British Gears

Daddio found a show a while back that we just fell in love with. We have the DVR set to record it, and it is such a tickle to look through the menu and see that we have an episode to watch. As I've mentioned many times, we are car junkies... add that to our odd sense of humor, and you get the greatest show in the world: Top Gear!

The show's hosts are three funny British dudes who know how to have a good time with a car, a race track and an odd set of goals. Richard Hammond, affectionately known as Hamster, is a radio and tv presenter. He returned to the show this spring after being away for several months due to a serious crash that happened during filming for the show... he was driving a jet engine car that after several runs blew a tire at around 300 mph (probably more... but I can't remember what they said) resulting in a terrible crash and a head injury for Richard (thankfully he is fine and able to continue with the show full speed ahead). Then you have Jeremy Clarkson. This guy is a riot. The name of the game... POWER and SPEED! He is constantly tormenting his co-stars and any guests they have on the show. The third co-host is James May, fondly referred to as Capt. Slow. He enjoys the finer details and worries less about the overall speed or power of an automobile.

These guys test out amazing cars... cars that aren't here in the US, cars that are, and cars that people can only dream about... Koenigsegg CCX (with Top Gear spoiler), Pagani Zonda F, Maserati MC12, Ferrari Enzo, Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder, Aston Martin Vanquish S.... the list goes on and on. They also do challenges on a occasion. Each made an amphibian car, they re-engineered a mini-van to be a convertable (that didn't really pass any of the tests, actually they ended up setting a carwash on fire when some of the pieces became lodged in the moving parts of the carwash), and other ridiculously funny endeavors.

Then there is The Stig:

He's the professional driver that posts the best lap times... but whose identity is not known.

Okay... so do you like to laugh, do like cool cars, do you like to see small cars play soccer? Well you need to find the BBCA channel on your TV Guide and watch this show!!!!!