Top Garden Ground Gear Force [March 14th, 2008]

[Demigod555]

Not worth watching, boring and predictable

[eldiaoble]

Is there a racist thing about polish people? because during the Mercedes S-class they were laborous and throughout the show Clarkson kept mentioning the Pols.

[digitalrailroader]

VERY Funny! I LMAO'd when Jeremy's Water Fountain Exploded, and destroyed the Greenhouse!

[argatoga]

Originally Posted by eldiaoble

Is there a racist thing about polish people? because during the Mercedes S-class they were laborous and throughout the show Clarkson kept mentioning the Pols.

From what I gather the stereotype over there is that Poland is the Mexico of Europe.

[Viper007Bond]

Hmm, hard to score this. Very scripted, but I was laughing my ass off the whole time, so...

[argatoga]

Why is everyone so concerned about it being scripted? Top Gear is, and always has been, a scripted program. Trust me if it wasn't scripted it would be fairly boring.

[LadyBella]

^^ Damn, exactly what I was going to say.

Okay, guys, there were no cars, sure. But the whole point was to make fun of a show that a lot of people watched, and if you think any show isn't partially scripted, then you're a little touched in the head.

Personally I loved Andy's cameo. He was perfect as the gum chewing Pole. And since Ground Force was the first thing I ever watched on BBC Canada this was a dream come true.

Not perfect, but great filler. And more rewatchable than Top Gear of the Pops, imho. 7/10.

[Wizegui]

Well, I did have a really good laugh, but the screw ups are obvious..... al little too obvious, even for Top Gear standards....

[TomCat]

Kinda boring, but I did laugh at a few parts. Watching James' shed get destroyed every 5 minutes was pretty funny, even if it was planned.

[edkwon]

Am i mistaken but was the Sport Relief female hostess in red, former SIARPC Davina McCall? If so, it looks like shes put on a bit of weight since her appearance on TG.

[Jocó]

I haven't seen it yet, but imagine if it hadn't been scripted. We would have seen some men digging up a garden. Wow how interesting. Also, this wasn't Top Gear so don't look at this as a TG episode...

[Flynn]

Originally Posted by eldiaoble

Is there a racist thing about polish people? because during the Mercedes S-class they were laborous and throughout the show Clarkson kept mentioning the Pols.

The Polish aren't another race their white. What you mean is "nationalist". I didn't see "the Mercedes S-class" so I can't comment on that one. To be honest I think he did overdo the Polish think a bit and it was getting quite stupid by the end.

So now what I think about the show. Well, I knew what to expect, I watched it because there was fuck all else on and...it was just as I expected. Shite. A bunch of middle age blokes cocking about in a garden. End of. I couldn't care less if they were the same blokes who presented Top Gear at all, I am not a "fan" of those guys, I only watch their show for the cars but as I said there was nothing else except this shite on so I thought I might as well give it a whirl.

[Shadowness]

Like some of the latest top gear eps, this was unfunny, blatently obvious and not very entertaining.
I would have turned over, but there was nothing else on!

[jmb]

I thought it was great. Yes, scripted, but so is most of TG. Funniest bits for me were the background bits, like Richard putting the digger in a ditch while Jeremy was actually being half-serious... and the guy on fire randomly in the sped-up bit. I find the proper-obvious gags (like Richard killing the shed(again)) with the crane less funny as you kinda see them coming... but overall I liked

[NooDle]

I lol'd at the digger falling over in the background and May's perfect shed being ruined three times in a row.

the chickens were funny too

yeah it's scripted, but so what! 9/10 for comedy gold

[Mike Bull]

Good fun for what it was. Glad I wasn't imaging the one Pole to be Andy Wilman then- nice to see him get on camera again!

Quite happy with how 'scripted' it all was- I mean, just the digger tipping over alone would have been a very carefully set up and executed stunt- the only thing I don't quite believe is Redgrave not knowing about it.

[mirage223]

i gave it a 7. funny, but scripted from the second clarkson stepped in the dog crap. the rip would have been much better with that suicide/homeless black kids stuff taken out though. space could have been saved or the rip made higher quality

[4G92Lancer]

Yeah, we all know Top Gear is scripted, but seriously, has one of the script writers left or something? Y'know the guy who says "Hang on, this is crap, lets re-write it and make it clever"...

I really like Top Gear, but it's starting to make the Three Stooges look like a documentary...

[Frederic]

This would have been a perfect time to re-introduce Top Gear dog

[GerFix]

It was just a little too predictable for my taste, but I did hurt myself laughing at the jet powered rotisserie I think it would have been funnier though, if they had made it work properly and offered the results up with the champagne.