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Title: "Top Gear" vs. Redneck xians in Alabama
Post by: the_ignored on January 15, 2014, 07:47:21 pm
You have got to see this.  The hosts of the British (original) `Top Gear`show go to the Alabama and piss off a bunch of fundies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKcJ-0bAHB4

Feel the stirrings of the Holy Spirit in the american south!
Title: Re: "Top Gear" vs. Redneck xians in Alabama
Post by: Stormwarden on January 15, 2014, 09:10:10 pm
They were lucky to get out alive in that one. Glad they were okay.
Title: Re: "Top Gear" vs. Redneck xians in Alabama
Post by: SpaceProg on January 15, 2014, 09:28:05 pm
"Some new mottos for a few states:

Georgia: Hey, at least we're not Alabama.
Alabama:  At least we're not Mississippi.
Mississippi:  Well, at least we're not...  uh...  Aw, dammit."

Don't remember where I saw that joke originally.  Seems like something Conan would have done in one of his segments though. 

Anyway, I've seen this bit before on TV.  While I know there CAN be people like that in AL, having been there before; I'm going to reserve judgment against the entire state (not to mention the region).

Just gonna say, people will do some crazy hick shit for money no matter what country or part of said country they're in.


I did laugh though.  Even if they did pan NASCAR :( (Happy retirement, Mark Martin!)
Title: Re: "Top Gear" vs. Redneck xians in Alabama
Post by: Cloud3514 on January 15, 2014, 09:36:02 pm
I did laugh though.  Even if they did pan NASCAR :( (Happy retirement, Mark Martin!)

I would say they don't get it because they're British, but I'm fairly certain that anyone who doesn't watch it doesn't get it.
Title: Re: "Top Gear" vs. Redneck xians in Alabama
Post by: SpaceProg on January 15, 2014, 09:44:35 pm
I did laugh though.  Even if they did pan NASCAR :( (Happy retirement, Mark Martin!)

I would say they don't get it because they're British, but I'm fairly certain that anyone who doesn't watch it doesn't get it.
Eh, That's probably the case.  Now I'm gonna have to find a new racer to root for... or maybe I should just take my leave like Mark has... It's just not gonna be the same...


But, I digress...
Title: Re: "Top Gear" vs. Redneck xians in Alabama
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on January 15, 2014, 10:07:22 pm
Well, this was odd.
Title: Re: "Top Gear" vs. Redneck xians in Alabama
Post by: R. U. Sirius on January 15, 2014, 10:18:32 pm
What I love is how proudly the garage owner declares, "This is a hick town!"
Title: Re: "Top Gear" vs. Redneck xians in Alabama
Post by: mellenORL on January 15, 2014, 10:29:52 pm
And the last comment from the show's host, "I honestly believe that people in certain parts of America have started to mate with vegetables" ;D

Yes indeed, they done us Southerners proud <head implodes>
Title: Re: "Top Gear" vs. Redneck xians in Alabama
Post by: Alehksunos on January 15, 2014, 10:37:42 pm
Okay, so you can fuck your sister, your cousin or your goat but you can't fuck someone the same sex. What a wonderful world the Southern United States is...

Oh, you're also apparently not ever allowed to bad-mouth NASCAR. Boo.
Title: Re: "Top Gear" vs. Redneck xians in Alabama
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 16, 2014, 01:40:44 am
I remember watching that episode back in high school. That was one of their better episodes.

Anyway, I've seen this bit before on TV.  While I know there CAN be people like that in AL, having been there before; I'm going to reserve judgment against the entire state (not to mention the region).

