Crikey!
Rocketing *ahem* into pole position for the coveted position of 'bits they'll be editing out of previous editions of Top Gear really fucking soon before a repeat goes out', are these two gems concerning previous stunts...
Jeremy Clarkson (for it is he): "So, um, I guess he could be dead!"
James May: "Well, there's a police car at the scene of the accident, so..."
Clarkson: "Well, if he is dead, and you fancy a job on Top Gear, why not write to us at "I'm better than Richard Hammond was..."
Clarkson: "If you go though the pearly gates, backwards, in a ball of fire, that's a cool way to die!"
Richard Hammond: "I love that vision of just blasting through the gates, backwards, in a flaming Swedish supercar! 'Yes! I'm here! Where are the women?"
We all hope the Hamster pulls through. God forbid he dies and grief stricken fans start snapping the aeriels off Corvette Stingrays.
posted by Chris at 7:00 pm
1 Step to the white courtesy phone:
It was all bound to end in tears as:
i) He has previous had a head on crash with his producer driving one of Porsche's SUVs, and
ii) Put a Bedford Rascal on its side playing outrun against a police panda car.
If the man can't keep a vehicle upright at under 40mph what the fuck was he doing arseing around in one that can top 300?
I suggest that they get Noel Edmonds back if Hammond loses his bottle - at least he has no qualms about engaging in ridiculous stunts so long as only moronic audience members are put six feet under.
But I really hope that they feature it on Top Gear. After years on showing the upside of clowning around in fast cars it seems only fair they should show the infrequent consequences of these acts using the de rigueur high speed cameras with graduated filters. Thanks to Top Gear I know what the smoking rear tyre of an Enzo looks like slow mo'd. Footage of a delaminating dragster tyre is probably equally compelling.
September 23, 2006 4:00 pm
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