Car-Builder John Hennessy on Working with Top Gear and The Grand Tour

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  • čas přidán 4. 05. 2023
  • Taken from JRE #1982 w/John Hennessy:
    open.spotify.com/episode/7LAH...

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  • @jeffburton289
    @jeffburton289 Před rokem +17705

    Would absolutely love to see Jeremy Clarkson on JRE. Would be a top 3 podcast without a doubt.

    • @colbyzur4642
      @colbyzur4642 Před rokem +790

      My dream is for all 3 to go on together I think it would be a top tier JRE episode

    • @jmatthew3432
      @jmatthew3432 Před rokem +226

      Jezza Clarkson would be one of the best episodes
      I wish he did Peter Kay aswell
      Joe would love that comedian to comedian

    • @whisky3412
      @whisky3412 Před rokem +20

      That would be amazing

    • @matthewhiggs4805
      @matthewhiggs4805 Před rokem +43

      ​​@@johnsmith5010 ?

    • @crispynotburnt
      @crispynotburnt Před rokem +53

      Absolutely, this is my dream. JOE PLEASE MAKE THIS HAPPEN!!

  • @Alex-yz7cj
    @Alex-yz7cj Před rokem +5235

    Top gear in its prime was one of the greatest shows ever

    • @underthetrees4780
      @underthetrees4780 Před rokem +119

      The Grand Tour has had some moments too, the boats in Vietnam was as good as ever.

    • @ross3901
      @ross3901 Před rokem +49

      The one where they tested the green ford fiesta after someone complained they don't test normal cars was excellent.

    • @babybluesky9238
      @babybluesky9238 Před rokem +24

      @@underthetrees4780 the grand tour succeeded at several emotional moments in travel but top gear was all about british blokes car careers

    • @mursuka80
      @mursuka80 Před rokem +102

      300 million weekly viewers. BBC did one of the biggest blunders ever by firing Clarkson.

    • @ComicusFreemanius
      @ComicusFreemanius Před rokem +8

      I feel like them shooting in low definition really set them back. I mean I still watch repeats but if there was an HD version it would probably gain popularity despite being cancelled.

  • @urbanapache2
    @urbanapache2 Před 10 měsíci +146

    Worked in a pub in England, Top gear on Sundays... Huge hit.

  • @jeshanew2183
    @jeshanew2183 Před rokem +367

    Clarkson on the JRE will literally be one of the greatest podcast episodes ever. Make it happen Joe!

  • @High_Key
    @High_Key Před rokem +2950

    Top Gear with Jeremy, Hammond, and James was literally the best show on earth. The season specials they did towards the later seasons were pure magic.

    • @ivanjulian2532
      @ivanjulian2532 Před rokem +12

      Ahhh there it is.... the word "literally". Easily the MOST overused word on CZcams. Edited to add: Geezus, check out all the princesses who are triggered by my comment.

    • @JordyDeschamps
      @JordyDeschamps Před rokem +53

      @@ivanjulian2532 Yes? That’s why its a word? It’s there to be used.

    • @DrSpaceman69
      @DrSpaceman69 Před rokem +33

      @@ivanjulian2532 literally

    • @Trump-jv8xf
      @Trump-jv8xf Před rokem

      They were also anti American, incorrect on car facts, and racist. Screw top gear!

    • @tobiasmccallum9697
      @tobiasmccallum9697 Před rokem +28

      ​@@ivanjulian2532 It's LITERALLY the most viewed TV show of all time in ratings

  • @preparetobedazled
    @preparetobedazled Před rokem +3620

    I LOVE how offended Joe is that the Top Gear lads made fun of Tesla. Bro, they've made fun of every car company ever. And probably every human race too.

    • @YoosufMuneer
      @YoosufMuneer Před rokem +103

      Making fun of Tesla is very different from lying about what happened

    • @SoheiBenkei
      @SoheiBenkei Před rokem +398

      It was a way of pointing out the problems with electric cars, which they've done with every single electric car they've tested.

    • @YoosufMuneer
      @YoosufMuneer Před rokem +30

      @@SoheiBenkei Nope. They just lied.

    • @steven7169
      @steven7169 Před rokem +160

      ​@@YoosufMuneer prove it

    • @Halbared
      @Halbared Před rokem +25

      Quite. The court case seems rather silly.

  • @apathy9237
    @apathy9237 Před rokem +287

    I grew up watching Top Gear and still watch The Grand Tour. The way those dudes gave it their all was amazing. Theyre the best presenters and every now and again their tomfoolery did result in a good bit of real-world knowledge.

    • @Maxsmack
      @Maxsmack Před 8 měsíci +1

      The chemistry has mostly carried over. I feels it’s not as good but I always watched for their personalities not so much the cars

    • @TrulyUniqueOne
      @TrulyUniqueOne Před 8 měsíci

      The grand tour is too scripted

  • @regularguy90
    @regularguy90 Před rokem +255

    Jeremey and James driving different trucks up a mountain to find Richard is one of my favorite episodes.

    • @perth7930
      @perth7930 Před rokem

      Bro which episode was that one

    • @perperi31
      @perperi31 Před rokem +3

      @@perth7930 canada episode, S22 e6

    • @perth7930
      @perth7930 Před 11 měsíci

      @@perperi31 thanks bro

    • @zoogie980
      @zoogie980 Před 10 měsíci

      Yeah good episode, also the Raptor is fire

    • @Madjiul
      @Madjiul Před 8 dny

      For real and what made it hilarious is that 4x4s and off-roading is more Richards thing and he missed out😂

  • @vastsleep7152
    @vastsleep7152 Před rokem +2810

    Jeremy Clarkson on JRE would easily be one of the greatest shows without a doubt. The crazy stories and details that could be told would be insane

    • @mooney228
      @mooney228 Před rokem +18

      It's a once-in-a-generation chemistry I feel

    • @Alexander-vo4gv
      @Alexander-vo4gv Před rokem +8

      literally the best podcast ever made

    • @doshwrx3776
      @doshwrx3776 Před rokem +7

      Yeah that’s got to happen

    • @snow4days
      @snow4days Před rokem +2

      I especially want to hear about assaulting people he works with

    • @REASONvsRANDOM
      @REASONvsRANDOM Před 11 měsíci

      If you’d just commited to “the best” you would have doubled your likes hee hee

  • @TheGiftRF
    @TheGiftRF Před rokem +2307

    Can we get Jeremy Clarkson on the pod? I'd love to hear some more stories from his life on the farm

    • @ModeX9
      @ModeX9 Před rokem +8

      You mean life on the lamb

    • @kewrock
      @kewrock Před rokem +6

      @@delver1857 He may smoke cigs. But I doubt hes a pothead.

