Leno does the Mille Miglia

"Justin is driven" (justinisdriven) 06/03/2014 at 11:48 • Filed to: Jay Leno, Mille Miglia, TGUSA

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Why isn't he hosting TGUSA again?

Jayhawk Jake > Justin is driven 06/03/2014 at 11:53

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I don't think he would be a good host for TGUSA...

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > Justin is driven 06/03/2014 at 11:58

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Honestly, TGUSA's biggest issue is one that a ton of US shows do. They over produce. They don't allow the spontaneity to generate naturally so everything is setup. Leno KNEW this was going to happen.

Another example of this phenomenon:

Kitchen Nightmares.

In the UK it was about the business, each show showed the restaurant's problems and they varied from just simple little things they were missing to outright disasters. The producers didn't shove a ton of money towards the place, it was up to the owners to succeed. But when it came to the US, they latched onto people remembered the drama shows, they remembered the ones that got relaunched, they remembered the ones that got completely redone.

So EVERY SINGLE EPISODE was family drama-spend $50k of the show's money to redo the place-relaunch. And when they leave the family is happy so the place is going to be great.

They missed the point. They missed what made it great. Ramsay loves the shit out of the food and the restaurant biz, but you can tell in the US shows he honestly doesn't have the involvement and problem solving that makes him happy.

So they brought TG to USA. They tried to do everything more. Everything better. But they can't leave drama to happen by chance, so they create it. They script it.

What it ends up being is like those cars that are so perfectly restored that they never set tire outside of a car show compared to a car that's still looking good, but showing it's journeys.

Survivor cars are the best cars. You can restore a car 100 times, but you can only preserve it once.

Justin is driven > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 06/03/2014 at 12:28

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100% agree. Even TGUK is getting over-produced in the last few years. Obviously it has been staged to a certain extent forever, but the last few seasons (*coughhovercraftcough*) have just been ridiculous.

Justin is driven > Jayhawk Jake 06/03/2014 at 12:29

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Yeah I dunno. Probably not. Maybe youtube is the best place for him.

Jayhawk Jake > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 06/03/2014 at 12:40

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To be fair, TGUK has gone the same way lately.

Devlin Munion > Justin is driven 06/03/2014 at 13:57

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I have never wanted an old Jag more than I do now.

Justin is driven > Devlin Munion 06/03/2014 at 14:46

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Right? So much eye candy in this.

Devlin Munion > Justin is driven 06/03/2014 at 15:20

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It wasnt even the eye candy so much as it was the noises.