Top Gear UK
Top Gear season 17 airs on BBc America on Monday August 22nd, 2011 !
Previews for some episodes and Entire Season Preview Below
Show Description (from BBcamericashop.com/Botiques/top-gear.html)
"Taking both ordinary and extraordinary cars to their limits and beyond, International Emmy® Award-winning Top Gear is chock full of extreme stunts, challenges and weekly features. It strips away the boring stats and impenetrable conversations about camshafts and tire pressures, adds enthusiasm, thrills, and the public's passion for cars to create a show with a global audience of over half a billion in more than 20 countries.
But it's the sharp wit and priceless chemistry of hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May that make it more than just a regular motor show. Top Gear is about having fun and being able to feel part of the best gang in the world. Here, cars are just the starting point for epic road trips, over-ambitious projects, and lashings of good old-fashioned mucking about by presenters and celebrities who really should know better.
Stay current with the Top Gear universe by visiting TopGear.com"
But it's the sharp wit and priceless chemistry of hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May that make it more than just a regular motor show. Top Gear is about having fun and being able to feel part of the best gang in the world. Here, cars are just the starting point for epic road trips, over-ambitious projects, and lashings of good old-fashioned mucking about by presenters and celebrities who really should know better.
Stay current with the Top Gear universe by visiting TopGear.com"
Link to the Top Gear UK website
http://www.topgear.com/uk/
Top Gear UK Test Track (make sure to click on the hyBrid Button on the map !!!)
Top Gear UK Presenter Bios (from topgear.com/uk)
Jeremy Clarkson (from topgear.com/uk)
"Jeremy has often been described as 'the most influential man in motoring journalism', mainly by himself. Estimates suggest that he is slightly over nine feet tall, owns 14,000 pairs of jeans and has destroyed almost 4.2 million tyres in his lifetime. He is best known for possessing a right foot apparently consisting of some sort of lead-based substance, for creating some of the most tortured similes ever committed to television, and for leaving the world's longest pauses between two parts... of the same sentence. He has never taken public transport."
Richard Hammond (from topgear.com/uk)
"Jeremy once claimed that Richard was born to be on TV. After a rapid climb through hospital radio and cable TV he landed his big break on BBC Two for Top Gear. The rest is history. At one point, it was possible to turn on your TV and see Richard on every channel at any time of day. Phew. Anyway, it's obvious women the world over adore him - something about his puppy dog eyes, and wanting to protect him from the nasty Mr Clarkson. Richard has not had his teeth whitened."
James May (from topgear.com/uk)
"James is a man of many and varied talents. He is the only person in the world who understands how 'torques' work, once invented a new kind of pie, and has single-handedly kept the tweed industry afloat for the last two decades. He also has sensitive hair, an array of brightly coloured jumpers, and a deep and unswayable mistrust of the French. He likes his cars in two flavours: giant luxury land yachts favoured by larger-than-life cabaret singers and dictators, and tiny cheap superminis."
Stigisms (all these come from the-stig.com/the-stig-isms.html)
The Stig-isms
Before The Stig is shown doing his Power Lap he's always given a humorous introduction by Jeremy. These introductions sometimes include topical references to news stories. Here's some of the best official Stig-isms from Top Gear, in no particular order:
Some say he never blinks, and that he roams around the woods at night foraging for wolves...
Some say he's wanted by the CIA, and that he sleeps upside down like a bat...
Some say he's illegal in 17 U.S. states, and he blinks this way [Jeremy motions his fingers in a horizontal fashion]...
Some say that he lives in a tree, and that his sweat can be used to clean precious metals...
Some say that he's terrified of ducks, and that there's an airport in Russia named after him...
Some say his skin has the texture of a dolphin's, and that wherever you are in the world, if you tune your radio to 88.4, you can actually hear his thoughts...
Some say that he has no understanding of clouds, and that his ear wax tastes like Turkish delight...
Some say that his politics are terrifying, and that he once punched a horse to the ground...
Some say that his tears are adhesive, and that if he caught fire, he'd burn for a thousand days...
Some say that his ears aren't exactly where you'd expect them to be, and that once, preposterously, he had an affair with John Prescott...
Some say he has a digital face, and that if he felt like it, he could fire Alan Sugar...
Some say that his genitals are on upside down, and that if he could be bothered, he could crack the Da Vinci Code in 43 seconds...
Some say his ears have a paisley lining, and he's been banned from the Chelsea Flower Show...
Some say that the outline of his left nipple is exactly the same shape as the Nürburgring, and that if you give him a really important job to do, he'll skive off and play croquet...
Some say he invented Branston Pickle, and that if you insult his mother, he'll head-butt you in the chest...
