Jay Leno on the American Top Gear

[Maserati]

http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/tol/li ... 638037.ece
[quote]Like everyone in Britain I have long been a huge fan of the television show Top Gear, although we get it only sporadically here in America. You can find it on BBC America and occasionally it pops up at odd times on other cable channels. There have been rumours circulating that the show would eventually come to America. I hoped it would come with Jeremy Clarkson and the gang, but NBC seems to have bought the show and I got a call one day asking if I would be interested in being a part of it.

I do my show full time, and these programmes take a great amount of time to make, so right away I had my concerns about fitting it in. The general rule of television is that it takes an hour for every minute that you see on screen. My other fear is that the show will not be made by car people.

So someone calls me from the network and is clearly not a car person. He says: “You like cars, right?â€

[Tsuchiya]

Applause........*standing ovation*...
well said jay leno, well said

[RASC]

[i]Americans don’t really see personalities like Jeremy on commercial television. They know that they have to be somewhat watered down. When Jeremy rips into some sponsor such as Ford or Chrysler, well, that’s the last time they sponsor that show. Then what you have is “the meetingâ€

[trini mk5]

Those 2 videos just cemented my point that americans are too "formal" so to speak when compared to the english. With the english its either yes, no,brilliant,rubbish you get straightforward answers. American shows always keeps you feeling that they are not being totally truthful of a cars' ability. They say things like,"the shifter has a long throw and a bit clunky, but is precise nevertheless." Come on man! It's either its precise or not precise. Jay Leno was right in what he said,then again i wouldn't have expected anything less from a man like that.

[Monk BANzai]

hear hear!!!!!

[R. Mutt]

nice read....very true.

[MG Man]

clap clap clap

[StangSai]

...said on The Tonight Show recently that the new Kia was available with a heated rear window, so if people needed to push it in winter they could keep their hands warm

[Morpheus23]

...said on The Tonight Show recently that the new Kia was available with a heated rear window, so if people needed to push it in winter they could keep their hands warm

LoL. That's Jay Leno 4 ya!

[Conrad]

Can I hear a brother say amen?

Aaaamen!

[wagon r]

...Jay should run for president....most sense i hear come out of a yankee mouth in years...