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To be appalled by Top Gear 02/02/14

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ineedanexcuse · 02/02/2014 20:34

I am watching with my head in my hands and with a sick feeling. The 'team' are driving around a closed supermarket in small hot hatchbacks . The idea is for them to go round as quickly as possible

The amount of food that is wantonly destroyed is just sickening.There are families who have no food to eat today because of a variety of reasons and these idiots are finding it hilarious to drive over perfectly edible food for fun.

Surely there must be a better way to spend our TV license money than pay these old men and the programme makers who dream up this stuff.

OP posts:
Bartman · 03/02/2014 07:59

YABU get over yourself FFS.

ExitPursuedTheRoyalPrude · 03/02/2014 08:03

I thought this thread was going to be about the blowing up of the cars.

Isn't the programme supposed to be aimed at the inner 9 year old?

Theodorous · 03/02/2014 08:19

If you are of a sensitive disposition (feeling sick etc) I think you may find that you are watching the wrong stuff. Maybe try UK Gold but be careful as there have been some perilous scenes in Heartbeat over the years.

TheDoctorsNewKidneys · 03/02/2014 08:28

Grin at perilous scenes in Heartbeat!

thepg · 03/02/2014 08:32

So the OP never returned once it was pointed out a fake supermarket was used...in addition to all the other logical problems with her argument.

What a surprise. Wink

ChristineDaae · 03/02/2014 08:47

I love top gear. As far as I'm aware I am not in fact a cunt, or an old man. Neither is my 8yo top gear obsessed nephew... Or the rest of my family. In fact my step dad (closest thing to an old man we have!) is the only one that can't stand the show.
As you were....Wink

Theodorous · 03/02/2014 08:50

It is massive in the Middle east. We get some episodes first I believe and OSN pay millions for the rights. So the BBC is using all that horrid naughty old Arab oil money to pay for all the boring crap on BBC4. It's quite poetic really.

BlueStones · 03/02/2014 09:03

Hammond's science programmes are written and produced by people far, far more intelligent than Hammond. Hammond is the performing dog brought in to lure the audience

Not true, this - he has a lot of research input, and often brings the original programme idea to the production companies.

(worked in telly, me.)

Sparklysilversequins · 03/02/2014 09:20

Clarkson stopped and posed for a photo with ds's Dad after he told him that he was his 10 year old son's hero. He wasn't exactly gracious about it but he did it and for that I will always like him as he was brushing ex off until he told him about ds.

territt · 03/02/2014 09:43

I thought it was great this week :-)

Sparklingbrook · 03/02/2014 09:45

If you really want to you could be offended by any aspect of any programme on the TV.

TiggyOBE · 03/02/2014 09:47

pathetically contrived and predictable - This was much more of a problem. When they do something real and laughter comes from that, that's funny. When you can see they've set up a competition and then faked an unrealistic outcome, that's a lot less funny.

And the OP is PO about her issue.

LittleBearPad · 03/02/2014 10:02

Where have you gone OP

Caitlin17 · 03/02/2014 13:24

BBC 4 isn't boring! I can't stand Top Gear so I don't watch it but I'm happy for its sales to subsidise BBC 4.

higgle · 03/02/2014 13:27

Is there not anything we can laugh at anymore without some sanctimonious killjoy coming along to stop us? I presume TV co paid for the food. Is the food police going to come round to my house and have a go if I throw anything away. What about the people who eat more food than they need and deprive others? nonsense.

5Foot5 · 03/02/2014 13:33

As I was watching this last night (and thoroughly enjoying it) it did occurred to me that some of the people who post on mumsnet would love a good rant about the waste of food. Spot on!

But it was so clearly all set up as a joke and a bit of fun that I didn't really think anyone would be taken in by this and believe it was for real.
Did you also think Hammond really rolled his car down a bank or that that was Jeremy Clarkson climbing out of the car window in a later sequence?

tolittletoolate · 03/02/2014 13:44

I love Top Gear but once I got mildly pissed off that Clarkson jumped a Renault Twingo Sport into the sea and he could have given it to me instead!

SauvignonBlanche · 03/02/2014 18:57

Does anyone know if it's repeated this week?

VivaLeBeaver · 03/02/2014 19:01

I loved it.

The clarkson out the window scene looked real but I'm surprised he can fit through a car window.

The Hammond rolling the car scene was staged.

SauvignonBlanche · 03/02/2014 19:01

Duh! It's on now Blush

dexter73 · 03/02/2014 19:04

I reckon the blowing up of the 2 cars was staged too. James May's hair would definitely have got singed if it had been real.

LetZygonsbeZygons · 03/02/2014 19:12

it was a setup, no food wasted-as other posters have said and I also agree with the cooking programme points too.

and here we are mahoosive TG fans so ..........

and asd a poster said about John Lewis and the like spending millions on an ad .

OP if you didn't know about the mock ups of TG then YANBU as you didn't realise. but its all staged.

and when I worked in Spain yes I saw the tomato throwing thing, plus egg throwing on firework night,

Takingbackmonday · 03/02/2014 19:17

Bloody hell OP.

Lighten up!

BeverleyMoss · 03/02/2014 19:25

I like them, particularly their specials, have a HUGE crush on the Hamster too.

LetZygonsbeZygons · 03/02/2014 19:28

oy Beverly, the Hamsters mine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Grin.

seriously that's my ideal looking guy. If only...................In all my years (and Im in my 40s now) ive NEVER had such a crush as I have on this guy.

OP its soooooooooo obvious the supermarket things a setup, its on now, and Hammond and Clarksons deliberately ramming into things.