In reference to Zinedine Zidane, a French Footballer who in his last World Cup match, head-butted another player who insulted his mother.
Some say that on really warm days, he sheds his skin like a snake, and that for some reason, he's allergic to the Dutch...
Some say that his first name really is "The," and that if he went on Celebrity Love Island, they'd all be pregnant including the camera men...
Some say he once threw a microwave oven at a tramp, and long before anyone else, he realized that Jade Goody was a racist pig-faced waste of blood and organs...
Some say he isn't machine washable, and all his potted plants are called Steve...
Some say that he's banned from the town of Chichester, and that in a recent late-night deal, he bought a slightly dented white Fiat Uno from the Duke of Edinburgh…
Some say it's impossible for him to wear socks, and he can open a beer bottle with his testes...
Some say that he gets terrible eczema on his helmet, and that if he'd been the video referee at the World Cup Rugby Final, he'd have seen 'of course it was a try you blind Australian half-wit'!
Some say that to unlock him, you have to run your finger down his face, like this (Jeremy runs his finger down the face of an audience member standing nearby), and that if he was getting divorced from Paul McCartney, he'd keep his stupid whiney mouth shut!
Some say that he invented the curtain and that he recently submitted a £20,000 expenses claim for some gravel... for this moat...
In reference to the MPs Expenses scandal, where MPs were claiming excessive and ludicrous expenses.
Some say that he thought Star Wars was a documentary, and that he recently pulled out of I'm A Celebrity because he's scared of trees... and Australia... and Koo Stark... and Ant... and Dec...
Some say that when he slows down brake lights come on in his buttocks, and that if he'd been the manager of the England football squad last week, he wouldn't have been a feckless ginger gum-chewing buffoon who ruined it for all of us...
Some say that he once lost a canoe on a beach in the north-east, and that he once did some time in a prison in Canterbury because his teddy is called The Baby Jesus…
In reference to a British teacher who was found guilty in Sudan of insulting religion after she allowed her primary school class to name a teddy bear Muhammad. She was sentenced to 15 days in a Sudanese prison.
Some say that after making love, he bites the head off his partner. And that he's had to give up binge drinking, now that it's gone to £1.18 a litre...
Some say that each of his toenails are exactly the same as a woman's nipples, and that he thinks that "credit-crunch" is some kind of a breakfast cereal...
Some say his droppings have been found as far north as York. And that he has a full size tattoo of his face, on his face...
Hammond: "Some say one of his legs get longer when he sees a pretty lady and that I haven't done one of these for some time and I've forgotten to make up a 2nd thing...
Some say that one of his eyes is a testi and that he was turned down for I'm a Celebrity because people have heard of him...
…all we know is, he's called The Stig!
The Stig-isms with Different Endings
Some say that he appears on high value stamps in Sweden, and that he can catch fish with his tongue... we know him only, as the Stig.
Some say that he once had a vicious knife fight with Anthea Turner, and that he is in no way implicated in the cash for honours scandal... all we know is, he's called Lord Stig!
In reference to people donating money to political party's so that the party can nominate them for a seat in the House of Lords (against the law).
Some say that he's a CIA experiment gone wrong, and that he only eats cheese... all we know is, he's not the Stig, but he is The Stig's American cousin!
Some say that his scrotum has its own small gravity field, and that because our producer rigged a phone vote, he now has a new name. All we know is, he's called Cuddles!
In reference to the childrens TV show Blue Peter. Viewers were asked to name a cat in a poll on the Blue Peter website. The viewers had voted for the name Cookie but Blue Peter staff secretly rejected that name and chose Socks instead.
Some say that he knows 2 facts about ducks, and both of them are wrong. And that 61 years ago he accidentally introduced Her Majesty The Queen to a Greek racialist. All we know is, I'm going to the tower now to have my head cut off, and he is called The Stig.
Some say that he is not allowed, by law, within 100 yards of Lorraine Kelly, and that he's never seen an episode of Top Gear, because he's a huge fan of Midsomer Murders! All we know is, he's called Bergerac!
Some say he's seen The Lion King 1780 times, and that his second best friend is a cape buffalo... all we know is, he's not the Stig, but he is the Stig's African cousin.
Some say that his favourite all time tune is Forever Autumn by Justin Hayward and he has the world's largest collection of pornagraphical material... all we know is he's NOT The Stig but he is The Stig's lorry driving cousin.
Jeremy: Some say there are 17 different reasons why he's banned from the Northampton branch of little Chef. And that his favourite airline pilot is Mark Webber (mine too, actually). All we know, of course, he's The Stig (In reference to when Mark Webber's F1 car hit the back of another car and somersaulted.)
