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57 Cal look Officially Full-On Dubber

370 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#801711
Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson says outed Stig Ben Collins has been "sacked" from the popular motoring show.

The Formula 3 driver was revealed as the mystery white-suited driver after the BBC failed to stop him publishing his memoirs last week.

"It was such a shock," Clarkson told little-known English community news service WitneyTV.

"It was horrible actually because I liked him and he came around to my house and had drinks, and all the time he was writing a book, so I feel a bit hurt."

Clarkson hinted The Stig character may be dumped from the new BBC series, due to air later this year.

Collins took over the role in 2003 after a previous, black-clad Stig also revealed his identity in a book.

"Trust me, we have many, many thousands of people queuing up to be whatever it is that we create," Clarkson said.

"I've spent the last three weeks doing nothing but trying to figure out what we will do instead.

"Top Gear is damaged but not out," he added.
Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/09/08/3005874.htm

WELL , whats next ?
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h fractals - an ever changing lifestyle

7,671 posts · joined Feb 2005 ·

#801716
breaking news..
give me a break
honestly I don't give a rats who wears the white outfit
as long as he/she can whip the car around the track is the thing..
how do we know who really was in the helmet anyways?
what a great way to promote the brand worldwide and no more Morris marinas were hurt during the saga.. 😀
the show will roll on n I'm still happy to watch captn slow get jibed by his mates driving cars around that I would like to take for a spin
end of rant
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pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome

6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·

#801725
I think it's fair enough that a guy who spends his most public hours setting fastest times in supercars actually get the fame he earns, but in the end, who cares. Just get on with it. It was always gonna happen sooner or later. As for Clarkson feeling hurt, he gets to write his every opinion on any subject and collect the royalties so it's pretty hard to feel sorry for him.
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modulus Veteran Volks Folk

2,009 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·

#801752
Of course, by posting on this subject, you're only contributing to and feeding the machine....

Oops, now I have too.... @#$%%%$#^&*
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silver Dangerous when poked

2,169 posts · joined Dec 2002 ·

#801754
pete wood wrote:I think it's fair enough that a guy who spends his most public hours setting fastest times in supercars actually get the fame he earns,.
The Job description was "wear a disguise and drive fast cars"
so fair enough, no disguise no job!
Keeping it real !

h fractals - an ever changing lifestyle

7,671 posts · joined Feb 2005 ·

#801770
modulus wrote:Of course, by posting on this subject, you're only contributing to and feeding the machine....

Oops, now I have too.... @#$%%%$#^&*
😂
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Barnabie Officially Full-On Dubber

257 posts · joined Jun 2010 ·

#801801
Meh ... the guy could definitely drive fast!!

So will the next dude they get to do it. Hope he got paid well for the book ... what an awesome job that would have been. 😁

pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome

6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·

#801820
silver wrote:
pete wood wrote:I think it's fair enough that a guy who spends his most public hours setting fastest times in supercars actually get the fame he earns,.
The Job description was "wear a disguise and drive fast cars"
so fair enough, no disguise no job!
Qu. why do people wear a disguise on tele?

An. so they can take it off and shock people

Everyone else is making a motsa out of the show by not doing much except being blabbermouths and he never gets to talk. He just wants his share. I don't agree with greed but I can understand his thinking. The BBC made a rod for their own back by setting it up like that. Course they are gonna take the helmet off and try and make some cash out of it! 🤪
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silver Dangerous when poked

2,169 posts · joined Dec 2002 ·

#801832
pete wood wrote:
silver wrote:
pete wood wrote:I think it's fair enough that a guy who spends his most public hours setting fastest times in supercars actually get the fame he earns,.
The Job description was "wear a disguise and drive fast cars"
so fair enough, no disguise no job!
Qu. why do people wear a disguise on tele?

An. so they can take it off and shock people

Everyone else is making a motsa out of the show by not doing much except being blabbermouths and he never gets to talk. He just wants his share. I don't agree with greed but I can understand his thinking. The BBC made a rod for their own back by setting it up like that. Course they are gonna take the helmet off and try and make some cash out of it! 🤪
Oh come on! this was totally unacceptable he was wrong.. he was probably making the best money of his life and blew it... I even think there is a lawsuit there for damaging the brand, I hope they crucify him, I would
what if Donald duck took his head of at disney or Ronald Mc wiped his make up off..you must protect the brand or its worthless.......
Keeping it real !

