Queue is 50 strong now. Apparently he is doing a mini-show at the start for those with tickets.
Queue is 50 strong now. Apparently he is doing a mini-show at the start for those with tickets.
And...MOVE and FIRE and MOVE and FIRE and MOVE and FIRE.
90 strong... I wouldnt bother
I'm very jealous.
I think I'd only go if Sue Cook was going to be there, though.
Just saw rosk. Im 105. I love light rain.
The guy with the weirdest face I have EVER SEEN is second in the queue. Cuncha just turned up. Big woman at the front.
Hope you didn't call him an ugly misshapen-headed elephant tranny.Originally Posted by The Rosk
Fuck it I'm chancing it. Jesus look at the queue...
Aaaargh I'm in the queuewhat shall I get him to sign?
A copy of the book?
Ho ho very funny
Anytime I've been to a book signing they basically refuse to sign anything else apart from the book.
The only experience of a signing I had was with Wolf from gladiators when I was 9 so I'm pretty new.
You think he'll put Torn is a Cunt in there?
FgghhgasfjvssdsdhjvzaassdghsaAaaaaaaaa
Is he as beautiful in real life?
Fucking hell. Sat in front of him as he read extracts out in front of the paparazzi. Got a picture with him and my mate. I told him he was an underrated broadcaster, and he said WELL THATS WORTHY OF SHAKING MY HAND quite loudly. I laughed. He then said "ah, your name is Ross. I know a Ross. Jonathan Ross."
...
...
"He's a cunt."
ahahaha. Get the photo up you big twat.
Hahahaahha his fucking face. His fucking face!
I can't stop looking at his face. I've got to go home but I want to keep looking at him!
That is just amazing.
Fuck me,
Worth the two hour wait. A funny bastard.
That was truly amazing
Yeah Bunts. I met him too.
ROLLSEYES SMILEY.
he doesnt even look real. how does he make those faces?
Note that he is wearing a surgical gloves
You look like Ronan Keating.
You look like my friend James.
That probably means less to you.
You've got something on your chin Bunts
NO NOT THAT ONE asdfas
Aw man, wish that I was there.
Audiobook is just superb. 98 minutes in. Packed full of class quotes.
The Tea-AIDS stuff ffs
i'm nearly finished the audiobook and as it goes on it just gets better. his take on the things we saw in i am alan partridge being described from his pov are brilliant. the series finale of series one described by alan is stunning, i had to pause cause i was laughing so much.
fucking brilliant.
I just read that Sue Cook sent a letter to Partridge/Coogan apologising for her fictitious bad behaviour in I'm Alan Partridge
Apparently Partridge was on Five Live this week? I've been told it's a podcast on the BBC site so will look when I get home. Did anyone hear it?
Not heard it yet but I've got it on my iPhone, you can download it though...give me a sec I'll grab the links.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/dailybacon - Full show available here, Partridge appears at 20m25 and 39m50.
http://www.mediafire.com/?p7br2vz1gel7z61 - Just the Partridge bits.
BAD HAM
AHAHAHA
the bit where he's trying to explain why going from having a prime time tv show on the BBC to North Norfolk Digital isn't a downward spiral is brilliant - "because it's not, it's not Richard"
Bacon was a bit annoying at times, put me in mind of someone in the audience of a stand-up show trying to be a smart-arse with the performer
"That's the thing about wheelchair access... it doesn't distinguish between Davros and Stephen Hawking.
Mind you, from 400 yards I'm not sure I could"
Finished the audioobook yesterday. Genuinely brilliantly funny.
2 Hours into the Audio-book and i've genuinely soiled myself.
Just listening to it now. Ridiculously funny. Partridge is without a shadow of a doubt my favourite ever comedy creation.
If you pulp a packet of biscuits, you haven't lost some biscuits, you've gained the base of a cheesecake
FFS
"Like a good-looking John Merrick, mine was a face that was really shit"
The Nando's Efficiency System had me in pieces
I liked his explanation of the STD system and then his acknowledgement that the acronym was a bad idea. "I love giving STDs to kids".
Audiobook is as good if not better than anything he has ever done.
I'm loving the Partridge tweets at the moment as well. I wonder who is writing them. Iannucci maybe. His tweets have dropped off as the Partirdge ones have started.
So do I ask for the book or audiobook for Xmas?
Why can't you have both?
What would be the point?
So you've got one to read and one to listen to?
Well there's no point in buying the same thing twice. I assume the audiobook is funnier because it has is vocal delivery on top of the material itself?
If I had one I can't imagine I'd ever bother with the other.
I assume the book has pictures with LOL captions mate.
Get the audiobook then.
Or just download it and buy the book because it's a nice thing to have.
As a student of film, I'd have thought you'd appreciate the differences. I've got the transcripts of the episodes of the TV show. I don't think it's much different to that.
