Girls running Top Gear

"KatzManDu" (KatzManDu) 04/14/2015 at 12:49 • Filed to: None

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OK, yay? I'll weigh in with my nonsense.

There is talk of having females be hosts of Top Gear. That works for me. Sue Perkins is a celebrity and excellent TV Hostess in the UK. If they need a race car driver, they can safely re-patriate Pippa Mann from the USA and she could also be a gear-head for the show.

Here's the thing. The boys are assholes to one another. Women generally don't do that kind of thing. They don't ram each other's cars and go "oops" or drive off and leave one another stranded.

Yes, sexist, gender-role stereotypes, but do you see my point with this? I dunno, just rambling. This was on my mind earlier today.

For Sweden > KatzManDu 04/14/2015 at 12:52

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It would definitely be a departure, considering that around 2005 Top Gear started being a show about the interactions of bickering middle-aged men.

random001 > KatzManDu 04/14/2015 at 12:52

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Waiting for pics of girls running....

MonkeePuzzle > KatzManDu 04/14/2015 at 12:52

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The boys are assholes to one another. Women generally don't do that kind of thing

yur delusion is adorable

WRXerFish - WRX-Wing pilot > KatzManDu 04/14/2015 at 12:53

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I am fine with a female host providing the on-screen antics are persistent.

LongbowMkII > KatzManDu 04/14/2015 at 12:56

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If you don't think women are capable of deviousness, trickery and throwing underhanded shade you need to hang out with more interesting women.

CalzoneGolem > KatzManDu 04/14/2015 at 12:56

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They don't ram each other's cars and go "oops" or drive off and leave one another stranded.

1. That was the best part of the show.

2. The girls would be worse to each other but probably mostly off camera and never in a completely overt manner.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > KatzManDu 04/14/2015 at 12:56

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When my Panda wouldn't start once my girlfriend drove off and left me...

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > KatzManDu 04/14/2015 at 12:57

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Nope, watch All Girls Garage. They'd likely hire someone just like them and it's terrible. They try to make car related quips and it comes off so awkward. "I'm going to go take the project car for a drive while you stay here and get your nails dirty" what?! guys (your target audience) don't care about that and why are they working on a car with rings and bracelets on? Have you ever seen a finger de-gloved by a ring? Yeah don't Google that.

CalzoneGolem > MonkeePuzzle 04/14/2015 at 12:58

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They don't though. Girls don't punch you in the face and call you an asshole. They'd never be so overt about it.

Mattbob > CalzoneGolem 04/14/2015 at 12:59

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if only.

CalzoneGolem > Mattbob 04/14/2015 at 13:01

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Older brothers shove you into the dryer and turn it on.

Older sisters convince you that going into the dryer and having it turned on it fun.

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > MonkeePuzzle 04/14/2015 at 13:01

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I think what he's getting at is, women don't really joke around like that.

Of course women can be incredibly catty and say horrible hurtful things to each other, but in those cases it's usual done with true malice.

But yes, the idea that women aren't assholes to each other would indicate that someone has never spent as much as 5min around a group of females.

CalzoneGolem > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 04/14/2015 at 13:02

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As well she should have. That's the rules man!

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > CalzoneGolem 04/14/2015 at 13:04

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Agreed. She seemed to find it very funny when I finally caught up with her.

Alfalfa Romeo > KatzManDu 04/14/2015 at 13:07

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BBC likes to re-invent their shows. They've re-invented Top Gear once, and that will likely be the plan again. I'm sure some elements from the Clarkson era will stay, but different hosts means different chemistry and different bits, jokes, and gimmicks.

djmt1 > KatzManDu 04/14/2015 at 13:08

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My first choices are currently:

Jodie kidd

Suzie Perry

Idris Elba

Chris Evans

Dara O'briain

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > KatzManDu 04/14/2015 at 13:09

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Skip to 29:45 for relevance.

KatzManDu > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 04/14/2015 at 13:11

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That's kind of where I was going. Women and men banter and joke differently.

There is no shame in reinventing a show. Look at the three different incarnations of Black Adder!

DoYouEvenShift > KatzManDu 04/14/2015 at 13:12

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Nothing wrong with female host. Look at Kari from Mythbusters, very knowledgeable, funny, and engaging as a tv personality.

KatzManDu > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 04/14/2015 at 13:13

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I've been married for something like 12 years. I was still friends with some of my ex-girlfriends. It's taken 12 years for my wife to get used to that idea, and now she's friends with some of them.

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 04/14/2015 at 13:17

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The big difference is women take it personally, men mostly don't. Trash talking is an acceptable means of communication with men. Why? I couldn't tell you, it just is, you asshole.

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 04/14/2015 at 13:19

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It really is a mystery, douche face. :)

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 04/14/2015 at 13:21

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See! We get it, now, I'm going to punch you and then we'll go have a beer.

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 04/14/2015 at 13:25

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Being a guy is really just the greatest thing ever.

First round is on me.

yamahog > KatzManDu 04/14/2015 at 13:32

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Mattbob > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 04/14/2015 at 13:36

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this sounds exactly like what I think would happen as well. Just the same garbage roles they put women in as usual.

Mattbob > CalzoneGolem 04/14/2015 at 13:36

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I have literally had my older sister put me in the dryer and turn it on for a few seconds when I was real young. It was not fun, and she did not try to convince me otherwise.

Santiago of Escuderia Boricua > KatzManDu 04/14/2015 at 13:38

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CalzoneGolem > Mattbob 04/14/2015 at 13:38

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My older sisters convinced me it would be fun and I climbed right in. It was not fun.

Mattbob > CalzoneGolem 04/14/2015 at 13:40

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dryer victims unite.

Forgetful > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 04/14/2015 at 13:48

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Ya I know some girls that are vicious pranksters and nonstop jokesters that would be more than appropriate for a top gear episode.

Careful with the "women are/aren't/can't" statements. Women are many things. All the same is not one of the many things women are.

Most men and women I know would make terrible top gear hosts.

yamahog > CalzoneGolem 04/14/2015 at 13:50

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Girls don't punch you in the face and call you an asshole.

I call bullshit because reading this shitheap of a thread makes me want to do just that. So much flat-out wrong, and no desire to politely correct people any more.

CalzoneGolem > yamahog 04/14/2015 at 13:51

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You don't like sweeping generalizations of the sexes?

NotUnlessRoundIsFunny > KatzManDu 04/14/2015 at 14:05

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Here's one vote for including Sabine Schmitz!

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > Forgetful 04/14/2015 at 14:36

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I'm well aware that all women, and people in general are not the same. haha Anytime someone makes a blanket statement about a group it should obviously be taken with a grain of salt, from anyone with at least a slight amount of intelligence.