Before The Stig is shown doing his Power Lap he's always given a humorous introduction by Jeremy. These introductions sometimes include topical references to news stories. Here's some of the best official Stig-isms from Top Gear, in no particular order:
Some say he never blinks, and that he roams around the woods at night foraging for wolves...
Some say he's wanted by the CIA, and that he sleeps upside down like a bat...
Some say he's illegal in 17 U.S. states, and he blinks this way [Jeremy motions his fingers in a horizontal fashion]...
Some say that he lives in a tree, and that his sweat can be used to clean precious metals...
Some say that he's terrified of ducks, and that there's an airport in Russia named after him...
Some say his skin has the texture of a dolphin's, and that wherever you are in the world, if you tune your radio to 88.4, you can actually hear his thoughts...
Some say that he has no understanding of clouds, and that his ear wax tastes like Turkish delight...
Some say that his politics are terrifying, and that he once punched a horse to the ground...
Some say that his tears are adhesive, and that if he caught fire, he'd burn for a thousand days...
Some say that his ears aren't exactly where you'd expect them to be, and that once, preposterously, he had an affair with John Prescott...
Some say he has a digital face, and that if he felt like it, he could fire Alan Sugar...
Some say that his genitals are on upside down, and that if he could be bothered, he could crack the Da Vinci Code in 43 seconds...
Some say his ears have a paisley lining, and he's been banned from the Chelsea Flower Show...
Some say that the outline of his left nipple is exactly the same shape as the Nürburgring, and that if you give him a really important job to do, he'll skive off and play croquet...
Some say he invented Branston Pickle, and that if you insult his mother, he'll head-butt you in the chest...
In reference to Zinedine Zidane, a French Footballer who in his last World Cup match, head-butted another player who insulted his mother.
Some say that on really warm days, he sheds his skin like a snake, and that for some reason, he's allergic to the Dutch...
Some say that his first name really is "The," and that if he went on Celebrity Love Island, they'd all be pregnant including the camera men...
Some say he once threw a microwave oven at a tramp, and long before anyone else, he realized that Jade Goody was a racist pig-faced waste of blood and organs...
Some say he isn't machine washable, and all his potted plants are called Steve...
Some say that he's banned from the town of Chichester, and that in a recent late-night deal, he bought a slightly dented white Fiat Uno from the Duke of Edinburgh…
Some say it's impossible for him to wear socks, and he can open a beer bottle with his testes...
Some say that he gets terrible eczema on his helmet, and that if he'd been the video referee at the World Cup Rugby Final, he'd have seen 'of course it was a try you blind Australian half-wit'!
Some say that to unlock him, you have to run your finger down his face, like this (Jeremy runs his finger down the face of an audience member standing nearby), and that if he was getting divorced from Paul McCartney, he'd keep his stupid whiney mouth shut!
Some say that he invented the curtain and that he recently submitted a £20,000 expenses claim for some gravel... for this moat...
In reference to the MPs Expenses scandal, where MPs were claiming excessive and ludicrous expenses.
Some say that he thought Star Wars was a documentary, and that he recently pulled out of I'm A Celebrity because he's scared of trees... and Australia... and Koo Stark... and Ant... and Dec...
Some say that when he slows down brake lights come on in his buttocks, and that if he'd been the manager of the England football squad last week, he wouldn't have been a feckless ginger gum-chewing buffoon who ruined it for all of us...
Some say that he once lost a canoe on a beach in the north-east, and that he once did some time in a prison in Canterbury because his teddy is called The Baby Jesus…
In reference to a British teacher who was found guilty in Sudan of insulting religion after she allowed her primary school class to name a teddy bear Muhammad. She was sentenced to 15 days in a Sudanese prison.
Some say that after making love, he bites the head off his partner. And that he's had to give up binge drinking, now that it's gone to £1.18 a litre...
Some say that each of his toenails are exactly the same as a woman's nipples, and that he thinks that "credit-crunch" is some kind of a breakfast cereal...
Some say his droppings have been found as far north as York. And that he has a full size tattoo of his face, on his face...
Hammond: "Some say one of his legs get longer when he sees a pretty lady and that I haven't done one of these for some time and I've forgotten to make up a 2nd thing...
Some say that one of his eyes is a testi and that he was turned down for I'm a Celebrity because people have heard of him...
…all we know is, he's called The Stig!
The Stig-isms with Different Endings
Some say that he appears on high value stamps in Sweden, and that he can catch fish with his tongue... we know him only, as the Stig.
Some say that he once had a vicious knife fight with Anthea Turner, and that he is in no way implicated in the cash for honours scandal... all we know is, he's called Lord Stig!
