😀 @ aracer
No one likes a smart arse
Well played sir , well played.
Well in here everyone doesn't like someone, we need a poll to see who's lost the most.
Season 23, under a different name, will be new and exclusive on SKYONE starting November 8th and repeated every two hours on DAVE. I look forward to my Sky susbscription increasing to cover the catering bills
I hope the beeb keep TG and improve it.
Or at least return it to what it was before he became bigger than the show.
Clarkson will get a Sky talk show, where he will have the opportunity to hone his 'comic persona'/revel in his prejudice.
Clarkson will get a Sky talk show, where he will have the opportunity to hone his 'comic persona'/revel in his prejudice.
He already had one. It was dire.
How about the Duke of Edinburgh as a replacement for Clarkson? About time he earned his keep.
Too busy organising the control structures of the political and religious elite.
[quote=scotroutes said]Too busy organising the control structures of the political and religious elite.
The illuminati don't run themselves, Phil must be a busy boy.
Phils review of a classic white Fiat Uno will be an interesting one 😀
The Bringbackclarkson petition is up to 300,000, No more page 3 took 3 years to get to 240,000. This goes to show how much the British public like tits.
****ing hell. Seeing his face on the front cover of every newspaper this morning was enough to make me taste breakfast all over again.
The level of barely surpressed man love on this thread is hilarious.
The number of twitter followers he has is increasing at quite some rate.
(Clarkson that is not Phil the Greek*)
* am I allowed to say that on here ?
[quote=mefty ]The Bringbackclarkson petition is up to 300,000
UKIP are running at 15% in the polls, which equates to about 7 million voters. Clearly there are a lot more than 300,000 stupid people.
Top Gear is one of the most entertaining shows on TV. I was enjoying this years show too.
I like Clarkson, he's a ****, but I like him, and if you take his anti-cycling rants, or any other "non-pc" rants with a pinch of salt (as I suspect the show/he intends you to), he's very entertaining.
I can't think of any other shows I actually watch on the BBC to be honest...
UKIP are running at 15% in the polls, which equates to about 7 million voters. Clearly there are a lot more than 300,000 stupid people.
Are UKIP supporters stupid? Please explain.
First the BBC lost its edgy comedy. Then it was reborn and then they tried killing BBC3, BBC lost F1, possibly a watered-down soon to be shot Topgear.Will they have any motoring content at all left or will it be dross and everyone else puts out quality output?
You mean dross like this?
If I hear "Mexicans are all lazy and cyclists deserve to die (or whatever it is)", I don't take it with "a pinch of salt". I hear the words. I form an opinion of the speaker.
End of.
UKIP are running at 15% in the polls, which equates to about 7 million voters. Clearly there are a lot more than 300,000 stupid people.
Jeremy was born in Doncaster, wouldn't it be interesting if he ran against the sitting MP for Doncaster North 😈
Racist towards Mexicans?
Surely thats cultural stereo-typing?
From google:
Racially speaking, there is great variation among Mexicans. The Mexican racial breakdown is officially presented as 9% white, 60% Mestizo (Indigenous-European hybrid), 30% Indigenous, and 1% other. The Mestizaje (mixture) of Indians and Spaniards is the principal fact of Mexican racial history.
The English are from England, a country. We are predominately Caucasian but with a strong mix of other origins.
So if a Mexican show said 'fight and drink beer like the English' - that would be prejudicial no?
If I hear "Mexicans are all lazy and cyclists deserve to die (or whatever it is)", I don't take it with "a pinch of salt". I hear the words. I form an opinion of the speaker.End of.
+1
He's been doing it since 1998 (The Hyundai incident where he accused the employees of eating dogs). Normalizing the kind of crap that my wife has to put up with on a fairly regular basis pisses me off.
Racist towards Mexicans?Surely thats cultural stereo-typing?
From google:
Semantics, playing this line doesn't make you look clever.
So if a Mexican show said 'fight and drink beer like the English' - that would be prejudicial no?
It's not so bad if it's an endearing comment made in passing for a country that you love....and not on national tv.... with top gear it's the tone, body language and repeated snide comments that make it odious. If you can't see that they went well beyond making light hearted comments about a country that you like (I will always joke with my Finnish friends about how crazy they all are, but it's used as an endearment) then you are beyond help.
[i] and if you take his anti-cycling rants, or any other "non-pc" rants with a pinch of salt (as I suspect the show/he intends you to), he's very entertaining.[/i]
Why should I have to make allowances for his lack of common politeness?
My comment on losing edgy comedy/the disapearing funny stuff
You mean dross like this?
No. Have you not seen the output over the last two decades from the BBC? Outstanding fail fella.
No. Have you not seen the output over the last two decades from the BBC? Outstanding fail fella.
