The BBC is no doubt the best broadcaster around, their car magazine Top Gear is the best of all shows in its genre and last week’s episode surely was one of their best ever… and this clip had me in stitches for days.
See Jeremy, the Hamster and James, um, ‘decorate’ their cars and subsequently get pelted by angry citizens of the Yellowhammer state in this YouTube video.
The clip is part of Sunday last’s episode in which the team had to trek from Miami to New Orleans: an 1,100 kilometre trip through the Deep South, which included such fun games as Brake Before the Alligator Pool, Cook Your Own Roadkill and this little high-stakes version of Pimp My Ride.
Try and find more clips online or watch tomorrow’s repeat on BBC2 at 7 GMT.
Thanks for the heads-up to Frits
13 February 2007 at 11:47 pm
I love the last line of the clip… it says it all.
Now, let me speak on behalf of the REST of the North American continent and say that this could only happen in the deep South!
14 February 2007 at 12:15 am
Sheesh that was just mad…they were pelting stuff and probably would of killed them :|
14 February 2007 at 12:22 am
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14 February 2007 at 12:24 am
I watched this on Sunday and couldn’t believe what I was seeing. It was very amusing, but highly irresponsible as well. Although I guess they didn’t know it would be quite that extreme!
14 February 2007 at 12:44 am
Come on why’d they run? *spits* A good beatin never hurt nobody.
14 February 2007 at 12:49 am
I watched it on Sunday and was amazed. When they painted the slogans on their cars I didn’t think they’d get that much attention, but it all kicked off in that petrol station!!
14 February 2007 at 2:02 am
I currently live in Alabama and I’ve got to say I found this pretty hysterical. My mirth is probably the result of the fact that I’ve only lived down here for three years. Most of my life I’ve lived in New England, Vermont and Maine so I’m a bit of an “outsider” myself. But speaking from a little experience they’re lucky. Had it been night the “boys” may very well have been drunk and it might have gotten bloody.
I also feel compelled to to say that there are actually some enlightened, decent folks down here. Of course that’s true of any place. Anyway, very funny. I’ll have to remember to share this video myself. Thanks for the laughs.
14 February 2007 at 9:13 am
Love Top Gear… Hard to catch here though. My favorite is when they race Parkour Traceurs in Liverpool with that Peugeot 2007…. that was amazing…
Change of theme again I see…. I sort of liked the old one better :P but that’s just me.
14 February 2007 at 9:24 am
Glad you all had a good laugh. I’m sure not all of Alabama is like that and that an overproduced series like Top Gear certainly organized one or two things.
Azhar, you did? That’s interesting, because I’m still not sure about this one either. Well, that’s the one advantage for us WP.com users: we can change at the click of a button.