Jeremy Clarkson suspended

Mint Aero

Eugene Norman wrote: »

As for A&E where else do you go at 10pm?

Tesco for a pack of frozen peas. :cool:

4zn76tysfajdxp

Eugene Norman wrote: »

Did Frada run over your dog?

He's got a strange obsession with me. Very odd.

mad muffin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6gHJQLXc2I

dr.fuzzenstein

God, Micheal McIntyre is an unfunny cnut.

mad muffin

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

God, Micheal McIntyre is an unfunny cnut.

*has fracas with dr.fuzzenstein*

Renegade Mechanic

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

God, Micheal McIntyre is an unfunny cnut.

His energy is definitely not for everyone. I do enjoy him though. I found his roadshow grand

Eugene Norman

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

God, Micheal McIntyre is an unfunny cnut.

Unlike Stewart he was actually quite funny there.

Clarkson has totally changed his accent, huh?

steddyeddy

So basically Clarkson assaulted someone in work and people are saying he shouldn't be suspended i.e they're operating on the presumption that if you're good at your job you shouldn't be fired.

murphyebass

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

God, Micheal McIntyre is an unfunny cnut.

Would have to agree.

Painfully unfunny cater to the masses bull....

Has made and will make further fortune though.

Reminds me of that English "comedian" Peter Kay everyone seems to love. Just boring drivel.

But again he's rich and I'm not so who's laughing eh.

Personally I rather the likes Milton Jones, Jack Dee, Frankie Boyle, Dara O Brian but each to their own.

Oh and back on topic if the Beeb do suspend clarkson that's the end of top gear ratings wise in the long term imo.

A Dub in Glasgo

murphyebass wrote: »

Oh and back on topic if the Beeb do suspend clarkson that's the end of top gear ratings wise in the long term imo.

If?? They suspended him 4 days ago!

Tzardine

Fluck you Clarkson.

No I will have to watch dance moms or some other crap with the missus on Sunday night.

Asshat.

mad muffin

steddyeddy wrote: »

So basically Clarkson assaulted someone in work and people are saying he shouldn't be suspended i.e they're operating on the presumption that if you're good at your job you shouldn't be fired.

That's the world we live in.

You bring in the big bucks, you get to get away with anything… maybe even murder.

Muahahaha

steddyeddy wrote: »

So basically Clarkson assaulted someone in work and people are saying he shouldn't be suspended i.e they're operating on the presumption that if you're good at your job you shouldn't be fired.

Some of the posts on here remind me of the infamous Garth Brooks thread where diehard fanboys thought King Garth should be allowed to run roughshod over the laws of the land.

I like Clarkson too but at the end of the day if you hit someone at work, no matter who you are, you can expect to get fired. The fact Clarkson is in the pay of public money makes his position even more untenable

mad muffin wrote: »

That's the world we live in.

You bring in the big bucks, you get to get away with anything… maybe even murder.

Thats the problem for the Beeb now. If they cut him loose then they're going to lose some serious wedge of cash. But if they don't cut him loose then whats to stop the next person who hits a collegaue from claiming the Jeremy Clarkson defence. Also if they let him stay on and offer a new contract they're essentially admitting that Clarkson is bigger than the BBC itself. On top of that I get the feeling that if he is let stay he is likely to land them in hot water yet again, no matter how sincere his apology the powers that be will know well that give him enough time (and enough drink) then he's likely to do something else down the line. Probably better they just cut their losses now.

For Top Gear fans I doubt this will be the last we see of the three lads. No doubt Amercan networks are lining up to sign them such are the sales from DVDs, magazines, etc globally. The new incarnation may not be called Top Gear but it'll still involve the three lads driving supercars through foreign lands and all the other jazz.

mad muffin

Did he physically assault the man? I'm sure he just gave him a verbal bollocking.

Clarkson doesn't strike me as a man who resorts to physical violence.

RecordStraight

mad muffin wrote: »

Did he physically assault the man? I'm sure he just gave him a verbal bollocking.

Clarkson doesn't strike me as a man who resorts to physical violence.

He has form.

Incidentally, I think the show is becoming The Last of the Summer Wine + cars.

Vex Willems

mad muffin wrote: »

Clarkson doesn't strike me as a man who resorts to physical violence.

