Editing Alan Partridge (section)

==Legacy==
''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' described Alan Partridge as a [[national treasure]] and a cherished part of British comedy, alongside characters such as [[Basil Fawlty]] and [[Mr. Bean (character)|Mr. Bean]]".<ref name="Kamp-2012">{{cite magazine|title = Comedian Steve Coogan Goes from Cult to Classic|url = https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2012/03/steve-coogan-201203|access-date = 14 September 2015|date = March 2012|magazine = Vanity Fair|last = Kamp|first = David}}</ref> According to ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]], ''in Britain "Alan Partridge is a full-on phenomenon, a multiplatform fictional celebrity whose catchphrases, mangled metaphors and social ineptitude are the stuff of legend and good ratings".<ref>{{Cite web|title = Film Review: 'Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa'|url = https://variety.com/2013/film/global/alan-partridge-alpha-papa-review-1200567523/|access-date = 14 September 2014|first = Leslie|last = Felperin|date = 24 July 2013}}</ref> Though Partridge is less known outside Britain, [[Adam McKay]], the director of the 2004 comedy ''[[Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy|Anchorman]]'', said he is well known among American comedians including [[Ben Stiller]], [[Will Ferrell]] and [[Jack Black]]: "Everyone watching those [Partridge] DVDs had the same reaction. How did I not know about this guy?"<ref name="Kamp-2012"/> ''[[IndieWire]]'' wrote that "before there was [[Ron Burgundy]] for the Yanks, there was Alan Partridge for the Brits".<ref>{{cite news|last=Drumm|first=Diana|date=28 March 2014|title=Review: Why ''Alan Partridge'' isn't just for Steve Coogan fans|work=[[IndieWire]]|url=https://www.indiewire.com/article/review-why-alan-partridge-isnt-just-for-steve-coogan-fans|access-date=14 September 2015}}</ref>

[[File:Partridge_sept_26th_2020.jpg|thumb|Statue outside the [[The Forum, Norwich|Forum]], Norwich|267x267px]]Brian Logan wrote in the ''Guardian'' that though Partridge was created as a satire of the "asinine fluency of broadcaster-speak" of the time, his development as a character study gave him a timeless quality.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2008/oct/06/alan.partridge.steve.coogan|title = Has Alan Partridge passed his sell-by date?|date = 6 October 2008|access-date = 19 December 2015|work =The Guardian|last = Logan|first = Brian}}</ref> Another ''Guardian'' journalist, [[John Crace (writer)|John Crace]], wrote: "By rights, Alan Partridge should have been dead as a character years ago, the last drops of humour long since wrung out ... but Steve Coogan keeps finding ways to make him feel fresh."<ref>{{Cite web|title = TV review: Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life; Veep; Walking and Talking|url = https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2012/jun/25/alan-partridge-veep-tv-review|access-date = 14 September 2015|first = John|last = Crace|work =The Guardian|date = 28 March 2014}}</ref> The ''Independent'' wrote that Partridge was a "disarming creation" whom the audience root for despite his flaws.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Film review: Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (15)|url = https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/film-review-alan-partridge-alpha-papa-15-8752928.html|access-date = 14 September 2015|date = 8 August 2013|work =The Independent|last = Macnab|first = Geoffrey}}</ref> 

In the ''Guardian'', [[Alexis Petridis]] wrote that audiences find Partridge funny partly because they recognise themselves in him,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2013/aug/05/alan-partridge-music-taste-surprisingly-great|title=Alan Partridge's music taste: surprisingly great|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|date=5 August 2013|website=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=14 September 2015}}</ref> and Edmund Gordon called Partridge "a magnificent comic creation: a monster of egotism and tastelessness".<ref name="Gordon-2011" /> According to Gordon, Partridge allows progressive audiences to laugh at [[Political correctness|politically incorrect]] humour as "every loathsome comment is sold to us not as a gag, but as a gaffe".<ref name="Gordon-2011" /> Writing that Partridge "channels the worst excesses of the privileged white man who considers himself nonetheless a victim", the ''[[New Statesman]]'' journalist Daniel Curtis saw Partridge as a precursor to [[Post-truth politics|post-truth politicians]] such as [[Nigel Farage]] and [[Donald Trump]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/tv-radio/2017/08/we-laughed-alan-partridge-little-did-we-realise-he-heralded-age-donald|title=We laughed at Alan Partridge – little did we realise he heralded the age of Donald Trump|last=Curtis|first=Daniel|date=7 August 2017|website=[[New Statesman]]|language=en|access-date=2 August 2018}}</ref>

