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Jeremy Clarkson
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In one word... God! St. Jeremy is the curly-haired fan of all things driveable. Loathed by the Gaurdianisti and green lobby, Clarkson has the amazing ability to get up the noses of the chattering classes without even breaking in to a sweat.
He was vilified by the anti-smoking brigade for lighting up a pipe (albeit the wrong way 'round) in a packed studio, and was also censured by the homosexual 'community' for describing a car as 'a bit gay' (which it was). His irascible and irreverent attitude is a breath of fresh air in today's overbearing politically-correct climate. He is, by far, one of the finest television presenters in the UK, or even... the world!
Along with Brucie and William Hague, Clarkson was - and is - one of the more memorable presenters of Have I got News For You. Very pro-Forces, Clarkson was shot at by Royal Irish's Recce Section in one memorable Top Gear segment - using lasers - though some say it was an opportunity missed. Link here
He was also shot at by a Challenger 2 whilst racing around in the new Range Rover Sport... and again shot at by an AAC Apache whilst in a Lotus Exige. [You'll have to Google for clips of these. Hotlinking from here to a site with ripped clips is very naughty and will get us all spanked, and not in a nice way.]
The very finest hour for Clarkson was, of course, punching arch-mong Piers Morgan in the face for some disparaging remark and being a cnut in general. But even more entertaining are the specials, like racing an Aston Martin DB9 to the South of France against a train. Link here. This has since been eclipsed by a compendium of bizarre and hilarious stunts - like racing a plane to Scandinavia, driving across the English Channel to France in a 4x4 pickup and (most memorably) launching a Reliant Robin in to space.
Clarkson did a very good series of programmes about 'Inventions That Changed The World'. In the one about the gun, he takes part in some Fish and Chips at Imber Village. Also an excellent programme about the VC, including naturally enough, his father-in-law, a recipient thereof. Marvellous.
Poor old Jezza decided to take a ride in a Spam USAF F-15 and dearly regretted it in his 1998 show: Jeremy Clarkson's Extreme Machines.
