RIP Top Gear

I am a huge Clarkson fan, and am in morning now for his passing...

Many critics of Top Gear didn't really get the concept, it wasn't a 'motoring show', it was about the camaraderie of 3 close friends who genuinely like each other, and us as the viewer were allowed to eavesdrop on what was essentially a pub conversation.

As was said, Clarkson was a colourful character in a sea of grey political correctness, and 350 million people worldwide loved him for that. I'm sad to see him move off BBC as I simply hate, and have no patience for watching bloody adverts! ITV have already offered him £10 Million to join them, but I'll bide my time, and expect him back in a couple of years when the dust settles, just like Mr Ross has successfully done...
 
Burgundy said:
Good riddance. I'd quite like a reinvigorated format with the likes of Guy Martin and Jodie Kidd presenting. Perhaps Coogan.
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Jodie Kidd has as much appeal as a presenter as a squashed banana - have you seen her in that channel 5 Classic Car show? Admittedly, she has great legs, but after 5 minutes, you get bored looking at them!

Guy is an amazing presenter, with a natural charm, anyone that saw his 'spitfire' restoration series, or his road trip of India will know that. But, he's a solo act, and all the better for it. As for Coogan, well, he fucked himself up as a presenter with that shit Alan Partridge - nuff said...
 
antdad said:
So it was a bit like Friends or Cheers but with cars....got it.
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StephenShave said:
Burgundy said:
Good riddance. I'd quite like a reinvigorated format with the likes of Guy Martin and Jodie Kidd presenting. Perhaps Coogan.
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Jodie Kidd has as much appeal as a presenter as a squashed banana - have you seen her in that channel 5 Classic Car show? Admittedly, she has great legs, but after 5 minutes, you get bored looking at them!

Guy is an amazing presenter, with a natural charm, anyone that saw his 'spitfire' restoration series, or his road trip of India will know that. But, he's a solo act, and all the better for it. As for Coogan, well, he fucked himself up as a presenter with that shit Alan Partridge - nuff said...
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So an improvement then?!
 
I've never understood all the controversy around Clarkson. If folks don't like him fair enough but ultimately what he's done wrong and the only thing he's done wrong, is punch a producer. That cost him his job and that's understandable.

All the past controversy though..I believe Clarkson had a hand in writing the script but the producers, editors and ultimately the BBC, censor/ endorse/approve every show/series before it's deemed fit for broadcast. Any objections regarding language, attitudes, racism etc should always have been directed at the BBC not Clarkson. The show isn't broadcast live. The BBC know what's going on air and have endorsed it.

The BBC have successfully managed to distance themselves from any responsibility by relying on the public to be stupid enough to buy into a product of the BBC's making. The product is Clarkson. He sells himself as an idiot, buffoon, whatever, and has the public either loving to hate him or hating to love him. Meanwhile the BBC, who are rightfully responsible for the shows content, take a back seat and make money.

They have been so successful in marketing their product a million people signed a petition trying to keep Clarkson in business even after he slapped a producer. I'd call that very clever considering nobody creates as big a stir when our leaders take us to war, or cut back on public spending.

Like our elected leader the bosses at the BBC must consider the public to be a right bunch of muppets for buying into the whole shebang. I agree.
 
In my opinion BBC done the right thing by sacking Mr. Clarkson, apperantly he had so many warnings before this event so he should have known that anything physical will be the end of it.
Just imagine what would people say/think about BBC if they didn't sack Mr Clarkson after this event?? I think BBC would loose all the respect and so many people would protest BBC for letting him get away with all that.
 
Sezer74 said:
I think BBC would loose all the respect and so many people would protest BBC for letting him get away with all that.
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Just my opinion, but I think they would in no way get 1 million people supporting their decision within a 72 hour period... (In fact, as no one could even be arsed getting a petition together to say "well done chaps", I'm positive!)

BBC lost my respect a while back after they sold out from carrying F1 races live, but maintained their huge budgets on supporting footballists and Wimbledon fans. Though I guess 'the suits' can get VIP boxes for both, whereas F1 only really could offer Silverstone for them...
 
Other thing keeps my mind quite busy; why that Irish chap didn't fight back?? why didn't he threw a punch back on J. Clarkson?? Yeah perhaps Clarkson is bigger and stronger but you got to stand up for your self, if someone keeps swearing at you, for sure they don't like you and probably its gonna get physical in a short time so prepare yourself. Yes he can be popular, famous and all that but wrong is always wrong and especially in front of many people, he should have threw a good punch back and then like a man either shake hands and make peace or split the road. If he done that Clarkson would learn the lesson.
 
