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> OT: Top Gear’ Host Jeremy Clarkson Sacked by BBC
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post Mar 25 2015, 08:08 PM
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I love the show.
I agree it will kill the show.
And I still think it was the right call, and am surprised they waited so long to make it.

Yeah, he is going to get picked up. Too valuable not to. But BBC had to fire him, and should have done it much sooner.
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post Mar 26 2015, 03:15 AM
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QUOTE(billh1963 @ Mar 25 2015, 06:27 PM) *

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.....


No it doesn't…maybe you should put yourself forward to replace Clarkson! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Mar 26 2015, 06:19 AM
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QUOTE(DavidSweden @ Mar 25 2015, 03:26 PM) *

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 26 2015, 08:11 AM
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QUOTE(DavidSweden @ Mar 25 2015, 03:26 PM) *

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?.....

So you'd dump the show even without the fight because you find it "childish" and "unintelligent?"
Glad you're not the one making the decisions for all of us. In the US, we call that censorship. I guess Howard Stern would be toast too. And The Three Stooges.
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post Mar 26 2015, 08:54 AM
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QUOTE(Big Len @ Mar 26 2015, 07:11 AM) *

So you'd dump the show even without the fight because you find it "childish" and "unintelligent?"
Glad you're not the one making the decisions for all of us. In the US, we call that censorship. I guess Howard Stern would be toast too. And The Three Stooges.


Excellent idea! Get rid of em all, which here in the U.S. we could call "good progress" in raising the national average IQ.


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post Mar 26 2015, 11:57 AM
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Too much importance is placed on Clarkson as the magic key to Top Gear's success. Clearly, at least half the show was devoted to Hammand and May's segments and the celebrity track segment centered on the the celeb, not Clarkson who was otherwise just an OK interviewer.

It's as if people can only re-imagine the show as blank segments w/o Clarkson book-ended by Hammand and May's segments. BTW, I've found May's own, "Man Lab" series to be both interesting and entertaining.

Clarkson didn't write, direct, film or edit the interesting as well as absurd stories and arrange the lush locales they showed their audience. Clarkson didn't provide the massive production budgets and govt. cooperation the show enjoyed. All those remain intact until further notice. Furthermore, it's produced by BBC, a govt.-sponsored corporation with a budget exceeding $10B/year, not dependent on Chick-Fil a, or Taco-Bell to survive.

And there's no dearth of knowledgeable English car-journalists who could fill Clarkson's shoes and lend another POV (Chris Harris comes to mind). Sure, the show will change due to his departure, but I'm sure there's enough behind-the-scenes Top Gear talent to put on a good show. Clarkson was good but not an irreplacable cog in a good machine. Time will tell.

Even w/o Clarkson, would the US version of Top Gear be even remotely close?
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post Mar 26 2015, 12:26 PM
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Ever watch Two and a Half Men since Charlie Sheen left?
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post Mar 26 2015, 02:16 PM
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QUOTE(Big Len @ Mar 26 2015, 10:26 AM) *

Ever watch Two and a Half Men since Charlie Sheen left?

Nope. It was bad enough with him on it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)
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post Mar 26 2015, 03:17 PM
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post Nov 17 2016, 09:06 PM
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It is back!!!!! Amazon already has the first show up of The Grand Tour up. Watching now and very happy. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)
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post Nov 17 2016, 09:53 PM
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I expected something better.
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post Nov 18 2016, 08:22 AM
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QUOTE(Michael N @ Nov 17 2016, 09:06 PM) *

It is back!!!!! Amazon already has the first show up of The Grand Tour up. Watching now and very happy. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)



QUOTE(Valy @ Nov 17 2016, 09:53 PM) *

I expected something better.


I watched last night and it was good to see them again, like an old friend that moved away and then came back.

Unfortunately there are some aspects of TopGear that they could not bring to GrandTour and those will be missed. It's still entertaining and it will only get better from here. I will say a lot seemed forced and at times, even scripted. If you were expecting it to just be TopGear, well it's not. It's a show very similar with the same hosts, but it just has a different feel.
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post Nov 18 2016, 09:01 AM
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QUOTE(Vacca Rabite @ Mar 25 2015, 06:08 PM) *

I love the show.
I agree it will kill the show.
And I still think it was the right call, and am surprised they waited so long to make it.

Yeah, he is going to get picked up. Too valuable not to. But BBC had to fire him, and should have done it much sooner.
Zach


The best ever was May's segment about the blokiest blokes car ever, the TR6 (which I have one). No drama or reality show hijinks. Just driving and commentary. Also not stuck on politically correct stuff. It was about blokes after all, but not in your face about it either. Jeremy, 'e won't be missed.
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post Nov 18 2016, 09:39 AM
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TGT was great for the first episode and we're sure it will continue to get better.

The 918 is amazing!!
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post Nov 18 2016, 05:36 PM
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Lot's of fun on the first show - let's hope for more of the same from this crew! Great cars, offbeat humor, and little political correctness. I just miss the Stig and Sabine!
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post Nov 18 2016, 08:23 PM
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I just don't know if they can top the reliant robin episode of Top Gear.
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post Nov 18 2016, 11:28 PM
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I wonder if they will bring back celebrity drivers or continue to kill them.
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post Nov 18 2016, 11:37 PM
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Good Question, I hope so. They did introduce the new track.
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post Nov 26 2016, 06:28 PM
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Just watch the first episode of The Grand Tour ... Awesome and so was the 918 ! As for Top Gear RIP ! Chris Evans sucked Matt Leblanc not bad ...Sabine well she made Evans puke so I'll give her a chance !
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post Nov 26 2016, 08:08 PM
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Now that I've seen 2 eps of TGT, I have to say the skits are way too drawn out. It is a car show after all.
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