No idea, I’ve never really looked - I mean, you can get clips, but whole shows, no clue. I only remember because Top Gear has been syndicated in my country since the days of Old Old Top Gear - Aunty Beeb looks favorably upon our national broadcasters(ABC and SBS) so we’ve always had a lot of BBC programming in…

Hey, no worries mate. I’ve criticized you in the past, it’s only right that I also step up and give you a cheer when you do a good job.

And thanks for the detailed answer, too. As harsh on you as I’ve been, I don’t think you were ever setting out with ill intent - we’re both professionals in the same trade(albeit, not…

Fair cop, fair cop. I see where you’re coming from now, you’re right, I should have just said “Americans.” Muffed it a bit there, my mistake.

To be honest, I haven’t seen that clip of him taking out Hill for a very, very long time, so I don’t remember how it went down, other than the fact that he took him out one way or another.

Or even Old New Top Gear - They had a different host(Jason Dawes) for the first season, and the second season was pretty forgetable.

Which will almost certainly go to appeal(before you say it - Gawker can afford to front the cash to prove their right to appeal, and it’s not like they have to pay out if they win), and I’d be stunned if they didn’t win on appeal.

I’ve been hard on you before, Ballaban, but two thumbs up for this one.

I figured you got it, it’s more a comment because there’s gonna be some jamoke who takes it 100% literally. A just in case, not a just for you.

Please do note, however, that “every other flight” is entirely colloquial, and not meant to be an even remotely accurate representation of frequency, just to give a rough idea that they were used frequently. Some days, you wouldn’t touch them, some days you’d be using multiples per flight, multiple flights in a row.…

When I was working as Cabin Crew, we’d use them pretty much every other day. My US-route mates described them as heavy use items, but not just for the sake of wordplay - they had them out practically every other flight, apparently.

In casual conversation, mate. Of course there’s situations where you refer to the population of continents, but it’s not like I’m regularly chatting about them down the pub of a Friday evening.

He did indeed - up to that point, he’d only ever raced borrowed cars. Thanks for the clip, I’ve not seen that segment before!

Eh, I’m fine with Evans(Hot tip - 99% of the shit you hear about him from Jalop is 100% made up bullshit sourced from the most notoriously awful of the english tabloids), but I still wish they’d bought Tiff back - as hard as it is to Justify with Sabine(Pro Racer) and Eddie Jordan(Ex-racer, ex-racing team boss) on the…

A lot of people think there was some driving skill on Clarkson’s Top Gear, but that was always peanuts next to Tiff. He’s fucking legit - he’s Stig kind of good. In fact, after Ben Collins got the arse, he got pulled in as their “Emergency Stig”.

While that’s true, I can’t say that I’ve honestly ever needed to lump the three together as “North Americans”, because frankly how often do you refer to a group of people by the continent they live on rather than the country, at least in casual conversation?

Pre-2002 top gear is the “Most popular motoring show in Europe” and “Most viewed program on BBC 2 during that period” I’m talking about.

It’s okay man! And hey, I’m Australian, so I can’t be too hard on a commonwealth cousin. I would be lying through my teeth if I said I hadn’t done exactly the same thing myself.

Really, the hardest part of the whole thing is measuring that success over time - the media landscape in just the last fifteen years has…

“Just shittier” than TMZ does not accurately depict how much shittier they are. If TMZ is where we’re standing, you can’t even see The Sun from there, and the only thing between the two is an ocean of shit.

At least on occasion, The Onion reports things that turn out to be true.

“Also, trust anything that comes out of The Sun about as much as you’d trust Clarkson’s views on geo-politics.”