THE FUNNIEST SHOW YOU'RE NOT WATCHING
The show is Top Gear, a massive hit on UK television and now airing on BBC America on Monday night's at 8 p.m. Yes, it's a show about cars, but it's absolutely freakin' hilarious. I could give a shit about cars. I drive a 1998 Ford Escort with over 100,000 miles. It's paid for, insurance is cheap and the A/C blows nice and cool on these hot Georgia days. Basically, I'm driving it til the wheels fall off. But Top Gear is clever, the skits they do about turning mini-vans into convertibles or trying to make amphibious cars (like in the clip above)are brilliant. The segments where they test drive cars are so cinematic and beautifully done, that I want to be on a twisty road in Scotland with the top down driving 200 miles an hour. The hosts -- Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May -- are jovial and sarcastic Brits. Maybe you won't find it funny. Maybe it's my love for all things British, but this show is now appointment television for me.
The show is Top Gear, a massive hit on UK television and now airing on BBC America on Monday night's at 8 p.m. Yes, it's a show about cars, but it's absolutely freakin' hilarious. I could give a shit about cars. I drive a 1998 Ford Escort with over 100,000 miles. It's paid for, insurance is cheap and the A/C blows nice and cool on these hot Georgia days. Basically, I'm driving it til the wheels fall off. But Top Gear is clever, the skits they do about turning mini-vans into convertibles or trying to make amphibious cars (like in the clip above)are brilliant. The segments where they test drive cars are so cinematic and beautifully done, that I want to be on a twisty road in Scotland with the top down driving 200 miles an hour. The hosts -- Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May -- are jovial and sarcastic Brits. Maybe you won't find it funny. Maybe it's my love for all things British, but this show is now appointment television for me.
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