India Top Gear Special

[DiddlyDodds]

This is NOT a thread for the popularity or lets bash Mr Clarkson, this is my person disappointment with last nights special.
After the Vietnam , Polar and Botswana specials i felt last nights special was rather weak , as Comic book Guy would say "Worst show ever" , so was it just me or do other Top Gear fans feel the same.
Even last years three wise men going to see " the baby Jesus" was better , last night seemed more of how many daft things can be fitted into an hour show.

 

[Arch]

This is NOT a thread for the popularity or lets bash Mr Clarkson, this is my person disappointment with last nights special.
After the Vietnam , Polar and Botswana specials i felt last nights special was rather weak , as Comic book Guy would say "Worst show ever" , so was it just me or do other Top Gear fans feel the same.
Even last years three wise men going to see " the baby Jesus" was better , last night seemed more of how many daft things can be fitted into an hour show.

Isn't it always?

I thought it was hilarious, but I like it more the less they bang on about cars and the more they just cock about.

Watching the final episode of Ice Road Truckers do India later in the evening just reinforced my desire never ever to drive or ride in India...

 

[Peteaud]

dont bother with it anymore.

Way past its sell bt date imho

 

[vernon]

It wasn't their best.

My wife, who is as far from a petrol head as you could get and loves Top Gear for its entertainment value, was bored by it. The story lines was far too contrived and fell flat in too many places.

There were moments of sheer joy such as the improvised auto bowler using the Jaguar's open stack exhausts and the stunning scenery but they were far and few between.

The one thing that was the most memorable for me was the accuracy of the tiffin distribution system with one error in six million distributions - Royal Mail have a lot to learn from it.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Isn't it always?

I thought it was hilarious, but I like it more the less they bang on about cars and the more they just cock about.

Watching the final episode of Ice Road Truckers do India later in the evening just reinforced my desire never ever to drive or ride in India...

It really isn't that bad...









In downtown Kolkata...




















When everyone else is on strike...

















Jaipur was ok to moped/Enfield Bullet/cycle around too

 

[potsy]

Top Gear was one of the programmes I most looked forward to, was slightly dissapointed with it but still enjoyed it,
Liked the bit with James getting lost (again) and the winching incident

 

[swee'pea99]

It was dire. It's even on the back foot on the BBC's Point of View messageboards, where TG fans generally have the upper hand against the Clarkson/TG-bashers. Dull, predictable, repetitive - not a gag that hadn't been done before - and what a wasted opportunity. They had the whole of India and a presumably pretty limitless budget at their disposal, and that's the best they could come up with. Sad.

 

[Hacienda71]

I may be childish but the ripped banner bit on the trains had me in stitches.

 

[NormanD]

I'd had one or two giggles till it reached one point .. "Look Monkey! Monkey!! (pause) with HUGE Testicles" at which point it took me 20 minutes to recover my breathing and clear up the mess my coffee had made while drinking it at that exact point

 

[Riding in Circles]

Isn't it always?

I thought it was hilarious, but I like it more the less they bang on about cars and the more they just cock about.

Watching the final episode of Ice Road Truckers do India later in the evening just reinforced my desire never ever to drive or ride in India...

I rode a motorcycle through India many moons ago, the roads can be very interesting but the people are fantastic.

 

[Night Train]

I wasn't as entertained by it as I had been with earlier ones. It was a little predictable and the Austin Allegro back up car didn't really enter into the equation as the cars themselves were not really at any risk of failing.

The Jag manifold powered Cricket was the best bit.
They spoiled a really nice Mini Cooper though.

 

[oldfatfool]

Top gear, I felt the entire script was contrived to lead upto the next set joke that as been done before. Eat English Muff was funny but you new it was coming as soon as May 'came up with the idea of Muffins' Afraid they have outlived their script writers,no longer appears spontanius in any way

It wasn't their best.



The one thing that was the most memorable for me was the accuracy of the tiffin distribution system with one error in six million distributions - Royal Mail have a lot to learn from it.

Royal Mail handle upto 100million items per day and have to put up with the GP and companies who think a postcode is a foreign language and so long as he first part is on then the post office will know Aunty Jan and Uncle Paul who live in a house with a blue gate in Bradford postcode BD16 hmmm that really narrows it down.

 

[Arch]

I rode a motorcycle through India many moons ago, the roads can be very interesting but the people are fantastic.

Oh yes, I'm sure the people are lovely.

I just couldn't handle the terror.

 

[vernon]

Top gear, I felt the entire script was contrived to lead upto the next set joke that as been done before. Eat English Muff was funny but you new it was coming as soon as May 'came up with the idea of Muffins' Afraid they have outlived their script writers,no longer appears spontanius in any way






Royal Mail handle upto 100million items per day and have to put up with the GP and companies who think a postcode is a foreign language and so long as he first part is on then the post office will know Aunty Jan and Uncle Paul who live in a house with a blue gate in Bradford postcode BD16 hmmm that really narrows it down.

When I receive clearly addressed letter for: next door, the same house number in the next street, the same house number in the street whose name in similar to mine, the same house number in the drive whose name is similar to mine all with the correct post codes on on a fairly regular basis from a range of postmen then i think it's fair to say that the Post Office, despite the advanced sorting technology available to it still has some lessons to learn about accurate deliveries and I've had nowhere near six million deliveries at my address to accommodate a single error as per tiffin deliveries.

 

[numbnuts]

I like top gear, but to ruin three British classic cars was a bit of a waste