    • @DogmenHardcastle
      @DogmenHardcastle Před rokem +21

      I could see Joe clashing with Clarkson, professional comedian Joe wouldn't get when he was joking, for real.

    • @tehjamerz
      @tehjamerz Před rokem

      "The pod" get fukt

    • @dumptodreamhome2630
      @dumptodreamhome2630 Před rokem

      Jezza and Joe!!

  • @lukeysharp94
    @lukeysharp94 Před rokem +31

    The episode when they strapped a Reliant Robin to some rockets, will always be peak Top Gear for me

    • @twaito
      @twaito Před 2 měsíci

      Agreed. May and Hammonds faces as the robin shuttle took off was awesome.

  • @guys783
    @guys783 Před 11 měsíci +25

    This guy is doing an excellent job of distorting what happen and jo is taking Avery word of it.

  • @jopo7996
    @jopo7996 Před rokem +1331

    I'd love to see Richard Hammond on JRE, but after 2 minutes the podcast studio would be flipped upside down and on fire.

    • @kevboard
      @kevboard Před rokem +17

      😂

    • @kopanosydneyseeletso5013
      @kopanosydneyseeletso5013 Před rokem +6

      Touché, thats a good one

    • @Si_Mondo
      @Si_Mondo Před rokem +4

      And all he would have done is sit down! 😂

    • @TheCrazyDcoolest
      @TheCrazyDcoolest Před rokem +15

      This is assuming he’s tall enough to reach the mic first

    • @jasonh8043
      @jasonh8043 Před rokem +2

      LMAO !! Good one ! Not that I ever want any of them to get hurt...but he is accident prone !

  • @TimothyBoersma99
    @TimothyBoersma99 Před rokem +1317

    For me personally Top Gear is the greatest TV show ever by a country mile. The humour, the chemistry between the three, the challenges and specials, the guests and short documentaries. They went to the freaking North Pole in a Toyota! Didn't expect Joe would bring up the Tesla fiasco, out of all the things Top Gear has done. Most of the show is entertainment and pure satire. They made fun of literally every car brand in the world. Clarkson's criticisms on Rover was a major cause in it's decline. They've been mocking Toyota for the Prius, campervans and caravans, the Dacia Sandero and so on for years and years. The Toyota Prius is one of the best selling cars of all time. There are huge amounts of caravans and campervans in the UK alone, the Sandero huge amounts of exposure thanks to mainly James May. Pity to see a (American) comedian butthurt about the Tesla case. Must have been filled in by his best bud Elon. Would love to see Clarkson on JRE, that episode would get a huge number of views and possibly Jeremy's final act on the internet if you give him three hours to talk about anything he likes🤣. Don't think Hammond would do it, no way May would do anything this big.

    • @pauldkb1700
      @pauldkb1700 Před rokem +14

      It's like doing all those things with your best friends whilst you all take the piss and play pranks on each other the whole way through

    • @leull
      @leull Před rokem +37

      First time I felt joe was biased on this on for his friend Elon

    • @philiproseel3506
      @philiproseel3506 Před rokem +7

      Yup. Don't care what they reveal about Top Gear. Greatest show ever.

    • @leull
      @leull Před rokem +3

      @@philiproseel3506 💯 %

    • @JobiWan144
      @JobiWan144 Před rokem +8

      Clarkson's final act on the Internet? He's 63 years old, not 83. I honestly believe what James May said recently: they're going to keep going as a trio until one of them kicks the bucket.

  • @007Spadge
    @007Spadge Před rokem +58

    2002 to 2016 Top Gear was lightning in a bottle. One of my favorite shows, I don't know what else comes close.
    The chemistry between these three presenters, just f*ck*ng adore it

  • @iDropPhats
    @iDropPhats Před rokem +75

    Those 3 are the kings of content on TV. Such a good trio, they’d do anything just for their audience.

    • @ChrisMix
      @ChrisMix Před rokem +6

      I know, they weren't doing stuff just to get ratings - it's not like USA, their first priority was to have a laugh

  • @davemayers9342
    @davemayers9342 Před rokem +615

    Clarkson is a living legend. Joe and Jeremy together? pure gold.

    • @John_Doe62
      @John_Doe62 Před rokem +4

      Imagine if the trio start their own podcast where they're just talking, like they did on "the news"

    • @ELNinoLuke
      @ELNinoLuke Před rokem

      He's actually a complete dick. We'll documented

    • @puravida5702
      @puravida5702 Před rokem +9

      Nah Joe wouldn’t understand him or his sense of humour, this is a clear indication of that

    • @John_Doe62
      @John_Doe62 Před rokem +7

      @@puravida5702 Yes I kind think Jeremy would get irritated by Joe

  • @sceett
    @sceett Před rokem +461

    How did he not even mention that Richard happened almost died crashing a jet car at 300mph and was in a coma 😅 Clarkson driving a truck into a wall was probably one of the lesser dangerous stunts they’ve done.

    • @eats4cheaps305
      @eats4cheaps305 Před rokem +15

      Because the Clarkson one was an intentional crash

    • @thedunyadoneya2628
      @thedunyadoneya2628 Před rokem +31

      They also didnt mention the american special they did, despite talking about how they did stuff for views etc. Weird

    • @jake_adlay_24s90
      @jake_adlay_24s90 Před rokem +14

      Or when he launched the rimac off a mountain in Switzerland if I remember correctly

    • @miguelramirez7132
      @miguelramirez7132 Před rokem +7

      Or when they strapped Hammond to a chair to a plane in a classic car show 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @LukaDeezNuts
      @LukaDeezNuts Před rokem

      or the time Hammond crashed the Rimac prototype 😂

  • @georgeherbert4721
    @georgeherbert4721 Před rokem +50

    Joe watching Top Gear clips gives me the same feeling I’d get as a kid when I’d invite multiple friend groups to my birthday party

  • @kylemilligan752
    @kylemilligan752 Před rokem +17

    Went out to Hennessy's place in 2001. His guys were super cool showing off their work and projects. Hennessy showed up and asked for 50 bucks for a tour. Turned around and left.

  • @aaronsimpson2547
    @aaronsimpson2547 Před rokem +1515

    As a Brit that grew up watching Top Gear, it’s extremely entertaining seeing how the rest of the world perceive British satire and humour. It’s an open secret that TG was a sketch show presented as a documentary. Everything was usually a joke but it was usually only the UK laughing😂

    • @gizzardfan7349
      @gizzardfan7349 Před rokem +20

      You wish. It takes a least one yank to make a Python.

    • @tonytricks
      @tonytricks Před rokem +45

      It makes me laugh,a lot,when people take J,Clarkson seriously,he's playing a character,not being himself.

