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    ScumLord
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    peteeeed wrote: »
    http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2015/0610/707083-bbc-unveils-trailer-for-clarksons-last-top-gear/
    :(

    Looks like it might be really good too.


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    Larbre34
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    Uh oh, better stock up on the kleenex. Ahem, for the tears and snot bubblies.


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    Mint Sauce
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    BBC milking it for all its worth now. Looking forward to what changes Evens brings to it.

    Saying that I will still watch out of curiosity.


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    lertsnim
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    Mint Sauce wrote: »
    BBC milking it for all its worth now.

    Could you blame them?


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    Larbre34
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    Well this is ****ing depressing viewing.


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    sonofenoch
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    Watching this has reminded me it had to come to an end one way or another, they really were wringing it to death..


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    Roar
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    You'd be forgiven for thinking Clarkson had died given the sombre tone of the other two in the studio.

    Also, was expecting Chris Evans to pop up at the end to deliver the "and on that bombshell" line right at the end.


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    Red Kev
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    Anybody know when this will be repeated ?


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    Larbre34
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    Very sad and unsatisfactory. Still time to terminate the Ginge and resume normal service with a few apologies and hugs.


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    sonofenoch
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    Have to add tho that second segment was one of the best in a long time, genuinely laughed out loud in parts


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    Jijsaw
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    Pretty bad episode to go out on but they had nothing else I guess.
    Also the advert over the silent end credits, well done BBC :rolleyes:


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    Fred Swanson
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    peteeeed
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    Red Kev wrote: »
    Anybody know when this will be repeated ?

    Next Saturday bbc2


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    The Black Oil
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    No Clarkson or audience in the studio is weird. Went on a bit too long, but generally in keeping with their output, taking the piss.

    I did laugh a good few times, including the hibernation/seasonal bit.

    Moderator: Television, Psychology and Dublin County North.

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    Larbre34
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    Fred Swanson wrote: »
    It was more like a funeral than a motoring show.

    Rightly so. The craic in the jeeps was brilliant. Richards wing walk was the scariest friggin looking thing possible.

    Did ye notice the north Yorkshire venue for the last bit? Must have been the night he punched Tymon. Not sure Id be in great form either after standing in a river in wet clothes on a winters night.


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    The Black Oil
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    Good catch. ^^

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    Larbre34
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    The Black Oil wrote: »
    Good catch. ^^

    Why, in case I made an excuse for him? I am making an excuse for him. It was a grubby incident, but not inexcusable, too much was lost as a result. Had that Garth Brooks hysterical feel about it. I doubt Tymon wanted it to end. I wonder how he'll feel after a spell working on Zombie Top Gear with a far bigger w@nker than Jeremy Clarkson and some other amateurs with no chemistry.


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    knucklehead6
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    I did have a giggle at the elephant in the room with the two boys.


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    The Black Oil
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    Larbre34 wrote: »
    Why, in case I made an excuse for him? I am making an excuse for him. It was a grubby incident, but not inexcusable, too much was lost as a result. Had that Garth Brooks hysterical feel about it. I doubt Tymon wanted it to end. I wonder how he'll feel after a spell working on Zombie Top Gear with a far bigger w@nker than Jeremy Clarkson and some other amateurs with no chemistry.

    No, not that. I didn't connect the conditions shown in this particular film with him losing his head. I thought it was a more mundane evening of shooting when it happened. Can't recall the details due to all the fuss. Thanks for pointing it out is all I was getting at.

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    Larbre34
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    The Black Oil wrote: »
    No, not that. I didn't connect the conditions shown in this particular film with him losing his head. I thought it was a more mundane evening of shooting when it happened. Can't recall the details due to all the fuss. Thanks for pointing it out is all I was getting at.

    Cool, sorry for picking that up wrong. Im only guessing too of course but the circumstances tally. Im feeling a bit little like the night of the Thierry Henry handball tonight so pardon my irritation.


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    The Black Oil
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    I was surprised his Vauxhall lasted that long.

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    Mike Litoris
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    sonofenoch wrote: »
    Have to add tho that second segment was one of the best in a long time, genuinely laughed out loud in parts


    Same here. 1st half was pretty bad but the second was classic. Poor old Hammond was full of feels. Cant wait to see what they come back with.


    Whats the story with The Stig. BBC have the rights to him/it I take it?


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    philstar
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    knucklehead6 wrote: »
    I did have a giggle at the elephant in the room with the two boys.

    where what :confused:


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    Fred Swanson
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    Larbre34
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    philstar wrote: »
    where what :confused:

    As a last **** you to the PC brigade they hired a 10 ft plastic elephant for the empty studio and named it Jeremy, i.e. the one in the room

    Precisely the sort of thing they will be missed for


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    Larbre34
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    Some brilliant stuff on twitter. Chris Evans is David Moyes. May and Hammond looked like Dr Who and Davros the dalek boss.


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    Dravokivich
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    I want to know how the Frontera got ripped in half. I'm guessing that was meant to be kept for a studio segment that never got done in the end.


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    fryup
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    say what you like about Hammond, but there's no doubt the guy has got balls of steel to do that stunt with the airplane holy moly!!

    can't believe he agreed to do that


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    cdeb
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    Dravokivich wrote: »
    I want to know how the Frontera got ripped in half. I'm guessing that was meant to be kept for a studio segment that never got done in the end.
    You could hear Clarkson taking an angle grinder to it (when he was giving out that he hated working on Top Gear)

    I'm not entirely sure why that needed to be done though - not sure how half a car would have gotten out of the river easier?


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    Larbre34
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    cdeb wrote: »
    You could hear Clarkson taking an angle grinder to it (when he was giving out that he hated working on Top Gear)

    I'm not entirely sure why that needed to be done though - not sure how half a car would have gotten out of the river easier?

    I thought the noise was a banjaxed starter motor to begin with! I guess the gag was that the front two wheels were already out, so like a newt he cut the tail off.

    It was a pretty appropriate challenge to end on, if there had to be an end. Caravans get totalled, c0ck joke wheels, three old bangers tarted up and then wrecked, and a pop at the eco mentalists with humiliation for Hammond. It was like a greatest hits.


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