Does this mean Clarkson won't come to our shores, or are they going to have a 'local' presenter joining in? That image would indicate that Clarkson, Hammond and May won't be coming over. =/
Well, earlier in the year, there was talk of bringing Top Gear back to the U.S. , but this time with Clarkson and the rest, but Jeremy wouldn't do it because it would mean that his family would have to spend half their lives living in the states, and the other half back home in England. Probably means he wasn't up for the move to Australia, either.
Oh good, can't wait for new episodes to come on. The Australian version I really don't give a shit about, seems like a waste of time because without the presenters it's not really top gear. As long as they keep showing the real show and don't have the copycat version taking it's place it will be fine though.
Well after two iterations of the Movie Show after David and Margaret left, both with terrible unlikable hosts, I don't really trust SBS to pick suitable people to host it.
edit- Did anyone else hear that as a cross promotion with BBC and Sony Gran Turismo 5 is going to have the Top Gear test track in it?
Oh wow, that one gave me a belly laugh. He's calling for the station's managers to be sacked because they want to produce programming that'll lead to them profiting. Jesus, I mean, what are they thinking?
He looks like an angry old man whos pissed off that SBS didn't fund his pitched australian drama show or something.
God, if theres one freakn type of show Australia needs LESS of its freakn drama shows :x The only midly tolerable ones are on Foxtel and even they don't last more than 2 or so seasons because its not All Saints.
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Make Jeremy Clarkson Prime Minister.
Currently there are 34,357 signatures.
A lot of people ask him why he's never run to become a PM, and he wrote in one of his books about why he simply wouldn't want to. Too much hard work. I'd vote for him, though.
I don't know about Clarkson debating foreign policy... my impression is that he's just plain intolerant of idiocy in general to an uncomfortable (yet somehow amusing) degree. He rags on britain as well is what I'm saying.
Actually, Clarkson gets a lot of shit for uncompromising views and, like you say, being intolerant of idiocy to an extreme degree (not necessarily a bad thing), but he isn't the complete blowhard a lot of people complain about. Might be interested to read this, about what he & his wife did to publicise a really shitty situation with the British government fucking over wounded soldiers from Afghan & Iraq:
That Ken Livingston guy, though. How is he still mayor? Some of the stuff is just stupid (do you really need to call to pay for the congestion fee once you enter the city? You don't just have a sticker to stick to the windshield like we have for toll-roads?)
Er, bear in mind that a) the Top Gear lot are relentlessly pro-motorists unsurprisingly, and b) the UK doesn't have the same inbuilt car fetish in their DNA that America does. Especially in London, where the vast majority of people don't drive cars, flash / SUV type car owners are totally figures of hate. Come see the width of our roads and you'll start to understand why. And I'm pretty sure they exaggerated the bureaucratic faults about congestion charging and ignored the parts where it works fine.
Yes, Livingstone's London transport policy fucks over motorists, but it also makes the city better for everyone else who lives there, which is pretty much everyone.
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Make Jeremy Clarkson Prime Minister.
Currently there are 34,357 signatures.
A lot of people ask him why he's never run to become a PM, and he wrote in one of his books about why he simply wouldn't want to. Too much hard work.
Or it could be because although Top Gear is ridiculous amounts of fun he's still just a fucking TV Presenter. Whoever is coming up to him and asking him why he doesn't run for PM is probably a) a lot fewer in number than he might like to tell us and either b) of the 'what this country needs is common sense and compulsory short back and sides haircuts why when I was a lad in the fifties we didn't have this hippy-hoppy music ...' brigade or c) insane. I love me some Top Gear but please.
Or it could be because although Top Gear is ridiculous amounts of fun he's still just a fucking TV Presenter. Whoever is coming up to him and asking him why he doesn't run for PM is probably a) a lot fewer in number than he might like to tell us and either b) of the 'what this country needs is common sense and compulsory short back and sides haircuts why when I was a lad in the fifties we didn't have this hippy-hoppy music ...' brigade or c) insane. I love me some Top Gear but please.
It's like making a famous action movie hero governor of a large state.
