Jeremy Clarkson suspended

Bench Press · 20-04-2015 09:17PM

The Honey Monster wrote: »

I've poked my head in and out of this thread for a few weeks and it's by far the most retarded thread on boards. People freaking out and compaing him to Jimmy Saville and Hitler.

the real issue here is that Jeremy is English, a chance for all the little Irelander's to stick to boot in and have a field day expressing their vile opinions, some of the comments about Jezza on this thread are actionable in law

mikom · 20-04-2015 09:19PM

Bench Press wrote: »

the real issue here is that Jeremy is English, a chance for all the little Irelander's to stick to boot in and have a field day expressing their vile opinions, some of the comments about Jezza on this thread are actionable in law

That's right, Uncle Tom.

dr.fuzzenstein · 20-04-2015 09:24PM

OK, this is my cue to leave, we've had Hitler, Stalin, Saville, Jordan and invading Poland. Uncle Tom references is now going too far and I think a lot of people on this thread are 12 years old. I've got some grown up stuff to do, you wouldn't understand...

Tarzana2 · 20-04-2015 09:55PM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

And its the people who, for the duration of this "debate" have suggested that it was no big thing and Mr Tymon was a pussy, and are now asking for compassion for Jeremy, they are the ones coming off disingenuous and with no sense of irony whatsoever.

Exactly.

I'm just very cynical of the C word being rolled out, following on from an "I miss being on telly" statement. No doctor would ever say "You probably have cancer", they'd do some tests but there's always other stuff it could be. They would only say it once they're sure.

Colour me dubious.

CiDeRmAn · 20-04-2015 11:45PM

I think I'm done with this thread.
Let the trolls have it.
They can hide beneath it and prey on billy goats trip trapping across....

Cold War Kid · 21-04-2015 12:20AM

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

Uncle Tom references is now going too far

It's spot-on IMO. The guy's posts are the most self-loathing, toadying I have ever seen. An inferiority complex I never thought possible. The self loathing Irish person is nothing new (as can be seen on this forum alone) but that person's posts take it to another dimension.

I'd love to see examples of anti Englishness, rather than... anti thumping someone and verbally abusing them, which is what the posts criticising Clarkson are.

Billy86 · 21-04-2015 12:53AM

Bench Press wrote: »

the real issue here is that Jeremy is English, a chance for all the little Irelander's to stick to boot in and have a field day expressing their vile opinions, some of the comments about Jezza on this thread are actionable in law

That explains why he is being heralded as a saint in the UK for the last week, I guess.

Try harder next time.

Bench Press · 21-04-2015 07:37AM

Cold War Kid wrote: »

It's spot-on IMO. The guy's posts are the most self-loathing, toadying I have ever seen. An inferiority complex I never thought possible. The self loathing Irish person is nothing new (as can be seen on this forum alone) but that person's posts take it to another dimension.

I'd love to see examples of anti Englishness, rather than... anti thumping someone and verbally abusing them, which is what the posts criticising Clarkson are.

without the English influence, you lot would still be living in a bog, eating cow****e, they gave us everything, roads, the education and legal systems, infrastructure, we owe them everything

P. Breathnach · 21-04-2015 08:47AM

Bench Press wrote: »

without the English influence, you lot would still be living in a bog, eating cow****e, they gave us everything, roads, the education and legal systems, infrastructure, we owe them everything

So the English are responsible for what you are?

Boy, we do owe them.

Dravokivich · 21-04-2015 09:03AM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I believe he's to invade Poland next week, power sliding across the border in an amoured Veyron going "Phwoar!"

Someone obviously got confused when he was yelling Power!!! He's a terribly misunderstood man, Jeremy.

ScumLord · 21-04-2015 09:39AM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Read my posts and you'll find I don't have contempt for him.
Nor did I suggest people who have cancer scares treat it like no big deal.
What I did say is that people with cancer/cancer scares don't typically bellow at a fellow employee for 20 minutes before punching them.

Are you sure? Whos to say how a person will react? I don't think there is a typical when it comes to how various people will react to a cancer scare, or how they'll deal with it regardless of the prognosis, or even over whether their going to tell anybody it happened.

Oh, he's not a TV character, that would be a fictional character like Rumpole or Fr Ted, he's a TV presenter.

Top gear is a scripted show and Clarkson plays up to his steriotype, he's a character as much as anything.

And its the people who, for the duration of this "debate" have suggested that it was no big thing and Mr Tymon was a pussy, and are now asking for compassion for Jeremy, they are the ones coming off disingenuous and with no sense of irony whatsoever.

I have said since the beginning that what Clarkson has done is wrong. I've repeated that regularly throughout.

mikom · 21-04-2015 11:39AM

Bench Press wrote: »

without the English influence, you lot would still be living in a bog, eating cow****e, they gave us everything, roads, the education and legal systems, infrastructure, we owe them everything

If they gave us therapists.......... then I suggest you visit one.

endacl · 21-04-2015 11:42AM

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

OK, someone please wake me up if anyone posts something new, constructive, sensible or in any way worthy of any attention.

Jeremy Clarkson has had, and continues to have, excellent taste in jeans. This fact alone should see him reinstated after a suitable penitential period has elapsed.

ScumLord · 21-04-2015 11:46AM

Bench Press wrote: »

without the English influence, you lot would still be living in a bog, eating cow****e, they gave us everything, roads, the education and legal systems, infrastructure, we owe them everything

If it wasn't for the Irish introducing Christianity and education back into England after the Romans left they probably wouldn't be the nation they are today.

