Looks like Sky are building him up to be the new Parkie.
All fine and dandy I guess. Must have missed the 'David Walliams' is a cultural staple' meeting. I find his humour tiresome and unsufferably smug. Like Ant, Dec and the rest of the primetime output - he's something to be avoided... the old curmudgeon that I am...
The thing that really bugs me is the posters which plug 'David Walliams' Walk of Fame'. Am I the only one? When I stop at Wimbledon to stare at his mug en route to work, it gets my hackles up! The slightly tilted and turned head? His narrowed, beady eyes? The effete little hand raise? Above his raised hand is the caption 'Welcome to my gossipy, newsy, quizzy show'..or something like that. Is the sub Russell Brand style copy (booky wook anyone?) supposed to be comedic or matey or something? Sounds like how my Nan would probably describe the show... maybe thats the intention perhaps!?
All in all, it really makes me thoroughly question the marketing creatives responsible for such an image. I find it uncomfortable and irritating like that brush with stinging nettles when you're clad in shorts walking through woodland. You scratch and scratch, but the feeling just won't go away.
'...Or maybe I'm just that far outside the primetime entertainment umbrella that its just not for me. Who knows?
A.
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