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Am I the only one who found that quite entertaining, then? >_>
Some people take Top Gear way too seriously, it’s a great way to spend an hour.
Clarkson is a legend!
Clarkson for PM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He’s amusing, but doesn’t give a good impression of the British.
Jeremy’s whole persona is based on being an asshole. Still, I was offended when he wore a kaffeyah on the Winter Olympics Special, but I guess that was the point.
“Some people take Top Gear way too seriously, it’s a great way to spend an hour.”
Err, quite the contrary it’s so worthless it’s a complete waste of time – I think one has to be very lonely, out in nowhere, with no pets or hobby, nor friends to call nor premium TV channels to watch, books to read etc to be so bored to resort watching this lame, clueless, loudmouthed uttering idiot called Jeremy Clarkson…
…seriously: does anyone take this clown seriously after his ignorant mumblings about global warming, about the long-debunked hybrid Prius vs H3 etc?
Now this “one-eyed Scottish idiot” remark? What kind of PoS person is this?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1137242/Jeremy-Clarkson-apologises-Prime-Minister-calling-eyed-Scottish-idiot.html
This guys is classic tabloid joke, that’s only way he can make his money, remember.
Think of a press conference with The Stones, The Faces, or Zeppelin in the early 70’s taking about cars. These guys are like Rock Stars giving everyone the finger. I love it.
this lame, clueless, loudmouthed uttering idiot called Jeremy Clarkson…
He’s also a Chelsea fan. But since I’m a lonely soul who lives out in nowhere, with no friends, pets, premium channels, books, etc, I’ll still continue to watch.
That is Clarkson’s shtick. Its British humor. Its great.
He’s really funny! He even improvs well. Don’t take it too seriously im sure even he doesnt.
I agree with katie
And A lot of people in England would agree with JCs comment about our illustrious PM
Anyone who insults Gordon Brown gets my approval immediately.
Clarkson’s act flies in the face of political correctness, which I think is far more honorable than most “good causes” we’re expected to support in modern society.
“…does anyone take this clown seriously ”
You’re watching it wrong. He’s not meant to be taken seriously.
Seriously.
Clarkson always makes me laugh. But then again, I love my cat, who is an absolute bastard and will scratch anyone who dares to pet him, yet he still wants to sit on everyone’s lap.
““…does anyone take this clown seriously ”
You’re watching it wrong. He’s not meant to be taken seriously.
Seriously.”
Perhaps you’re right – I shouldn’t take journalists as journalists, right.
Anyone who doesn’t find him funny just doesn’t have a sense of humour… and anyone who takes him seriously or is at all bothered by what he says is the one who needs to get a life.
Please don’t think I’m writing this out of jealousy. I do not begrudge Mr, Clarkson his success. He’s a hard worker, an excellent car critic (when he sets his mind to it) and an amazing writer. I’m not him, nor do I wish to be. Believe it or don’t.
My main beef: JC is not is a great thinker. In fact, he’s not even a good one. He’s the laziest so-called journalist I’ve ever seen. He simply finds a sacred cow and gores it, with no more thought about the whys and wherefores than a meat packer. If it’s PC he craps on it, no matter what.
At times, JC’s mindless one-fingered salute to the world is just plain ludicrous. As it is here, during this rant. I’d wager that if the majority of the world was anti-AGW, he’d be for it.
Of course JC is funny. He’s the Don Rickles of automotive journalism! Who gives a shit? That’s entertainment!
But it pains me to watch. Again, Clarkson is a hugely talented writer, with a gigantic following. Always playing the clown/little Englander/douche bag/rebel is a waste of his God-given talent. At the risk of going zen…
A young boy meets a Zen master for tea, hoping to becomes his student. The boy tells the master why he wants to study zen, why he admires and respects the master, what he’s willing to do for the master, what he’s already done to prepare himself to learn, what he currently believes…
Suddenly, the boy stops. The master has filled his tea cup and continued to pour. Hot tea is flowing over the cup’s edge, onto the table and onto the floor.
“Master, my cup is full,” the boy says politely.
‘Exactly,” the master replies.
Sounds like France when they lose a war.
Johnny Canada :
February 6th, 2009 at 11:43 am
Think of a press conference with The Stones, The Faces, or Zeppelin in the early 70’s taking about cars. These guys are like Rock Stars giving everyone the finger. I love it.”
