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Delsaber posted:Car shows like that are a TV relic from days gone by, like public access or fishing shows or heritage moments. It's amazing that they still exist. Motorweek is awesome, they provide 1/4 mile times 
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Data Graham posted:Judging by that charity auction rant, it seems like he's been getting tired of the show and has wanted to find a way to end it for a while explosively if necessary/possible. Right, but all three's contracts were due for renewal after this series anyway. It's not like he didn't have ample opportunity to say "Well, lads, after this one I'm done," and go out like a man, instead of the passve-aggressive narrative we've heard so far. Having said that, none of us know the entire story here, and it's all very easy to speculate on what went down. Chris Knight fucked around with this message at 18:07 on Mar 21, 2015 |
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PT6A posted:Anyone who prefers that show over Top Gear is a mental defective. Why even bother having reviews of "normal cars" on TV? They can't be as in-depth as a written review, and, more importantly, anyone can just go to a loving dealership and test drive any normal car they like. This is the point I've been making to people over and over again when they whine about how Top Gear should go back to being a "proper car show" with "cars for the every day person". When websites like https://www.parkers.co.uk exist the motoring show 'for the every day person' has been rendered hopelessly obsolete. I sense the people often wanting such a show either don't drive anyway, or their idea of an exciting car is a 1.2 Renault Clio.
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Ludicro posted:I sense the people often wanting such a show either don't drive anyway, or their idea of an exciting car is a 1.2 Renault Clio. Hey, a 1.2 Renault Clio could be exciting if it only had 3 wheels and weighed as much as a toaster. CoreDuo fucked around with this message at 18:13 on Mar 21, 2015 |
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Mar 21, 2015 18:06
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A Saucy Bratwurst posted:Noone young says that, I was born in the 90s in Brisbane and I've heard gook and chink but never slope. Other than when Christopher Walken says it to young Butch in Pulp Fiction when talking about the watch, I've heard it maybe twice in my entire life.
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Mar 21, 2015 18:16
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There's absolutely a market for a car show with "normal" cars, it'd just need to be framed well. You could do it in the style of Top Gear challenges. Need to find the best cheap crossover? Tell the presenters to "spend" £25,000 on some and then have them to drive the Paris-Dakar. Best repmobile? Drive some comical samples (concrete slabs, double bass, former eastern bloc explosives) to a client in John O'Groats. Add some bickering and some pratting about and you could jam in enough serious reviewing in between to count as factual. It doesn't have to be Tiff Needell soberly reading out tax bands, but it doesn't have to be LaFerraris to be fun either.
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NO gently caress YOU DAD posted:There's absolutely a market for a car show with "normal" cars, it'd just need to be framed well. You could do it in the style of Top Gear challenges. Need to find the best cheap crossover? Tell the presenters to "spend" £25,000 on some and then have them to drive the Paris-Dakar. Best repmobile? Drive some comical samples (concrete slabs, double bass, former eastern bloc explosives) to a client in John O'Groats. Isn't this basically just Top Gear US? Post-History Channel relaunch anyway.
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CoreDuo posted:Isn't this basically just Top Gear US? Post-History Channel relaunch anyway. Yup.
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Yes but it has to have good hosts to make it watchable.
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Mr. Wiggles posted:Yes but it has to have good hosts to make it watchable. I'm not that disappointed with the current Top Gear US hosts. Different strokes for different folks, I suppose. What it really what it boils down to is having people that are passionate about cars. That's what concerns me about whoever the BBC has lined up if they fire Jeremy. CoreDuo fucked around with this message at 19:54 on Mar 21, 2015 |
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quote:BBC releases update on Clarkson and Top Gear How is that a loving update?
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I'd like to see Ross Noble present Top Gear. He owns a tank, he's got the right attitude for this. Plus he's made a show where he crowdsourced locations for a road trip while on the road trip, get him to do that in Thailand or Nigeria and you've got a special.
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Looking forward to buying the season 22 dvd with 2 episodes worth of deleted scenes.
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PT6A posted:I accidentally watched a bit of some Canadian motoring show when I turned on my TV this morning. They were reviewing a Kia minivan, and saying how good it was and poo poo like that, and they weren't being sarcastic. 
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Philip J Fry posted:Other than when Christopher Walken says it to young Butch in Pulp Fiction when talking about the watch, I've heard it maybe twice in my entire life. Is that where I heard it? I was racking my brains because I know I have heard it once in my life, outside of these forums, because I vaguely recall thinking it odd/unusual at the time. So, I can full believe that the trio have never heard it before. In fact, I am surprised that Wilman stated that he knew it was a term for Asians at all.
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They should just integrate his offensiveness fully into the show and make his punishments part of the broadcast. The profits are so large that he could be paid an even bigger salary specifically with the intention of docking him huge chunks of it and giving the money to charity. "Well, Jeremy, you colossal orangutan, last episode you were a huge twat towards... (looks at notes)... the Inuit? How the...? Well, anyway, let's spin the the Wheel of Morally Unimpeachable Charities and see how it comes up!" "It's... Médecins Sans Frontières!" "Could've been worse." "For five hundred thousand pounds." "Which, if I'm not mistaken, is the largest television personalty fine... in the world! And on that bombshell it's time to end the show, thank you very much for watching, good night!"
