Tonight, we make some random observations about television! The latest offering from something goes up against something else! And I get blown up. Again!
Such is the favoured introduction for a little known TV show called Top Gear, the subject of my really quite specific entry title for today. To sum Top Gear up is difficult in that yes, it is a car show, but at the same time, it is also something far greater, far more significant. The basic premise of the show is three men presenting a show about cars. Boring? If it were anything else, then yes, but Top Gear uses this premise as an excuse for doing some very, very silly things. For example, the first American roadtrip, several years ago now, where they painted slogans on each others cars while driving through the deep south. These slogans included such gems as "Nascar Sucks," "Gay Pride," and "Hillary for President." Naturally, these didn't go down so well with the locals, but given that the trio were trying to see who would get shot first, that was kind of the point.
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