Jonny Smith's Late Brake Show...

[Dynion Araf Uchaf]

politeperson said:

I am now unable to watch terrestrial TV or even Sky (to which I still subscribe).

I only watch Youtube, everything else does not hold my interest I am afraid.

I haven't watched a "normal" TV Channel for about 4 years I would say.

Johhny Smith is very good. I was very pleased he ditched the Car Pervert name.

He would never earn any money from the essential sponsors! Well done Johnny. Very good Channel.

I think it incredible how all these enormous TV production studios, with literally thousands of admin staff can be replaced with a man with a GoPro and a Youtube account. Some of the talent out there, unscripted, is incredible.

My favorite Youtube Channels are Ratarossa (just bagged a 512 Boxer that has been parked outside for 12 years and covered on Moss!), Late Brake Show, Joe Rogan (a real petrolhead), Hoovies Garage, Vice Grip Garage, Watch JRGo, Car Wizard, VinWiki, Tyrrels Classic Gargae, Harrys Garage. Mark Felton, Dark Docs (he does gabble a bit), Restore Channel, Tavarish, I enjoyed the Goonsquad Brothers very much until they got into property development recently. Their rebuilds are superb. Fantastic skills and Brave too (tig weld a Ferrari Chassis anyone?).

Even established heroes like Richard Rawlins have now started broadcasting their adventures without the shackles of the censor. Dennis Collins is superb. A walking encyclopedia. Very impressive on Jags, Jeeps and 911s and more.

And its all free! Thousands of hours of it.

As a sheet metal worker (enthusiast) I really get good tips from Fitzees Fabrications and Trevs blog. Trev has to be one of the best panel forming guys on the planet.

I think it would be an excellent idea for Lord March to create a Youtube Village at the Festival. I could meet my heroes and their cars for real. That would really be worth something.

Ratarossa does my noggin in. I had to unsubscribe from the 512 build because he seems to a) be in it for the money, b) drag out every little thing in order to earn some money, and his product placements are just cheesy ste. One of the few that I don't like.

But back on topic, - The late break show really is very good, and I'll echo the comments that this kind of stuff would never get made on terrestrial tv.

[2172cc]

He did some lost classic car archeology videos before when the channel was called Car Pervert which were really good. What I like is the complete mixture of all sorts of stuff so you never know what's coming up next and its not always the same predictable content.

[rallycross]

His show has taken a big step up since the rebrand and I’ve really enjoyed all the new ones, as per comments above he’s doing a fantastic job and I hope it works out for him with the new channel.

Getting Matt Neal and Jason Plato together was really good to see and then having the separate interviews with each of them was a good touch.

[Google [bot]]

I agree, Johnny’s got this spot on. Haven’t seen the JP/MN chats yet, will have a look today. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed every other I’ve seen.

[Salmonofdoubt]

Along with the Smith & Sniff podcasts Jonny’s YouTube channel is one of the few things I look forward to new episodes of.

I discovered the older Smith & Sniff videos earlier this year and when they started the podcast it became the first thing I’d listen to on a Monday morning. The quality of the videos on his channel has gone up since the rebrand but the older stuff is still very watchable.

It clearly shows how with a bit of skill and a lot of hard work YouTube can have quality content.

[jonwm]

Just watched the JP MN one whilst building my lads bike!!
Really good like the Chris Harris one, I've followed him on Twitter and enjoy his podcasts with Richard.

My only worry is that be will run out of his mates to take the chair to.

Seems he's trying on his own whilst short of regular TV stuff, fair play to him can't be easy.

[CrutyRammers]

AnotherClarkey said:

Jonny's and other YouTube channels are going to obliterate broadcast TV motoring shows. There is no way that things like the Idol Chats or (currently) niche interest stuff like the Citroen Ami or street sleeper Allegros would be covered in any depth, if at all. It isn't even as if you have to accept lower quality - the filming and editing are top notch too.

It is happening across all interest areas - take sailing for example. Little or no interest from conventional media but channels like Seawolves, Planet Sail etc. are covering things like the Vendee Globe and America's Cup and bringing them to life in ways I haven't seen before. Space - Everyday Astronaut, Scott Manley, Marcus House all providing amazingly detailed and educational coverage.

