http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7707641.stm
Anoher example of the "Typical misrable British pensioner" complaining after the event about something they didn't even watch / hear in
the first place.
188 complaints after the initial event which is a lot more than what Ross / Brand had immediately after the event. I wonder how many complaints this
will spiral to?
And I bet not one of them is a truck driver!!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00fgb75/Top_Gear_Series_12_Episode_1_(new_series)/
It was a stupid comment, probably made with the express purpose of getting publicity.
We deserve better than cr*p like that...
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Originally posted by David Jenkins
It was a stupid comment, probably made with the express purpose of getting publicity.
We deserve better than cr*p like that...
It was a joke !
Meant to be funny - nothing more, nothing less.
[Edited on 4/11/08 by Wheels244]
How does "typical Clarkson" contradict "stupid comment, probably made with the express purpose of getting publicity" ?
Sounds like exactly his Modus Operandi to me.
I don't believe for a moment he makes comments like that without knowing exactly what will happen. For all his faults he isn't
stupid.
The whole show is carefully scripted (as admitted by JC himself) which means none of his comments or actions are accidental and unplanned and as it
doesn't go out live the producers/lawyers will have gone over it with a fine-tooth comb before it gets out.
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Director Brian Tobin called the comment "highly distasteful and insensitive".
I think all these do gooders calling for entertainers to be sacked need to get a life.
Its meant to be funny.
Go get laid, or count your savings and stop asking for resignations at every possible juncter.
Its entertainent NOT politics. 
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Originally posted by Dangle_kt
I think all these do gooders calling for entertainers to be sacked need to get a life.
Its meant to be funny.
Go get laid, or count your savings and stop asking for resignations at every possible juncter.
Its entertainent NOT politics.
^ yep. if you don't like it, switch off, don't watch again. if you don't watch it it can't offend, and if you do watch again, its
your own fault! 
i thought that was pretty funny...
i agree with the above, its not politics, why not change the channel and enjoy life?
you dont see people making this much fuss over little sh*ts stabbing people to death on a daily basis....
Well I think its all double standards.
The truck drivers should stop killing prostitutes first. Then if Clarkson makes a similar comment then they can complain. But until they buck up their
ideas and stop the killing then its a fair comment.
To clarify what I said... I still think it was a stupid comment made with the sole intent of getting publicity. However, I have a life and anything
he says won't affect me too much (not in the slightest, to be precise).
...and I haven't made any effort to watch that program for years - the other thread about it being a middle-aged 'Last of the summer
wine' is very true. The Dave channel has been playing old episodes for a while, and many of them are far better than the current crop.
While I love TG, i did think the comment was inappropriate and very difficult to explain to my kids who watch it avidly every week. What happened to the 9pm watershed?
I don't know why insulting a group of people should be considered funny.
If the quip had been about kit car drivers being paedophiles would that have been considered amusing?
Isn't the over-rehearsed, pseudo chat, sychophantic audience format a bit tedious??
I laughed out loud
What makes me laugh is the fact the prositutes are complaning (well at least certain charritys/organisations etc) not the lorry drivers.
Surely self proclaimed law breakers should have no right to complain!?!
Usual BBC PC bollocks:
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Clarkson, 48, was taking part in a lorry-driving task, when he joked about lorry drivers killing sex workers.
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Originally posted by Colnago_Man
While I love TG, i did think the comment was inappropriate and very difficult to explain to my kids who watch it avidly every week. What happened to the 9pm watershed?
I think the comment was actually meant to poke fun at the stereotypical image that some people have of truck drivers, rather than to ridicule actual
truck drivers.
That being said, would be better placed after the watershed, although it's probably done wonders for the rest of the seasons viewing figures.
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Originally posted by blakep82
of willys and fannys.
And the repeat tonight on Beeb2, which I was hoping to catch, presumably off for the same reason?
No - apparently there's been some sort of election in the USA, so they're showing a 'special program' about it. Usual BBC "doing a topic to death cos we can't be bothered to do some real journalism" stuff.