You don't class that as dross? My my, your standards are low.
More details coming to light.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/jeremy-clarkson-suspended-producer-top-5309060
It's ok, Radio 2 have booked Katie Hopkins to talk about it.
There'll still be one outspoken self publicist on the BBC.
[quote=grenosteve ]if you take his anti-cycling rants, or any other "non-pc" rants with a pinch of salt (as I suspect the show/he intends you to)
You think he intends that because he doesn't actually think that way, or because he'd like you to think he doesn't actually think that way? It seems he's succeeding in the latter (though I imagine a lot of the 300,000 actually like him thinking that way) despite copious evidence to the contrary.
I really am very dissapointed with STW on this.
250 posts about Clarkson's suspension from the beeb. It's pathetic. Really, really pathetic. The Mumsnet thread is up to 350!!
News just in: BBC banning Clarkson from the pudding section of the canteen.
EDIT: I hadn't even read the article:
A source said: “Jeremy saw red over a catering issue. He just snapped.”
I,m confused about this talk of pudding,so are we having pudding of not? I,m starving and I've done all my homework.
This is genius, this is why singletrack is better than every other forum, I luv the idea that he didn't get his pudding, because he wouldn't tidy up... And he kicked off
Must admit, i'm sitting here chuckling at the thought.
some great tweets going on in the mirror piece 🙂
Anyway when up in Newcastle it's entirely normal beat someone up for not having dinner ready, apologies to those southerners it's just how we do things.
anyone else mentioned itv? it's where jonathon ross went after that spat
Got to feel sorry for the people who have been on the waiting list for tickets to have the show cancelled the day before.
never mind that this series has been the best in years, funny and entertaining even with the pointlessness (?) now they've cut it short...dam it
(Clarkson that is not Phil the Greek*)* am I allowed to say that on here ?
Depends. It could be construed as racist in which case no, or it might just be anti-royalty which would of course be OK.
This is genius, this is why singletrack is better than every other forum, I luv the idea that he didn't get his pudding, because he wouldn't tidy up... And he kicked off
Taking his show away is one thing, but denying him pudding is against the International Law of Human Rights.
How hard can it be; don't hit people, don't peddle the very cheap and quasi-racist humour and peg it back on the cheap shots of minorities.
Top Gear would still work.
Spotted dick.
I reckon the show could work with a guest presenter, at least for the remaining three shows of this series. They could make a bit of a feature about how much better life is without him. It could even be the shot in the arm that (some say) the show needs.
Wifey reminded me of the Have I Got News For You episode that Roy Hattersley failed to show up for. They replaced him with a tub of lard.
Last Of The Summer Wine carried on with several changes to the three core characters without losing it's way. As long as they choose the right replacement Top Gear could carry on for some time yet.
And don't forget Preston's replacement on Buzzcocks 🙂
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6361035.stm
You're forgetting that Clarkson is pretty much solely responsible for writing the script, coming up with ideas and drawing in the best cars/guests. Take that away and you take away the heart of Top Gear - for better or worse depending on your point of view!
I reckon the show could work with a guest presenter, at least for the remaining three shows of this series. They could make a bit of a feature about how much better life is without him. It could even be the shot in the arm that (some say) the show needs.
Judging by the fact that the show is repeating jokes and challenges so often, I think that they had 10 shows to make and ran out ideas, so staged a fight, got Clarkson suspended and [i]voila[/i] no need to make the last 3 shows. By the time the next season rolls around none of the fans will remember that they've raced across a city in various forms of transport 347 times before, so they can do it again. And again. And again.
...then set fire to a caravan
Hopefully a foreign one whilst mocking a crudely drawn stereotype of the nation that it comes from.
Re clarksons role; there is a production team involved in all that and the draw is the show not just JC personally
The two may be heavily linked but its not [ just] his own personal ego chariot where he does everything and everything is done because of him.
milky1980 - MemberYou're forgetting that Clarkson is pretty much solely responsible for writing the script,
Lol.
coming up with ideas
See above.
drawing in the best cars
Most magazines and youtube channels get the cars long before Top Gear and have no problems getting more/better cars.
I reckon the show could work with a guest presenter, at least for the remaining three shows of this series. They could make a bit of a feature about how much better life is without him. It could even be the shot in the arm that (some say) the show needs.
The executive producer is Clarkson's best chum, as are the two other presenters. I can't see them jollying out the last three episodes with a guest presenter. They might do it with just May and Hammond, I suppose.
Basically, the programme in its current form seems to be history, and I don't think that a reboot of the reboot will happen either. Clarkson is out of contract at the end of the month, and I imagine he will take a good chunk of the production team and the other two with him wherever he goes.
