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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Mustaine on January 25, 2010, 11:03:28 PM
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Michael Schumacher revealed as The Stig!!!!!!!!
Personally I'm a bit surprised they revealed him, considering the last Stig's unveiling...
Does it effect the outcome of any of the lap times, or effect how people view their review of the cars? I don't think so. I don't think there could be a more qualified driver.
anyone's thoughts?
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Schumacher isn't the Stig, at least he isn't the only Stig. There are several drivers that fill the position. My own personal opinion is that the Schumacher thing was setup so they could get his Ferrari around the track.
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He might have been it. He's out of retirement, so it does make sense if true.
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That show would be great if they got rid of the british hosts. I can't stand to listen to them for an entire hour.
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Schumacher was the Stig for that episode only, because the Ferrari FXX they took around the track is his personal car, and only he is allowed to drive it.
It was a Gag :aok
Top Gear will never publicly reveal who the Stig is. The old black Stig (Perry McCarthy) was probably killed off because he outed himself.
I'm excited to see how well Schumi does in the 2010 F1 season. He's driving for the defending constructors cup champ, and his old pal Ross Brawn, so I'd bet he'll do pretty well.
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did anybody see the episode when they drove through Alabama with slogons painted on their cars "MAN LOVE RULES" and "country and western sucks" and "Hilary for President". I seriously nearly chat myself laughing at that one.
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This was last season, Schuey is not the Stig as stated at the end of the show...and Top Gear is only good because of Clarkson, Captain slow and the Hamster
Tronsky
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Na it's not Michael Schumacher. Considering the show has been running nearly 10 years there must have been many Stigs. Not including Stigs cousins abroad in America and Africa.
Much speculation, by the drinking classes, has been pointed at the former racing driver and part time (top Gear) presenter Tiff Needell.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiff_Needell
Being a pragmatist I'll say it's a hired driver from one of the many racing schools in the UK. The reason I state that is because I know the rules of engagement (employment) in the BBC. You get paid less if you don't speak...hence the Stig being mute.
(A friend of mine worked on a show called "Boon" back in the 80's. His character was a motorcycle dispatch rider. He was paid £75 per day + a bonus of £50 for specialist knowledge (could ride a motorcycle) and a further bonus of £75 for supplying a motorcycle (his own Kwak 13). He only ever had one line "so that's that then" for which his daily pay was £100.)
Personally I can no longer stand the show. Clarksons and his crew are old hat here in the UK. Die-hard petrol heads may be regular viewers but I find the humour, after all these years, to be pompous, stale and more contrived than sarcastic. Clarksons rule of thumb is if it doesn't do 200MPH its crap.
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The Stig is a fella called Ben Collins from Bristol, not far from me. I used to work with a lad who raced in the SEAT Ibiza cup class and met him at a party once, although to this day he still denies publicly that he's The Stig. Probably because the old Stig (Perry McCarthy as Saggs said) was fired for stating clearly in his autobiography that he was The Stig.
Michael Shumacher is, most definately, not The Stig. They just managed to get him on the show and thought it'd be funny (and, of course, give lots of stupid people reason to say "but they said he was!!!").
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here is the vid about the "killing off" the black Stig when it was shown driving a modified Jaguar XJ-S off the flight deck of HMS Invincible during a stunt and landing in the sea. :cool:
After that they introduced the white Stig.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eiJkQzpzRc
Regards
SF
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Perry Mcarthy apparently likes anonymity, he now works on Sky1's Vroom Vroom ...
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did anybody see the episode when they drove through Alabama with slogons painted on their cars "MAN LOVE RULES" and "country and western sucks" and "Hilary for President". I seriously nearly chat myself laughing at that one.
Outside of the Vietnam Special, that Episode is my favorite. The gas station manager rounding up the posse in the back of the pick up truck was aces. :rofl :rofl :rofl
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That show would be great if they got rid of the british hosts. I can't stand to listen to them for an entire hour.
Thats funny, I think the same thing when I have to listen to some country bumpkin on one of those fishing shows with the southern drawl that sounds too lazy to be english. :x :bolt
Majchaos
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did anybody see the episode when they drove through Alabama with slogons painted on their cars "MAN LOVE RULES" and "country and western sucks" and "Hilary for President". I seriously nearly chat myself laughing at that one.
I about died, and come to think of it, so did they. Those rednecks were pissed!
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"Country and Western music is rubbish". LMFAO
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And the camaro he donated to some katrina victim fellow ... and then got sued by him :rofl :eek:
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Love this show. Yes, the hosts may say thing at times, but they ARE the show. It would not be Top Gear without the three of them.
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Still one of my favorite shows on TV.
The Vietnam special would probably have to be my favorite. I also enjoyed the review Clarkson did of the world's smallest production car, and he drove it right into the BBC offices, then drove it to a meeting on BBC environmental policy. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJfSS0ZXYdo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJfSS0ZXYdo)
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Michael Schumacher revealed as The Stig!!!!!!!!
Personally I'm a bit surprised they revealed him, considering the last Stig's unveiling...
Does it effect the outcome of any of the lap times, or effect how people view their review of the cars? I don't think so. I don't think there could be a more qualified driver.
anyone's thoughts?
i don't think he's really the stig.
notice his driving suit was different. as were his gloves, and shoes. he walked, moved and stood differently too.
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That show would be great if they got rid of the british hosts. I can't stand to listen to them for an entire hour.
see....to me, they make the show.
they're the middle aged british three stooges of the car world.
:D
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see....to me, they make the show.
they're the middle aged British three stooges of the car world.
:D
Yer.. and Hammond needs a hair cut that reflects his age. The trendy headed middle aged avacado.
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Yer.. and Hammond needs a hair cut that reflects his age. The trendy headed middle aged avacado.
ya, he needs to trim it down a little....as does capt. slow.......dude's what? 45, and has long hair? sheesh!! even i got my hair cut short when i got into my 40's.
then there's jeremy, with his "hide the bald spot" perm................
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That show would be great if they got rid of the british hosts. I can't stand to listen to them for an entire hour.
The American version with Adam Carolla as the lead host, did not get picked up by the Speed Network. Those who have seen it said it was far better than the Australian Top Gear, and very close to the English Top Gear. Last time I chatted with Adam, he said there was talk of another network possibly picking it up, but he wasn't too confident of anything coming from that.
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Too bad BBC America is a full season behind the actual BBC :( The Stig gag with Schumacher is already a year old.
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That show would be great if they got rid of the british hosts. I can't stand to listen to them for an entire hour.
On the contrary, I think JC, Captain Slow and The Hamster are what make the show what it is.
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On the contrary, I think JC, Captain Slow and The Hamster are what make the show what it is.
Indeed.
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too right
they are just big boys playing with their toys
a dream job
and the races they dream up are legendary
I met JC once and asked him who the stig was, of course he would not say
LOL at the American cousin of stig...slight beerbelly action lol
the music choice and lack of humour of the stig could be shummi
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How many more times? The Stig is a bloke from Bristol called Ben Collins.
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How many more times? The Stig is a bloke from Bristol called Ben Collins.
Swoop, they are ignoring you after this last "Wednesday babe" fiasco. :)
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Swoop, they are ignoring you after this last "Wednesday babe" fiasco. :)
True dat.
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Swoop, they are ignoring you after this last "Wednesday babe" fiasco. :)
Swoop who??? He is dead to me!
WMBohica