BBC Top Gear Thread 2021/2022
Discussion
WarrenB said:
After listening to the Smith and Sniff podcasts it's also increasingly obvious how much of a role Richard Porter (aka Sniff Petrol) played in everything too. Between the three of them (Clarkson, Willman and Porter) they came up with some absolutely fantastic ideas and got the mix between entertainment and cars spot on. TG now seems to be focusing on entertainment, with the automotive side a bit of an afterthought.
I still think it's the best lineup since CHM, and it's still a good way to veg out in front of the TV for an hour, but it is just a shadow of what it once was.
Generally agree, it's clear that the driving force for ideas were JC and RP, although it does seem that JC did most of the talking in the brainstorming ideas planning meeting at the start of prep for each season. It's also clear there were a tonne of ideas which never saw the light of day, including some where footage had been shot.I still think it's the best lineup since CHM, and it's still a good way to veg out in front of the TV for an hour, but it is just a shadow of what it once was.
Others produced ideas which were developed, indeed one of the most memorable incidents came from an original very short Richard Hammond sentence which went something like "I want to drive fast, really really funking fast." That led to a jet car, a crash, an air ambulance and hospital. And JC, AW, JM, and RP hanging around in Yorkshire feeling utterly miserable until they saw RH sitting up in bed and trying to bum a cigarette.
What seems to be missed now is a team of writers willing to sweat blood and tears until they'd crafted something just right. CH is a good writer, but for paper, maybe not scripts.
Edited by FiF on Sunday 2nd January 22:14
FiF said:
WarrenB said:
After listening to the Smith and Sniff podcasts it's also increasingly obvious how much of a role Richard Porter (aka Sniff Petrol) played in everything too. Between the three of them (Clarkson, Willman and Porter) they came up with some absolutely fantastic ideas and got the mix between entertainment and cars spot on. TG now seems to be focusing on entertainment, with the automotive side a bit of an afterthought.
You're kidding, of course, automotive was always subliminal to entertainment - smashing cars up, dropping them from great height and the utterly appalling Transit hovercraft or tragic CGI camping or caravanning fires. Shocking vat of crap at times.
king marvellous and anyone who says otherwise is a bYou suspend your critical facilty when watching these shows. Its only when someone does a parody you can see how odd it all is.
My favourite is I thing a harry and paul sketch of the monty python team.
https://www.facebook.com/BestOfBritishComedy/video...
My favourite is I thing a harry and paul sketch of the monty python team.
https://www.facebook.com/BestOfBritishComedy/video...
LuS1fer said:
FiF said:
WarrenB said:
After listening to the Smith and Sniff podcasts it's also increasingly obvious how much of a role Richard Porter (aka Sniff Petrol) played in everything too. Between the three of them (Clarkson, Willman and Porter) they came up with some absolutely fantastic ideas and got the mix between entertainment and cars spot on. TG now seems to be focusing on entertainment, with the automotive side a bit of an afterthought.
You're kidding, of course, automotive was always subliminal to entertainment - smashing cars up, dropping them from great height and the utterly appalling Transit hovercraft or tragic CGI camping or caravanning fires. Shocking vat of crap at times.
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