    • @ziggy5217
      @ziggy5217 Před rokem +47

      Eh, as an American I laughed at every episode. TG is dead to me, GT is the superior show. The 3 boys are a treasure

    • @enteraqua
      @enteraqua Před rokem +48

      Most everyone around the world was laughing, mate. Except the Argentines.

    • @exxhy9707
      @exxhy9707 Před rokem +29

      I'm from Argentina, started watching Mitch & Cam recently and it hit me, you brits have levels of sarcasm and irony/self-deprecation only a trained eye can catch

  • @Tarzanjunglekungfu
    @Tarzanjunglekungfu Před rokem +169

    The Argentina thing was over the license plate. Not stuff written on their cars. The incident that got dangerous over stuff written on their cars was when they were in the South. Alabama or Georgia or something I don't remember the state.

    • @peteroreilly4216
      @peteroreilly4216 Před rokem +13

      It was Alabama

    • @abrammedrano4392
      @abrammedrano4392 Před rokem +1

      ​@@peteroreilly4216 OH yes Alabama, state of the cousin bangers.

    • @NotKimiRaikkonen
      @NotKimiRaikkonen Před rokem +7

      Btw, Alabama and Mississippi aren't known for having had incest. That was up in Appalachia, in tiny isolated mountain villages up in West Virginia. People just assume anyone with a southern accent has all the same stereotypes.

    • @mrbutty143
      @mrbutty143 Před rokem

      Yes they were wrong to do that if they did it in the county nearest to the UK they won't have got out

    • @abrammedrano4392
      @abrammedrano4392 Před rokem +1

      @@NotKimiRaikkonen Alabama allows 1st cousins to get married.

  • @filipmac5577
    @filipmac5577 Před rokem +50

    Top Gear is the show that got me into becoming a car enthusiast. I was devastated when Clarkson, May, and Hammond left the show permanently. Top Gear was one of the best shows on TV!

    • @swunt10
      @swunt10 Před 10 měsíci

      The 3 still do the same it's just called The Grand Tour for legal reasons now (Amazon apparently couldn't buy the name Top Gear from the BBC)

    • @filipmac5577
      @filipmac5577 Před 9 měsíci

      @@swunt10 I am aware, the only difference is that GT sucks.

    • @swunt10
      @swunt10 Před 9 měsíci +2

      @@filipmac5577 It really doesn't. The Grand Tour is great just like old top gear. Give it a try, it's worth it.

  • @RedRoverTW
    @RedRoverTW Před rokem +29

    I watched every Top Gear since the mid-80s until the move to Amazon. It was one of the best because nothing was out of bounds and they had real chemistry. JRE should definitely interview Clarkson.

    • @stevehope4572
      @stevehope4572 Před 10 měsíci

      He should interview all three

    • @baconatoromg6062
      @baconatoromg6062 Před 9 měsíci +2

      The Amazon show is still really good. Even better in some ways actually

  • @Frank_Simmons0000
    @Frank_Simmons0000 Před rokem +622

    Please invite jeremy clarkson. That episode would be crazy 😂

    • @8thParallel
      @8thParallel Před rokem +9

      I would watch it 1000 times over

    • @johnbroadfoot5148
      @johnbroadfoot5148 Před rokem +29

      That would require clarkson to go to America. 😂

    • @rahulsudhir666
      @rahulsudhir666 Před rokem +16

      ​@@johnbroadfoot5148 The American, Hammond, probably will hop on a flight real quick 🤣🤣

    • @BLOXKAFELLARECORDS
      @BLOXKAFELLARECORDS Před rokem +1

      ​@@rahulsudhir666 Hey I see your a member of the LGBQT community 🌈 We support you still bro. Brave of you.

    • @rahulsudhir666
      @rahulsudhir666 Před rokem +1

      @@BLOXKAFELLARECORDS Wait, what? 🤔🤣

  • @jopo7996
    @jopo7996 Před rokem +102

    The amazing chemistry between Clarkson, Hammond and May, is something that can never be duplicated or improved.

    • @natel7382
      @natel7382 Před rokem +1

      Lol Henessy talks about everyone else, never about himself. I hope he talked about his cars more than other people he's met in the rest of the interview.

    • @user-iz3gv7th6z
      @user-iz3gv7th6z Před rokem

      @@natel7382 the people are far more important than the legacy machines they leave behind my guy.

    • @natel7382
      @natel7382 Před rokem

      @@user-iz3gv7th6z Exactly my point. This whole video is him telling other people's experiences, because he was in close proximity. The f5 video isn't even 5 minutes long. This is my point.

  • @schlongy2dope
    @schlongy2dope Před 11 měsíci +6

    Argentina was just a gripe about an unfortunate license plate. Car had had the same plate since it was first registered 40 or 50 years ago. 😅

  • @user-th7bj7vk5n
    @user-th7bj7vk5n Před rokem +8

    The Argentina episode was hilarious, same thing happened when they went to Vietnam doing a challenge against each other and to which ever car broke down first had to drive Vespas with the song “born in the USA” blasting through the speakers! 😂

  • @willemgroen7546
    @willemgroen7546 Před rokem +485

    Top Gear is the best tv show of all time

    • @KingDomsKingdom85
      @KingDomsKingdom85 Před rokem +26

      The specials!!!... my word are they perfect TV. The Bolivia one is my favourite, they have the best job ever.

    • @notatroll78
      @notatroll78 Před rokem +8

      was

    • @REAPER3fitty
      @REAPER3fitty Před rokem +4

      OG was

    • @maacckknumero2316
      @maacckknumero2316 Před rokem +3

      The Original series was mustard. There was a 5+ year waiting list to get to watch it live

    • @rjdtwo
      @rjdtwo Před rokem

      was

  • @cameronavon1337
    @cameronavon1337 Před rokem +171

    Man I grew up with top gear. It was just magic, counting down the days till Sunday for the new ep, felt like three mates on a gap year.

    • @pauldkb1700
      @pauldkb1700 Před rokem +1

      Ya it's like when you were 20 and you all went on a lads holiday to Spain but you couldn't even explain to people the madness that went on when you came home haha

  • @goodrobot1
    @goodrobot1 Před rokem +1

    Clarkson, Hammond and May will forever be my favorite thing about tv. Ive watched everything theyve donr since i was a child. Love the trio.

  • @atithesnail
    @atithesnail Před rokem +4

    One hour into the podcast I was thinking wow, John Hennessy is doing such a great interview with Joe.

  • @TrackingPonies
    @TrackingPonies Před rokem +73

    @4:31 “They did all kinds of crooked sh*t.”
    So did you, Jon, so did you.

