Video: “Top Gear” visits Alabama
posted at 10:43 am on February 13, 2007 by Allahpundit
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why is the writing in pink? is it fabulous?
Defector01 on February 13, 2007 at 10:51 AM
Scary stuff. Vegetables?
infidel on February 13, 2007 at 11:01 AM
Top Gear is usually funny; they do stunts / gags / challenges against each other throughout the program besides discussing cars (although it involves cars).
This, though, I dunno. Was kind of funny (especially the british reaction / description of things), but felt more like an insult, so I’m torn.
Enoxo on February 13, 2007 at 11:06 AM
this show is great.
jummy on February 13, 2007 at 11:08 AM
Poke it with a stick and see if it moves….
serenity on February 13, 2007 at 11:10 AM
I hear next episode they’re going to wear “Muhammad Sucks”, “The Koran is Rubbish”, and “Man Love Rules” shirts into the Finsbury Park Mosque.
Wonder how that’ll turn out for ‘em?
Citizen Duck on February 13, 2007 at 11:11 AM
It’s unfortunate that the “rednecks” rose to the bait. It’s even more unfortunate that the producers of Top Gear thought it would be funny to bait them.
Assuming, of course, that the whole thing wasn’t staged.
flipflop on February 13, 2007 at 11:13 AM
Same thing would happen if you painted “Manchester United Sucks” and drove in the wrong neighborhood of Jolly England.
Funny regardless.
Vincenzo on February 13, 2007 at 11:15 AM
Damn you and your cleverness, Citizen Duck!!!! :)
For the U.S. version of Top Gear, I’m going to write “Footie is for Poufs”, all over my black Hummer.
Kid from Brooklyn on February 13, 2007 at 11:18 AM
Yeah, pretty convenient how the camera went out at the key moment when the trucks where “chasing” them and yet they had time to pull over and remove the writing on their cars.
If their aim was to prove there are violent people who can be provoked, let’s see ‘em drive cars through the local working class neighborhood in the UK with “Manchester United Sucks” (or whatever local “footy” team is popular there) on their car.
Citizen Duck on February 13, 2007 at 11:19 AM
Don’t forget your “Bush/Cheney 2004″, “The South Shall Rise Again”, American flag and Bocephus bumper stickers :P
Citizen Duck on February 13, 2007 at 11:21 AM
I understand that in Italy, they are considering, or have already made the decision, to forgo having an actual in-stadium audience for their “football” games for fear of fans killing each other.
Been to a lot of Stillers games, seen some fights, but no one has killed anyone yet at a game.
benrand on February 13, 2007 at 11:21 AM
Why do British fans get sooo upset over kickball games anyway?
Vincenzo on February 13, 2007 at 11:24 AM
Word on the street is it has something to do with mating with minerals.
OH SHNAP!!!
Citizen Duck on February 13, 2007 at 11:26 AM
Ok. That was cute. However, there was no real mortal threat. There may have been some potential for a short hospital stay.
Now let’s see them take a drive in certain areas of France or the UK. I wonder what they could write on their cars that might insult the locals?
I can think of some things that would GUARANTEE more than some rock pelting – but molatofs, gun fire, and beheadings.
Should they ESCAPE, it wouldn’t end there of course. The BBC and TopGear would soon see protests, fatwas, and a PERMANENT need for personal security.
Agrippa2k on February 13, 2007 at 11:28 AM
Look at the sophisticated Brits!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ntc0kgshzYk
Maybe Top Gear was escaping the crazies in their homeland by coming to Alabama.
Vincenzo on February 13, 2007 at 11:29 AM
Here’s some more sophisticantes “enjoying the World Cup” in Germany…
http://youtube.com/watch?v=yWJEtoWVMW8
Vincenzo on February 13, 2007 at 11:30 AM
Top Gear is one of the best car shows out there.
bj1126 on February 13, 2007 at 11:33 AM
You can submit feedback here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/
Click on the “Contact Us” link.
I already submitted some great ideas for some exciting upcoming episodes that were an amalgamation of Kid from Brooklyn’s and my own posts… can’t wait to see those!