In reference to people donating money to political party's so that the party can nominate them for a seat in the House of Lords (against the law).
Some say that he's a CIA experiment gone wrong, and that he only eats cheese... all we know is, he's not the Stig, but he is The Stig's American cousin!
Some say that his scrotum has its own small gravity field, and that because our producer rigged a phone vote, he now has a new name. All we know is, he's called Cuddles!
In reference to the childrens TV show Blue Peter. Viewers were asked to name a cat in a poll on the Blue Peter website. The viewers had voted for the name Cookie but Blue Peter staff secretly rejected that name and chose Socks instead.
Some say that he knows 2 facts about ducks, and both of them are wrong. And that 61 years ago he accidentally introduced Her Majesty The Queen to a Greek racialist. All we know is, I'm going to the tower now to have my head cut off, and he is called The Stig.
Some say that he is not allowed, by law, within 100 yards of Lorraine Kelly, and that he's never seen an episode of Top Gear, because he's a huge fan of Midsomer Murders! All we know is, he's called Bergerac!
Some say he's seen The Lion King 1780 times, and that his second best friend is a cape buffalo... all we know is, he's not the Stig, but he is the Stig's African cousin.
Some say that his favourite all time tune is Forever Autumn by Justin Hayward and he has the world's largest collection of pornagraphical material... all we know is he's NOT The Stig but he is The Stig's lorry driving cousin.
Jeremy: Some say there are 17 different reasons why he's banned from the Northampton branch of little Chef. And that his favourite airline pilot is Mark Webber (mine too, actually). All we know, of course, he's The Stig (In reference to when Mark Webber's F1 car hit the back of another car and somersaulted.)
Top Gear US
SEASON 2 is now airing! premiered on sun, july 24, 2011 !
Show Description (from history.com/shows/top-gear/articles/about-top-gear)
"One of the UK's most popular series since 1977, Top Gear now brings its high-adrenaline action entertainment to America. The series tracks the colorful history of the automobile and showcases an offbeat celebration of the art of driving, featuring super-cars, extreme stunts and challenges, car reviews and celebrity interviews, as well as the eccentric adventures of its hosts with Top Gear's customary wit and humor. Hosted by comedian and car buff Adam Ferrara, champion rally and drift racer Tanner Foust and racing analyst Rutledge Wood, Top Gear explores the history of America, one lap at a time."
Link to the Top Gear US website
http://www.history.com/shows/top-gear
Top Gear US Test Track (make sure to click on the hybrid button on the map!!!)
Top Gear US Presenter Bios (from history.com/shows/top-gear)
Adam Ferrara (from history.com/shows/top-gear)
"Adam Ferrara is an acclaimed comedian, currently starring on the Emmy-nominated hit FX show Rescue Me and recently appeared opposite Kevin James in the theatrical feature Paul Blart: Mall Cop. A regular comedian on various hit talk shows including The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Show with David Letterman, The View and Rachel Ray, Ferrara has been dubbed "hilarious" by Entertainment Weekly and is a two-time nominee for best male stand-up by the American Comedy Awards. Adam's favorite car is a Pagani Zonda F Roadster."
Rutledge Wood (from history.com/shows/top-gear)
"Rutledge Wood is truly car-obsessed and at an early age learned from his father the business of buying, restoring and selling new and old vehicles. His love of cars led him to NASCAR, and to starring in NASCAR Smarts on the SPEED Channel, a NASCAR trivia game show with Kyle Petty and John Roberts. He's also a roving reporter for NASCAR RaceDay Built by the Home Depot, Trackside Live and NASCAR Live. To this day, Wood has owned over 40 cars and trucks ranging from a Volkswagen Rabbit pickup truck to Hondas, Chevys and even the obscure 1975 Bricklin SV-1. His favorite is a 1953 Plymouth Suburban that was given to him by "the king" himself, Richard Petty."
Tanner Foust (from history.com/shows/top-gear)
"Tanner Foust is in high-demand as a stunt driver, with film credits including The Bourne Ultimatum, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift and The Dukes of Hazard. Foust is a winning competitor in rally, drift, ice racing and time attack with multiple champion podium placements in the past few years including the 2007 X Games Rally Champion and 2007 Formula Drift Pro Drift Champion. His varied race experience includes open wheel competition, the Pikes Peak Hill Climb (2002 – 2004), five Ice Racing championships and the 2005 PGT Rally Championship. He also holds class lap records at numerous U.S. road courses in Time Attack. Tanner's driving career started early when he was fired from his job driving a ski resort bus for drifting across the parking lot."