  • @alexcoyg3281
    @alexcoyg3281 Před rokem +89

    Top Gear was #1 show of my childhood, it was everything i ever wanted from tv as a kid

  • @notthemessiah9243
    @notthemessiah9243 Před rokem +41

    Jeremy has had one of the best jobs a man could ever have, driving the best cars around for the last four decades

    • @realMaverickBuckley
      @realMaverickBuckley Před rokem +3

      POWAHHHH

    • @NAK5315
      @NAK5315 Před 11 měsíci

      ​@@realMaverickBuckleyBABY JEZZUS

    • @kdrapertrucker
      @kdrapertrucker Před 8 měsíci

      I wouldn't say the best cars, most exotics are pretty crappy cars, uncomfortable, not very reliable, etc. But you sacrifice for either performance (if you have access to a race track), or to show off how well off you are (if you do not have access to a racetrack)

    • @Peepsarestrange
      @Peepsarestrange Před 2 měsíci

      ​@@kdrapertruckerthey drove everything, so some of those cars would be the best.

  • @loch1352
    @loch1352 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Top Gear is by far my favourite show of all time, I grew up on it and some of my best memories are associated with it.

  • @damianheslop6380
    @damianheslop6380 Před rokem +197

    Top Gear with Clarkson, Hammond, and May, was the best show ever. True entertainment at its very best.

  • @bquick94
    @bquick94 Před rokem +65

    The more recent tunnel speed test where James May hit the wall straight on was pretty nutty too.

    • @raven_of_zoso455
      @raven_of_zoso455 Před rokem +2

      That happened just a bit off from where I live. Truly terrifying stuff seeing such a brilliant man and such a brilliant car smash into a wall of solid bedrock.

  • @sastrinidis
    @sastrinidis Před rokem +6

    How cool would it to see Clarkson, Hammond, and May on JRE. Not just to learn behind the scenes from Top Gear, but their move to The Grand Tour, and their current projects. I watch all 3 of their current shows like Clarkson's Farm, DriveTribe, the new pub, etc...

  • @jezwc
    @jezwc Před rokem +6

    Jezza and the lads were the best. Never watched Top Gear once they left. Clarkson's farm is also such a great show! Legends

    • @Peepsarestrange
      @Peepsarestrange Před 2 měsíci

      I gave the first new episode a chance but turned off after 10 min and never watched one since.

  • @KanyeT1306
    @KanyeT1306 Před rokem +201

    The "message" written on the cars in Argentina were not scrawled on with a pen or a sticker on the wheel arch, it was the license plate from the UK. Apparently it was a pure accident/coincidence that the license plate references the Falkland Wars (H982 FKL), and I heard you can even check the cars registration history in the UK and see it remained the same. Maybe they chose that car for that reason, it's hard to say, but it seems very unlikely it was intenional.

    • @hmshood319
      @hmshood319 Před rokem +47

      They had decided to use a 928 for the film. Now they just had to find one.
      At the time there were only two registered in the UK. The H982 FLK one and another. The other one being in considerably worse nick, so they chose the better one

    • @Milkmans_Son
      @Milkmans_Son Před rokem +40

      @@hmshood319 I would think if Clarkson had his mind set on insulting the locals, it wouldn't have been quite so subtle.

    • @James-fb9wn
      @James-fb9wn Před rokem +15

      It was intentional no doubt in my mind

    • @hmshood319
      @hmshood319 Před rokem +38

      @@James-fb9wn Any proof? Cos there is overwhelming evidence against your opinion

    • @James-fb9wn
      @James-fb9wn Před rokem +6

      @@hmshood319 too much of a coincidence

  • @Underpantsniper
    @Underpantsniper Před rokem +169

    That truck crash by jezza was nothing compared to Hammond's crash in the jet car.

    • @brobocops
      @brobocops Před rokem +20

      Or Hammond crashing the Rimac.

    • @cameroni6785
      @cameroni6785 Před rokem +12

      Or Hammond crashing the black van.

    • @1greener
      @1greener Před rokem +10

      Or Hammond crashing Mozambique motorcycle .

    • @crumpets2966
      @crumpets2966 Před rokem +11

      Or Hammond crashing the Chinese 3 wheeler

    • @DFle-yk5jn
      @DFle-yk5jn Před rokem +13

      Or Hammond crashing my brother's wedding 💒

  • @visionary_rc7987
    @visionary_rc7987 Před rokem +3

    ANY of the trio on JRE… that would be soooo good!

  • @Revheadrev
    @Revheadrev Před rokem +3

    Clarkson, Hammond and May on JRE would be such a brilliant few hours

  • @raven_of_zoso455
    @raven_of_zoso455 Před rokem +802

    The Falklands incident was not on purpose. The main reason for that was purely a coincidence due to Clarkson's license plate on his Porsche 928. He had deliberately chosen what car/model in advance to buying one, because the 928 is a fairly rare car that Jeremy has a sentimental connection with. It was just random that one of the two 928 models (with the specks he wanted) available in Britain at that time had a licence plate that read H982FKL, a reference to the 1982 Falklands war. Jeremy has said he didn't notice that connection until things started to heat up during the special.
    Also, one can find official info on the said car, that prove the licence plate was original with the car from its first registration many years prior the incident.
    The only way this could be deliberate was if Jeremy saw that car, noticed the licence plate, and thought, "Hey, let's buy that one and take that to Argentina." Which I frankly have trouble to believe, because of rarity of that car. Sometimes, the truth is stranger than fiction (the speculation if this was deliberate), and considering the odds at play here, I think that is just the case.

    • @kingsamson9146
      @kingsamson9146 Před rokem +78

      Yup, that's how I understood the story behind as well. And what is more, in the UK the plate comes with the car I think, you buy the car with the plate. AFAIK you cannot change it easily.

    • @TheCounty90
      @TheCounty90 Před rokem +67

      Apparently the female researcher who found the car was really upset when it kicked off.
      No one noticed it. Could happen

    • @raven_of_zoso455
      @raven_of_zoso455 Před rokem +13

      @@kingsamson9146 yes. That is quite a complicated and dreary process from what I have heard too.

    • @StreetWarrior24
      @StreetWarrior24 Před rokem +119

      There's an interview with James May where the radio DJ insists that it was intentional but May stands his ground - and gets very cross in the process.

    • @raven_of_zoso455
      @raven_of_zoso455 Před rokem +24

      @@StreetWarrior24 I've seen it. Yes, I think a lot of people in this comment section should too.

  • @ironcladnomad5639
    @ironcladnomad5639 Před rokem +224

    They're still doing stuff for The Grand Tour, but it's pretty much exclusively their globetrotting specials. They did away with their live audiences, celebrity portions, car reviews, and the like. All three of those guys would be great guests on the show: Clarkson is a really dynamic personality, May is a keen dabbler and solid conversationalist, and Hammond is a lot of fun and has some great stories to share. Any of them would be cool, all three at once would be glorious chaos.

