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I just finished watching the Top Gear American Special, and I have to say it was the funniest thing I have seen in quite a while.
For those who have not seen it please watch, I promise that you will laugh
(five parts total)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzsmpL7v94o&feature=related
It was however quite offensive to Americans, but it was so funny I can look past that. I did find it quite tasteless that they depicted all Americans as fat, gun-carrying rednecks (who appearently eat too much cheese), which is certainly not the case at all, at least not everywhere. They chose to travel through the deep south, so of course they're going to find the typical American sterotype of rude, fat, hicks. I do understand that it is that way down there, but not all of America is like that. Here in the north it is completely different, yet they make it seem like everyone in the US is like that, and it's not.
Anyway, enough of my ranting.
About the show, some of my favorite sound bits
"See that there? He's turning right on a red light, that is America's only contribution to western civilization."
"Only three previous murderers"
"Dent on the roof here, that was caused by a cow"
-"I'm standing next to a Buick Lesabre"
-"Oh, god"
-Radio: Jesus Christ is my lord!!
-Clarkson: "Yes, yes! I agree with you!"
"Would you like cheese with that? Would you like cheese with that? And then they shoot you"
"I've got an alloy here. Check out my alloy"
There were a couple of things though that, while funny, I didn't quite understand. Such as the whole "cheese" thing. I wasn't previously aware that Americans ate too much cheese. I always thought of cheese as more of a European thing anyhow...
Also the whole thing with guns and shooting. They seem to think that every person has a gun and is more than willing to shoot it at a moment's notice (which in some of the areas they visited this was actually true). The car dealers did in fact, talk about guns and killing so casually
But what got me was how Clarkson was so afraid when he pulled the gun out, it was like he had never seen a gun before. Are guns less common in the UK or something?
Anyhow, those of you have seen it, what were your thoughts/reactions?
Btw, I
the '89 Cadillac, such a beautiful car 
For those who have not seen it please watch, I promise that you will laugh
(five parts total)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzsmpL7v94o&feature=related
It was however quite offensive to Americans, but it was so funny I can look past that. I did find it quite tasteless that they depicted all Americans as fat, gun-carrying rednecks (who appearently eat too much cheese), which is certainly not the case at all, at least not everywhere. They chose to travel through the deep south, so of course they're going to find the typical American sterotype of rude, fat, hicks. I do understand that it is that way down there, but not all of America is like that. Here in the north it is completely different, yet they make it seem like everyone in the US is like that, and it's not.
Anyway, enough of my ranting.
About the show, some of my favorite sound bits
"See that there? He's turning right on a red light, that is America's only contribution to western civilization."
"Only three previous murderers"
"Dent on the roof here, that was caused by a cow"
-"I'm standing next to a Buick Lesabre"
-"Oh, god"
-Radio: Jesus Christ is my lord!!
-Clarkson: "Yes, yes! I agree with you!"
"Would you like cheese with that? Would you like cheese with that? And then they shoot you"
"I've got an alloy here. Check out my alloy"
There were a couple of things though that, while funny, I didn't quite understand. Such as the whole "cheese" thing. I wasn't previously aware that Americans ate too much cheese. I always thought of cheese as more of a European thing anyhow...
Also the whole thing with guns and shooting. They seem to think that every person has a gun and is more than willing to shoot it at a moment's notice (which in some of the areas they visited this was actually true). The car dealers did in fact, talk about guns and killing so casually
But what got me was how Clarkson was so afraid when he pulled the gun out, it was like he had never seen a gun before. Are guns less common in the UK or something?
Anyhow, those of you have seen it, what were your thoughts/reactions?
Btw, I
the '89 Cadillac, such a beautiful car