Citizen Duck on February 13, 2007 at 11:39 AM
Where are all the liberals complaining about stereotyping and how they need to have compassion and understanding?
Take this same plot, but this time do a show that:
a) drives through an inner-city neighborhood with “White Power” and “Sharpton Sucks” on the vehicles.
b) drives through Dearborn with “Mohammed Sucks” and “Jews Rule” on the side
c) drives through East LA with “Illegals Go Home” on the side.
How long do you think it’d be before liberals EVERYWHERE try to get the show pulled and all involved arrested?
The hypocrisy of the left amazes me.
dalewalt on February 13, 2007 at 11:44 AM
Top Gear kicks ass. It must….Liberals hate it.
uptight on February 13, 2007 at 11:47 AM
Hint: Next time just tell them you lost a bet.
Hint #2: Say you lost a bet while speaking with the local accent.
taznar on February 13, 2007 at 11:50 AM
Teeth. Bleh.
bloggless on February 13, 2007 at 11:51 AM
Citizen Duck said:
A few months back I stood outside the Finsbury Park Mosque in an Israeli Army shirt.
And I’m still alive.
I guess they couldn’t read Ivrit.
uptight on February 13, 2007 at 11:58 AM
hahaha
That was a riot! It just goes to show ya that the Brits NEVER heard of Jim Croce’s “You Don’t Mess Around With Jim”.
csdeven on February 13, 2007 at 12:02 PM
Kid Brooklyn said:
You may well have been beaten to it. I don’t know.
You see, I went to see English football gods Arsenal play on Sunday. Outside the stadium was Michael Moore and his film crew. I’ll leave you to imagine what I said to him, but it wasn’t “Hi Mike, what are you doing here?”
Knowing Moore, though he’s probably faking an admiration for football to look more European.
uptight on February 13, 2007 at 12:09 PM
A Southern Man don’t need no Limey Bastards around anyhow.
Jack M. on February 13, 2007 at 12:16 PM
‘NASCAR SUCKS’ in the home state of the Talladega 500??? LOL! Yeah that’ll get you killed.
Of all the phrases they painted on those cars the NASCAR comment would be the most offensive to Alabamans and Alabamwomans.
olympian2008 on February 13, 2007 at 12:29 PM
Folks, I got bad news for you. That was all just a bunch of acting and set up for the cameras. I live in VERY rural Georgia and let me tell you know grit eatin local is going to come out and declare “you’re in a hick town………” As soon as she/he/it said that, I realized this was all scripted. Notice how “quick” they got the boys. Less than 30 seconds by my account. Nope, good, funny TV at the expense of some southern stereotypes, but nothing to get all worked up over.
rayvet on February 13, 2007 at 1:12 PM
So, they go out of their way to figure out how to insult the locals, and then they are surprised that the locals are insulted. How stupid is that? Being from a close neighboring state, I have to tell you we’re pretty much “baited” daily – stupid and corrupt characters in films very often have a fake and stupid sounding southern accent; ill-educated characters in films very often have a stupid sounding southern accent; fire-breathing evil Christian fundamentalists are very often have a stupid sounding southern accent; evil, mean law enforcement types in films very often have a stupid sounding southern accent.
woodie4827 on February 13, 2007 at 1:13 PM
Laughed till I cried…..Jerry Springer has nothing on these boys.
Limerick on February 13, 2007 at 1:15 PM
At least Cptn. Slow has Hillary! pegged.
Part of Jeremy Clarksons’ charm is his ability to shit-bag on everything; and occasionally he goes after “the colonies”. To his credit he is one of the worlds most influential automotive journalists. For the most part I think this was mostly staged. The show is usually very good.
They usually do more exciting stuff then this though.
liquidflorian on February 13, 2007 at 1:15 PM
At least Cptn. Slow has Hillary! pegged.
Part of Jeremy Clarksons’ charm is his ability to sh!t-bag on everything; and occasionally he goes after “the colonies”. To his credit he is one of the worlds most influential automotive journalists. For the most part I think this was mostly staged. The show is usually very good.
