|
Source: (consider it)
|
Thread: Is Auntie Beeb finally growing a pair? Burn in Heck, Clarkson.
|
Doublethink.
Ship's Foolwise Unperson
# 1984
|
Posted
Twas Steven Mangan
--------------------
All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome. George Orwell
Posts: 19219 | From: Erehwon | Registered: Aug 2005
| IP: Logged
|
|
Alan Cresswell
Mad Scientist 先生
# 31
|
Posted
Latest reports, overheard from a conversation down the pub, suggest Jodie Kidd, Philip Glenister and Guy Martin.
--------------------
Don't cling to a mistake just because you spent a lot of time making it.
Posts: 32413 | From: East Kilbride (Scotland) or 福島 | Registered: May 2001
| IP: Logged
|
|
Piglet
Islander
# 11803
|
Posted
They can call it "Top Gear", but it won't be Top Gear as we know it.
No disrespect to Messrs. Glenister and Martin, or Miss Kidd - it just won't be the same.
--------------------
I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
alto n a soprano who can read music
Posts: 20272 | From: Fredericton, NB, on a rather larger piece of rock | Registered: Sep 2006
| IP: Logged
|
|
Ariel
Shipmate
# 58
|
Posted
Yeah. Glenister's all right but he needs to be a bit more assertive if he's going to take the lead. I don't know anything about the other two.
Posts: 25445 | Registered: May 2001
| IP: Logged
|
|
L'organist
Shipmate
# 17338
|
Posted
Don't know about the source: for a start, Jay Kay lives near Aylesbury so the chances of him being overheard in a Sussex pub aren't great...
--------------------
Rara temporum felicitate ubi sentire quae velis et quae sentias dicere licet
Posts: 4950 | From: somewhere in England... | Registered: Sep 2012
| IP: Logged
|
|
Piglet
Islander
# 11803
|
Posted
They would be if he happened to be visiting a Sussex pub ... ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
--------------------
I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
alto n a soprano who can read music
Posts: 20272 | From: Fredericton, NB, on a rather larger piece of rock | Registered: Sep 2006
| IP: Logged
|
|
balaam
Making an ass of myself
# 4543
|
Posted
The Torygraph seems to think so too.
I still would prefer the other Glenister.
--------------------
Last ever sig ...
blog
Posts: 9049 | From: Hen Ogledd | Registered: May 2003
| IP: Logged
|
|
Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
# 2522
|
Posted
quote:
Originally posted by Robert Armin:
My Radio Times tells me that Clarkson is hosting Have I Got News For You tonight. However the website says he isn't; rumor has it he was scared of what Hislop and Merton would say.
Oh yeah, I forgot that about him.
Am I remembering correctly that he once got in a Twitter strop because a few people made jokes about his dead pet? Not that I think that's cool, but this is the guy who sniffed at other people's "sensitivity" when challenged. He really doesn't get the whole dish it/ take it thing.
--------------------
I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
Posts: 35076 | From: Pura Californiana | Registered: Mar 2002
| IP: Logged
|
|
North East Quine
Curious beastie
# 13049
|
Posted
Farage, Clegg and Milliband are looking for new jobs. Farage would be a convincing substitute for Clarkson, Clegg could fill in for James May, and Milliband for Hammond.
Posts: 6414 | From: North East Scotland | Registered: Oct 2007
| IP: Logged
|
|
Piglet
Islander
# 11803
|
Posted
![[Killing me]](graemlins/killingme.gif)
There was a minor headline on the Telegraph web-site about the new Cabinet that mentioned "Hammond and May" (respectively the Foreign Secretary and Home Secretary) and I couldn't resist thinking "and what about Clarkson?".
![[Devil]](graemlins/devil.gif)
[ 08. May 2015, 23:39: Message edited by: Piglet ]
--------------------
I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
alto n a soprano who can read music
Posts: 20272 | From: Fredericton, NB, on a rather larger piece of rock | Registered: Sep 2006
| IP: Logged
|
|
balaam
Making an ass of myself
# 4543
|
Posted
quote:
Originally posted by North East Quine:
Farage, Clegg and Milliband are looking for new jobs. Farage would be a convincing substitute for Clarkson, Clegg could fill in for James May, and Milliband for Hammond.
I would prefer the other Milliband.
--------------------
Last ever sig ...
blog
Posts: 9049 | From: Hen Ogledd | Registered: May 2003
| IP: Logged
|
|
deano
princess
# 12063
|
Posted
Just thought you all might like to know, me and family are off to the Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield to watch Clarson, Hammond and May Live, the new name for Top Gear Live.