    • @seanwilks7712
      @seanwilks7712 Před rokem +6

      Didn’t Amazon end their contracts with Clarkson after his Megan Markle comments?

    • @MrHeavy466
      @MrHeavy466 Před rokem

      It would be scheduling hell, but I would love to see individual episodes of each one, culminating in a 1 on 3 interview with them all; in the same vein as the episodes with Joe and all his comedy friends.

    • @KanyeT1306
      @KanyeT1306 Před rokem +9

      @@seanwilks7712 The two are unrelated. There was no reason given for the ending of their contracts, so we can only assume. The team are just getting old and have their own side projects now. It's been like one special a year at this rate, I think they are just ready to move on.

    • @BleachDemon99
      @BleachDemon99 Před rokem +2

      I think May was a pot head, would love to see him baked explaining to Joe how a camshaft works

    • @seanwilks7712
      @seanwilks7712 Před rokem +2

      @@BleachDemon99 May should make a ASMR podcast of him stoned explaining how things work and market it as a sleep aid sound.

  • @Authentic_Neo
    @Authentic_Neo Před rokem +6

    Top Gear makes me proud to be British! Some of the best TV moments of all time come from that great show, When the original hosts left that's when the show truly ended.

  • @aandersson650
    @aandersson650 Před rokem +4

    Imagine having those three on the show. Would be amazing

  • @fonz-ys6xu
    @fonz-ys6xu Před rokem +78

    John "I'll take your money but not finish building your car, even though I've sold your stock parts online" Hennessey. No doubt about it, he builds some fast cars. But I wouldn't trust him. The reputation has been tarnished.

    • @iggywow
      @iggywow Před rokem +6

      yeah I don't know much about him and I'm not really into cars but even I have a view of Hennessey being a bit shady

    • @negativeindustrial
      @negativeindustrial Před rokem +10

      That’s been a long-standing reputation, as well. I remember first hearing about that decades ago.

    • @onefastboi14
      @onefastboi14 Před rokem +6

      Yup it’s well known here locally that he’s got that sort of reputation. The people that don’t know him are usually the suckers going to him for getting work done.
      Viper community especially has a strong distain for him, and I can’t say I blame them. He’s done a lot of shady stuff and there’s no way I’d trust him with my car or my money.

    • @_ThatGuyGus_
      @_ThatGuyGus_ Před rokem +4

      I can't believe he's still in business let alone invited on podcasts

    • @onefastboi14
      @onefastboi14 Před rokem +1

      @@_ThatGuyGus_ probably has to do with the ridiculous stuff he makes on occasion so he can get new suckers. Most of the locals at least know not to go to him if they want actual legitimate performance work done.

  • @A_Man_Named_Mark
    @A_Man_Named_Mark Před rokem +122

    When I worked for DCX Viper Racing Division (Dodge) as an engineer back in the 00's, we sent John a Viper to build for us ( again, we're Dodge... the manufacturer). Took him twice as long as it should have to send us the finished car back, and the first time Tommy (Archer) took the car around our test track... it blew up. Dude gets by on his name alone.

    • @juggnuttz
      @juggnuttz Před rokem +16

      look into hte Raptors by him, i forget exact numbers but it was like 7 of the 12 they built went up in flames. i think was from the pressurized fuel lines they used, but not positive, its been years since i was deep in this stuff.

    • @eddy91604
      @eddy91604 Před rokem +44

      There's also lots of people on various car forums saying he's pretty much a crook.

    • @weaksignal8009
      @weaksignal8009 Před rokem +24

      Hennessey is A CRIMINAL

    • @robostyle9773
      @robostyle9773 Před rokem +13

      @@weaksignal8009 yup glad someone brought this up. So many stories

    • @Grind_Fishing
      @Grind_Fishing Před rokem +18

      @@eddy91604 glad somebody finally said it, dude is a huge CROOK!

  • @alexfulton375
    @alexfulton375 Před 8 měsíci +3

    Community notes here:
    The Argentina thing was a number plate "H982 FKL" - 1982 and Falklands. The presenters were rushed out under cover and flew home. The crew had to abandon the cars and drove at speed to the border with Chile and flew home from there.
    The writing things on cars came from the roadtrip across the southern states in one of the very early seasons. Things like "hilary for president" and "man love rules ok" had them chased by hillbillies out of town from a petrol station in Alabama.

  • @davidbicket7201
    @davidbicket7201 Před 11 měsíci +5

    Normally I do not like American cars but the Velociraptor and the Exorcist are truly amazing cars. Well done John, especially as the presenters can be very harsh on vehicles. Long live The Grand Tour and Hennessy cars

  • @fl04
    @fl04 Před rokem +10

    It's not a UK-company-owned-by-the-government in combination with a UK court situation, but rather because knowing that the nature of the show and the way these "tests"/"reviews" are conducted are not necessarily informational/educational but purely for entertainment purposes. Because of this IT IS in fact reasonable to assume that no viewer would compare the tesla's performance as indicated per the "review" to its real life performance - it makes total sense

    • @madmags969
      @madmags969 Před 11 měsíci

      BBC is publicly funded but not owned by the government. Although any standing government would like that to be the case

    • @Helen-cw1qs
      @Helen-cw1qs Před 2 měsíci +1

      Well said!!! In the same way I wouldn’t buy a Ford Fiesta because it makes an excellent landing craft for the Marines. That’s another one of their car tests. This whole interview doesn’t ‘get’ Britain or British humour.

  • @Hagop64
    @Hagop64 Před rokem +31

    In Argentina they didn't write on any of their cars, but one of the cars they brought to use for the episode was a Porsche that had a license plate "H982 FLK" which some Argentinians thought was an intentional reference to the 1982 Faulklands War. Clarkson actually had that number plate registered to his Porsche since the early 90s so this wasn't done just for the episode and didn't even know people would read the plate as any kind of reference.

    • @defeqel6537
      @defeqel6537 Před rokem +12

      Just to be clear, the car had the plate registered since the 90s, but Clarkson bought it specifically for the trip. Supposedly it was one of only 2 available in the UK.

    • @ThommyOcho
      @ThommyOcho Před rokem +8

      The argentina story - just half truths and miss information……typical podcast story of “you know what I heard/know?” Many just spewing anecdotal trivia

    • @haztec.
      @haztec. Před 11 měsíci

      @@ThommyOcho This entire podcast is built on misinformation. Only bill burr is the one with enough integrity to say "Neither you nor I no anything about that. Let's not talk about it".