They usually do more exciting stuff then this though.
liquidflorian on February 13, 2007 at 1:17 PM
Well he did note that in Alabama, “they don’t like Commmunists.”
Then decided it would be offensive to the locals to write “Hillary for President” on the car.
Nothing wrong with that picture. Seems spot on to me.
Zetterson on February 13, 2007 at 1:18 PM
The local woman figured it out right away. It think she said: “Are you trying to get beat up?”
forest on February 13, 2007 at 1:31 PM
as an xboxlive user for 4 years now i can say the brits are the worst losers in the world next to the french. its always a joy to listen to the ozzies tell the snobby brits off.
Locrian on February 13, 2007 at 1:41 PM
I’m with Allah on this one . . .
No Comment . . .
iNeXuS on February 13, 2007 at 1:55 PM
Feel the
BIG.
PINK.
LOVE.
IRIS HAS ALREADY CHOSEN. The rest if y’all can just go home.
seejanemom on February 13, 2007 at 1:58 PM
I mean, the COWBOY HAT…its BROKEBACK ALABAMA….
SWEEEEET HOME, indeed…..SNIPER ONE….calling SNIPER ONE..
seejanemom on February 13, 2007 at 2:05 PM
I am so sick of those interloping creeps.
mymanpotsandpans on February 13, 2007 at 2:07 PM
Every one of them thinks he is better than every one of us. They think they are so adorable. They are not.
mymanpotsandpans on February 13, 2007 at 2:17 PM
old news, but here is a news story for comppariison.
you’ll have to watch the video to see what the actual story is because the tribune article is so carefully written to make it sond like another gang thing.
the sun-times article is more complete…
so, two masked gunmen march into a house rented by gays and open fire with no intent to burglarize or anything, and its not a hate crime why?
now, contrast this story with the ruckkus stirred up when a northside library had a little fire which destroyed less than 100 books in the glbt section. it was immediately classified as a hate crime and the illinois family institute was smeared as an instigator. turned out that it was a homeless crackhead pissed off that she was told she couldn’t sleep there. at the pride festival a week later, activists were still “informing” the public of this christianist hate crime.
jummy on February 13, 2007 at 2:33 PM
Creative editing.
I bet you she wanted them off her lot so she wouldn’t have a fight on her hands in the middle of her business.
Anyone notice any rocks or only hear the foley?
This reminds me of the guy in the college library that got himself tazered.
- The Cat
MirCat on February 13, 2007 at 2:59 PM
Anybody know what town that was?
Cause I’m moving there.
The Ugly American on February 13, 2007 at 3:32 PM
Clarkson is as anti-American as they get and wrote a column in the Sun where he described Americans as barely being able to stand on their hind legs much less be intelligent.
He’s a dipstick. Can’t stand the sight of him. Puke. The fact that his show gets seen in the US must thrill him to bits: ‘I loathe them and they buy my shows!’
Remember, most British shows who visit America do so to film us in order to laugh at us later. I watch these shows on Brit TV sometimes and they definitely enjoy showing Americans in that ‘oh, look how awful they are’ light. That Sacha Cohen guy didn’t invent anything – he just did what many Brit media people do but made a movie out of it instead of a TV show.
lostinfrance on February 13, 2007 at 3:54 PM
At the start of the show Clarkson commented on his choice of the pick up truck as “…you saw brokeback mountain and said, ‘I want a piece of that action’.”
Actually Hamster gets a lot of crap from the others about him being gay (he’s not), having his teeth whitened, being short, and for crashing that jet car at 300mph.
liquidflorian on February 13, 2007 at 3:59 PM
Thank you, lostinfrance.
mymanpotsandpans on February 13, 2007 at 4:06 PM
Anybody find themselves rooting for them to get caught?
I know a lot of good Brits. Most of them have left the country because it is crime ridden. lostinfrance is right, it is an old British tradition to come to the US and make fun of our customs. It is time for an American to go there and turn the tables. There is plenty of material.
Bill C on February 13, 2007 at 4:13 PM
Well, it is funny for what it is…can’t say I didn’t laugh at first…
There are still many here that claim being gay is a choice. There are gay men, women, teens…who have to live with this kind of stuff every day. Every day.
