Thread: Clarkson et al, in it again

Originally Posted by Zeros

Cheap shots at others’ expense even in jest, are far less impressive than genuine empathy for those other than oneself, IMO.

A joke shared privately between gay and straight mates is also entirely different from blanket generalisations made across global media.

May be less impressive but still funny. People need to lighten up a bit and have some fun - life’s too short to be annoyed at others for something they say.

You must have heard the statement "there's no such thing as bad publicity. Top Gear and now The Grand Tour use this to great effect.
They are controversial to raise the profile of the show.

From Wikipedia about Clarkson:-
His opinionated but humorous tongue-in-cheek writing and presenting style has often provoked a public reaction. His actions, both privately and as a Top Gear presenter have also sometimes resulted in criticism from the media, politicians, pressure groups and the public. He also has a significant public following, being credited as a major factor in the resurgence of Top Gear as one of the most popular shows on the BBC.

People who complain about the comments from the guys on Top Gear and The Grand Tour are like the people who watch Billy Connolly & Gordon Ramsey and complain about the swearing ! Journalists just stir the pot and bring their comments to the general public, funnily enough to get publicity for themselves or their employer.

Top Gear used to be a straightforward car show, I think they termed it originally as a 'magazine on TV'. Clarkson caused a few problems with his comments and the show re-surfaced in the popular format most of you know.
I remember when he stated that the Ford Granada Scorpio looked like a 'wide mouthed frog', Ford wanted him to go back on air & retract the statement. Controversy gets publicity.....

Personally I find the format of Top Gear and The Grand Tour a bit tired, some of it is interesting, some of it 'same old', the challenges all 'set-up' (we all knew this but originally it was actually funny).
I wouldn't go out of my way to watch The Grand Tour but if I was channel hopping and it was on I might watch it.



Colin

Gawd, imagine if this poor, precious Will Young person owned a Landy? How would he cope with all the mainstream criticism and jokes about his vehicle. Imagine the tears!

Hmmm, now I think about it, he does show a lot of prerequisites for modern day Defender ownership.

Originally Posted by Homestar

May be less impressive but still funny. People need to lighten up a bit and have some fun - life’s too short to be annoyed at others for something they say.

Hell yeah
Social media is so easy to blame for all the words problems these days

All these precious little darlings need to get a cup of cement into them and Harden the **** up .

Really what ever happened to

Sticks And Stones May Break My Bones But Words Will Never Hurt Me

Well I guess I can’t really expect a more intelligent and compassionate discussion on a car forum!

Back to the Landies it is then.

I once had an editor who would deliberately write the most outrageous columns possible to get a reaction. He had a checklist of groups he wanted to offend and would tick them off as he added sentences to annoy each group. His columns were hilariously stupid, all done deliberately, but the more angry letters he got in response the happier he was.
Clarkson follows the same strategy.

Originally Posted by Zeros

Well I guess I can’t really expect a more intelligent and compassionate discussion on a car forum!

Back to the Landies it is then.

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Originally Posted by Zeros

Well I guess I can’t really expect a more intelligent and compassionate discussion on a car forum!

Back to the Landies it is then.

Maybe time to take your bat & ball & play somewhere else.....

Colin