I'll give you all a rundown of the main highlights later....
--------------------
"The moral high ground is slowly being bombed to oblivion. " - Supermatelot
Posts: 2118 | From: Chesterfield | Registered: Nov 2006
| IP: Logged
|
|
Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
# 619
|
Posted
That's nice. I'm expecting friends round later to play board games, and then on Sunday we're going for a pizza with some Brazilian people.
So what's everyone else doing this weekend?
Posts: 17302 | From: Edinburgh | Registered: Jun 2001
| IP: Logged
|
|
Sioni Sais
Shipmate
# 5713
|
Posted
We're taking any amount of stuff to the dump tomorrow then a trip to IKEA on Sunday afternoon. By Sunday evening my wife should have her very own craft room. My railway room will have to wait.
--------------------
"He isn't Doctor Who, he's The Doctor"
(Paul Sinha, BBC)
Posts: 24276 | From: Newport, Wales | Registered: Apr 2004
| IP: Logged
|
|
|
|
Sioni Sais
Shipmate
# 5713
|
Posted
It was deano who did it sir!
--------------------
"He isn't Doctor Who, he's The Doctor"
(Paul Sinha, BBC)
Posts: 24276 | From: Newport, Wales | Registered: Apr 2004
| IP: Logged
|
|
|
|
Zacchaeus
Shipmate
# 14454
|
Posted
I saw one of their huge trailers passing on the other side of the motorway on Wednesday - obviously heading Deano's way.
Maybe he would like to keep them?
Posts: 1905 | From: the back of beyond | Registered: Jan 2009
| IP: Logged
|
|
Doc Tor
Deepest Red
# 9748
|
Posted
I'm not sure South Yorkshire is big enough for both Clarkson's and deano's egos. Though with a bit of luck, the combined density will cause a spontaneous collapse in the space-time continuum and suck them both into a universe where...
Actually, I don't care what happens there. Just as long as they're gone.
--------------------
Forward the New Republic
Posts: 9131 | From: Ultima Thule | Registered: Jul 2005
| IP: Logged
|
|
|
|
Zacchaeus
Shipmate
# 14454
|
Posted
quote:
Originally posted by Patdys:
Whilst we are talking about our weekends, I am doing some work on the ethics of euthanasia.
Hmmm.
Sounds better than clarkson.
![[Smile]](smile.gif)
Posts: 1905 | From: the back of beyond | Registered: Jan 2009
| IP: Logged
|
|
Karl: Liberal Backslider
Shipmate
# 76
|
Posted
quote:
Originally posted by deano:
Just thought you all might like to know,
God alone knows why you'd think we gave a shit where you were inflicting your obnoxious presence.
--------------------
Might as well ask the bloody cat.
Posts: 17938 | From: Chesterfield | Registered: May 2001
| IP: Logged
|
|
Doc Tor
Deepest Red
# 9748
|
Posted
quote:
Originally posted by Patdys:
Whilst we are talking about our weekends, I am doing some work on the ethics of euthanasia.
Practical, or merely theoretical?
--------------------
Forward the New Republic
Posts: 9131 | From: Ultima Thule | Registered: Jul 2005
| IP: Logged
|
|
orfeo
Ship's Musical Counterpoint
# 13878
|
Posted
quote:
Originally posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider:
quote:
Originally posted by deano:
Just thought you all might like to know,
God alone knows why you'd think we gave a shit where you were inflicting your obnoxious presence.
And yet here you all are, responding.
--------------------
Technology has brought us all closer together. Turns out a lot of the people you meet as a result are complete idiots.
Posts: 18173 | From: Under | Registered: Jul 2008
| IP: Logged
|
|
Piglet
Islander
# 11803
|
Posted
I'm not sure that I don't feel a little sorry for Messrs. Clarkson, Hammond and May for having Deano's presence foisted on them.
--------------------
I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
alto n a soprano who can read music
Posts: 20272 | From: Fredericton, NB, on a rather larger piece of rock | Registered: Sep 2006
| IP: Logged
|
|
Sioni Sais
Shipmate
# 5713
|
Posted
quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
I'm not sure that I don't feel a little sorry for Messrs. Clarkson, Hammond and May for having Deano's presence foisted on them.
Pretty marginal IMHO. The Top Gear Gang all have Yorkshire connections which explains quite a lot, to a Lancashire lad.
--------------------
"He isn't Doctor Who, he's The Doctor"
(Paul Sinha, BBC)
Posts: 24276 | From: Newport, Wales | Registered: Apr 2004
| IP: Logged
|
|
Piglet
Islander
# 11803
|
Posted
Wrong side of the Pennines, eh?
