worth checking out

"I'm Alan Partridge"
A friend of mine at work lent this dvd to me. If it's available on Netflix, rent it because it's very funny. I found out that this character's been around on the BBC tv for about 10 years. Actor Steve Coogan created him on a comedy show, and he kept coming back in other series. "Alan Partridge" is kind of like a 3rd rate Marv Albert type of sportscaster/ talk show host with a voice similar to Robin Leach. Poor Alan is such a loveable jackass. Alan knows he's a loser but he'll go down fighting. That's why I like him more than the Office folks.
The series that I watched features Alan working at a radio station [the wee morning hours]. He lost his talk show job --because he shot and killed someone on his show. So now Alan is struggling as a radio dj and living in a hotel while trying to get the BBC to give him a series. He always walks around with a tape recorder. Recording show idea pitches. "Yacht Mishaps. Some funny. Some tragic"

Also Simon Pegg makes a guest appearance [ he's everywhere] in one of the shows.

Warning if you do rent it: The dvd menu is quiet a surprise. It's a menu of an adult movie. The movie "Bangkok Ladyboys" which a joke in the series--it was on Alan's hotel room cable bill and he argued he only 'watched five minutes' because he didn't know what it was
Since I got this from my male friend I thought he left in his adult movie by accident.