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GKL 7
14 years ago
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lil2lo
14 years ago
I think the show is a good example of how harsh and cynical British humour is. I notice this kind of humour in lot's of other British tv shows. I very much enjoy the way they constantly make fun of each other (especially James May is often the target of "bad" jokes). The special On Tour series like the Bolivia tour and the America tour are very good entertainment. But when it comes to destroying things on purpose I just can't understand what's so funny about it. It's really immature behaviour. Maybe that appeals to many.

I'd rather see Helicopter actions the other way around, like this one:



lifeintheslowlane
14 years ago

But when it comes to destroying things on purpose I just can't understand what's so funny about it. It's really immature behaviour. Maybe that appeals to many.

lil2lo wrote:



Ah that's a longstanding feature of British humour called "slapstick"...man slips up on banana skin...eveyone (apart from "Ovaltine") laughs. Of course in real life people would be concerned that someone had hurt themselves but viewed in a comedic setting, people laugh.

The wrecking part of Top Gear, (which forms only a small part of the programme) is much the same. Comedy, to be effective, doesn't have to be intellectually stimulating.:d
John.
Rattletrap
14 years ago

I love it when they trash stuff, there all tatty cars any how... :wink

jupiter8 wrote:


Unfortunately they are not all ready for the scrap heap. The first Marina they ruined was actually a choice (to Marina collectors) low-mileage untouched prime example. The Routemaster bus that Clarkson trashed was direct from London service, and a nice straight bus too, (I'd loved to have it).

....But when it comes to destroying things on purpose I just can't understand what's so funny about it. It's really immature behaviour. Maybe that appeals to many.

lil2lo wrote:


I do watch Top Gear:oops: , it is good entertainment generally with 3 grown men acting like schoolboys and having a laugh with their pranks. I don't find smashing up good running vehicles funny either. They also have an apparent dislike of cyclists which does p*ss me off as that's my favourite way around London and there are some real idiots in cars who do not know how to pass a cyclist properly, and infact resent them on the road, a resentment not helped by Top Gear:evil:
Rattletrap – the Volkswagen Beetle that has covered an incredible mileage equivalent to over 35 times around the planet :omg:
Running nifty since 1950… the King of Volkswagens:beer: Why not make friends with this famous little VW – he's on facebook! :d
http://forums.pre67vw.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=16378 
lil2lo
14 years ago

I love my beetle but James May is right in saying it's a crap drive compared to any modern car and they should have stopped making them way back in the 70's and moved on


Why do you have one, if you share Mays opinion that they are crap? And let's be honest, not one car made in the 50's and 60's can be compared to a modern car. But really I think that's a good thing. The 3 gentleman at Top Gear once even came to the conclusion that the best looking cars are made in the 60's. Iconic cars were built in that decade. Even some modern cars are still based on cars from the 60's, like the Porsche 911 for instance. At Top Gear they know that, and that's why they pick cars like a Beetle. They know it's a much loved iconic car and an easy way to upset a lot of people. Ratings go up, goal achieved, simple as that. Next up is, who knows, maybe a Mini or a Citroen 2CV.

The commotion they caused with their Burka action is from a whole different order. It's on the news all over World.
59 Ragtop
14 years ago
Exactly,well said that man:beer:
64rotbox
14 years ago

Next up is, who knows, maybe a Mini or a Citroen 2CV.

lil2lo wrote:



They've already done both, many times over. Funnily enough, I seem to remember the 2CV trashings getting a big thumbs up from an awful lot of 'd*bbers' at the time...
You can call me Al.
59 Ragtop
14 years ago
I also recall, they trashed a Lancia, and they claim to love em. Its tongue in cheek, just look at the ending to the last episode. Not too many folks could've seen that one coming. A baby Stig, nearly choked on my Christmas Chocolates then:lol:
rudolf hucker
14 years ago
Hmmmm, interesting thread.

Please remember this is supposed to be fun, it is, after all the season of goodwill to all!
mrsherbie
14 years ago
Ooh you boys get so angry over top gear :lol:

Urgh 2CV, the only car I have ever stumbled out of feeling physically sick after a ride as a passenger. It was like going to sea in a small dinghy sitting on a deckchair. Crush them all I say, they look pretty but it is just a spiteful trick to make you buy one, even I briefly considered buying a red Dolly when they were new :lol: I am amazed there are even any left considering they were made from frogs legs in brine tin cans.

I love Top Gear. My daughter still laughs out loud every time she watches the 'boat' one :lol: and the 'car wash' on fire! Superb! :lol:

I love James May (level with Hugh Fearnly Whittingstall my other favorite tv dream man) and shall continue to fantasize about picking him up at the side of the road hitch hiking, in our old 356 (as then at least I could get him in :wink: )(locking him in) and then giving him a few lessons on the merits of the beetle.. sigh..:wink: 😎

"it'll wreck the patina you haven't worked so hard to create" - 50Karmann
mrsherbie
14 years ago
the car boat challenge 

:lol: :beer:

even funnier, I have just realised that we own an ugly hightop t25 campervan exactly like that now too :lol:
"it'll wreck the patina you haven't worked so hard to create" - 50Karmann
mrsherbie
14 years ago

Mrs Herbie :wink:

https://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/classic-car-page.php/carno/120745 

Only 62,000 Euros!!!

rudolf hucker wrote:



GOOD GRIEF! :lol:




My friend Andy had the best idea of what to do with one :d (chop it to bits and then put it back together a bit wrong)

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"it'll wreck the patina you haven't worked so hard to create" - 50Karmann
lifeintheslowlane
14 years ago

Mr Sherbie

https://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/classic-car-page.php/carno/120745 

Only 62,000 Euros!!!

rudolf hucker wrote:



Haha...good to see you on this forum Rudy. As I have known you for some time I think you won't take offence if I point out that Mr. Sherbie might in fact be Mrs. Herbie.

Yes it is difficult when English isn't your first language and I too have made the same mistake in the past. Rarely, even in these enlightened days, do gays publicly own up to having a crush on James May and Hugh Fernley-Whittingstall on a public forum. By that token I think it safer to assume "he" is a "she."
John.
rudolf hucker
14 years ago
Ah, now I see, thanking you!
I can understand quite why any one will fancy people with long hair!!

BUT



I am so confused now as you sign your name John but you are a lady on your avatar.


lifeintheslowlane
14 years ago

Ah, now I see, thanking you!
I can understand quite why any one will fancy people with long hair!!

BUT



I am so confused now as you sign your name John but you are a lady on your avatar.


rudolf hucker wrote:



Yes I am John but in my avatar I am wearing my working clothes.:d
John.
rudolf hucker
14 years ago
Ah, that explains all. That is way the Karmann Ghia is known as the Charming Queer over here.
lifeintheslowlane
14 years ago

Ah, that explains all. That is way the Karmann Ghia is known as the Charming Queer over here.

rudolf hucker wrote:



Only amongst those unsure of their masculinity Rudy. It's what we call over here, "throwing up a smokescreen."
John.
GKL 7
14 years ago
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64rotbox
14 years ago
Not all of us are university educated in it, though.
You can call me Al.
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