I love the BBC-Top Gear!

[Killearn Kitties]

Aww! Never mind, presumably you will still be able to get the original Top Gear? Online maybe?

Why do networks do that though? I don't think transplanted shows ever work. I wonder if one has ever been popular?

[RICHARD]

Aww! Never mind, presumably you will still be able to get the original Top Gear? Online maybe?

Why do networks do that though? I don't think transplanted shows ever work. I wonder if one has ever been popular?

They can have my BBC when they pry it from my cold dead hands!

American network TV sucks so badly it is not funny.

Brit shows are the best because you have to pay attention!

The accent, the terms and the references to people or events that make you
look for the joke!
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BTW, can you drown Joan Rivers in the Thames next time she is in town?

I started to watch the Graham Norton show- That dude is a riot. We could never get anyone like him on the airwaves because of the sponsors and the censors....

Brit TV is written well and funny - you have to be cerebral to get it...The exception was the guy that did the 'silent slapstick humor"- I forget his name........ugh.....I am getting old!


BENNY HILL!!!!!

Maybe I am not as old as I thought.

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Anyway, they'll take the ideas of the original TG and make them not funny....
I guess it will last a few shows before the purists revolt!

And I will be there carrying the flag!

[Killearn Kitties]

I look forward to you being revolting!

I HATED Benny Hill - I was very young when he was on certainly and my parents didn't watch him, so I have probably only seen him a couple of times, but it was more than enough.

I suspect Joan Rivers could be hard to hold down.

[RICHARD]

I suspect Joan Rivers could be hard to hold down.

Rivers?

Grab her by the hair, If you grab a body part it may fall off, God knows what is stapled or sewn on!

[carole]

Richard i am in a 100 per cent agreement with you, i love nearly all British Tv, over american or own kiwi stuff, which believe me there are only maybe one or two kiwi show's worth watching, i heard Joan Rivers was thrown off Brit tv for a rude comment which was not bleeped out because they did not have it on the show, about our very own Russell Crowe , yes folks he is originally a kiwi not an aussie, they always pinch our stars and market them as Aussies. lol.

As for Benny hill, i also hated him, stupid man, dirty toilet humour.

One exception i must say i was a fan of The apprentice, i watched the british version and have to say i preferred the american one.

I have just watched army wives, and i have to say i am a fan already.

[RICHARD]

Richard i am in a 100 per cent agreement with you,

LOL, where do I send the check?

Rivers used to do the red carpet at awards ceremonies, she'd interview the stars and I guess they finally got tired of her rudeness and attempts at humor.

American TV makes me want to tear my hair out. We have the best facilities to produce top notch entertainment, yet we always go for the passing gas jokes and laughing at old people, go figure.

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KK,
you met me in person, you know I am revolting!

[Oggyflute]

It's a great show, and I manage to watch it most weeks. I still shudder though when I see the clip of Richard Hammond crashing that jet/drag car.

[RICHARD]

I love Top Gear.

I find mysellf laughing like an idiot when I watch the show.

Tonight, the trio tried to get cars packed with camping gear....

Jeremy Clarkson was putting stuff into a Volvo station wagon and he closed the tailgate on something that blew the back window out.

I laughed because I saw the same thing in a gas station parking lot around Christmas.......

I was at a stop sign and was watching a man secure his Christmas tree in the rear of a Jeep Wagoneer.

He was adjusting the tree in the cargo compartment, took a step back and pulled the rear window down on the tree trunk that was sticking out just enough to make the rear window explode onto the gentleman and the area next to the gas pumps.

I almost rolled down the window to taunt the poor fellow, but, I felt bad for the guy and prayed that someone would buy him a new rear window for his wheels in keeping with the spirit of the season,....


p.s., I also wondered that line of B.S. he would tell his family....

"The guy at the tree lot broke it, but I told him not to worry, Our insurance would cover it!"

[blue]

I cant watch Top Gear, no TV. Will Top Gear be covering King of the Hammers next week?

If dessert and rock racing intrests you I can PM you the link when the live coverage starts.

[Catherinedana]

I've never seen this show but I do love British TV. Especially the old stuff and the cop-type shows (particularly the ones with Robson Green and the "Morse" episodes).

Is this on BBC America?

[RICHARD]

You can watch some of the segments here....

http://www.topgear.com/uk/

and it does show on BBC America!

[carole]

Richard my son went to the show when they came here, said it was really good,think they are back here this month for another show, i cannot view it anymore as they put it on prime and I cannot pick it up,alas, still i must say it is very enjoyable and funny for sure.