Top Gear (British Version)

kmhour

kmhour

Woodpecker
Clarkson and an old buddy (the producer) sold the rights back to the BBC, so I would think the name, the Stig, segments like Star in a Reasonably Priced Car, and some of the older intellectual property (Cool Wall for example) will all remain the BBC's property. I wouldn't be surprised to see the trio end up with Sky or Netflix as others have suggested.

Personally I've been a TG fan for years, and while Jeremy's bombast is part of his persona, I think there's a natural limit to how long it can go (could have gone) before it starts to get a bit repetitive. In a way this might have been a good thing, ending before it got stale.

And frankly if it's true that he was taking advantage of a subordinate by ripping him for something that wasn't even his fault, then punched the guy, any normal employer is not left with much of a choice at that point. It wasn't like Clarkson didn't know he was on thin ice after some of the previous (and recent) controversies. Maybe he needed to come back down to earth a bit, if he was that full of himself to lose his shit over a hot dinner.
 
R

reliquary

Woodpecker
The Hammerhead i-Eagle Thrust and Burma specials were probably my favorites. Clarkson was a true alpha, if you saw the shit he said and got away with. Never afraid to speak his mind. EVER. He was always just sorry for getting caught. Now the show will get staffed by some extremely PC guys and hopefully wither away. I really want these three together again somewhere else. If there is anything just in the universe.
 
J

JustlookingForAGoodTime

Robin
Absolutely cannot stand the US version!:mad:

One bit that is one of my favorites was when Clarkson did Laguna Seca in a NSX on a Playstation then went to California to try to do it in real life. Was funny as hell seeing him experience the Corkscrew up close.
 
RexImperator

RexImperator

Crow
Gold Member
I agree the U.S. version sucks.

"Fiona Bruce has got quite a nice bottom."

"I'm nursing a semi right now."

^^^ some of my favorite Clarkson-isms
 
Ethan Hunt

Ethan Hunt

Kingfisher
Gold Member
The BBC should at least air the three cancelled episodes that had been filmed. I can understand scrapping the filming of the episodes after that. Top Gear as been a big part of my Sunday evenings growing up. I have seen every episode in its current format. In the first series they made a James Bond car! That was unbelievably cool when I was 9 years old hah!

I think kmhour is correct when he says it is good that the show ended prematurely before it got stale. Season 22 (current) had been a great season so far. The episode with the ambulances stands out as amongst the funniest ever.

I don't live that far from Clarkson and his children go to school in the town I work in, you do see him from time to time. A colleagues friend crashed his car, shortly after Clarkson walked passed and said something like "that won't buff out" and walked off. Offered no help and simply took the piss out of the guy, Clarkson does not care for the PC lefty brigade and I think that is what makes him so popular. He says what we think without any concern.
 
K

Kristoph

Robin
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/wo...p-Gear-doesnt-need-you.-It-needs-a-woman.html

Insane SJW insists that only 'die hard' Clarkson fans will be disappointed by his sacking, that Top Gear is successful not because of but in spite of him, and that a woman is needed to host the show to 'de-masculinise' it.

This could be the BBC’s opportunity for Top Gear to ditch its macho image, start giving Britain’s girls some sporty female role models and prove that cars really aren’t just for boys.
If it loses a few misogynistic fans in the process, then who cares? Chances are they’ll be replaced by a hell of a lot more female ones.
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'The most successful non fiction television show ever, which draws in 350 million viewers a week, is bad and wrong because it is too masculine, and no one likes that except misogynists, and it needs to change because I don't like it and it'll be much more successful anyway.'

Fucking L O L
 
Foolsgo1d

Foolsgo1d

Peacock
Erm, I guess I am too misogynistic to point out that a lot of viewers who are female watch for the entertainment value and the fact three men are dicking around. They have female fan bases for fucks sake.

Handbrake turns make the ladies weak at the knees.
 
NilNisiOptimum

NilNisiOptimum

Kingfisher
Foolsgo1d said:
Handbrake turns make the ladies weak at the knees.
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But they never let on that it does.

To join the favorite episodes conversation, for some reason I'm a fan of the "practical" challenges. The race across London and the used car for a teenager were some of my favorites.
 
K

Kristoph

Robin
Foolsgo1d said:
Erm, I guess I am too misogynistic to point out that a lot of viewers who are female watch for the entertainment value and the fact three men are dicking around. They have female fan bases for fucks sake.

Handbrake turns make the ladies weak at the knees.
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Every woman I know who likes Top Gear likes it because of the presenters and the style. This...journalist....thinks people watch the show in droves because of a love of cars, and merely put up with the blokey atmosphere. Truly delusional.
 
catoblepa

catoblepa

Woodpecker
I remember a Top Gear UK episode where they were in Rome and the host claimed that people down there have no respect for traffic lights. last time I was there I recall people actually stopping regularly at redlight. maybe we should try some twitter outrage since british are so sensitive to pc issues.
 
Praetor Lupus

Praetor Lupus

Pelican
JordanH said:
The episode with the ambulances stands out as amongst the funniest ever.
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Indeed it was, and absolutely the last thing I needed after falling over and bruising my ribs that morning. When it hurts to laugh, the last thing you want is the most hilarious episode for years.

And the last bit, with Hammond firing his 'patient' through the window, was fucking sublime.
 
Slim Shady

Slim Shady

 
Banned
Gold Member
One of my favorite comedians, Frankie Boyle, on Clarkson.

Essentially saying that Clarkson is trying to be edgy for the sake of being edgy, without any actual content, as opposed to his own jokes which are extremely edgy but require the audience to think about real issues in the world in an uncomfortable way.

"Sack him, because he's a cultural tumor...he is only tolerated because he is recognized by the people in power...he is a growth that must be removed"

 
IvanDrago

IvanDrago

Pelican
Gold Member
It looks like the new hosts have been chosen for Top Gear.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/cel...ar-presenters-to-replace-Jeremy-Clarkson.html


At least it is better than the alternative.

Newsreader Angela Rippon, the first presenter of Top Gear, says she would return to present the show following Jeremy Clarkson's sacking and would like to see a woman back at the helm

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/cel...ppon-up-for-return-as-Top-Gear-presenter.html

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