Some tragic news has been discovered in the winding and weaving tunnels of the YouTube archives: Jeremy Clarkson died in 1988. A British TV program (or is that programme?) about TV called TV Offal (pronounced "awful") broke the sad news that the Top Gear car curmudgeon and TV presenter passed away while filming one of his infamous car reviews. The show reported that Clarkson died in a car accident due to driver inattention. Just think, if the accident had happened now, his blimp-like ego could have acted as an impromptu airbag and saved his life.
The show's faux-obituary paid a not-so-loving tribute to the car show star by remembering his extremely mixed metaphors, teenage testosterone fueled attitude and inability to let the 1970's go. TV Squad would like to offer our deepest condolences to his family members who existed more than 20 years ago.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
9-30-2009 @ 7:38PM
Alex99 said...
Geez....
DON'T do things like that to me!
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9-30-2009 @ 8:09PM
KMF said...
Not cool! Man, you nearly gave me a heart attack! :P
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9-30-2009 @ 8:11PM
Val said...
Wow I thought he was really dead... Didn't even see the date he died in the title lol read the whole damn article before I realized...
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9-30-2009 @ 8:25PM
colin said...
oh god. saw the date but thought author made a typo. had to read the article twice before i settled down.
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9-30-2009 @ 9:37PM
Brandon said...
Jesus man, be careful throwing information like that around!
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9-30-2009 @ 10:07PM
Nacho said...
I really have been debating lately whether or not to remove tv squads feed from my rss reader.
Stories like this aren't helping your situation any.
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10-01-2009 @ 12:57AM
Michelle said...
Seriously. That's not funny.
At all.
It's an unnecessarily sensational title for a rather insignificant article.
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10-01-2009 @ 1:07AM
theonenj said...
I don't like cars I know nothing about them but I love Top Gear. Not cool Not cool at all.
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10-01-2009 @ 3:05AM
shadowracer said...
Whoa dude. I love all 3 Top Gear hosts, but don't mess with Clarkson. What kind of article is this?
Better title - "Jeremy Clarkson is cranky because he's really a zombie".
Damn I want to watch Top Gear now, and not that Top Gear lite stuff they put on Australia(even though that one isn't bad).
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10-01-2009 @ 2:56AM
LordPaul said...
Heh, that was cool!
(I can read)
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10-01-2009 @ 10:02AM
wulfn1 said...
wow! That was traumatizing!
I saw the headline and got ready to feel really bummed. Top Gear is one of the few shows my husband and I enjoy watching together. And Jeremy's wit and sarcasm, along with the very funny setups he puts upon his co-stars makes that show very watchable.
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10-01-2009 @ 8:05PM
RobynM said...
Well, that pushed back my need for caffeine for a while.
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