Sunday, June 1, 2025

The Grand Tour to continue....

 

 I'm hearing Amazon are planning a new series of the Grand Tour....  This time without Clarkson Hammond and May.

 It seems the cunning plan is the Grand Tour got huge viewing figures.   Clarkson Hammond and May have now finished, we'll make more using YouTubers (I kid you not) and we'll make another ton of lovely cash....

 Brilliant plan what could go wrong ?  Well, frankly the whole thing really.  You see what most people except Amazon bosses know is we the public, are not tuning in to watch the Grand Tour, we are tuning in to watch CLARKSON, HAMMOND and MAY.  It them and their antics and the interaction between them that attracted viewers in the first place.  Not a poxy car show.

 The BBC thought the same with Top Gear,  Oh wow, the show is SO good, we'll carry on, the viewers will still watch....  Errrr, No! Viewing figures fell off a cliff with new presenters, the beeb shuffled presenters around trying to find a match, but it's hopeless.

 Which bit of people Watching Clarkson, Hammond and May do they not understand?  Why is Clarksons farm popular?  Is it because it has tractors and sheep?  No, it's bloody Clarkson you halfwits.  Without him Clarksons Farm is countryfile, which was watched... wait for it... mostly by farmers, and a few watching for the farming weather forecast.

 Yes farmers watched Clarksons farm, but so did MILLIONS of us.  We didnt watch to see the latest pig breading shed, or the newest rotarvator for the massy Fergusun 500.  We watched to see Jeremy making a dogs breakfast of bailing hay or whatever.  It was funny, it was entertaining.

 Thats the thing about the Grand Tour, it wasnt just a car show, it was more about the presenters, than the cars.  Thats why replacing the presenters will flop.

 So a free top tip Amazon.  Either scrap the whole idea and save your money, or, cough up for the real deal.  Get C H and M to make a Christmas special for a few years.