On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 5:21 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > Same here. I have tried three times now (mostly based on how popular it > seems to be here) to get into Top Gear, and each time have walked away > shaking my head and just not getting it. OTOH, I just love Car Talk, and > will probably keep listening to it in reruns.
The key difference is tipped in the fact that Car Talk (theoretically) has a future in permanent repeats. Car Talk is about Ray and Tom talking, and the fact they talked about cars was simply the method they used to launch into their conversations. Top Gear is about the cars. While the hosts/presenters are important, if Mr Clarkston spun an episode into a different non-car world, I doubt anyone would watch. As an aside: I hope every station drops the permanent repeats. It's for the same reason I get pissed when I see "Classic Peanuts" or "For Better Or For Worse v2.0" in the comic section: there's someone doing something new out their, and leaving a perennial in the limited space just makes a hard job even harder. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
