Stupid Legal Reasons Mean That Clarkson & Co Are Banned From Saying These Things On The Grand Tour
It seems the BBC are looking for any opportunity to sue The Grand Tour if Clarkson takes the slightest morsel from his previous Top Gear adventures. Andy Wilman - the producer of the new Amazon car show - has revealed that the rules the old Top Gear trio are subjected to are unbelievably tough and fully protect the Top Gear BBC show from any form of copyright.
As if there wasn’t enough drama surrounding the break-up with the BBC, The Grand Tour cannot feature a written lap time board, a Stig or even refer to the motor news section as ‘The News’. There can be no Top Gear test track and there has even been a debate over whether James May can use his ‘cock’ catchphrase.
The legal scenario was made even more ridiculous when the trio went on a shoot to Namibia. As they had described the African scenery as ‘beautiful’ in past Top Gear episodes, Clarkson has had to resort to saying “For legal reasons, this scenery is shit”.
Despite the frankly ridiculous legal restrictions forced upon the new show, we’re all looking forward to seeing what The Grand Tour has to offer.
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Someone remind me why we still keep the BBC around?
So the BBC kept Clarkson, but they haven’t actually. I hope he’s still allowed to use a hammer.
Wow, it’s like the formula one rule book all over again……..
“horsepowwwweeeerrrrrr”.
I never thought I would get to use this hashtag on CarThrottle, but #WTFU. #WheresTheFairUse
“And now it’s time to put our own Racing Driver in this car…Some say that we are not allowed to say Some Say on this show any more..and that our new racing driver is much-much better than the one they use on that other show..he is not the Stig or any of his cousins..he just grew up from the ground of a racing track…and all we know…he is called The Gits!!!
As long as Clarkson can scream “POWERRRR” there is hope.
Even with all these rules, it will be a lot better than the new topgear
Does this mean that we won’t hear any great news about the Dacia Sandero?
And now it’s time for our rather famous celebrity in a vehicle which is priced in such a way that its value for money is quite high.
And to set a lap time on our specifically designed, winding stretch of tarmac, we have a non-descript person who is very good at driving fast. There are people who believe that he or she is merely a ripoff of a long forgotten television show hosted by 3 legends, and that this person’s head comes with Bluetooth connectivity. All we know is…. They’re called the GiT.