Is There Something Lacking?
My favourite pastime, like most people, is to kick back and watch some TV. For me though, it’s just not any old television, it has to be car related, or NCIS related. Porn usually grabs my attention, but it’s not really known for its family values, something that the Family First Party has trouble dealing with.
The point that I’m trying to drive home here, is that on Sundays (and sometimes Saturdays) is usually dedicated to motorsport. Many a Sunday has slid by listening tuning into Trackside, RPM, F1 races, MotoGP, and V8 Supercars. Here we have an absolute plethora of action packed motorsport, but nothing general or light hearted about cars.
The UK produces two very excellent television programmes, Top Gear & Fifth Gear. I’m quite a fan of both programmes, and when there isn’t much to watch of television, I’m usually found watching an episode or two, whiling the hours away.
This has me thinking, we live in a fantastic country. We love our cars; why else does V8 Supercars attract such a large following? A television programme along the lines of the aforementioned shows. Which one would be more suited though?
We have a lot of fine auto magazine writers who would be more than happy to work for a television show (I’m making assumptions here!) and talk about their passion. We’ve already had a television show about cars on Channel 9 that flopped (because, quite frankly, it was really boring), so I believe a Fifth Gear styled show wouldn’t go down so well.
Top Gear on the other hand would be fantastic. Something funny, punchy, a little controversial, but above all, interesting. You don’t need to know anything about cars to appreciate the humour in this styled show, were as in Fifth Gear, it helps to at least be interested in cars.
Why am I writing this article? Purely because I’d be one of the hosts! Hell, it has to be one of the best jobs in the world.
My favourite pastime, like most people, is to kick back and watch some TV. For me though, it’s just not any old television, it has to be car related, or NCIS related. Porn usually grabs my attention, but it’s not really known for its family values, something that the Family First Party has trouble dealing with.
The point that I’m trying to drive home here, is that on Sundays (and sometimes Saturdays) is usually dedicated to motorsport. Many a Sunday has slid by listening tuning into Trackside, RPM, F1 races, MotoGP, and V8 Supercars. Here we have an absolute plethora of action packed motorsport, but nothing general or light hearted about cars.
The UK produces two very excellent television programmes, Top Gear & Fifth Gear. I’m quite a fan of both programmes, and when there isn’t much to watch of television, I’m usually found watching an episode or two, whiling the hours away.
This has me thinking, we live in a fantastic country. We love our cars; why else does V8 Supercars attract such a large following? A television programme along the lines of the aforementioned shows. Which one would be more suited though?
We have a lot of fine auto magazine writers who would be more than happy to work for a television show (I’m making assumptions here!) and talk about their passion. We’ve already had a television show about cars on Channel 9 that flopped (because, quite frankly, it was really boring), so I believe a Fifth Gear styled show wouldn’t go down so well.
Top Gear on the other hand would be fantastic. Something funny, punchy, a little controversial, but above all, interesting. You don’t need to know anything about cars to appreciate the humour in this styled show, were as in Fifth Gear, it helps to at least be interested in cars.
Why am I writing this article? Purely because I’d be one of the hosts! Hell, it has to be one of the best jobs in the world.
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