Much Of New Top Gear’s First Studio Audience Left Early And ‘Unimpressed’
We’re just a few days away from finally finding out what Top Gear will be like post-Clarkson, and there are yet more newspaper reports that suggest things aren’t going entirely according to plan. Last week saw the filming of the revamped show’s first studio segment, and according to The Independent, it over-ran massively.
Proceedings were supposed to wrap up by around 4pm, but when shooting continued (reportedly, filming eventually ran into the evening), much of the audience began to leave, apparently “unimpressed” with Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc’s attempts to keep everyone entertained. Multiple takes and fluffed lines from the duo apparently caused the delay, with Evans struggling particularly with the Stig’s introduction. Audience members were also not allowed to take phones or recording devices to the studio - a first for Top Gear filming.
The Sun meanwhile alleges that Evans lost his patience and ranted at the audience: “Don’t fold your arms, don’t wear black. Take it off – take everything off….Don’t fold your arms, don’t have your hands in your pockets. F***, f***, f***, f***, f***.” The BBC rubbished the claims, with BBC Studios Director Mark Linsey stating: “We don’t recognise the Sun’s account of Top Gear’s first studio recording on Thursday…Chris and Matt were consummate professionals throughout. From the audience’s reaction they were clearly much loved.”
Evans apparently seemed much more comfortable during the celebrity interview stage, where he spoke to Jesse Eisenberg and Gordon Ramsey. Previous reports claimed that the first guest was supposed to be Brad Pitt, but the actor cancelled at the last minute.
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it’s Chris Evans, he’s unfunny and uncharming. No idea why they picked him
You don’t deserve to be on a show like this when you have a girl driving and the guy’s throwing up.
Let’s go watch top gear they said,
It will be fun they said……..
It is probably like James May’s theory. Even bad publicity is publicity. And with bad publicity you lower the expectations so they can suprise people… a bit…
Well… they have savine at least…
It’s now a clown show. Sure, each host may have a talent, but there is too many of them doing too many things. And on top of it, it seems like a big, elaborate joke. Of course people are going to be unimpressed, BBC is wasting everyone’s time now. Look at the latest stuff Top Gear has on YouTube (post-Clarkson era). It’s video after video showing people messing around with cars that the average person can’t afford. “Ooh, look there’s another McLaren I will never be able to afford, yay… :/“. This new Top Gear is very exclusive, as in excluding everyone in an a-hole manner. Oh wait, there’s a video that has a Smart car. Because, you know, that’s the only car that us pleebs can afford, right BBC? Top Gear used to be the celebration of cars from every era and all prices. The new Top Gear is a a disgrace, nightmare, clown show, autotrocity, snotty, pile that deserves the backlash it’s getting. This is the result of BBC not listening to the people once again.
I give it half a season at best…
people who talk about how this is a good marketing strategy, clearly don’t know much about marketing, you never start with plan B in a successful strategy, the only time you’re allowed to say “there no good and bad advertisement” is when everything else fails badly and the “bad” advertisement is the only option left, and if you know a bit about the science behind marketing you’ll know that making a client anxious about something to gain his interest is never a good strategy.
long story short, if they’re struggling with the show, they really are struggling.
inspiring one
Fairly certain this has been outed as a fake story and removed by reputable media sources - fans who were in the audience exposed it.
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