BenB
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| posted on 4/11/08 at 09:59 PM |
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? why TG disappeared from BBCi for a while on Monday????
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7707641.stm
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joneh
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| posted on 4/11/08 at 10:06 PM |
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Anoher example of the "Typical misrable British pensioner" complaining after the event about something they didn't even watch / hear
in the first place.
188 complaints after the initial event which is a lot more than what Ross / Brand had immediately after the event. I wonder how many complaints this
will spiral to?
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eznfrank
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| posted on 4/11/08 at 10:16 PM |
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And I bet not one of them is a truck driver!!
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Dangle_kt
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| posted on 4/11/08 at 10:25 PM |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00fgb75/Top_Gear_Series_12_Episode_1_(new_series)/
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 4/11/08 at 10:30 PM |
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It was a stupid comment, probably made with the express purpose of getting publicity.
We deserve better than cr*p like that...
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joneh
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| posted on 4/11/08 at 10:33 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
It was a stupid comment, probably made with the express purpose of getting publicity.
We deserve better than cr*p like that...
I highly doubt that. I would say it was more typical Clarkson...
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Wheels244
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| posted on 4/11/08 at 10:53 PM |
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It was a joke !
Meant to be funny - nothing more, nothing less.
[Edited on 4/11/08 by Wheels244]
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iank
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| posted on 4/11/08 at 10:57 PM |
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How does "typical Clarkson" contradict "stupid comment, probably made with the express purpose of getting publicity" ?
Sounds like exactly his Modus Operandi to me.
I don't believe for a moment he makes comments like that without knowing exactly what will happen. For all his faults he isn't
stupid.
The whole show is carefully scripted (as admitted by JC himself) which means none of his comments or actions are accidental and unplanned and as it
doesn't go out live the producers/lawyers will have gone over it with a fine-tooth comb before it gets out.
--
Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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blakep82
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| posted on 4/11/08 at 11:01 PM |
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quote:
Director Brian Tobin called the comment "highly distasteful and insensitive".
just me that got this dude confused with peter tobin then? 
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Dangle_kt
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| posted on 4/11/08 at 11:29 PM |
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I think all these do gooders calling for entertainers to be sacked need to get a life.
Its meant to be funny.
Go get laid, or count your savings and stop asking for resignations at every possible juncter.
Its entertainent NOT politics. 
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JUD
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| posted on 4/11/08 at 11:39 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Dangle_kt
I think all these do gooders calling for entertainers to be sacked need to get a life.
Its meant to be funny.
Go get laid, or count your savings and stop asking for resignations at every possible juncter.
Its entertainent NOT politics.
Agreed.
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blakep82
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| posted on 4/11/08 at 11:50 PM |
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^ yep. if you don't like it, switch off, don't watch again. if you don't watch it it can't offend, and if you do watch again,
its your own fault! 
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A1
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| posted on 5/11/08 at 01:58 AM |
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i thought that was pretty funny...
i agree with the above, its not politics, why not change the channel and enjoy life?
you dont see people making this much fuss over little sh*ts stabbing people to death on a daily basis....
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balidey
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| posted on 5/11/08 at 08:04 AM |
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Well I think its all double standards.
The truck drivers should stop killing prostitutes first. Then if Clarkson makes a similar comment then they can complain. But until they buck up their
ideas and stop the killing then its a fair comment.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 5/11/08 at 09:16 AM |
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To clarify what I said... I still think it was a stupid comment made with the sole intent of getting publicity. However, I have a life and anything
he says won't affect me too much (not in the slightest, to be precise).
...and I haven't made any effort to watch that program for years - the other thread about it being a middle-aged 'Last of the summer
wine' is very true. The Dave channel has been playing old episodes for a while, and many of them are far better than the current crop.
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Colnago_Man
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| posted on 5/11/08 at 09:19 AM |
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While I love TG, i did think the comment was inappropriate and very difficult to explain to my kids who watch it avidly every week. What happened to
the 9pm watershed?
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oldtimer
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| posted on 5/11/08 at 09:32 AM |
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I don't know why insulting a group of people should be considered funny.
If the quip had been about kit car drivers being paedophiles would that have been considered amusing?
Isn't the over-rehearsed, pseudo chat, sychophantic audience format a bit tedious??
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UncleFista
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| posted on 5/11/08 at 02:05 PM |
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I laughed out loud
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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loggyboy
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| posted on 5/11/08 at 02:09 PM |
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What makes me laugh is the fact the prositutes are complaning (well at least certain charritys/organisations etc) not the lorry drivers.
Surely self proclaimed law breakers should have no right to complain!?!
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Rod Ends
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| posted on 5/11/08 at 07:21 PM |
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Usual BBC PC bollocks:
quote:
Clarkson, 48, was taking part in a lorry-driving task, when he joked about lorry drivers killing sex workers.
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blakep82
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| posted on 5/11/08 at 07:44 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Colnago_Man
While I love TG, i did think the comment was inappropriate and very difficult to explain to my kids who watch it avidly every week. What happened to
the 9pm watershed?
yet channel 4 can show 'embarassing illnesses' at 8 o'clock, and show close ups of willys and fannys. i don't know what
happened to it either
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eznfrank
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| posted on 5/11/08 at 07:45 PM |
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I think the comment was actually meant to poke fun at the stereotypical image that some people have of truck drivers, rather than to ridicule actual
truck drivers.
That being said, would be better placed after the watershed, although it's probably done wonders for the rest of the seasons viewing figures.
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eznfrank
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| posted on 5/11/08 at 07:46 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
of willys and fannys.
Ok, I'm immature I know but I was PMSL when I read that
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geoff shep
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| posted on 5/11/08 at 07:57 PM |
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And the repeat tonight on Beeb2, which I was hoping to catch, presumably off for the same reason?
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 5/11/08 at 08:15 PM |
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No - apparently there's been some sort of election in the USA, so they're showing a 'special program' about it. Usual BBC
"doing a topic to death cos we can't be bothered to do some real journalism" stuff.
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