New new new new Top Gear

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Jobbo
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Re: New new new new Top Gear

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Rich B wrote: Tue Aug 25, 2026 8:36 am did they learn nothing from Chris Evans?
Feels very similar doesn't it :lol:

Maybe add Meghan Markle, Jason Dawe and Mr Tumble for a dream team line up.
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Jimmy Carr is perhaps one of entertainments greatest Paradox's (if that's the correct term)

His stage persona is very crass, at times, very cruel (although I'll be honest, I find him funny). But if you seem him talking seriously about anything, (see for example, the Steve Bartlett pod cast), he's incredibly insightful, knowledgeable - almost 'wise' in the old school meaning.

He talks a lot of sense when he's not being "Jimmy Carr"
JLv3.0 wrote: Thu Jun 21, 2018 4:26 pm I say this rarely Dave, but listen to Dinny because he's right.
Rich B wrote: Thu Jun 02, 2022 1:57 pm but Dinny was right…
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His serious monologues sound like he's trying too hard to be taken seriously and not like he really believes them or came up with them himself.

I saw him live at a corporate do just after the tax avoiding scandal and he was funny at that, so he's canny about knowing his audience. I subsequently went to see one of his live tour shows and it was mostly trying to press buttons to shock and nowhere near as appealing to me. Watching him on telly he comes across as more of a robot version of Stephen Mulhern (who I hate) when presenting. Both of them give vibes of hiding something dark beneath, as if one day when they get outed like Philip Schofield or Huw Edwards I would be unsurprised, but I suspect neither actually is :lol:
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