Dara Ó Briain VS Ed Byrne on the Top Gear track - BBC Two

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[@DethInvictus]

Damn, that was almost enough to make me watch the show.....if Dara and Ed were the hosts.

[@julianusvictor327]

I would 100% watch the show if that happened.

[@ThePinkOne]

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May were the best hosts hands down.

[@waywardgoddess7219]

@@ThePinkOne true, I love the show and my faves were when they went on those adventures having to fix their cars the whole way lol but who wouldn't watch a show hosted by Dara and Ed!

[@LoogiTheDino]

Dara has legs!?

[@almostfm]

Just because he doesn't use them doesn't mean he doesn't _have_ them.

[@columba4333]

Wooosh

[@LordAaronus]

and Joey can drive

[@bakarenibsheut12]

Not anymore, unfortunately. Burglars stole them because he used them so infrequently.

[@waywardgoddess7219]

I can't stop laughing 😂😂😂 I think his lap was slower cause he rarely uses them

[@Sam-zz7gs]

This is proof that the guests are now funnier than the presenters

[@lordludy]

samir .k in fairness they are both professional comedians.

[@Xanatos712]

Woo hoo! Dara & Ed on Top Gear! Oh, it's the *new* Top Gear. Nevermind.

[@saoirsedeltufo7436]

Bring in some Irish comedy and any dead show becomes good

[@guidzoe6258]

True

[@decodolly1535]

Even with Dara & Ed this is like watching a funeral. Have the hosts been tranquillised?

[@PerovNigma]

Ed doesn't look like the same person without his hair showing.

[@CrnoGoracSFRJ93]

Haha the way Matt says Dara, Dera.

[@waywardgoddess7219]

I cringed

[@raylcc2620]

I love Mock The Week so I watched this. The whole time I'm watching I'm picturing a BBC boardroom with executives sitting around a table, trying to fill Clarkson, Hammond and Mays shoes. Then the accountant chimes in by saying: "hey I know how we can have a new Top Gear AND save money... Let's order the show on the Wish app!"

[@seaweedspecial2]

They should make Dara and Ed the hosts, and bring in Frankie just to remind us all the Hells maw is waiting for us all. Or tell Joey to pretend to act like a presenter instead of being a presenter that might give him some life.

[@TheMasterMief]

seaweedspecial2 "Just to remind us that hell's maw is waiting for us all" Hilarious! Did Frankie say that at one point?

[@Elecctromechanika]

Why did i read this in Frankies voice

[@ImMagnetz]

I barely even noticed that the dude sitting beside Matt was there and, if it wasn't for the fact that I know Matt from FRIENDS, I probably wouldn't have noticed him either.

[@nickwithers2244]

Do you see what you get... When you mess with the warrior?!

[@fredfirth3834]

Why couldn't they have had these two on the show with Clarkson, Hammond and May????

[@madr309]

Possibly because they frequently trashed Clarkson on "Mock the Week"? But a Clarkson-v-O'Briain snark-off would be epic in its awesomeness.

[@commandert5]

It's so weird to see actually funny people on Bad Top Gear

[@Liusila]

Leblanc is asleep in this! Jesus what a car crash indeed.

[@doesntmatter9996]

the rivalry is a bit over the top but it's not looking good if the guests outfun the hosts. it's still a good show but there were better times.

[@FARBerserker]

No No, that is not overacted. Much. They really are mostly like that around each other.

[@Endisupertramp]

They are comedians who often work together and also best friends in real life. There's always a bit of friendly competition between two friends and when you combine that with two gifted professional comedians you get this. It's not over the top because at no point are they truly trying to convince us they care all that much, you can see from the getgo that it is all in good jest. Watch interactions between the two in Mock the Week, they always love to make fun of each other and their adventures a little bit.

[@jazzrockr]

I actually think it’s brilliant how Joey from Friends and Chris let Dara and Ed have the spotlight their way. LeBlanc is pretty understated, which was a drastic change from how Clarkson conducted interviews. But then again, Jack Dee on Radio 4 is very understated (and still funny).

