Posted on 11/21/2016 6:52:05 PM PST by markomalley
His new series has been greeted as a glorious comeback after an ignominious exit from the BBC.
But Jeremy Clarkson’s show The Grand Tour has brought with it the familiar whiff of controversy thanks to a tasteless joke about ebola.
The resemblance of a racetrack in his Amazon Prime series to a magnified image of the virus led Clarkson to dub it the Eboladrome.
And the remark brought an immediate backlash from viewers startled by the former Top Gear star’s apparent insensitivity over a disease that killed 30,000 in West Africa two years ago.
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No, I’m just saying our cars tend to be bland but reliable and the Europeans build cars that are fun to drive but more prone to odd little breakdowns. If I’m driving from New York to L.A. I’d prefer a Ford (or Honda). Touring the Tuscan hills? A five speed stick Peugeot would be just the thing. Autobahn? Etwas Deutsch, bitte.
IDK. My sons, who are huge TG fans, say it’s almost like they’re trying too hard. I sort of agree.
As the execrable American version of Top Gear proved.
Not sure how exciting a Smart Car or base model Jetta is but whatever.
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