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Originally Posted by herr_oberst

The hosts don't have chemistry at all.

The main guy is especially annoying.

Almost as bad are the promos for American Picker that waltz across the bottom of the screen periodically.

Where was the 'something fast' for the Stig to wring out?

I liked the latest episodes 'feature' with the GM cars, a good idea, but see my host comment above. Could have been better.

The main guy, the supposed comic, is not funny, not relevant, who is the audience for this show?

I'll still watch, I want it to work, it's just not there yet.

Yes, everything that you said, yes. They are trying to be too much like the UK version, almost an exact copy in a lot of ways, but the hosts just don't have it. It's like they copied a REALLY good recipe for apple pie, but then forgot to put in the apples. Now they've got a really great crust with a little sweet goo in it, but no one wants "goo pie". (well... but that's another thread entirely)

I'm going to keep watching it because they do occasionally drive something cool, but I'll be surprised if it gets any better without a change of the hosts.

If Tanner says "gai-normous" one more time... And none of them really come up with anything interesting to say most of the time. I saw a show (or read an article) with Clarkson one time where he said that most of their jobs is about thinking up clever stuff to say/write that hasn't been done to death. To me, all three of the guys from the UK do a pretty decent job of saying stuff that's interesting while allowing their personality to show through. The US cast doesn't seem to have much personality, and they don't seem to say much that's interesting.