h fractals - an ever changing lifestyle

7,671 posts · joined Feb 2005 ·

#801877
ducati998 wrote:And I thought that Micheal Shumacher was the STIG. 😂 😂 😂

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/television/michael-schumacher-revealed-as-top-gears-stig/story-e6frfmyi-1225739271994
oh was he?? 😬
now you've gone n spoilt it for me 😢
😂
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pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome

6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·

#802092
silver wrote:Oh come on! this was totally unacceptable he was wrong.. he was probably making the best money of his life and blew it... I even think there is a lawsuit there for damaging the brand, I hope they crucify him, I would
what if Donald duck took his head of at disney or Ronald Mc wiped his make up off..you must protect the brand or its worthless.......
I'm not saying I agree with him breaking contract or the desire behind it, but it's like the contract that australian idol people sign to say if they loose out they won't do anything using their name (ie. the name they made famous on A.I.) for X number of years afterwards.

If you give someone a chance to get topgear sort of famous, in most cases they don't care about the money and will grab at the chance. What would have been better was if they made it a 1 season contract and then interviewed the guy on the show at the end of the season. Easy way to disarm the trouble and keep em all honest. They could rehire some one 12 months later if they really liked them but it would stop the person feeling trapped behind the helmet and getting greedy.

Just remember, just coz something is enshrined in legal contract, that doesn't make it fair. I suspect that is why the BBC have lost the case if I understand it rightly.
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Phil74Camper Head in the Clouds

2,703 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#802160
For the next series perhaps they should get a female Stig - a 'Stigess'. From the way she fills out her racing suit, it would be a lot of fun to guess HER identity.

But on to the big question. Who was in the Humphrey B Bear suit?

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Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#802167
Its got me stuffed why they make a big song and dance about it.

Theres always people on the inside that leak the info out
I got linked to this vid nearly 2 years ago naming Collins and if you look at the vid it was uploaded jan 08 so over 2 1/2 years ago



Exact same thing happened when Perry Mccarthy was leaked as being black stig

h fractals - an ever changing lifestyle

7,671 posts · joined Feb 2005 ·

#802222
Phil74Camper wrote:For the next series perhaps they should get a female Stig - a 'Stigess'. From the way she fills out her racing suit, it would be a lot of fun to guess HER identity.

But on to the big question. Who was in the Humphrey B Bear suit?
yeah who?
look into this sicko playing with children with no pants on..
😂
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Phil74Camper Head in the Clouds

2,703 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#802230
I did hear a rumour that Stewart Wagstaff was in the Humphrey suit in the 1960s.

Then there's Humphrey's mate, Fat Cat. A bit like Clark Kent and Superman, you never saw Humphrey and Fat Cat together. Maybe the same guy or girl did both?

That's Simon Reeve next to Fat Cat - he's still on TV now.

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1,332 posts · joined Jul 2009 ·

#802235
I think Ben Collins should be sacked for outing himself as the Stig. I didn't really care who he was and still don't, the point is he was supposed to be anonymous and mysterious and he isn't anymore. I now classify him in with the NRL guys who break contracts just to seek bigger paydays. What ever happened to loyalty and honoring contracts.

The questions is, who is going to read Ben Collins book? He's still a bit a nobody in my book and I'm sure there are loads more biographies I'd read before his. I think he has shot himself in the foot!

h fractals - an ever changing lifestyle

7,671 posts · joined Feb 2005 ·

#802245
Phil74Camper wrote:Maybe the same guy or girl did both?
nice choice of words.. 😂
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t_tuffnut Wolfsburg Wizard

425 posts · joined Jun 2009 ·

#802380
According to some fella in the Wired world of Sports, Humphrey is actually Eddie Maguire. Makes sense when you think about it.
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729 posts · joined Sep 2008 ·

#802481
h wrote:
Phil74Camper wrote:For the next series perhaps they should get a female Stig - a 'Stigess'. From the way she fills out her racing suit, it would be a lot of fun to guess HER identity.

But on to the big question. Who was in the Humphrey B Bear suit?
yeah who?
look into this sicko playing with children with no pants on..
😂
He was actually busted for fiddling with kids and kiddie porn on his computer.
Shoulda shot the prick!

As for the Stig.Maybe Jodie Kidd (top model and mad car racer) could do the job.She's fast and I hear she's campaigning a Porsche in the GT3 series sometimes.
Call her THE TWIG!

modulus Veteran Volks Folk

2,009 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·

#802520
Bring in Sabine Schmitz, who coached Clarkson on the Nurburgring, as the STIGILF.
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silver Dangerous when poked

2,169 posts · joined Dec 2002 ·

#802537
modulus wrote:Bring in Sabine Schmitz, who coached Clarkson on the Nurburgring, as the STIGILF.
I'll second that......
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