Two questions here for those "bandwagon" posters...

which shows you haven't watched any of this series, 'cos "the fat guy" isn't even in it any more, so obviously your opinion of this series and tonights program is somewhat irrelevant ;)

And :

How on earth are people like Boris Johnson ( a one time guest) and AA Gill (who Clarkson immediately described as "a strange man" and then NEVER referred to him again in the program..) how are these "cronies" ??

So that makes Harry Enfield his crony does it? What about Roger Moore, who was shown in a clip for about 10 seconds? And don't forget Santa, I'm sure he's been to see Clarkson's kids once a year...

And OF COURSE its a platform for Clarkson, Hammond and May - THEY ARE THE PRESENTERS. Why ELSE would they be on there, if not for their own benefit?

What a load of tosh. If you don't like it DONT WATCH IT. I don't like Eastenders, but don't feel the need to moan about it.

I enjoyed it. I always do. Its entertainment, and FAR better than "Britains Most Haunted" ;)

[Edited by -=Buzz=- - 6/1/2003 10:40:13 PM]

Oh dear Buzz, you are upset.

I'm afraid, old fellow, that AA Gill IS a Clarkson crony - if you read the Sunday Times, you would know they occasionally do long articles together in the Magazine section. You therefore missed the point entirely when he described him as a "strange man"....do I have to explain?

[Edited by zoog - 6/1/2003 10:50:08 PM]

UB - series one, obviously.. ;)

[Edited by -=Buzz=- - 6/1/2003 10:52:54 PM]

"The search for the Greatest Car continues when AA Gill makes the case for the Black Taxi".

I don't 'kin think so....

I'm off to sulk 'cos nobody's joining in... :(

Top gear is getting more and more boring by the week ,How much are the croud paid to stand and look bored??. Who's intersting in a new jag ,,yawn yawn :)

I think the "new" Top Gear is a load of old bolleux and has been from the start.

Why on earth make it an "audience" show? It should be a magazine format just like the good old days.

Clarkson is power mad and overrated, it makes me physically sick to watch his cronies (the fat guy and the weird voiced short bloke) suck up to him.

I quite like the format but it should be called the "Gez Clarkson Show"

I went to a show last year and really enjoyed it.

What's wrong with the black taxi? Seems to me it has a lot of things going for it:
1) Longevity
2) Popularity
3) Ludicrously small turning circle
4) Ridiculously fast acceleration 0-30 (I think they're flat out at about 45)
5) Plenty of space inside

That video of the Paris chase is no way the best French motoring video. A million times better than that (though they could NEVER show it on TV) is the film a guy made on a motorbike going round the peripherique (Paris equivalent of M25) at 150+ in the middle of the rush hour! It was previously deemed impossible for any vehicle to complete a whole circuit in under 1 hour - but he managed it at 5pm in the afternoon!

I stopped watching Top Gear about a year ago. Their piss take "it's BORING" reviews became boring to me, and it's time to move on to a new and fresh style of car programme.

Went to watch it being filmed on Wednesday boring long day :( All about Jags.
As for the car racing around the streets when you watch it propley it does'nt seem right. The buildings, etc are moving too slow for the speed the car is supposedly travelling at.

The whole show is just a platform for Clarkson (and his cronies AA Gill, Johnson, et al) to go on an ego trip. It's not about cars anymore, it's about making Clarkson look clever. The criteria to be a co-presenter is being a weak stooge who will lick Jeremy's butt and also be the butt of his crap jokes.

zoog

That's it exactly. It's the Clarkson show and it has lost all credibility.

I agree. They were going pretty slow. 40 - 50mph most of the time. They passed a pedestrian at one point who didn't bat an eyelid and the pigeons had plenty of time to take off. {typical French bollox)

I think the show is still origonal and fun :p You'll miss it when it's gone.

UB:D

unclebuck

The show's original!? Do me a favour.

It is twaddle.

They take an hour to tell you less about cars than my maiden Aunt could before she put her teeth in for the day.

-=Buzz=-

Hey, good point, I'd forgotten all about Eastenders. What a crap show. I don't watch that either but I just can't stop bad mouthing it.

Buzz sounds like Jeremy's mother!!

of course I don't read the Sunday Times, I don't live in London ;)

No I didn't know that, but what I said still stands for all the rest doesn't it?

And anyway, I'm not upset, Im just feeling controversial ;)

So Dave, what have they copied then?

UB:confused:

:D

Even 'extremer' street race video is the 'Ghostrider : the final ride' around Stockholm. What is it with Stockholm and streetraces ? :-)

hey! when it comes to compairing TV shows UB is your man !! I dont think there is a show he doesnt watch:eek:
I just picture him in his TV vewing nerve center looking @ 100 different screens forming an opinion on each show as he watches them all simutainiously(sp):p

:D

Does he have TV feeds piped into his brain while he's asleep? Has he got a micro projector to show films on the inside of his eyelid?

WOW! :)

LOL:D Don't cha know, I live onboard Thunderbird 5. :D My real name is John Tracy :D

UB:p

Personally still believe it's a refreshing change from the magazine style programs... driven and 5th gear. Out of 25 minute shows they spend around 3 or 4 telling you "what's coming up later" and I find it increasingly hard to get excited about a mondeo diesel

They've introduced fresh material in the best car ever, and so what if the black cab's in there, it is a great car, personally I will vote for the Audi Quatro.

No I'm not Clarkeson's mother but I do find him slightly amusing.

Finally my wife will watch it as well so I get to see it every week rather than having to video it and then only come to find the kids have recorded over it.

Dave

There's nothing wrong with Top Gear. It's just as good as it's always been. And young Jeremy makes us all proud.

The points of view postbag was full of letters from people who were too lazy to turn over or off.
If your point is that you're subsidising the production of this program through your license fee and you think it's a waste of your money then you should try turning on the TV at primetime any other day of the week.
I'm not saying Top Gear is as good as it could be, but it certainly raises the BBCs weekly average.

I have watched that film of "allegedly" a ferarri being driven "allegedly" by a racing driver across Paris at what looks like 5 am in the morning. I agree that it doesn't seem to be going that fast. At one point he overtakes a renault 4 or something and he doesn't exactly fly past it. Also, how the hell was this filmed? If you strapped a steadycam to the front of a fararri and drove around a street circuit at 100mph+ the thing would be bouncing up and down like mad. They didn't have cameras the size of a pinhead back then.

Charlie.