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Jeremy Clarkson's Amazon Show To Be Called The Grand Tour (theguardian.com)
Jasper Jackson and Dugald Baird, writing for The Guardian: Amazon's new motoring show starring Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May will be called The Grand Tour. In a statement, the former Top Gear trio thanked fans for taking the time to send in their suggestions for the name, which they said were "much appreciated". "Thing is," said Clarkson, "we'll be travelling the world hosting each episode in a different country, from a giant tent. It's a sort of 'grand tour', if you like. So we've decided to call it The Grand Tour." May said he was underwhelmed by the name. "I wanted to call it 'Nigel', or 'Roger'," he said. "We needed a name, and they're names." Hammond was more positive. "I already love camping," he said. "But this is something else. We are like our pioneering and prospecting forebears, sallying forth into a new frontier of broadcasting, and making our home where."
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Seriously, they took 6 months to come up with this name? Doesn't bode well for the rest of the show.
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Just saying.
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Should have called it Geoff.
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Whatever they decided to call it, its going to be call the "Sir Richard Attenborough Show" because that's how the world works now.
I voted for "Punchy Mc Lazy Shit Face", but they wouldn't let that name be used.
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Its the Top Gear lads and Clarkson is a fucking legend and Americans can stfu as they know nothing about cars except how to mass produce shit ones.
So for once just fucking shut your big, fat mouths and you might learn something from the starscof the biggest fucking tv show in the world.
And no, Top Gear USA didn't count as it was hosted by three Americans who drove mainly American cars and thus the whole thing was shit and dumbed down and unfunny and uninformative. Much like the rest of American tv.
Americans can blow shit up real good, and they do well with computing, but they know shit about cars.
He came up with it first in his fantastic series of Sci-Fi novels.
All we want to know is when it will hit Prime. What it's named is as uninteresting as watching Top Gear now that these three aren't on it.
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GT short for Grand Tour
The original show was all about big personalities and reality-star like hi-jinx. How the BBC lost sight of that is beyond me.
The Grand Tour is as good a name as any; at least they didn't call it the Grand Caravan. eep. I expect to see a smattering of cars I cannot afford but I will be more intrigued by what happens next. Though, I'm not sure I will get to see an episode until the reruns start airing outside the Amazonian biome. Here's to longevity to the series! None of the personalities involved could possibly get their show cancelled again, right?
Please?
Please?
I hope Jeremy Clarkson is killed by a boy racer.
In front of his family (sic).
They should have called it Frank. Then at the end of each review they could say, "To be frank...", and give their synopsis.
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Considering Clarkson's record on international diplomacy and pissing off the natives, is a world tour really a good idea?
He only pisses off the natives that were already pissed off before he got there. Particularly those who lack any sort of sense of humor, perspective or ability to laugh at themselves.
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It was May and Hammond who carried it, and maybe the other new presenters will carry Evans.
Jeremy was undeniably the star of the show but not in the usual sense. What really made the show work was the chemistry between all three of them. Jeremy was kind of a first among equals but take away May and Hammond and it just didn't work as well. That's a hard thing to replicate. Take the US version of Top Gear. All three of the hosts aren't Ferrera, Foust and Wood are all fine individually but they simply don't have the same chemistry as Clarkson, May and Hammond and the show simply isn't as good as a result.
The other thing that made Top Gear work and I think Clarkson was the driving force behind is because they didn't pull a lot of punches. Whether you agreed with their take on something or not, they definitely HAD a take and didn't seem to hold back much. Clarkson seems to be the driving force behind that. If they thought some million dollar supercar was crap, they said so. They didn't pretend to be fair, or objective or even competent but they did seem to say what they thought. Frankly their negative reviews were usually more interesting than their positive ones. Other shows like the US Top Gear version seem to be more hesitant to give a bad review, presumably for fear of pissing off advertisers or incurring lawsuits. But without those strong takes the show just isn't as good.
i loved that show & i dont give two shits about fancy cars.
It was all about Clarkson, Hammond & May. Those guys have a great "3-stooges" chemistry.
Very enjoyable to watch those 3... once you fast-forward past all the car-porn bits.
Grand Tour (GT). Its an obvious comeback against Top Gear (TG).
Because it was popular before Clarkson et al (for 25 years, no less) and stands a decent chance of being popular again, and this time with a wider audience.
Given how successful the show was I think your notion of it appealing to an even wider audience is wishful thinking. The audience was already incredibly wide. Even people like my sister who could not care less about cars found the show entertaining.
The show has been on air in various incarnations since 1977 but it wasn't a breakout hit until 2002 when they found the combination of Clarkson, May and Hammond. I'm sure it will soldier on but it's going to be difficult to catch lightning in a bottle twice.
I don't think they took my name suggestion seriously.
How many times did he genuinely piss off the natives, other than in Argentina (the Alabama "attack" was clearly fake, for those who haven't figured it out yet)?
Clarkson's Motorworld series shows he can probably pull something like this off, dropping in May and Hammond (with proven chemistry) to fill out the hour.
would be a bit more fitting for Mr. - I'm annoyed like Christian Bale on set but I don't bark, I beat - Clarkson.
A Grand Touring car is a sporty, medium to large car that can nip you from Italy to Scotland, or from Florida to Alaska, in posh, comfortable style, and where possible, much throttle-induced hooning silliness.
Think Aston Martin, think big Ferrari like a 599 or F12 or FF.
Do people still do the traditional Grand Tour of Europe? Used to be a 'thing' to do after high school and before college.
The "Civilized World" jumped the shark ca. 1973.
Now it's called a 'Gap Year' as what's left of the Middle Class can't really afford 'Grand' anything anymore.
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I could have swore I read they were naming it 'Gear Knobs', which would have been perfect.
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With the limited availability of Amazon Prime video this show is going to set new standards for piracy.
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I've not subscribed to any video streaming services before but this is the only show that could do it. I'm looking forward to it.
The Grand Tour
TGT
Top Gear Twits
This name pattern just works.
I wouldn't even pay to watch him being gang-banged in a jail then flayed alive. (Though I might pirate the video.)
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Why is an article about a bellend who does car shows on /. ?