[[Mandatory.com|''Mandatory'']] wrote that Partridge was "a fascinatingly layered and fully realised creation of years of storytelling and a fundamentally contemptible prick—he feels like a living, breathing person, but a living, breathing person that you want to strangle".<ref name="Currie-2014"/> The ''Telegraph'' wrote: "Never has one actor so completely inhabited a sitcom character. We believe Partridge is real, from his side-parted hair down to his tasseled sports-casual loafers."<ref name="The Independent-2015">{{Cite web|title = The 10 best TV sitcoms of all time|url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10121664/The-10-best-TV-sitcoms-of-all-time.html|access-date = 14 September 2015|work =The Independent|date = 24 February 2015}}</ref>

In 2014, the ''Guardian'' writer Stuart Heritage described Partridge as "one of the greatest and most beloved comic creations of the last few decades".<ref name="Heritage-2014" /> In a 2001 poll by [[Channel 4]], Partridge was voted seventh in their list of the [[100 Greatest (TV series)|100 Greatest TV Characters]].<ref name="GreatestTVcharacters">{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest/tv_characters/results.html|title=100 Greatest TV Characters|publisher=[[Channel 4]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531160558/http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest/tv_characters/results.html|archive-date=31 May 2009|access-date=26 May 2019}}</ref> In a 2017 poll of over 100 comedians, Partridge was voted best TV comedy character and Coogan best male comedy actor, and a scene from ''I'm Alan Partridge'' in which Partridge goes to the home of an obsessive fan was voted best comedy scene.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38507022|title=Fawlty Towers named best British sitcom|date=4 January 2017|work=BBC News|access-date=17 January 2018|language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2021, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' named ''I'm Alan Partridge'' the 52nd-greatest sitcom, writing that it had taken Partridge "from a parody of celebrity-presenter smarm to one of the greatest Britcom characters ever".<ref>{{Cite magazine|last1=Sheffield|first1=Rob|last2=Sepinwall|first2=Alan|last3=Fontoura|first3=Maria|last4=Fear|first4=David|date=2021-05-04|title=100 best sitcoms of all time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-lists/best-tv-sitcoms-1162237/|access-date=2021-05-08|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2022, the ''Guardian'' journalist Michael Hogan selected Partridge as Coogan's greatest TV role, writing that he had "painstakingly fleshed him out from a catchphrase-spouting caricature to a layered creation of subtle pathos [and] one of our most enduring and beloved comic characters".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hogan |first=Michael |date=2022-04-21 |title=Jurassic Park! It's Steve Coogan's TV roles ranked … from worst to best |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/apr/21/jurassic-park-its-steve-coogans-tv-roles-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, the ''Guardian'' named ''Knowing Me, Knowing Yule'' one of the greatest Christmas TV specials.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hogan |first=Michael |date=2024-12-18 |title=Alan Partridge to ''The X-Files'': it's the greatest Christmas TV specials of all time! |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/dec/18/alan-partridge-to-the-x-files-its-the-greatest-christmas-tv-specials-of-all-time |access-date=2024-12-18 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

