James May: Shed loads of ideas

[Milkyway]

Quest: I like (most) of JM's stuff.

OK, a gang messing around in the shed or his pub garden.
I was talking to one of the owners of the village pub... they might have a few new games for the summer.

RiIP to Will Daws, who passed away a few weeks ago.
( JM long time friend & Producer of many if his series).

Edited by Milkyway on Tuesday 9th December 14:20

[PinkTornado]

Must admit, I gave up on this after the first two episodes; I know that James chuntering on is his 'thing', but he started to get on my nerves a bit.

[Panamax]

In 2009 James May and a team of volunteers used 20,000 sections of Scalextric track to recreate the 2.95 mile Brooklands motor racing circuit.

Those were the days. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHKLVy6vBkw

[Milkyway]

PinkTornado said:

Must admit, I gave up on this after the first two episodes; I know that James chuntering on is his 'thing', but he started to get on my nerves a bit.

They all seem a bit mad... in a nice sort of way.
It doesn't seem quite as scripted as Cole & Co.
( Switch off... That was me with the Smallest Cog).

NB: Good publicity for his pub though.

Edited by Milkyway on Tuesday 9th December 14:28

[Milkyway]

Panamax said:

In 2009 James May and a team of volunteers used 20,000 sections of Scalextric track to recreate the 2.95 mile Brooklands motor racing circuit.

Those were the days. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHKLVy6vBkw

His Toy Stories series & toys for boys / girls was good.
Not so much his series where he just dismantled random things...to rebuild them again.

[Skyedriver]

Thought I'd brought this prog to the collectives notice some weeks ago but cannot find it.
Saw it advertised and thought oh this'll be good. How wrong could I be.
Watched the first episode thought it dreadful drivel, slow, uninteresting, badly put together. Someone earlier mentioned Henry Cole. HC is a bit wobbly but is streets ahead of this JM series.

[Milkyway]

That explains a few things...I thought that there would be a thread on it BEFORE it started.

The restorations aren't to the Repair shop standard,but it does follow the old tried & tested format.

The parking ticket one was a bit stupid..,& went on for too long.
(Boring)

Edited by Milkyway on Tuesday 9th December 21:48

[PinkTornado]

I really enjoyed his Toys programmes, and his Japan series, but just about everything else he's put out since, not so much.

[BadOrangePete]

Its passable 'slow tv' but thats about it really. Still beats watching the soaps though I suppose!

Edited by BadOrangePete on Tuesday 9th December 22:10

[WPA]

PinkTornado said:

I really enjoyed his Toys programmes, and his Japan series, but just about everything else he's put out since, not so much.

+1 I feel the same

[Old Man Peabody]

Watched, well, struggled, through the first episode and gave up.

No where near up to the usual JM standard.

[scampbird]

This is basically the second series of "James May and the Dull Men" isn't it? That was all from his shed/pub. It's something I can have on in the background, though his "cooling pants" experiment was properly funny.

[carl_w]

A bunch of the episode appear to be free on Disco+

[Blib]

scampbird said:

This is basically the second series of "James May and the Dull Men" isn't it? That was all from his shed/pub. It's something I can have on in the background, though his "cooling pants" experiment was properly funny.

That's my take on it. I much prefer his You Tube output. Watching his amiable ramblings for 15 minutes suits me better than a whole hour at once.

[sixor8]

They seem to have pinched a bit of 'Repair Shop' too. Last week a telescope, this week a Victorian Games Compendium Chest. All light entertainment, though.

I watched E3 online since it was pulled.