Here in the UK, we were subjected to The Black And White Minstrel Show on national television until 1978, with its surreal combination of inoffensive light entertainment and absurdly offensive blacked-up performers.
Tracks like "Giorgio's Theme" remind us that, sadly, we all get old, dulled, all have our heads turned by the promise of potentially stretching our self-perceived vitality and youth a bit further, all think that recording a snoozy bit of inoffensive light entertainment show friendly disco-pop with a singer whose fame-flame has been flickering out steadily for a decade or so.
It's usually best to have a light, inoffensive sparkler such as this one as an aperitif to toast a special occasion, rather than with dessert.
Both wear a British approximation of a Riviera look – chinos, light blazers, inoffensive shirts and soft shoes, and are in deep discussion about how best to seduce young Italian women.
Some inoffensive ribaldry rocketing by at light speed.
Italy's pinot grigio is most often light, crisp and inoffensive, while Alsace's tokay can be floral, rich and highly aromatic.
Instead, pick light topics that are inoffensive and are easy to talk about, such as your pets, favorite bands, or hobbies, so that you don't make the girl uncomfortable before you really get to know each other.
It's almost like being in a pleasant hallucination, with bright lights, mirrors, pleasant scents and soft, inoffensive music.
Now, under new management, upstairs has been given a new lease of light, the downstairs has been covered in inoffensive beige-green carpets and paint, and the walls boast portraits depicting the quainter aspects of country living: the blazing hearth, the proud stag, the hare and the hounds.
The film doesn't solve the problem of adapting a seventy-two-page children's book of light verse into an eighty-eight-minute movie, but the padding is inoffensive, largely owing to the vocal performances of some of the other actors (Steve Carell and Isla Fisher among them), who do their best to maintain Geisel's gentle, lyrical restraint.
Expect the basics and you won't be disappointed – there's air conditioning and hot water and the bed linen is inoffensive, but there are no designer, boutique flourishes and if you want mood lighting, then reach for a candle.
