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talking head

noun

Television Slang. a closeup picture of a person who is talking, especially as a participant in a talk show.
Slang. a person whose talk is empty and pretentious.

talking head

(on television) a person, such as a newscaster, who is shown only from the shoulders up, and speaks without the use of any illustrative material

First recorded in 1965–70

The incident with Tony Kornheiser, a Pardon the Interruption talking head, serves to highlight the problem with ESPN.

Hanks appears as a talking head in several episodes of the series.

The video was less about seeing me and all about hearing me: I was a talking head with audio aides around my laptop.

Sure, these are things that his talking-head colleagues have said, in various ways, before.

We live in a world where moderate voices are whispered and talking-head political centrists have gone the way of the dinosaur.

Mr. Stone looked and Mr. Stone spoke like a "talking head" when he came in upon us that awful day.

Probably the most common of all of the illusions which depend upon mirrors is the Talking Head upon a table.

This illusion is a very ingenious improvement on the “Talking Head.”

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