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Post by Carl LaFong on Oct 17, 2023 16:14:10 GMT
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Post by yggdrasil on Oct 18, 2023 8:21:25 GMT
Will always be AP and then the rest.
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Post by petrolino on Oct 19, 2023 4:11:49 GMT
The greatest British comic of his generation. That's my honest ranking.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Oct 19, 2023 8:08:23 GMT
Did either of you see any of the Savile show? He was pretty convincing in it.
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Post by yggdrasil on Oct 19, 2023 10:52:55 GMT
Did either of you see any of the Savile show? He was pretty convincing in it. Not yet, but will do. |
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Post by yggdrasil on Oct 19, 2023 11:52:16 GMT
Also got the new Audiobook downloaded to start soon.... www.amazon.co.uk/Audible-Alan-Partridge-Big-Beacon/dp/B0C4YNWRSF/ref=sr_1_3?crid=34CA2RA26CPBG&keywords=alan+partridge&qid=1697716267&sprefix=alan+%2Caps%2C102&sr=8-3In Big Beacon, Norwich's favourite son and best broadcaster, Alan Partridge, triumphs against the odds. TWICE. Using an innovative 'dual narrative' structure you sometimes see in films, Big Beacon tells the story of how Partridge heroically rebuilt his TV career, rising like a phoenix from the desolate wasteland of local radio to climb to the summit of Mount Primetime and regain the nationwide prominence his talent merits. But then something quite unexpected and moving, because Big Beacon also tells the story of a selfless man, driven to restore an old lighthouse to its former glory, motivated by nothing more than respect for a quietly heroic old building that many take for granted, which some people think is a metaphor for Alan himself even though it's not really for them to say.* Leaving his old life behind and relocating to a small coastal village in Kent, Alan battles through adversity, wins the hearts and minds of a suspicious community, and ultimately shows himself to be a quite wonderful man. * The two strands will run in tandem, their narrative arcs mirroring each other to make the parallels between the two stories abundantly clear to the less able reader. |
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Post by petrolino on Oct 21, 2023 1:21:25 GMT
Did either of you see any of the Savile show? He was pretty convincing in it.
I recorded the first two episodes. Watched a bit then gave up. Steve Coogan seemed to nail it, its construction is fraught with agony. I guess we've heard so much in the U K about Jimmy Saville's crimes, I personally didn't care to watch a 4 hour show about him, plus I was never in to 'Top Of The Pops', 'Jim'll Fix It', 'The London Marathon' or anything he was heavily involved in. My biggest memory of Saville is an interview he gave to Louis Theroux.
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Post by petrolino on Oct 21, 2023 1:33:54 GMT
Will always be AP and then the rest.
Hard to argue but there's a lot to take in. Paul Calf and Pauline Calf were great because of the added dimension each gave the other. My late friend (in real life) and Pink Floyd superfan, his best friend and mentor, was Tommy Saxondale - he even had a coffee table made out of a formula 1 car tyre he'd somehow obtained. The show with Rob Brydon he did with Michael Winterbottom, it should be deadly dull, but it draws you in like a walk in the park and I wonder how he does it.
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