Those Brits know good TV

[locker_monster]

Since it's been hotter than hell here, I've been watching a lot of TV (I mean, the who the heck goes outside willingly when it's 30 degrees?) and I found a little gem called Top Gear. I do believe ninamazing posted about this show before, but she called it better than Mythbusters and I didn't bother to see if that was true and sort of ignored what she had to say. While I still have a healthy love of Mythbusters, Top Gear is its own brand of cracktastic viewing. :-)

Mostly I enjoy watching the three hosts do random things with cars, like play hockey with tiny cars and an oversized puck, or strap rockets to the back of a Mini and send it down a ski jump to see if it can go further than a ski jumper, or turning a Robin Reliant into a honest-to-god space shuttle. Sadly, that last one crashed horribly to the ground, but its take-off was brilliant.

And you have British celebrities racing around a track in a reasonably priced car to boot. I'm still searching for David Tennant's episode, but I did watch Billie Piper's and Christoper Eccleston's episodes. How awesome is it that Christopher Eccleston only learned to drive back in 2004? That gives me hope. I'm like half his age and still can't drive myself.

Seriously, where has this show been all my life?

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[hjea.livejournal.com]

Yeah, one of the last times my group of friends hung out together we ended up watching the episode where the guys build aquatic cars to sail across the Channel. We ended up literally on the floor laughing. It's amazing that, for someone who has absolutely no interest in cars, that the show is consistently so bloody entertaining.

How awesome is it that Christopher Eccleston only learned to drive back in 2004? That gives me hope. I'm like half his age and still can't drive myself.

Oh yay! He's my new hero! My learner's just expired, so I don't even have that anymore!

I hope you find the Tennant episode. It's so cute how eager he is to beat Billie's time on the track. ;)

[locker-monster.livejournal.com]

Oh man, I want to see that episode with the aquatic cars. I bet that had some interesting results. I've only seen one ep where they have to build something else out of car (regular car into a stretch limo), but that was pretty funny, too.

It's amazing that, for someone who has absolutely no interest in cars, that the show is consistently so bloody entertaining.

Definitely, and I think that's the best thing about the show. They make cars interesting. I'm sure lots of people have gone out and bought some of the cars on the show because of what the guys do with them.

I read that David's time ended up being slower than Billie's, though Billie did cut a corner.

[hjea.livejournal.com]

I read that David's time ended up being slower than Billie's, though Billie did cut a corner.

Yeah, David was all: "*flail* She cheated!" And they just replied: "Yeah, but she was wearing a see-through top." ;)

[locker-monster.livejournal.com]

Heh. Now I definitely need to find that episode. :-)