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Buh-bye

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  • JollyJ Offline
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    Jolly
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    https://www.theautopian.com/top-gear-is-officially-off-the-air-indefinitely/

    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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    • George KG Offline
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      The show was Clarkson, Hammond and May.

      Without them, it's a bore.

      And, somehow, the Grand Tour ain't what Top Gear used to be either.

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        They also had to pay out 9 million pounds in compensation to Freddie Flintoff after his accident - both he and Hammond were lucky not to have been killed. There's got to be a point where people say 'this is stupid'.

        I'd kind of lost interest in both shows before they transferred. The Clarkson etc. one had become almost like a parody of itself.

        I was only joking

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          They also had to pay out 9 million pounds in compensation to Freddie Flintoff after his accident - both he and Hammond were lucky not to have been killed. There's got to be a point where people say 'this is stupid'.

          I'd kind of lost interest in both shows before they transferred. The Clarkson etc. one had become almost like a parody of itself.

          George KG Offline
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          @Doctor-Phibes said in Buh-bye:

          The Clarkson etc. one had become almost like a parody of itself.

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          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          • LuFins DadL Offline
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            I never really got turned on to them until Grand Tour. Maybe that’s why I seem to like it more than most? I’ve watched a few episodes of Top Gear, and liked it, but not quite as much… It could be a matter of nostalgia not being as good as it used to?

            The Brad

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            • George KG Offline
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              George K
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              Top Gear was at its best when it was about...cars. They had some goofy stuff, to be sure, but the reviews of the cars were great.

              I never enjoyed the "adventures" quite as much. They always seemed contrived, in a Grand Tour kind of way. The crises were staged and designed to get a chuckle. Not a laugh, but a chuckle.

              Don't give me a Brit version of "Oregon Trail." Show me some Aston Martins, Lambos and Mustangs.

              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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              • George KG George K

                Top Gear was at its best when it was about...cars. They had some goofy stuff, to be sure, but the reviews of the cars were great.

                I never enjoyed the "adventures" quite as much. They always seemed contrived, in a Grand Tour kind of way. The crises were staged and designed to get a chuckle. Not a laugh, but a chuckle.

                Don't give me a Brit version of "Oregon Trail." Show me some Aston Martins, Lambos and Mustangs.

                Aqua LetiferA Offline
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                @George-K said in Buh-bye:

                Don't give me a Brit version of "Oregon Trail."

                Awesome description. 😄

                Please love yourself.

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                • George KG George K

                  Top Gear was at its best when it was about...cars. They had some goofy stuff, to be sure, but the reviews of the cars were great.

                  I never enjoyed the "adventures" quite as much. They always seemed contrived, in a Grand Tour kind of way. The crises were staged and designed to get a chuckle. Not a laugh, but a chuckle.

                  Don't give me a Brit version of "Oregon Trail." Show me some Aston Martins, Lambos and Mustangs.

                  Doctor PhibesD Offline
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                  @George-K said in Buh-bye:

                  Top Gear was at its best when it was about...cars. They had some goofy stuff, to be sure, but the reviews of the cars were great.

                  I thought the early series of the new show in the 2000's were a good mix. The original Top Gear in the 70's and 80's was all cars, nothing else, and it was pretty dull - not many laughs except of course for Clarkson's perm.

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                  Then they got sillier and sillier as they made more and more money.

                  I was only joking

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