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The Hall of the Vastly Overrated

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susiecb Thu 29-Mar-12 08:37:11

As per the Stella McCartney thread I suggested this thread suggested by a Woody Allen character in Annie Hall. Who or indeed what in your opinion deserves a place in the HOTVOR.
Here are a few of mine to start off;

Stella McCartney
David Bowie
Tom Cruise

absentgrana Fri 30-Mar-12 02:57:06

Almost every footballer in the Champions' League (is that the top one?)

petallus Fri 30-Mar-12 04:23:16

The King's Speech. Meryl Streep. Shakespeare.

susiecb Fri 30-Mar-12 09:47:02

Keeley Hawes good in Spooks got worse ever since

here's a heresy for you Vanessa Redgrave - all that sniffing and posing!!

and another for me Princess Diana the Queen of the VOR

syberia Fri 30-Mar-12 09:59:57

Arty plates of food!

Annobel Fri 30-Mar-12 09:59:58

I am beginning to wonder if there is anyone who isn't over-rated. But I will throw Paul Daniels into the mix.

Annobel Fri 30-Mar-12 10:08:31

syberia - I so agree! Two words that ring alarm bells for me: 'fine dining'!

syberia Fri 30-Mar-12 10:13:20

Annobel grin

Annika Fri 30-Mar-12 10:13:54

Gregg Wallace and John Torode how can any one become famous by stuffing huge fork fulls of food in your mouth as fast as possible ... well them I guess

syberia Fri 30-Mar-12 10:16:06

And who made THEM the expert?

Annika Fri 30-Mar-12 10:25:02

syberia yes !!! One of them is only a jumped up grocer or costermonger as my dear nan would have said wink

Ariadne Fri 30-Mar-12 11:04:13

The royal family and all the hangers on.

susiecb Fri 30-Mar-12 11:04:42

worse a greengrocer - dirty fingernails and a brown coat at least the grocer looked nice and clean in his white coat!

crimson Fri 30-Mar-12 11:18:52

Margaret Thatcher angry...

dorsetpennt Fri 30-Mar-12 14:20:44

Stephen Fry - used to like him but he's had too much exposure. Same with the programme 'House' I know people love it but it's just awful and Hugh Laurie's character is so over the top. Bruce Forsyth - time to retire old man - he is appearing in a one man show here - I know ain't it great he is a 100 years old and still dances etc. I hated him when I was young - he makes a joke and waits until everyone laughes even if it's not funny. The Brad/Angelina farce. They closed a paint 'your own pottery' shop near my son in Twickenham just because their darlings wanted to go in - buy your own for goodness sake. Or give your kids a settled life instead of parading them around the world. Oh God here I go ranting away like the old frt I am

PRINTMISS Fri 30-Mar-12 14:41:04

What about things and people we quite like - I am a great fan of 'Pointless'. When I first watched it I was disgusted and said to my husband - 'OH! thats a pointless quiz' and he roared with laughter, of course it is, and don't Alexander and Richard have a great rappor.
I quite like QI, and although I agree Stephen Fry is a bit full of himself, there are times when the programme gets really interesting, when two intelligent members have a discussion (not the comedians who are undoubtedly clever, and do not need to be crude but very often are, to get a laugh, I suppose). That's my lot.

Annobel Fri 30-Mar-12 14:41:49

Stephen Fry is a professional smart-a**e. Sad because he really is clever and funny, but this is a long way from his role in Blackadder.

Anagram Fri 30-Mar-12 15:17:27

Yes, he's so oily and self-regarding these days....

numberplease Fri 30-Mar-12 15:55:26

How brave3 of you, Susiecb, I wanted to put Primcess Diana down as VOR, but didn`t dare!

dorsetpennt Fri 30-Mar-12 16:19:07

numberplease dont you mean Saint Diana patron saint of the poor little rich girls.

numberplease Fri 30-Mar-12 16:28:24

Sorry, dorsetpennt, yes, I think that that`s who I meant. Never could understand all the hype.

supernana Fri 30-Mar-12 17:00:43

Katie Price!!!!!!

jeni Fri 30-Mar-12 17:20:18

I could never stand Diana

baNANA Fri 30-Mar-12 17:32:24

Tracey Emin, having seen her interviewed I quite like her as a person, but I don't understand her artistic appeal have seen some of her very ordinary sketches of birds that I'm sure a reasonably talented 11 year old could bang out, and don't get me started on the "unmade bed". However, Tracey for me pales into insignificance compared to the supremely overrated Victoria Beckham, she has got such a lot of mileage out of her little talent. I hate the constant stony staring at the ground when she obviously so loves being photographed, she puts herself out there like nobody else, her continual carping on about what a hard working fashion designing mother she is, at least Stella McCartney has bona fide credentials, albeit helped by a famous name, carrying her daughter around like a fashion accessory and her latest ludicrous claim that she has been slaving over a hot stove making sausage rolls for her childrens' school, yeah right! However, she was at least a Spice Girl once. My number one most overrated personality would have to be the non celebrity, famous only for a reality show, or a famous relative as personified by Kelly Osbourne usually seen posing hand on hip at some big event like the Oscars. Why?

Anagram Fri 30-Mar-12 17:47:48

I feel the same way about Paris Hilton and Liz Hurley....

Annobel Fri 30-Mar-12 18:27:34

Jonathan Ross - crude, laddish and unsubtle.