11-11-2006, 11:40 PM
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James May injured at MPH '06
ames May, the other bloke off Top Gear and co-host of this year’s MPH ‘06 live motoring theatre, was last night said to be “severely hacked off” in his local pub after sustaining a suspected fractured wrist in a high-speed supermarket trolley crash.
May, 43, was performing a live stunt for the MPH extravaganza, billed as “human 10-pin bowling”. In this, he attempted to guide a modified shopping trolley, fitted with rudimentary steering, into 10 giant rubber skittles on the opposite side of the stage after being propelled by his co-presenter Jeremy Clarkson, driving a low-powered G-Wiz electric city car.
However, in what the show’s script described as a “humorous twist”, and supposedly unbeknown to May, the G-Wiz was replaced at the last moment with a 480bhp Ford Shelby Mustang. Members of the audience, many of whom filmed the tragedy on mobile phone cameras, have reported that the trolley reached a speed of “almost 20mph” before it struck the skittles and toppled sideways in a rather pathetic way.
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Its not that big of a deal breaking a wrist, but this is going to make it even harder for us to keep our Top Gear alive.
Found the video of it on Google, its actually quite a funny stunt
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...=James+May+MPH
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11-11-2006, 11:53 PM
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This isn't going to hurt Top Gear - It's hilarious 
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11-12-2006, 02:26 AM
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 didn't see that one coming from may!
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11-12-2006, 02:29 AM
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Interesting stunt. Trust Clarkson to do something like that.
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11-12-2006, 08:40 AM
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Whilst he may have sustained some injury, they do the show 3 times a day for 3 days, that's 9 shows, exactly the same thing happening each time.
That video was from one that I wasn't at as the trolley did tip over whilst I was there, James just got up and pretended to be annoyed and then carried on as normal!
The very fact that it says 'in his local pub' suggests to me somebody is reporting about nothing here! :roll:
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11-12-2006, 08:48 AM
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Funny stunt, but good thing that it is "only" a broken wrist, even though that still is not fun at all.
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11-12-2006, 10:06 AM
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LMAO
never expected this from captain slow!
Ahh get well James hahaah !
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11-12-2006, 10:45 AM
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hmmmmmmmmmm....interesting. i hope this doesn't so anything to TopGear but it shouldn'
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11-12-2006, 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by dani_d_mas
Captain Slow rulez!!  |
Are you talking about yourself?
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11-12-2006, 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by fsandys
Whilst he may have sustained some injury, they do the show 3 times a day for 3 days, that's 9 shows, exactly the same thing happening each time.
That video was from one that I wasn't at as the trolley did tip over whilst I was there, James just got up and pretended to be annoyed and then carried on as normal!
The very fact that it says 'in his local pub' suggests to me somebody is reporting about nothing here! :roll:
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The same show 9 times? Explain.
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11-12-2006, 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by RC45
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Originally Posted by fsandys
Whilst he may have sustained some injury, they do the show 3 times a day for 3 days, that's 9 shows, exactly the same thing happening each time.
That video was from one that I wasn't at as the trolley did tip over whilst I was there, James just got up and pretended to be annoyed and then carried on as normal!
The very fact that it says 'in his local pub' suggests to me somebody is reporting about nothing here! :roll:
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The same show 9 times? Explain. |
What is there to explain RC45, MPH'06 is an automotive event for 3 days that included a show in it which they performed 3 times a day.
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11-12-2006, 06:54 PM
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Well - then how can he be "surprised" by a "last minute" switch - if it happened 9 times 
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11-12-2006, 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by RC45
Well - then how can he be "surprised" by a "last minute" switch - if it happened 9 times |
True true, I guess the show was the same, but they only showed that thing in the last show I guess, otherwise I agree that it would be quite stupid 
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11-12-2006, 07:05 PM
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yeah - and a broken wrist can turn out to be a career ending injury for aome people.
Its not quite as trivial as some make it out to be.
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11-12-2006, 09:58 PM
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Originally Posted by TopGearNL
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Originally Posted by RC45
Well - then how can he be "surprised" by a "last minute" switch - if it happened 9 times |
True true, I guess the show was the same, but they only showed that thing in the last show I guess, otherwise I agree that it would be quite stupid |
It happened at every one of the shows, trust me, it was a completely scripted event. (Excluding any injury of course!)
The last minute switch was a scripted 'last minute switch' it's not that hard to understand, it'd for audience entertainment.
James is fully aware they will change the car but the audience is made to think he isn't. Therefore there's a big cheer, everyone laughs, James looks surprised and slightly annoyed and they carry on with the show!
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