As Hubnut would say, all the good times!

Agree with all of this, I watch little else these days. You'd never get such in depth coverage of more niche stuff on traditional channels.
I'm a hobby blacksmith and there are people documenting the craft and it's history in ways which simply wouldn't have happened previously.

[anonymous-user]

If you want high production values from YouTube it has to be Fortnine.

[tangerine_sedge]

I watched the Citroen Ami vid the other day, and loved it so much I subscribed straight away. What would have been a 30 minute shake-of-the-head-what-are-those-crazy-french-thinking segment on top gear was given a decent amount of time to review a really interesting new car.

I agree with most posters here, the quality of youtube content creators is improving. I doubt it will ever get to tv production levels but it doesn't need to, it just has to be good enough so that you don't notice it.

Now, I'm off to watch some old bloke fix various 80's 8-bit computers...

[Mezzanine]

I’d like to watch a livestream of Plato out on the drink...I think that might be highly entertaining.

I loved his stories about Schumacher.

[ajprice]

Mezzanine said:

I’d like to watch a livestream of Plato out on the drink...I think that might be highly entertaining.

I loved his stories about Schumacher.

Has anyone got a 'signed' copy of his book?

[James_N]

I’m glad I found this thread as I too have been following Johnny for a long time and think since the rebrand, channel has been fantastic. I really loved the Plato/ Neil interviews and tweeted him to tell him. Really took me back
To the golden age of touring cars which I loved. Really hoping for more of the same!

[crofty1984]

outnumbered said:

His recent interviews have been very entertaining and I've enjoyed them greatly. But he is slightly cheating because they're people he knows well. The big test is whether he can keep it going beyond his circle of buddies. Hope he does.

That's a thought I had too, fair play to him, he's come out all guns blazing, and I've no doubt his car based stuff will remain great, but I REALLY hope he can keep up the calibre of "Idol chat" guests.

[Thundersports]

Excellent interview with JP and Neal i'll be watching his other shows from now on.

[DoctorX]

crofty1984 said:

That's a thought I had too, fair play to him, he's come out all guns blazing, and I've no doubt his car based stuff will remain great, but I REALLY hope he can keep up the calibre of "Idol chat" guests.

Tiff must be on the list, surely.

[AlexRS2782]

I don't generally catch a lot of YT stuff, but got linked to the channel, via the BTCC thread on PH, as it had the Plato / Neal interviews.

Really enjoyed that tbh. Before those interviews i never knew that, as a result of Matt's independent win in the Primera, Nissan took back the engine / ecu and gave them back down on power / different mapping to ensure they'd be unlikely to embarass the factory team ever again.

Very open conversation with both of them as well, especially their different, but also quite similar, reactions to winning, plus JP's various car write off stories reminded me very much of the '90's and various friends doing similar.

Still need to find the time to watch the Chris Harris interview(s).

tangerine_sedge said:

I watched the Citroen Ami vid the other day, and loved it so much I subscribed straight away. What would have been a 30 minute shake-of-the-head-what-are-those-crazy-french-thinking segment on top gear was given a decent amount of time to review a really interesting new car.

I had a similar thought when i watched that vid the other night when flicking through the other vids. Most other shows would probably go for a silly, what's the point style feature, whereas he covered the Ami from a genuinely interesting angle.

[Salmonofdoubt]

DoctorX said:

Tiff must be on the list, surely.

Just his jackets I think

[Mezzanine]

Salmonofdoubt said:

DoctorX said:

Tiff must be on the list, surely.

Just his jackets I think

[Belle427]

Enjoyed the Plato and Neal interviews, I genuinely thought they hated each other and probably did at one stage on the track.
The story Plato told about him giving Matt a little nudge on track to send him off was amusing but this sort of thing happened all the time!

[aeropilot]

politeperson said:

As a sheet metal worker (enthusiast) I really get good tips from Fitzees Fabrications and Trevs blog. Trev has to be one of the best panel forming guys on the planet.

Have you watched any of the fabrication/sheetmetal video's that Brian Bass has up on Youtube?

Edited by aeropilot on Tuesday 29th December 08:35