Hasn't Arnie done relatively well as a governor? I haven't really followed up on it since he got the place.
I'm not quite sure who I'm making fun of anymore. Schwarzenegger is doing a good enough job, especially for a BeefyMcStrongpants, but on the other hand, the idea of show hosts and movie stars running a country does not sound like a good idea.
Hasn't Arnie done relatively well as a governor? I haven't really followed up on it since he got the place.
I'm not quite sure who I'm making fun of anymore. Schwarzenegger is doing a good enough job, especially for a BeefyMcStrongpants, but on the other hand, the idea of show hosts and movie stars running a country does not sound like a good idea.
"It seems unlikely that the next election will be decided on policy. The differences between the parties on health and education are academic."
I would argue that ANY differences are academic or even almost non-existent! That is the problem with modern politics - all the main parties want to occupy the middle ground, as a result, there is no choice for the electorate. Growing from this, there is increasing support, by the common man (tongue in cheek) of Jeremy Clarkson "for Prime Minister'. Clarkson has, albeit by sarcasm and wit, caught the imagination of a growing public dissatisfaction with the present state of affairs within the UK . He extolls the virtues of common sense (a term that academics have great difficulty in defining) against dubious research evidence, worthless statistics,laughable health & safety rules, and frightening nanny state politics.
Neither Brown nor Cameron are worth voting for, they are the same man with different faces. The country needs an alternative!
Clarkson's a dick I can tolerate while he's in a relatively harmless position. My opinion would be liable to change drastically were he to have any sort of power.
Clarkson's a dick I can tolerate while he's in a relatively harmless position. My opinion would be liable to change drastically were he to have any sort of power.
I dunno. I actually love him on green issues, he's got far more sense when it comes to the environment, the effects of development and the attitudes of the brits to rural England than most anybody. Other stuff pisses me off, but he's mostly a grumpy old man rather than a raging ideologue on that stuff.
Clarkson's a dick I can tolerate while he's in a relatively harmless position. My opinion would be liable to change drastically were he to have any sort of power.
I dunno. I actually love him on green issues, he's got far more sense when it comes to the environment, the effects of development and the attitudes of the brits to rural England than most anybody. Other stuff pisses me off, but he's mostly a grumpy old man rather than a raging ideologue on that stuff.
That's true, but I always get the sense he's not quite firmly in the realm of "sensible".
Clarkson's a dick I can tolerate while he's in a relatively harmless position. My opinion would be liable to change drastically were he to have any sort of power.
I dunno. I actually love him on green issues, he's got far more sense when it comes to the environment, the effects of development and the attitudes of the brits to rural England than most anybody. Other stuff pisses me off, but he's mostly a grumpy old man rather than a raging ideologue on that stuff.
That's true, but I always get the sense he's not quite firmly in the realm of "sensible".
Not all that many politicians are sensible. Still, I'd rather that Clarkson would stay and do what he does best: Freedom to drive expensive cars, rant and ramble, and destroy caravans with liberal amounts of explosives and whatnot. TV nowadays sucks so hard, I'd prefer that one good show stayed on.
I kind of love how you all are talking like this could even possibly happen. Do you have any idea how Britain works? Pro-tip: they don't actually just grab a popular dude at random and dump him in number 10 when they need a leader.
I like Top Gear, but unfortunately my enjoyment of the show is hindered by Clarkson being an absolute cunt. Complaining about green activists, politicians, the economy and other general issues is fine and i have no problems with that. Being a closet xenophobic cunt, bordering on racism, is not fine. And i am not making this allegation flippantly, i can cite more than a few incidents and comments made by this dickhead.
I am not sure exactly when this occurred, but i have noticed a new phenomenon in the UK where people attempt to excuse racism as expression of free speech, and try to disguise it as an attempt to oppose strict political correctness. What is really worrying is that it has almost become an acceptable form of behaviour.
I do like the other two presenters on the show however, although i wish they would go back to reviewing cars and talkig motors rather than turning every episode into some kind of travel show.
