It's heart warming to see Alan at the top of his career, before his wonderful slump into provincial mediocrity.
The great thing about this series is that at this stage in Alan's career he still has some dignity, in fact he isn't always the stooge. Occasionally (and disconcertingly) you can find yourself rooting for Alan, and then he goes and spoils it all by saying something stupid like; "You're not normal,... you're french!".

Indispensable.


A big Disappointment   September 26, 2000
 4 out of 40 found this review helpful

I watched "Steve Coogan the Man Who Thinks He's It" and thought it was the funniest live show ever; which is why I went out and bought this video- "Knowing Me... 1 & 2".

This is a double video with a running time of 3hrs 20mins, and comprises of 6 episodes of Alan Partridge's live chat show.

After the first episode, however, the series starts to become boring. The humour very quickly drys out, and frequently turns stupid and annoying.

There's no denying Coogan is the funniest man in Brittan; but this series just doesn't 'click'.

The reason is- Steve Coogan plays Alan Partridge, "Ah-Ha", who hosts a chat show to a live studio audience. But his 'guests' throughout the entire series are the same two actors just playing different people. And these two actors don't do Coogan any justice; .... Whereas in "The Man Who Thinks He's It" Coogan is supported by Simon Peg & Julia Davis, who both fit the show perfectly.

The only funny episode is '5' when 3 other actors join the show. These come in the form of an East-End cockney gangster boxing promoter, and 2 ten year old boys. But it's still not worth sitting through the whole 2 videos just to watch these sceens.

Save your hard earned cash.


Enter the stratosphere or should I say... the chatosphere!   August 30, 2000
 7 out of 8 found this review helpful

Let me just say right now that I agree with a viewer from Somerset... brilliant. I would have rated it 6 stars, but Amazon will only allow 5.

Perfect comedy, perfect timing. You will not regret buying 'Knowing Me, Knowing You With Alan Partridge' or 'KMKYWAP' for short, or simply, 'The Alan Partridge Show'.

Well worth the asking price.


Absolutely hilarious and brilliant   August 20, 2000
 5 out of 6 found this review helpful

Along with The Day Today, this series is the funniest thing made in the last ten years. Steve Coogan is a massively underrated comic performer, and the way the script here mixes with his (and the other performers) talent for the ad-lib and amazing ability to deliver a line, is spellbinding, and incredibly funny. When Alan reveals by-the-by that he eats 'Kellogg's Common Sense' for breakfast, I nearly suffocated - it's just so perfect. And that describes the rest of this series. BY IT IF YOU LIKE TO LAUGH.