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James May & Richard Hammond on Clarkson, Walls, and Trousers
Pericles Anetos and Nikita Ramkissoon | 23 May, 2014 09:30
'Top Gear's' team of Richard Hammond, left, Jeremy Clarkson and James May, right.
With just a month to go before the Top Gear Festival kicks of at Durban’s Moses Mabhida Stadium and Precinct, Times LIVE caught up with two of the car show’s enigmatic presenters.
James May aka Captain Slow is known for his dry humour and, well, being slow. Aside from his interest in cars, the 51-year-old presenter, who is also a classical pianist, has shows about science, toys, and manliness.
Though some may think of him as the least likely person to be a petrol-head, May has been an entertaining and possibly the most interesting part of the show.
Oh, cock!
He’s made the term ‘oh cock’ sexy, and he says he didn’t expect the catchprase to catch on.
“I’m glad it’s happened. I'm pleased to have played a small part in enriching the English language.”
Richard Hammond, on the other hand, is almost as in-your-face as co-host Jeremy Clarkson, though he doesn’t quite reach anyone’s face.
The 44-year-old, known for his height (or lack thereof) and his love for cars that break down as soon as they leave the showroom, shrugs off the jokes, saying it must be awful to be short.
“God, that must be awful. I’d hate it if that happened to me. Just as well I’m so tall really.”
No sarcasm intended.
Oh, Clarkson…
Both May and Hammond have this love-hate relationship with Clarkson, and when he’s not around, it seems that all they can talk about his how insufferable he is.
He really is insufferable. Aside from the fact that he stands so tall over both of them, he’s loud, obnoxious, and doesn’t care what people think and say about him.
We reckon he’d be absolutely awful if he wasn’t so funny.
But May says he doesn’t care about Clarkson’s ego. “I don't care, and I generally don't listen to him,” he says.
Hammond on the other hand says dealing with losing (to Clarkson) is easy. “It becomes a way of life really, an outlook.
“Dealing with Clarkson’s ego is easy too: you need a length of rubber hosing, a bucket of scalding water, a heavy club and a cattle prod. No problem really.”
Oh, sh*t!
Although Top Gear is a car show, it’s also full of silliness and grown-up boys doing silly – sometimes stupid – things. Some of their antics include driving dogs around, almost killing BBC presenter Ross Kemp in the boot of a Renault and trying to fit a Dalek from Doctor Who into the driver’s seat.
May says there have been many ‘oh sh*t’ moments on Top Gear, one of them being knocking himself out in the Middle East during the show’s Christmas Special in 2010, when the trio decided to be The Three Wise Men.
“It wasn't really an 'oh sh*t moment', because I was unconscious and didn't say or think anything.”
Hammond’s however, was a tad more serious. In 2006, while driving a jet-powered car called the Vampire, he crashed and suffered back and brain injury.
“There have been many, many of those moments. Not least of them being crashing at 320mph.”
He recovered from the crash and says some other moments include “the first of the five or six times I have been in a car fast sinking into water, the time we set fire to a car wash, when my lorry crashed through a wall…”
And he also mentions time he walked into the dressing room when May was trying on new trousers.
“In fact yes, that was the worst.”
Oh, cars…
People have come to know and love Top Gear for not only its informative and hilarious take on reviewing cars, but its entertaining way in which Clarkson, Hammond and May go about talking about cars, testing them and crashing them.
Some of the running jokes include hating caravans, dropping pianos on cars and Hammond’s use of teeth whitener.
It’s evolved from being a car show to all-round ridiculousness.
Hammond says: “Oh now come on, it’s still an authoritative, serious buyer’s guide covering everything you need to know before making a large and significant purchase. isn’t it?”
Which it certainly is, but May says it's entertainment, yes, “but based around our enthusiasm for cars.
“There's always some useful information in there somewhere. It may take a bit of finding.”
The duo have their favourites and May recently drove his most anticipated car this year. “It was the Ferrari LaFerrari, and it's already happened. Fantastic.”
Hammond, also known for his love affair with Porches, says he can’t wait to try the Porsche Cayman GTS, “the new Corvette, and the and, well, all of ‘em really.”
The 2014 Top Gear Festival takes place in Durban at Moses Mabhida Stadium and Precinct on June 21 and 22, 2014, and includes the much-loved test driver, The Stig.
