Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Top Gear - NFC

[Mike (themightytoe]

Balmoral?  Is that the one up on a hill/cliff with a soccer field down  
below?  I remember going there in 1985...  If it's the castle I am  
thinking about...   Yeah Hamster and Maye are all over the BBC...

BR,
Mike Fleischer

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On Aug 26, 2009, at 12:32 PM, "Steve Cook" <stevec [at] cheatcodes.com>  
wrote:

> Hey George!
>
> The Stig's identity is revealed on an episode this year (on BBC) -  
> right
> after taking an FXX around the track.  You can find it on YouTube :)
>
> Check:
>  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGH_8wM3yg0
> and
>  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCvdTXrXsBc
>
>
> Clarkson has been doing car stuff for BBC for years.  My favorite
> Clarkson parody is:
>   Clarkson Island http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCvdTXrXsBc
>       (More Clarksons than anywhere in the WOOOooORLD).
>
> When I was in Scotland earlier this year, the few times I saw a TV,
> Hammond WAS on it each time! Seriously.  Don't know what shows, but  
> they
> were all different and had him on it.... he really is everywhere.  Oh!
> And they end their first challenge where we stayed, at the Balmoral in
> Edinburgh - they were there the week after we left!!! DOH!
>
> BUT,  James May is the luckiest SOB in the WooOOorld... this actually
> brings a tear to my eye, and really the only time I've ever been truly
> jealous of someone:
>   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PmYItnlY5M
>
> (If you only watch one video in this email, watch that one...)
>
> -steve
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: George P. [mailto:ygpz4re [at] hotmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 10:11 AM
> To: scook [at] gear21.com
> Cc: The FerrariList
> Subject: [Ferrari] Top Gear - NFC
>
>
> Hi List,
>
>
>
> I've been wanting to ask some of our British listers about the show,
> "Top Gear".  It's become one of my favorites since I first learned  
> about
> it a year or two back.
>
>
>
> Generally speaking, what are the qualifications of the guys who host  
> the
> show?  They seem to be pretty good drivers (with the possible  
> exception
> of James May, who I still maintain is the *actual* "Stig"!  yeah,  
> yeah,
> I know, I'm just being facetious - but it would be funny!), and
> certainly seem to be very knowledgeable about cars in general.  Are  
> they
> (former) racers?  Automotive writers? And does Richard Hammond do  
> other
> TV work (I seem to recall some statements to that effect on one of the
> episodes)?  Have any of them posted times around the test track in the
> "reasonably priced car"?  I can't help but wonder how they would do.
>
>
>
> And for the ham radio guys in the group - did anyone decipher the  
> morse
> code The Stig was listening to as he was testing the Tesla?
>
>
>
> Thanks - any other Top Gear trivia to be shared?  Would love to hear  
> it!
>
>
>
> George P.
>
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