Top Gear driveby

MichaelW
MichaelW Posts: 2,164
edited December 2010 in The bottom bracket
Literally hundreds of concerned viewers have complained to OFCOM about the antics of the television motoring programme Top Gear. I myself was greatly disturbed that these allegedly grownup motoring journalists enacted a purile stunt shooting an effigy of their ex-test-drive Mr Stig with real guns from their cars.
This sets a bad example to the Youth of Britain and the BBC should hang their heads in shame. These presenters should confine themselves to testing the latest family cars providing purchasers with informed opinion rather than behaving like hooligans.
Disgusted
Tunbridge Wells

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  • Squillinossett
    Squillinossett Posts: 1,678
    Really............






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  • upperoilcan
    upperoilcan Posts: 1,180
    Yawn.....................
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  • Limburger
    Limburger Posts: 346
    Having only just read about it I feel the need to go out and shoot something up!


    Actually, some guys I used to work with got shot in a drive-by type thing outside a club in Leeds a few years ago. The guys who did it were not motivated by watching a light hearted motoring program, or even a serious one.
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  • thel33ter
    thel33ter Posts: 2,684
    It's Top Gear, the only reason people watch it is for the hooligan antics. If you don't like it, don't watch it. That's what Fifth Gear is for, sensible family car reviews.
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  • jim453
    jim453 Posts: 1,360
    thel33ter wrote:
    It's Top Gear, the only reason people watch it is for the hooligan antics. If you don't like it, don't watch it. That's what Fifth Gear is for, sensible family car reviews.

    Why are you replying like the op is in any way serious?

    He probably loves TG like hundreds of thousands of other tragic losers.
  • gregster10217
    gregster10217 Posts: 469
    MichaelW wrote:
    Literally hundreds of concerned viewers have complained to OFCOM about the antics of the television motoring programme Top Gear. I myself was greatly disturbed that these allegedly grownup motoring journalists enacted a purile stunt shooting an effigy of their ex-test-drive Mr Stig with real guns from their cars.
    This sets a bad example to the Youth of Britain and the BBC should hang their heads in shame. These presenters should confine themselves to testing the latest family cars providing purchasers with informed opinion rather than behaving like hooligans.
    Disgusted
    Tunbridge Wells

    That's out of the millions that watch it? God, I get to have a gun at work and it doesn't make me feeling like complaining, or more importantly, going out and shooting someone. At the moment, fortunately, the only think I do shoot is cardboard cut outs, never had the need to draw it/use it on anything else.
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  • northernneil
    northernneil Posts: 1,549
    jim453 wrote:
    thel33ter wrote:
    It's Top Gear, the only reason people watch it is for the hooligan antics. If you don't like it, don't watch it. That's what Fifth Gear is for, sensible family car reviews.

    Why are you replying like the op is in any way serious?

    He probably loves TG like hundreds of thousands of other tragic losers.

    350,000,000 losers.... of which i am one,

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  • jj1048
    jj1048 Posts: 107
    MichaelW wrote:
    I myself was greatly disturbed that these allegedly grownup motoring journalists enacted a purile stunt shooting an effigy of their ex-test-drive Mr Stig with real guns from their cars.

    Who has alleged Clarkson & co to be grownups? Certainly not themselves. :wink:
  • Holyzeus
    Holyzeus Posts: 354
    edited December 2010
    Think it's a wind-up, he's signed Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells.
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  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    Have people really complained about it? :lol:
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  • Stewie Griffin
    Stewie Griffin Posts: 4,330
    I note James May suffered a head injury during filming. Apparently he was stood too close to a slack rope which was tied to two cars one of which moved causing it to tighten throwing him head first into a rock, idiot. Would anyone watch it anymore if all they did was review family cars?
  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    jim453 wrote:
    thel33ter wrote:
    It's Top Gear, the only reason people watch it is for the hooligan antics. If you don't like it, don't watch it. That's what Fifth Gear is for, sensible family car reviews.

    Why are you replying like the op is in any way serious?

    He probably loves TG like hundreds of thousands of other tragic losers.

    I believe he meant the people in general who watch and then complain, not the OP specifically, which is obviously a wind up.
    Over 5m people watched that episode live, and a good few hundred million by worldwide syndication - so obviously plenty of us 'tragic losers' around.
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  • Ben6899
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  • freehub
    freehub Posts: 4,257
    Top Gear is entertainment, some of it is probably decent reviewing of cars, but the majority of it, and the best part, is what they get up to, the road trips, all the funny things they do, the crashes and damage and everything is brilliant.

    The episode when they were racing round the track in lorries was comedy gold I thought.
  • nwallace
    nwallace Posts: 1,465
    Stewie Griffin wrote:
    I note James May suffered a head injury during filming. Apparently he was stood too close to a slack rope which was tied to two cars one of which moved causing it to tighten throwing him head first into a rock, idiot. Would anyone watch it anymore if all they did was review family cars?

    Well I watch Air an Rathad (ok I also have to read the subtitles) when I notice it's on, as it's a semi-serious car review programme.

    I like how that episode showed (due to digital rev counter, speedo and gear display) showed that most of their "racing" shots are done in the same way Boy Racers make lots of noise and appear to be going quick. 1st gear and boot it past the camera car crawling at 10 :D
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  • jrduquemin
    jrduquemin Posts: 791
    I was more concerned about his comments about setting cyclists on fire.... The drive-by section was entirely inconsequential. Bloody lousy shots all of them though....
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  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,152
    And another episode tonight! Just need to get back from a party sharpish, to be honest the kids look tired....... :lol:
  • shockedsoshocked
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgABbHPdwH4
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  • White Line
    White Line Posts: 887
    Oh, and that but where Clarkson says he likes the idea of a cyclist on fire! Outrageous! :roll:
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  • berliner
    berliner Posts: 340
    It made me laugh.

    But yesterday's funny was "Have you got any air freshener Barbara" ? I nearly choked on my pudding..
  • Jay dubbleU
    Jay dubbleU Posts: 3,159
    Top Gear does all the things you wish you could do and get away with. Its also comforting that they are ambitious but rubbish as are most of us :wink:
  • daddypooks
    daddypooks Posts: 6
    MichaelW wrote:
    Literally hundreds of concerned viewers have complained to OFCOM about the antics of the television motoring programme Top Gear. I myself was greatly disturbed that these allegedly grownup motoring journalists enacted a purile stunt shooting an effigy of their ex-test-drive Mr Stig with real guns from their cars.
    This sets a bad example to the Youth of Britain and the BBC should hang their heads in shame. These presenters should confine themselves to testing the latest family cars providing purchasers with informed opinion rather than behaving like hooligans.
    Disgusted
    Tunbridge Wells


    is that you stig ?

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