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tijag posted:Well, it seems clear that the media is making a big deal about it, but I don't feel it's unjustified. Counter-point: everything else happening on the entire Earth is more important than one rich old drunk acting badly somewhere 99.99% of the world will never even visit. You don't get to pretend to be a "serious" news outlet and spend a huge share of your time jacking it to the self-inflicted career problems of one fat bald bastard who makes dumb jokes you don't like.
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http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/watch-jeremy-clarksons-extraordinary-rant-5367242 Good News everyone! the LaFerarri is going to do a lap of the TG track! Bad news: Followed by the last ever lap that JC will do as TG is past tense now.
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Welp At least it went out with a bang.
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Hell of a season to end the show on, but a drat shame they couldn't do the biggest supercar test.
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Bloody hell, Clarkson, that's a long way to go to avoid the name change thing.
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Well poo poo.
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Well, that is a massive "oh cock!"
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Mar 20, 2015 16:21
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drat it Clarkson.... http://uproxx.com/tv/2015/03/popular-top-gear-host-jeremy-clarkson-set-to-be-fired/
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Mar 20, 2015 16:22
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a great run, a great show. Im sure more awesomeness will come hopefully on Sky.
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Preoptopus posted:a great run, a great show. Im sure more awesomeness will come hopefully on Sky. It's going to be difficult to have on any channel that's funded through advertising. Right now, a car manufacturer can't threaten the BBC to stop advertising on their channel in response to negative reviews. On Sky they can do that easily. That's why there's hardly anything negative said on the US Top Gear. I do wonder what happens to the magazine and the international versions of the show if the UK one dies, since they are franchises, not remakes.
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That's why my hopes are on for-pay networks like HBO.
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Data Graham posted:That's why my hopes are on for-pay networks like HBO. Oh man, get the whole crew to move to HBO. That'd be too good.
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A new top gear on HBO would be sweet. You could call it "Overdrive" if that name isn't already taken.
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A weekly show like that Jamie Oliver thing that's supposed to be good but I've never seen? That would be awesome. There have got to be a whole bunch of providers like HBO and Showtime and Netflix salivating about this. edit: I was thinking "Highest Cog"
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Armed men are taking to the streets in protest, apparently. https://vine.co/v/OYAm6gvUMEr
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That is the worst Stig helmet I've ever seen. Data Graham fucked around with this message at 17:13 on Mar 20, 2015 |
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captainOrbital posted:
The Penultimate Ratio (So that it doesn't include overdrive  )
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GutBomb posted:It's going to be difficult to have on any channel that's funded through advertising. Right now, a car manufacturer can't threaten the BBC to stop advertising on their channel in response to negative reviews. On Sky they can do that easily. That's why there's hardly anything negative said on the US Top Gear. The international versions will happily trundle on because BBC Worldwide doesn't give a gently caress and likes money. Also Sky might not want Top Gear because of legal problems, as explained in Popbitch. popbitch posted:>> Sky fall <<
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If it moves to HBO, you could appeal to the wider American audience and just call it "Drive". It's pretty funny (though I am devastated Top Gear is done before I got to see the SUV challenge) that the UK is freaking out about this so much. I mean yeah I get it, he makes racist comments, but compared to the poo poo that "legitimate" newscasters say and do on live tv in the US (think Fox News), this is just a serious non-issue. Remember, Cheney shot somebody and then the guy he shot apologized. I mean sure, that's a politician, and it's hosed up, but still. wilfredmerriweathr fucked around with this message at 17:18 on Mar 20, 2015 |
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Mar 20, 2015 17:15
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I think it's more that Clarkson wants to retire and doesn't want to go out with a whimper.
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wilfredmerriweathr posted:If it moves to HBO, you could appeal to the wider American audience and just call it "Drive". Drive is taken though. See: /DRIVE on NBC
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Coming live from the best small village in Belgium, it's Top Geer!
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Featuring the former hosts of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," it's TLC's hot new show "Queer Ear for the Straight-Cut Gear."
