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20. BBC confident it can find a new prick

Reply to joeybee12 (Original post)

Thu Mar 26, 2015, 08:14 AM

Mar 2015

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/arts-entertainment/bbc-confident-it-can-find-a-new-prick-2015032696705

THE BBC has confirmed that Top Gear will continue without Jeremy Clarkson as Britain is awash with boorish oafs.

Director general Tony Hall said the show’s format was guaranteed as he could just walk into a sports bar and ask if anyone wanted to be on television.

Hall added: “There was nothing miraculous about Top Gear’s success. Clarkson and the audience are entirely interchangeable.

“Indeed, I would like to thank Jeremy for helping a generation of pricks refine and perfect their utter dickishness.”

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'Top Gear' Host Jeremy Clarkson Dropped by BBC After 'Fracas' [View all] joeybee12 Mar 2015 OP

I guess edhopper Mar 2015 #1

Apparently... joeybee12 Mar 2015 #3

It doesn't actually seem so...the victim didn't even file the report. sir pball Mar 2015 #4

Well, I bet more about this comes out... joeybee12 Mar 2015 #5

Oh, I'm sure it's going to be quite lurid for a while! sir pball Mar 2015 #9

Yeah, Saville was horrific beyond words... joeybee12 Mar 2015 #10

How that gets handled should be telling. sir pball Mar 2015 #13

British tabloids already are covering this endlessly T_i_B Mar 2015 #19

Its the end of an era Travis_0004 Mar 2015 #2

I like to think of it as the beginning of a new one. sir pball Mar 2015 #6

Clarkson is a guilty pleasure LordGlenconner Mar 2015 #7

I'll admit it too. He's a jackass, but an entertaining one. backscatter712 Mar 2015 #16

Always heard he was a hard-right Thatcherite jackass IRL hifiguy Mar 2015 #18

I doubt Clarkson will be unemployed long. Xithras Mar 2015 #8

He had it coming. alarimer Mar 2015 #11

He's a racist, xenophobic, misogynistic, homophobic, ignorant, right-wing, loud-mouthed bigot, mr blur Mar 2015 #12

Oh, he'll be back on the air very shortly, and likely for more money.. sir pball Mar 2015 #15

That's very true Major Nikon Mar 2015 #21

I'd bet more than "nobody" wants Clarkson. sir pball Mar 2015 #22

I don't have much of an opinion of him either way Major Nikon Mar 2015 #23

You're right about that sir pball Mar 2015 #24

I've watched every episode of every season available. Savannahmann Mar 2015 #14

It's a shame he feels the need to be such an ass LadyHawkAZ Mar 2015 #17

BBC confident it can find a new prick T_i_B Mar 2015 #20

Perfect! joeybee12 Mar 2015 #26

Sad...He's helped draw millions of viewers to the BBC over the years Blue_Tires Mar 2015 #25