About the TV shows, how many car shows last, even when they have legit car personalities behind them (Chip Foose, Boyd Coddington)? Between Hoovie, Tavarish, and Ed Bolian; Hoovie was the only one with charisma, but he's far from Jeremy Clarkson. Top Gear wouldn't have ever blown up without Clarkson.
No offense intended to Tavarish or Ed Bolian, but their charisma is only at normal guy level.
funny that you should mention Freddy,as he posted one of the most honest vids ive ever seen last nite.
seems like hes tired of the game,and is almost burned out. " i wasnt happy " " it was stressing me out "
sad part was,out of the 3 of them,freddy was the only one who actually Worked on his own cars.
as far as top gear,clarkson was on that for eons before they formed the trio that really got top gear noticed.
i used to watch him back when he was a reg presenter and had hair lol and did you know that richard used to be an announcer on some wacky tv game show set down in argentina??
foose is a nice guy,coddington was one of the biggest aholes on the planet,and you really need a good strong combo of personalities to have a show succeed,imo.
look at how fast gas monkey hit the skids after he lost Aaron,some people are the Glue that holds everything together.
if Car trek loses Freddy,then thats prolly gonna be the end of that.
i think thatll be a Big loss,because while i never cared about those exotic cars,i did enjoy the challenges and adventures.