This is some of the best comedy ever written and produced.
Faultless
I agree and I've always thought Ricky Gervais was "influenced" by this character
I went to see his live show Strategem in Cardiff. Honest to god I saw someone in the toilet queue with the "Castrol GTX" jacket. Pure brilliance
Something you can watch a million times and it still makes you laugh, is a sign of comedy gold.
Yes, there are very few comedies where even when you know the joke, it's still funny.
the dialogue is so good 'were you close?' 'unbelievable'
‘Alba stereo system’ the little touches are just gold 😂
"Can I offer you my deep deep dispair?" LOL
*despair*
On this very bad day.
"Would it be terribly rude to stop listening to you and go somewhere else?"
Just noticed that that's the same Peter who Alan was introduced to when his second series was rejected.....exact same shrug. Brilliant.
Tiernan Heffernan Haha, true! Can’t believe I never noticed that!
One of the absolute brilliant Partridge details.
And the ironic thing is Peter was very nice to Alan and Alan treats him like utter shite and even gets him sacked.
Gloriously funny. He's never topped this series. And he never will.
If you think you're going to upstage Mid Morning Matters with that snazzy remark you're very much mistaken
Completely agree. This was the pinnacle of Partridge. Mid morning matters was OK but I didn't think sidekick Simon added that much.
And the writers changed which didn't help.
Don't get me started on This Time. Had high hopes, but was way off the mark.
It's the charity jam woman from The Day Today!
Possibly the funniest thing I've ever seen, the first time I saw it.
I want that jacket!
‘Were you close’
Peter: 2:37 "Bad day! Ironic really. He worked in television his whole life , died getting a aerial off a roof...so in the end , it was television that killed him!"
Alan:" Yep thats very good that! Have you got a battery for an Ericsson?"
Peter:" I wonder if he's up there now looking down on us?"
Alan:" What on the roof?"
GTX was a quality product.
I generally preferred Total Oils, but fair play to Alan if he's a Castrol chap.
Quite a few people now go for synthetic oils.
It's a complex marketplace.
"LIFE, isn't everythiiing"
the first time i saw this i was crying . This is too funny .
Still sooooo good
I have 104 friends.
Total comedy gold 😉✌️
Commiserations I'm sure you'll bounce back. Comedy diamonds 💎😂
I want a jacket like that
Utter genius.
"Hello, Partridge"
Jurassic Park. Ruddy love that.
Funniest comedy scenes ever written I've seen this my grandmother's wake and my uncle's awake and I almost said Jurassic Park in the middle of it
“Haha, Chris,……. (Oh No)….. erm, hello…. Chris? ….. are you dead?
Anybody got a battery for an Ericsson?
Alan: "Give him a painting of a Spitfire and let him go!!!"
Life isn't everything 😂
My deep deep despair
Life begins at forty.
It's a shame we'll never know what the interesting thing about news and current affairs was.
2nd class honours degree in media studies from Loughbourough university.
What a waste
Brilliant that reply.😅😅
Well hang on, hang on
Wait...so he would have been 41 next month at the time of his death? His widow looks about 70?!!
I was thinking the same. I'm 41 and I would be horrified if my wife looked that old and frumpy.
It'll happen to you.
This is Partridge at his best-worst
Classic
« Jurassiiiiiiic Paaaaaaaaark »
Matthew and Son by Cat Stevens
Jurassic Park! 😂
jurassic park!
Rod Hull fell off the roof sorting out the Ariel, a relation to him maybe?
That bloody washing powder on the roof. It's all a pain in the arse.
yeah.. death and funerals are just a pain in the arse lol.
Yeah I’ve done her
This was before or after Rod Hull ?
Before
hahahaha castrol gtx
was she real or a character?
his wife seemed to be about 50!
4:45
Saxondale eyes at 3:50 haha
Cup of beans?
What? You've never had a cup o'beans, man?
Like a savoury 99.
Probably no Elvis Presley Guitar Man
What?
On the roof ?
You must have problems then.
This programme really didn't need a laughter track. Would be so much better without it.
@DnB and Psy Production Well no, "all comedy" doesn't have laughter tracks, and the latest Alan Partridge shows don't have them either... I'm pretty sure people complained about the laughter tracks in the 90's already, never liked them myself and I'm 42.
I like it, they laugh at the right moment we do, it would be like watching a football game without the commentary, soon gets boring!
Alan Partridge often wasn't very funny, so the canned laughter helped viewers get through the low points.
It was actually acted in front of a live studio audience. There is no canned laughter. I know it doesn't seem that way, but this is genuinely true. On the cast commentary, they talk about how several actors in the second series were horrified to find out the day before filming that there was going to be a live audience.
ugh dear god the constant canned laughter ruins any actual comedic value
Pre the office, it was quite common to film in front of a live audience like this. Sit coms grew out of live theatrical performances/ stand up etc
@@hamishmacpherson6080 They play the finished tape to an audience and tell them when to laugh. I did it once. I didn't contribute. I've always hated canned laughter.
@DnB and Psy Production Yeah. It doesn't, though, does it?
@@Fordnan The vast majority did, especially back then. Not sure why you guys are acting like it's unusual.
@@Danville_AM_Toastmasters Who says it's unusual? It's just unnecessary - assuming the material is funny in the first place. You can watch a lot of recent sitcoms, Friends is a good example, without the laughter track, and at no point do you feel compeleld to laugh.