Pretty much. And that's the biggest problem with the show, and it hasn't changed. Rut is tolerable, the other two have personalities of wet mops at best and bring down the show's appeal all on their own. Top Gear UK even last season, is superior to this show due to the hosts, and perhaps the History Ch allowances.
I disagree.
Richard Hammond is a waaaaaaaaaaay worse personality than any of the three TGUSA guys. Richard Hammond has been just terrible for a long, long time, but people seem to tolerate it, because TopGear has a history and has built up a lot of good will over the years, and Hammond nearly died in a crash.
He sucks sooooo bad though. He really does.
And the other two guys are pretty good, IMO. I don't see how you could say Adam has no personality--the guy is a successful stand-up comic and full of piss and vinegar. And while Tanner is cooler personality-wise, (he is, after all a molecular biologist-turned-race car driver,) he has very entertaining moments, is easily the best non-STig driver any TG show has ever had, and gives the two other hosts someone to jump on and compete against. You never heard the term "straight man" in comedy? That's Tanner's role more often than not.
This episode was boring as usual. Hopefully next weeks mustang episode is tolerable just because of the cars featured.
I don't get it...if you find the show usually boring, and only tolerable at best, and 2/3 of the hosts terrible, why do you continue to watch? This isn't a Clockwork Orange...the History Channel isn't going to send someone around to prop your eyes open and force you to watch it.
Do yourself a favor and stop making yourself miserable.
Put your "watch, phone, glasses" behind the truck. Not a piano and drumset exactly...
LOL. This is exactly the kind of thing I'm talking about with people making excuses for the original TopGear because of it's built-up status over the years. The idea that a bunch of guys could come into your house and remove such large, supposedly much-treasured possessions
like a fucking piano out of your house, and put them in jeopardy of being crushed by a semi, AND IT'S ALL A BIG SURPRISE TO YOU, "you" being the host(s) of the show, is just stupid. It could never happen.
The "Hey, let's make a bet...what do you have in your pockets?" thing comes off as a lot more plausible at least.