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Old Aug 20, 2007 | 04:11 PM
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Top Gear: American premiere tonight!

'Top Gear' makes its American debut tonight with back-to-back episodes. 8pm on BBC America.
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Old Aug 20, 2007 | 05:12 PM
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My Gf has direct TV or Comcast I forget which.. but she has BBC America..... now how to trick her into watching it.. (She hates Car shows..) Maybe I'll tell her I'll have sex with her tonight.. .oh wait.. that wont work bah damn women.. I'll figure something out damnit!!!!
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Old Aug 21, 2007 | 11:17 AM
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My DVR is set to "Record Series". Sweet!
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Old Aug 21, 2007 | 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Clavius
My Gf has direct TV or Comcast I forget which.. but she has BBC America..... now how to trick her into watching it.. (She hates Car shows..) Maybe I'll tell her I'll have sex with her tonight.. .oh wait.. that wont work bah damn women.. I'll figure something out damnit!!!!
But its not just a car show, it's a funny car show!

And I hear you about the sex, it sucks that chicks can use sex to bribe us but we cant do the same to them.
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Old Aug 21, 2007 | 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Gotian
But its not just a car show, it's a funny car show!

And I hear you about the sex, it sucks that chicks can use sex to bribe us but we cant do the same to them.
Uh... speak for urself
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Old Aug 21, 2007 | 12:13 PM
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damn i saw this thread a day late, any links on youtube, what was on the episode about?
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Old Aug 21, 2007 | 12:13 PM
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I don't get that channel with my Charter Service, it is in the upgraded section of channels, and I don't need any of the rest of them.

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Old Aug 21, 2007 | 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by lesper4
damn i saw this thread a day late, any links on youtube, what was on the episode about?
They are available for download via BitTorrent. I believe I heard that all YouTube vids were taken down.
The only thing missing from last nights broadcast, that I noticed, was a discussion of the latest news. Thats OK, it would have been 6 months old anyway. Wasn't Hammond's crash of the jet car the first of this series?

Edit:
I just checked the BBC website, we are seeing Series 8 shows. The crash was in Series 9.

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Old Aug 21, 2007 | 01:39 PM
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US broadcast schedule…

For the full schedule, just go to the BBC America website (not the same as the BBC website): http://www.bbcamerica.com/tvschedule.jsp?showsList=266
A new episode airs every Monday night, and is repeated a few times.

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Old Aug 21, 2007 | 02:38 PM
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Nooooooooo... I just seen this thread today.

F@#$!
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Old Aug 21, 2007 | 02:44 PM
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is it new episdoes?
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Old Aug 21, 2007 | 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by RogueTadhg
Nooooooooo... I just seen this thread today.

F@#$!
Episode 1 will be repeated this Sat and Sun. Episode 2 will be repeated next Monday: http://www.bbcamerica.com/tvschedule.jsp?showsList=266
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Old Aug 21, 2007 | 02:56 PM
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Did they keep the old hosts, or are they replaced with 'american' versions?

I've always been skarred of remakes for the american market...

Warning, swear words: http://youtube.com/watch?v=WT8y5aB3uK4

...redoings stink.

Originally Posted by by cquinnd on 01/19/2006
They were already in the process of dumbing down Top Gear when they first started showing it.

They would clip the segments to drop a lot of the background discussion; cut out the news,
other "filler" parts and the britishisms. And even made them refilm parts to avoid confusing
viewers with terms like "petrol" and "brake-horsepower".

The sad thing is once I realized how good the show was (and when they abruptly
stopped showing episodes in the US), I also started downloading the back episodes, and
actually enjoy the "real thing" over its watered down Discovery Channel version. Even the
almost consistent bashing of the US Automakers is worthwhile, because they do such a
good job of explaining why (many) US autos are so far behind the rest of the world.

I get the feeling this new version will concentrate on having a lot more cars from Ford, GM, Chysler etc...
to showcase. And looking at the picture on that site, I'm not sure I'd trust those guys to recommend
a skateboard, much less a supercar.

http://www.digg.com/movies/Discovery...rican_audience

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Old Aug 21, 2007 | 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by RogueTadhg
Did they keep the old hosts, or are they replaced with 'american' versions?
No, it's the regular guys, Clarkson and crew. It appears to be the whole show—each episode is an hour long. I read about the idea of doing an "American" version a while back—but this isn't it. This is the real McCoy. Though yeah, there's no "news" segment, and apparently the episodes are a year behind what's running in England. But everything's very British, including the humor, pounds not dollars, British slang, and local references (there was a segment on the boys hosting a local radio show that most certainly would not have been left in if segments were being removed for "American" audiences). And most of the cars were European models not available here.

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Old Aug 21, 2007 | 04:53 PM
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Well I got to watch the 9pm show not the 8pm one but still I got to watch it. I was laughing my *** off at Clarksons jokes. I didnt realize how much I missed that show.

The GF at first didnt want to watch it at all but I pulled out a trump card statement of "Well come on.. I watch all of your medical type shows all the time with no fuss..." she was about to retort back but bit her tongue. I believe she realized my statement had alot of truth since it was only a hour show and me tossing in a few "Its a one hour show it wont kill you.".

I just gotta find out if my own Cable carries BBC America hehe.
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Old Aug 21, 2007 | 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by RogueTadhg
A... hahahahahaahhahaa... forwarded. Who says you can't mix [bad] voice acting and drinking games.
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Old Aug 21, 2007 | 11:22 PM
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Isn't this just Season 8 of the British show?

http://www.finalgear.com/news/2007/0...8-of-top-gear/

Edit:
Also, it appears that if there is a new "Top Gear America" show, it won't have Clarkson.
http://www.finalgear.com/news/2007/0...g-us-top-gear/
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