Top Gear Australia canned

NoshowwithoutPunch · September 14th, 2011, 07:17 AM

http://smh.drive.com.au/motor-news/t....html#comments

Another one for the "Let's face it, Australia Sux" list

Homeroids · September 14th, 2011, 07:18 AM

Well that's a shame

. Didn't like it, to be honest.

RDSA · September 14th, 2011, 09:59 AM

just more proof that channel 9 as the reverse midas touch

everything they go near turns to shit

Wezza · September 14th, 2011, 11:02 AM

Excellent news.

SydneyCity · September 14th, 2011, 11:04 AM

That show was terrible, glad it got canned. It was a complete low budget carbon copy of the UK one.

citiboy · September 14th, 2011, 11:22 AM

love cars------------ hate that show

Burden · September 14th, 2011, 11:52 AM

It would have been more successful if it had better hosts imo.

jarkti · September 14th, 2011, 11:55 AM

Love love love Top Gear UK
Fucking hated the Australian one!

city_thing · September 14th, 2011, 11:59 AM

Even I used to love Top Gear UK and I'm a totez fag.

Watched 5 mins of the Australian version once. It was shite. Channel 9 seems to take pleasure in ruining things (though it was SBS' fault for buying the franchise, really).

Citystyle · September 14th, 2011, 12:34 PM

Channel 9 really are shocking.

Only show I watch on 9 is the Big Bang Theory.

Snorky33 · September 14th, 2011, 02:13 PM

Thank fuck it was shit

acc521 · September 14th, 2011, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by city_thing

Even I used to love Top Gear UK and I'm a totez fag.

Used to? It's still great! Make sure you download the UK one though. Better music and good stuff like the news segment not cut out (in the UK it runs for close to an hour without ads each episode - they butcher it for the International audience).

The Aus one I watched but one episode on an vowed never to watch the shite again.

ryan79 · September 14th, 2011, 03:28 PM

Never even new there was an Aussie version. The UK one is getting a bit tired though but I only watch it for the cars.

roofromoz · September 15th, 2011, 02:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RDSA

just more proof that channel 9 as the reverse midas touch

everything they go near turns to shit

I have huge hopes for the new show 'Joy of Sets' starting next Tuesday night with Tony Martin.

But given it's on Nein, it may be in vein. I fear it'll be on at a sexy new time of 1am or farmed off to GO! within a few weeks.

CULWULLA · September 15th, 2011, 03:52 AM

oh crap. i thought it read- top gear canned. what a shame

Choko · September 15th, 2011, 03:55 AM

Roo: I'll have to keep an eye of Joy of Sets, Tony Martin is up there with Micallef IMO.

Clarkson/Hammond/May are arguably TV's best trio, they just bounce off each other and make Top Gear UK what it is - entertaining as!

Any attempt to replicate that was always doomed to failure. Like most threads in this forum.

Joelby · September 15th, 2011, 05:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ryan79

Never even new there was an Aussie version. The UK one is getting a bit tired though but I only watch it for the cars.

Even the UK version is decending into a parody of a car show, with the odd car review surrounded by dodgy comedy skits veiled as challenges.

Glad the Aussie one is gone. If I wanted to watch a shit car show hosted by a pack of personality bypasses I would watch Fifth Gear.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Choko

Roo: I'll have to keep an eye of Joy of Sets, Tony Martin is up there with Micallef IMO.

Agree. He recently had a fair bit to do with Judith Lucy's Spiritual Journey as well I think (which was absolutely hillar). I'm looking forward (IE hoping) to seeing a solid show out of him. The aussie version of TV Burp (an otherwise awesome UK show) failled on channel 7, so hopefully this effective re-work will do much better.

roofromoz · September 15th, 2011, 08:57 AM

My wife an I are actually off to a taping of JoS tomorrow night... looking forward to it.

city_thing · September 15th, 2011, 11:49 AM

What's 'Joy of Sets'?

Meanwhile I'm on a tram right now and posting this using the SSC app. The future is here!

acc521 · September 15th, 2011, 11:53 AM

2010 called. It wants its excitement over having a new SSC app back.

September 14th, 2011, 07:17 AM	#1
NoshowwithoutPunch Registered User Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 2,774 Likes (Received): 118	Top Gear Australia canned http://smh.drive.com.au/motor-news/t....html#comments Another one for the "Let's face it, Australia Sux" list

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RDSA Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 179 Likes (Received): 0	just more proof that channel 9 as the reverse midas touch everything they go near turns to shit

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