Anybody watch Jeremy Clarkson on '' The One Show ''

[trt]

last night.

As soon as he said it, I thought there's going to be lots of complaints but, you could see was joking and It was quite funny in a way.

Problem is, it wouldn't be nice to the people who have lost loved ones on the railway tracks.
http://www.dailymail....ge-rant-strikers.html

[yogi-bear]

He upset the Mexican population too......Had my mate Speedy Gonzalez angry for weeks.......

http://bestofbothworl...2/speedy_gonzales.jpg

^ There he is.....angry :0)

The BBC should have realised that if you put Clarkson on Primetime Live TV at 7.00pm before the watershed, he is not gonna come out with comments like Tony Blackburn would.

He is always contoversial.... love him or hate him, and even though i dont agree with what he said and how he said it.....he was joking. But offence was taken and for those who have sadly lost loved ones in train accidents, can see why too.

Two sides of the coin. Are the BBC to blame and should have told him before they went Live on air to keep comments down to "family viewing"?

[atrollope]

...like Tony Blackburn would?

[snags]

^ I think you've misunderstood yogi... or I have.

[whiskeryron]

//Much like the uproar over his past comment about long distance lorry drivers and prostitutes... //
Can someone explain to me what exactly is a long distance prostitute.

[snags]

They love you lonnnnnng tiiiiiiiiime innit...

[mccfluff]

they specialise in hgv

[Mamyalynne]

And charge by the mile.

[yogi-bear]

It's probably me, snagsy.......I'm not working on all thrusters today.

I need a tiffin break .......:0)

[atrollope]

They blow your horn..

[LoftyLottie]

LOL at atrollope

[andy-hughes]

I think the issue needs to be balanced.

Jeremy Clarkson is known and encouraged for his outragious views, and his unflinching habit of expressing them - which is fine but,

he is using a publicly funded broadcaster in the early evening to make his views known, when at least some of his audience may entirely miss the skyscraper of hyperbole he likes to build when he opens his mouth.

I find Clarkson an aquired taste, not especially worth aquiring, and i appreciate that his comments were (hopefully!) ironic - although probably not, but that does not excuse the effect of his words.

It is not sufficient to simply say "I was joking ..." and therefore you have no right to be offended - that simply doesn't fly. An extreme example of that as an argument is to say, after running over a complete stranger, that he shouldn;t be bleeding all over the road, because you meant him no harm - it simply doesn;t work like that.

Adults on television have a responsibility to their audiences, and that is not elminated by the desire to indulge in 'plain speaking', or being 'a bit edgy', and then whooping with outrage when not everyone appreciates the view, or the way it is expressed.

[yogi-bear]

Oh i gotcha.......What i meant was......Tony Blackburn would be a safe bet to have on Live tv at 7.00pm, as he would chat about super sensational harmless stuff like what toothpaste he uses and which comb for his hair ( ? ).......Clarkson would'nt :0)

[craft1948]

I'm surprised that Clarkson survives on the BBC considering the left wing bias of the top bosses there........I think he's great.

[dave50]

It was a joke! Are people so thick not to realise? Some people are so miserable and sour faced with no sense of humour, especially those politically motivated union leaders who have called for him to be sacked.

[emmie]

i didn't watch it, so much as switch over for a nano second to the show and there were the two presenters with red faces, and a rather grey looking clarkson. Not surprising is it, they must know what he is like from top gear.

[ladybirder]

There must be thousands of people in this country all waiting to be offended and Mr Clarkson has obliged them. When you think of the things going on in the world today about which we should be offended this is farcical. They need to get over themselves for crying out loud.
And the BBC knows exactly what it is getting with JC. And I would be furious if anybody apologised for me.

[whiskeryron]

//
dave50
It was a joke! Are people so thick not to realise?//

Surely there is someone out there who can suggest mouth treatment for the poor chap, it would appear that his brain (?) has no idea what his mouth is doing.

W Ron.

[horseshoes]

The programme producers SHOULD have the sense to know what they are getting with JC. It's the same as inviting Shaun Ryder and Ozzy Osbourne on to Loose Women and expecting them not to swear. Hmmm now that WOULD make interesting viewing! BTW I can't stand JC but I wouldn't complain about what he said.

[cupid04]

I think he is a prat and him and jonathan ross [and that other *** in
the phone thingy, cant think of his name should all be banished to Siberia.
Don't watch the One show anyway, Emmerdale is far superior.

[emmie]

cupid Russell Brand, another a rse.