I like Top Gear, but unfortunately my enjoyment of the show is hindered by Clarkson being an absolute cunt. Complaining about green activists, politicians, the economy and other general issues is fine and i have no problems with that. Being a closet xenophobic cunt, bordering on racism, is not fine. And i am not making this allegation flippantly, i can cite more than a few incidents and comments made by this dickhead.
I am not sure exactly when this occurred, but i have noticed a new phenomenon in the UK where people attempt to excuse racism as expression of free speech, and try to disguise it as an attempt to oppose strict political correctness. What is really worrying is that it has almost become an acceptable form of behaviour.
I do like the other two presenters on the show however, although i wish they would go back to reviewing cars and talkig motors rather than turning every episode into some kind of travel show.
Get to the citing, son. I'm not quite sure what you're talking about.
I like Top Gear, but unfortunately my enjoyment of the show is hindered by Clarkson being an absolute cunt. Complaining about green activists, politicians, the economy and other general issues is fine and i have no problems with that. Being a closet xenophobic cunt, bordering on racism, is not fine. And i am not making this allegation flippantly, i can cite more than a few incidents and comments made by this dickhead.
I am not sure exactly when this occurred, but i have noticed a new phenomenon in the UK where people attempt to excuse racism as expression of free speech, and try to disguise it as an attempt to oppose strict political correctness. What is really worrying is that it has almost become an acceptable form of behaviour.
I do like the other two presenters on the show however, although i wish they would go back to reviewing cars and talkig motors rather than turning every episode into some kind of travel show.
Get to the citing, son. I'm not quite sure what you're talking about.
Have you read his articles in The Sun? Are you aware of his views towards immigrants? Americans? Australians? Or have you seen the Top Gear dvd's?
Here, let me give you one example of an incident that was actually aired on the BBC. I think it was on one of the episodes last season. Basically he was going around interacting with the audience in the studio and asking the crowd what kind of cars they all drive , all fine and good you might think. Unfortunately he came upon a spectator of asian origin, could have been Indian or something i am not sure. Anyway the guy said something about owning an expensive car and Clarkson replied by saying he probably stole it. The poor guy looked shocked and his mouth went literally open.
Just one small, insignificant incident you might think, but this guy has a history of making these kind of comments, except he knows that he can't afford to go to far or his career will be over. Either way, i suggest you try to get a hold of the articles he wrote for The Sun, where he literally attributed crime to immigrants. I personally...amm...only read that shit for the football.
I always assumed his whole public persona was crafted ala The Colbert Report. I mean, sure, he's a grumpy old coot, but surely he doesn't actually believe all that?
If we're magically appointing Top Gear presenters to government positions, I'd choose May anyway.
I always assumed his whole public persona was crafted ala The Colbert Report. I mean, sure, he's a grumpy old coot, but surely he doesn't actually believe all that?
If we're magically appointing Top Gear presenters to government positions, I'd choose May anyway.
How is he to guide a nation when he's always lost?.
I always assumed his whole public persona was crafted ala The Colbert Report. I mean, sure, he's a grumpy old coot, but surely he doesn't actually believe all that?
If we're magically appointing Top Gear presenters to government positions, I'd choose May anyway.
How is he to guide a nation when he's always lost?.
What an awesome quote, please enlighten me, who said it?
I kind of love how you all are talking like this could even possibly happen. Do you have any idea how Britain works? Pro-tip: they don't actually just grab a popular dude at random and dump him in number 10 when they need a leader.
Might boost voter turnout in a celebrity-orientated society.
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Does this mean Clarkson won't come to our shores, or are they going to have a 'local' presenter joining in? That image would indicate that Clarkson, Hammond and May won't be coming over. =/
I hope we get a similar set - I don't see nearly enough absurdly-huge sets on Australian TV where the audience isn't just sitting in a corner.
Edit Also, new Top Gear episodes in Aus on Monday, January 7th.
edit- Did anyone else hear that as a cross promotion with BBC and Sony Gran Turismo 5 is going to have the Top Gear test track in it?
Oh wow, that one gave me a belly laugh. He's calling for the station's managers to be sacked because they want to produce programming that'll lead to them profiting. Jesus, I mean, what are they thinking?
