Was having a conversation with a woman the other day and she reckoned that all men can be put into one of two camps – Football or Top Gear. I tend to agree. I know sweet feck all about football, and if I’m honest even less about cars, but I do watch Top Gear.
Some find it annoying (Jeremy Clarkson), trying to be young (Richard Hammond) and gay (What’s his face). I happen to enjoy it. Instead of just droning on about different cars they have entertainment covered in the way of putting celebrities on a race track, building amphibious cars, driving to the North Pole and almost killing themselves in drag races.
The show is hugely popular with the repeats on Dave every half hour and the live show that tours every so often, so it was probably only a matter of time before it was exported to the states. BBC America and the History Channel have announced a joint venture to produce a version of the show for the American audience.
The first series will consist of 10 episodes and will air on the History Channel in the Autumn. They say it will only be aired in America, but we’re sure it won’t be long before we pick it up here. It’ll be hosted by American presenters: Tanner Foust, Adam Ferrara and Rutledge Wood. No we’ve never heard of them either.
But, Tanner Foust is a respected stunt driver who has worked on The Bourne Ultimatum to name one, there’s more but we haven’t researched cos we’re lazy. Adam Ferrara is a stand up comic and actor who stars in a drama series called “Rescue me” which is about firefighters. Rutledge Wood is a race analyst who is best known state side for his commentary on Nascar events.
So if nothing else, they don’t have presenters who produce crap books and look like they spend their days sucking on exhaust pipes. Further details are a bit sketchy, but that’s pretty much all you’ll need to know right now, we’ll keep our eye out for more news on that. So you’re either moist with excitement or giving a deafening “meh” to your screen right now.
We’re looking forward to it, if you’re not, go watch some sweaty men run around a field struggling to get a ball past one man in front of a ginormous net.
