I call my father "Basic consumer man"
Whenever we are watching TV, he can ask a question directly to the TV and they will answer him.
We'd be watching Top Gear, and it would be showing a clip of a car going around the track for like five minutes. Then he says "How much horsepower does this car have" and then Jeremy Clarkson will go "The whatever-car has 530 Brake Horsepower" less than a second after he asks.
We were watching the Olympics and Bob Costas was up front on the screen talking about the snowboarders and giving an in depth report, and my dad goes "What's wrong with his eye?" and then Bob Costas explains what is wrong with his eye.
EVERY time he asks the TV a question, it answers. cool