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Mrs Figg wrote:he is obviously an egotist but that's why people like him and think he is funny, he is the last bastion of un-political correctness, like the ''cheese-eating surrender monkey'' thingHe's a Nob, but he's a very enteraining one, TG was pretty much the only thing I watch on BBC at the moment, they are going to be kicking themselves when they loose all that income....  I think the producer probably dropped the ball big time and got a damn good bollocking. He must have known after filming for hours that Clarkson would want a decent hot meal at night, he should know what is expectedTrue, but it's not his fault Clarkson and co decided to get drunk instead. I can imagine Clarkson liking to be well fed, and er..watered. It got a bit handbags and someone got punched, hardly the end of the worldAgain I agree...I can't help but wonder whether the producer should have punched him back.... The BBC pay him to be a bit laddish and plain spoken, that's what he does, what did they expect?That's probably the issue, the BBC is very left wing leaning, and the higher ups are probably fed up defending Clarkson's buffonery. An assuault isn't that serious, but it is still and assault, Clarkson got too big for his boots, he knew he was on his last chance, and deserved it

Mrs Figg wrote: he is the last bastion of un-political correctness, like the ''cheese-eating surrender monkey'' thing.

Wikipedia wrote:The term "cheese-eating surrender monkeys" first appeared in "'Round Springfield," a 1995 episode of the American animated television show The Simpsons.

In the episode, budget cuts at Springfield Elementary School force the Scottish janitor, Groundskeeper Willie, to teach French. Expressing his disdain for the French people, he says to his French class in his Scottish accent: "Bonjoooouuurrr, ya cheese-eatin' surrender monkeys!"

On the audio commentary for the episode, executive producer Al Jean said the line was "probably" written by The Simpsons staff writer Ken Keeler. Keeler confirmed this in an interview in 2012 and stated that he considers it to be his best contribution to the show.

Jean commented that the staff did not expect the term to become widely used and never intended it as any kind of genuine political statement.

When "'Round Springfield" was dubbed in French, the line became "Rendez-vous, singes mangeurs de fromage" ("Surrender, you cheese-eating monkeys")

halfwise wrote:So I've started watching the original set of Star Trek shows, something which I haven't done for decades.  There's a nice bonus on the first disc: documentation of the restoration.

It's fun to see the reverence the restorers have for the material; and the results they produced.  It looks gorgeous, and the colors pop.  They redid the special effects, for in many cases the Enterprise is quite evidently on strings - so they did a loving CG restoration of all the shots, occasionally adding extra but subtle detail so as to stay true to the original intentions.

They re-recorded the theme music, off of the original score and with original instrumentation.  As much as possible they used musicians from the TNG studio orchestra, to keep as much continuity with the original team as the overlap between old and new Star Trek can allow.  The conductor referred to the music as sacred material.

All this love shows, and it's a good feeling that somebody cared enough to do this Herculean task.  If you haven't seen the original Star Trek since the last century, I highly recommend watching this restoration.

halfwise wrote:If you haven't seen then since 2008, I strongly suggest you get the remastered edition.  He'll look even more gorgeous.  And in the second and third episode he spends some time with his shirt off.

Pettytyrant101 wrote:Now's is your chance Malick