Top Gear heading to the US?

[RC45]

Originally Posted by SFDMALEX Originally Posted by RC45 Mainstream support for a US bashing show would be very limited, and sponsors would bail out with in the first week. JC is al washed up and has no entertainment or driving skills left, so he has to constantly resort to cheap one liners. Blasphemy. Only reason you dont liek him is cause he doesnt like the yanks

Nope - I dont like him because he cant ever give credit where it is due.. Tiff is my hero, and his characterising JC as "the gorilla with the Kevin Keegan hairdo" is spot on

[SFDMALEX]

Yea but he's hillarious.....you laugh with him and at him

[philip]

Why not just broadcast reruns of old shows till we get caught up. I've only seen the show a couple of times on the Discovery channel its usually buried at some wierd time and only for a couple of weeks then its off again for six months.

The UK version is fine with me, he's funny and I dont care what he says about American cars. He seems to bash most cars from any country.

It is by far the best car show ever made, by a wide margin.

I'm tired of watching little tiny screen clips on the internet, bring it on in what ever way you want, I just want it now.

[RC45]

Originally Posted by SFDMALEX Yea but he's hillarious.....you laugh with him and at him

Originally Posted by philip He seems to bash most cars from any country.

Thats the thing.. if I just wanted a laugh at juvenile humour I would watch Happy Gilmore reruns..

The show was originally about cars - it has degenerated to a "a show for shows sake" - like Paris Hilton is famous.. for being famous..

So - think of JC as the Paris Hilton of the car world

[SFDMALEX]

Yea thats all good, but I like it

[RC45]

Originally Posted by SFDMALEX Yea thats all good, but I like it

I know - I saw at Paris's MySpace you are her number 3 fan

[RC45]

Originally Posted by mrmojo77 Do they have to like all American cars then? It should be great regardless where it is shot. More TG the better!

I am not talking about american cars at all.

I am talkign about the fact he spouts crap and bullshit about almost every car he touches.

His automotive knowledge in public is pathetic and he really is a poor comedian at the best of times.

In small doses his written artciles are ok, bu tin person he just comes across as an idiot half the time.

[acmarttin]

Well - I'm another American that thinks this is great news. I don't give a flying f**k how much he makes fun of Americans. I agree with all of you who have pointed out that we can take a joke. And to be honest, I don't take it that personally.

[RC45]

^^ the anti-US jokes are ok.. it's his inane rantings about all cars that are not Aston Martin...

[nthfinity]

this isn't the first time clarkson's TG has been shown in the states... maybe a more prime time time, and a better channel?

[acmarttin]

Originally Posted by RC45 ^^ the anti-US jokes are ok.. it's his inane rantings about all cars that are not Aston Martin...

I can see your point. I think I'm more of a fan of the dynamic of the show than I am of their opinions. I take everything they say with a grain of salt. If they say the Enzo is incredible I can believe it. And when they say the MC12 is rubbish, I just say....yeeeeaaahhhh well...comapred to an Enzo maybe

[Erez]

Originally Posted by 666fast Thats exactly it. The whole "Americans are dumb" thing won't fly here and I'm sure he's aware of it. It works the other way as well, I don't imagine the British public watching an American repeatedly tell them how stupid they are and how shit their country is.

I wounder then how would the British here react to the last South Park Episode..

[TopGearNL]

^^ True!

Anyway JC says that kinda stuff about everyone, I mean look at the stuff he says about Germans and their Nazi staffcars, then again he loves them!

He laughs at American cars, but thinks that the Z06 is one hell of a car!

[Erez]

^ and he did say a normal C6 would be great as a daily.. (laying the groundwork maybe? )

anywho its all in the name of humor, and if it doesn't offend no one.. well.. Its just not funny now is it JC rule and TG is THE BEST CAR SHOW, EVER! the rest are such a bore! :roll:

[graywolf624]

Well he already admitted that the C6, especially the Z06, can go around corners, as can the Cadillac CTS-V, the Ford GT and I think he was pretty impressed with the Roush Mustand as well.

Then he critiqued the z06 as not practical on the street.. having it lose to a luxury car as a result.. Then he compared a lotus elise to an American street car and said the american street car was slow..

Selective competing.