The Grand Tour

[paulguitar]

PhantomPH said:

audidoody said:

Bingo - the forgotten poverty-stricken village cruelly-exploited by the capitalist racists of Grand Tour.

With a st load of luxury hotels about 30'ish miles away,.



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Whilst your point is fair, none of those distances given are less than 50 miles...not "30ish".

The whole scenario was a spoof. Perhaps the slightly bad taste is that it's not really PC to make light of abject poverty and starvation in general. However (and it's a big 'however') that's kind of what CHM have made their money on - being deliberately un-pc.

I was not offended by it even though I suppose it was in questionable taste. I just thought it was crap.

[anonymous-user]

paulguitar said:

I was not offended by it even though I suppose it was in questionable taste. I just thought it was crap.

I would agree.

I wasn't offended by it. I don't tend to get offended by things.

I simply thought it was in extremely questionable taste and utterly crap.

Sad way to end a good series.

[Lucas Ayde]

I thought that the Mozambique Road Trip was watchable enough - certainly nowhere near as dire as many here have been saying. Or maybe it was the torrent of negative opinion preparing me for a massive disappointment that made it seem good when I watched.

Let's face it, they've long ago used all the gags up that they can do on Road Trips. You know what you're going to get so it's up to the production team to pick places with the best scenery, let it be as unscripted as possible and hope to catch some genuine spontaneous moments of humour.

[carl_w]

Lucas Ayde said:

I thought that the Mozambique Road Trip was watchable enough - certainly nowhere near as dire as many here have been saying. Or maybe it was the torrent of negative opinion preparing me for a massive disappointment that made it seem good when I watched.

My sentiment too. I'm no Mrs Brown's Boys fan but I chuckled a couple of times during the episode. May explaining the salinity thing seemed genuinely pissed off.

[TheGuru]

NDA said:

suffolk009 said:

Doofus said:

suffolk009 said:

Yes it is. Moet was German.

Dutch, surely.

I just looked on the internet, and they do indeed say Dutch. I was going on a conversation I had years ago with a friend who is a Master of Wine. He told me German. He was probably drunk at the time.

In any event there are many far nicer Champagnes.

Yebbut, nobbut, yebbut.... The Dutch family were not called Moët. The name Moët was invented and given to LeClerc by the French. So it's a French name.

Regardless, when you go on a tour of Moët it’s one of the first things the French emphasize, the correct pronunciation with the hard ‘t’

There are also not many far nicer Champagnes, Moët probably has the best quality control out there in terms of maintaining the flavor of its NV champagnes, whilst it’s vintage Dom Perignon is without question at the top end.

[r11co]

Lord Marylebone said:

Numerous others have also pointed out that they disapproved of the pointless waste of food during the episode.

Seriously?

What about the 'waste of fuel' sending them there in the first place?

What about the 'waste of oxygen' you are?

anonymous said:

[redacted]

This.

[anonymous-user]

Why do people feel the need to get so aggressive, insulting and confrontational when trying to discredit those who don't worship TGT?

[MartG]

Crossflow Kid said:

Why do people feel the need to get so aggressive, insulting and confrontational when trying to discredit those who don't worship TGT?

FTFY

[irocfan]

AnotherClarkey said:

oilbethere said:

AnotherClarkey said:

I said more respect, not massive. And still better than CHM.

You have totally missed the concept of the episode. They took the piss out of the hypocrisy of said people. Why do you think he kept mentioning Beckham's knighthood?

No I haven't, it is just that the concept was st.

actually I suspect that most people thought that the concept wasn't too bad - it's the execution that seems to have been a problem for some.

WRT to the wasted fish... it is entirely possible (probable?) that the fish used in this were the cast offs, in which case what's the issue?

[anonymous-user]

MartG said:

Crossflow Kid said:

Why do people feel the need to get so aggressive, insulting and confrontational when trying to discredit those who don't worship TGT?

FTFY

Really?
I don't see many comments referring to the die-hard fans as snowflakes or oxygen thieves.
Those who weren't impressed seem to say just that. And only that. They don't start laying in to those who won't have a word said against it.
Why is that?

[Doofus]

It was a bad idea, arguably in bad taste. Like so much of TGT, it was executed with the least possible effort. It could have been good but, once again, the three protagonists adopted their fictitious personae, and played out the same old, tired old tropes.

