BBC America isn’t in every home in this country, it’s not even in every home that has cable. Additionally, not everyone has the internet and therefore not everyone can download BBC America shows from iTunes. Those are, perhaps, the only possible satisfactory explanations for not having seen Top Gear at this point in time. Well, the excuses are quickly disappearing because Top Gear – Season 10 is available on DVD as of April 21st.
Okay, I will grant you that not everyone has a DVD player, but I have to imagine that between cable, iTunes, and now DVD the vast majority of the population has the ability to watch an episode of Top Gear. It’s not even that expensive, it lists for $39.99 and can easily be found for $10 less than that.
What do I think of Top Gear?
Well, season 10 of Top Gear was the first that I watched, and you’ll note that I truly enjoyed the first episode. A few episodes into the season I had declared it “quite possibly… the best show on television,” and at this point in time I’m pretty convinced that it is the best show on television.
Season 10 of the series features what might be the best episode the show I have watched (and it’s highly touted on the box art for the season ) – the Botswana special. That episode, like all the rest, are, I was very pleased to find out watching the season on DVD, very rewatchable. Even though Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May (the presenters) tell numerous jokes which don’t change when the show is watched again, they manage to impart tons of facts about the cars they’re reviewing (which is, ostensibly the purpose of the show). They give far more facts than one can possibly take in on a single viewing, so watching again there is more to learn, and even if the jokes are old they still work.
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