The way you dismissively suggest Top Gear audience was “old white men” (as if its hosts were now “old” and ready for retirement homes) can come off ageist and just uninformed. If you meant because of Clarkson embodying a crotchety figure, wielding a certain lack of UK ambassador-sensibility in the world, that is a…

Agreed.

Exactly this.

Mays stodginess was a charming part of his Brit cred (like being shown with a book of Philip Larkin poems during one of their road trips) and real point of view that just made him so much more enjoyable to watch while he endured those road trips and the like. It’s easy to believe him, his love of the cars, the…

I don’t have a problem with his use in Episodes as resurgence of his character, but he is the direct opposite of what made Top Gear more than just a lads car show. He lacks the erudite language of a Top Gear presenter, that wonderfully contrasts with the dirty work at hand, whatever they’re doing, crashing or digging…

I doubt he would give up his “Hollywood star” position to put up with the things Hammond seemed to in his ensemble role. He’s more like a permanent guest driver who refuses to leave the couch after time’s up.

It represents the issues with visual-virtual translated into experience, because it looks like it’s designed by people who have just watched porn and never experienced the act - so the machine satisfies anything related to visual cues and motions, but no discussion of how the body does more than just move in and out -…

I do not believe that Trump’s corporate schemes, the properties and casinos and real estate ventures etc.. have never sought to raise necessary capital from the Gulf States. Or for that matter, work closely or go after and establish ties with simply any rich person of similar ‘entrepreneurial’ nature, which is easily…

So… duckface. I’ve become curious now, has someone covered the emergence and total takeover of duckface selfies? (autocorrect wants to make “selfless” out of “selfies” — too funny… )

I liked South Park’s take on him, a rare inclusion of the person himself too. It’s part of how a younger gen (or even just a few years difference) has arrived to the gaming/internet/social net combination and the idea of entertainment mutated out from that. He’s just logical, someone would be doing it, I’m really…

Prior to obtaining his U.S. citizenship in August 2006, FIGUEREDO submitted documentation explaining his mental disability that falsely stated that he had severe dementia.

But with 3 years, it would be precisely those three gents who could pull it together to eloquently send their Top Gear era off in a deserving way — BBC apparently doesn’t think of the viewership and treats the show like some time slot to fill, rather than the phenomena it became.

“Good enough for Britney”…. this is the same period (well, by 2004) she marries Federline and all that.

In fact, having seen Atkinson on TG, and as he does fit to the TG template (also races I believe, or at the least collects cars) I would love to see him seriously take it on. It would mean committing to a new character as it were, but I think he'd be honest about it and certainly great fun on the road trips.

Aesthetically and functionally, just love the Le Baron ratio of window to body metal. The fact that the view is open and encompassing really enhanced the driving experience of these older era models. Not to mention, no headrests, etc.

Yes, I've tried to also watch past years, especially the road trips. Despite I like his erudite command of language and making even stats sound deep, I'm totally not the target audience for Clarkson's dated UK-to-world vision, and it does chafe in different ethical ways to hear "slope" in there on an otherwise…

He really serves a purpose, in being the curmudgeon there in the pack of three. The other two do use that to make fun of it, as in fact, is the nature of the chemistry. It was stupid for him to take a punch at a co-worker, and it crosses a legal line which corporations - not to mention State affiliated companies -…

I watch Top Gear and love different aspects of it, I've mentioned it before here in comments. But I would say the way Clarkson describes them, the "dinosaurs" could just as easily be certain autos and the companies that manufacture them, and by extension, Top Gear's modus operandi, the generally upfront commentary and…

Oh I'm with you for a needed refresher, at least for parts of it. I wouldn't want to touch the road trip specials though. I get nervous about breaking up the Top Gear balance, because as much as I loved May alone in his Toy Stories series, sometimes it's also too much May-ness (and his same set of friends) and that's…

There is a certain chemistry with May and Clarkson. They both carry that old school sense of educated UK presenters (regardless of Clarksons puerile wit at times, that seems even to match the old part of old school) both having that UK Top Gear combination of seeming almost erudite (May obviously more so, making it…