Who is your favourite top gear guy?

Principessa · Post 15 Jul 2008, 16:28

Who is your favourite top gear presentator?

Mine is Hammond. I only started watching top gear recently as it came on belgian television not so long ago, but now I'm really hooked. Already following the 11th season as well and I just think that it's a brilliant show. The trio is a good match, but I have to agree with Hammond and May that they are not satisfied with their "little" paycheck and with the fact that Clarkson earns that much more than them. They should all be equal in my opinion.

Why did I pick Hammond? He's just so funny. Always has the surprise of the day when they have to go out to buy a car. And of course, not unimportant, he's the hottie of the show. Although I must say that The Stig looks pretty hot as well

roost89 · Post 15 Jul 2008, 16:37

Where's the option for The Stig?
for the ones there, I'll go with Clarkson

Principessa · Post 15 Jul 2008, 16:55

The stig isn't really one of the presenters of the show. If I would put The Stig there I would have to add the Top Gear Stuntman as well

roost89 · Post 15 Jul 2008, 19:42

True. I don't think many people know why TG Stuntman exists. He's a bit rubbish too. Would you also have had to put Top Gear Dog aswell? Does Top Gear Dog exist anymore?

Scuderia_Russ · Post 15 Jul 2008, 20:56

Yes I really am that handsome!

Tifoso · Post 15 Jul 2008, 21:20

I was thinking the same this week: who is my favourite TP guy? And I still can't decide.

James: Funny and I feel sometimes sorry for him

Richard: Funny, funny
Jeremy: Tifoso, loves cars 100%

Alexpcenteno · Post 15 Jul 2008, 21:31

They are a trio. It's almost impossible to tell wich one is more funny. Like James his slow and have no sense of direction and thats funny and he also says the most boring things which are funny. Richard is funny because his super active he is always screaming and making fun of Jeremy and May and he got funny jokes. Finally Jeremy. He is lunatic about cars and hes judgment is unpredictable because he takes many points about the cars purpose and he is a total petrolhead.

Ciro Pabón · Post 16 Jul 2008, 12:50

It's Clarkson. The others are his adjutants, funny, but adjutants.

Petition to make Clarkson prime minister of England.

Petition to Never, Ever make Clarkson prime minister of England (capitals are NOT mine).

I love a couple of stunts by him:

- Calling people at BMW stand "nazis", saying BMW navsat system is "headed only for Poland" and saying that people at Hyunday eats dogs ("They probably had a spaniel for lunch...")
- After being hit in the face with a pie, he commented "Great shot!"

These are the kind of comments I try to make before I die of boredom, watching other bland, truly correct and without substance TV hosts.

Giblet · Post 16 Jul 2008, 18:18

For some reason this show has not been picked up by American networks.

I can watch Coronation Street whenever I want, but Top Gear I need to download.

Scuderia_Russ · Post 16 Jul 2008, 20:19

Giblet wrote: Top Gear I need to download.....I can watch Coronation Street whenever I want.

Every cloud...

Ted68 · Post 17 Jul 2008, 02:27

Giblet wrote:For some reason this show has not been picked up by American networks.

I can watch Coronation Street whenever I want, but Top Gear I need to download.

BBC America on Monday nights and replayed on Sundays. Also, NBC is doing an American version which will probably suck.

Does anyone else think James May looks like Benjamin Franklin? Anyway, Ciro is right--as always--it's Clarkson's show.

modbaraban · Post 17 Jul 2008, 04:19

Of course Jezza is the principal character* of the show. Not sure if it's everywhere like that, but when the show is translated and dubbed for non-english speaking viewers there's A LOT lost in translation. A whole lot! Basically the hamster and May fade away deeply into the background. So I just avoid ukrainian or russian translated versions of the show.
Which one is my favorite? Well, I'd say that Hammond is very good, but the least interesting for me (since I'm not gay

). May is the very underrated one, and Clarkson really makes TopGear Top Gear.

Oh, and clearly the TG Dog is the cutest of them all.
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*I used this word on purpose since TG has more than just presenters or motoring journalists. They're charachters with their scripts and all the stuff, it's much, much more than just a TV programme about cars. And the characters have their personnalities, everyone has a set of distinctive features (to be laughed about by the other two). They are like real themselves but more exagerated and rediculious, I think. Other characters like Stig and the stuntman are characters too, but w/o revealing thei real identity... not sure about the dog though

DaveKillens · Post 06 Feb 2009, 19:37

I don't watch Top Gear much, and Clarkson is one big reason. For a car guy, he's a real jerk.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7873624.stm

MattF1 · Post 07 Feb 2009, 19:03

I prefer James May.

spirit · Post 07 Feb 2009, 22:00

All three and Stig have great rapport with the camera. Gotta hand it to the producers, too, benchmark television, IMO.

No reason to take Jeremy at his word...he's only offensive if you lap it up too literally, of course.

Haven't searched lately for news about the American TG. Probably best just to let it die, if it hasn't already.