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What Was This Man's Name ?

Sometimes in the midst of tragedy we all make mistakes as does this reporter when talking to the well known "spoon bender " and Psychic , Uri Geller.
Listen carefully to the introduction.


And by the way, doesn't Uri sound like Count Dracula

Awesomeness

While at Barcamp in Adelaide today I noticed the word " awesome " used quiet often and at one stage someone even used the word "awesomeness"
Must be the Barney Stinson influence from How I Met Your Mother ?

Australian Top Gear Review - How Hard Can It Be

So they decided to make an Australian version of Top Gear , well " How hard can it be".
Well very hard if you have sat through the last few weeks of this local version.

So why are people deserting this show and the producers keep barreling down the wrong track.
It's poorly written for a start , the English version has the "Clarkson" stamp all over it and unfortunately the Australian version has the " made up as we went along " stamp on it.

It's poorly filmed and the highlight of this is the celebrity in a reasonably priced car segment , for all the excitement this segment generates you could get up and make a coffee while this is on. Didn't they look at the English version of this.
The interview with the stars is also atrocious with Charlie having the interview skills of a man locked in a cubicle all his life and then having to talk for a living. He also looks like he is going to fall asleep.
In one episode we found out the celebrity was there for only 45 minutes and no Stig involvement.
You can see the producers saying " just jump in the car and drive as fast as you can and don't get hurt ".
As for their car tests it is not exciting to see a car at 110kph barrel along a road.

Speaking of car tests  , I am still waiting for some Top Gear criticism. This is one of the hallmarks of the show that they don't play favourites  and pander to advertisers and actually tell you when cars are " absolute rubbish ".

The challenges and segments , have we really seen anything that is anywhere near as good as the English shows challenges , welding a cage to a mini moke , I was hoping the shark would have a real go ,the GPS challenge , I was hoping they would all be lost and never return ,does not compete with the Bugatti race , the bullet train race and on and on.
Somebody also forgot to tell them it's a car show show some passion towards car's winning challenges.

Now to the presenters.
The current English version went through some changes before it settled on the current three hosts.
The producers should start looking now as they are awful , cringe-worthy in fact .
I am sure they are wonderful people but television presenters they are not.

The local version of Top gear can now be compared to the American version of Kath and Kim , How hard can it be , how bad can it get.