Farewell J. Clarkson.

[Guest]

So they finally sacked the arrogant SOB, good. I could not stand the the man and I don't really care if top gear never comes back to TV.
Scott

So harsh Scott --------- but I agree with every word. Now what does SOB mean ?


Laurie

[takeslousyphotos]

SOB .......... Son of a Bitch.

[john i am]

I'll miss him although he was not to everyone's liking top gear was one of the few programmes I enjoyed from the BBC.

[Guest]

J Clarkson..........YAWN

[takeslousyphotos]

I feel sorry for the producer Oisin Tymon. His world must have collapsed around him. He did not even complain to the BBC or any one else frorm all events. Poor devil.
I do not suppose for one moment he is wealthy like Clarkson. He will have to carry on working for his living. Now he has a sack of coals on his back.


It seems on that score that Clarkson could not care less. Rather sums up the person I suppose. Real shame for Oisin.


On the programme itself I viewed a couple of the episodes and found it mostly like an empty vessel.


Laurie

Sadly, Mr Tymon, having worked on Top Gear is probably going to be out of work if the BEEB can't resurrect the show..........


............. There is one question I have to ask ??? ......and I don't believe, in all the coverage on this story anyone has asked .......... Was Oisin Tymon responsible for getting Jeremy's dinner or not ????? .....


Peter

[Alan 45]

Clarkeson is a breath of fresh air on TV , a real bloke who's not scared to tell it how he sees it , I'd say he's the most honest bloke on TV , can't wait to see him on another channel.


The BBC will bribe May and Hammond to keep the show going and if it's just those two I'll give the show a chance but if they replace clarkeson I won't bother , you can't replace him end off

[Alan 45]

Sadly, Mr Tymon, having worked on Top Gear is probably going to be out of work if the BEEB can't resurrect the show..........
............. There is one question I have to ask ??? ......and I don't believe, in all the coverage on this story anyone has asked .......... Was Oisin Tymon responsible for getting Jeremy's dinner or not ????? .....


Peter

No it was Mike Tyson

[takeslousyphotos]

No it was Mike Tyson

I wouldn't rate many people's chances of thumping Mike Tyson and ever eating solid food again......

[Guest]

Sadly, Mr Tymon, having worked on Top Gear is probably going to be out of work if the BEEB can't resurrect the show..........
............. There is one question I have to ask ??? ......and I don't believe, in all the coverage on this story anyone has asked .......... Was Oisin Tymon responsible for getting Jeremy's dinner or not ????? .....


Peter

What ever on the news Oisin Tymon was quoted as saying that since the incident it was for him and his family the worst time of his life.


That was after 30 minutes of being shouted at by Clarkson then 30 secs of aggression only stopped by others pulling Clarkson off Tymon. Seems the police have now woken up. Wow. They are investigating. Sure if it had been me I would have been down at Police Head Quarters within the hour.


Hopefully this will now happen. Nice scenario. Oisin Tymon to direct and produce a minute by minute film of the interview. To be released as the finale of the TopGear Series. Bet it would draw me.


Laurie

[flyjoe180]

I had no idea he was getting paid this much (from Telegraph July 2013):


Mr Clarkson was paid £8.4million for his stake in a joint venture with BBC Worldwide which exploits Top Gear's global brand, on top of a £4.86million dividend payment. He was also paid £1million for his salary as a presenter.


His take home pay eclipses Jonathan Ross's £6million salary when he was at the corporation and Graham Norton's annual pay, which is thought to be around £4.5million.

[Guest]

Didn't like Clarkson, May is a bit of a prat, Hammond was ok. As has been said before you hit someone in the work place and you're out end of.


They'll still get paid for all the repeats on Dave so they won't miss out.


Time for the BBC to wipe the slate clean and start afresh with some new presenters, I think Chris Evans will be in the running but not sure who else....

[Alan 45]

Didn't like Clarkson, May is a bit of a prat, Hammond was ok. As has been said before you hit someone in the work place and you're out end of.
They'll still get paid for all the repeats on Dave so they won't miss out.


Time for the BBC to wipe the slate clean and start afresh with some new presenters, I think Chris Evans will be in the running but not sure who else....

I agree if you hit someone in the work place it's a sacking end of thing is top gear was those three any replacements would ruin it even if they just replaced JC , yes it was a car show but it was much more than that , the humour was a big draw to a lot of people me included im not bothered if the new farari has a split diff and rack and peanut steering with a bringbat motor sausage, I don't even know what these terms mean


End of an era I think

[PaulTRose]

two ways of looking at it


financially i think the beeb has shot the golden goose


morally they have done the right thing


.............................................howev er when has morals been important to the bbc.............if clarkson had been a paedophile if would have been looked after and protected


got to admit TG is one of my fave programmes on the tv, certainly one of the funniest, but then im interested in cars since i am and have worked in the motor industry for the last 16 years

[stona]

Big step for the BBC. Contrary to his carefully cultivated image, Clarkson was very much a BBC insider.


I had the dubious pleasure of working with him on live shows where he was much more outspoken than on broadcast TV. I found him to be an oaf, and his casual racism was deeply offensive. His justifications for this have echoes of Richard Keys and Andy Grays pathetic 'banter' defence. Sky dumped them, and rightly too.


At one show, sponsored by a Korean manufacturer, he never stopped belabouring 'jokes' about dog eating. In the presence of several Mercedes executives he maintained a school boy prattle about 'the war' almost all afternoon. It may or may not have been an act, but whatever it was, it was not to my taste. It wasn't to the production company's taste either and he was quietly dropped after two years. I may be in a minority, maybe 'jokes' about dog eating really are as funny as some (and it was by no means all) in the crowd found them.


I'd argue that Top Gear wasn't really a motoring show, it was a light entertainment show, based on the on screen personas of the three principle presenters. As such it is now gone. The BBC needs to decide whether it wants another entertainment show with some incidental and unaffordable cars, or a genuine motoring show.


Finally, if you assault someone in the work place physically and verbally, then you should face the consequences, whoever you are. I know what would happen to me if I pulled a stunt like that


Cheers


Steve

[Guest]

I agree if you hit someone in the work place it's a sacking end of thing is top gear was those three any replacements would ruin it even if they just replaced JC , yes it was a car show but it was much more than that , the humour was a big draw to a lot of people me included im not bothered if the new farari has a split diff and rack and peanut steering with a bringbat motor sausage, I don't even know what these terms mean
End of an era I think

You are quiet right Alan, although it was a car show the vast majority of the audience were not watching to help decide which super car to buy next pay day, it was for the sheer entertainment they provided. Like Clarkson or hate him, he entertained. I for one will miss the show, I loved their childish behaviour, it was like watching Last of the Summer Wine on wheels.