Ask Piers Morgan

mad muffin

Vex Willems wrote: »

Ask Piers Morgan

Well. Then it's no more then stomping on a cockroach.

A Dub in Glasgo

mad muffin wrote: »

Did he physically assault the man? I'm sure he just gave him a verbal bollocking.

Clarkson doesn't strike me as a man who resorts to physical violence.

did you read anything about the story?

mad muffin

A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »

did you read anything about the story?

Just bits and bobs. There was no mention of a physical smack down.

A Dub in Glasgo

mad muffin wrote: »

Just bits and bobs. There was no mention of a physical smack down.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=94679383&postcount=720

mad muffin

A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=94679383&postcount=720

The producer must've told him, Yorkies are for girls.

Little CuChulainn

mad muffin wrote: »

That's the world we live in.

You bring in the big bucks, you get to get away with anything… maybe even murder.

If you are a big enough celebrity you could kill two women with your car, get off with a fine of £175 and still go on do to car commercials without a hint of irony.

mad muffin

Little CuChulainn wrote: »

If you are a big enough celebrity you could kill two women with your car, get off with a fine of £175 and still go on do to car commercials without a hint of irony.

Exactly. This is faux outrage. We are fully ensconced in the cult of the celebrity.

Eugene Norman

steddyeddy wrote: »

So basically Clarkson assaulted someone in work and people are saying he shouldn't be suspended i.e they're operating on the presumption that if you're good at your job you shouldn't be fired.

Tbf his defenders dispute the assault. Certainly he should go if he hit someone.

Eugene Norman

Little CuChulainn wrote: »

If you are a big enough celebrity you could kill two women with your car, get off with a fine of £175 and still go on do to car commercials without a hint of irony.

Is that a reference to something?

NachoBusiness

Eugene Norman wrote: »

Is that a reference to something?

...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2qGv7C0-Gk

steddyeddy

NachoBusiness wrote: »

...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2qGv7C0-Gk

Dear Jesus that's disgusting. As far as I remember he killed two people in Ireland.

Timberrrrrrrr

Vex Willems wrote: »

Ask Piers Morgan

Ah 5 minutes in a room and the pope would want to slap that gob****e

Aidric

It would damage the top line of the BBC's P&L but Clarkson can't act with impunity, despite his fame. He's not a complete petrolhead oaf but he clearly has difficulty in knowing where the line is.

If the BBC wants to maintain credibility they have to cut him loose.

zom

steddyeddy wrote: »

Dear Jesus that's disgusting. As far as I remember he killed two people in Ireland.

Simply stop buying Honda cars in Irleand, this should give them a hint.

Pablodreamsofnew

There cannot be Top Gear without him. Sack the producer, problem solved

Wibbs

steddyeddy wrote: »

Dear Jesus that's disgusting. As far as I remember he killed two people in Ireland.

In an accident. OK yea doing a car commercial was more than a little "unwise", more like crass.

Tarzana2

Aidric wrote: »

It would damage the top line of the BBC's P&L but Clarkson can't act with impunity, despite his fame. He's not a complete petrolhead oaf but he clearly has difficulty in knowing where the line is.

If the BBC wants to maintain credibility they have to cut him loose.

Nail on the head, all of this.

philstar

so no more Topgear??

what am i going to do now to fill the vacuum in my dull dreary existence??

20Cent

philstar wrote: »

so no more Topgear??

what am i going to do now to fill the vacuum in my dull dreary existence??

Recreate your own version by driving around with two friends shouting racist abuse at people.

Little CuChulainn

Wibbs wrote: »

In an accident. OK yea doing a car commercial was more than a little "unwise", more like crass.

An accident? He was in the wrong lane wasn't he?

dxhound2005

philstar wrote: »

so no more Topgear??

what am i going to do now to fill the vacuum in my dull dreary existence??

Watch the repeats on BBC 3.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mj59/broadcasts/upcoming

dr.fuzzenstein

Little CuChulainn wrote: »

An accident? He was in the wrong lane wasn't he?

It was hardly deliberate.

colossus-x

I could understand all this fuss if it wasn't for the fact that chap only presents a show about .... cars ! CARS ! Like that's really IMPORTANT.

Iranoutofideas

One of the English Sunday papers has a shocker of a headline

"BBC BOSS: CLARKSON LIKE SAVILE."

