A passel of Cliff Clavens: A group of individuals delivering a meaningless trivia of suspect value or veracity.

What we have here is ‘Cultural Context’.

Usage:
The members of the school board are a passel of Cliff Clavens.

The X Studies department at UW? A passel of Cliff Clavens.

Add it to your vocabulary, make John Ratzenberger a happy man.

First known use of the phrase, here, by ElamBend.

Cross posted to Space For Commerce.