Jeremy Clarkson upsets Scouts, Catholic Church with Skoda commentary
What do you get when you mix Clarkson, May, a Skoda, and the Catholic church? Controversy, of course. During a review of the Skoda Scout, May and Clarkson engaged in a bit of banter that mingled scouts -- as in Boy Scouts -- the church, and inappropriate touching. And when you "have a dig at two organizations that do a lot for the community," formal complaints get filed to the BBC, you get the Scout Association gunning for you, and you make lots of people unhappy... except the 7.5 million people who watched the show. Ah, Top Gear...
[Source: This is London]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
efmvii 9:16AM (6/27/2009)
Controversial = entertaining
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Blackstar 9:53PM (6/27/2009)
Exactly. So the only way to settle this is to do it 'Top Gear' style. We'll have a race.
Lets see how long it takes Jeremy to count how many boys he's molested.
And then we'll see how long it takes the Catholic Church and the Boy Scouts to count how many boys they have molested.
Guess who's going to win? I'll give you a hint....
Biomech 9:19AM (6/27/2009)
Well it's not like he's wrong, it has been proven there has been abuse so just because Clarkson has said it we have to bash him? Suck it up people.
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Blake Luttrell 10:24AM (6/27/2009)
Oh boy, the LAST thing I'd tell a bunch of priests to do is suck it up....
PumaGTO 1:00PM (6/27/2009)
@ Blake Luttrell
LOL! Best comment response ever.
Sea Urchin 9:21AM (6/27/2009)
Clarkson is becoming to Autoblog what Obama is to main stream press.
I expect headlines like "Clarkson wears Boxers" or "Clarkson filed his taxes, today"
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Stumpy 9:37AM (6/27/2009)
Or it is because Clarkson is always saying some messed up stuff.
And I love it...
Yaroukh 9:39AM (6/27/2009)
How often do you get attacked by Scouts and Catholic Church? :)
Sea Urchin 10:02AM (6/27/2009)
Oh who am i kidding, i love the guy.
I apologize Autoblog. Keep it up.
Blake Luttrell 10:22AM (6/27/2009)
Yeah, because the press has never before written many articles about the president of the united states....
Asten 10:08AM (6/27/2009)
Upsetting the catholic church is easier than getting a cheeseburger at mcdonald's
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jpm100 10:28AM (6/27/2009)
I know things like this are a small technicality when talking about religion, but according to the article so far its only the scouts that are complaining.
Avinash machado 10:08AM (6/27/2009)
Well creating controversies is a good way to increase ratings for a TV show.
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Kevin 10:12AM (6/27/2009)
I was a Boy Scout and am Catholic and I thought it was humorous in Clarkson's usual biting way, so everyone needs to get the hell over themselves. It's bad enough in America we now cater to the lowest common denominator, now the rest of the free world has gone PC!
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superbug73 10:16AM (6/27/2009)
LOL.
This is as dumb as people making Michael Jackson jokes and getting crap for it.
Sure it might be lacking some taste, but that is Clarkson in a nutshell.
If he didn't make some off-color comments every now and again, the show wouldn't be as entertaining. It would we one thing if it wasn't true, but it is, so suck it up people, the truth hurts sometimes.
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Blake Luttrell 10:22AM (6/27/2009)
I laughed SO HARD when Clarkson made that crack.
Anyway, I doubt that an atheist gives a crap about offending the church.
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RandyMarsh980 10:35AM (6/27/2009)
oooooooooooh Clarkson, I see nothing has changed.............. I love Top Gear
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rodan32 10:39AM (6/27/2009)
I thought it was lame on a couple of levels. One, both cracks are pretty stale. So it's not as if Jeremy was being all that "edgy". Second, it's hard to be edgy against such soft targets. Take on Gordon Brown, that's funny. Take on the Boy Scouts? Wow, that one takes some real balls.
I still love the show. That joke was stupid, though.
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AngeloD 10:48AM (6/27/2009)
If Clarkson wants to be a social iconclast he ought to find a venue that isn't funded by the very same Catholic British taxpayers he feels compelled to insult.
Will this "non-PC" hero make a similar crack about Islam? or Gays? or some similar out of bounds group?
No, don't hold your breath waiting for an utter and complete invertebrate like Clarkson to take on any group that might actually stand a chance of doing him any damage.
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JinDesu 11:01AM (6/27/2009)
"You look like a gay cowboy, and you look like a gay terrorist."
So you haven't seen the South Africa episode?