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Old Nov 11, 2008 | 11:29 AM
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Top Gear confirmation - Clarkson now has an AMG CLK 63 Black

Yup on Sunday nights show James let it slip when talking with Jeremey, that Clarkson has a AMG CLK63 Black!!!!
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Old Nov 11, 2008 | 01:17 PM
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speaking of top gear, there is an American version coming soon. pilot has been shot.
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Old Nov 11, 2008 | 06:41 PM
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nice he seems to rave about that car i see why not. Wonder if he traded it in for his SLK55.
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Old Nov 11, 2008 | 07:50 PM
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i dont know why they dont just have the original top gear on here! they did at one point and now i cant get it. every time they americanize a show they ruin it. their show is perfect. funny, informative, interesting.
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Old Nov 11, 2008 | 08:40 PM
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its going to be shot her in LA, my friend is a costar on the show
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Old Nov 12, 2008 | 07:55 AM
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Originally Posted by sick430
speaking of top gear, there is an American version coming soon. pilot has been shot.
According to the papers here in Ireland a few months ago there's an Australian version due out soon also. It'll follow the same format with Jeremy, Richard and James clones.

While there's a half a chance that the Aussie one will be decent, I'm pretty sure the American one will s*ck.
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Old Nov 12, 2008 | 09:33 AM
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I fear the US Top Gear will be too watered down. Plus it wont have their pithy banter. It is just the British way they do things.
I grew up in England and love the original. It is perfect.
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Old Dec 1, 2008 | 11:15 PM
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Agreed, best show ever handsdown. I've got every episode and it's the only show that I watch consistently. I've seen a few of the Australian shows and I'll watch the American version too but after so many seasons of Jeremy, Richard and Hammond, I don't think they'll compare. Even though I don't understand some of the jokes and metaphors, the production quality makes up for it. I wonder how the American production quality will compare, I can't imagine they'll have much Boards of Canada in the soundtrack... I'm expecting Nickleback for some reason
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Old Dec 12, 2008 | 12:29 AM
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The Australian version is pretty lousy. They pretty much copied every thing possible from the UK version, right down to camera angles etc.
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Old Dec 13, 2008 | 05:06 PM
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Has NBC canceled the US version of Top Gear?

I've heard the show is being shopped to the cable networks now.
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Old Dec 14, 2008 | 09:20 PM
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Has NBC canceled the US version of Top Gear?

I've heard the show is being shopped to the cable networks now.
You are correct. This will probably make it a much better show. It will not have to be watered down for the regular networks.
I wish they would just bring the British show over here and be done with it.

I down load every episode from England and burn them to CD. They are great. Unedited and with out commercials like we get here on BBC America.

Downlaoding the latest one as I type this.
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Originally Posted by rsr911
You are correct. This will probably make it a much better show. It will not have to be watered down for the regular networks.
I wish they would just bring the British show over here and be done with it.

I down load every episode from England and burn them to CD. They are great. Unedited and with out commercials like we get here on BBC America.

Downlaoding the latest one as I type this.
how do u put it to dvd? and what do u use to downlaod it?
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Old Dec 15, 2008 | 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by AMGOODNESS
i dont know why they dont just have the original top gear on here! they did at one point and now i cant get it. every time they americanize a show they ruin it. their show is perfect. funny, informative, interesting.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode..._(new_series)/
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There was a person on Youtube with the name "Helenspage1" who had every single episode up-to-date to last week or so. But she got deleted.
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Try this one........... http://www.hessmo.com/Hessmo/Home.html
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