While I can understand it was a big deal back in the 70s and I can find them sort of funny even today (60+ old rebels, hah!), I’m (still) under 40 and these copycat follow-up acts of Clarkson are downright lame and pathetic attempts for me, sorry.
Perhaps I’m not old enough to appreciate this cheap show this clown puts up every time he opens his mouth…?
Clarkson is no more an automotive journalist than Michael Moore is a documentarian, or Rush Limbaugh a political analyst. All three of them are entertainers.
“Perhaps you’re right – I shouldn’t take journalists as journalists, right.”
Not in this case, no.
Robert’s dead on in his observation of Clarkson playing the English version of a stereotypical hillbilly. He revels in his own ignorance and arrogance.
If this were WW-I, he’d buy himself a commission, send his people to the slaughter, then blame them for failing to meet his impossible orders.
But then, there’s loud, obnoxious people with absurd opinions in every nation.
“That’s been canned, the American one.
They just don’t get it.
They just don’t understand a single word we’re on about. Not one word. They just don’t get it, really.
They focused it. ‘I don’t really get it.\'”
Could be dat, in a zenny sort of way.
….the fact that he p*sses off the liberals is prima facia evidence he is doing something right.
Johnny Canada :
February 6th, 2009 at 11:43 am
Think of a press conference with The Stones, The Faces, or Zeppelin in the early 70’s taking about cars. These guys are like Rock Stars giving everyone the finger. I love it.”
While I can understand if it was a big deal back in the 70s (hey, I can find them sort of funny even today: 60+ old rebels, hah! :D), I’m (still) under 40 and these copycat follow-up acts of Clarkson are downright lame and pathetic attempts for me, sorry. Perhaps I’m not old enough to appreciate this cheap show this clown puts up every time he opens his mouth…? Quite possible, I agree…
RF: I’m not sure what do you mean by “hard worker” and “excellent car critic” but as I recall from the few pieces I’ve read from him his ‘reviews’ were rather gonzo-styled blog entries – check out this: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/jeremy_clarkson/article3638139.ece -, usually full of irrelevant crap and drawing either unsubstantiated or clueless summaries (like “torque of a pencil sharpener (…) The Legacy with a petrol engine? Yes. Definitely.” – rrrright because the 2.5 ‘petrol’ has a LOT LESS torque than 2.0D does, right, Jero?)…
The fact that he is p*ssing off the liberal is prima facia evidence he is doing something right.
Jeremy Clarkson is a magnificent disaster. The automotive journalist version of John Lydon.
I loved reading Clarkson’s page in the back of Performance Car in the early 90’s, he was incredibly funny and I liked his enthusiasm and taste in cars. I thought he deserved all his success but he seems to have lost the self-effacement along the way. Part of what made his prose so endearing was that he never forgot to poke a little fun at himself, it left some air in the room for the reader since the writer was such an outsized presence. Now that he’s a world renowned expert it seems that level of humility isn’t tenable and so I now find him a bit of a blowhard and irritating. While still funny, it’s not as fun.
I read Jezza’s non-automotive rant in The Times each Sunday morning. It’s always good to start a day with a little laughing out loud.
+1 on what Katie said
+1 on what bucksnort said
RF, when the student is ready, the master appears.
A Chelsea fan? The man’s a legend!
Plus, who would even think of doing what he’s done? Launching a car on a rocket, driving to the North Pole, crossing Botswana in three old beaters. It takes imagination to dream up these stunts.
Apparently the same imagination was used to dream up the show Jackass. Just because he has an accent doesn’t mean he’s not one.
Britain’s own Michael Moore. A court jester whom people take too seriously.
I laughed my way right through this. I also like him best when he’s skewering my own sacred cows. Don’t know if that makes me a masochist or just someone with a sense of humor.
I’ll say this about him, he’s influenced people to take some interest in cars and real driving (even if he’s not so good behind the wheel himself) through his show. Just about everyone I’ve hooked on Top Gear was in no way a car buff beforehand, and now they religiously follow, and may well know what a limited slip diff. is by the end of the year. My little sister even rants about understeer now, and neatly points out when I’ve screwed up and provided some. That should excuse almost any sin in my book.
Having Top Gear’s past episodes on DVD, one has context to the Jezza we see now.