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Sezer74 said:
Other thing keeps my mind quite busy; why that Irish chap didn't fight back?? why didn't he threw a punch back on J. Clarkson?? Yeah perhaps Clarkson is bigger and stronger but you got to stand up for your self, if someone keeps swearing at you, for sure they don't like you and probably its gonna get physical in a short time so prepare yourself. Yes he can be popular, famous and all that but wrong is always wrong and especially in front of many people, he should have threw a good punch back and then like a man either shake hands and make peace or split the road. If he done that Clarkson would learn the lesson.
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According to people who saw this all everybody involved were drunk and tired, that might explain why he stood their and received 30 minutes of abuse. Maybe it didn't really happen and it's all a plot by the BBC, kinda like killing the stig in order to make more money.

Dave-the-rave said:
I've never understood all the controversy around Clarkson. If folks don't like him fair enough but ultimately what he's done wrong and the only thing he's done wrong, is punch a producer. That cost him his job and that's understandable.

All the past controversy though..I believe Clarkson had a hand in writing the script but the producers, editors and ultimately the BBC, censor/ endorse/approve every show/series before it's deemed fit for broadcast. Any objections regarding language, attitudes, racism etc should always have been directed at the BBC not Clarkson. The show isn't broadcast live. The BBC know what's going on air and have endorsed it.

The BBC have successfully managed to distance themselves from any responsibility by relying on the public to be stupid enough to buy into a product of the BBC's making. The product is Clarkson. He sells himself as an idiot, buffoon, whatever, and has the public either loving to hate him or hating to love him. Meanwhile the BBC, who are rightfully responsible for the shows content, take a back seat and make money.

They have been so successful in marketing their product a million people signed a petition trying to keep Clarkson in business even after he slapped a producer. I'd call that very clever considering nobody creates as big a stir when our leaders take us to war, or cut back on public spending.

Like our elected leader the bosses at the BBC must consider the public to be a right bunch of muppets for buying into the whole shebang. I agree.
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I disagree on one point, even creating a steer by the public doesn't affect politicians. I'll give you a good example, in 2003 me and few friends marched in London against the fast approaching invasion to Iraq, there was over a million people in that demonstration, did the gov gave a flying f**k? Non what's so ever, 12 years later and there are over a million dead souls all over the region due to that miscalculated move.
 
Put it this way, The Sky At Night had Patrick Moore present it since 1957 right up to shortly before he died. He presented the Sky At Night for 55 years, being the longest continuing TV presenter on record for the same programme. When Patrick passed away it was speculated whether the series would continue, but Prof. Chris Lintott, Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock and other presenters had already come on board, and the series carried on seamlessly.

And Jeremy Paxman left Newsnight after many years. Neither programme had controversial incidents to cause presenters leaving, it was more circumstances with The Sky At Night, and personal choice with Newsnight. Those two programmes may not quite be Top Gear, but if it continues it'll be the same chassis, just a different engine.

Richard Hammond has presented several science based TV programmes over the years and I've always regarded him as the most intelligent out of the three Top Gear presenters.
 
I think support against murdering religeous fanatics is a bit different to a knob head tv presenter.
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Oh… it's the same (western) world, characterised by bigotry and hypocrisy. The 'je suis charlie' supporters accepted their government's denial of freedom for those who questioned the holocaust, wished to dress-up for modesty, rather than strip naked provocatively on the beach and thought it was freedom of speech for the Charlie Hebdo magazine to publish disgusting pornographic cartoons of the prophet whilst sacking a journalist who penned an 'anti-semitic' article & cartoon ('he'll go far that lad').

And so the hypocrisy continues... with Clarkson supporters; who conveniently look the other way as Clarkson racially abused, threatened the livelihood and violently assaulted a BBC employee - who would have to work in excess of 300 years to amass the current reported wealth of Clarkson (also a BBC employee) - you really don't have to be 'a paid up jihadist' or be particularly aware, to appreciate the comparison of hypocrisy - sadly, this is the world we live in. frank.
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Since September 2013 you have made 30 posts - the majority of them based on your political or other beliefs. It's a shaving forum - the vast majority post about shaving and occasionally dip into other threads. If people want to buy blades made in Israel or denounce either Clarkson or Jihadists - why not let them. For your part, if you feel so strongly, why not start your own political thread with a shaving section as a side venture?
 
chrisbell said:
Tim B said:
Richard Hammond has presented several science based TV programmes over the years and I've always regarded him as the most intelligent out of the three Top Gear presenters.
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Sorry, can't agree with you - May is by far the most intelligent of the three.
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+1 (and a dam fine pianist as well!)
 
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