NASCAR NEWS: Denny Hamlin Has Officially announced His is departing from NASCAR and Reason Why…..

NASCAR NEWS: Denny Hamlin Has Officially announced His is departing from NASCAR and Reason Why…..

Alan Partridge is the creme de la creme of character comedy.

He strikes the beautiful balance of being phenomenally layered and phenomenally silly and, like so many great British comedy characters, Partridge is somehow acutely aware of himself and not aware of himself at all.

In this clip Partridge is interviewed by Jonathan Ross and we get to enjoy him promoting his book I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan, a ham-fisted attempt to sell his celebrity story.

The clips of Johnny Vegas making pottery and abusing the audience while absolutely battered are some of my favourites to watch.

His style is unhinged – the likes of which you don’t see as much these days.

Absolutely no boundaries, no respect for or fear of the crowd and a prevailing sense that Johnny gets little to no enjoyment from performing.

Does all of it harmonise with more modern politically correct sensibilities? Of course not, but that’s part of what makes it so artistically interesting and funny.

Not only is Eddie Murphy’s impression of James Brown superb, he also works it into a great standup routine (which not all those who do impressions are able to do).

What I particularly enjoy is the way Murphy is still able to follow all the beats of comedy without actually using language in his impression.

He’s effectively doing comedy within his own made-up language.

The routine is nonsensical but also follows its own internal logical framework … I think that’s fascinating.