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I'm showing my age, but Top Gear survived the last presenterectomy when they lost Tiff Nedell and Quentin Wilson after Wilson's (iirc) drink driving ban. They still had Clarkson though, so if they lose him it'll be interesting to see if May & Hammond can hold the show on their own. I really like May and Hammond's got decent comic timing. The other question I suppose is who would replace him?
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Bobby Deluxe posted:I'm showing my age, but Top Gear survived the last presenterectomy when they lost Tiff Nedell and Quentin Wilson after Wilson's (iirc) drink driving ban. Piers Morgan
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May 3, 2014 11:19
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SuperHunBastard1690 posted:Piers Morgan I'd rather see Clarkson blacked up and eating watermelon than see that pie-faced twat.
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May 3, 2014 11:34
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Catching up with this year's Britain's Got Talent. It's fallen so far from the glory days of SuBo and that flippy dancing kid with the crazy hair 
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May 3, 2014 11:54
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I am utterly shocked that the BBC have declined to fire the man who has made them millions through BBC Worldwide. He could probably get away with murder.
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May 3, 2014 12:17
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Any excuse to post this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMuO-8S_0Wg
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May 3, 2014 12:44
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Shelf Adventure posted:Not being broadcast I can understand people using as a defence but how is it any better that he mumbled it? Can I say "Jews aren't really people" as long as I stutter? Paladinus posted:Any excuse to post this.
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May 3, 2014 13:36
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Taff posted:I'm not proud to admit that Ive accidentally said it when reciting the rhyme too. Thankfully no cameras were present. Me too to be honest. You'll have to take my word on me not being a racist but as a kid we'd say what we called the naughty version so often. ( not really knowing what the N word ment) that honestly I'm not even sure what you do say at the " pick a N by his toe bit and just mumble that bit now adays. And I'm not one to defend Clarkson I think as person he seems to be a total nob-end. In fact the best that can be said is he's a ok nob- end like a stuck in his ways old uncle. Krypt-OOO-Nite!! fucked around with this message at 15:03 on May 3, 2014 |
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May 3, 2014 13:53
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Clarkson should definitely be sacked for this but precisely because, as his indiscretions go, this is actually fairly minor and almost forgiveable. It would be poetic justice that his attitude over the last 15 years has made him seem so toxic and offensive that he's finally sacked over something that, for almost anyone else, wouldn't even make the news. A sort of "racist that cried wolf" thing. Of course he won't be sacked though, will he.
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May 3, 2014 14:17
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Krypt-OOO-Nite!! posted:Me too to be honest. Yeah, same with me. I never heard another version until I was much older. Not to defend Clarkson, but he's over 20 years older than me and I would imagine he probably had the rhyme so ingrained in his head that it was natural. That or he started and blanked on the modern version.
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May 3, 2014 14:47
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Mickolution posted:Yeah, same with me. I never heard another version until I was much older. so what would it look like if you were defending him??
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May 3, 2014 15:28
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Charlie Brooker and his latest crazy hairstyle were on this weeks HIGNFY, it always cracks me up when Hislop pulls a bemused reaction when someone says something crazy.
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May 3, 2014 15:42
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HIGNFY's guest casting needs work. Bridget Christie was loving tedious and Charlie Brooker barely said two words. Graham Norton's Chat Show was brilliant last night though - the "reading" thing was a hoot. Graham's little bit with our Eurovision contestant was soooo awkward too.
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Cerv posted:so what would it look like if you were defending him?? Sorry, I worded that wrong. What I meant was, I'm not one to defend Clarkson because I don't like him and he has done and said questionable things in the past, but this one looks more like a genuine mistake to me. It was stupid and he should not have done it, but I don't think it's evident of him being racist or using that word in a negative context.
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WastedJoker posted:Graham Norton's Chat Show was brilliant last night though - the "reading" thing was a hoot. Thanks for the tip here, the interview with the 3 X-Men guys was really fun. Clearly they had been drinking in the green room, good buncha guys!
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Although a friend of mine did notice they broadcast it in the wrong order, unless there was something weird going on with James Macavoy's drink emptying and refilling itself.
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Bobby Deluxe posted:Although a friend of mine did notice they broadcast it in the wrong order, unless there was something weird going on with James Macavoy's drink emptying and refilling itself. Telekinetic powers? 
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Cerv posted:so what would it look like if you were defending him?? something like: Clarkson did nothing wrong, they come over hear taking our rhymes from us, simple innocent child rhymes where we sing about taking black people and enslaving them, and they won't let us sing our racist rhymes because it's not politically correct. Well I've got something to say to you, oppressed people that I wish to sing disparaging rhymes about, if you don't like it why don't you just go back to whereever it is that you're from?
