The Grand Tour

[irishtexan 11512]

Thought this thread was gonna be about George Jones...

[Dutch 4465]

32 minutes ago, Braff Zacklin said:

The feels, my friends, will be bittersweet.

 

 

Why do I feel like someone’s cutting onions while I watched that trailer?

Edited August 22 by Dutch

[RPM 26315]

It's really a miracle they didn't kill each other. Hammond came close.

[rage-a-holic 4373]

On 12/25/2022 at 9:04 PM, SDG said:

Been watching this series and their production value has increased dramatically.  They do a better job than US TG at carrying on the old tg legacy.

Christmas special is their latest.

 

These guys have all the charisma, wit and charm of Ned Flanders, Reverend Lovejoy and Rick Steves.

[Nivek 16916]

Rick Steves was perfect for a PBS tour program. He would be a terrible reality show host, but that isn’t what he set out to do.

[utee94 15805]

I always enjoyed Rick Steves' tour programs for Europe.  He was perfect for a blend of mainstream attractions, and a few off the beaten path suggestions, of the family-friendly variety.

Although I also hear he's quite the lover of the hippie lettuce, so I wonder if he's got another set of tour guide books under a pseudonym that would be more... Snoop-friendly... shall we say?

[Mittens 8256]

15 hours ago, rage-a-holic said:

These guys have all the charisma, wit and charm of Ned Flanders, Reverend Lovejoy and Rick Steves.

Amazing how they convinced someone to pay them to be on tv for the last 22 years, eh?

[rage-a-holic 4373]

7 minutes ago, Mittens said:

Amazing how they convinced someone to pay them to be on tv for the last 22 years, eh?

WTF are you talking about? Those "Car Trek" guys aren't on TV and have only been doing videos for about 4 years.

[Nivek 16916]

2 hours ago, rage-a-holic said:

WTF are you talking about? Those "Car Trek" guys aren't on TV and have only been doing videos for about 4 years.

Pretty sure mittens is confused,  no need to rage...oh..

[NWBuck 8552]

6 hours ago, utee94 said:

I always enjoyed Rick Steves' tour programs for Europe.  He was perfect for a blend of mainstream attractions, and a few off the beaten path suggestions, of the family-friendly variety.

Although I also hear he's quite the lover of the hippie lettuce, so I wonder if he's got another set of tour guide books under a pseudonym that would be more... Snoop-friendly... shall we say?

Timely reference... 

Rick Steves Reveals Cancer Diagnosis in Moving Social Media Post

[SDG 3319]

19 hours ago, rage-a-holic said:

These guys have all the charisma, wit and charm of Ned Flanders, Reverend Lovejoy and Rick Steves.

Okay the first two were funny but why are you putting Rick Steves in an insult?  
 

btw. Jeremy is opening a pub today so the timing works.  

[rage-a-holic 4373]

2 hours ago, SDG said:

Okay the first two were funny but why are you putting Rick Steves in an insult?  
 

Are you and Rick in a relationship? You may not have noticed, but Rick is basically Ned Flanders' real life twin.

And I own a dozen of Rick's books.

Edited August 24 by rage-a-holic

[Mittens 8256]

3 hours ago, Nivek said:

Pretty sure mittens is confused

Indeed, I was.  Mea culpa, Señor Rage.  Carry on. 

[SDG 3319]

Btw something relevant to this thread.

 

[RPM 26315]

On 8/22/2024 at 7:58 AM, Braff Zacklin said:

The feels, my friends, will be bittersweet.

 

 

1 hour ago, SDG said:

Btw something relevant to this thread.

 

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[Grimas 669]

Looks like it just dropped - just stared watching the last episode... 2 hours long...

Edited September 13 by Grimas

[RPM 26315]

RIP VW Beetle

That honestly was a proper end for the lads. I had no idea Zimbabwe was so diverse and beautiful.

Edited September 13 by RPM

[NWBuck 8552]

This is just perfect... of course they did:

Grand Tour stars committed ‘international crime’ without realising in final episode

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“One of the bits of the story that’s disappeared, which will make this not make sense, is that we discovered that in Zimbabwe you can buy silver for pennies, really surprisingly cheap.

“So we decided to buy a lot of it and use it to fashion accessories for our cars. Then when we got to the border with Botswana, we thought, ‘Oh, sh*t, we’ve got all this silver’.”

Hammond chipped in: “We weren’t supposed to have it”.

“So we had to get across into Botswana without anybody noticing that we’ve got quite a lot of silver about our person,” Clarkson continued.

“You smuggled silver, huge amounts of it into Botswana,” Mariella Frostrup, who hosted the event interjected as she called the trio “perhaps the world’s dumbest criminals.”

 

[pops 6980]

Just finished it up. Damn. Going to miss new content from the 3 of those together. Kind of sucks they couldn't do a real montage at the end as I'm sure the BBC told them to fuck off, but still a great ending. 

"It's the tool of charlatans"

Fucking greatness. 

[Mittens 8256]

Watched it last night and couldn't think of a more perfect ending.  Fantastic episode.  What a show (all of it, not just the last one).

[ztejas 43411]

Watching rn.

I love how quickly all their piece of shit cars break down. 

[ztejas 43411]

[HiggyBaby 2529]

Just wrapped it. It was all perfect and now I want to go to Zimbabwe. 
 

edit: I was wondering why there wasn’t more montage-ey stuff and then I remembered the acrimonious separation from the BBC. 

Edited September 16 by HiggyBaby

[Mittens 8256]

7 minutes ago, HiggyBaby said:

now I want to go to Zimbabwe. 

How fucking beautiful was that?  Sheesh!

[Braff Zacklin 13552]

Clarkson's sentimentality surprised me. Expected Hammond would wax the most maudlin, but Clarkson started in early and never let up. Some very profound (albeit not original) observations, particularly the bit about how one often isn't aware when one is doing something for the last time. Definitely some bittersweet moments.

May, Hammond and Clarkson were lightning in a bottle. Motor Trend and other versions of Top Gear have tried to capture their magic, but none come close, particularly with respect to humor.

And on that bombshell ...

 

Edited September 26 by Braff Zacklin