You know, I bet that that is all scripted for him, i.e., that the producers require him to add the extra info, because they think that it makes the show more entertaining. I'm sure that, given the choice, he'd actually rather forego the chit-chat, wrap up each show 10 minutes earlier, and go home to his cocker spaniel.
And the I.Q. of people named "Alex" is, on the average, one Standard Deviation higher than the national mean. :-)
Regards,
I suppose we will have to agree to disagree.
And I don’t really know anything about the structure of the show, but I suspect that he has a large say in how it is run.
I always say that he could make good money for his favorite charity if he were to hold an event at which people paid for an opportunity to smack his smug face.