:eek:

Miall108

He has shown how much of an egotistical dickhead he is with this incident. Hope the BBC cut him loose.

Hes obviously so far up his own hole he thinks he can do whatever the **** he likes just because he has made a tainted living off presenting a show about luxury cars but punching a producer unprevoked and stereotyping him as "lazy irish" over a meal is really crossing the line.

If I was that producer, he would have been grabbed by the scruff of the neck and dragged out of the premises before being strongly "encouraged" to remove his head from his hole and replace it with his £21.95 steak

testicle

Miall108 wrote: »

If I was that producer, he would have been grabbed by the scruff of the neck and dragged out of the premises before being strongly "encouraged" to remove his head from his hole and replace it with his £21.95 steak

No he wouldn't...

keanosbeard

Dolly Parton once said; " It takes a whole lot of money to look this cheap "

Rowan Atkinson's genius is Mr Bean. But the person Rowan Atkinson himself is a complete mystery to people.

Katie Price became " Jordan "

Madonna is still getting headlines approaching 60.

Kim Kardashian s*cked a rappers c*ck and had given her whole family a career off the back of it,

Clarkson is an excellent journalist and a very clever man, despite the " Buffoon Act ". The fact he can arouse such interest and controversy is a tribute to the " Character " he has created.

Macavity.

Can anyone else see Clarkson doing something like this?

PrettyBoy

steddyeddy wrote: »

Dear Jesus that's disgusting.

Disgusting..? I don't get it? He was involved in a serious car accident 20 odd years ago - nothing deliberate about it

I can't for the life of me understand why you are so offended?

Miall108

testicle wrote: »

No he wouldn't...

Dunno about you but Id actually enjoy bringing a stuck up clown like that down a peg or two

Or maybe you wouldnt have the "balls" to do it(see what I did there) or you're just one of those Clarkson apologists. Either way he would have deserved a bit of sense being knocked into him after acting the prick to that extent

Tzardine

I don't get the anger at Clarkson for calling the producer a lazy Irish whatever. It's hardly racist. It's actually probably factual. I mean he is Irish and may have been lazy.

If he had called him a lazy paddy potato farmer I would say fair enough. But I don't see why people are getting their knickers in a twist for him calling somebody a lazy Irish whatever.

_Brian

Tzardine wrote: »

I don't get the anger at Clarkson for calling the producer a lazy Irish whatever. It's hardly racist. It's actually probably factual. I mean he is Irish and may have been lazy.

If he had called him a lazy paddy potato farmer I would say fair enough. But I don't see why people are getting their knickers in a twist for him calling somebody a lazy Irish whatever.

When you mention someone's nationality or race as part of an overall insult them it's fair to say it's a racist put down. Stack that with the fact that clarksun has a frequent history on screen if being blatantly racist. I'd be sure it was intended as a slur.

The show in it's current lineup and probably format has long since run it's time. It's got old, predictable and repetitive. I've no doubt but he'll be cut loose from the show, possibly the BBC altogether. But I expect he'll not go short if a bob and some of the other stations will pick him up.

If he weren't so racist I'd probably consider him a good presenter but this one aspect is disgusting in an individual.

DEFTLEFTHAND

_Brian wrote: »

When you mention someone's nationality or race as part of an overall insult them it's fair to say it's a racist put down. Stack that with the fact that clarksun has a frequent history on screen if being blatantly racist. I'd be sure it was intended as a slur.

The show in it's current lineup and probably format has long since run it's time. It's got old, predictable and repetitive. I've no doubt but he'll be cut loose from the show, possibly the BBC altogether. But I expect he'll not go short if a bob and some of the other stations will pick him up.

If he weren't so racist I'd probably consider him a good presenter but this one aspect is disgusting in an individual.

Try not to be so impressionable and naive son. Seriously are you afraid your kids are going to drown in the rain or what?

It's called humour fella, they're not slurs when used in this context, for instance do you cry racist when an Irish chap is referred to as a Paddy or an Italian paisan is referred to as a greaseball?

Lighten up a bit and you might live longer son, it's all in jest around here.

dr.fuzzenstein

colossus-x wrote: »

I could understand all this fuss if it wasn't for the fact that chap only presents a show about .... cars ! CARS ! Like that's really IMPORTANT.

Yes, we should be talking about something really important like football. ;-)