Jeremy Clarkson suspended

NachoBusiness wrote: »

Yawn. Yawn. Yawn. Are people still quoting him out of context on this? Do you and others that keep bringing this up even understand what context is? Well if you don't, you're in good company as the amount of newspaper headlines that just quoted the second part of what he said, and not the first, was astounding.

What he actually said was that he enjoyed the effect the strikers had on the traffic, restaurants, airports on that day they protested and that he thought they were in fact fantastic. He then immediately followed that by highlighting the fact that the BBC must remain impartial on political matters and so said that he had now better say something negative about the strikers to balance what he had said previous, hence the 'They should all be taken outside and shot, how dare they protest' comment. The joke was therefore on the BBC, not the strikers.

I didn't know that and I'll take your word for it. I was wrong. I only saw the reported story. My apologies.

My impression of Clarkson is mostly pinned on his newspaper column. In terms of 'celebrity' opinion columns in UK papers, I only really read his and Charlie Brookers. His can be very ignorant at times

cdeb wrote: »

I actually think the slope thing was just a joke that backfired.

And the other important point to remember here is that that trip would have taken days, they would have shot hundreds of hours of footage, said all kinds of things on film. Clarkson isn't the producer of the show, he isn't the director, he isn't the editor. As wrong as it might have been for him to say it, was it not worse that the makers of the show decided to put it in? Top Gear wants to portray Clarkson as a toff, that's the script they write for him.

It's still mind boggling that people can call Top Gear a scripted show and then curse one of the actors for saying his lines.

Tarzana2 wrote: »

Don't compare Clarkson to Louis CK. They're nothing alike and Clarkson wishes he was that funny, insightful and witty.

I can compare the two and you did in your post. The two make jokes on the tele, one may be brilliant and the other tragic (in your eyes) but their still doing the same job.

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Once again the utterly priggish and humour free are taken for a ride in Clarksons very own Trolltaxi.

Hilarious










Edit: vvvv Boooooooo :mad:

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

So you watch the Culcher Show whilst quaffing chardonnay and dining on a cheese platter.
But of course one would if he is a sophisticated as what you are.

You're bang wrong. If we've learnt anything from this thread its that everyone who doesn't enjoy top gear is a sandal wearing, humourless vegan.

So no cheese platter.

Keep up with the times.

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

Could be soy cheese...

Oh do excuse me, I seem to have crushed one of your Birkenstocks with the front wheel of my Jaaaaag!

Mallagio wrote: »

Clarkson does seen to thrive on negative publicity about himself to draw in the numbers for his shows...

Seems to me that he's walking a tight line between brains and pure ignorance.

That is even with Top Gear on re-runs. I am currently watching a past episode on the paint jobs Clarkson, May and Hammond made to their cars, to make those cars look like cop cars.

Ranchu wrote: »

Clarkson is a toff though. I'm not an avid Clarkson hater but I do think that a lot of his apologists here are most likely British or private school lads.

There's been a never ending list of these assumptions in this thread and even the slightest bit of thought would show this assumption to be as inane as the rest that have been shown to be completely wrong.

Ranchu wrote: »

Nah, I reckon I'm right.

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At the end of the day, I suppose something as big and well covered by the media as disciplinary action and possible firing of Clarkson would be a very welcome distraction from emerging reports that the BBC chief circles are firing/demoting/bullying out people who were involved in uncovering and broadcasting the Jimmy Saville scandals and more like it. Yep. Highly respectable company is the BBC, looking out for the little man by suspending the big mean Clarkson.