Reply to: Top Gear presenters commit criminal offence

[threaded]

same here.

Actually, clarksons new book keeps tempting me and given theres naff all selection at schiphol i might have to cave in.

Anyone here read any of his books?

Yes, all of them. Outstanding stuff.

[sasguru]

Well not quite, there actually ARE some people that like Clarkson.

There are some people who like me, like, like....er, er .....my mum.

[DodgyAgent]

And Clarkson is a bit like guru...you either love him or loath him, there is no in between!

Mailman

Whereas you are just loathed

[DodgyAgent]

The show I liked the most was when their mums did a review of some old peoples cars

And Clarkson is a bit like guru...you either love him or loath him, there is no in between!

Mailman

Whatever turns you on

[shaunbhoy]

And Clarkson is a bit like guru...you either love him or loath him, there is no in between!

Mailman

Well not quite, there actually ARE some people that like Clarkson.

[Mailman]

The show I liked the most was when their mums did a review of some old peoples cars

And Clarkson is a bit like guru...you either love him or loath him, there is no in between!

Mailman

[DBA_bloke]

his main job is that of an entertainer... considering the huge ratings and fan base that top gear has, i can say he is entertaining on an enormous scale.

Top Gear has everything you could want in a TV program (except for tits (queue jokes along the lines of "what about Clarkson")).

What about Clarkson?

[Spacecadet]

his main job is that of an entertainer... considering the huge ratings and fan base that top gear has, i can say he is entertaining on an enormous scale.

Top Gear has everything you could want in a TV program (except for tits (queue jokes along the lines of "what about Clarkson")).

[Bagpuss]

The skill he has is being able to rant in an amusing and lighthearted way. Something the likes of Max Hastings, Littlejohn or Hitchens can only dream of.

[DBA_bloke]

I think you will find that he is a big kid with a strong streak of arrogance. And whilst he may indeed be an elitist snob himself the message he gives is one of down to earth self effacement.. which as you may rightly suggest is his way of hiding his own weaknesses.

To be absolutely honest, I do find some of his stuff both funny & clever... but now I am (like, I think, many) bored to feckin' tears with the act he puts on. And it is an act.

He is now firmly in the brigade of wankies who think that automatically gainsaying equals edginess and coolness. It just doesn't: it drowns the good stuff they might come up with.

[DodgyAgent]

Elitist snob? Er, that's Clarkson.

I think you will find that he is a big kid with a strong streak of arrogance. And whilst he may indeed be an elitist snob himself the message he gives is one of down to earth self effacement.. which as you may rightly suggest is his way of hiding his own weaknesses.

[DBA_bloke]

Quite

What i like about Clarkson is that the elitist snobs of this world do not like him. because his humour appeals to such a broad section of people whether they have brains or not.
The people who do not like him tend to be those who take themselves seriously, as he constantly takes pops at those who do, from golf club members to environmentalists, to self proclaimed "intellectuals".

he is a bit irritating of late, but that is probabaly because I have watched all Top gear shows 20 times on satellite

Elitist snob? Er, that's Clarkson.

[DodgyAgent]

Most with a brain don't sit watching something they don't like. IMHO Top Gear is one of the few programs on TV worth watching, it's light hearted, original and funny. Love him or loathe him Clarkson is the most copied motoring journalist EVER in the world EVER, and he reinvented the TV car show formats for the second time, just when most thought the format was dead. It's light hearted p1ss taking in the true British tradition, Clarkson doesn't take himself seriously it's a shame some people have an irony/SOH bypass.

Quite

What i like about Clarkson is that the elitist snobs of this world do not like him. because his humour appeals to such a broad section of people whether they have brains or not.
The people who do not like him tend to be those who take themselves seriously, as he constantly takes pops at those who do, from golf club members to environmentalists, to self proclaimed "intellectuals".

he is a bit irritating of late, but that is probabaly because I have watched all Top gear shows 20 times on satellite

[DaveB]

geek.

And proud of it

[Churchill]

same here.

Actually, clarksons new book keeps tempting me and given theres naff all selection at schiphol i might have to cave in.

Anyone here read any of his books?

Yes. I've read a couple and both were hilarious. But then again, I find the man very funny indeed.