Alan Partridge : Knowing Me, Knowing You/Knowing Me, Knowing Yule - Complete BBC Series [1994] [DVD]

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Image: RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013 . Retrieved 12 October 2016. ABBA fenomen ili fenomenalna ABBA". Džuboks. No.33. April 1977. p.5 . Retrieved 3 November 2020– via Popboks.

Swedish musician Nils Landgren included a rendition of the song on his 2004 tribute album Funky ABBA. ABBA the World - Canada". Billboard. 8 November 1979. p.ABBA-8. ISSN 0006-2510 . Retrieved 3 November 2020. As a Partridge fan of many, many years who can probably still quote far too much of the really obscure stuff, like when he was on the radio doing KMKYWAP (smelling salts anyone?) I really enjoyed it. Sure – it wasn’t as good as ‘vintage’ Partridge – character high point for me, Jed Maxwell – but it’s unfair to expect those heights every time. jimstinks ‘Too clean and realistic’ a b c d e "ABBA - Knowing Me, Knowing You (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs. 1977 . Retrieved 27 March 2014. Czech singer Věra Špinarová recorded a Czech version, Slunečné pobřeží (meaning Sunny Beach in Bulgaria), in 1977.A version by Swedish heavy metal band Tad Morose was included on the ABBA tribute compilation ABBAMetal (also released as A Tribute to ABBA). At the time, none of us knew just how big a character Alan would play in Coogan’s career, but this Christmas special took Partridge to new heights and prepared audiences for a new sitcom style of comedy that was still to come. Knowing Me, Knowing Yule… With Alan Partridge fleshed Partridge out and gave him more of a personality than ever before. I think we made it because the title was so good,” laughs Marber. “But Christmas is very much Alan territory. It’s a festival of naff and vulgarity. You knew immediately that he’d have a great sweater and that he’d want a Christmas special. It would be very important to him. It’s a status thing in the BBC light ents world.”

I love seeing Alan in all his glory,” says Marber, “but beneath it there’s a terrible desperation – that it might not go to a second series, that it might be a disaster but no one’s telling him. But I guess that played into how we were all feeling. There was truth in it. Suddenly we had the keys to this little kingdom. You immediately fear that you’ll have a flop and the circus will leave town.” Sheffield, Rob (2 September 2021). "The 25 Best ABBA Songs, Ranked". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 28 March 2022. Terry Norton, dodgy boxing promoter ( Alan Ford); Five Miss Norwich contestants ( Barbara Durkin, plus four uncredited); Ronald Biggs ( Lib Dem) ( Felix Dexter)I thought Knowing Me Knowing You was almost always hilarious. I’m Alan Partridge is probably one of my favourite sitcoms of all time. But this was barely one star, at best. Knowing Me, Knowing You is a parody of the 1980s and 1990s UK chat show, such as Wogan and Des O'Connor Tonight. Fernando, Tenente (8 November 1979). "ABBA the World - Portugal". Billboard. p.ABBA-30. ISSN 0006-2510 . Retrieved 3 November 2020. Right Said Fred covered the song on the German album ABBA Mania, which was a tie-in to a TV special in Germany. I didn’t laugh once, which is rather spectacular. Not even a slight smile. There was no bite or edge to the comedy; there wasn’t much comedy at all. The jokes were very safe. It seemed to steer away from all controversy and danger. Especially when you compare it to similar parody stuff like Brass Eye and Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe (and others), it just wasn’t in the least bit funny.