The show Top Gear [topgear.com] on the BBC has quickly become one of my favorite shows, and is indeed the only show I watch on a regular basis anymore. It's a show where new cars are reviewed and compared, where crazy car stunts are performed, and where cars are raced to show relative performance. But the best part is how funny the hosts are.
Now that it has been announced [thecelebritycafe.com] that Adam Corolla is going to be one of the hosts for the American version of the show, I can't help but think that the new one is going to be totally bastardized. I think that Corolla is a really funny guy, but I just can't see how it's going to be as funny.
In the British show, one of the things I love is how they will race a car against anything -- people on skis, people in jet-powered kayaks, bobsleds, you-name-it. It's incredible. And they're willing to do whatever it takes to make a great show -- whether it be turning a regular car into a ridiculously huge radio-controlled toy, and then try to jump it over camper trailers... or race huge RVs. I hope that they will be able to maintain the same amount of fun in the American version.
Picture of Top Gear host Richard Hammond with Bugatti Veyron from Garrette's Flickr Photostream [flickr.com].
Picture of Top Gear set from smin's Flickr photostream [flickr.com].
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