And some aren’t always lucky enough to speed-off in a Camaro…and they can’t simply “wipe-off” some painted slogans and head for “normal”…
Sometimes they wind up dead.
Still say this is a choice? Think again…
JetBoy on February 13, 2007 at 4:23 PM
I don’t want to turn the tables on them. I just want nothing to do with them.
mymanpotsandpans on February 13, 2007 at 4:27 PM
BTW…I think we should all chip in and get Allah a self-guided canoe-trip down the Chattooga River.
Since he appears to love goading us Southerners, we should return the favor ; )
The Ugly American on February 13, 2007 at 5:08 PM
….with a pink canoe of course….
The Ugly American on February 13, 2007 at 5:08 PM
Liberals like Al Gore hate cars, so they must hate Top Gear.
“What kind of a message does it send to our children to teach them that cars, which account for 38.2348% of the past century’s global warming, are heroes?” he said at a press conference outside the Disney lot in Glendale. “I call on the Walt Disney company to either re-animate this film [Pixar's "Cars"] so that the cars are all villains.”
Pretty neat that the Gorebot can calculate down to the nearest ten thousandths of a percent.
digitalintrigue on February 13, 2007 at 5:52 PM
Been to a lot of Stillers games, seen some fights, but no one has killed anyone yet at a game.
benrand on February 13, 2007 at 11:21 AM
yinz bin don souside n’at lately??
mrfixit on February 13, 2007 at 5:59 PM
I live in Alabama and I am not shocked by this…we are accustomed to being the brunt of jokes…
EnochCain on February 13, 2007 at 6:08 PM
BWA HA HA HA HA HA.
This is better than that time that I told my college friends about the guy at the feed store who called me “College boy”
Jones Zemkophill on February 13, 2007 at 6:11 PM
Now lets seem them do what Bruce Willis did in Die Hard With A Vengeance in Harlem.
EnochCain on February 13, 2007 at 6:14 PM
The woman at the gas station was staged in my opinion.
Maxx on February 13, 2007 at 6:17 PM
It goes like this…when there is a natural disaster or a show like this they always find the most backwoods looking/acting people they can find and put them on TV…they never talk to the doctor or the lawyer or any other articulate person because that would not fit what they see southerners as which is the movie “Deliverance”…..and when people see it they laugh and its all perfectly acceptable to bash southerners like that..because after all we are all bigots anyway…
EnochCain on February 13, 2007 at 6:25 PM
James May has responded to the Kerffufle.
liquidflorian on February 13, 2007 at 6:28 PM
Well the video cut out just before the end, but I am going to assume they survived. Now that they have tested American/Christian tolerance I think its time for them to go to the next level. I suggest the write something derogatory about Mohammed or Islam on their cars and try that same routine on any main road in Iran.
Maxx on February 13, 2007 at 6:29 PM
Yeah, and then they will end up in their LAST video starring guys with black masks.
EnochCain on February 13, 2007 at 6:32 PM
Now …. Now mymanpotsandpans, lets remain unfazed. The Brits are actually OK in my book. Nobody can make me laugh like the Brits …. think Monty Python, Benny Hill or John Cleese. So they have made me laugh a lot, if they want to have a laugh now and again at my expense… well alright then.
Maxx on February 13, 2007 at 7:16 PM
I liked the episodes where they tried to kill a Toyota pickup better.
TBinSTL on February 13, 2007 at 8:05 PM
Go into Liberty City with “MLK SUCKS” or “MALCOLM X WAS GAY” on your car and see if you get a reaction. I used to like Top Gear. It was even a bit un-PC. Like the time they drove a Land Rover up onto a peak in Scotland and caught crap from environmentalists for leaving ruts. I won’t watch it anymore, though.
rivlax on February 13, 2007 at 9:13 PM
White folk are so much fun to insult. Maybe “Support Your Klan” and “Black Slave Love Rules” is the next episode? Probably not.
While these experts on dumb, white, crackers film this show, UK is aiming prisons toilets away from Mecca.
Hening on February 13, 2007 at 11:02 PM
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