Some people don't get Top Gear. Some people, usually those who haven't watched it, think it's just Jeremy Clarkson being a right-wing nutbag, running over animals in cars while running his own personal carbon dioxide manufacturing plant.
Okay, so JC does get to spew some of his stranger ideas now and then, but everyone takes the piss out of him for being a nutter when he does.
No, Top Gear is about having fun. It's about silliness and mucking around.
Don't believe me? Then watch this video showing the essence of Top Gear: some nuns being given the chance to drive monster trucks.
June 3, 2009 | Reply
Somehow, despite watching endless repeats of Top Gear on Dave, I've managed to miss the nun. Thank you for cheering up my morning. Despite hating cars I love Top Gear, and it is great family entertainment, so long as you ignore the fact that James May says knob rather a lot. Kids all love the Hamster especially, and Oliver, the car that sunk in the mud.
I even like Jeremy Clarkson, precisely for his nutty un pc rants. They are quite refreshing, and he really doesn't know what he's on about most of the time. Funniest discussion I've seen him have on the environment was with Jonathan Porritt who ran rings round him, and even Clarkson had to admit he was being a knob.