Early TG JC is charming anti-pc. Tongue and cheek, nudge-nudge, wink-wink aren’t we having fun.
But now, watching Jeremy today, I feel almost as if JC has become a parady of…himself. There is less and less camradery in the wit — less in-on-the-joke fellowship.
And he still can’t drive for shit.
Oh, and the print Jeremy vs the television persona? No contest. When JC decides to put his mind to it, he has no peers in genre of literary criticism. Peerless.
Again, go back and read him five years ago. A master at the top of his game.
The JC I see now is like going to watch Shaq play basketball. Still a giant. Capabable of incredible feats. But nothing like ten years ago. With Shaq, we know why; it’s age.
With Jezza, I fear it’s fame.
@yankinwaoz,
Either you’ve never watched Top Gear or you’ve never seen Roger & Me.
I mean, if there were two finials to put at opposite ends of the automotive pole, it would be these two.
Clarkson was recently down under and made a comment about Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister of Great Britain, had had to make a sudden apology, this Guy has no couth period! shame on him, he should stick to vehicles imho!
Clarkson is probably closer to the truth about global warming than government-dole scientists are.
/flameshield
In defence of Jezza (For us ‘mericans: In defense of Jezza):
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/jeremy_clarkson/article5537364.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=1882978
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/jeremy_clarkson/article5626671.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=1882978
P.S.: they are both rather a hoot!
I find TopGear and also his columns and books entertaining. The world is way too serious, Clarkson is not. Anyway..
Geo. Levecque–> Did you even watch the clip? That video is from Australia and the comment is in that video. Where is the world going if one cannot call a politician an idiot anyway?
The Rosanne Barr of TV motoring shows…
Still love TopGear AND FifthGear and Captain Slow is my favorite of them all.
@geggamoya,
Obviously, the world is coming to America. For, after pushing through this felonious “stimulus” package our Dumbo-eared Commander-in-Chief will begin reining in talk radio – the last broadly distributed medium that dare oppose him.
Just because you’re outrageous doesn’t mean you’re brilliant.
Clarkson is an overrated and overpaid idiot.
It’s very odd to hear the words “serious” and “thinker” when it comes to evaluating Top Gear. The great thing about Clarkson is that his shtick all comes from the gut, and that’s the beauty of it.
SAE publishes a nice magazine for those who want pure facts, but it fails to excite my car lust as much as Clarkson & Co.
He’s a national embarrassment. An exporter of stupidity and selfish “thinking” via miscalculated self boosting controversy.
TOTALLY agree on the Don Rickles thing! -perfect.
Unfortunately, I’ve met more than a few Brits who are just like him; -except they’re not kidding.
They go around criticizing everything that’s not BritishEnglish, as if a priori inferior, AND THEN -go around lecturing everyone on how much more Polite the BritsEnglish are compared to the rest of the world.
I guess they’re Still really pissed at having lost their empire, and criticism and snobbery are the only things they excel at.
(they’re probably just jealous of the French being better at Communism, Civil Servant Strikes, Public Demonstrations and International Outcry. -Sometimes I swear the French are salivating over the next possible war so they can launch journalists in via artillery, grab their mikes and shout, “OH, MON DIEU!! -C’EST HORRR-REEEEBLEUUHH!!! TIENS; REGARDEZ-VOUS, CA!!! OYYYYY!”.)
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++Also, JC is a little two-faced. He rips the Gallardo in one TG review, and then a little while later, I think he Buys one, and in a more recent show, says it’s great (LP640-4)
He may hate everyone and everything, but I still love the show.
I almost spit out my drink when he called the French “cheese-eating surrender monkeys”.
Appropriate for a Citroen review? No. Funny? Hell yes.
-ted
That guy on the left was a real laugh!
–chuck
zerofoo: when did Clarkson review a Citroen with those words? I remember he characterized two different Renaults as such, but mainly in an ironic and playful sense.
As a matter of fact, Clarkson has often stated how much he likes and admires France and the French, so I disagree when people say he hates everyone.
I would say the most frequent object of his scorn is America and Americans. Check the archives of the Sunday Times if you need an example.
Apart from his being totally funny, what I like about him are his incorruptible opinions on cars. He won’t be bought, and is not afraid of pissing off car makers. So there is a similarity between Clarkson and TTAC, I would say.