Jeremy Clarkson suspended

Grandpa Hassan

fryup wrote: »

anyone suspicious that this is a PR stunt devised by clarkson and the producer??

Possibly. Rumour are that they were leaving the BBC at the end of this season anyway. What better way to launch on a new channel

Madd Finn

RayM wrote: »

It wouldn't be the same without the racism.

Yes. Like the time he said to Michael Fassbender "So you're half German, half Irish. For you, everything must be done perfectly...tomorrow"

I was so offended and outraged I laughed out loud.

jimgoose

Madd Finn wrote: »

Yes. Like the time he said to Michael Fassbender "So you're half German, half Irish. For you, everything must be done perfectly...tomorrow"

I was so offended and outraged I laughed out loud.

I hadn't heard that one - that's brilliant! :pac::pac::pac:

Madd Finn

Halloween Jack wrote: »

Imagine all the injustice and abhorrent things that go on in the world, and the one petition you sign is in support of Jeremy clarkson...

Don't tell me what I can and can't get angry about. That makes me really angry. :mad::mad:

20Cent

Next episode of top gear they should let the Irish guy smack Clarkson I'd watch that. Uppercut into the jaw I'd go for.

Madd Finn

Duggy747 wrote: »

That paper has turned into a complete parody of itself in the past few years to the point I almost think they allow articles like that for click-bait.

You're so right. And isn't it ironic that when I clicked on to that page to read it, I was interrupted by an irritating music-playing ad for a domestic cleaning product?
Seems clear the sort of reader that Ms Williams' articles attract.

Iron my shirt love, there's a good eco-feminist.

Duggy747

SeanW wrote: »

No I think they're actually serious. I think portions of the Left actually think like that.

Oh, I don't doubt people like that exist. I know people with that kind of bizarre mentality who, funnily enough, wear it on their sleeves that they're Guardian readers. :pac:

Gutter opinion pieces that are more at home on the likes of Tumblr or their own blog site than a news site like that but, hey, generates revenue.

Wide Load

BBC will be showig the brand new Louis Theroux series in place of Top Gear. Pretty great result to be honest

Polo_Mint

Maybe a new car show on the cards. I like the idea of it.

I dont think Top Gear will continue if SC gets the Chop also IF Top Gear did continue I could see James May joining Clarkson in the new show

RH can piss off back to Wipeout

Mesrine65

Bench Press wrote: »

witch hunt for Clarkson, if that stupid Irish bastard has done his job and made his tea, there would have been no issue

The reek of self deprecation, in most of your posts, regarding your nationality is sad, be proud of your roots FFS

NEWS FLASH...no matter how english you try to be, they will always see you as just another Paddy :eek:

jimgoose

Mesrine65 wrote: »

The reek of self deprecation regarding your nationality is sad, be proud of your roots FFS

NEWS FLASH...no matter how english you try to be, they will always see you as just another Paddy :eek:

Tho' I've belted you and flayed you, By the livin' Gawd that made you, You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din! :pac::pac::pac:

dr.fuzzenstein

fryup wrote: »

anyone suspicious that this is a PR stunt devised by clarkson and the producer??

Think he's pulling a Charlie Sheen?
off topic
If you look at the pic, he has his thumb over the bottle opening, the whole thing was so staged:



/off topic

Harry Palmr

705,330 signed Bring Back Clarkson petition.

mad muffin

The producer should have gotten hima Snickers. Stupid Oirish **** :mad:




















:pac:

Shenshen

Harry Palmr wrote: »

705,330 signed Bring Back Clarkson petition.

Mindboggling.
Never mind he may (or may not) have physically assaulted a coworker - 705,330 people think that because they think he's funny, that has to be perfectly ok?

Harry Palmr

Shenshen wrote: »

Mindboggling.
Never mind he may (or may not) have physically assaulted a coworker - 705,330 people think that because they think he's funny, that has to be perfectly ok?

Its really a bit more than that - Clarkson is at the nexus of the developing British Culture Wars. Newsnight tried (badly) last night to do a piece on it but Owen Jones (Guardian hard lefty) simply didn't understand that many people view him as part of an establishment just as Clarkson is part of an establishment.

jimgoose

mad muffin wrote: »

...Stupid Oirish **** :mad:...

"Unintelligible red-haired Potatoist" would be more worthy of the Great One.

mad muffin

Shenshen wrote: »

Mindboggling.
Never mind he may (or may not) have physically assaulted a coworker - 705,330 people think that because they think he's funny, that has to be perfectly ok?

Yes. Because we want to be entertained! What don't people gets about that?

