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| posted on September 12th, 2010 at 11:21 AM |
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THE STIG SACKED !!!!
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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| posted on September 12th, 2010 at 11:45 AM |
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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
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| posted on September 12th, 2010 at 01:17 PM |
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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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| posted on September 12th, 2010 at 03:42 PM |
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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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| posted on September 12th, 2010 at 03:51 PM |
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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,.
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The Job description was "wear a disguise and drive fast cars"
so fair enough, no disguise no job!
Keeping it real !
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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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| posted on September 12th, 2010 at 07:47 PM |
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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. 
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| posted on September 12th, 2010 at 08:15 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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posted by pete wood
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,.
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The Job description was "wear a disguise and drive fast cars"
so fair enough, no disguise no job!
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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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| posted on September 12th, 2010 at 08:47 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by pete wood
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posted by pete wood
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,.
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The Job description was "wear a disguise and drive fast cars"
so fair enough, no disguise no job!
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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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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 !
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| posted on September 12th, 2010 at 09:32 PM |
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And I thought that Micheal Shumacher was the STIG.
http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/television/michael-schumacher-revealed-a...
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| posted on September 12th, 2010 at 10:31 PM |
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oh was he?? 
now you've gone n spoilt it for me 
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| posted on September 12th, 2010 at 11:51 PM |
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haha thats what i thought for a second.
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| posted on September 13th, 2010 at 08:53 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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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.......
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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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| posted on September 14th, 2010 at 07:32 AM |
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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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| posted on September 14th, 2010 at 08:49 AM |
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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
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULva_21Vfxs
Exact same thing happened when Perry Mccarthy was leaked as being black stig
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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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yeah who?
look into this sicko playing with children with no pants on..
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| posted on September 14th, 2010 at 02:00 PM |
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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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| posted on September 14th, 2010 at 02:30 PM |
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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!
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| posted on September 14th, 2010 at 03:23 PM |
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Maybe the same guy or girl did both?
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nice choice of words..
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| posted on September 15th, 2010 at 06:08 AM |
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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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| posted on September 15th, 2010 at 05:13 PM |
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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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yeah who?
look into this sicko playing with children with no pants on..
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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!
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| posted on September 15th, 2010 at 07:52 PM |
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Bring in Sabine Schmitz, who coached Clarkson on the Nurburgring, as the STIGILF.
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| posted on September 15th, 2010 at 09:13 PM |
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Bring in Sabine Schmitz, who coached Clarkson on the Nurburgring, as the STIGILF.
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I'll second that......
Keeping it real !
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