Clarkson to be "sacked" on Wednesday

[Raven 911]

Love him or hate him I have all ways found Clarkson entertaining and very humor,s regardless of the subject matter and wish him and his top gear colleges all the best ,,,,I am certain all three will go on entertaining the mass,s in some form or another ,,,he is just to popular world wide to be gone for good ..........

[72doug2,2S]

The fact May and Hammond will leave when they let Jezza go speaks volumes. I'd love to work at a job with that kind of camaraderie.

[Deschodt]

Originally Posted by biosurfer1

Clearly the BBC is using this just to get rid of Clarkson.

It's an open secret that the BBC boss hated Clarkson and tried to get rid of him several times already. This clinched it.

Now that this is a non-renewed contract issue, I wonder if it improves the odds of the 3 of them working together elsewhere. They're not in breach of anything anymore, if they use a vaguely different format.

[BE911SC]

Originally Posted by Deschodt

It's an open secret that the BBC boss hated Clarkson and tried to get rid of him several times already. This clinched it.

Then the BBC chief is a lousy businessman. Kill your prize rooster? Stupid. Better to let him age and slowly die, making money all the way to the grave.

[Deschodt]

Originally Posted by BE911SC

Then the BBC chief is a lousy businessman. Kill your prize rooster? Stupid. Better to let him age and slowly die, making money all the way to the grave.

Public sector in the UK... Strange bunch ! $ consideration probably did not enter his mind...(as much as it might have on a private, revenue driven channel)

[speeder]

Originally Posted by BE911SC

Then the BBC chief is a lousy businessman. Kill your prize rooster? Stupid. Better to let him age and slowly die, making money all the way to the grave.

It's actually a rare instance of a company and a CEO having some integrity and firing someone for just cause even though the employee makes the company a lot of $$. You'd never see this happen in the current U.S. business culture.

[speeder]

Originally Posted by Deschodt

Public sector in the UK... Strange bunch ! $ consideration probably did not enter his mind...(as much as it might have on a private, revenue driven channel)

Top Gear was on an affiliate of BBC that was a for-profit business, not the public broadcasting site. Thanks for being informed, though.

[Charles Freeborn]

Sounds like he was quite the prick, but funny on the show. If it were me, I'd say go find a thug on the street and have him wind him up a bit.
-C

[Captain Ahab Jr]

Guy Martin would be a good choice to replace Clarkson, very easy to watch, funny too and speaks what he thinks

[Paul_Heery]

Originally Posted by speeder

Top Gear was on an affiliate of BBC that was a for-profit business, not the public broadcasting site. Thanks for being informed, though.

Top Gear was broadcast on BBC Two in the UK. BBC Two has the same funding source as BBC One, the UK television licence . BBC Two is a commercial-free, well-funded public service network.

[Z-man]

Originally Posted by Captain Ahab Jr

Guy Martin would be a good choice to replace Clarkson, very easy to watch, funny too and speaks what he thinks

And who do you propose to get to replace Hammond and May? It appears the three of them are a package deal, and I doubt either of them (Hammond and May) would do Top Gear without Clarkson.

And then - I keep wondering if this is just another typical Top Gear stunt, or if they planned on ending the show in this manner? Both seem to fit the show's modus operandus...

-Z

[herr_oberst]

Perhaps they'll all get hired on at Sky for a whole 'nother project!

[Captain Ahab Jr]

Originally Posted by Z-man

And who do you propose to get to replace Hammond and May? It appears the three of them are a package deal, and I doubt either of them (Hammond and May) would do Top Gear without Clarkson.

And then - I keep wondering if this is just another typical Top Gear stunt, or if they planned on ending the show in this manner? Both seem to fit the show's modus operandus...

-Z

I'd replace them with little Tommy Cruise and Mr. T

[epbrown]

Originally Posted by Z-man

And who do you propose to get to replace Hammond and May? It appears the three of them are a package deal, and I doubt either of them (Hammond and May) would do Top Gear without Clarkson.

I don't really see that as a problem. The trio had a good run but the show has been overdue for a re-tooling anyway. They're better of finding a new, younger crew and rebuilding. They may have some lean years at first but so? They've had them before.

[Steve Carlton]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taYHnxxKi6k

[81Kremer930]

I thought this was a sad day for automotive television. I really enjoyed the show, and let's face it, he made the show! I am hoping that Netflix can put something together with him, because the US version of TopGear is for lack of better words, nowhere close to it's British sibling.

[Joe Bob]

Clarkson and his mates will laugh all the way to the bank........

[72doug2,2S]

Originally Posted by epbrown

I don't really see that as a problem. The trio had a good run but the show has been overdue for a re-tooling anyway. They're better of finding a new, younger crew and rebuilding. They may have some lean years at first but so? They've had them before.

You can't learn Clarkson, he's born gifted. TG will fall back into obscurity, like 1977 when it began.

[strupgolf]

I only saw the show a few times and saw nothing in it. But then, british humor is dry. They could find 3 monkies and be as funny.

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by Captain Ahab Jr

Guy Martin would be a good choice to replace Clarkson, very easy to watch, funny too and speaks what he thinks

They could always use the host from American TH


Course, Joe-Bob, Speeder & myself could take it over