    • @0tispunkm3y3r
      @0tispunkm3y3r Před 11 měsíci +2

      This also ignores how the cars are bought. A lot of people seem to think CHM peruse the classifieds and chose the cars. They don't. They say to production what they want and some intern goes off to buy it. They don't often even see what's been purchased until they're on location.

    • @ShaggyRogers1
      @ShaggyRogers1 Před 10 měsíci +2

      It wasn't even Clarkson's Porsche. The production buys their cars remotely, and at most the hosts request certain type(s) of car which the production then builds a list to choose off of. Jeremy wanted a specific old rare Porsche, and the one they found for sale just happened to have that plate since it was first sold. Production staff even went back to the ad, and the license plate was blocked out.

  • @EliteElk221
    @EliteElk221 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Would love to see all three or each individually on JRE. Especially clarkson with his farming that he's doing and the things he's learned.

  • @iainhittel
    @iainhittel Před měsícem

    That episode was shot at area 27 in Oliver BC, Canada. An awesome Villeneuve designed track and welcoming driving community. Area 27 is an amazing gem!

  • @TexasDragRacingVideo
    @TexasDragRacingVideo Před rokem +105

    Story on Hennessy is he was a big Viper builder back in the day. He was taking parts of one car and installing them on other cars and basically ripping people off. I remember it all blew up on the old LS1Tech forum. He came on to defend himself and it went downhill from there 😂

    • @BeanieNinjay0
      @BeanieNinjay0 Před rokem +25

      Strange how many people gloss over this. He was going it to Vette and GTR owners, too just to name a few.

    • @TexasDragRacingVideo
      @TexasDragRacingVideo Před rokem +26

      @@BeanieNinjay0 yeah I remember one Viper owner posted about parts being sold off his car. When he found the car it was in pieces with even the hood missing. Seriously don’t know how people still give this guy any kind of attention.

    • @Mauldify
      @Mauldify Před rokem +15

      Hes def a dude who just wants to make money, All they do at hennessey is bolt a bunch of go fast parts on factory cars and package it nicely with an insane price tag, similar to Brabus, mansory etc... no actual development being done but perfect for people with way too much money, which is their main customer base (dubai etc.. )

    • @jeeves744
      @jeeves744 Před rokem +17

      He is a scumbag and this part of his past can never be buried. No matter how much he tries.

    • @eedesign878
      @eedesign878 Před rokem +10

      I remember reading about this vividly, and I live in Finland. :D

  • @markfrancis5164
    @markfrancis5164 Před rokem +98

    For those who would like to know. Dunsfold aerodrome was a WWII fighter base that then became important in the 60’s & 70’s for Harrier JumpJet post production testing. The Harrier was manufactured in a Kingston factory by the Thames and then trucked in two pieces (wings and fuselage) then put together and engine started, tested & eventually airborne at Dunsfold before the aircraft were flown to its intended base.

    • @johnmiller9953
      @johnmiller9953 Před rokem +6

      wow that was immensely boring

    • @jonlamontagne
      @jonlamontagne Před rokem

      It's MacLaren's test track for their F1 team and their production cars

    • @Dan-wo4bx
      @Dan-wo4bx Před rokem +1

      @@johnmiller9953 lol slightly more interesting is a pilot crashed his plane off the end of the runway and as it went across a road he hit a car and killed the wife and kids of a fellow dunsfold pilot who just happened to be driving past .

    • @them1ghtyalex
      @them1ghtyalex Před 11 měsíci

      ​@@johnmiller9953what was the point of that reply

  • @mojopin2000
    @mojopin2000 Před rokem +3

    BBC Top Gear is without a doubt the greatest television show I’ve ever watched.
    I love Clarkson so much that I watched him try and be a farmer during the lockdown.

  • @V8AmericanMuscleCar
    @V8AmericanMuscleCar Před rokem +3

    I was lucky enough to see Top Gear live. That was a lot of fun. They had a mobile V8 studio, they played soccer with cars, etc. Great show!
    It would be great to see these guys here.

  • @jakechapman254
    @jakechapman254 Před rokem +96

    It wasn’t a car show it was just entertainment 😂

  • @bradywatson6586
    @bradywatson6586 Před rokem +14

    the thought if having clarson may and hommond all on. joe would never get a word in but it would be hilarious. i miss those three and their years are fading them, we need more of them now or we will never get more of them.

  • @R__K
    @R__K Před 5 měsíci

    7:28 Yes! My favorite Grand Tour episode out of them all. It featured the best cars (at the time... early 2019) from the top 3 US carmakers: Ford Mustang RTR (by Hennessy) with 740HP driven by Clarkson, Dodge Challenger Demon w/ 800HP driven by Hammond, and the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Exorcist w/ 1000HP (its name not by accident) driven by May.

  • @bradm1998
    @bradm1998 Před rokem

    Hennessy down in sealy texas!! Represent!!! Miss using the track back in high school

  • @jasonjones7461
    @jasonjones7461 Před rokem +81

    I remember that "lorry" episode. They all customized tractor trailer semi trucks and part of one test had Clarkson slam into brick wall. It was real and quite bad. Even some on board cameras were damaged and broken from the impact. I think it cracked a rib or worse on him idr exactly. Just one of many insane things they didn't fake. Hammond almost died more than once, even being in a coma when wrecked that one car

    • @sabersz
      @sabersz Před rokem +4

      Yeah, a crash at above 200mph is insane but to crash at 288 is unreal. And to survive!!

    • @elliottdodson4912
      @elliottdodson4912 Před rokem +2

      Clarkson broke his shoulder from it. Quite funny really

    • @gtojr7016
      @gtojr7016 Před 11 měsíci +2

      Clarkson is a pay grade well above Rogan so don't hold your breathe.

  • @yolkiandeji7649
    @yolkiandeji7649 Před rokem +67

    He got the entire thing with Argentina wrong. The license plate was an anagram that Argentines claimed said “1982 Falkland.” And the crew had to drive out of Argentina into Chile.

    • @Jake4
      @Jake4 Před rokem +11

      H982 FKL 🤣🇬🇧

    • @steviemac2681
      @steviemac2681 Před rokem +1

      Claimed? No doubt it was on purpose. That kind of thing was part of the schtick.

