The Grand Tour

[otolith]

johnxjsc1985 said:

Just read the guardian piece on TGT they really don't like Clarkson do they.

No, they don't. I think the Brighton & Hove dwelling reviewer is probably more comfortable when he's live blogging X-Factor, The Voice, or Britain's Got Talent. Or writing what he describes as his " hilarious longform recap" of Great British Bake Off - I'm not sure that Richard Porter needs fear the competition in the comedy writing stakes.

[RemyMartin81D]

otolith said:

johnxjsc1985 said:

Just read the guardian piece on TGT they really don't like Clarkson do they.

No, they don't. I think the Brighton & Hove dwelling reviewer is probably more comfortable when he's live blogging X-Factor, The Voice, or Britain's Got Talent. Or writing what he describes as his " hilarious longform recap" of Great British Bake Off - I'm not sure that Richard Porter needs fear the competition in the comedy writing stakes.

All white crowd.

Obviously someone with an axe to grind. Stupid fking rag.

[Halmyre]

The Grand Tour's Twitter hashtag #amazonstcarshow

[Clockwork Cupcake]

"Some say that he can make a man pregnant, and that Jeremy Clarkson is carrying his baby.... All we know is he's called 'The Stig'"

[Shakermaker]

Rich_W said:

r11co said:

Rich_W said:

Rico

Is this your world famous "tv insider" knowledge again

Woah, Guess you've got me there. The Mail and The Sun have it bang on, no new The Grand Tour. It has been cancelled and the third series isn't going to happen. In fact, Amazon are going to delete the whole back catalogue in capitulation.

That's not what they said. You're, as usual, being wilfully ignorant. And of course you don't answer the question about why you feel so personally invested in a TV series made by people who seemingly aren't you and don't even know who you are

The story implies that Amazon will not be renewing it after S03 airs. Now its quite likely that's the case. We'll never know viewing figures. But we can read online forums. And its not been a universal success. 3 series' and out would not be a surprise. And whilst I assume you sat through TG tonight and hated all 3600 seconds of it, that show has finally hit its stride in a way the TGT has yet to.

Musk (or more accurately his TV people) are hard nosed business types. The money they are paying is relatively incidental. If they think TGT is not any good, not fulfilling their requirements. Or worse, they feel like CHMW are just taking the money and going through the motions, they will dump it without blinking.

If TGT want to ever get to S04 they'll need to produce some fking gold standard TV pretty damn quickly!

I'm already looking forward to Series 4 and we've only just had the first episode of season 3!

[TopTrump]

Lord Marylebone said:

During this new episode, even my wife commented along the lines of “Wow. His belly is huge now”.

That I expect fully from a woman...

[nickwilcock]

On the topic of personal appearance, at a recent book signing, my conversation with Jeremy went as follows:

Self: "So I guess The Grand Tour will be back soon?"

J: "Yes, we've finished filming now, so hopefully early next year (2019)"

Self: "That's great to hear - but do tell Hammond that his face fungus looks utterly nridiculous"

J: "I do! Several times a day at least!"

Self: "It looks like he's just French-kissed a cow's arse!"

J: "Hmm".

[Clockwork Cupcake]

I think most of the comments on Clarkson's belly stem from concern for his health rather than Fat Shaming.

I think May's belly is more concerning though - the high belly he has is generally more associated with health risks than the low belly that Clarkson has. Neither are healthy though

[stuartmmcfc]

nickwilcock said:

On the topic of personal appearance, at a recent book signing, my conversation with Jeremy went as follows:

Self: "So I guess The Grand Tour will be back soon?"

J: "Yes, we've finished filming now, so hopefully early next year (2019)"

Self: "That's great to hear - but do tell Hammond that his face fungus looks utterly nridiculous"

J: "I do! Several times a day at least!"

Self: "It looks like he's just French-kissed a cow's arse!"

J: "Hmm".

You are Saxondale AICMFP

Edited by stuartmmcfc on Friday 18th January 16:25

[RemyMartin81D]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

I think most of the comments on Clarkson's belly stem from concern for his health rather than Fat Shaming.

I think May's belly is more concerning though - the high belly he has is generally more associated with health risks than the low belly that Clarkson has. Neither are healthy though

Not true imo.

Most, if not all the comments are from people making themselves feel better, probably because they are in a st condition themselves, in regards to their looks they just look like most 50/60 old men who do fk all exercise. Maybe Hammond, he did used to come across as a keen cyclist.

