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Your support makes all the difference.Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are still struggling to name their new Amazon Prime motoring series. So much so, that they’re (briefly) putting their egos to one side to ask fans for their suggestions.
The ex-Top Gear trio, forced to find a home elsewhere after Clarkson punched a BBC producer, shared a funny video on Facebook, showing them ‘hard at work’ trying to come up with a title.
“We’ve had an email from Jeff [Bezos, Amazon CEO]. He says we need a name. He says it has been nine months and still we haven’t got one and I don’t think he’s very pleased,” Hammond says before, after a tense pause, May announces that he will now enjoy a custard cream.
“What if we come up with a new type of expression?” May suggests. “What if called it…Ace Biscuits. You know, somebody could say, ‘Do you like my new shirt?’…’Yeah, that’s ace biscuits’.”
Hammond, in a moment of Einstein-rivalling genius then makes the valid point that “Amazon is just a single word that they took”. Cue Clarkson throwing other river names into the mix - Nile, Dong, Zambezi and his personal favourite, Erewash.
Clearly getting nowhere, the gang took to Twitter to see what the fans were thinking, with Clarkson confirming that they will be “looking hard at suggestions from EVERYONE”.
So far, Steph Driver’s idea of Two and a Half Men, mocking Hammond’s short stature, has racked up the most likes on Facebook, followed by the name Clarkson gave the 50-second video: Three Easily Distracted Men.
Taking the p**s out of the trend for Twitter marketing, the clip ends with a dedicated hashtag:
#TheSTILLVeryMuchUntitledClarksonHammondMayAmazonPrimeShowComingAutumn2016
With the months ticking on by, the boys had better get brainstorming, possibly without James May.
What do you think the new car show should be called?
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