    • @Louzahsol
      @Louzahsol Před rokem +14

      @@steviemac2681 not how british license plates work

    • @itsjoel
      @itsjoel Před rokem +10

      He got most of his stories wrong

    • @another_day4783
      @another_day4783 Před rokem +5

      @@steviemac2681 not sure they was only two of those cars in the UK it probably wasn't done on purpose unlike the thing they did in the USA

  • @511dydy
    @511dydy Před rokem +2

    This guy is a massive top gear fan... and im happy for him ❤

    • @them1ghtyalex
      @them1ghtyalex Před 11 měsíci +1

      What an odd comment to post... were you listening to him?
      Everything he said made it quite clear he was not a regular viewer (if a viewer at all) of top gear and he doesn't watch the grand tour, he only knew things (some interesting) from when he or people he knew had been involved in some way. He didn't really give the impression he liked the show all that much.
      Everything he said about Argentina was wrong especially how they left the country and you'd only have to have seen the Argentina special itself to know that.
      Think Rogan should give some (more) episodes a try and that he would really like them

  • @ozzy7763
    @ozzy7763 Před 11 měsíci +10

    Top Gear was one of my all time favorite shows. Just not the same without the original guys !

  • @GNXperimental
    @GNXperimental Před rokem +25

    Hennessey's performance shop got in trouble back in the early 2000's. I'm surprised it survived and boomed after that.

    • @-SidneyPrescott
      @-SidneyPrescott Před rokem

      for what?

    • @GNXperimental
      @GNXperimental Před rokem +5

      @dontstealmypizza Back then when they were only working on Gen II Vipers. They got in trouble for taking parts off of customers' cars to finish others. People would take finished cars for service or upgrades. And they would take parts off to them to finish new cars they were pumping out.

    • @vedantjagtap3209
      @vedantjagtap3209 Před rokem +1

      ​@@GNXperimental so like a ponzi

  • @fortusvictus8297
    @fortusvictus8297 Před rokem +45

    The 'side shows' of the main 3 Top Gear guys are worth the watch. Hammond has several 'dirty jobs' type series and a weird nature one. May has a great foodie/travel show with a lot of Japanese weirdness, and Clarkston has a rural lifestyle/farming show.

    • @CaptainBuzzBee
      @CaptainBuzzBee Před rokem +2

      James May, Our Man in Japan was well done. He was going to do more then the "pandemic" happened.

    • @TreeFrogOnATree
      @TreeFrogOnATree Před 11 měsíci

      May also has some series available on the Naked Science channel

    • @jonnyc429
      @jonnyc429 Před 11 měsíci

      ​@@CaptainBuzzBeeyep and everyone got vaccines that could connect to bluetooth and the whole thing was caused by 5G. Seems weird people still use 5G phones

  • @japaneselie
    @japaneselie Před 8 dny

    I'll never forget Jeremy's "there a slope on the bridge joke"🤣

  • @mixxxer
    @mixxxer Před rokem +23

    I’m fairly sure it was proven that the number plate on Jeremy’s car couldn’t have been “faked” or done intentionally

    • @him050
      @him050 Před 10 měsíci +1

      I’m sure there’s something in why that car was picked though 😅

    • @FINsoininen
      @FINsoininen Před 10 měsíci +2

      ​@@him050he stated why he picked that car and it was only 2 existing in england for sale. Pure coincidence.

  • @Rmcaw
    @Rmcaw Před rokem +98

    Mr Hennessy got a couple of things wrong, the license plate was H982FKL which was seen as a subtle dig at the Falklands War. The records show that the plate was original to the car from new. I think it’s incredibly far fetched to say that they saw this car registration and decided to plan a whole trip to Argentina based on an obscure reference, there is even more detail to be accounted for and many show workers have all come out and said it was a total coincidence.
    I am inclined to believe it for many reasons, the main reason being that Top Gear was not subtle enough for that. As they showed, their idea of jokes was crashing into a brick wall, not some tiny tiny detail on a license plate that won’t get much screen time.
    In regards to the Tesla thing, it’s also worth mentioning that another reason why they trolled Tesla is for years Tesla wouldn’t let them have a car and messed them about, saying it didn’t need TV coverage etc, so it was there way of roasting them as well as trying to make comedy of electric cars.
    Also, the BBC is completely Independent of the British government, no interference from the government or courts in that matter, in fact the government would have liked the BBC to loose! 😆

    • @chrissyboi88b
      @chrissyboi88b Před rokem +11

      Perfectly put, you said everything I wanted to say. For someone who worked on the show hid knowledge of the show is pretty bad, but with that being said most British people used yo watch top gear religiously every Sunday, and we would see news about them, this guy wouldn't really get news and I can guarantee probably hasn't watch a tone of their shows like us.

    • @NotKimiRaikkonen
      @NotKimiRaikkonen Před rokem +6

      They also had a spare set that said "BE11 END". Probably also a random coincidence.

    • @Rmcaw
      @Rmcaw Před rokem +4

      @@NotKimiRaikkonen a small amount of reading around the subject and listening to interviews by several sources will know that once it became apparent that the number plates had caused distress. A crew member who was scheduled to join the team later, was sent with some joke plates to replace the original.

    • @NotKimiRaikkonen
      @NotKimiRaikkonen Před rokem +2

      @@Rmcaw then why didn't they choose to replace them with the new set?

    • @rych7852
      @rych7852 Před rokem

      I guarantee they saw the car, bought the car and thought they'd just use it at some point in the future. And one day they just thought "fk it, lets go to Argentina with it and make a road trip"
      It massively blew up on them far worse than they thought it would though.

  • @captainrisky6561
    @captainrisky6561 Před rokem +70

    When Top Gear tested a car they would drive it for a day or two before shooting. The Tesla broke down, they had the Tesla guys look over it & they fixed it. Then it came time to make the "review" & they worked the breakdown into the story. It didn't actually break down while filming but it did the day before.

    • @defeqel6537
      @defeqel6537 Před rokem +7

      And Teslas at the time did have issues (as evidenced by the actual break down) and low range at the time, and the issue of few charging stations was real.

    • @DJvileman
      @DJvileman Před rokem +3

      @@defeqel6537 issue of few charging stations is a major problem in most of the world still. There were half a day queues in finnish lapland during winter holiday season to charge teslas. Let's take a 1000-mile family trip to middle of nowhere in a meme car. Works near a city with no long journeys when you have your own charging plug.

    • @idiotsinc
      @idiotsinc Před rokem +5

      JRE never let the facts get in the way of a good story telling 😂

    • @TheJonesdude
      @TheJonesdude Před rokem

      teslas are still shit cars. They're designed for wankers to claim they're saving the environment as a flex rather than morality

    • @Gambit771
      @Gambit771 Před 10 měsíci +1

      ​@@idiotsincExcept there was no good storytelling.

