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Who would you have for the show?
The other thread got me wondering who AT Garage would pick to host Top Gear America. Post your suggestions and why you picked them.
My own lineup:
Tim Allen: Come on, who else in America do we have who can be Jeremy Clarkson without actually trying to mimic Jeremy Clarkson? Tim Allen is someone you can see driving around a track screaming, "POWERRR!!!!" without getting the nagging feeling that he's just a low-rent Clarkson imitator. Plus can you imagine some of the stuff he'd come up with for the challenges?
Peter Egan: Yes, I know, he's not a TV personality. But anyone who is familiar with his columns knows that Egan is both a fantastic car nut and someone who knows his stuff. Egan would fill the James May role well given Egan's love of old cars and his tendency to take a slightly more methodical approach than, say, Tim Allen. Again, this preserves the BBC Top Gear dynamic without being an obvious imitation of the BBC personalities. Not only that, but Egan's a decent race driver too.
Marisa Miller: Yes, there's some degree of pandering here. However, Miller is genuinely interested in automobiles and motorcycles and rides dirtbikes as well as street bikes. She'd be an excellent counter to Egan and Allen, who are both a bit older, and I think she'd manage the sort of "two faced" role that Hammond has (teaming with either Clarkson or May to annoy the other depending on which seems more fun at the time) quite well.
What say the rest of you?
ZV
The other thread got me wondering who AT Garage would pick to host Top Gear America. Post your suggestions and why you picked them.
My own lineup:
Tim Allen: Come on, who else in America do we have who can be Jeremy Clarkson without actually trying to mimic Jeremy Clarkson? Tim Allen is someone you can see driving around a track screaming, "POWERRR!!!!" without getting the nagging feeling that he's just a low-rent Clarkson imitator. Plus can you imagine some of the stuff he'd come up with for the challenges?
Peter Egan: Yes, I know, he's not a TV personality. But anyone who is familiar with his columns knows that Egan is both a fantastic car nut and someone who knows his stuff. Egan would fill the James May role well given Egan's love of old cars and his tendency to take a slightly more methodical approach than, say, Tim Allen. Again, this preserves the BBC Top Gear dynamic without being an obvious imitation of the BBC personalities. Not only that, but Egan's a decent race driver too.
Marisa Miller: Yes, there's some degree of pandering here. However, Miller is genuinely interested in automobiles and motorcycles and rides dirtbikes as well as street bikes. She'd be an excellent counter to Egan and Allen, who are both a bit older, and I think she'd manage the sort of "two faced" role that Hammond has (teaming with either Clarkson or May to annoy the other depending on which seems more fun at the time) quite well.
What say the rest of you?
ZV
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