Okay, I've only seen two episodes so far, but Top Gear is quickly becoming my favorite show on television. I'm contemplating TiVoing the old episodes that BBC America is airing along with the new ones so that I can see more of it. Frankly, truth be told, I'm considering re-watching last night's episode because I enjoyed it so much.

But why is that? What about the show is just so wonderful that I'm falling in love with it? Well, it's not the supercharged cars. I'll give you that the cars are very cool, but I'm not someone obsessed with cars, so that's not why I'm tuning in. It's the hosts. It all comes down to those three brilliant, wonderful, wacky, zany men. For those of you who don't recall, they are Jeremy Clarkson, James May, and Richard Hammond. I don't care what they pretend to be or not be, these are three smart men who go out and act like complete and total buffoons, and that's funny.

Last night the men were charged with repeating a task they had done in the past — making an amphibious car. As explained to the audience, the producers didn't feel as though they had taken the task quite seriously enough the first time and they were to redesign their vehicles. Rather than watching the tedious work that goes into such a thing, they fast forward to the finished products and take a few moments to explain their designs as they read what their task will be — to drive to Dover and cross the English Channel in these wrecks of car-boats.

And there it is, smart men doing stupid things. These cars were all designed in - excuse the language - a half-assed manner and now they'll have to navigate the English Channel, the busiest shipping lane in the world, in amphibious cars that don't drive particularly well and may or may not float. What's more, these guys actually go along with it — it's brilliant television! The viewer is treated to a goodly long video of their mishaps on the highway getting to Dover and their misadventures with cars that turn out to make wretchedly bad boats. It was hysterical and had me laughing out loud on more than one occasion.