Clarkson Is A Knob, But...

[poliphilo]

If you like Jeremy Clarkson then he's the sort of thing you like. He has a constituency and it's welcome to him. Personally, I switch over hastily at the first glimpse of his sulky face. And that's my point. I can censor my own viewing, thank you very much. I don't want him- or anybody else- sacked. In a world that ran according to my principles he wouldn't have a job in the first place because there'd be no appetite for his schtick- but there is and he flourishes- and I hope I'm grown-up enough not to repine because views other than my own are given air-time. 

Comments

[veronica-milvus.livejournal.com]

I think he is fine while he sticks to cars. He's quite funny in a petulant "Just William" kind of way. But what he did last night was a giant humour failure; if that's what he thinks his funny he's so against the zeitgeist that the Ross / Brand solution might be appropriate.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

He has talent or he wouldn't be where he is. I remember a programme he did about his father-in-law and how he won the VC that was quite riveting.

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

I saw that too, and it was an interesting programme - though I felt a bit sorry for said FIL having such a prat marry his daughter...

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I dunno, perhaps FIL was also a prat. I think it's quite possible for a prat to be a hero.

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

True. It may even help in some circumstances.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Case in point: Field Marshal Montgomery.