=== Influence ===
The ''Telegraph'' credited Partridge with influencing [[Cringe comedy|cringe comedies]] such as ''[[The Inbetweeners]]'', ''[[Nighty Night]]'' and ''[[Peep Show (British TV series)|Peep Show]]''.<ref name="The Independent-2015"/> According to ''[[Den of Geek]]'' in 2013, he so influenced British culture that "Partridgisms" became everyday vernacular.<ref name="Keeling-2013"/> ''Monkey Tennis'', one of Partridge's desperate television proposals, has become shorthand for absurd television concepts.<ref>{{Cite news|title = Quiz: Monkey Tennis, Britain's Hardest Grafters … which are real TV shows?|url = https://www.theguardian.com/global/quiz/2015/may/29/monkey-tennis-britains-hardest-grafters-real-tv-shows|newspaper =The Guardian|date = 29 May 2015|access-date = 14 September 2015|issn = 0261-3077|first = Paul|last = Fleckney}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Is there a place for Monkey Tennis?|url = https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/mar/24/broadcasting.bbc5|access-date = 14 September 2015|first = John|last = Plunkett|work =The Guardian|date = 24 March 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article7022167.ece|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100530063752/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article7022167.ece|url-status = dead|archive-date = 30 May 2010|title = Sir Christopher Meyer makes his move for more telly work|date = 14 February 2010|work = The Sunday Times|last = Gill|first = AA}}</ref> Another, ''Youth Hostelling with Chris Eubank'', was used by the hostel booking site Hostelworld as the basis of a 2015 television advert with the boxer [[Chris Eubank]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 August 2015 |title=Youth Hostelling With Chris Eubank: Alan Partridge's TV dream comes true |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2015/aug/20/youth-hostelling-with-chris-eubank-alan-partridge |access-date=14 September 2015 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> In 2020, Coogan said that many of Partridge's inane ideas had since become real programmes, making satire more difficult.<ref name="Nicholson-2020" /> 

Partridge has become associated with the city of [[Norwich]].<ref name="BBC News-2020">{{Cite news |date=2020-09-24 |title=Alan Partridge statue appears in Norwich |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-54277794 |access-date=2020-09-24 |work=[[BBC News]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> An art exhibition inspired by Partridge opened in Norwich in July 2015.<ref>{{cite news|title = Alan Partridge inspires city art exhibition - BBC News|url = https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-33740125|access-date = 14 September 2015|date = 31 July 2015|work = BBC News}}</ref> In September 2020, an unofficial statue of Partridge created by sculptors in the film industry was temporarily erected outside the [[The Forum, Norwich|Forum]] in Norwich; Partridge's official [[Twitter]] account released a statement endorsing the statue.<ref name="BBC News-2020"/> In October 2021, a fan convention at the [[Mercure (hotel)|Mercure Norwich Hotel]] was attended by more than 250 people.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Baldwin |first=Louisa |date=2021-11-01 |title=All the pictures as the Alan Partridge Fan Festival comes to Norwich |url=https://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/things-to-do/days-out/alan-partridge-fan-festival-mercure-hotel-norwich-8455574 |access-date=2022-02-06 |website=[[Norwich Evening News]] |language=en-UK}}</ref> Accidental Partridge, an unofficial Twitter account which collects quotes reminiscent of Partridge's speech from real media figures, had attracted 144,000 followers by May 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hooton |first=Christopher |date=29 May 2014 |title=Accidental Partridge: TalkSport's Sam Matterface drops textbook Alan-ism on-air |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/accidental-partridge-talksports-sam-matterface-drops-textbook-alanism-onair-9451166.html |access-date=14 September 2015 |work=[[The Independent]]}}</ref><ref name="Reynolds-2013" /> In August 2024, ''Lynn Faces'', a play inspired by Partridge's assistant, Lynn, opened at the [[New Diorama Theatre]] in London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Healy |first=Rachael |date=2024-07-19 |title=Lynn Faces: the play confronting coercive control – with the help of Alan Partridge’s PA |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/article/2024/jul/19/laura-horton-lynn-faces-play-breathless-coercive-control |access-date=2024-07-19 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>