The ones I hate?

Those celebs famous on telly for whatever reason, that feel that this gives them the God given right to go on a jolly round the world with nothing more than a film crew, helicopter etc. to sustain them, make a wank-filled programme about a little known aspect of a foreign land [little known because - and this may come as some surprise - NOBODY'S INTERESTED] and get paid for it. BUT not content with that, they then bring out a book in time for Christmas as well. "Nobby Famous and the Seaweed Gatherers of Southern Indo-Zealand".

Yes Stephen Fry, Charlie Boorman, Paul Merton, Peter Snow, etc. I'm looking at YOU.

Michael Palin did it first and even he got a bit boring at the end. So stop doing it.



But if it was a rifle with just one bullet - I'd line the Chuckle Brothers up and get both of them with one shot.
(Che Grimsdale Best before:, Fri 5 Feb 2010, 17:18, 6 replies)

to be fair
to Fry though. People have heard of America.
(dchurch bah, Fri 5 Feb 2010, 17:22, closed)

Also,
to be fair to Fry, he was just carrying on what the great Douglas Adams had done and sadly died before he finished.
( @RBFesquire Good luck b3ta, was nice knowing you. So long., Fri 5 Feb 2010, 19:54, closed)

sod being fair to sodding Stephen Fry
his jolly in America and his worldwide wildlife hunting jolly were both dull/self-indulgent TV for lazy fuckers...
( custard, Fri 5 Feb 2010, 20:48, closed)

No WRONG!!!
It was both compelling and interesting and I loved it so THERE!!!
( @RBFesquire Good luck b3ta, was nice knowing you. So long., Fri 5 Feb 2010, 23:27, closed)

Stephen frying pan (smacked in the face with).
Stephen Fry is a self pitying, whining, shirt-lifting cunt of the highest cuntiest order standing on cunt mountain bleating tears of self indulgent ass banditry and should be put down.
(Dellamorte Dellamore Fuck it all, fuck it up, fuck it., Sat 6 Feb 2010, 1:22, closed)

OK
Last chance to see was fairly interesting, and I laughed when he fell down and broke his arm, but his trip around the US in a taxi was self-indulgent, hurried, shallow and very, very missable.

It's just greedy too. He owns the production company that makes it, he gets to do it, gets paid to do it, then pays himself again, then again for the books and the chat-show appearances.

I love QI but there's only so much of ANY person I can take (Mrs G & the Sprog being the only exceptions). I've read most of his books and though amusing and well-written, they are not GREAT - much seems to based on his own childhood - The Liar seems to be a fictionalisation of his early life plus fantasy bits tacked on.

Anyone that could think Twitter was great...
(Che Grimsdale Best before:, Mon 8 Feb 2010, 9:41, closed)