Billy86 · 21-04-2015 01:25PM

Bench Press wrote: »

without the English influence, you lot would still be living in a bog, eating cow****e, they gave us everything, roads, the education and legal systems, infrastructure, we owe them everything

No really. Do try harder. Such low hanging fruit is too obvious.

CiDeRmAn · 21-04-2015 01:46PM

Billy86 wrote: »

No really. Do try harder. Such low hanging fruit is too obvious.

But what have the Romans ever done for us.....

humanji · 21-04-2015 07:58PM

MOD Bench Press won't be posting in this thread anymore, so you don't need to respond to his trolling.

NachoBusiness · 24-04-2015 01:46AM

Executive producer of TG Andy Wilman has quit the BBC now also and apparently had talks today with Clarkson, May and Hammond.

https://twitter.com/TheSunShowbiz/status/591303902676590592

CiDeRmAn · 24-04-2015 09:34AM

That's not really terribly surprising to be honest.
And good luck to them.
I hope that they have success in whatever TV station takes them on.

Mint Aero · 24-04-2015 12:10PM

NachoBusiness wrote: »

Executive producer of TG Andy Wilman has quit the BBC now also and apparently had talks today with Clarkson, May and Hammond.

https://twitter.com/TheSunShowbiz/status/591303902676590592

Well done to all those involved. Great news guys

Can't wait to see the lads back in action

ScumLord · 24-04-2015 12:59PM

I hope they go with the internet as the medium. Through netflix or something. It would be interesting to see what they come up with out from under the BBC.

I wouldn't worry to much about a drop in quality, the likes of Chris Harris has shown you don't need huge budgets to make good looking video.

Brendan Bendar · 24-04-2015 02:18PM

ScumLord wrote: »

I hope they go with the internet as the medium. Through netflix or something. It would be interesting to see what they come up with out from under the BBC.

I wouldn't worry to much about a drop in quality, the likes of Chris Harris has shown you don't need huge budgets to make good looking video.

Not a chance, no station will sink the kind of money the Beeb put in for a bunch like that,I would expect.

No station would risk that kind of behaviour for a well past sell by format.

Their time has run out.

Larbre34 · 24-04-2015 02:28PM

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Not a chance, no station will sink the kind of money the Beeb put in for a bunch like that,I would expect.

No station would risk that kind of behaviour for a well past sell by format.

Their time has run out.

Yes they would, it was a the biggest of all commercial successes for the Beeb, Id say theyre sick as parrots it will be gone from them.

The viewing figures right up to end tell us a) another station will risk that kind of behaviour b) that the format has not run its course and is fairly unique, and c) that their time has not run out.

12 months from now, Wilman, Clarkson, Hammond and May will be elsewhere doing much the same thing

Brendan Bendar · 24-04-2015 02:34PM

Larbre34 wrote: »

Yes they would, it was a the biggest of all commercial successes for the Beeb, Id say theyre sick as parrots it will be gone from them.

The viewing figures right up to end tell us a) another station will risk that kind of behaviour b) that the format has not run its course and is fairly unique, and c) that their time has not run out.

12 months from now, Wilman, Clarkson, Hammond and May will be elsewhere doing much the same thing

Don't think so,too much 'baggage' accompany that lot,have been a series of behaviour that ,in my opinion, would preclude their achieving similar success with a new outlet.

Just my opinion though, could well be wrong.

osarusan · 24-04-2015 02:40PM

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Don't think so,too much 'baggage' accompany that lot,have been a series of behaviour that ,in my opinion, would preclude their achieving similar success with a new outlet.

Just my opinion though, could well be wrong.

If another television company thinks that they can make the same kind of show and have the same appeal to viewers that they had with the BBC, they will be willing to take the risk.

Larbre34 · 24-04-2015 02:59PM

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Don't think so,too much 'baggage' accompany that lot,have been a series of behaviour that ,in my opinion, would preclude their achieving similar success with a new outlet.

Just my opinion though, could well be wrong.

Mine too of course.

But I would even go as far as to say, with the soundings coming out of Kim Shillinglaw, the BBC2 boss, it actually wouldnt surprise me either if the whole lot reappeared on the BBC again, perhaps on a different contractual basis, but effectively Top Gear continuing on.

BBDBB · 24-04-2015 03:05PM

nah, the media frenzy will die down now, and the general public have very short memories

Mint Aero · 24-04-2015 03:27PM

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Not a chance, no station will sink the kind of money the Beeb put in for a bunch like that,I would expect.

No station would risk that kind of behaviour for a well past sell by format.

Their time has run out.

Lol get a load of this guy

Nah nah no station wants 350 millions viewers a week (5% of the planet) and 50 million sterling a year :rolleyes:

Sink money?! LOL get an economics book for dummies or something mate.

CiDeRmAn · 24-04-2015 04:08PM

Mint Aero wrote: »

Lol get a load of this guy Nah nah no station wants 350 millions viewers a week (5% of the planet) and 50 million sterling a year :rolleyes:

Sink money?! LOL get an economics book for dummies or something mate.

Do you really think another production company, outside of the British terrestrial TV fold has that sort of money to invest?
Good luck to them if they have, but don't underestimate the importance of the broadcasting platform provided by the BBC.

Mint Aero · 24-04-2015 04:14PM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Do you really think another production company, outside of the British terrestrial TV fold has that sort of money to invest?
Good luck to them if they have, but don't underestimate the importance of the broadcasting platform provided by the BBC.

RTE should ask AIB for a loan to get started :pac:

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