--------------------
I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
alto n a soprano who can read music
Posts: 20272 | From: Fredericton, NB, on a rather larger piece of rock | Registered: Sep 2006
| IP: Logged
|
|
Boogie
Boogie on down!
# 13538
|
Posted
quote:
Originally posted by Boogie on the 11th March:
He's soon be forgotten if they put someone like Chris Evans in his place.
Just call me Boogie The Prophet.
Thank you.
--------------------
Garden. Room. Walk
Posts: 13030 | From: Boogie Wonderland | Registered: Mar 2008
| IP: Logged
|
|
Ariel
Shipmate
# 58
|
Posted
Oh, hell, no. I won't be watching the series any more. I wonder who the other two presenters will be?
Posts: 25445 | Registered: May 2001
| IP: Logged
|
|
Alan Cresswell
Mad Scientist 先生
# 31
|
Posted
Replace one overpaid twat with another overpaid twat. It makes sense, I suppose, to keep the commercially successful format as close to unchanged as possible.
--------------------
Don't cling to a mistake just because you spent a lot of time making it.
Posts: 32413 | From: East Kilbride (Scotland) or 福島 | Registered: May 2001
| IP: Logged
|
|
Piglet
Islander
# 11803
|
Posted
Considering that back in March Mr. Evans categorically ruled himself out, I wonder how many Ferraris he'll be able to buy with his first year's salary?
The Beeb can call it Top Gear until they're blue in the face, but without Messrs. Clarkson, Hammond and May, it just won't be.
--------------------
I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
alto n a soprano who can read music
Posts: 20272 | From: Fredericton, NB, on a rather larger piece of rock | Registered: Sep 2006
| IP: Logged
|
|
Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
# 619
|
Posted
Perhaps they could do this scene at the beginning with Clarkson staggering about a bit and then the flames shooting out of his denims and then suddenly it's Chris Evan patting himself and looking for a mirror? No?
Posts: 17302 | From: Edinburgh | Registered: Jun 2001
| IP: Logged
|
|
Curiosity killed ...
Ship's Mug
# 11770
|
Posted
But it was still Top Gear when it was presented by Angela Rippon, Noel Edmonds, William Woollard, Tiff Needell and Quentin Wilson, to name but a few other presenters over the last forty odd years. A different Top Gear, but a programme loosely based on cars broadcast by the BBC, the format of which has changed several times over that time.
--------------------
Mugs - Keep the Ship afloat
Posts: 13794 | From: outiside the outer ring road | Registered: Aug 2006
| IP: Logged
|
|
lilBuddha
Shipmate
# 14333
|
Posted
quote:
Originally posted by Firenze:
Perhaps they could do this scene at the beginning with Clarkson staggering about a bit and then the flames shooting out of his denims and then suddenly it's Chris Evan patting himself and looking for a mirror? No?
Why on earth would anyone extinguish the flames?
--------------------
I put on my rockin' shoes in the morning
Hallellou, hallellou
Posts: 17627 | From: the round earth's imagined corners | Registered: Dec 2008
| IP: Logged
|
|
The Phantom Flan Flinger
Shipmate
# 8891
|
Posted
quote:
Originally posted by Firenze:
Perhaps they could do this scene at the beginning with Clarkson staggering about a bit and then the flames shooting out of his denims and then suddenly it's Chris Evan patting himself and looking for a mirror? No?
![[Overused]](graemlins/notworthy.gif)
--------------------
http://www.faith-hope-and-confusion.com/
Posts: 1020 | From: Leicester, England | Registered: Dec 2004
| IP: Logged
|
|
Thyme
Shipmate
# 12360
|
Posted
quote:
Originally posted by The Phantom Flan Flinger:
quote:
Originally posted by Firenze:
Perhaps they could do this scene at the beginning with Clarkson staggering about a bit and then the flames shooting out of his denims and then suddenly it's Chris Evan patting himself and looking for a mirror? No?
And again
--------------------
The Church in its own bubble has become, at best the guardian of the value system of the nation’s grandparents, and at worst a den of religious anoraks defined by defensiveness, esoteric logic and discrimination. Bishop of Buckingham's blog
Posts: 600 | From: Cloud Cuckoo Land | Registered: Feb 2007
| IP: Logged
|
|
Alan Cresswell
Mad Scientist 先生
# 31
|
Posted
Perhaps have his ex (Billie Piper) standing by with a plate of fishfingers and custard.
--------------------
Don't cling to a mistake just because you spent a lot of time making it.
