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Dougy Boy

Posted 3.15AM
Sat 9 Jun 2007

def Fatuous: Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish. Scalper, probably.....

Vacuous, surely. The content of the show is often very thin (although not always) and at times a bit childlish (eg How to cook an egg, etc) There does seem to be a vacuous approach to the dialogue with an over-reliance on teleprompters.

Smugly, partially.... with Mr Parker Bowles at least. and often you can perceive the viewer being "talked down to" by others, although this could just be the writing of the script.

Unconsciously foolish, definitely. The presenters do not know how they are coming off and the dialogue still brings a smirk to many viewers. The contrived "cafe" and backdrop are so artificial it makes one cringe.

So I am forced to agree Scalper, fatuous is a pretty accurate description.

 
 

 

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