# Top Gear S.22: Clarkson Fired -\> Amazon -\> The Grand Tour \[Nov 18th\] **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [January 14, 2015, 11:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461 "2015-01-14T11:50:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 8:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461/41 "2015-03-11T08:16:25Z")
It’s one of the most popular shows on television and he has been there forever this won’t last. The chemistry between all the is what makes the show amazing and why the US version sucks. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 8:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461/42 "2015-03-11T08:21:32Z")
[Change.org](http://Change.org) petition started this morning quickly closing in on half million signatures. [https://www.change.org/p/bbc-reinstate-jeremy-clarkson](https://www.change.org/p/bbc-reinstate-jeremy-clarkson) And [change.org](http://change.org) is barely handling all the traffic. lol ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461/43 "2015-03-11T08:54:12Z")
People are talking about who could replace him… and there is no one. He IS the show really IMO. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 9:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461/44 "2015-03-11T09:02:24Z")
> [@Onyx Z32](#): > > People are talking about who could replace him… and there is no one. He IS the show really IMO. Yeah, it would be unpopular but you could probably get away with replacing May or Hammond. I don’t see it still being Top Gear without Clarkson. ---
**Author:** ![Gus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gus/32/5112_2.png) [@Gus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gus)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 9:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461/45 "2015-03-11T09:17:52Z")
Is this all a PR stunt, like The Interview? ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 9:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461/46 "2015-03-11T09:33:37Z")
> [@Gus](#): > > Is this all a PR stunt, like The Interview? I really doubt they’d pull one of their top rated shows as a stunt. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 10:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461/47 "2015-03-11T10:53:44Z")
Update: The [change.org](http://change.org) petition to bring him back is now officially the fastest growing [change.org](http://change.org) petition in their history: > **[The Jeremy Clarkson petition is breaking records](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/jeremy-clarkson-suspended-more-people-support-top-gear-petition-than-campaigns-to-end-fgm-and-page-3-10100908.html)** > > More people have signed the petition to get Jeremy Clarkson back on the BBC than campaigns to end female genital mutilation (FGM) and get rid of The Sun’s topless page three models. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 10:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461/48 "2015-03-11T10:54:56Z")
> [@Gus](#): > > Is this all a PR stunt, like The Interview? But the Sony thing wasn’t a stunt :tif: ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 11:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461/49 "2015-03-11T11:15:04Z")
I can’t even get on the [Change.org](http://Change.org) website to view the petition, lol. ---
**Author:** ![LUC1F3R](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/luc1f3r/32/7299_2.png) [@LUC1F3R](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LUC1F3R)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 11:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461/50 "2015-03-11T11:24:56Z")
> [@Onyx Z32](#): > > I can’t even get on the [Change.org](http://Change.org) website to view the petition, lol. same here…where’s the Jeremy Clarkson broke the internet meme? ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 12:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461/51 "2015-03-11T12:17:37Z")
![http://cdn.unilad.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/26898E0600000578-2988412-image-m-41_1426077568467.jpg](http://cdn.unilad.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/26898E0600000578-2988412-image-m-41_1426077568467.jpg) - - - Updated - - - [https://motortorque.org/videos/jeremy-clarkson-im-off-to-the-job-centre](https://motortorque.org/videos/jeremy-clarkson-im-off-to-the-job-centre) > After reporters caught him leaving his house, Jeremy Clarkson joked that he was “off to the Job Centre” in the wake of his suspension by the BBC. ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461/52 "2015-03-11T13:07:43Z")
![http://i.imgur.com/YSA60XW.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/YSA60XW.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 6:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461/53 "2015-03-12T06:42:41Z")
James May Responds: [https://motortorque.org/videos/james-may-gives-his-thoughts-on-the-jeremy-clarkson-fracas](https://motortorque.org/videos/james-may-gives-his-thoughts-on-the-jeremy-clarkson-fracas) ---
**Author:** ![LUC1F3R](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/luc1f3r/32/7299_2.png) [@LUC1F3R](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LUC1F3R)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 7:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461/54 "2015-03-12T07:17:14Z")
Fock…wheres the closed captioning… ---
**Author:** ![MR.TWOSINISTER](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mr.twosinister/32/6198_2.png) [@MR.TWOSINISTER](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MR.TWOSINISTER)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 9:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461/55 "2015-03-12T09:35:55Z")
Cliff: Clarkson is an asshole He shouldnt have done what he did. They were all drunk as hell. for some reason we all dont care and want him back on the show… ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 11:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461/56 "2015-03-12T11:21:09Z")
Yep. Who cares if he punched a guy? Are we really going to get bent out of shape over that? It’s not like he called the guy a Redskin. ---
**Author:** ![HouseS2K](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/houses2k/32/100273_2.png) [@HouseS2K](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HouseS2K)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461/57 "2015-03-12T11:49:57Z")
> [@Motocrossx23](#): > > Yep. > > Who cares if he punched a guy? Are we really going to get bent out of shape over that? > > It’s not like he called the guy a Redskin. 👏 Sent from my iPhone 6 ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 12:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461/58 "2015-03-12T12:14:22Z")
Reports are that the season is cancelled ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 2:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461/59 "2015-03-12T14:35:39Z")
Guy who was involved: ![http://i.imgur.com/6yQyF39.png](http://i.imgur.com/6yQyF39.png) He’s on the left: ![http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/03/11/2687153900000578-2988412-image-m-11_1426063660666.jpg](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/03/11/2687153900000578-2988412-image-m-11_1426063660666.jpg) ![http://i.imgur.com/3hqu1Fo.gif](http://i.imgur.com/3hqu1Fo.gif) ![http://i.imgur.com/OHAxpyF.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/OHAxpyF.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![2TurboZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/2turboz/32/7577_2.png) [@2TurboZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2TurboZ)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 3:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461/60 "2015-03-12T15:02:09Z")
Would be a fitting end to an epic empire…sausage rolls. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461.md?page=2) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461.md?page=4)