A more accurate title would have been "An Oaf In Scotland". His smug sense of superiority apparently made this sad man oblivious to the realization that he was being rude and patronizing much of the time. It is difficult to know who to pity more: the people he skewers with the wit of a turnip or the ones he actually LIKED. If your idea of a good travel companion is David Brent -- Ricky Gervais' character in BBC America's "The Office" -- you have found your man in McFadden.