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Top Gear Series 22 |OT| The Most Canceled Show....
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Then you have Clarkson, May, and Hammond jump the airplane with a monster truck with the plane exploding.
DrForester
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And on that title change...
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Replaced the top image for the thread. I can think of no better send off.
MilkyJoe
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Clarkson, May and Top Gear's executive producer had a little meeting...
http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/top-secret-top-gear-meeting-5406558
That's one shit eating grin on May's face
What's occurring??...
http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/top-secret-top-gear-meeting-5406558
That's one shit eating grin on May's face
What's occurring??...
call_kotaku
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As far as I know, all 3 had exclusivity contracts with the BBC (which had Hammond leave a couple of shows when he renewed his contract for Top Gear a number of years ago). I wonder if they'll negotiate for more lenient contracts or leave entirely if they are producing a successor on another network or just not participating in BBC Top Gear
James is the best.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5_SB1FxAWg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5_SB1FxAWg
The limousine challenge must be among their best bits. Can't stop laughing.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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Seriously, CLARKSON is riding a BICYCLE.
Sic transit gloria mundi.
Seriously... I'm worried about his mental health now... He took the whole this a lot worse than I first expected.
Well from what we've heard he hasn't had the best year, but he's got family and friends so he'll be ok.
Oh James, you're so James. I remember seeing that thing with him outside his house and thinking: "Of course James May lives there, it makes perfect sense."
bros before shows!
I can't hear that tune without expecting it to branch off into the Blackadder theme.
Jeremy Clarkson: A True Internationalist.
http://www.spiked-online.com/newsit...kson-true-internationalist/16822#.VRYLU-H-bAg
Basically an argument a number of us have made about the show. The true international appeal of the show in some ways refutes the accusations made at it. The show was loved by so many different nations, races and cultures.
http://www.spiked-online.com/newsit...kson-true-internationalist/16822#.VRYLU-H-bAg
Basically an argument a number of us have made about the show. The true international appeal of the show in some ways refutes the accusations made at it. The show was loved by so many different nations, races and cultures.
lol
The BBC had every right to sack him for that. Clarkson can only really blame himself. What I am aware of though, is that there were stories of there being a war between certain executives at the BBC and Clarkson. Danny Cohen being the one I have heard mentioned.
There are people at the BBC who might be quite happy to see him gone, put it that way.
Dr Zhivago
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I think if it hadn't been for all the other stuff (slope, n*****, etc.) they might have just fined him or something.
Also, he's been cycling for a while, he's mentioned it on the show previously.
Also, he's been cycling for a while, he's mentioned it on the show previously.
call_kotaku
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Also, the accusations of the BBC covering up for a pedophile for 50 years, just because the pedophile was famous, probably tied their hands with regards to special treatment for their biggest personalities. In all honesty I think if they could've kept Clarkson without massive public backlash they would have, which makes Rupert Murdoc complaining about the BBC dropping Clarkson all the more infuriating, because he would've complained twice as hard if the BBC kept Clarkson.
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I'm sure there are. Clarkson and the others had a lot of power. Whoever they replace them with will be firmly under the thumb of the BBC.
Rekwest
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442,442 views...wow!
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Dermot O' Leary left x factor so im gonna guess thats gonna add rumors to him moving to a top gear role
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32093238
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32093238
Well, I am guessing all of them will leave Top Gear, so they would need 3 presenters. I think the position of presenter on that show is a bit of a poisoned chalice to be honest.
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It will be tough for whoever takes over. Bitterness from the old fans will mean they will have to try to win a whole new audience and probably under far more direct oversight by the BBC.
I hope whoever owns the track kicks them off so Jeremy and crew can use it for whatever new thing they do.
Yeah. It's a tough position to fill for a number of reasons.
Even if they are not kicked off the track, Clarkson and the crew could still probably use it. They would just have to choose a different period to film on it. Although it would probably make the track a little too busy. Mclaren also use the track because they're based in Surrey.
JonathanEx
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Anything new the trio do would need to be different from Top Gear in terms of format - otherwise you'd risk legal battles from the BBC. Using the same track and things like that would just be asking for it.
Plus, I'd quite like to see them come up with something a bit different and new. They're a smart bunch, they can do it.
Plus, I'd quite like to see them come up with something a bit different and new. They're a smart bunch, they can do it.
AlphaSnake
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The track is Lotus' track. So BBC can't do shit there.
And other motoring programs, such as Fifth Gear, exist. And often times they can present certain segments highly stylized like Top Gear does.
They could literally rebadge the show with different segment names, or even drop segments like the Reasonably Priced Car, and BBC would have no case.
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I can also see them totally reformatting the show, and possibly agree to allow Jeremy and crew to do whatever they please in exchange for Jeremy's stake in the international arm of Top Gear.
I'm actually holding out hope they can just buy the top gear name from the BBC. BBC has to know the brand is pretty much dead without those three.
I'm actually holding out hope they can just buy the top gear name from the BBC. BBC has to know the brand is pretty much dead without those three.
AlphaSnake
...and that, kids, was the first time I sucked a dick for crack
There's plenty of talent out there for BBC to hire who can carry the show on. Chris Harris being one of them.
Will it be as much of a riot as the three stooges? No. But it can still carry on. Most people watched TG because of the imagery, and there were the small few who were hardcore car enthusiasts such as myself.
Clarkson sold the Top Gear brand to the BBC a couple of years ago.
nabe_shogun
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If/when they get new people to carry on the show, I think they have to change the format completely. I can't see it going very well if they just get three new people, but still do all the same stuff. I think people will be more accepting of it if they try all new stuff, and not try to follow in the old shows shadow.
I just wonder how car focused it will be. I know the big appeal was that it wasn't super focused on cars, as that would drive away all the casual viewers who don't care about cars all that much.
Most people didn't watch top gear for the imagery. They watched the package of which there is less than half of it left.
DeFiBkIlLeR
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The best thing the BBC can do with this show is to put it on a 2yr hiatus and come back with 3 new presenters that can at least have a chance of rebooting the show to their own strengths.
To try and comeback with a new series in the Autumn will be a lost cause.
Let people forget about the show and then pique their curiosity when tempers have cooled.
To try and comeback with a new series in the Autumn will be a lost cause.
Let people forget about the show and then pique their curiosity when tempers have cooled.
Sidewinder
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Lol, The Golden Boys.
StopMakingSense
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No, BBC Worldwide owns the commercial rights to TG outright. They bought out their joint venture with Clarkson that held those rights 3 years ago with the last contract negotiation.
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-19756337
Apparantly, Top Gear Live will continue with the trio. I wonder how that goes with BBC Worldwide organising.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/jeremy-clarkson-plans-dramatic-top-5419853
http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/jeremy-clarkson-plans-dramatic-top-5419853
He needs to suck it up and be the bigger man.
In reality, James May is the only one who is reacting EXACTLY as I guessed he would do in this scenario.
Hammond has gone into hiding and Clarkson's state of mind seems more and more worrying to me. But James May is just carrying on, being himself and filming silly videos of himself playing military tunes on a recorder.
Hammond has gone into hiding and Clarkson's state of mind seems more and more worrying to me. But James May is just carrying on, being himself and filming silly videos of himself playing military tunes on a recorder.
Tbf Hammond seems to like his privacy, so it could just be that.
weird. considering how big the backlash has been from fans I wonder if bbc will resign him but with some stipulations in place like he must complete sensitivity training and a portion of his yearly earnings go to charity over the next 3 year contract.
im sure none of them are thrilled that theyre no longer with top gear tv right now but I don't recall Hammond being outspoken about controversial things before. being quite seems like the safest thing to do at the moment.
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