Top Gear USA hosts announced!
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Top Gear USA hosts announced!
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Top Gear has just officially announced who will be hosting the U.S. version of the popular car show born in the UK and now officially scheduled to appear on NBC sometime this fall, and the winners are... (drum roll, please): Adam Carolla, Tanner Foust and Eric Stromer. Everyone knows Adam Carolla, of course, having watched him hit the big time hosting The Man Show with Jimmy Kimmel. He now hosts his own nationally-syndicated radio show called "The Adam Carolla Show". Tanner Foust brings some actual professional driving cred to the show with a resume that includes stunt driving in "The Bourne Ultimatum," "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift" and "The Dukes of Hazard". He's also a winning rally driver, has medaled in the 2007 X-Games and hosted "Supercars Exposed" on the SPEED Channel. Eric Stomer was the last to be cast and when you see him, you'll probably say "I know that guy." He's hosted an HGTV show called "Over Your Head", was a former soap-opera actor and spent a lot of time in construction (and on construction-related TV shows). Guess we'll pick him to win the amphibious vehicle challenges. We surmise that producers may have picked Stromer because he's a hunk of man meat, but also because he can bring in a big female audience from his time spent on HGTV.
The press release after the jump also reveals what each host drives, and as you would imagine, Carolla (who will now be referred to as Jezza Jr.) sports a garage full of Lamborghinis, Maseratis, two Ferraris and an Audi S4. Foust makes do with a simple, tricked out BMW M3. Stromer... a Camry Hybrid. Something tells us Stromer better come equipped with a thick skin. So what do you think? Does Top Gear USA now appear better suited for success or does the show have Bucket of Fail written all over it?
The press release after the jump also reveals what each host drives, and as you would imagine, Carolla (who will now be referred to as Jezza Jr.) sports a garage full of Lamborghinis, Maseratis, two Ferraris and an Audi S4. Foust makes do with a simple, tricked out BMW M3. Stromer... a Camry Hybrid. Something tells us Stromer better come equipped with a thick skin. So what do you think? Does Top Gear USA now appear better suited for success or does the show have Bucket of Fail written all over it?
USA Version? I guess were gonna have to wait and see if it can actually compare to the original one...Which by the way starts its 11th season soon
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As much as I'd like to see this show succeed, I don't see how it's possible with these host. 2 of the the probably can change the oil in there own vehicles. Seriously...WTF? Someone above said Tim Allen. That'd be sweet.
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Tanner is a badass driver, he did/does half the stunt/precision driving for FF3 & FF4. (The other half being Ryse Millen). Kinda faggy though. He has that whole euro metro thing going on.
Adam Corolla is funny as **** but he likes imports He owns a datsun 510 that is clean as hell and was made to SCCA specs for racing. I find him funny as hell. (nobody wants to hear what you think chris..... )
I have no idea who the hell the other guy is.
Adam Corolla is funny as **** but he likes imports He owns a datsun 510 that is clean as hell and was made to SCCA specs for racing. I find him funny as hell. (nobody wants to hear what you think chris..... )
I have no idea who the hell the other guy is.
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Adam Carolla was on the Kevin and Bean show on KROQ little over 2 months ago now saying that he wasn't suppose to talk about it but **** it he did anyways. Didn't give names but said it was going to be him a famous rally racer and a construction worker that has done a lot of work on his own radio show. So the Eric guy was kind of a give in and tanner was just a famous rally racer. Keep up the good work though!