Just gonna say, people will do some crazy hick shit for money no matter what country or part of said country they're in.
I imagine if you went to Manchester, England and drove around in a car with "Manchester United is Shit" written all over it, well, you'd wish an irate petrol station owner and a pickup full of hillbillies was all you had to deal with. Hell, just hint that the local soccer team in pretty much any area isn't very good and it'll probably end very badly for you.
Title: Re: "Top Gear" vs. Redneck xians in Alabama
Post by: Askold on January 16, 2014, 01:55:46 am
I guessing that those scenes were about as real as the avegage "scripted reality show" but at least they make a pretty funny series.
Title: Re: "Top Gear" vs. Redneck xians in Alabama
Post by: dpareja on January 16, 2014, 03:16:54 am
I remember watching that episode back in high school. That was one of their better episodes.

Anyway, I've seen this bit before on TV.  While I know there CAN be people like that in AL, having been there before; I'm going to reserve judgment against the entire state (not to mention the region).

Just gonna say, people will do some crazy hick shit for money no matter what country or part of said country they're in.
I imagine if you went to Manchester, England and drove around in a car with "Manchester United is Shit" written all over it, well, you'd wish an irate petrol station owner and a pickup full of hillbillies was all you had to deal with. Hell, just hint that the local soccer team in pretty much any area isn't very good and it'll probably end very badly for you.

Well, to be fair, in Manchester there will be some people who agree with you about United being shit. They're called City fans.  :P
Title: Re: "Top Gear" vs. Redneck xians in Alabama
Post by: Cerim Treascair on January 17, 2014, 04:46:11 am
I guessing that those scenes were about as real as the avegage "scripted reality show" but at least they make a pretty funny series.

No, no... it was actually legit for that place they went to.  Had a friend that lived a couple towns over that I showed the clip to.  His answer? "Yeah, that's about what I expected from those dumbfucks."
Title: Re: "Top Gear" vs. Redneck xians in Alabama
Post by: Katsuro on January 17, 2014, 06:08:34 am
I remember watching that episode back in high school. That was one of their better episodes.

Anyway, I've seen this bit before on TV.  While I know there CAN be people like that in AL, having been there before; I'm going to reserve judgment against the entire state (not to mention the region).

Just gonna say, people will do some crazy hick shit for money no matter what country or part of said country they're in.
I imagine if you went to Manchester, England and drove around in a car with "Manchester United is Shit" written all over it, well, you'd wish an irate petrol station owner and a pickup full of hillbillies was all you had to deal with. Hell, just hint that the local soccer team in pretty much any area isn't very good and it'll probably end very badly for you.

Well, to be fair, in Manchester there will be some people who agree with you about United being shit. They're called City fans.  :P

Ha, fair point lol.  Also I doubt in Manchester if you pulled into a petrol station the owner would call "the boys" who show up in the back of a pickup truck carring guns.
Title: Re: "Top Gear" vs. Redneck xians in Alabama
Post by: SpaceProg on January 17, 2014, 12:52:39 pm
Nah.  They'd have knives.
Title: Re: "Top Gear" vs. Redneck xians in Alabama
Post by: chitoryu12 on January 17, 2014, 09:24:45 pm
I guessing that those scenes were about as real as the avegage "scripted reality show" but at least they make a pretty funny series.

This was discussed, and the trio have stated publicly that the events were indeed real. Hence why they filmed the hasty cleaning of their cars on a cell phone cam: they didn't have time to actually set up on the side of the road for proper filming.
Title: Re: "Top Gear" vs. Redneck xians in Alabama
Post by: Askold on January 18, 2014, 02:08:28 am
I guessing that those scenes were about as real as the avegage "scripted reality show" but at least they make a pretty funny series.

This was discussed, and the trio have stated publicly that the events were indeed real. Hence why they filmed the hasty cleaning of their cars on a cell phone cam: they didn't have time to actually set up on the side of the road for proper filming.

...Double wow.

Suddenly I have more respect for them for risking themselves like that.

And less respect for USA, or those parts of USA at least.
Title: Re: "Top Gear" vs. Redneck xians in Alabama
Post by: chitoryu12 on January 18, 2014, 05:02:43 pm
Top Gear does admit to using many scripted segments, but they're often rather obviously scripted and are meant for humorous purposes. However, they have been known to go off the rails (such as James May's head injury in the Middle East) and a lot of things happen that isn't really meant to.