Posts: 32413 | From: East Kilbride (Scotland) or 福島 | Registered: May 2001
| IP: Logged
|
|
|
|
Alan Cresswell
Mad Scientist 先生
# 31
|
Posted
Well, food should be eaten. But if it won't go into his mouth, around the mouth is close enough.
--------------------
Don't cling to a mistake just because you spent a lot of time making it.
Posts: 32413 | From: East Kilbride (Scotland) or 福島 | Registered: May 2001
| IP: Logged
|
|
Boogie
Boogie on down!
# 13538
|
Posted
quote:
Originally posted by Alan Cresswell:
Perhaps have his ex (Billie Piper) standing by with a plate of fishfingers and custard.
He's having a female co-presenter ...
--------------------
Garden. Room. Walk
Posts: 13030 | From: Boogie Wonderland | Registered: Mar 2008
| IP: Logged
|
|
Piglet
Islander
# 11803
|
Posted
Knowing the BBC, it'll probably be Clare Balding.
--------------------
I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
alto n a soprano who can read music
Posts: 20272 | From: Fredericton, NB, on a rather larger piece of rock | Registered: Sep 2006
| IP: Logged
|
|
Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
# 619
|
Posted
I think Clare Balding ranks higher than 'sidekick' these days.
Posts: 17302 | From: Edinburgh | Registered: Jun 2001
| IP: Logged
|
|
Sioni Sais
Shipmate
# 5713
|
Posted
quote:
Originally posted by Firenze:
Perhaps they could do this scene at the beginning with Clarkson staggering about a bit and then the flames shooting out of his denims and then suddenly it's Chris Evan patting himself and looking for a mirror? No?
Maybe Clarkson could be shown burning at the steak?
(sorry about that)
--------------------
"He isn't Doctor Who, he's The Doctor"
(Paul Sinha, BBC)
Posts: 24276 | From: Newport, Wales | Registered: Apr 2004
| IP: Logged
|
|
Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
# 2522
|
Posted
quote:
Originally posted by Alan Cresswell:
Perhaps have his ex (Billie Piper) standing by with a plate of fishfingers and custard.
No, no, no no! That sweet girl was hooked up with that douchenozzle? Oh Billie! ![[Waterworks]](graemlins/bawling.gif)
--------------------
I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
Posts: 35076 | From: Pura Californiana | Registered: Mar 2002
| IP: Logged
|
|
Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
# 619
|
Posted
She was married to Evans, not Clarkson (if that makes it any better).
Posts: 17302 | From: Edinburgh | Registered: Jun 2001
| IP: Logged
|
|
Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
# 2522
|
Posted
No, I got that, but he's a jackass, too, right? Least the way you all are describing him.
--------------------
I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
Posts: 35076 | From: Pura Californiana | Registered: Mar 2002
| IP: Logged
|
|
Snags
Utterly socially unrealistic
# 15351
|
Posted
I think Evans is less of a twonk than Clarkson.
He's definitely had his moments in the past, but generally seems to have settled down pretty well. The Radio 2 breakfast show is actually quite good, and he is very, very media-savvy as well as being a car nut. He's also quite divisive, like Clarkson.
I think he could do well, and create an incarnation of Top Gear that's a bit more about the cars whilst still being enjoyable for people who just like well-presented idiocy.
--------------------
Vain witterings :-: Vain pretentions :-: The Dog's Blog(locks)
Posts: 1399 | From: just north of That London | Registered: Dec 2009
| IP: Logged
|
|
not entirely me
Shipmate
# 17637
|
Posted
I have no interest in Top Gear but Chris Evans is a sound presenter who deserves a chance.
Posts: 68 | From: England | Registered: Apr 2013
| IP: Logged
|
|
balaam
Making an ass of myself
# 4543
|
Posted
quote:
Originally posted by Snags:
I think Evans is less of a twonk than Clarkson.
One of many, or even most.
--------------------
Last ever sig ...
blog
Posts: 9049 | From: Hen Ogledd | Registered: May 2003
| IP: Logged
|
|
dyfrig
Blue Scarfed Menace
# 15
|
Posted
quote:
Originally posted by Firenze:
I think Clare Balding ranks higher than 'sidekick' these days.
La Balding is nothing less than a National Treasure, alongside Nicholas Parsons, Alan Bennett and (inexplicably) Miranda Hart.
Now, that would be an episode of Top,Gear.....
--------------------
"He was wrong in the long run, but then, who isn't?" - Tony Judt
Posts: 6917 | From: pob dydd Iau, am hanner dydd | Registered: Apr 2001
| IP: Logged
|
|
Printer-friendly view
