Jeremy Clarkson | Top Gear Contract will not be Renewed | New Show on Netflix Rumoured

mrspax wrote:Not if it goes to Sky Atlantic.

Somebody Else's Problem wrote:

Lagamorph wrote:If the BBC sack Clarkson I can quite easily see the whole trio going to Sky and making a Top Gear in all but name that gets broadcast on Sky Atlantic so that it's Sky exclusive.
Given the troubles they're in at the moment I doubt ITV could afford all three.

At least it would give me a reason to watch the Sky channels that come with my Talktalk TV package.

Dan. wrote:

Poser wrote:They'd do another show on another network. The presenters are bigger than the brand.

Are they really though? You get the impression Wossy thought the same...

Lagamorph wrote:

Somebody Else's Problem wrote:

Lagamorph wrote:If the BBC sack Clarkson I can quite easily see the whole trio going to Sky and making a Top Gear in all but name that gets broadcast on Sky Atlantic so that it's Sky exclusive.
Given the troubles they're in at the moment I doubt ITV could afford all three.

At least it would give me a reason to watch the Sky channels that come with my Talktalk TV package.

You won't get it if it's on Sky Atlantic, that's a Sky exclusive channel.

A big thing like a new Top Gear, I can easily see it being kept Sky only.

Moggy wrote:

Bigerich wrote:I had never heard "slope" before. As for the other, it takes a special kind of imbecilic banana split to be bothered about it.

1. I had never heard of the slur "slope" either. They obviously used it to refer to the Asian man on the bridge though and should probably have checked if it was an offensive word. I gave them the benefit of the doubt there.

2. I don't think that the numberplate was deliberate and actually believe them there.

3. It takes an absolute imbecilic banana split to think that singing a rhyme with the word "******" in it is unoffensive or not worthy of criticism. Clarkson knew he was in the wrong and the only thing the BBC did wrong there was to give him his final warning and not sack him on the spot (as most other companies would have).

I love Top Gear and hope it continues. Clarkson is an arse though and is too prone to stray into racism to achieve his controversial laughs.

furiosum wrote:I don't see a new top gear going on Sky Atlantic, that's their drama channel primarily. Sky 1 or something would be a much better fit for top gear.

Also, the reaction to the eeny, meeny, miney, mo thing has been massively overblown. It's an unfortunate fact that to people over a certain age, they learned the nursery rhyme with that word in it, so is it particularly surprising that when reciting the nursery rhyme someone who learned it with that word would use it? Besides, he didn't exactly belt it out, he clearly knew that he couldn't use that word on air and so mumbled it so that you can barely make out what the word is.

furiosum wrote:I don't see a new top gear going on Sky Atlantic, that's their drama channel primarily. Sky 1 or something would be a much better fit for top gear.

Also, the reaction to the eeny, meeny, miney, mo thing has been massively overblown. It's an unfortunate fact that to people over a certain age, they learned the nursery rhyme with that word in it, so is it particularly surprising that when reciting the nursery rhyme someone who learned it with that word would use it? Besides, he didn't exactly belt it out, he clearly knew that he couldn't use that word on air and so mumbled it so that you can barely make out what the word is.

mrspax wrote:

furiosum wrote:I don't see a new top gear going on Sky Atlantic, that's their drama channel primarily. Sky 1 or something would be a much better fit for top gear.

Also, the reaction to the eeny, meeny, miney, mo thing has been massively overblown. It's an unfortunate fact that to people over a certain age, they learned the nursery rhyme with that word in it, so is it particularly surprising that when reciting the nursery rhyme someone who learned it with that word would use it? Besides, he didn't exactly belt it out, he clearly knew that he couldn't use that word on air and so mumbled it so that you can barely make out what the word is.

We all know the nursery rhyme.

I know now in my grumpy old age that it was not right. A bit like the casual racism of my grandparents generation.

I certainly wouldn't think it clever to recite on telly.

1cmanny1 wrote:

Moggy wrote:

Bigerich wrote:I had never heard "slope" before. As for the other, it takes a special kind of imbecilic banana split to be bothered about it.

1. I had never heard of the slur "slope" either. They obviously used it to refer to the Asian man on the bridge though and should probably have checked if it was an offensive word. I gave them the benefit of the doubt there.

2. I don't think that the numberplate was deliberate and actually believe them there.

3. It takes an absolute imbecilic banana split to think that singing a rhyme with the word "******" in it is unoffensive or not worthy of criticism. Clarkson knew he was in the wrong and the only thing the BBC did wrong there was to give him his final warning and not sack him on the spot (as most other companies would have).

I love Top Gear and hope it continues. Clarkson is an arse though and is too prone to stray into racism to achieve his controversial laughs.

You are far too PC. Loosen up, no one wants you to be a moral justice warrior. They are jokes and he is funny.

Somebody Else's Problem wrote:You really are the second most miserable person I have ever seen on this forum. Then again, ad7 turns into a squealing kid at Christmas, so you may even have him beat.

mrspax wrote:

Bigerich wrote:And if you had bothered to pay attention at all, you would realise that the number plate was in fact a coincidence.

Patronising. And in any case it's the story according to Clarkson and Willman. It's disputed. A lot of people paid attention. It doesn't mean they agree.

Falsey wrote:

mrspax wrote:

Bigerich wrote:And if you had bothered to pay attention at all, you would realise that the number plate was in fact a coincidence.

Patronising. And in any case it's the story according to Clarkson and Willman. It's disputed. A lot of people paid attention. It doesn't mean they agree.

Actually, wasnt the plate checked by many people on any of the variety of DVLA check sites and turned out it had been registered to the car for 20+ years?

Poser wrote:^^^ We've been over this, and I definitely believe that that is what happened. Saw the car for sale, came up with a feature to suit. Other people think that's ridiculous. I disagree.

Somebody Else's Problem wrote:

Poser wrote:^^^ We've been over this, and I definitely believe that that is what happened. Saw the car for sale, came up with a feature to suit. Other people think that's ridiculous. I disagree.

strawberry float me, that's 9/11 truther levels of ridiculousness.

Poser wrote:

Somebody Else's Problem wrote:

Poser wrote:^^^ We've been over this, and I definitely believe that that is what happened. Saw the car for sale, came up with a feature to suit. Other people think that's ridiculous. I disagree.

strawberry float me, that's 9/11 truther levels of ridiculousness.

No it isn't. Believing Top Gear has the capacity to be wilfully antagonistic is not the same as believing the US Government demolished the twin towers and blamed it on some Asians.