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It's political correctness gone mad. We're all going to hell in a handbasket. You couldn't make it up. And so on.
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Bobby Deluxe posted:It's political correctness gone mad. We're all going to hell in a handbasket. You couldn't make it up. And so on. You can't sneak by us that easily, Farrage!
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Bobby Deluxe posted:Although a friend of mine did notice they broadcast it in the wrong order, unless there was something weird going on with James Macavoy's drink emptying and refilling itself. Stage hands deliver speedy refills while the camera's on Graham.
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May 4, 2014 10:33
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Stewart Lee said (that word) on his show and nobody cared. I enjoy the fact that no mention of it, and now Clarkson being attacked on all sides for saying it, really ties into his stage persona as someone nobody cares about and so is worthless.
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May 4, 2014 13:33
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Hahaha, I like how people bite on the stage persona. That must be a very useful thing in celebrity-hood. Am I an arse? Oh let's tell people its a character, especially when that character shows through in my personal life absent of rolling cameras and mic battery packs. I'm safe!
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Jonnty posted:There's a difference between saying the word in a rhyme as a joke and saying it "quoted" like Lee does. Hahah yeah my white friends tell me I'm allowed to make all the cracker jokes I want. I do love me some excuses for racism. But don't quote me on that okay? lol white people
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May 4, 2014 16:06
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Well, that's a poo poo post.
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Brian Moser posted:Hahah yeah my white friends tell me I'm allowed to make all the cracker jokes I want. I do love me some excuses for racism. But don't quote me on that okay? lol white people The gently caress is this? Rapey Joe Stalin posted:Well, that's a poo poo post. Oh.
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May 4, 2014 16:55
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Vera is on ITV and it's set in the seaside town in which I grew up 
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In The Flesh season 2 is on now, seem to remember a few folk in this thread liked it. First set of episodes last year was heartbreaking in the best possible way, if a bit unsubtle with its' metaphors. Plus, it's probably the last drama series BBC3 will show, given its' imminent demise.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00sc29t/how-they-dug-the-victoria-line "how they dug the victoria line" This is an absolute gem. Seriously, I've just finished watching this and it makes me glad to be a human. Ace. Yermaw Zahoor fucked around with this message at 19:07 on May 9, 2014 |
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Yermaw Zahoor posted:http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00sc29t/how-they-dug-the-victoria-line Thanks for the recommendation, really enjoyed that. I especially liked the use of the word "boffins" 
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Prey is looking well set up for the final episode. I foolishly made a thread for it before remembering this thread exists.
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Yermaw Zahoor posted:http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00sc29t/how-they-dug-the-victoria-line
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I have a niche request! I've got a massive urge to listen to some Adam and Joe podcasts again and really want to listen to the one where callers ring in with fake/real accents, I've got them all downloaded but can't remember which one it is! Anyone with a brilliant brain? Edit: remembered it. It's the 18/10/2008 show with Roger Moore. Do you roger more? Ratjaculation fucked around with this message at 14:12 on May 11, 2014 |
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In the Flesh seems as excellent as it was last year. This week the former-zombies face a fate worse than death: being treated the way people on benefits get treated today.
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^^^ I love how brazenly over the top it is with the metaphors. Who thought we'd see a UKIP stand-in in a show about Lofty132 posted:Prey is looking well set up for the final episode. I foolishly made a thread for it before remembering this thread exists. Did it pick up? I watched the first episode, it just seemed a load of morbid standing around, with not a lot actually happening.
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Ratjaculation posted:I have a niche request! I've got a massive urge to listen to some Adam and Joe podcasts again and really want to listen to the one where callers ring in with fake/real accents, I've got them all downloaded but can't remember which one it is! Anyone with a brilliant brain? Is that the one when they both lose it as soon as the "Polish" caller opens his mouth?
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Strom Cuzewon posted:^^^ I love how brazenly over the top it is with the metaphors. Who thought we'd see a UKIP stand-in in a show about Definitely not subtle with the metaphors, it's amazing how the Partially Deceased can stand in for pretty much any oppressed minority you care to name. Grand stuff though, the young actors playing Kieran and Jem are remarkably good.
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Did anyone see the BBC 4 programme about female artists since the renaissance? It was pretty great, I had no idea that there were any popular women artists in the time period! And seeing the guy with a swastika tattoo being a big baby was was kinda funny on The Island.
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Sri.Theo posted:Did anyone see the BBC 4 programme about female artists since the renaissance? It was pretty great, I had no idea that there were any popular women artists in the time period! Which guy was that, the long haired one? I watched it for the first time last night and enjoyed it so I might keep up with it. I was impressed that they actually caught and ate a crocodile, the blokes catching it seemed remarkably calm about it
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