And the Hamster? Was he sober?
Now who has a face like a boiled horse, Jeremy?
I like the show. But, you know, my impression over time was that Clarkson was an ass trying to act like a person acting like an ass. His jokes were regularly truly mean spirited, and I actually do stop enjoying it when I feel that way. Never got that impression from May and Hammond.
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Conspiracy theory: the promise of the Mclaren P1 vs Porsche 918 vs Ferrari LaFerrari test was intentionally made falsely, and this incident was manufactured not only to secure Clarksonās position at the BBC, but to get the manufacturers to agree to the test.
They reported in an earlier episode that the manufacturers of the cars wouldnāt agree to do it, and then in the second to last episode this season iirc they said they got them all to agree.
So Clarkson, knowing heās on thin ice with the BBC, punches the producer intentionally (as much as a asshole and doofus as he is I was surprised he did something so unintelligent, heās not stupid). The world clamors for the car test and the BBC has no choice but to bring him back - and keep him - and to bring in the big guns to negotiate with the car manufacturers to actually get them to agree to the test.
In reality, I like Top Gear a lot but I do usually dislike Clarkson - yet heās also quite likable. Itās interesting how he manages that. The blatant racism and other stuff was truly boggling - it basically had to be included by the BBC on purpose, for some reason. Hammond and May are visibly uncomfortable in many cases as they are made to pretend like theyāre going along with it.
In any case at this point I do mainly watch just for James May, who I like quite a lot. If this just means that James May has more time to make his other shows, which I also enjoy, so be it.
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