Atkinson and Clarkson on cars...

[Ace-Garageguy]

 

[stitchdup]

I've met rowan atkinson through a job. just an awful human. i liked his shows before i met him but any grown man that makes 2 teenage waitress cry over bottled water not being his brand needs to reevaluate his actions.

[stavanzer]

17 hours ago, stitchdup said:

I've met rowan atkinson through a job. just an awful human. i liked his shows before i met him but any grown man that makes 2 teenage waitress cry over bottled water not being his brand needs to reevaluate his actions.

That is so right. Shame on him.

[johnyrotten]

Clarkson's top gear is the best one. That guy's awesome. 

[espo]

Really mis the old Top Gear Show on BBC. The interaction between the guys could be funny at times. How they got away with some of their skits was amazing.  

[Ace-Garageguy]

20 hours ago, stitchdup said:

I've met rowan atkinson through a job. just an awful human. i liked his shows before i met him but any grown man that makes 2 teenage waitress cry over bottled water not being his brand needs to reevaluate his actions.

Never having met the man, I have no real idea about how he conducts himself.

That said, after reading your comment, I did a little research about the guy, and the general perception on the web is that he's neither arrogant nor a mammalian exhaust port.

I'm not finding any references to the incident you refer to either (though I've not done an exhaustive search), and as much as the web loves to rebleat anything negative about anybody, particularly if they disagree with anything said person has ever espoused, I find that curious as well.

I'm not arguing with you, as you apparently are stating you actually saw this happen, but are you absolutely certain?

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[stitchdup]

Just now, Ace-Garageguy said:

Never having met the man, I have no real idea about how he conducts himself.

That said, after reading your comment, I did a little research about the guy, and the general perception on the web is that he's neither arrogant nor an exhaust port.

I'm not finding any references to the incident you refer to either (though I've not done an exhaustive search), and as much as the web loves to rebleat anything negative about anybody, particularly if they disagree with anything said person has ever espoused, I find that curious as well.

I'm not arguing with you, as you apparently are stating you actually saw this happen, but are you absolutely certain?

well i was in charge of the two teenage girls as their direct boss. i witnessed their reactions on the monitor from the kitchen and i heard the end of it when i got through. maybe he was having a bad day but it changed my opinion of him.

[Monty]

20 hours ago, espo said:

Really mis the old Top Gear Show on BBC. The interaction between the guys could be funny at times. How they got away with some of their skits was amazing.  

The show existed before the lineup of Clarkson, May and Hammond but wasn't anywhere as entertaining.  The best and final version may have resulted from a change in writers and producers, but the final product was some of the best television I'd ever seen.  (The memory of 6'5" Jeremy Clarkson driving that tiny Peel P50 through the halls of the BBC just popped into my mind). 

 

By contrast, after giving it a chance, I felt the American version of the show was nothing short of unwatchable and best reserved for repeated airings in the holding cells of death row prisoners (Yeah, yeah, 8th amendment, I hear ya).

[espo]

37 minutes ago, Monty said:

The show existed before the lineup of Clarkson, May and Hammond but wasn't anywhere as entertaining.  The best and final version may have resulted from a change in writers and producers, but the final product was some of the best television I'd ever seen.  (The memory of 6'5" Jeremy Clarkson driving that tiny Peel P50 through the halls of the BBC just popped into my mind). 

 

By contrast, after giving it a chance, I felt the American version of the show was nothing short of unwatchable and best reserved for repeated airings in the holding cells of death row prisoners (Yeah, yeah, 8th amendment, I hear ya).

I agree. I can't say 100% this is what happened to Top Gear, but what I recall hearing was a disagreement between Clarkson and one of the producers one night after shooting all day ended in a physical alteration of some sort. I have to think there was other circumstances leading up to this, but this is what I recall as the breaking point between the BBC and the three presenters. Your mention of the US version of Top Gear and it not being nearly as successful as it was on the BBC is right on. Not that the talent on the show wasn't pretty good, but they were mostly doing the same episodes as the BBC did but in the US with the US actors. I can speak only for myself and my sense of humor and what I laugh at on TV. I tend to enjoy much of the British humor and besides the Top Gear shows we used to watch BBC shows such as Coupling, the Jeff caricature would leave me laughing for most of the show. This one was also tried here and, in my mind, never came close to the BBC version. Keeping Up Appearances was full of sight gages and funny situations and the way the characters handled them was priceless.  Waiting for God was always funny as well. 

[peteski]

11 hours ago, espo said:

I tend to enjoy much of the British humor and besides the Top Gear shows we used to watch BBC shows such as Coupling, the Jeff caricature would leave me laughing for most of the show. This one was also tried here and, in my mind, never came close to the BBC version. Keeping Up Appearances was full of sight gages and funny situations and the way the characters handled them was priceless.  Waiting for God was always funny as well. 

And so was One Foot in the Grave, Are You Being Served, and Vicar of Dibley.  Then there is Monty Python, but some people find that one too silly or weird. Fawlty Towers was great too.