Evans was featured on Top Gear twice, if I remember correctly. (Wiki says I don't, he's been on thrice.)
David Sent from my iPad > On Jun 16, 2015, at 6:09 PM, Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > > I would imagine that it'll be the same but different. > > Here's an interesting thing. Last Friday, Chris Evans presented an > anniversary edition of his old TV show TFI Friday. This > interview/music/general madness show ran for five years from 1996-2000. This > was a 19-year anniversary special featuring old clips and new material. I > think 19 year because someone at Channel 4 couldn't count and they thought it > was funny and went with it. It won the slot on Channel 4 on Friday night - > Channel 4 rarely wins its slot. One of the guests? Jeremy Clarkson. And > because the Top Gear track can be hired by "anyone", they tried to beat the > Top Gear lap record in a Ferrari using a racing driver. He failed by about 2 > seconds, which is fair enough because it was slightly wet. > > Another Evans story. He decided he wanted to woo Billie Piper (i.e. Rose in > Doctor Who and currently to be seen in Penny Dreadful). She was an 18 year > old pop star who had appeared on TFI. He went out and bought a Ferrari, > filled it with roses and gave it to her. I believe at the time she couldn't > even drive. Anyway, they ran away to Vegas and got married. (They've since > separated and these days Piper's partner is Laurence Fox of "Lewis" fame, and > son of actor James Fox). > > Anyway, that's a long way around of saying that Evans is interested in cars, > has a garage full of some very expensive ones, and likes doing silly things. > So I reckon the silly films and stunts will still feature. Whether the rest > will be the same or not? Who can say. I reckon they'll shake it up to an > extent. > >> On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 10:41 PM, M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: >> Nope. But it's nothing a little Googling can't solve. >> >> Here's what I'm wondering - will "All New Top Gear" be a continuation of the >> Clarkson/Hammond/May era, or will everything get reset (including deletion >> or rebooting of popular segments, like SIARPC, Cool Wall, etc.)? >> >> And what about The Stig? >> >> >>> On Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 2:55:35 PM UTC-4, Bob Jersey wrote: >>> Bad idea, as it turned out... neither pic went through, did it? >>> >>> B >> >> -- >> -- >> 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 >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > -- > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
