h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Boris is the business. The Beeb should give him his own show! Maybe a chat show kind of thing, interviewing guests - they'd never know whether he was for real or not....

sprout

"Ah, yes, right, you really are very good at, um, ah, that thing you do, which is, erm, oh it's um, hold on, no, I'm not, didn't I see you in, ah, that thing, it was, erm, what was it? Oh it's, ah, oh, I don't agree with what this script says, rather ungalant I thought, but anyway, what was it? A FILM! Oh yes, film, erm, which one?"

Yes, I could just imagine Boris doing a talk show.


Geggs

Sounds good to me!

Why does Boris go on the show?

Does he really have that little self-knowledge or self-respect??

Well, he is a tory MP

Combination of

1) No such thing as bad publicity (how many other Tory backbenchers can you name?)
2) Public school tradition of 'having a go' even if you manifestly aren't very good

Maybe?

sprout

I know... but even so, surely there must be some remnant scintilla of human awareness....

That's why us Brits love him

Or maybe it's just an act?

Oooh! The boundah!

Still, if it's true he's a ing good actor

I thought he showed a couple of flashes of brilliance amongst the bumbling. There was the wonderfully Deaytonesque "I couldn't fail to disagree with you less." And the exchange with Rick Wakeman:

"Did you ever marry a Miss World, Rick?"
"Er.... one of my wives was a Miss... something."
"A mistake?"

i have to say that i thought that boris did quite well. my mother spent the whole programme going on and on about how intelligent he is really and how his hair _is_ supposed to look permanently dishevelled. I dont think we're ever going to get angus back unfortunately. also my own personal theory is that we probly wont get a permanent presenter now either. this guest presenter thing works too well.

I wish shrinky would stop changing his name....
Totally lost with this multiple name stuff....