[@jharris7414]

Well at least Top Gear's more progressive now, it's great that they let two planks of wood host.

[@anthonycutt8854]

I'm not in the Clarkson/Hammond/May nostalgia club but it sure took them a long time to get it right after they departed.

[@Didntwanttomakeauser]

Dara and Ed are hilarious. How did you manage to make them boring?

[@EireNero]

Didntwanttomakeauser ikr

[@lilyweatherwaxHRH]

Joey finally comes to life at about 6:22 and actually says Dara’s name right!

[@paddyd50gamer86]

Omg it's bad when the pres3nters don't say anything funny. What has happened to top gear oh how this mighty show has fallen. Dara and ed were funny though

[@phitsf5475]

This isn't Top Gear

[@closeted-skeleton]

It's now bottom gear, and not even a power bottom

[@StalwartShinobi]

Great pair of guests just a shame i havent watched since.. '' the change''

[@Sev826]

the two presenters seemed kinda stiff

[@Gulliedoutbigup]

matt sounds really into this

[@andymad47]

Yeah,that's why I stopped watching top gear...not Dara and Ed..

[@lauraskovbo2075]

BRING BACK CLARKSON, MAY & HAMMOND!!!!!

[@Pirustae]

It's so freakin weird without the original trio. Without Jezza interviewing.

[@UpWithTheBirds23]

Huh I didn’t even know Top Gear was still on tv.

[@konayasai]

Some would argue it really isn't.

[@Ethan-Entah]

That track does not look dry. More like damp

[@brydon5721]

I've not seen any of the new series, but have to say I don't like the new camera work on the lap.

[@enzyte9215]

What a dead show when you remove the OGs that made the show

[@thesurgeon6473]

Except you stick them into The Grand Tour and that's terrible as well. They needed each other

[@ajrein4226]

Eh nah

[@thesurgeon6473]

AJ Rein - Me? All I can say is that I watched the first two episodes of TGT and thought it was horrible. Entirely missed what made Top Gear with them so good. Maybe it's got better, but I wouldn't know

[@thesurgeon6473]

Michael McGrath - Maybe it is. I don't know. What I can say with the same sureness as you said that is that the current series of Top Gear is actually really good as well. Episode 2 was fantastic

[@samatkins8340]

Ah yes I remember seeing clips of the first episode of Top Gear with 'OGs' Jeremy Clarkson (age 17), James May (age 14) and Richard Hammond (age 8) all the way back in 1977...

[@michaelmisanthrope]

I am well familiar with Dara and Ed (they took a road trip in my country--USA) but who are the new guys? I thought one of them was the gay dancer who shows up on quiz shows from time to time. Has he butched up for this show? Why does the other one need to affect an American accent. Is he hoping to be the next "House"? Though not a motor-head, and one who does care about the environment, Top Gear has long been a guilty pleasure of mine. However, these two new yahoos are going to take some getting used to.

[@floling]

matt struggling with the accent?

[@nickwatkins5321]

Think Ed needs therapy lol

[@JK_JK_JK_JK]

At least a week too late! 😒

[@CHUCKALUCKALUCKA]

Maybe have Dara and Ed host TG. Others are wet mops

[@Ethan-Entah]

Now I'm annoyed I didn't watch these Top Gear episodes

[@davesmith9325]

This is so forced and tedious. TG died, put it out if its misery

[@heyzus]

The ''bbc'' the new rep for resting nonentities!

[@user-lu4fn9pe4y]

they can't beat lee in comedy tho

[@kribz4576]

This show is cringe erghh

[@greatwesternproductions2857]

Would have been so much better with Clarkson hosting

[@grahamkearnon7853]

This is my second view of a “new Top Gear” WOW, bad, here we have not one but, two very good comedians on and, the two hosts still look flat and, boring. The first clip was of Lee Mac, another top of his game comedian. Do the BBC get what a dog of a show they now have.

[@thebigg2642]

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