This shortened version of the name “David” was first brought to my attention in Only Fools and Horses, when Trigger kept referring to fellow dimwit Rodney, as “Dave”
Then again in The Royle Family. The character played by Craig Cash. A dopey simpleton who doesn’t know his arse hole from his ear hole.
Around the same time, a character by the name of “Big Dave” appeared in Pot Noodle adverts on TV.
Nowadays, whenever a comedy situation calls upon a dopey, clumsy, fall-guy character, 7 times out of 10, you can be sure he’s going to be called Dave.
YAWWWWWWWN. Think of a new name for christ’s sake and stop making me yawn so much.
This kind of unimaginative behaviour is very unacceptable. Because it insults my intelligence and it makes me very angry.
The icing on the cake was the recent arrival of the new freeview channel named DAVE. Obviously the people who got together and came up with this name thought they were being utterly hillarious. Really they’re just a bunch of middle class tossers who think that saying “AWWWIGHT DAVE” in a phoney cockney accent, is cool.
And the tagline “The home of witty banter”. Oh jeez. That’s even worse than the time my friend’s uncle organised a flyer for a party which read:
“Featuring funky beats and cool sounds from ACE DJ!”
