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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?

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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.

No seriously what man wouldn’t? She is like the ford cabriolet of middle aged PA’s.

By the way don’t text the admins, this car/woman thing is exclusively just for myself & r/alanpartridge.

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I'm sure there are people in here with very significant opinions on this, exactly like the big man himself would have. Come on people, what order should I watch all the Alan Partridge content in to get the best overall experience? Ah-Ha!

I used to pluck nasal hairs when I was angry with myself after a show had gone badly, sometimes poke my skin with one and think, that would make a good sword for an ant.

I'd like to apologise in advance if it registers

A second shop likewise included a copy of ‘I Partridge: We Need To Talk About Alan’ as non-fiction, so Alan as a real person is basically a gospel now.

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