I came in to Top Gear at the same point. My issue was that the existing trio felt forced as is. Their humor had already become old and tired. A new crew can work, or it might fail. But I’m willing to give it a shot.
But then I actually like Fifth Gear as well.
Guy Martin is a great bloke. I hope he steers well clear of this disaster.
It might be up against the terrible threesome on ITV. If ITV does it right it would blow any Top Gear on the Beeb out of the water.
That does sound promising. Any thoughts on the new title?
“Overdrive”?
I wonder who owns the rights to The Stig. For that matter, who owns The Stig?
Some say he belongs to the Dalai Lama.
“The Better One” would be in line with their ridiculous, understated side-swipes.
If that happens, I hope one of the US channels will air it in America.
Shifting Gear?
I like it.
The mirror has a funny one.
So it’s going to be Chris Evans after all. Anyone see his skit with Clarkson last week where they discussed tips for the job? Apparently Hammond and May definitely not involved.
I think that to do it right, they’re going to have to change the format quite a bit. Top Gear has gotten pretty repetitive and the three have gotten a bit long in the tooth and don’t seem quite as willing to pull some of the stunts that they used to.
I certainly hope that they come back with something good, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the outcome is that they simply drive it in that it was a good time to retire anyways.
To succeed, I think that they’ll need to broaden their scope and not just do cars. They’ll also need to focus more on verbal humor and smaller pranks rather than explosions, hacking their way through the jungle, and car crashes.
I also read that Clarkson recorded voiceovers for the previously produced segments for the unaired last two episodes. They will be combined into one final episode with the original three, scheduled to air 28 June.
BBC2 showed a trailer for it tonight. It seems to include yet another hilarious caravan race. Maybe the format does need a shake up.
I hope that will air on BBC America soon thereafter.
FYI, this final episode of Top Gear with Clarkson, Hammond and May is scheduled to air on BBC America on Monday, July 13.
Rupert Grint
Bob Geldof
thap MP who was also a guest. The one who wanted school buses to take the motorway.
Went ahead and made a thread about it although I suppose it could’ve gone in this thread. We posted at the same time.