Top Gear audience question - TV Programmes

BlizzardUK · 26-08-2008, 03:51

Just went here : http://www.applausestore.com/applaus...hp?id=15&bid=5

And it says you need equal amounts of the same sex to book tickets. So in other words, if a man, you need a woman with you too. If 5 men then you need 5 women too. Any idea why this is ? Are all audience TV shows like this ?

CaptainSensible · 26-08-2008, 04:17

In the first (and possibly second) series of Top Gear II, the audience was mostly blokes whose appearance was 'aesthetically challenged'... the producers weren't happy (because unlike most TV shows, the TG audience is quite conspicuous/not sitting under dim lighting), so they introduced the 'you must bring along some women' rule in order to make the show look better (note how the more attractive ladeez are usually at the front of the audience during 'the news' etc.)

davegould · 26-08-2008, 05:41

Yeah, I noticed there always seems to be some lurvely ladeez in shot!
One other TG audience question.....
In the last series, Jeremy would say "I've been on the internet, and found this....."
You could never see what he'd been looking at when watching Top Gear, but if anyone was in the audience, did they actually show the "dodgy pictures" in the studio?

alfa_mazda · 26-08-2008, 07:14

Yeah the equal sex is to stop it becoming an all male car bore audience lol. but you can have more women than men, just not vice versa.

As for the picture, yeh they did show it in the studio, hence the audience reaction, and err, you probably dont wanna see it lol! ill just say its a man who really loves his Land Rover...

quarterpounder · 26-08-2008, 08:08

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As for the picture, yeh they did show it in the studio, hence the audience reaction, and err, you probably dont wanna see it lol! ill just say its a man who really loves his Land Rover...

No, I'm a man of the world

and I really do want to see it, just to satisfy my curiosity. If anyone knows the actual link then post it !

mike65 · 26-08-2008, 09:15

NOT WORK SAFE

http://www2.b3ta.com/images/tailpipe.jpg

_radioamerica · 26-08-2008, 09:31

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NOT WORK SAFE

http://www2.b3ta.com/images/tailpipe.jpg

Oh my!

alfa_mazda · 26-08-2008, 10:05

Lol, there ya go someone has

i didnt have the link anymore anyway. If you look closely during the news at the screens you can tell its definitely that pic by where the green grass is etc (plus i know someone that went this series)

26-08-2008, 10:08

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Originally Posted by mike65

NOT WORK SAFE

http://www2.b3ta.com/images/tailpipe.jpg

Jings, crivvens, help ma boab

That's so funny about getting women along to be in the audience as, since it changed format, Top Gear has always reminded me of boys fooling around the sixth year common room, desperate to impress the girls but failing miserably.

There's the big guy who's nice but makes crap jokes, he'll throw good parties to which everyone will go but he'll never get a snog. Then there's his pal who makes even worse jokes, he thinks the big guy's great and maybe he'll be popular by association. Then there's their pal the stoner who spends his nights analysing the lyrics from 'Supper's Ready' or 'Stairway'.

Even the crazzzy seats are straight out a 6th year common room.

alternate · 26-08-2008, 10:30

They have an orgy after filming

davegould · 26-08-2008, 13:11

Oh dear!
Wish I hadn't asked the question now!!!!!

Thanks anyway!

mike65 · 26-08-2008, 21:01

But do they show the same pic each week?

jtanunleashed · 26-08-2008, 21:09

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Originally Posted by mike65

But do they show the same pic each week?

I wondered that. Probably do.

brangdon · 27-08-2008, 22:29

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Originally Posted by mike65

But do they show the same pic each week?

Apparently they also used the goat one, so it's not always the same.

80sfan · 28-08-2008, 00:49

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Originally Posted by mike65

NOT WORK SAFE

http://www2.b3ta.com/images/tailpipe.jpg

Yikes!

I had to do a double-take that wasn't a certain permed, jeans-wearing presenter for a mo'

mike65 · 28-08-2008, 10:19

Goat one? Not that shot? The one which actualy has nothing to do with goats?

bigbuzzard · 28-08-2008, 11:45

If you get tickets don't worry about your party being mixed group of male and females they didn't check didn't check when I went.

They had to move a young blonde girl over to our side of the studio as we were to ugly.

I will post some screen grabs if anyone wants to see me on top gear.

BlizzardUK · 28-08-2008, 15:59

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Originally Posted by bigbuzzard

If you get tickets don't worry about your party being mixed group of male and females they didn't check didn't check when I went.

They had to move a young blonde girl over to our side of the studio as we were to ugly.

I will post some screen grabs if anyone wants to see me on top gear.

Cheers. Why do they care so much what the audience looks like ? Why would it be so bad if it was just blokes or whoever actually wanted to go ? I thought Top Gear was one of the last non-PC shows around, but seems it isn't really.