  • @knutruben1
    @knutruben1 Před 2 měsíci +1

    In the Argentina epicode, the licence plate on Jeremy's porche was the original one from the early 90s, but had a bad combination of numbers and letters that COULD be interpreted as having something to do with the Falkland wars.
    A quote from Richard Porter that worked on the show said
    "The number plate of Jeremy’s Porsche 928 caused a storm of controversy we couldn’t have seen coming and inspired some extraordinary conspiracy theories. One said that we’d been planning to visit Argentina and had searched the country to find a car with a plate that could rile the locals. Yet the Porsche had been registered with that sequence of letters and numbers since it was new in 1991. To have found it we’d have needed to hack the DVLA computer system illegally and then hope that the car still existed, that it wasn’t a tractor or a lorry or something we didn’t want, and that it was for sale." -snip

  • @raphaelsalazar6641
    @raphaelsalazar6641 Před rokem

    This guys are absolute madlads.

  • @shadowprince4482
    @shadowprince4482 Před rokem +50

    The show was 99% scripted and they weren't shy about the fact. When they got some award for some big awards show for "best unscripted television show" Jeremy said "I deeply appreciate the award for best unscripted tv show but I can't be there because we are too busy writing the script for the next season." They also did a follow-up episode on Tesla where they made fun of the whole lawsuit and obviously wasn't meant to be taken seriously.

    • @flush_entity
      @flush_entity Před rokem

      its scripted but not 99% If you watched the behind the scene of Grand Tour, there are always over 60 hours of unscripted scenes (that the producer, Andy, has to watch.) then they add some unscripted into the final cut.

    • @azerty1933
      @azerty1933 Před rokem +2

      @@flush_entity the script is pretty much the skeleton, what makes it good is their abilities to make everything organic so you never know if something is scripted or just happening on the moment

    • @poppinc8145
      @poppinc8145 Před rokem

      @@flush_entity That's a different show with a different budget by a different company.

    • @alanrobinson7866
      @alanrobinson7866 Před rokem

      @@poppinc8145 But the same script editor.

  • @jonlamontagne
    @jonlamontagne Před rokem +104

    Can we talk about all the lawsuits this guy has for not building the cars keeping people's cars forever. Taking advantage of people in other countries and holding their cars for years at a time. I mean it's cleared bankruptcy. So many lawsuits against him

    • @dirkx2350
      @dirkx2350 Před rokem +12

      @@TGOOD4.0 him being a complete scumbag had the statue of limitations applied. Got it.

    • @cody479
      @cody479 Před rokem +12

      im not gonna lie he looks the type

    • @dirkx2350
      @dirkx2350 Před rokem

      @@cody479 a 2 min google search will fully explain why he is a scumbag and the numerous people he ripped off for 10’s of 1000’s of dollars.

    • @Madagon367
      @Madagon367 Před rokem +5

      Well he thinks physically assaulting a co-worker way below you in the food chain is hilarious. So he's a real peach obviously.

    • @KingDomsKingdom85
      @KingDomsKingdom85 Před rokem +14

      I don't trust this guy

  • @jojomcgee3430
    @jojomcgee3430 Před 11 měsíci +1

    John Hennessy is an awesome builder! Cool to see this!!!!!

  • @mauricecanney7472
    @mauricecanney7472 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Over the top nonchalance, greatest car show ever!

  • @wow3950
    @wow3950 Před rokem +14

    Having any of the trio come onto the show would be amazing. Somebody make it happen!

  • @Fitness195
    @Fitness195 Před rokem +11

    This guy is such a smooth and articulate talker. You always heard so many stories about how he ripped off so many customers etc etc…

    • @scratchpenny
      @scratchpenny Před rokem +1

      That's probably why he's still in business. The stories appear to be true.

  • @raiden_187
    @raiden_187 Před rokem +2

    I love top gear they're absolutely hilarious I love them so much

  • @randomlyfactual1943
    @randomlyfactual1943 Před rokem +4

    No comedian on earth could come close to how funny these three dudes had been

  • @joesmith6972
    @joesmith6972 Před rokem +13

    Is that even John Hennessy's shirt or did he find it in a customer's car?

  • @youngorangee
    @youngorangee Před rokem +25

    someone said this dude looks like he could be shane gillis’s dad 🤣

  • @silverninja5218
    @silverninja5218 Před rokem +3

    I love old Top Gear and current The Grand Tour, they are so funny. Even the controversial stuff they did is funny.

  • @juliussimkus4900
    @juliussimkus4900 Před rokem

    Haven't seen such a defending comments section. Truly shows the phenomenon that Top Gear was and the impact that they had. mad respect for those guys

  • @FrankBullitt390
    @FrankBullitt390 Před rokem +8

    Back in the day top gear was the most popular TV show on earth. Between the views and downloads it was getting over 350 million views per episode.

  • @steviemac2681
    @steviemac2681 Před rokem +8

    I love Clarkson's Farm. My favourite thing he's ever done.

  • @martynwarren3192
    @martynwarren3192 Před 11 měsíci +8

    It’s only when I watch this interview that I realise that not many countries get our savage British sense of humour. Watch it for what it is….. comedy. 🇬🇧

  • @ifthisismyhandlewhereismyspout

    Top gear was so good, im sure everybody had days where they would just watch non stop top gear repeats on Dave. Grand tour is great too they just dont make enough of them.

  • @1labrinth
    @1labrinth Před rokem +13

    When I first discovered top gear a few years ago I binge watched about 10 seasons. It made my inner monologue have a english accent for a few weeks.

    • @TheJoshestWhite
      @TheJoshestWhite Před rokem +1

      "speed & power!" Pops up every now and then 😅

  • @ter3360
    @ter3360 Před rokem +19

    I was lucky enough to get on one of the last season's of Top Gear and they are just as funny off camera. Be great to get them on the podcast. Clarkson would get along great with Joe..

  • @theundead1600
    @theundead1600 Před rokem

    they did car stuff I always remembered it was a show.
    Which is so important to enjoy it.
    I loved it. I still revisit the old top gear. I wish Amazon would sell the GT show so I cou review it without subscription.

  • @oliverwoodcock5307
    @oliverwoodcock5307 Před 2 měsíci +1

    They did the same thing in the southern US. Spraying slogans on their vehicles, it was quite the watch 🤣

  • @ryanoshaughnessy9652
    @ryanoshaughnessy9652 Před rokem +18

    All 3 should be on the podcast asap... Would be hilarious with their stories and arguments 🤣🤣

  • @harshbutt
    @harshbutt Před rokem +4

    When he gets the Argentina tale that wrong it makes you wonder how accurate the other stuff he's saying is.

    • @hmshood319
      @hmshood319 Před rokem +1

      In general, not very accurate

  • @steve0500738
    @steve0500738 Před rokem

    Joe, you NEED to watch the Top Gear specials, the North Pole expedition, Vietnam, Bolivia, one of the many Africa specials, they are fantastic.

  • @Pospi111
    @Pospi111 Před rokem

    Hell yeah, I would love to see Jeremy, James and Richard on podcast.