An Aussie version of Top Gear doesn't make too much sense... Same show yet significantly worse because it has unknown presenters??
And, apparently, there is an online petition to make Clarkson UK's next PM. The petition is even hosted on the PM's own website. It reads:
Currently there are 34,357 signatures.
God, if theres one freakn type of show Australia needs LESS of its freakn drama shows :x The only midly tolerable ones are on Foxtel and even they don't last more than 2 or so seasons because its not All Saints.
A lot of people ask him why he's never run to become a PM, and he wrote in one of his books about why he simply wouldn't want to. Too much hard work. I'd vote for him, though.
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Actually, Clarkson gets a lot of shit for uncompromising views and, like you say, being intolerant of idiocy to an extreme degree (not necessarily a bad thing), but he isn't the complete blowhard a lot of people complain about. Might be interested to read this, about what he & his wife did to publicise a really shitty situation with the British government fucking over wounded soldiers from Afghan & Iraq:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/sunday_times_appeal/article2982756.ece
Er, bear in mind that a) the Top Gear lot are relentlessly pro-motorists unsurprisingly, and b) the UK doesn't have the same inbuilt car fetish in their DNA that America does. Especially in London, where the vast majority of people don't drive cars, flash / SUV type car owners are totally figures of hate. Come see the width of our roads and you'll start to understand why. And I'm pretty sure they exaggerated the bureaucratic faults about congestion charging and ignored the parts where it works fine.
Yes, Livingstone's London transport policy fucks over motorists, but it also makes the city better for everyone else who lives there, which is pretty much everyone.
Or it could be because although Top Gear is ridiculous amounts of fun he's still just a fucking TV Presenter. Whoever is coming up to him and asking him why he doesn't run for PM is probably a) a lot fewer in number than he might like to tell us and either b) of the 'what this country needs is common sense and compulsory short back and sides haircuts why when I was a lad in the fifties we didn't have this hippy-hoppy music ...' brigade or c) insane. I love me some Top Gear but please.
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wait.
Shit, better remove Ronald Reagan from office.
Really though, Clarkson's a dick.
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Not all that many politicians are sensible. Still, I'd rather that Clarkson would stay and do what he does best: Freedom to drive expensive cars, rant and ramble, and destroy caravans with liberal amounts of explosives and whatnot. TV nowadays sucks so hard, I'd prefer that one good show stayed on.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.
Anyone know when the next season starts? I can't be bothered with the 'Best of' episodes.
May/June, judging from previous seasons.
I am not sure exactly when this occurred, but i have noticed a new phenomenon in the UK where people attempt to excuse racism as expression of free speech, and try to disguise it as an attempt to oppose strict political correctness. What is really worrying is that it has almost become an acceptable form of behaviour.
I do like the other two presenters on the show however, although i wish they would go back to reviewing cars and talkig motors rather than turning every episode into some kind of travel show.
Have you read his articles in The Sun? Are you aware of his views towards immigrants? Americans? Australians? Or have you seen the Top Gear dvd's?
Here, let me give you one example of an incident that was actually aired on the BBC. I think it was on one of the episodes last season. Basically he was going around interacting with the audience in the studio and asking the crowd what kind of cars they all drive , all fine and good you might think. Unfortunately he came upon a spectator of asian origin, could have been Indian or something i am not sure. Anyway the guy said something about owning an expensive car and Clarkson replied by saying he probably stole it. The poor guy looked shocked and his mouth went literally open.
Just one small, insignificant incident you might think, but this guy has a history of making these kind of comments, except he knows that he can't afford to go to far or his career will be over. Either way, i suggest you try to get a hold of the articles he wrote for The Sun, where he literally attributed crime to immigrants. I personally...amm...only read that shit for the football.
And damn, yes, that's pretty bad.
If we're magically appointing Top Gear presenters to government positions, I'd choose May anyway.
What an awesome quote, please enlighten me, who said it?
(awkwaaaaaaard)
*edit: as in, it's not a quote, I just thought italics would look nice.
Might boost voter turnout in a celebrity-orientated society.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.
You, my friend, should be proud. That line can be appropriately used for so many different people. Like George Bush for example.