It's become incredibly boring, repetitive and unimaginative. I've said it several times before, buy they are capable of so much better. I have to conclude that they just can't be bothered any more.

[MorganP104]

Watching TGT is like slipping into a favourite pair of battered old deck shoes. Comfortable and familiar.

Hammond falls off a motorcycle (repeatedly). May gets stuck in mud (repeatedly). Clarkson applies POWER to every situation (repeatedly).

If I want my TV to be challenging, I'll watch a Scandi-noir drama.

Anyone else think it's a perfectly fine way to waste an hour?

[MartG]

Crossflow Kid said:

I don't see many comments referring to the die-hard fans as snowflakes or oxygen thieves.

Just ones saying that if they liked a particular item or episode of TGT then they must love Mrs Brown's Boys and similar lowbrow unfunny shows

[mattyn1]

MorganP104 said:

Watching TGT is like slipping into a favourite pair of battered old deck shoes. Comfortable and familiar.

Hammond falls off a motorcycle (repeatedly). May gets stuck in mud (repeatedly). Clarkson applies POWER to every situation (repeatedly).

If I want my TV to be challenging, I'll watch a Scandi-noir drama.

Anyone else think it's a perfectly fine way to waste an hour?

Yes - I do. Regardless of whether it was or wasn’t bad taste, it still remains must see tv.

[surveyor]

MorganP104 said:

Watching TGT is like slipping into a favourite pair of battered old deck shoes. Comfortable and familiar.

Hammond falls off a motorcycle (repeatedly). May gets stuck in mud (repeatedly). Clarkson applies POWER to every situation (repeatedly).

If I want my TV to be challenging, I'll watch a Scandi-noir drama.

Anyone else think it's a perfectly fine way to waste an hour?

I loved it.

[Doofus]

MorganP104 said:

Anyone else think it's a perfectly fine way to waste an hour?

Not always, no. If it was a fly-on-the-wall documentary, a peek into the lives of three old farts, then I could forgive their reactionary attitudes, their increasingly frustrating opinions, their poor humour and their repetitive behaviour.

However, this programme is ostensibly made with the (an?) audience in mind, and yet they repeatedly demonstrate that the audience is near the bottom of the list of things they feel that they need to satisfy.

[MorganP104]

Doofus said:

MorganP104 said:

Anyone else think it's a perfectly fine way to waste an hour?

Not always, no. If it was a fly-on-the-wall documentary, a peek into the lives of three old farts, then I could forgive their reactionary attitudes, their increasingly frustrating opinions, their poor humour and their repetitive behaviour.

However, this programme is ostensibly made with the (an?) audience in mind, and yet they repeatedly demonstrate that the audience is near the bottom of the list of things they feel that they need to satisfy.

I must be a bit weird then, because I rather like CHM's don't-give-a-toss attitude toward pleasing the audience. They are clearly just doing stuff they enjoy (with Wilman throwing in the odd curveball, I would imagine).

It's a formula that works for them - I expect they can't quite believe they're getting away with it!

[Doofus]

I suppose part of my gripe is that two thirds of them don't actually appear to be enjoying it most of the time.

[oilbethere]

r11co said:

Lord Marylebone said:

Numerous others have also pointed out that they disapproved of the pointless waste of food during the episode.

Seriously?

What about the 'waste of fuel' sending them there in the first place?

What about the 'waste of oxygen' you are?

anonymous said:

[redacted]

This.

[227bhp]

MorganP104 said:

Watching TGT is like slipping into a favourite pair of battered old deck shoes. Comfortable and familiar.

Hammond falls off a motorcycle (repeatedly). May gets stuck in mud (repeatedly). Clarkson applies POWER to every situation (repeatedly).

If I want my TV to be challenging, I'll watch a Scandi-noir drama.

Anyone else think it's a perfectly fine way to waste an hour?

Why would I set out to waste an hour of my life?

It was rubbish, awkward and a waste of food. The whole series has been up and down, some great episodes, good bits and some crap ones. Personally I think they should ditch this trip abroad thing as it's just repetitive and dull.
At least I've watched all the episodes this time, I didn't even bother finishing off the last one. I don't think i'd pay for it.