Top gear coming to the history channel

**KnightmareWS6** · 10-25-2010, 07:03 AM

Originally Posted by Zinergy

Jay Leno did want to do a car show like Top gear, he is also a fan of the Brits.

If Tanner is the host it will be nowhere near, not even as close, not even in the same ballpark as good as the British version. I doubt any host could make it as good as those three but making Tanner the host is just putting the final nail in the coffin before the show even airs.

Yea, I thought when I originally heard about them making an American version of the show, they were gonna have Jay Leno, Adam Carolla, and some other racecar driver.

Originally Posted by SiggyZ

This type of show does not belong on the History Channel.

**jiveass** · 10-25-2010, 07:09 AM

another funny car guy is christopher titus...he would do ok i think....and also, i dont see anything wrong with this show being on the history channel, other than its not really the correct format for that channel...maybe spike or discovery would be ok too...i have basic cable, which means i dont get that bbc shit....so i aint hatin at all on this idea.

**Zinergy** · 10-25-2010, 07:19 AM

My friends like the show so much that when they come over they usually give me 5 dollars so they can buy two episodes off zune through the xbox. They have seasons 6-14.

**SiggyZ** · 10-25-2010, 07:25 AM

It would be fine if they showed clips like that of Burt Munro doing his record breaking passes on the Bonneville salt flats in his Indian.

Originally Posted by jiveass

another funny car guy is christopher titus...he would do ok i think....and also, i dont see anything wrong with this show being on the history channel, other than its not really the correct format for that channel...maybe spike or discovery would be ok too...i have basic cable, which means i dont get that bbc shit....so i aint hatin at all on this idea.

**KnightmareWS6** · 10-25-2010, 07:33 AM

Originally Posted by jiveass

another funny car guy is christopher titus...he would do ok i think....and also, i dont see anything wrong with this show being on the history channel, other than its not really the correct format for that channel...maybe spike or discovery would be ok too...i have basic cable, which means i dont get that bbc shit....so i aint hatin at all on this idea.

The format is the main issue. I've gotta think of an analogy here....... um....... It would be like putting a serious news show on Fox News of CNN. Sorry, that was inaccurate. That would be like showing serious news on any news channel, right or wrong, I mean left, I mean, damnit.

Stopping the political jokes now for real. It would be like putting show about Democracy on the Chinese national television network. Ok, I cant avoid the political jokes so there it is.

Originally Posted by Zinergy

My friends like the show so much that when they come over they usually give me 5 dollars so they can buy two episodes off zune through the xbox. They have seasons 6-14.

Lol, that's awesome. I find them online.......... for free

**KnightmareWS6** · 10-25-2010, 07:34 AM

Originally Posted by Blackbird-WS6

You do know that is the Australian flag, right?

**Zinergy** · 10-25-2010, 07:39 AM

Originally Posted by KnightmareWS6

The format is the main issue. I've gotta think of an analogy here....... um....... It would be like putting a serious news show on Fox News of CNN. Sorry, that was inaccurate. That would be like showing serious news on any news channel, right or wrong, I mean left, I mean, damnit.

Stopping the political jokes now for real. It would be like putting show about Democracy on the Chinese national television network. Ok, I cant avoid the political jokes so there it is.

Lol, that's awesome. I find them online.......... for free

Yea, you can find pretty much anything online for free. I know a guy who has 5 external terrabyte hard drivers full of blue ray quality movies. But dont tell anyone. Just need a media player to watch them on the tv.

**02transamce** · 10-25-2010, 08:13 AM

Idk why we need a American version,Top Gear is on BBC American monday nights and on the weekends,not to mention I highly doubt the American version will be any good
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**Spaz** · 10-25-2010, 08:34 AM

Originally Posted by KnightmareWS6

The format is the main issue. I've gotta think of an analogy here....... um....... It would be like putting a serious news show on Fox News of CNN. Sorry, that was inaccurate. That would be like showing serious news on any news channel, right or wrong, I mean left, I mean, damnit.

like showing WWII videos on the comedy channel...

**ibanez7** · 10-25-2010, 08:42 AM

top gear on history = lame

history is for history...

top gear on spike or speed, that makes sense.

**KnightmareWS6** · 10-25-2010, 08:54 AM

Originally Posted by Spaz

like showing Holocaust videos on the comedy channel...

fixed.

Thanks for the help spaz!

**Spaz** · 10-25-2010, 09:13 AM

Originally Posted by KnightmareWS6

fixed.

Thanks for the help spaz!

that is what i meant to origionally say then my train of thought was derailed...

**wheeliE-maxx** · 10-25-2010, 10:44 AM

Originally Posted by Spaz

i used to till they became the new MTV... they have no right anymore to call them selves the history channel...

History international plays the documentaries now

**wheeliE-maxx** · 10-25-2010, 10:45 AM

Originally Posted by KnightmareWS6

Hopefully the American version wont kill it for me. I love the UK version. I even upgraded my cable just so that I could get BBC America and be able to watch Top Gear. It's easily my favorite show on tv. I wonder if they're gonna keep with the same format as the UK version, i.e. budget car challenges, celebrity timed laps, The Stig, etc.?

It's gonna be on the History Channel???? That doesnt make any sense at all. I would understand if it were on SPEED, or SPIKE, or even Discovery. Who is supposed to host it?

streetfire.net (among others) has all the new episodes as soon as they play, not a year later like bbc america. For free

**alexg69** · 10-25-2010, 11:37 AM

Originally Posted by KnightmareWS6

Nope, lol.

Some say... that Michael Schumacher isn't the Stig and that the facts that he knows about ducks are right

**KnightmareWS6** · 10-25-2010, 09:38 PM

Okay, so Top Gear (U.S.) will premier November 21 on the History Channel and will be hosted by comedian Adam Ferrara, professional racecar driver Tanner Foust, and NASCAR journalist Rutlege Wood. Apparently Adam Ferrara was in the King of Queens, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Ugly Betty, and Resue Me. Tanner Foust hosted Supercars Exposed on SPEED and co-hosted Battle of the Supercars(which is crappy show), also on SPEED. And Rutledge Wood who does alot of NASCAR stuff on SPEED channel, including the NASCAR themed trivia game show, NASCAR Smarts.

The show is supposed to have the same layout as the British version but with a few tweaks. The main concern about the show is sponsorship and commercials. The U.K. version of the showed is aired on BBC, which is a publicly funded network, so they hosts can insulst the cars and the manufactureres as much as they want and not fear losing sponsors. That's one of the things that makes Top Gear what is; the brutal honesty. In the U.S., the show will air on cable tv and will have many commercial sponsors. The concern is that the U.S. Top Gear will not have the same personality because it will have to be toned down so that it doesn't lose sponsors who would get offended by comments made on the show.

We'll see what happens on November 21.

**Smkn_TA** · 10-25-2010, 09:46 PM

Jezzers, Dick and Jim are what make the show so great. That motor home episode had me in tears.

**KnightmareWS6** · 10-25-2010, 10:26 PM

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Here you go gentlemen. You're welcome.

The previews actually dont look all that bad. Still isnt the original though.....

**Zinergy** · 10-26-2010, 08:16 AM

God dammit, TANNER F@#$ING FOUST

**KnightmareWS6** · 10-27-2010, 05:23 AM

Originally Posted by Zinergy

God dammit, TANNER F@#$ING FOUST

I feel the same way. Anytime Battle of the Supercars comes on SPEED, I want to punch the tv. Him and Paul Tracy are the two worst car show hosts I've ever seen.