Oh Boy, the upcoming Top Gear episode will be a SLAMMER!

Blazer · #1 07-14-2011, 03:28 PM

And here's why.

That's right: Rowan Atkinson will be the Star in a reasonably priced car. Atkinson must be a bigger petrol head than Clarkson, I'm pretty sure that interview will be a hoot.

**colcifer** · #2 07-14-2011, 03:32 PM

Is there ever a bad TG ep?

FBS1996 · #3 07-14-2011, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by colcifer

Is there ever a bad TG ep?

if there is, I certainly haven't seen it

Blazer · #4 07-14-2011, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by colcifer

Is there ever a bad TG ep?

To be very honest with you, I HATED last year's UK version of the UK Vs. Australia ashes episode. And that was because in the Original Australian version it was much funnier.

Dailymotion - TG Australian Version of Ashes Speical 1/5 - a Auto-Moto video
Here see for yourself.

Bob Lee (QSC) · #5 07-14-2011, 04:13 PM

Excellent! That should be good.

I went to yesterday's taping (or disking?) of Top Gear US. The "celebrities" in the Big Star, Small Car section that day were Rick and Chumlee from the show "Pawnstars," followed by comedian Bill Engvoll. I'd somewhat heard of Bill Engvoll, at least, but not of "Pawnstars." We got to preview some bits of the challenges.

Funky Ghost · #6 07-14-2011, 04:16 PM

Easily my favorite show on the air. The American version sucks SO bad... no reason it ever needed to be made.

iamlowsound · #7 07-14-2011, 04:28 PM

This will be awesome! Just the pictures had me cracking up. This season has been stellar so far.

lowsound

**colcifer** · #8 07-14-2011, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Funky Ghost

Easily my favorite show on the air. The American version sucks SO bad... no reason it ever needed to be made.

I still haven't seen it much like I haven't been on the new Pirates of the Caribbean. What part of Top Gear UK isn't suitable for the American audience?

Bob Lee (QSC) · #9 07-14-2011, 05:50 PM

I don't see any reason to not enjoy both, plus the other Top Gear franchises as well.

J. Crawford · #10 07-14-2011, 06:04 PM

American Top Gear is nowhere near as funny, but just as enjoyable tech head wise.

Love em both.

Funky Ghost · #11 07-15-2011, 10:37 AM

I think the American version is like having a guy read verbatim from Car and Driver magazine. I never got the impression any of them had a clue what they were talking about. Simple things that any gear head would say, they spew unconvincingly. I think I was forever turned off when one of them utter the term 'Nos'.... said it .. I'm old school, and stuck in my ways, and that single Fast and Furious spawned term grates me the wrong way. It's EN Oh Es ... or Nitrous. Not NAWS... jackwagons.

I recognize it's a "me" thing. I wouldn't want someone to remake M.A.S.H. either. Top Gear works because it is the entire sum of it's parts. Clarkson + Hammond + May + Brit humor = perfection. The fact that they are are recognizably, unabashedly "petrol heads" gives the show the credibility to push beyond the shtick. I, personally, just don't get that with the American version. And trust me, I really REALLY wanted to like it.

rob2966 · #12 07-15-2011, 12:42 PM

Only saw one episode of the US version. It was not too bad. It was the special episode where they drive trucks across Alaska.

The funny thing is their "truck of shame" was a Toyota Hillux which:

a) made it to the end of the challenge without any problems
b) I would have gladly chosen over any of the 3 US vehicles

Wasn't sure why it was chosen as the truck of shame, after all, a similar truck on the UK series survived: being tossed in the Atlantic, wrecking ball, fire, caravan droped on it, dropped from top of demolished high-rise...and still started and drove.

Later
Rob

**jmattbassplaya** · #13 07-15-2011, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Funky Ghost

I think the American version is like having a guy read verbatim from Car and Driver magazine. I never got the impression any of them had a clue what they were talking about. Simple things that any gear head would say, they spew unconvincingly. I think I was forever turned off when one of them utter the term 'Nos'.... said it .. I'm old school, and stuck in my ways, and that single Fast and Furious spawned term grates me the wrong way. It's EN Oh Es ... or Nitrous. Not NAWS... jackwagons.

I recognize it's a "me" thing. I wouldn't want someone to remake M.A.S.H. either. Top Gear works because it is the entire sum of it's parts. Clarkson + Hammond + May + Brit humor = perfection. The fact that they are are recognizably, unabashedly "petrol heads" gives the show the credibility to push beyond the shtick. I, personally, just don't get that with the American version. And trust me, I really REALLY wanted to like it.

Same here. I'll admit that I'm not the biggest gearhead around myself, but even I wasn't convinced that those guys really even knew what they were talking about.

fjadams · #14 07-15-2011, 05:01 PM

The UK version = Yes, one of the funniest and most enjoyable shows on TV.
The US version = NO. I was hoping it would be good, but it's abysmal. None of the hosts make me ever want to see anything else they do, ever. I grew up in the racing world in CT, MA, NY, and I don't think any of those guys would be competent to even pump their own gas.

basstotheface · #15 07-15-2011, 09:14 PM

I just really hate British humor.

Mike N · #16 07-16-2011, 06:10 AM

Not a fan of any version of TG.

Bob Lee (QSC) · #17 08-05-2011, 04:00 PM

Good thing the reasonably priced car wasn't a McLaren F1.

Radical Edward · #18 08-05-2011, 04:12 PM

I wasn't aware there was an American version of this show.. Anyway, I actually quite love Top Gear. Those cars.. they just.. they make me drool. How could someone NOT love Top Gear?

Skitch it! · #19 08-05-2011, 04:27 PM

In other news Rowan took a bit of a spill today,

BBC News - Rowan Atkinson crashes McLaren F1 supercar into tree

jrthebassguy · #20 08-05-2011, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Skitch it!

In other news Rowan took a bit of a spill today,

BBC News - Rowan Atkinson crashes McLaren F1 supercar into tree

Looks like he'll be ok.

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Atkinson, known to be a car enthusiast, recently topped the leader's board on BBC Top Gear's Star in a Reasonably Priced Car contest.

Wow. Didn't know he was such a racer. Honestly I generally just purchase the DVDs after each season (er...series, sorry british folks) instead of catching it on BBC America since that's the only way U.S. audiences can catch the whole show.