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post Mar 25 2015, 09:09 AM
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Even the most powerful are not exempt. The show goes on. Who's the next Jeremy?
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post Mar 25 2015, 09:19 AM
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Ashton Kutcher doesn't mind being an imposter. Or a show killer. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)
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post Mar 25 2015, 09:24 AM
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Top Gear is dead as a show I'm afraid....Hopefully they'll all three get a contract to do a new show with another channel.
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post Mar 25 2015, 09:34 AM
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Without Clarkson, the show is dead. Damn, I enjoyed that one.
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post Mar 25 2015, 11:56 AM
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I agree, he made that show. Won't be the same without him.

I really don't care much for the US version, but maybe he could come over here and run that one!!!
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post Mar 25 2015, 12:24 PM
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QUOTE(pete000 @ Mar 25 2015, 09:56 AM) *

I agree, he made that show. Won't be the same without him.

I really don't care much for the US version, but maybe he could come over here and run that one!!!


As an English man albeit living in Sweden I say sack the load mouthed git. You cant go around hitting people even if you are celebrity.

And the show suks anyway.
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post Mar 25 2015, 12:27 PM
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QUOTE(pete000 @ Mar 25 2015, 11:56 AM) *

I agree, he made that show. Won't be the same without him.

I really don't care much for the US version, but maybe he could come over here and run that one!!!

I was gonna say- maybe the Velocity Channel can work out a deal and bring the real thing to the good ol' US of A! Richard Hammond is already 1/2 American anyway, least that's what the other two always say! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/flag.gif)
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post Mar 25 2015, 12:27 PM
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Guess the days of duking it out man to man is over with.

It appears a swollen lip is a trip to the emergency room in the UK.....
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post Mar 25 2015, 01:06 PM
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QUOTE(DavidSweden @ Mar 25 2015, 02:24 PM) *

QUOTE(pete000 @ Mar 25 2015, 09:56 AM) *

I agree, he made that show. Won't be the same without him.

I really don't care much for the US version, but maybe he could come over here and run that one!!!


As an English man albeit living in Sweden I say sack the load mouthed git. You cant go around hitting people even if you are celebrity.

And the show suks anyway.

I'll take a wild guess here and say you would "sack" him even if there wasn't a fight.
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post Mar 25 2015, 01:26 PM
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QUOTE(Big Len @ Mar 25 2015, 11:06 AM) *

QUOTE(DavidSweden @ Mar 25 2015, 02:24 PM) *

QUOTE(pete000 @ Mar 25 2015, 09:56 AM) *

I agree, he made that show. Won't be the same without him.

I really don't care much for the US version, but maybe he could come over here and run that one!!!


As an English man albeit living in Sweden I say sack the load mouthed git. You cant go around hitting people even if you are celebrity.

And the show suks anyway.

I'll take a wild guess here and say you would "sack" him even if there wasn't a fight.


Yes, sack him and ditch the show. I know this may be an unpopular viewpoint but I found the show childish and mostly uninteligent, although I must admit that it did shine sometimes but not often enough for me (maybe I have lived too long in Sweden)
And by the way can you hit your boss or work mate for that matter whatever the circumstances and keep your job?.....
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post Mar 25 2015, 01:35 PM
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And by the way can you hit your boss or work mate for that matter whatever the circumstances and keep your job?.....

No, you can't. Anywhere.

The guy's a prat and WAY too full of himself. I couldn't watch the show because of him, so nothing lost for me.
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post Mar 25 2015, 01:51 PM
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The show will die ... Hammond and May cannot carry it. Their offshoots were terrible.

The trio made the show regardless of how insulting Clarkson was. The American version is a pile of shit.
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post Mar 25 2015, 02:53 PM
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Did Clarkson ever think of the ramifications for his co-presenters and production team if he had gone over the edge? Apparently not. Too much self-entitlement may do the show in, but I hope they regroup and carry on. The show wouldn't be the same without Hammond or Mr. Slow either.

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post Mar 25 2015, 03:02 PM
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As much as I enjoy TopGear (though not all episodes), I was pleased to see that the BBC cast profits aside and stood up for expecting proper behavior of their employees regardless of who they are. Now if only our professional sports industry and Congress could do the same...

But concur, the show is dead, though other networks have been looking at recruiting the three of them before this incident, so there might be some degree of re-incarnation in the future.
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post Mar 25 2015, 03:15 PM
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QUOTE(SLITS @ Mar 25 2015, 12:51 PM) *

The show will die ... Hammond and May cannot carry it. Their offshoots were terrible.

The trio made the show regardless of how insulting Clarkson was. The American version is a pile of shit.

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) Wholeheartedly. However, I am surprised at the comments re: the lack of seriousness. Funny, I never took it seriously. I always thought of it as a modern day Brit version of the 3 Stooges featuring some fine autos. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) Yes, I too will miss the show.
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post Mar 25 2015, 03:32 PM
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It will be interesting to see what happens to the rest of the BBC’s programing. Top Gear generated an awful lot capital to subsidize the BBC’s other more cultured offerings…
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post Mar 25 2015, 03:44 PM
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Yeah I love(d) that show. Seen most of them. The magic was in the interaction between them during their adventures. Don't really care what they were doing. Too bad. Hate to judge without hearing the whole story but it sure doesn't sound good.
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post Mar 25 2015, 03:50 PM
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The chemistry between Clarkson, May & Hammond made the show what it is. The show has been around for a long time but never had the ratings it has now w/ that line up. Time for a ground up rebuild for Top Gear.
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post Mar 25 2015, 05:07 PM
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I guarantee you have not seen the last of this trio. They WILL be picked-up by some network looking for profits. What's that saying, "Never under-estimate the short term memory of the American public!!" No wait,. . . (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)

Some say he deserved to be canned?? Hell yeah, what took them so long?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/stirthepot.gif) Some say he was the "star" of the show?? Hell yeah what a foolish question!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/stirthepot.gif) Some say he a pretentious ass?? Hell yeah, but he was the glue that kept the kaos all together.

He's known as THE JEREMY!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) Love him or hate him, the show will not go on as it did without him.

To those that think the BBC "did the right thing" by looking past profits and firing him over this incident. . . I say pull your head out!! Look how long it took those douche-bags to come to that conclusion. You or I, would have been fired within a New York minute. It's been weeks/months. . . They have been stalling as long as they dare,. . . Their bean-counters went over this with the PR folks from end-to-end. It's a calculated move (read that: roll of the PC dice).

Not the last we've seen of Mr. Clarkson; not by far!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/stirthepot.gif)
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post Mar 25 2015, 06:12 PM
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They probably could have flown him to LA for 2 months of sensitivity counseling, and worked out a way to save the show. But the BBC had painted itself into a corner with the whole Falkland’s double secret probation spiel. And don’t forget this came on the heels of the BBC being hammered pretty hard over Jimmy Savile…
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