Yeah, feel free to post the pic

mike65 · 28-08-2008, 16:37

tbh as they are generally pretty good looking I don't think we should complain.

Hang-on, sticking birds at the front of the audience so we can goggle them is anti-PC shirley?

Oldhippy · 28-08-2008, 18:01

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Originally Posted by alfa_mazda

Yeah the equal sex is to stop it becoming an all male car bore audience lol. but you can have more women than men, just not vice versa.

As for the picture, yeh they did show it in the studio, hence the audience reaction, and err, you probably dont wanna see it lol! ill just say its a man who really loves his Land Rover...

Just to be a Top Gear anorak, it is actually a Range Rover..

CaptainSensible · 28-08-2008, 19:55

That range rover pic is tame compared to goatse (and what he is wearing is more shocking than what he is actually doing), but I'm not that bothered goatse (seen worse things in surgery pictures etc.) However, things like tubgirl and 2girls1cup make me squirm... yech...

alfa_mazda · 28-08-2008, 23:52

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Originally Posted by Oldhippy

Just to be a Top Gear anorak, it is actually a Range Rover..

Lol, to be honest I couldnt bear to look at it long enough to see that closely haha! just knew it was a biggun (and i mean the car...

)

26-08-2008, 03:51	#1
BlizzardUK Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,960	Top Gear audience question Just went here : http://www.applausestore.com/applaus...hp?id=15&bid=5 And it says you need equal amounts of the same sex to book tickets. So in other words, if a man, you need a woman with you too. If 5 men then you need 5 women too. Any idea why this is ? Are all audience TV shows like this ?

26-08-2008, 04:17	#2
CaptainSensible Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,449 Blog Entries: 1	In the first (and possibly second) series of Top Gear II, the audience was mostly blokes whose appearance was 'aesthetically challenged'... the producers weren't happy (because unlike most TV shows, the TG audience is quite conspicuous/not sitting under dim lighting), so they introduced the 'you must bring along some women' rule in order to make the show look better (note how the more attractive ladeez are usually at the front of the audience during 'the news' etc.)

26-08-2008, 05:41	#3
davegould Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 905	Yeah, I noticed there always seems to be some lurvely ladeez in shot! One other TG audience question..... In the last series, Jeremy would say "I've been on the internet, and found this....." You could never see what he'd been looking at when watching Top Gear, but if anyone was in the audience, did they actually show the "dodgy pictures" in the studio?

26-08-2008, 07:14	#4
alfa_mazda Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Essex Posts: 170	Yeah the equal sex is to stop it becoming an all male car bore audience lol. but you can have more women than men, just not vice versa. As for the picture, yeh they did show it in the studio, hence the audience reaction, and err, you probably dont wanna see it lol! ill just say its a man who really loves his Land Rover...

26-08-2008, 09:15	#6
mike65 Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Waterford Ireland Services: FTA with Skybox Posts: 1,587	NOT WORK SAFE http://www2.b3ta.com/images/tailpipe.jpg

26-08-2008, 10:05	#8
alfa_mazda Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Essex Posts: 170	Lol, there ya go someone has i didnt have the link anymore anyway. If you look closely during the news at the screens you can tell its definitely that pic by where the green grass is etc (plus i know someone that went this series)

26-08-2008, 10:30	#10
alternate Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 5,750	They have an orgy after filming

26-08-2008, 13:11	#11
davegould Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 905	Oh dear! Wish I hadn't asked the question now!!!!! Thanks anyway!

26-08-2008, 21:01	#12
mike65 Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Waterford Ireland Services: FTA with Skybox Posts: 1,587	But do they show the same pic each week?

28-08-2008, 10:19	#16
mike65 Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Waterford Ireland Services: FTA with Skybox Posts: 1,587	Goat one? Not that shot? The one which actualy has nothing to do with goats?

28-08-2008, 11:45	#17
bigbuzzard Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 75	If you get tickets don't worry about your party being mixed group of male and females they didn't check didn't check when I went. They had to move a young blonde girl over to our side of the studio as we were to ugly. I will post some screen grabs if anyone wants to see me on top gear.

28-08-2008, 16:37	#19
mike65 Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Waterford Ireland Services: FTA with Skybox Posts: 1,587	tbh as they are generally pretty good looking I don't think we should complain. Hang-on, sticking birds at the front of the audience so we can goggle them is anti-PC shirley?

28-08-2008, 19:55	#21
CaptainSensible Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,449 Blog Entries: 1	That range rover pic is tame compared to goatse (and what he is wearing is more shocking than what he is actually doing), but I'm not that bothered goatse (seen worse things in surgery pictures etc.) However, things like tubgirl and 2girls1cup make me squirm... yech...