The Alabama incident was just something that they hadn't really prepared for. It's not uncommon for them to do silly or stupid things, especially in foreign countries. But they didn't expect American rednecks to be so vicious as to actually call up a posse to attack them.
Title: Re: "Top Gear" vs. Redneck xians in Alabama
Post by: niam2023 on January 29, 2014, 01:23:19 am
Isn't that attempted murde-

Oh, hick town, so the sheriff is probably one of many clones of Ted Nugent.
Title: Re: "Top Gear" vs. Redneck xians in Alabama
Post by: Caitshidhe on January 30, 2014, 01:42:32 am
Yanno, I used to wonder how the family members of well-known serial killers or other publicly crazy people felt. Especially if they, say, share a last name--obviously there are other people in the world with the last names Gacy, Hitler, Hussein, Bundy, and Hubbard**. They must all go through life having to apologize for their kinfolk's behaviour and insisting that not everyone in their family was insane.

But I think it probably feels how I do about other Americans every time I see something like this. I feel like I have to apologize and prove to other people that not all Americans are like that.



**I actually found this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciupsqkLLkQ) of a performance piece by the great grandson of L Ron Hubbard, whose family took the logical and unfortunately necessary step of changing their name in order to avoid negative associations and, even worse, to escape the cultists of Scientology. It's worth watching.
Title: Re: "Top Gear" vs. Redneck xians in Alabama
Post by: Tolpuddle Martyr on January 30, 2014, 06:21:55 am
Bloody hell!

Glad no one got shot-or worse.
Title: Re: "Top Gear" vs. Redneck xians in Alabama
Post by: SpaceProg on January 30, 2014, 09:14:18 am
Yanno, I used to wonder how the family members of well-known serial killers or other publicly crazy people felt. Especially if they, say, share a last name--obviously there are other people in the world with the last names Gacy, Hitler, Hussein, Bundy, and Hubbard**. They must all go through life having to apologize for their kinfolk's behaviour and insisting that not everyone in their family was insane.

But I think it probably feels how I do about other Americans every time I see something like this. I feel like I have to apologize and prove to other people that not all Americans are like that.



**I actually found this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciupsqkLLkQ) of a performance piece by the great grandson of L Ron Hubbard, whose family took the logical and unfortunately necessary step of changing their name in order to avoid negative associations and, even worse, to escape the cultists of Scientology. It's worth watching.

I think most people with a thinking brain on their shoulders know that not all Americans, or not all Southern Americans are like that.  It's just more entertaining to focus on the weirdos.

It'd be just as stupid for me to assume that all Yankees were rude, or all British people had bad teeth and did nothing but eat crumpets, drink tea, and hum Rule Britannia all day.
Title: Re: "Top Gear" vs. Redneck xians in Alabama
Post by: Caitshidhe on January 30, 2014, 10:28:44 pm
Oh, I know. But even though not everybody knows the names of every serial killer, and not everybody assumes that just because you share some connection to crazy people means you are yourself crazy, it doesn't stop you feeling like you need to make up for it to fix what someone else did or does.
Title: Re: "Top Gear" vs. Redneck xians in Alabama
Post by: JackBauer on February 23, 2014, 11:49:00 pm
Things can go wrong (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PmCU_Y9YDU) on Top Gear (this is Richard Hammond's crash in the Vampire Dragster).
Title: Re: "Top Gear" vs. Redneck xians in Alabama
Post by: Askold on February 24, 2014, 12:21:32 am
Things can go wrong (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PmCU_Y9YDU) on Top Gear (this is Richard Hammond's crash in the Vampire Dragster).
I've seen the clip about him after he came back and the first thing they did was play the video and have him comment on it...