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Huh? What have you heard? BBC was standing by him this morning.
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Yup. Just catching up with the news. Not sure that LeBlanc would be in a position to take the lead if his new sitcom takes off in the States as expected. Wouldn't be at all surprised if BBC give it up as a bad job now.
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Thank God, Chris Evans[^] didn't leave. I'd be disappointed if it was like that.
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
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Well, it would probably be better if they'd swapped the two Chris's.
But then again, Captain America would've turned into a comedy, for the wrong reasons. 
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It will help, but its not the only problem. Its was the biggest one, but not the only one.
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If I may ask, what do you think are the other problems with the show?
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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I'll agree that Chris was the main problem, but others are
- The interaction of presenters comes across as very staged and wooden.
- Some of the other presenters appear to be trying too hard and it appears very fake.
- it doesn't have snywhere the humour of the predecessors because there no natural interaction.
- the program just doesn't flow anymore.....
I'm sure there others, there the main ones.
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I haven't been following it since the trio departed and I'm kinda glad about it after reading your post. I think like another OP says below, it's about time to put the show to rest. 
That is, unless of course they can address the problems you've outlined and make it as interesting as it used to be.
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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It has a chance to improve now that Chris has left, but it will never be as good as the original. Just like the Aussie and US version which were never as good as the original but we're still Ok.
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Original? The original was hosted by Angela Rippon in 1977 and various others, including Noel Edmonds, in subsequent years. The Clarkson/May/Hammond version was effectively a revamp of a revamp which avoided the trap of trying to be the same show only with different presenters.
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I sit corrected. We only had the Clarkson Hammond May version on our shores. 
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They show needs to go away. Only that will save it.
What is it with many people in sports and in TV/film industry that they do not realize it is time to go away?
"You'd have to be a floating database guru clad in a white toga and ghandi level of sereneness to fix this goddamn clusterfuck.", BruceN[ ^]
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lw@zi wrote: What is it with many people in sports and in TV/film industry that they do not realize it is time to go away?
Money.
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You do know you don't have to watch it.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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I don't watch TV anymore. Did saw a few clips of the new show on YouTube though.
"You'd have to be a floating database guru clad in a white toga and ghandi level of sereneness to fix this goddamn clusterfuck.", BruceN[ ^]
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So you don't watch TV yet still want the show to stop being made.
That makes sense.
AAnything else that has no impact on your life you want rid of?
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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lw@zi wrote: They show needs to go away. Only that will save it.
Yes. It was silly of the BBC to try and revive it at all. Like many successful shows, it just happened to hit on the right combination of presenters and had a few golden years as a result. The original show with Quentin Wilson(?) as Swiss Toni was excruciating, it was the chemistry of Clarkson, May and Hammond that got non-petrolheads like myself watching it. Take that away and all you have is just another (very expensive) car show.
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Stuff Win14 - I'm going straight for Win 20! 
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Why not 30, or 40, or .... whatever!
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I haven't got the patience to install it that many times! 
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Oh come now! You can double down with each install: Go 20 - 40 - 80 - 160 - etc..
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Pah!
I've got two machines running Windows 4000 and another on Windows 196
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