I talk about watching "Top Gear" a lot in my Facebook posts and this weekend happens to be the three day "Top Gear" marathon that is a lead into the start of their 16th season. I have looked so forward to this event that I actually figured out how to use my DVR just for the occasion.Today is also the day that the news broke that about the Mexican Ambassador being ticked off over some humor at his expense quoted by Richard Hammond on the show- PUHLEAZE.
I for one think Richard Hammond can do no wrong, he is about the cutest thing I have ever seen next to my dog Sid. I love everything about him from his funky hair to his sexy British accent and would gladly give him a kidney if he so desired.
Needless to say being such a fan of the show and of the Hamster, I wasn't happy about the article, but what pisses me off the most is that people get so damn worked up over the stupidest shit. Right now there is chaos in Egypt, the US is fighting 2 wars, people in Haiti are still homeless and poverty runs rampant over half of the world and someone is all pissed off over a comment made by an English guy on the BBC?
The show I just watched was from season 9 episode 3 (Is it better to rent a car or buy one? The hosts answer this question when they road trip in the United States. They run into some trouble on their way from Miami to New Orleans, especially after they decorate each other’s cars. Season 9 Ep. 3) and the entire time the guys were in the US they were stereotyping and dissing on Americans but I didn't find it insulting or offensive. What I found is that I was glad I had gone to the bathroom before it started or, well, I won't go into details but when the guys all decorated the others cars to try to get them shot in Alabama, I could have had a real serious accident.
So, I like cars. I also like men, but that is not my main attraction to the show. What keeps me watching it, and made me figure out how to use my DVR is that Top Gear makes me laugh. The combo of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May is pure genius. I honestly can not think of another program on TV that I can sit home alone, watch and laugh like an idiot until my ribs hurt over sarcasm, dry humor and foolishness- and I need that.
Another thing I appreciate about Top Gear is that they travel all over the world to make their show so I hardly consider them the racists pigs that I read in the readers comments on Yahoo news today. Three presenters plus who knows how many camera men and other assistants and mechanics have traveled all over South America, Europe, Asia... by plane, train, boat, dirigible and of course cars. They even set a worlds record for being the first people to drive a car to the North Pole and I for one enjoy seeing the world through their experiences, (lord knows I will never see it through my own) and if they want to make fun of the Swiss, the Brazilians, the Norwegians or whatever, who cares if it is all in humor?
That's all I have to say on the subject, Hamster and Captain Slow are about to launch a Reliant Robin into outer space and I don't want to miss it :)
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