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Mar 20, 2015 17:37
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Well, David Hasselhoff got already talk show in Finland, so our MTV3 might try to create a british spinoff called "Ajoneuvos: Iso-Britannia" or something? (Ajoneuvos being the no-budget ripoff of Top Gear format.) Edit: With one host and three Stigs, since god knows we do not like to talk but we have several WRC champs and F1 drivers just idling here.
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I hope Jeremy starts his own web-based show called 'Clarkson in Cars Getting Tea'. It could just be segments like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksbclJ4nGSQ&t=183
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Mar 20, 2015 17:54
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Jeremy Clarkson Drives Jay Leno's Cars
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Sir Tonk posted:Oh man, get the whole crew to move to HBO. That'd be too good. Sir Tonk posted:Jeremy Clarkson Drives Jay Leno's Cars
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Nill posted:If the bit about Clarkson 'getting in front of the problem' only after half the staff were seriously uncomfortable with the situation and were about to report him then I doubt you'd be able to convince the whole crew to quit their BBC jobs en masse and follow Clarkson to an uncertain future. The whole crew = May, Hammond and Clarkson. They've already said they won't do the studio sessions without him, and their contracts are all up. I'm pretty certain they would all follow him wherever he goes. And yeah that would be amazing with Jay Leno's cars, they got along well on the show and I believe they are friends in real life.
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wilfredmerriweathr posted:The whole crew = May, Hammond and Clarkson. They've already said they won't do the studio sessions without him, and their contracts are all up. I'm pretty certain they would all follow him wherever he goes. TopGear was regularly pumping out amazing television that the 3 hosts were part of but they weren't exactly the ones making it happen. If another network picks up Clarkson, May, and Hammond I'm not sure they'll have the same level of behind-the-scenes talent backing up the comedy bits.
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wilfredmerriweathr posted:It's pretty funny (though I am devastated Top Gear is done before I got to see the SUV challenge) that the UK is freaking out about this so much. Me too. I really wanted to see the XJ in action before and after they intentionally rolled it down a hill. It's kind of symbolic, actually...http://gfycat.com/SparseFinishedGermanspaniel
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I wouldn't mind if Top gear was just a longer news segment with some specials and challenges sprinkled in.
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sincx posted:That is a good point. The talent is sometimes a dick. It happens on shoots and you get over it. What's more interesting is that the other guy is now forever known as the producer who killed top gear. It'll be interesting to see how long it takes him to land a new gig.
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Yeah what I don't get is his spokesperson is like "Oisin loves his job and would never want to leave it, he says it is a great honor to be working on Top Gear" when it's painfully obvious that this is in fact going to kill the show. I am not saying that clarkson should get a pass if he really did hit the dude but come on, coming out the gate with a statement like that is pretty silly. I do also wonder why they can't just fix this in the courts. Settle with a nice fat sum, they both keep their job, or maybe even neither keeps their job, but at least they show the last few episodes.
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wilfredmerriweathr posted:Yeah what I don't get is his spokesperson is like "Oisin loves his job and would never want to leave it, he says it is a great honor to be working on Top Gear" when it's painfully obvious that this is in fact going to kill the show. Maybe we'll get a clip show out of this with the unaired films, narrated by the Stig.
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wilfredmerriweathr posted:The whole crew = May, Hammond and Clarkson. They've already said they won't do the studio sessions without him, and their contracts are all up. I'm pretty certain they would all follow him wherever he goes. I, for one, do really not care about Hammond's solo work since he is really boring beyond Top Gear, but really like May's shows and most of the time tolerate Clarkson's documentaries. And actually I think that if Jay could find his stand-up persona and wit (lost since 1993) and couple that with the rough edges of Clarkson's style, it could work.
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The Guardian is reaching Daily Mail levels of constant coverage over what is essentially a minor thing. http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/mar/20/jeremy-clarkson-foul-mouthed-rant-bbc-top-gear Nearly 3400 comments of frothing hatred towards Clarkson/Top Gear.  Christ the way some of these people go on you'd think anyone who owns a car is a literal Captain Planet villain.
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