Well, it turns out that the SO loathes Queer Eye (mostly for its conformist consumerism) but it did remind him of something, a British radio show of the Sixties which used the gay and theatre slang of "polari". Tonight he found me a transcript of the episode that Queer Eye reminds him of:
Bona Homes and Gardens, an epsiode of the Julian and Sandy radio show, starring Hugh Paddick and Kenneth Williams (of Carry On movie fame).
Bona Homes and Gardens, an epsiode of the Julian and Sandy radio show, starring Hugh Paddick and Kenneth Williams (of Carry On movie fame).