Every Ruddy Word is a brilliant book.
I just finished the audio version. What a marvellous surprise that turned out to be. When was the last time something this good arrived with such little fanfare? Genuine question. It was like a reward for being a comedy nerd. And again, when was the last time that happened?
Hopefully the fact that they were able to create such a large amount of material of such a high quality might convince whoever needs persuading (whether it's the writers or the commissioners) that another full series could be made.
The entire Dave Clifton chase is fucking fantastic. It was described so perfectly, I feel like I've watched it rather than listened to it.
the film is next is it not?
Fuck knows, it's been rumoured for so long that there's no point in thinking about it. The fact that it was mooted years ago and since then we've had two series of Mid Morning Matters and the autobiography suggests that they maybe never got the go-ahead for the movie.
Maybe the book will be made into a film
there was a thing about them talking about the film this year. they have started writing it. i'll look for the article.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/...m-steve-coogan
there you go.
I looked at it the other way. These two projects make it more likely there will be a film imo. They wouldn't just release a film without renewing interest with things such as MMM. If the book sells well and gets a good reception then it makes commercial sense to do the film.
When it makes the big screen, they absolutely must do Savoury 99s at the cinema.
Come on Badger, a pipe of Pringles will suffice.
FINGERS
or Terry's Chocolate Oranges with superficial damage to the box.
Can of Fanta?
Toblerone
Apple pie that's hotter than the suuuuuuuuuun.
I'll have a ginsters from the fridge, put it on the slate.
A honeycomb Yorkie for the glove box?
You lot should all listen to the audiobook so you can have some new quotes to use, repeating those ones from a decade a go is saaaaaaaaaaaad.
Can I shock you?
I like wine...despite what I just said earlier.
Him getting angry about the waiter not serving him a small amount first and then rectifying it by downing the full glass then having him pour a bit is still one of my favourite moments.
There are loads of little unloved quotes from the series that I hold up there with the best. "INTO ME!", "Probably me next", "Use a sausage as a breakwater".
I probably use "probably me next" a little bit too much in real life.
"DON'T DRAW A COCK."
Call em a heathen... I'm not finding the audiobook that funny. There's the odd titter but no belly laughs. It's gentle comedy.
You fucking what? Alf you have been browbeaten by the non-banter of the FIFA thread. The book is up there with anything from the Partridge canon. Have you reached the Gunnell anecdote yet?
Is it the material or the delivery do you think?
Yeah, "Probably me next" is standard for when I'm going into a door behind someone.
Well I was a little disappointed with the Mid Morning Matters stuff in all honesty, but I gave him the benefit of the doubt as I wasn't really as attentive as usual with those.
A bit of both really.
How far are you in Alfo?
I'm about half an hour in and it had me really belly laughing for the first time today.
I loved the bit where he likened the girl at the strip club to Alan Sugar's daughter.the bit where he's trying to explain why going from having a prime time tv show on the BBC to North Norfolk Digital isn't a downward spiral is brilliant - "because it's not, it's not Richard"
"Mind you, she was no apprentice.....she was a bloody magician".
I'm downloading the audiobook at the moment. Last week I got my hands on a special 4 disc collection of the original 6 radio shows from a seller on Amazon. There's some stuff which was later adapted for the TV series, but I was laughing myself silly in the car. He's just a superb character.
Have you not heard those radio shows?
YOU ARE IN FOR A TREAT MY FRIEND.
I listened to them throughout the week - they were a treat indeed. As Simon says above, sometimes it's the little things which I really enjoy. Like when a caller is saying how patronising he is to women, and he replies "Look, have you got a question dearie?"
The guests on the radio show are great as well. "There are no gradations of genius, one either is or is not one". Little fucking cunt.
has anyone found themselves slipping into Partridge vernacular at all in social or professional situations, or at least being sorely tempted to?
I was talking about something in a team meeting and ended it with "Not literally, that would be hideous". I was so embarassed that I had blurted out a Partridge quote, but at least I used it in the right context and it got a big laugh.
ahahahaha, yes excellent. I'm going to slip a few in this week
What is that line referring to?
I think he's used it a few times. In Knowing Me Knowing Yule, he says it after describing how Liz Heron gave birth to a baby heron. I'm pretty sure he used it in one of the early radio shows too, when he's describing how his Amercian co-presenter has legs that go all the way up to her armpits or something.
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My other half constantly goes "Yes! It's an extender" whenever we have to extend the dining room table.
I used to use phrases all the time, but had to force myself to cut it out. I will end up slipping up now and again if I watch a season through though.
There's only so many times she'll let me get away with "Classic intercourse"...
Bought the book the other day, it's a ruddy good read so far. Just up to where's KMKY is about to start.
When I'm finished, I'm going to read it again and actually play the soundtrack.
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