I enjoyed this one. I still covet a Demon more than just about any car.

[ChocolateFrog]

Watchman said:

The Senna looks like a kit car but was amazingly quick.

The Dodge would be my pick of the muscle cars. I love the drag kit. Did they say what it can do the 1/4 mile in? And could you get super high octane fuel over here?

May had the pick of the one-liners. He was quite funny.

I think with a good wind it can dip into the 9's. What's more impressive is a completely standard 720s can beat it 9 times out of 10, yes It's more expensive but that's still pretty incredible.

[ChocolateFrog]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

I think most of the comments on Clarkson's belly stem from concern for his health rather than Fat Shaming.

I think May's belly is more concerning though - the high belly he has is generally more associated with health risks than the low belly that Clarkson has. Neither are healthy though

The real heroes were the buttons on May's shirt, quite alarming.

Referencing the Guardian's dislike for Clarkson, there's a lot of bitter hate from the anti car lobby. There was a TGT advert in the middle of a Fully Charged (worth a watch) Youtube video, a few of the comments were priceless.

[Big Nanas]

Clarkson was just interviewed on Radio 2 and said that they've done away with the 'celebrity guest' section altogether

[Doofus]

Caling a car "Exorcist"is childish enough, but those graphics?

It looks like they were done by the same bloke who designs logos for heavy metal bands

I'd almost sooner drive around in a Senna than an "Exorcist".

Although, on reflection, the Exorcist graphics probably come off, whereas the Senna will always look like a turd (and even more childish).

[Watchman]

ChocolateFrog said:

Watchman said:

The Senna looks like a kit car but was amazingly quick.

The Dodge would be my pick of the muscle cars. I love the drag kit. Did they say what it can do the 1/4 mile in? And could you get super high octane fuel over here?

May had the pick of the one-liners. He was quite funny.

I think with a good wind it can dip into the 9's. What's more impressive is a completely standard 720s can beat it 9 times out of 10, yes It's more expensive but that's still pretty incredible.

9s - that's pretty serious. I've only had a couple of goes at Santa Pod. 240+bhp Caterham = 12.9 and a 410bhp Cerbera = 11.9. Both of those were epically fast on the road. A car that can get into the 9s must feel amazing.

[anonymous-user]

Doofus said:

Caling a car "Exorcist"is childish enough, but those graphics?

It looks like they were done by the same bloke who designs logos for heavy metal bands

I'd almost sooner drive around in a Senna than an "Exorcist".

Although, on reflection, the Exorcist graphics probably come off, whereas the Senna will always look like a turd (and even more childish).

I understand the whole Exorcist name thing.

Use an Exorcist to kill a (Dodge) Demon and all that.

Suzuki made the Hyabusa to ‘kill’ the Honda Blackbird. (The Hyabusa Bird kills and eats Blackbirds)

So it’s all just a bit of fun.

To me, muscle cars should be about silly fun, and doing burnouts and drag races.

[Doofus]

Lord Marylebone said:

I understand the whole Exorcist name thing.

Use an Exorcist to kill a (Dodge) Demon and all that.

Suzuki made the Hyabusa to ‘kill’ the Honda Blackbird. (The Hyabusa Bird kills and eats Blackbirds)

So it’s all just a bit of fun.

To me, muscle cars should be about silly fun, and doing burnouts and drag races.

I know all that, but there's fun and there's embarrassingly childish.

[anonymous-user]

Doofus said:

I know all that, but there's fun and there's embarrassingly childish.

Well I’m 38 and I would happily drive around in ‘The Exorcist’.

Because... look at it.

I’ve always had stuff like that though. 911’s with the biggest GT2 wing kits and loudest exhausts I could find etc.

[johnxjsc1985]

Doofus said:

I know all that, but there's fun and there's embarrassingly childish.

Or just taking yourself a little bit too seriously. Its a TV entertainment programme which you can choose not to watch.
It is totally refreshing to have a non PC programme

[stuartmmcfc]

Lord Marylebone said:

Well I’m 38 and I would happily drive around in ‘The Exorcist’.

Because... look at it.

I’ve always had stuff like that though. 911’s with the biggest GT2 wing kits and loudest exhausts I could find etc.

It looks like th3 sort of car Max would drive if he was really pissed.
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