Jeremy Clarkson, Top Gear host, suspended by BBC after 'fracas'

[styx]

and now they can openly insult everyone

[JP]

I watched it on YouTube last night. Good start to the series. Too bad bout Jeremy Renner...

[Grant Lamontagne]

That's a lot of dead celebrities.... 

Def

[Kev D]

I loved the opening sequence where he hands in his security pass looking glum. After the great opening it was back to being like the old top gears used to be. 

The celeb bit, although a bit of fun, was pointless AND they killed Carol Vorderman. How could they kill Carol 

[Grant Lamontagne]

You are right- it was a huge waste of time, and whoever that woman was did appear to be quite attractive, although I have no idea who she was.

I could have done without that part, it was amusing but it was pointless and a waste of time.  At first I thought maybe it was a $$ thing, but then I thought they probably have a better budget now, and it probably cost just as much to have the celebrities show up and die as it would to show up and drive the car.  Maybe it has to do with the fact that they don't have a track that they can run the celebrities around?

Def

[dks]

I have been saying it for years that the celebrity part was just a waste of time, adding nothing to the show. It usually was some unknown/annoying celebrity advertising their new film or book..

I think, of all the seasons, I have watched 1or 2 of the celebrity part, choosing to just ignore it or fast-forward through it.

I think they have gotten rid of it, mainly because it is part of the TG format that belongs to the BBC.

[styx]

you're right guys. more of the trio and less of the boring celebs

[JP]

you're right guys. more of the trio and less of the boring celebs

.......and more of the Expedition Specials.......Vietnam, Bolivia, Africa, North Pole......and Drop Hammond in other remote places awaiting rescue. I think Hammond was genuinely upset while in BC.

[Smashie]

Episode 2 is up now 

[Grant Lamontagne]

you're right guys. more of the trio and less of the boring celebs

.......and more of the Expedition Specials.......Vietnam, Bolivia, Africa, North Pole......and Drop Hammond in other remote places awaiting rescue. I think Hammond was genuinely upset while in BC.

Agreed- I love the specials!

Def

[Smashie]

Watch this space

[Kev D]

Episode 2 is up now 

Nice one, that's tonight's entertainment sorted then.

[Gerhard Gerber]

I see no need for GT to carry on with the celebrity interview, but to a certain extent I disagree with many of you, there were some very worthwhile interviews on TG.........worth it if only for the Schumacher interview 

[Grant Lamontagne]

Some were amusing, like Ryan Reynolds or Rowan Atkinson, others were just painful, like, well, most US actors who want to pretend to be worldly and insist they are familiar with film from outside the US, but they really aren't.  Like when Will Smith was on with some UK actress, and although he insisted he was really into British TV the only two shows he could name were the ones the actress he was with was on and the one they were both appearing on at the moment.

Frankly I think Mr. Smith would greatly benefit from Mrs. Brown's Boys!

(WARNING TO MEMBERS- DO NOT GOOGLE OR YOUTUBE THAT ONE UNLESS YOU ARE PREPARED FOR MANY NAUGHTY WORDS, SOME OF WHICH YOU MAY UNDERSTAND!)



Def

[dks]

[styx]

episode 2 was on point

[Gareth]

While I'm mostly enjoying GT, I've got to say the I don't think the timed lap with "the American" is working at all.  It was only mildly amusing the first time, not funny at all the second and I can only see it getting really annoying in the future.

[Smashie]

While I'm mostly enjoying GT, I've got to say the I don't think the timed lap with "the American" is working at all.  It was only mildly amusing the first time, not funny at all the second and I can only see it getting really annoying in the future.

Look at the video I posted a few posts ago, it explains a few things that they have had to do. 

[Don Pablo]

I remember the tom cruise and cameron diaz interview vividly. 

[Grant Lamontagne]

While I'm mostly enjoying GT, I've got to say the I don't think the timed lap with "the American" is working at all.  It was only mildly amusing the first time, not funny at all the second and I can only see it getting really annoying in the future.

I found him annoying about six seconds into his lap. 

Def

[dks]

... latest GT episode... lots of praise for German work ethics, but no mention of the VAG emissions scandal..

I got the feeling they were told/forced/guided not to mention it... not good.

They would have mentioned it 20 times in TG...

[Whoey]

speaking of JC, just watching some videos of my favourite plane (SR71) and found this gem:



 

[Gerhard Gerber]

Sad to say GT on average is not as good as old TG, but it's better than nothing.

The Namibian special was the best so far 

There was one thing I found very off-putting, they were having a conversation on the radios while driving through the city.......the city where I was born, raised and live in, so it was obvious from the background that the "conversation" was edited together footage.

I have to say, if they really slept under their beach buggies they are considerably more manly than I am..........that would be a cold miserable night.

I think they are in danger of being too entertaining.....

[Grant Lamontagne]

I agree- Jeremy used to rail constantly against the BBC, but Amazon seems to have given him carte blanche, which is what I was afraid of.  With nothing to provide a boundary I find that he founders a bit, and almost tries to complain about being reeled in by morality or something, when we all know that has never been a concern for him!

The image that comes vividly to mind is when Hammond and Clarkson were reading the info packet about the Rolls Royce that James May was driving, and they keep referring to the motion one makes to put on the seatbelt.

Still, I imagine they are finding their legs in this newfound freedom, and I imagine they will find a good plateau sooner or later.  Either way, I have a lot more faith in them than in the Joey Tribbiani Car Talk Hour that Top Gear is turning into....

Def

[Whoey]

I have yet to watch any of the new hosted Top Gear, but have mostly seen The Grand Tour so far. They could do away with the celebrity bit, was funny a few times, now it's tedious.

[Smashie]

I have yet to watch any of the new hosted Top Gear, but have mostly seen The Grand Tour so far. They could do away with the celebrity bit, was funny a few times, now it's tedious.

Like a lot of things TGT does it stops the BBC suing Amazon.

The BBC realised they had made a huge mistake so they made a list of items that they would sue over if the TGT included them, so celebrity brain crash is the middle finger up at the BBC. Yes it's tedious but if it pisses of the BBC I can live with it 

[Grant Lamontagne]

I have yet to watch any of the new hosted Top Gear, but have mostly seen The Grand Tour so far. They could do away with the celebrity bit, was funny a few times, now it's tedious.

Like a lot of things TGT does it stops the BBC suing Amazon.

The BBC realised they had made a huge mistake so they made a list of items that they would sue over if the TGT included them, so celebrity brain crash is the middle finger up at the BBC. Yes it's tedious but if it pisses of the BBC I can live with it 

If that's the story then I am suddenly a huge fan of the celebrity bit.  It seemed like a huge waste of time and money and I didn't know why they were doing it, but that sounds like as good a reason as I can think of!   

Def

[Kev D]

Anyone see Friday's episode of TGT?

Just in case you haven't, don't look.

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The options on the bentley alone cost more than the jag hamster was driving     that is just crazy

I'm with Clarkson though, I would have the range rover still.

[styx]

Anyone see Friday's episode of TGT?

Just in case you haven't, don't look.

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The options on the bentley alone cost more than the jag hamster was driving     that is just crazy

I'm with Clarkson though, I would have the range rover still.

Lada Niva all the way. Ugly but a workhorse

[Grant Lamontagne]

I love Nivas, but they are few and far between here now.  They stopped importing them in 95, and stopped selling them in 97, and they weren't that popular even before that.  there are very few left, and most of the ones that are suffer from a lot of rust and other contamination issues.

Def