On Thu, 2005-02-17 at 14:22 +0000, Alan B. Pearce wrote:
> Not sure if you realise the history of Fifth Gear - the presenters used to
> do Top Gear, but couldn't get a resolution they liked when contract renewal
> came up, and Channel 5 gave them an offer they couldn't refuse, so they
> moved to Fifth Gear, lock, stock and barrel. I always felt that Fifth Gear
> was a real good take on the name of the show they had come from.
> 
> Top Gear now having lost all its presenters hired back Jeremy Clarkson who
> used to do Top Gear, but had left a couple of years earlier, to do the show
> again, and at that stage the format changed to the one they have now where
> it is all shot in an old airport hanger.

AHHH!! That would explain some things! I've only seen Top Gear episodes
that take place mostly in a hanger of some sort. Maybe that's why I
don't like it as much.

> They do really work well as complementary shows, with Tiff Nedell and Vicki
> Butler-Henderson having race driving pedigrees, and Jeremy Clarkson and his
> co-presenters having a very laid back attitude to the whole thing.

There's the other host of 5th Gear that I really find entertaining. I
don't know his name, but he always is very vocal about how beautiful or
ugly a car he's reviewing is. In a recent episode he was reviewing the
5xx series BMW, the segment started with him screaming and running
toward the camera yelling "run away while you still can"! :) Very funny.
I don't always agree with his asthetic opinion, but that's not a
surprise.

Another comment was when he reviewed the new Mustang he had a map
showing a very straight highway. He was saying how "great" the car would
be and then traced his finger toward a curve. He stopped, looked up at
the camera, and said: "What's that, a curve? In an American car?
AHHHHHHHHHHHHH", or words to that effect. Bloody hilarious! :) TTYL


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