We have bull fights.

Gladiator fights.

Christians lion fights.

Midget wrestling.

And we also have Clarkson producer fights.

We love entertainment!

mister gullible

Mint Aero wrote: »

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2015/mar/11/jeremy-clarkson-suspended-eco-feminist-top-gear


I pissed myself laughing at this rubbish

Thought it was a good article actually. The trio are, in all fairness, entertaining but the 'challenges' in particular are contrived, often pathetically destructive to property/cars and triumphalist over local people. Would be good to have a proper motoring programme rather than a 'Jackass' for drivers. Clarkson needs to be taken down a peg or two.

RayM

Madd Finn wrote: »

Yes. Like the time he said to Michael Fassbender "So you're half German, half Irish. For you, everything must be done perfectly...tomorrow"

I was so offended and outraged I laughed out loud.

Or the time he called an Asian man a 'slope'.

Deadly banter. Legend. The guy's a genius.

Smiles35

I hope May gets dumped. just coz

Falcon L

How about bringing the Fifth Gear crew in to run Top Gear. Not all of them, obviously, but Tiff, VBH and Plato would be a great shot in the arm for Top Gear. There are some seriously funny and entertaining personalities from BTCC that would do the job well too.

Sort of 8 out of 10 cats does Countdown... only Fifth Gear does Top Gear.

James May could still fit right in there, but he's probably scared of Clarkson.

Polo_Mint

RayM wrote: »

Or the time he called an Asian man a 'slope'.

Deadly banter. Legend. The guy's a genius.

Or was he referring to the bridge slopping \

Polo_Mint

Falcon L wrote: »

How about bringing the Fifth Gear crew in to run Top Gear. Not all of them, obviously, but Tiff, VBH and Plato would be a great shot in the arm for Top Gear. There are some seriously funny and entertaining personalities from BTCC that would do the job well too.

Sort of 8 out of 10 cats does Countdown... only Fifth Gear does Top Gear.

James May could still fit right in there, but he's probably scared of Clarkson.

Because Fifth Gear was always shoite

everlast75

i prefer the old top gear.

The new one has become a parody of itself, full of staged races and scripted lines. I recall May even saying that he's playing a character now, rather than being himself.

I accept that the newer version is a lot more popular, so be it...

Madd Finn

mister gullible wrote: »

Thought it was a good article actually. The trio are, in all fairness, entertaining but the 'challenges' in particular are contrived, often pathetically destructive to property/cars and triumphalist over local people. Would be good to have a proper motoring programme rather than a 'Jackass' for drivers. Clarkson needs to be taken down a peg or two.

Top Gear is NOT a "proper motoring programme" full of sensible advice about which version of the Toyota Corolla to buy for general family use or how to drive sensibly to conserve fuel in a dramatically changing world.

It's entertainment.
It's surreal.
It's car-porn (Hint Jeremy if you really are taking the concept to another channel and want to do essentially the same show without incurring the wrath of the intellectual property lawyers you can have the title "Car Porn Warehouse" on me. No cheque necessarily but I would love to be the "Non-Star in a reasonably priced car" contestant some day.

Clarkson acknowledges this often enough by cheerily admitting that no review of his ever has any effect whatsoever on the commercial success or otherwise of any car.

Falcon L

Polo_Mint wrote: »

Because Fifth Gear was always shoite

In your humble opinion.

keithclancy

Falcon L wrote: »

How about bringing the Fifth Gear crew in to run Top Gear. Not all of them, obviously, but Tiff, VBH and Plato would be a great shot in the arm for Top Gear. There are some seriously funny and entertaining personalities from BTCC that would do the job well too.

Sort of 8 out of 10 cats does Countdown... only Fifth Gear does Top Gear.

James May could still fit right in there, but he's probably scared of Clarkson.

Fifth Gear is Fifth Gear ... Top Gear is Top Gear

You stick the Fifth Gear crew on Top gear and it becomes Fifth Gear.

IMO I always switched over from Fifth Gear after about five minutes as it was usually someone driving around in circles.

Polo_Mint

Falcon L wrote: »

In your humble opinion.

Yep

Falcon L

keithclancy wrote: »

Fifth Gear is Fifth Gear ... Top Gear is Top Gear

You stick the Fifth Gear crew on Top gear and it becomes Fifth Gear.

IMO I always switched over from Fifth Gear after about five minutes as it was usually someone driving around in circles.

So, you're saying that 8 out of 10 cats does Countdown is the same as Countdown?

I'm suggesting that a mash-up of the two shows would work.