BBC Won't Renew Jeremy Clarkson's Contract
BBC is confirming that Jeremy Clarkson has been dropped from Top Gear.
Personally, I could not care less. Clarkson hasn’t been relevant since his columns became 75 percent irrelevant rambling, 25 percent slapdash car review. I don’t watch Top Gear for the same reason that cops and doctors avoid watching procedural dramas. I blame the show for spawning a breed of armchair automotive expert who ask for your opinion and then tell you why you’re wrong based on what Clarkson said about the car.
But you know what? He is probably the reason I went down this path. His books (Clarkson on Cars, Motorworld) contain some of the best auto writing of all time. Nobody has influenced the current crop of auto writers more than him. More importantly, Clarkson and Top Gear showed that American consumers were willing to pay $11.99 for a printed automobile publication – something that the buff books haven’t quite managed to do.
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On that bombshell- that really sucks! What's Top Gear UK without Clarkson???
I've had a subscription to the Top Gear magazine for a couple of years now and it's great. A little while back I got Motor Trend, Car and Driver, and Automobile at $20 for the trio and they shouldn't even call them magazines anymore. US magazines are more like pamphlets these days. I think all three were about as thick as one Top Gear and that one had hardly any ads. As for the show I'm a huge fan and I even really like the US version. If you want to see bad go on YouTube and try to watch and episode of Top Gear Australia.
I do like Top Gear as it is very entertaining. I even think Jeremy Clarkson has done a great job on Top Gear. But, punching or hitting your boss or co-worker isn't an acceptable act. I do think this incident was the straw that broke the camel's back. We don't know all of the politics that goes on behind the scenes at Top Gear. From this last incident I do think that Jeremy Clarkson was a little bit of a prima donna, considering everything around him is for him. Punching someone concerning not having a steak at the end of the day. The sad part is Jeremy Clarkson would earn enough money to hail a cab and go to the flashest restaurant in whatever location he was in. I've had days at work where myself and my crew were promised "mealtime" but our workload was to large and we never had the time to have our meal. My guys didn't punch me or I didn't punch my boss. There is plenty of whining.
Clarkson is a big, loutish, narcissistic man-child. He is entertaining, like chimps that fling their own poo at zoo visitors are entertaining. Unfortunately, he thinks we are living in Dickensian times where it's acceptable for superiors to beat the subordinates. Bye-bye Jeremy. Take the millions you've made from a government run network, which is supported by mandatory TV license fees imposed on the public, back to the home you purchased on the Isle of Man so as to avoid taxes, and stay there.