Guest Col city fan Posted 25 March 2015 Posted 25 March 2015 Hopefully you find a replacement show that you love just as much and it rounds off you sunday perfectly I doubt it. It will force me to sit on my PC and bet on some random Brazilian teams I've never heard of. Btts etc.. Cheers Clarkson...
bovril Posted 25 March 2015 Posted 25 March 2015 I doubt it. It will force me to sit on my PC and bet on some random Brazilian teams I've never heard of. Btts etc.. Cheers Clarkson... You could read.
Unabomber Posted 25 March 2015 Posted 25 March 2015 You could read. Very good point tbf, I love reading personally.
Guest Col city fan Posted 25 March 2015 Posted 25 March 2015 You could read. When I was at senior school, I had the highest 'reading age' of any kid in my year. Apparently. I would read and read and read. For years I've just lost concentration. Literally, read a chapter or so and just find myself drifting off into something or other. Most infuriating actually.
Guest Posted 25 March 2015 Posted 25 March 2015 What made Clarkson, Hammond and May such fantastic presenters (and markedly better than any of the global TG presenters) is that they were first and foremost extremely good motoring journalist. This really peaked somewhere between series 3 and series 9. After that it seems like it became bloated with its own success, and played up to caricatures of itself. The natural banter and the well-written reviews have been replaced with scripted gags and pointless "escapades". So I hope the next generation of TG presenters aren't a mixed bag of 'entertainers' and stereotypes. Looking at the 5th Gear team, I wouldn't mind Tiff Needel or Jason Plato joining up. There's a few good motoring shows on Youtube such as XCar, though I'm not sure they're quite good enough for this level. Boris Johnson was jokingly suggested, but in all seriousness I do remember him writing some great motoring bits in GQ back in the day. Just a thought: what about Charles Morgan, formerly of Morgan motor company? Knowledgeable, well spoken, and a sufficiently unique personality to bring something new to the table.
bovril Posted 25 March 2015 Posted 25 March 2015 When I was at senior school, I had the highest 'reading age' of any kid in my year. Apparently. I would read and read and read. For years I've just lost concentration. Literally, read a chapter or so and just find myself drifting off into something or other. Most infuriating actually. I can imagine it. Mrs Col: "What you doing love?" Col: "Just about to sit down and read." Mrs Col: "Ah lovely" Col (reading): "... it was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was.... argh must post on foxestalk about Pearson's tactical shortcomings...."
Guest Col city fan Posted 25 March 2015 Posted 25 March 2015 I can imagine it. Mrs Col: "What you doing love?" Col: "Just about to sit down and read." Mrs Col: "Ah lovely" Col (reading): "... it was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was.... argh must post on foxestalk about Pearson's tactical shortcomings...." You know me too well...!
GaelicFox Posted 25 March 2015 Posted 25 March 2015 What's wrong ..... Clare Balding not have a drivers licence ??? ...the moose is on every other fecking show !!!!
Tuna Posted 25 March 2015 Posted 25 March 2015 I haven't been this upset since James Gandolfini died.
Fox92 Posted 25 March 2015 Posted 25 March 2015 Frankie Boyle, why not? He'd be the one receiving a punch.
lgfualol Posted 25 March 2015 Posted 25 March 2015 I haven't been this upset since James Gandolfini died. Why did you have to remind me RIP T I think BBC will get Michael Mcintyre as the replacement.
BlueSi13 Posted 25 March 2015 Posted 25 March 2015 Steve Coogan (car nut, comedian), Rob Brydon (worst car history known to man, comedian) & Chris Harris (car expert, racer, all-round wholesome guy) Could be great replacements IMO. Idris Elba is also a car fanatic so could he be tempted by it all I wonder.
Samilktray Posted 25 March 2015 Posted 25 March 2015 Anyone half decent with half a brain cell won't touch the job I wouldn't have thought. Destined for failure.
Tuna Posted 25 March 2015 Posted 25 March 2015 Within 18 months, Clarkson, May and Hammond will be doing Top Gear again. Only it will be called 'Full Throttle' or something, and be on Sky or netflix.
cambridgefox Posted 25 March 2015 Posted 25 March 2015 I find this odd,I'm certainly not in the PC brigade but I've always hated all three( James May is the best of a bad bunch) really can't put my finger on it.They don't offend me,I just think they are up each other's arses and think everyone thinks they are great.
Footballwipe Posted 26 March 2015 Posted 26 March 2015 Really, genuinely disappointed TG in it's current format has finished because I did really enjoy the show, but honestly in retrospect why anyone thought the result would be anything different is a mystery. Not only did he attack a fellow employee but he was on a final warning. Not sure how any employer, not just the BBC, could've survived the fall out had they kept him and he's rightly been given the boot. James May in his Sky News interview summed him up well: "He might be a nob but I quite like working with him." Replace working with watching and that's me. Glad it seems May and Hammond will follow him with loyalty, surely they know without JC they've got no chance of keeping the show going beyond a few years. The only (slim) chance the show has to survive is with three presenters equally as car-mad as those three, and can create the same camaraderie. Sky have already said no to JC so whether Viacom pick them up and go all out on Channel 5 or ITV get them we can hope. That is in the proviso the production budget remains the same and that commercial interference doesn't mean they're going to be forced to do things because the commercial channel who have them are being paid £££££. And maybe, just maybe, JC might behave himself in future. I hope so.
yorkie1999 Posted 26 March 2015 Posted 26 March 2015 I honestly think clarkson has engineered this himself, and i wouldn't be surprised if the producer who got whacked was in on it as well. 3 years ago the bbc were begging clarkson to re-sign a contract, he does so with the condition the bbc buy his rights to the show from him for vast sums of money, now 3 months before having to re-sign he gets sacked but walks away knowing the show will collapse and safe in the knowledge he will take his audience and his mates with him, making the bbc look a bunch of twats in the process. The thing about top gear is it's a car show that's not about cars, it's a show about 3 blokes who have built up their characters over a number of years who mess about in cars and that's why they can't be replaced. No-one who watches top gear is really interested in how many miles to the gallon a toyota can do, they watch because clarkson, may and hammond are the lads we all want to be, messing about in fast cars, touring the world, having a laugh and getting paid for it. Its proper lads on tour stuff which, i suspect, is what the pc brigade either don't get or are jealous about.
Socks Posted 26 March 2015 Posted 26 March 2015 Good riddance, can't stand the program all 3 were major t0ssers anyway Clarkson is the biggest cvnt around and got what he deserved
Footballwipe Posted 26 March 2015 Posted 26 March 2015 Good riddance, can't stand the program all 3 were major t0ssers anyway Clarkson is the biggest cvnt around and got what he deserved Your TV locked to BBC2 and Dave then? You know you could've just, I dunno, not watched the show and ignored it? I dislike the faux reality type shows but they don't bother me because, magically, I don't watch them? You sound very angry for what is essentially a TV show
purpleronnie Posted 26 March 2015 Posted 26 March 2015 Got to laugh at the Knuckle draggers threatening the Top Gear Producer, what a sad life these people have.
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