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| overpaid presenters, scripted jokes, pointless cars, rigged races |
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| genuinely funny mentertainment (I made that word up) |
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maander
Joined: 27 May 2007
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 Posted Mon Nov 16, 2009 11:17 am |
| bobtbuilder wrote: | | I think it's the TV equivalent of Dog Shite. |
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Cressers
Joined: 15 Nov 2006
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Posted Mon Nov 16, 2009 11:19 am |
I thought that was the reality show set in a jungle, it sticks despite your beast efforts to get rid of it.
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keef66
Joined: 29 Apr 2008
Posts: 1042
Location: Noomarket, deepest Suffolk
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Posted Mon Nov 16, 2009 12:02 pm |
+2 for the Romanian alpine road. I'm going to spend some time on Google earth looking for it now. Then I plan to strip down the bike, fit it in the Ferrari, drive all the way up, then cycle back down.
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Stewie Griffin
Joined: 01 Feb 2008
Posts: 1501
Location: NW London.
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Posted Mon Nov 16, 2009 12:54 pm |
Its rubbish these days for pretty much all of the reasons listed but I still wish I was on it  .
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bails87
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Posts: 663
Location: Solihull, United Kingdom
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Posted Mon Nov 16, 2009 12:55 pm |
| keef66 wrote: | | +2 for the Romanian alpine road. I'm going to spend some time on Google earth looking for it now. Then I plan to strip down the bike, fit it in the Ferrari, drive all the way up, then cycle back down. |
Transfagarasarsarasasanarasanasanaranarasagan Highway
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freehub
Joined: 25 May 2009
Posts: 1434
Location: Manchester/Selby
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Posted Mon Nov 16, 2009 12:57 pm |
I really like Top Gear and look forward to the next series. I know lots of it is set up, but I'd hope the 3 presenters opinions of the cars are actually their true opinions....
My Bike
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Porgy
Joined: 27 Jun 2007
Posts: 2024
Location: Greater London
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Nuggs
Joined: 01 Sep 2007
Posts: 1293
Location: West Sussex
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Posted Mon Nov 16, 2009 1:01 pm |
| bobtbuilder wrote: | I think it's the TV equivalent of Dog Shite.
I would rather hammer toothpicks under my toenails that watch that filth. |
Maybe I should take back the Top Gear Annual I bought you for Christmas...
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mbp123@btinternet.com
Joined: 14 Nov 2009
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Posted Mon Nov 16, 2009 1:45 pm |
Is it me or is Jeremy Clarkson becoming more like John Cleese or even Basil Fawlty, every episode? Very similar manerisms!
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john-e-big-guns
Joined: 19 Jan 2006
Posts: 203
Location: United Kingdom
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Posted Mon Nov 16, 2009 2:16 pm |
Clarkson reminds me of a loud mouth public school boy with a bit of a bullyboy attitude...someone that I would really like to punch in the face...then walk away for a few yards then turn and go back an give him another before he hits the floor...'Tosspot' come to mind
No Pain; No Gain;
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pneumatic
Joined: 17 Jun 2007
Posts: 1286
Location: Kingdom of Fife, Scotland
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Posted Mon Nov 16, 2009 2:23 pm |
It is cheeky, it is irreverent and it is self-deprecating. That makes it good British Humour.
Sometimes they take it too far. That makes it bad British Humour.
I have no interest in cars, but I like a good laugh. Sometimes I get one.
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MrChuck
Joined: 15 Feb 2005
Posts: 692
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Posted Mon Nov 16, 2009 2:31 pm |
| johnfinch wrote: | | The series itself I don't find particularly funny - it seems to be heavily scripted spontaneity and banter delivered fairly awkwardly. |
+1
They all get on my nerves (although May has done some other good stuff where he's come across much better) and when they're in front of their crowd of fawning yes-men in the studio it's all is pretty cringeworthy.
That said, there's no denying some of it is pretty entertaining if you don't take it too seriously- the tunnels under the People's Palace and that alpine road were pretty good, and Clarkson and the rest of them are in the background a bit more.
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mbp123@btinternet.com
Joined: 14 Nov 2009
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Posted Mon Nov 16, 2009 3:06 pm |
I have just recently taken up cycling with an entry level Giant Defy3, nothing flash then. I find I have less interest in Top Gear now and am completely obsessed with cycling........next to Skiing, obviously. I now spend lots of time checking the weather report to make sure I can get out on my bike...........this can't be healthy!
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redddraggon
Joined: 19 Jul 2007
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Location: North Wales
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mbp123@btinternet.com
Joined: 14 Nov 2009
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Posted Mon Nov 16, 2009 3:33 pm |
A proper cyclist wouldn't be looking at the weather report to see if they could get out on the bike, they look at the weather report to see what clothes they need to wear
Quite right. I did ride in a howling wind. Hard going but the bonus was I got 33.5 mph on the flat on the way back. Lesson learned.
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pepelepew
Joined: 01 Mar 2009
Posts: 159
Location: Sunny South Wales
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Pross
Joined: 10 Sep 2009
Posts: 656
Location: South Wales
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Posted Mon Nov 16, 2009 4:27 pm |
I enjoy it for what it is (and we all know the Aston was the best car  ). I think the whole "anti cycling" is a bit stretched. Don't forget that Hammon had to cycle across London on one of the challenges and is well aware of the dangers faced. It's just a few middle aged blokes doing a programme about their passion. Maybe there should be a cycling equivalent where 3 lucky Bike Radar contributors get to ride the latest carbon and Ti superbikes in the Alps etc. 
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ozzzyosborn206
Joined: 08 Dec 2008
Posts: 99
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Posted Mon Nov 16, 2009 6:07 pm |
i love it, and can't think of anyone who doesn't people who lsate it need to lighten up a bit, just out of interest those who say they don't like it what shows do you watch and enjoy?
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DavidBelcher
Joined: 26 Jul 2007
Posts: 1820
Location: Winchester
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Posted Mon Nov 16, 2009 7:16 pm |
| john-e-big-guns wrote: | | Clarkson reminds me of a loud mouth public school boy |
What d'you mean 'reminds'? Corking example of a private school education gone wrong - chucked out of Repton with no formal qualifications AFAIK, his folks bailed him out with a job selling Paddington Bear merchandise (surely not good for Jezza's macho image [1]?) before he inexplicably pitched up at the Rotherham Star as its motoring correspondent.
By and large (exceptions: Richard Hammond winning the cross-London challenge by bike; the London-Edinburgh race involving steam loco "Tornado") I give Toss Gear a wide berth as it bores the pants off me. Much of his solo output, plus the booze programmes where he teamed up with Oz Clarke, shows that James May is capable of far better things; last week's 'Toy Story' with the Meccano bridge was a fantastic piece of telly.
David
[1] At times he does go overboard with the blokiness to the extent that you do wonder if he was Never Confused (copyright A. Murray) whilst at boarding school.
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wicked
Joined: 09 Jul 2008
Posts: 148
Location: Shropshire
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Posted Mon Nov 16, 2009 7:35 pm |
Good question. Does anyone else feel that its just not as good as it used to be, a bit old hat so to speak?
I mean there is only so many times they can drive sports cars across europe before it becomes boring. And the dacia getting reversed into was so fake its tedious.
Best job in the world though!
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