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February 22, 2008 by Anthony Crawford
Top Gear Australia is reportedly having major issues finding presenters for the show. SBS yesterday admitted that it will take several more weeks than expected before the decision is made.
So we thought we would go and investigate just how bad some of the applicants really are.
Enjoy. But please, don’t blame us, we are just the messengers.
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hahaha,NM thats what I thought!
I can Only imagine what the boys in the UK are going to think of it? Blank looks on their faces come to mind!
BM….I accidentally sent you and email that shouldnt? Go check darling….am sorry as!
The second guy is your tipical private school yobo…..more money than brains, He’s living proof brothers should not marry their sisters.
hahaha Carl. Shes short ans stocky but shes strong!
The third guy lost me with the colour of his tie but i had to switch off when he started forni*ating his Charade…so i can’t give him a full review.
Thats soooo funny. didn’t watch them earlier as I was at work. Oh my God the third one shagged a daihatsu literally. Ha Ha sorry can’t stop laughing. You lot ain’t got a friggin chance…sorry ha ha ha
Oh streuth ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
Ha ha even typed ‘friggin funny’ as the spam word.
The third guy ….”where is the dip stick?”…..standing in front of the car!!!!
Dump Aus Top Gear if this is the best we can come up with.
First guy – as boring as the camry he waffles on about. Not to mention the left nut thing.
Second guy – I got about halfway and hit stop. The word “bogan” keeps jumping to mind.
Third one – the men in white coats will find him soon and take him back to wherever he escaped from, so no point auditioning.
Maybe they could get the cardboard cutout of Kevin Rudd to audition….he is bound to have much more personality and ticker then the real deal!
hahaha…..hey you heard it was RDO yesterday.Rudds Day Off from Parliament.
Shhhh you will get us both in trouble babe
Naughtyius Maximus! LOL I agree :mrgreen:
One of you boys at CA should apply!
Being from Melbourne I can say Australian humour is rubbish and has not produced any celebrities who came from a car journalist field like Clarkson.
Then again its Top Gears idea to do this and I think its a bad idea just like the American OFFICE.
Aussies just arent funny, their embarassing.
The only guys remotely into cars and are decent celebs are Mick Molloy (rotary enthusiast),
Larry Emdur ( saw him on a show talking bout Skylines) Trevor Marmelade..
None the less I am still a fan.
Just get Clarkson, May and Hammond to come to Australia and do a 10 part series down here based on the world of cars as we see them.
Forget all this rubbish of interviewing a bunch of lamos.
Just pay up and get them here……
Elitist.
You are not well named, nor informed. How about I start with “Barry Humphries is from Melbourne”. There are many other I could name, but you seem determined to be an elitist, no matter how bad your spelling and grammar are.
To say “Australian Humour is Rubbish” is a nonsense of epic proportions. I’ll also let you in an a little not-so-epic proportions: They don’t want a celebrity to host this show. they want genuine, funny, car-centric people to host.
If we get the likes of David Morley, Dieter Kahsnitz and an unknown, then this show is on its way to finding its own feet. It may not happen, but to write an entire country off doesn’t make you elitist, it makes you look stupid. (oh and you meant to say “they’re embarrassing”, which I imagine is embarrassing to you, given your elitist name)
All of the TG UK hosts were virtual unknowns when they picked up the gig, so to say we need the likes of Mick Malloy et al is black flagging the show before they have even gridded up.
..and yes I did apply.
I didn’t think the first one was like clarkson at all, in fact I thought it was brilliant and that he could be a real contender to get the job.
Also, to anyone criticizing these people, take a good look back at yourself and what you could do.
The 1st one was crap (was that his real……….u know?)!
The 2nd one started off well then he was talking about burgers not cars then he just turned to dough! And i havent seen the last one but i will!
3. I thought he knew everything about any car! And he cant even pop the hood! HA!
The Windscreen wiper water, engine and i think this is that……………yeah you know alot about 1 blody car!
Wow. I have a fan club … of sorts.
I’m flattered that so many people have not only sat through this video, but have been motivated enough to pass comment on it. I’m also flattered that this video has made it onto this site – as a periodic lurker, it really was a bit of a shock to see myself and my erstwhile left testicle staring at me in this most unlikely of places.
Thanks for the good lovin’, and for those who believe that the video is overtly Clarksonesque, I’ll level with you … I was actually trying to be James May. But don’t tell anyone, it can be our delicious little secret.
All the best,
Tone (a.k.a. that monotesticular Astra victim)
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These people want a television job. They are going to cop criticism (maybe even praise) no matter what.
I sure wouldn’t apply because I’d be no better .ie. terrible. I know this, but these applicants apparently do not.
Euro wannabe crowd here. Esp bm, nm and a few others.
I’m sure there is some proper local talent, just a matter of finding it. Typical of you arrogant imbeciles to mock and ramble on about how it will fail, rather than support for an Aussie TG.
and wtf is with this babe babe shit bm? have you seen yourself in the mirror lately ? quit the whole omg im the only girl around here act you have going.
Noob by name and by nature.FYI Noob……nothing to do with me being female. Fact is we all chat off line as well so we all tend to have a little fun,something you should try doing,NOOB.
Euro wanna bes ,what does that mean? If you do a search on other SBS TG posts you will see we have already put out thoughts in who it should be in Australia ,BABE!
Noob Wannabe….Oh you should drop the ‘o’ from you nickname and call yourself NOB. Maybe get some other delicate tuggers of Toyota blood persuasion who go on with the same lack of sensibility – they say water finds its own level and thus you will find real common ground.
If you get your head out from the darkness its in….you will deal with reality and realise we have stated elsewhere who should do the show here. Obviously you must be a cardboard cutout like Kevin Rudd at parliament yesterday and not know past facts and just turn up and bash Missile!
Yep NM Im sort of getting used to it now,its a minority not a majority so water off a ducks back!
Thanks for your support though ,HONEY!
NOOB….dont attack women as they have a right to say whatever as its about equality 2008 style and not your way. So if you dont like the word BABE, or god knows what else rocks your delicate world word wise……..get over it, cause you complain of it like a git!
haha, I love how I can stir up people :)
you’re not still not getting any NM.. internet defender :D
NM is an internet defender and a good one too! :D
What are you 12 Noob…..
Must be….
you got me, 12 indeed
no you don’t get a prize
Noob – hack people off and suffer the retort mate. Don’t deliberately antagonise people. Its not what the CA site is about.
Stick to the content like you originally did with out attacks ;)
I know these videos are basic and quite removed from what we have come to know and expect from TG UK, but they do convey a subtle message; we don’t want it ruined by a, b or c grade celebrities; a TG host must be a salt of the earth kind of person.
3rd one is among the better ones on the australian tg auditions searched on youtube. popping the hood and not finding the dip stick is part of his joke.
JC should interview him. see if he is the real deal.
I think the last guy is making a comedy out of how he’s not good for the show! But I must admit, his audition is pretty funny to watch.
Someone mentioned Peter Brock would have made a great host. I agree he would have been perfect, but what about his son James Brock? He’s been racing for over 10 years…