# Man loses job after punching colleague in the face - I applaud Clarkson's exit **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 26, 2015, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-job-after-punching-colleague-in-the-face-i-applaud-clarksons-exit/716014 "2015-03-26T10:14:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-job-after-punching-colleague-in-the-face-i-applaud-clarksons-exit/716014/61 "2015-03-27T20:18:17Z")
Sorry if this has been said before, JC divorced and lost his mother in the last year. Plus he admitted he was drinking and smoking far too much. He was pretty fucked, all told, (I think I’m allowed to use those words here, being the Pit) and so a hiatus is probably the best the BBC can do for him? I was all for him keeping on keeping on before but now I think he needs a new project or, at least, another break from TG. I’d like to see him and their team back, soon, probably sooner than he needs. Although he looks about 120 he isn’t actually that old so could take a year or two out and we’d still have the repeats on Dave, which aren’t that different anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Bouncer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9d8465/32.png) [@Bouncer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bouncer)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-job-after-punching-colleague-in-the-face-i-applaud-clarksons-exit/716014/62 "2015-03-27T20:29:08Z")
So since the BBC fired him and is not renewing his contract, he’s now free to move on? Because I’d imagine various competitors would be pretty much laying siege to him (and the other two) immediately if not sooner. In fact I find it quite a coincidence that this happened just before new contracts were set to start. I’m not saying it’s a plot, but it’s just that it happened at almost exactly the right time from a legal/contractual perspective. /shrug Regards, -Bouncer- ---
**Author:** ![Bouncer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9d8465/32.png) [@Bouncer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bouncer)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-job-after-punching-colleague-in-the-face-i-applaud-clarksons-exit/716014/63 "2016-11-18T16:11:21Z")
Just wanted to bump this since the “nose punching man” apparently landed a new job on a show called The Grand Tour. Which, debuted last night and by all accounts blows the old show (in it’s current incarnation with a part time radio host presenter) out of the water. THEYYYYYYYYYYYYY’RE BAAAAAAAAACK!!! 😃 > **[The Grand Tour, episode one: How Jeremy Clarkson's new £160m show blew Top...](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/on-demand/2016/11/18/the-grand-tour-episode-one-tweaked-bbc-noses-and-other-five-talk/)** > > Well this was exciting. Regards, -Bouncer- PS: “Jessica” by the Allman Brothers (the Top Gear theme song) may just be the best opening song for a show ever. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-job-after-punching-colleague-in-the-face-i-applaud-clarksons-exit/716014/64 "2016-11-18T16:35:04Z")
The boys are back in town. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-job-after-punching-colleague-in-the-face-i-applaud-clarksons-exit/716014/65 "2016-11-18T17:47:47Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > I rather enjoyed Alaskan Bush People due to the remoteness of the show, and the ability of a family to make a home in the tundra far, far away from civilization. Then I read the real story in a news release about a problem they had… They were located 1/2 mile from a pizza shop with neighbors on each side. Creative filming and an even more creative story line aka total misrepresentation. Apparently one neighbor got upset with the helicopter occasionally filming and fired a couple of fireworks at it. That pissed the FAA off and resulted in a $500 fine to the shooter. Then someone fired a rifle on or near their property, and this caused them to pack up and leave the land. The family was a fraud. I suspect this isn’t uncommon with “reality TV.” > > [Digging for the reality behind 'Alaskan Bush People' claims of gunfire - Anchorage Daily News](http://www.adn.com/article/20140531/digging-reality-behind-alaskan-bush-people-claims-gunfire) A lot of the Alaska shows are laughable. I’m from there originally, and when I see what they’re calling “bush Alaska”, I just shake my head. The real estate show was really stupid. People wanting remote Alaska properties were looking at large houses built in places with easy access to services; most all of them were on the road system, which is hardly remote, and a lot of the buyers were horrified by such inconveniences as outhouses, septic tanks, and water catchments. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-job-after-punching-colleague-in-the-face-i-applaud-clarksons-exit/716014/66 "2016-11-18T20:28:59Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I’m more interested in my entertainment than the workplace drama of people I will never meet. > The entertainment industry is full of self-absorbed assholes. > If I only watched shows and movies made by nice guys I would probably be staring at a blank wall most of the time. > > If that makes you want to punch me in the face so be it. I’ll miss the show. You talking about Hollywood or Washington DC? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-job-after-punching-colleague-in-the-face-i-applaud-clarksons-exit/716014.md?page=3)