bazzateer
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Mar 28, 2015 14:17:47 GMT
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If they do reinvent it on another channel I hope they can use the same music. Remember when F1 went to ITV and they didn't use The Chain? Top Gear without Jezza will be like BBC F1 coverage is now without Murray, a pale shadow of it's former self. I'm with you on that Baz,Allman Bros 'Jessica' but you all knew that anyway..... Nope didn't know that. Every day's a school day! Just yesterday I learnt that one species of monkey in the Nairobi National Park (vervet monkey, go on - google it) has a red bum (not that unusual), a bright red knob (maybe slightly unusual) and a bright blue/turquoise ball sack! (Pretty damn unusual and rather shocking to see!). You set the tone, I'll lower it!
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Last Edit: Mar 28, 2015 14:19:13 GMT by bazzateer
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Mar 28, 2015 16:06:20 GMT
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ChasR
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Guy Martin to replace JC?ChasR
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Mar 29, 2015 17:54:30 GMT
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I'd say without JC,it's over. This! As much as I love watching Guy Martin on TV, I don't think he'd be a fit for Top Gear. Agreed here . I think the best hope for TG on the BBC is if they keep Hammond and May and have a rolling guest presenter like they did on Buzzcocks. It'll stop the new guys (or girls) from having the pressure of being a permanent JC replacement. It might just work if they pick the right people? Out of all of the suggestions this does sound like one of the best I have heard. TG has been a Buzzcocks like show for quite some time and it is a format which has served them well for so long. In part it is for this reason that IMO that other caraholic presenters like Chris Harris and Ed China and so on cannot make it work as much as I like the latter. I mean, 5th Gear has never been that popular and if I am honest I have found it boring over other car based programmes like Wheeler Dealers (yes I know...) and so on. The BBC had a good innings with TG. Time to just rap up that format, and that set of presenters, IMO. Nothing lasts forever. They need a new idea. That might be best served by asking Andy Wilman, possibly as much of a creative force of the show, to go have a good think. Andy Wilman IMO is the pivotal reason for why TG was as successful as it has been. Seeing him in the earlier TGs he does come across more as a technical guy, but you can't deny that he knows how to produce something and when to stay behind the scenes. For advertising reasons Sky and other channels will be out with Clarkson's outspoken opinions. Netflix is a real possibility. I was thinking Mike Brewer could be ok ? Mike Brewer No! But Edd China possibly. With anything commercially successful on TV people like a character, not a techhie guy. MB could have what it takes but even he is not quite the character that Clarkson was. With all of the above it is time to wrap up TG. It was well past its sell by date years ago but it does engage many audiences, not just car nerds which is quite something for a show loosely based on cars, it certainly has gone further than any other car based series here. Furthermore, no one should get away with lamping a producer at all. OTOH I doubt any of us will ever know the full story.
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Mar 30, 2015 11:52:54 GMT
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All in my humble opinion, but Top Gear in it's current format is dead. No one is going to replace Clarkson as it stands. I think the format has to radically change for the BBC to carry on with the franchise, and the only way Guy Martin is going to fit is if the program becomes a lot less scripted. Personally, I would like to see it a bit more like the Roadkill series, but with a more varied range of cars. Plenty of hooning and loud noise but with a decent level of petrol head tech to go with it: ROADKILL link...Who wouldn't like to see more of this kind of stuff?
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Mar 30, 2015 12:09:10 GMT
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Every day's a school day! Just yesterday I learnt that one species of monkey in the Nairobi National Park (vervet monkey, go on - google it) has a red bum (not that unusual), a bright red knob (maybe slightly unusual) and a bright blue/turquoise ball sack! (Pretty damn unusual and rather shocking to see!). You set the tone, I'll lower it! "a red bum, a bright red knob and a bright blue/turquoise ball sack!" That almost describes perfectly the presenters of Top gear before the tantrum.
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bazzateer
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Mar 30, 2015 17:20:26 GMT
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"a red bum, a bright red knob and a bright blue/turquoise ball sack!" That almost describes perfectly the presenters of Top gear before the tantrum. So my reply was pretty much on topic then?
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1968 Singer Chamois Sport 1972 Sunbeam Imp Sport 1976 Datsun 260Z 2+2 1998 Peugeot Boxer Pilote motorhome 2003 Rover 75 1.8 Club SE (daily) 2006 MG ZT 190+ (another daily) 2007 BMW 530d Touring M Sport (tow car)
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Mar 30, 2015 18:50:35 GMT
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what will happen to the stig, he will have to start signing on!! haha
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bigjl
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Mar 31, 2015 19:54:03 GMT
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Punch someone at work today, see how many signatures will pay your mortgage... it wasn't supprising he went. Anyway, I don't think anyone can replace the three. Look how much we slagged off The Classic Car Show recently, and that's full of things we like!! I must admit I quite like the Classic Car Show. Quentin Wilson is a bit of a smug cock but it is only a TV Show.
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Guy Martin to replace JC?fr€$h&m1nt¥
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what will happen to the stig, he will have to start signing on!! haha I'm pretty sure the BBC will do a stig cartoon for the kids. As for the man in the suit I guess he'll carry on doing his day driving job.
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paul99
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Favorites are apparently Jodie Kidd or Sabine Schmitz, but that's only for one place on the show, and you would need to have at least one other presenter. Throw in Suzi Perry and I'm there
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