Poll: POLL: Do you agree with Jeremy Clarkson's Sacking?

Do you agree with Jeremy Clarkson's sacking?

  • Yes

    Votes: 778 70.1%

  • No

    Votes: 332 29.9%
  • Total voters
    1,110
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Gogl said:
I enjoyed TFI Friday and have hope that Evans can provide decent entertainment value. Though I haven't watched Episodes, I've found Matt LeBlanc to be entertaining enough in interviews, I like his observation that he doesn't mind if people think of him as a manipulative **** after having thought of him as Joey the the dopey **** for so long.

I used to enjoy Top Gear but it became ridiculously over-scripted to the point where only dimwits could enjoy it. If Evans can deliver a more off-the-cuff show, it might be something I could enjoy, and I don't see Matt LeBlanc being an obstacle to that.
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I stopped watching a long time ago when it became ott scripted.
It just takes all the fun out of it for me
 
Gogl said:
I don't see how you could enjoy it with the realization that it's scripted without being an idiot, what is funny about something that is supposed to be spontaneous yet is in fact fake, this is considered entertainment?
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Blackadder, Only Fools & Horses, Absolutely Fabulous, Dad's Army etc etc ............ all entertainment all scripted.
The majority of us know it's scripted.
 
easyrider said:
I don't know why people are so precious of TG
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I'm not into cars, I find it amusing that people get so passionate about pieces of metal. For me a car is to get me from A to Z. I've been driving for 40 years and only had 6 cars because I drive them into the ground. I really wouldn't know if you'd knocked my car on a car park because there are so many dents in it.
I stayed away from Top Gear because a show about cars was my worse nightmare but around the 10th series I was stuck in somebody's house while they had it on and found myself laughing like a schoolgirl at all the scripted scenes and I've been a viewer ever since.
I like the 3 ex Presenters even though I could also gladly punch them.
 
SexyGreyFox said:
I'm not into cars, I find it amusing that people get so passionate about pieces of metal. For me a car is to get me from A to Z. I've been driving for 40 years and only had 6 cars because I drive them into the ground. I really wouldn't know if you'd knocked my car on a car park because there are so many dents in it.
I stayed away from Top Gear because a show about cars was my worse nightmare but around the 10th series I was stuck in somebody's house while they had it on and found myself laughing like a schoolgirl at all the scripted scenes and I've been a viewer ever since.
I like the 3 ex Presenters even though I could also gladly punch them.
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The_Abyss said:
Maybe they enjoy watching it more than you do?
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SexyGreyFox said:
Too many plot holes and a cut & paste from each series.
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TG was great...The Huge budget and production value was second to none...

Thats what I enjoyed about the show...Editing, sound, visuals....Not Hammond C or May particularly.


Stunning TV

What does May actually add to this VT? Not a lot tbh....Its the film crew ,directors and production team that made TG what is is....Most will be poached by Amazon...But evans knows what he is doing in terms of production...He'll get new blood in with hunger to create VT's of this quality no doubt...

people are to over emphasizing the presenters imo.
 
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Gogl said:
I don't see how you could enjoy it with the realization that it's scripted without being an idiot, what is funny about something that is supposed to be spontaneous yet is in fact fake, this is considered entertainment?
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Possibly because the scripts are funny? I get that you don't find it funny, not everyone has the same tastes, but to then project your tastes on to everyone and calling anyone who disagrees an idiot? Not so great.
 
easyrider said:
TG was great...The Huge budget and production value was second to none...

Thats what I enjoyed about the show...Editing, sound, visuals....Not Hammond C or May particularly.


Stunning TV

What does May actually add to this VT? Not a lot tbh....Its the film crew ,directors and production team that made TG what is is....Most will be poached by Amazon...But evans knows what he is doing in terms of production...He'll get new blood in with hunger to create VT's of this quality no doubt...

people are to over emphasizing the presenters imo.
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That wasn't a film clip representative of the three presenters and their usual comedy banter. You're almost completely wrong. Production and great filming is important but it WAS Clarkson, May and Hammond that brought it alll together and made TG what it was. To be really specific, it was always really just about Clarkson.
 
Merlin5 said:
That wasn't a film clip representative of the three presenters and their usual comedy banter. You're almost completely wrong. Production and great filming is important but it WAS Clarkson, May and Hammond that brought it alll together and made TG what it was. To be really specific, it was always really just about Clarkson.
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Not sure how I can be wrong when comedy banter is subjective...

TBH for me they got a bit on my nerves towards the end...They say, so to speak, disappeared up their own *****

Its easy to act a fool...But the true genius of the show was the VT's

Fact...So you are wrong :p
 
I'm not sure Matt LeBlanc is the best choice. Every time I have seen him in interviews on British talk shows he doesn't seem to get the banter. Then again it's mostly scripted, so might be fine.
 
Now for some not so good news as Eddie Jordan may also be joining (Times):

The former Formula One team owner Eddie Jordan is set to become the third member of the Top Gear trio, adding some racing firepower to the team.

The yacht-owning, drum-playing Irishman is expected to be named within days as part of the Top Gear family, joining Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc.
While LeBlanc, the Friends actor, is bringing some international glamour to the motoring show, Jordan comes with racing and television expertise. He is a former racing driver and was part of the BBC’s Formula One presenting team.
The corporation has been in talks with Jordan since he was left on the sidelines in December when Channel 4 snapped up the Formula One racing rights and poached David Coulthard, another name in the Top Gear frame, to front its new show.

BBC executives hope that the presenters will offer Top Gear fans a package of expertise, glamour and comedy as it goes head-to-head with the old crew — Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond — who are launching a rival show on Amazon.

Jordan, 67, has not yet signed his contract but this is a formality, according to Radio Times.

A BBC spokesman said last night: “We don’t comment on speculation.”
He founded and owned the Jordan Grand Prix from 1991 to 2005, giving Michael Schumacher his Formula One debut. He then moved into broadcasting, becoming the lead analyst for the BBC’s Formula One coverage from 2009 to 2015.

He is known for speaking his mind and attacked BBC bosses last year for “gut-wrenching” timing after they announced plans to ditch F1 just before Christmas.

While BBC bosses and Jordan appear to have buried the hatchet with this near-certain deal, the real surprise this week for Top Gear fans was the signing of LeBlanc.

The actor called into Evans’s BBC Radio 2 breakfast show yesterday to discuss the motoring show, admitting that he had been bowled over by the reaction to the news. “I knew Top Gear was a big show,” he said. “But wow, I was on the front page of the New York Times.”

The actor said he now had someone house hunting in the UK in preparation for joining the programme, which is due to be broadcast by early May. Evans has spent months filming sequences alone as the BBC cast around for suitable co-stars.
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Assuming The Stig counts as cisgender, where's the disabled presenter? This lack of diversity will not do :mad:
 
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