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"Doctors without borders? Isn't that pretty much the combined NHS and immigration policy of the left?" "Jesus CHRIST Clarkson!" "One million pounds!" "Oh, a Bernie! Only I'll actually be giving it to someone doing something useful..." "God dammit"
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Mar 22, 2015 00:18
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The possibilities for it all going horribly wrong are endless! 
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sean10mm posted:They should just integrate his offensiveness fully into the show and make his punishments part of the broadcast. The profits are so large that he could be paid an even bigger salary specifically with the intention of docking him huge chunks of it and giving the money to charity. Is there an email address for the BBC that I can send a screenshot of this post to? CoreDuo fucked around with this message at 00:43 on Mar 22, 2015 |
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Mar 22, 2015 00:40
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I'd watch that.
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I want to see a segment that is kind of like win ben stein's money except it's jeremy clarkson and it's the star in the reasonably priced car, and the prize is not money it's something completely pointless like winning a package of bangers or a one year supply of tree air fresheners
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sean10mm posted:They should just integrate his offensiveness fully into the show and make his punishments part of the broadcast. The profits are so large that he could be paid an even bigger salary specifically with the intention of docking him huge chunks of it and giving the money to charity. Could you imagine everyone at the Guardian's head exploding. "Thanks to you being a huge twat Jeremy, Top Gear has given one million pounds to worth causes".
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sbaldrick posted:Could you imagine everyone at the Guardian's head exploding. It would be a sad day since The Guardian would no longer have a monopoly on publicly shaming him.
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Ludicro posted:I sense the people often wanting such a show either don't drive anyway, or their idea of an exciting car is a Peugeot with a "chimney". Fixed that for you. Maniac!
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on the off chance TG does come back, I have to wonder if / how this will be addressed on-air. "We're back! Now, there has been a bit of a row in the office." *pause for comedic effect* "But anyway, we went on the internet and bought some classic cars ..."
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Well yeah, they do that with everything. Just make jokes about it and move on. Like have the Chilean flag on everything this season.
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Sir Tonk posted:Well yeah, they do that with everything. Just make jokes about it and move on. Or have Jeremy about to say something stupid and have the others stop him just in time.
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sean10mm posted:They should just integrate his offensiveness fully into the show and make his punishments part of the broadcast. The profits are so large that he could be paid an even bigger salary specifically with the intention of docking him huge chunks of it and giving the money to charity. Seriously. I think his punishment should be following James May around for a week recording his thoughts and opinions on everything in a notebook. If Clarkson doesn't kill himself in the first two days, he'll never mess up again.
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Sandbagger SA posted:Seriously. I think his punishment should be following James May around for a week recording his thoughts and opinions on everything in a notebook. If Clarkson doesn't kill himself in the first two days, he'll never mess up again. A tenting trip with Hammond could also work, with all kinds of outdoorsy activities (and manual labor).
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Hey, you know that video I posted? Turns out is was all a joke. JC was just making a big joke. He completely forgot that it was a joke, until his hangover cleared and his lawyer called him to remind him (phew! that was fortunate!) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/bbc/11488275/Jeremy-Clarkson-Foul-mouthed-BBC-rant-was-all-in-jest.html quote:"Most of us have woken up after a night at a charity ball to find an empty wallet and a signed rugby ball on the kitchen table," he said. "So we're all familiar with the sense of, 'Oh no. What have I done?' I imagine the conversation was in a similar vein to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjMArn_UGkk
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Double Bill posted:A tenting trip with Hammond could also work, with all kinds of outdoorsy activities (and manual labor). The first two episodes already planned out. This should be great!
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Somehow flew over my head that there was an actual recording of his "rant", so I just watched it. I'm not entirely sure how someone interprets this as a rant? I've expected him going off like a rocket, but it's just cynical banter for the audience.
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his goal was to raise money for charity and he sold his prize like a loving pro by taking advantage of the recent circumstances, end of story.
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Scrambles posted:his goal was to raise money for charity and he sold his prize like a loving pro by taking advantage of the recent circumstances, end of story. If Top Gear isn't cancelled and it isn't his 'last lap around the track,' that 100,000 ride is suddenly kind of a false advertisement, is it not?
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CornHolio posted:If Top Gear isn't cancelled and it isn't his 'last lap around the track,' that 100,000 ride is suddenly kind of a false advertisement, is it not? I'm sure he would kick the 100k back, it's not like his bank account would even notice that.
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http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/tv/snoop-dogg-we-st-you-not-says-bbc-are-crazy-if-they-sack-top-gears-jeremy-clarkson/ Snoop Dogg supports Jeremy.
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Game recognize game.
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Combat Pretzel posted:Somehow flew over my head that there was an actual recording of his "rant", so I just watched it. I'm not entirely sure how someone interprets this as a rant? I've expected him going off like a rocket, but it's just cynical banter for the audience. Yeah, really made me appreciate how quotes with profanity in them come across way harsher in print than in a recording.
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CornHolio posted:If Top Gear isn't cancelled and it isn't his 'last lap around the track,' that 100,000 ride is suddenly kind of a false advertisement, is it not? Not really as you could just say it's the last time he would take a guest around the track with him. Plus you know, you're talking about a charity ball auction, who sues over a charity ball?
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