No it's not a drug reference, but a television programme.
Very much like London buses, my posts come in two's (very much like scoring with twins) [bad pun, I know]
So what about top gear, well a while back they did a fantastic one-off special where the flew to Miami and rather than hiring a car they had to spend US$1,000 on a car drive it New Orleans and then sell it again.
(One of the cars purchased and what they'd written on the side before driving throug Alabama, not a smart move.)
When this was first shown on the BBC it was a one hour show, last night it was shown on a commercial channel in a one hour slot. The problem being that it was cut to shreds, and although you don't expect a plot in a factual show, there was a story which was lost due to cuts including some of the funniest bits and other bits making later commentary make no sense whatsoever. If commercial TV has to show 1hr shows from the BBC please have the decency to put into a bigger slot (ooer sounds a bit rude).
Which reminds me, my DVD of Filthy, Rich and Catflap arrived at the weekend, it being the follow-up to the Young Ones. I remember watching the Young Ones and the many repeats, but don't remember FR&C being repeated so decided to buy the DVD to see what all the fuss was about. I hadn't realised that it had so many up and coming stars in it, there were early appearances from Harry Enfield, Chris Barrie and David Baddiel to name a few. Still have a few episodes to watch, but it's easy to see where Bottom evolved from.
Oh well back to the carry on film on UK Gold.
