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. 

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[rosamicula.livejournal.com]

As I hardly ever watch TV, I'd only ever really paid attention to him on the radio. He's rather good - i.e. sincere and interesting - especially when he talks about childhood - on radio.
One friend, who is a motoring journalist who know him quite well, said something that absolutely chimes with what you said above, about him having this increasingly fatuous and cartoony persona about which he is actually quite ashamed around people who know him privately.

The fact that the idiotic comments were actually scripted and okayed by the producer, suggest to me the production team need a kick up the jacsi, frankly.