Michael couldn't have said it better- "Aye Mr Partridge, it's Valentine's Day and love is in the air..." to which we start to see Alan and Michael's strange relationship start to grow as they exchange these pairings where Alan has no idea what Michael is saying, and makes it plainly obvious it is due to his Geordie accent... as he says in A Room with an Alan "Sometimes it is difficult to understand the Geordie... er... people!"
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So Alan Attraction... another absolute classic from the Brothers Coogan, Baynham and Iannucci- and I have the feeling that I will be repeating that phrase quite regularly as I wrestle through the Partridge back catalogue.
Chocolate Oranges are Available in Rawlinson's
The episode opens at the end of Alan's breakfast show- Up With the Partridge- where Alan is desperately trying to flog his shop soiled damaged Chocolate Oranges (available at Rawlinson's- I'd love to go there!) and we see more of his radio nemesis Dave Clifton. Clifton at this point seems to be doing very well as he is hosting the breakfast show and looks down his nose at Alan, but Partridgians will know what happens to Clifton over the next few years!
Skeleton Staff at Peatree Productions?
Lynn starts to play a bigger role- advising Alan that unless he makes substantial savings (sacking most people at Peartree Productions) he will be made bankrupt on Friday. Obviously Alan chooses to sack ALL of his staff just so he can have a slightly better car than a Mini Metro- they've rebadged it you fool!
Jill- Do You Like Me Sex Wise?
Despite sacking all of his staff- he still tries his luck with the receptionist Jill- who, he is keen to know 'if the risque comments she makes, is it flirting like middle aged divorcees do... or whether she likes him sex-wise'. When she does we get a classic Partridge 'I'm Batman!'. Soon after, when Jill inquires as to the whereabouts of the rest of the staff, Alan replies that they had gone celebrating, not with the Spice Girls, but at Longstanton Spice Museum!
A Turn for the Worst...
An exciting day follows in the local Owl Sanctuary, followed by a romantic buffet dinner at the Travel Tavern, not from an 8 inch plate, but from a 12 incher! The climax of the evening comes in Alan's room where he had somehow managed to coax Jill upstairs, but he is exasperated by her when she gets chocolate mousse on Alan, the bedspread, the vallance (the skirt thing round the side of the bed...) and that was the end... Jill's contract had been... terminated!
Back of the net! A great second episode in this amazing series and you feel that after episode two- the series is really gaining pace and is the perfect sequel to Knowing Me Knowing You.
Click here for the Quotes from this episode!
So Alan Attraction... another absolute classic from the Brothers Coogan, Baynham and Iannucci- and I have the feeling that I will be repeating that phrase quite regularly as I wrestle through the Partridge back catalogue.
Chocolate Oranges are Available in Rawlinson's
The episode opens at the end of Alan's breakfast show- Up With the Partridge- where Alan is desperately trying to flog his shop soiled damaged Chocolate Oranges (available at Rawlinson's- I'd love to go there!) and we see more of his radio nemesis Dave Clifton. Clifton at this point seems to be doing very well as he is hosting the breakfast show and looks down his nose at Alan, but Partridgians will know what happens to Clifton over the next few years!
Skeleton Staff at Peatree Productions?
Lynn starts to play a bigger role- advising Alan that unless he makes substantial savings (sacking most people at Peartree Productions) he will be made bankrupt on Friday. Obviously Alan chooses to sack ALL of his staff just so he can have a slightly better car than a Mini Metro- they've rebadged it you fool!
Jill- Do You Like Me Sex Wise?
Despite sacking all of his staff- he still tries his luck with the receptionist Jill- who, he is keen to know 'if the risque comments she makes, is it flirting like middle aged divorcees do... or whether she likes him sex-wise'. When she does we get a classic Partridge 'I'm Batman!'. Soon after, when Jill inquires as to the whereabouts of the rest of the staff, Alan replies that they had gone celebrating, not with the Spice Girls, but at Longstanton Spice Museum!
A Turn for the Worst...
An exciting day follows in the local Owl Sanctuary, followed by a romantic buffet dinner at the Travel Tavern, not from an 8 inch plate, but from a 12 incher! The climax of the evening comes in Alan's room where he had somehow managed to coax Jill upstairs, but he is exasperated by her when she gets chocolate mousse on Alan, the bedspread, the vallance (the skirt thing round the side of the bed...) and that was the end... Jill's contract had been... terminated!
Back of the net! A great second episode in this amazing series and you feel that after episode two- the series is really gaining pace and is the perfect sequel to Knowing Me Knowing You.
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