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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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[Alan Partridge] Why, in Partridge's universe (which seems almost indistinguishable from ours) isn't he a success?

 Considering he's a cultural icon in our world, what is it about the people in his world that causes them not to appreciate him, even for ironic value?
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Partridge has been a particularly toxic individual with an over-inflated sense of ego and a desire to rise in fame. He was fired from the BBC and blacklisted from television after an incident where he attacked a producer during a Christmas special and was forced to work as nothing more than a local radio presenter.

After that, he's been prone to mental breakdowns and has been forced to change career a number of times, but he's been somewhat redeemed after the incident where a fellow DJ took the station hostage. Although the BBC probably didn't want him on *This Time*, they didn't really have a choice since the original host fell ill and...