Tickets are on sale from the website and the damage is between R260 and R1 995.
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Pericles Anetos and Nikita Ramkissoon | 23 May, 2014 09:30
'Top Gear's' team of Richard Hammond, left, Jeremy Clarkson and James May, right.
With just a month to go before the Top Gear Festival kicks of at Durban’s Moses Mabhida Stadium and Precinct, Times LIVE caught up with two of the car show’s enigmatic presenters.
James May aka Captain Slow is known for his dry humour and, well, being slow. Aside from his interest in cars, the 51-year-old presenter, who is also a classical pianist, has shows about science, toys, and manliness.
Though some may think of him as the least likely person to be a petrol-head, May has been an entertaining and possibly the most interesting part of the show.
Oh, cock!
He’s made the term ‘oh cock’ sexy, and he says he didn’t expect the catchprase to catch on.
“I’m glad it’s happened. I'm pleased to have played a small part in enriching the English language.”
Richard Hammond, on the other hand, is almost as in-your-face as co-host Jeremy Clarkson, though he doesn’t quite reach anyone’s face.
The 44-year-old, known for his height (or lack thereof) and his love for cars that break down as soon as they leave the showroom, shrugs off the jokes, saying it must be awful to be short.
“God, that must be awful. I’d hate it if that happened to me. Just as well I’m so tall really.”
No sarcasm intended.
Oh, Clarkson…
Both May and Hammond have this love-hate relationship with Clarkson, and when he’s not around, it seems that all they can talk about his how insufferable he is.
He really is insufferable. Aside from the fact that he stands so tall over both of them, he’s loud, obnoxious, and doesn’t care what people think and say about him.
We reckon he’d be absolutely awful if he wasn’t so funny.
But May says he doesn’t care about Clarkson’s ego. “I don't care, and I generally don't listen to him,” he says.
Hammond on the other hand says dealing with losing (to Clarkson) is easy. “It becomes a way of life really, an outlook.
“Dealing with Clarkson’s ego is easy too: you need a length of rubber hosing, a bucket of scalding water, a heavy club and a cattle prod. No problem really.”
Oh, sh*t!
Although Top Gear is a car show, it’s also full of silliness and grown-up boys doing silly – sometimes stupid – things. Some of their antics include driving dogs around, almost killing BBC presenter Ross Kemp in the boot of a Renault and trying to fit a Dalek from Doctor Who into the driver’s seat.
May says there have been many ‘oh sh*t’ moments on Top Gear, one of them being knocking himself out in the Middle East during the show’s Christmas Special in 2010, when the trio decided to be The Three Wise Men.
“It wasn't really an 'oh sh*t moment', because I was unconscious and didn't say or think anything.”
Hammond’s however, was a tad more serious. In 2006, while driving a jet-powered car called the Vampire, he crashed and suffered back and brain injury.
“There have been many, many of those moments. Not least of them being crashing at 320mph.”
He recovered from the crash and says some other moments include “the first of the five or six times I have been in a car fast sinking into water, the time we set fire to a car wash, when my lorry crashed through a wall…”
And he also mentions time he walked into the dressing room when May was trying on new trousers.
“In fact yes, that was the worst.”
Oh, cars…
People have come to know and love Top Gear for not only its informative and hilarious take on reviewing cars, but its entertaining way in which Clarkson, Hammond and May go about talking about cars, testing them and crashing them.
Some of the running jokes include hating caravans, dropping pianos on cars and Hammond’s use of teeth whitener.
It’s evolved from being a car show to all-round ridiculousness.
Hammond says: “Oh now come on, it’s still an authoritative, serious buyer’s guide covering everything you need to know before making a large and significant purchase. isn’t it?”
Which it certainly is, but May says it's entertainment, yes, “but based around our enthusiasm for cars.
“There's always some useful information in there somewhere. It may take a bit of finding.”
The duo have their favourites and May recently drove his most anticipated car this year. “It was the Ferrari LaFerrari, and it's already happened. Fantastic.”
Hammond, also known for his love affair with Porches, says he can’t wait to try the Porsche Cayman GTS, “the new Corvette, and the and, well, all of ‘em really.”
The 2014 Top Gear Festival takes place in Durban at Moses Mabhida Stadium and Precinct on June 21 and 22, 2014, and includes the much-loved test driver, The Stig.
Tickets are on sale from the website and the damage is between R260 and R1 995.
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