BBC's Top Gear 2016 refresh
Thought I'd start a separate Top Gear thread to avoid confusion with the Amazon edition.
Latest news appears to be Matt LeBlanc is joining the cast of Top Gear.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35490238
I have an odd feeling they may be doing guest presenters like HIGNFY, I just can't see LeBlanc being full time.
I don't want to make judgement too soon but they already have someone I just can't listen to or watch...
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I think Matt LB will do a better job than CE tbh.
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This will be second to the new Amazon one. Top Gear was great because of the chemistry with Clarkson/Hammond/May.
That will move with them. Stig is the only thing missing.
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Reminder: Nobody has ever beaten Matt LeBlanc at Star In A Reasonably Priced Car. He's not someone I would ever have thought was being considered, but that's an undeniable credential
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I had to google who he was...
why didn't you just say Joey?
I feel a car crash (no pun intended )coming on.
Why choose Chris Evans and Joey? I'm confused... the HAD a chance to make a show about cars for normal people.....
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Zak33
Why choose Chris Evans and Joey? I'm confused... the HAD a chance to make a show about cars for normal people.....
Short version? Because they're massive petrolheads with multi-million-pound collections
http://jalopnik.com/top-gears-new-ho...oto-1757076253
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Chris evans will be good not sure on joey mind
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It was originally a show about cars for normal people, and it got canned because hardly anyone watched it.
News is Joey's already been sacked - he's always stuck in second gear. Boom boom.
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Heard him on R2 this morning chatting with CE, I think if they ditched the idiots they had on the USA top gear then LeBlanc would be great on there - he really knows what he's talking about and loves his motors.
But him and CE didn't seem to have much spark from the chat they had. He's also going to have to go a bit Joey to slot in to the TG style. And I don't think he wants to do that.
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Heard him on R2 this morning chatting with CE, I think if they ditched the idiots they had on the USA top gear then LeBlanc would be great on there - he really knows what he's talking about and loves his motors.
But him and CE didn't seem to have much spark from the chat they had. He's also going to have to go a bit Joey to slot in to the TG style. And I don't think he wants to do that.
Found a clip...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35501898
Just listening to this is cringeworthy...
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virtuo
Heard him on R2 this morning chatting with CE, I think if they ditched the idiots they had on the USA top gear then LeBlanc would be great on there - he really knows what he's talking about and loves his motors.
But him and CE didn't seem to have much spark from the chat they had. He's also going to have to go a bit Joey to slot in to the TG style. And I don't think he wants to do that.
The interviews i've seen him do he's always been wooden and monotone. Which is a shame. I'll give it a few shows but Matt LeBlanc doesn't fill me with confidence.
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So Joey from friends and someone who can't drive and talk at the same time... oh dear. At least between them they have as much personality as one normal human.
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Why choose Chris Evans and Joey? I'm confused... the HAD a chance to make a show about cars for normal people.....
See Fifth Gear.
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The interviews i've seen him do he's always been wooden and monotone. Which is a shame. I'll give it a few shows but Matt LeBlanc doesn't fill me with confidence.
This ^ I'm hoping he's better with a script.
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See Fifth Gear.
Hey Tiff and Plato can drive.
Vikki has now learned to drive
Fifth gear's better than Top Gear
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dunno if you boys (and girls) ever watch Motor Trend Channel on Youtube....but you should
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qWYJQClIyY
OK, they're devotedly into American cars, but it's great TV, well made and beautifully filmed in many places.
and Randy is quite a quick old boy