Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May have a new name for their new show that’s replacing Top Gear. The new name for their Amazon Prime show is The Grand Tour, and it was announced on Twitter earlier today.
The whole reason that the trio left the BBC and Top Gear was because Jeremy Clarkson (who’s never defined himself as “restrained”) assaulted a Top Gear producer. The show Top Gear will continue on the BBC, but with different presenters.
But we digress. On to The Grand Tour.
https://twitter.com/JeremyClarkson/status/730371978322952192
https://twitter.com/JeremyClarkson/status/730375940124119040
Considering the humor these guys have, I can’t help but feel that GT (which is TG, but backwards) is a shot at the BBC.
Following the announcement on Twitter, the three of them launched an official Facebook page with the following video:
https://www.facebook.com/thegrandtour/videos/454002961464917/
Possible Meaning Behind The Grand Tour:
So why choose The Grand Tour? Well first of all, as Jeremy said they’ll be traveling to a different location for each episode (which means that they probably won’t all be released at once). Richard then reiterated this.
https://twitter.com/RichardHammond/status/730376105757118464
But a Grand Tour is also something that wealthy European men used to take when they were younger. From Wikipedia:
Three hundred years ago, wealthy young Englishmen began taking a post-Oxbridge trek through France andItaly in search of art, culture and the roots of Western civilization. With nearly unlimited funds, aristocratic connections and months (or years) to roam, they commissioned paintings, perfected their language skills and mingled with the upper crust of the Continent.
Obviously the three presenters aren’t nearly as young as they used to be, but they could easily be poking fun of themselves. They could also be referencing that they have nearly unlimited funds–which is a reality considering there’s no way that any of the three need any more money than they already have.
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