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| Top Gear America Adam Carolla, Tanner Foust, and Eric Stromer present this American spin-off. |
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| Anyone back from the taping yet tell us what it was like/first impressions? | |
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| | #102 |
| got there an hour early and was denied some fire marshall b.s im from Florida too lol. They were giving away "VIP" passes if you couldn't get into this showing though for the next episode | |
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| Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 24 Posts: 20,988
Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 234 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Word was taping was to go until at least 8:30PM (it's 6PM now).
__________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005 |
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| Joined: May 5th, 2007 Last Online: July 28th, 2008 Location: United States Posts: 2
Rep Power: 0 ![]() ![]() ![]() | Just got back. Huge disappointment. The way that they handled the line was horrible. First, the early 1:30 taping was pushed to 2:30, and they didn't even get it started until 3:30. The crowd for the early taping (those that were guaranteed access) was HUGE (easily 200-300 people). They forced all of us with tickets for the late taping to wait in an area with no sense of who got there first, so when they called us to line up, people that had just arrived ran to the front of the line. In all, I think maybe 20 people from the late taping actually got in (I was not one of them). They left several hundred of us standing out there in the sun for hours only to tell us that they didn't need anyone else, but offered "guaranteed" access to the next taping (whenever that is). I put guaranteed in quotes because some of the guys in line with me had guaranteed access to the 1:30 taping and didn't get in and we have to trust that they are going to contact us somehow with these VIP tickets. Yeah, right. |
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| | #105 |
| Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 24 Posts: 20,988
Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 234 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Bah, well that sucks. ![]() Hopefully they do it better in the future.
__________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005 |
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| | #106 |
| If you see an NBC show in New York, they also handle the lines horrendously. NBC needs to learn how to deal with large groups of people. | |
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| | #107 |
| Shall I be the first to spoil everything or should I let someone else be the one to get sued ![]() I'll tell you one thing though, Andy Wilman, during his introduction, kind of surprised me by stating "Who from the Final Gear mafia is here?" There was a lot of shuffling of the crowd while they set up for the next shot(s), which gets REALLY tiring after being on your feet for 5 hours. All in all, though, I think we can put our fears to rest about this being a bad show. After editing, I think it can be an epic show. Last edited by ThatVietGuy; July 27th, 2008 at 06:10 AM.. | |
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| Mantastic! Joined: Jan 8th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 33 Posts: 10,346
Car: 2006 MY07 Astra SRi Turbo Rep Power: 77 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | That's awesome - did anyone put their hand up?
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| Joined: Nov 21st, 2006 Last Online: 04:27 AM Location: Lil Osaka Posts: 2,167
Car: Legacy GT Spec B '07 Rep Power: 22 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Quote:
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| | #110 |
| I say we just be very vague about everything; the last thing we want is this site to be shut down because of what we write. | |
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| Joined: Nov 21st, 2006 Last Online: 04:27 AM Location: Lil Osaka Posts: 2,167
Car: Legacy GT Spec B '07 Rep Power: 22 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Quote:
Whats interesting is Wilman looks a LOT like Actor Tom Wilkinson who played Carmine Falcone in Batman Begins ![]() | |
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| | #112 |
| Joined: Jul 27th, 2008 Last Online: October 3rd, 2008 Posts: 2
Rep Power: 0 ![]() ![]() ![]() | Got back from the taping a little while ago. I shouted out when he asked if anyone from the Final Gear mafia was here. He then jokingly said "Great, the doors are closed, you can't get out, and the police are on their way!" I think the show's going to be great. I think Adam, Tanner, and Eric have a great chemistry. So far Eric's my least favorite - in person he seemed a little dumb but on the films he was very good. And there were films, very much in the vein of the original. They were witty, funny, and full of charm. Adam is an excellent substitute for Jeremy. Not as clever, but still funny in his own (more American) way. Andy Wilman thinks Adam is funnier than Jeremy. =D Speaking of Andy, I talked to him and thanked him for being so open about Final Gear and its existence. He's counting on us to make the US show a success. He said he asked Viperbond for his phone # and Viper didn't give it out cause he was afraid the police would knock on his door the next day! But Andy really does appreciate the fan community and I'm really glad he's directly involved in the making of the US Top Gear. I was really a skeptic before attending the show, but I think it's going to be great. It may not be quite as good as the original, but I won't complain about more Top Gear! |
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| | #113 |
| Don't forget, he also said the main doors were now locked. Also, I have to agree with your comparison. He's also much shorter than I imagined for some reason. | |
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| | #114 |
| Joined: Jan 28th, 2007 Last Online: August 26th, 2008 Posts: 5
Rep Power: 0 ![]() ![]() ![]() | I agree that the line handling in the beginning was done very poorly. Besides the hosts, everything is the exact same. The setting, the stig, the challenges, the news, SIARPC, etc... I have 3 conclusions: 1. This show will be good as long as the hosts have more time to work together and learn to be a team. 2. Adam will keep this show alive until #1 is accomplished. 3. Chunky needs to die. Last edited by kylew; July 27th, 2008 at 06:44 AM.. |
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| Joined: Jul 27th, 2008 Last Online: November 28th, 2008 Posts: 2
Rep Power: 0 ![]() ![]() ![]() | Quote:
The taping itself was amazing. My feet are killing me from 6 hours straight on concrete but it was well worth it. You can read my less-spoiler filled recap at http://forums.televisionwithoutpity....ost&p=10605770 | |
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| | #116 |
| Joined: Jun 24th, 2008 Last Online: October 29th, 2008 Posts: 2
Rep Power: 0 ![]() | I think Chunky got worse as my feet started to hurt more...then he had people come up to tell worse jokes then he was...I would still do it again...although this time I'll stick with sneakers |
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| Joined: Jun 28th, 2008 Last Online: 02:10 AM Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 4
Car: 2005 Subaru Impreza STi Rep Power: 0 ![]() | Chunky FTL! But it was a relatively fun night and a great privilege! ![]() |
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| Joined: Mar 16th, 2005 Last Online: October 21st, 2008 Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 14
Rep Power: 0 ![]() ![]() ![]() | Way cool, although not quite sure I would want to suffer that long again. Although I assume that as time goes on, everything will run a lot smoother. Maybe they could practice their math skills before show number 2.... ![]() |
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| | #119 |
| Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 24 Posts: 20,988
Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 234 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Great to hear (about the quality)!
__________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005 |
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Now, when we came back at 3:20pm there were a shit ton of people there. I pretty much knew most of them would not be able to get in because they arrived way too late. I don't remember the exact time they moved us past the gates but I think it was around 4pm. Quote:
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