The Grand Tour has come to it’s conclusion and as ever featured some amazing stunts, but what is the process for shows cleaning up after
themselves? Jeremy Clarkson has his say 👀
Why are book shelves featuring so many Japanese cat books? Plus, is AI gaming music streamers?
Does any money change hands for those taking part in Grand Designs? Kevin Mcleod answers directly!
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00:00 Intro
00:12 A message from The Chase’s Paul Sinha
00:55 Why is my gym playing AI music?
05:37 Why are so many Japanese authors writing about cats?
10:20 Does Grand Designs give people money to furnish the homes on their show?
17:56 Are there restrictions on storylines in spy dramas so as to not offend countries portrayed as ‘villains’?
23:03 Does The Grand Tour clean up after driving cars off of cliffs?
26:20 Why did we used to have a box appear in the corner of TV screens before adverts?
28:50 Outro
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😂 see you next Tuesday (cough cough). You get away with that? 🎉
of course Spotify will have returned any revenue generated from AI music to the advertisers…
I sort of wonder doesn't Britain have insects? SOOO many of the Grand Designs seem to be taking the back off the house and filling it with expandable glass doors to open it up. The mosquitos and other summer pest would make that impossible to live with.
If I was building a house and was selected to appear on Grand Designs I'd immediately re-examine my plans. The TV company, I'm sure, selects projects for their potentia lfor disaster , thats where the drama is.
The Youtuber Jay Foreman puts the black and white box in his videos before he does an ad read
Love this show, but Genji is not a cat, so you got that all wrong. Where did you get that from? But Haruki Murakami has cats in his novels and a lot of the quirky Japanese literature right now seems very Murakami-lite. Maybe that has something to do with it.
Erm…. back in 1996 when I worked for BT Broadcast Services we automated the ITV network for the ITV companies. The adverts were inserted by computers and the in-band signalling (screen dot) was done by a PC. Literally NOBODY was involved and hasn't been for 25 years.
**The adverts are all served by computers.**
Glad someone asked that question about the Grand Tour. I was thinking the same when watching that. It's not actually that obvious that they clean up their messes, especially when they're in a lesser developed country acting like they have the run of the place anyway.
Fake streams are an issue, A.I music however is perfectly fair if people like it.
Don't you mean those felines were the catalyst for those books Marina? You are welcome 😊
Person in Japan here, the conditions of animal cafes here are mostly deplorable. Please don’t give your money to them.
Anyone notice how there's always a question about Islam on every single episode of The Chase? On every episode.
Grand Designs: “Unfortunately it started to rain the hardest it has in 100 years. Now the site is a bog and the project is running 6 months behind schedule!” Why are British builders continually surprised that rain happens in the UK?
I think the term should be “kit lit” or “kitty lit”.
I keep meaning to say this but, Mariana, I love your nose.
the best autobiogrphy title is still one that was never released – cheggars cant be boozers
Defoe first novel claim is heavily disputed .
Sorry, but the answer regarding production companies cleaning up after themselves is WRONG. Do a cursory search of Youtube. The world is littered with abandoned sets and junk from old movie and television shoots. It's fairly obvious that if something is too big or too much trouble to remove, the company will just leave it. I suppose they realize that the local government — especially if it is a poor one — won't have the resources to come after them. It's arrogant and disgraceful behavior. Let's not pretend it doesn't happen.
This video will live in infamy in Japanese literary circles forever. I've heard similar ridiculous claims from random podcasters and one ridiculous article in Smithsonian Magazine before (I imagine that's where the research was done for this), but this takes it to a new level😅
Just want to say , I love this podcast (sometimes I listen to it while running , and sometimes like today I watch it) and while I might not always agree with the analysis (and that does not matter at all really) , I do think you both do an outstanding job on this and thank you for what is now hours of entertainment.
In the cheesy 2012 remake of Red Dawn, they filmed it ALL as the Chinese being the invaders, and then commercial reasons… in post they had to make it North Korea. And it's really obvious it was a patch job trying to hide all the references and imagery!
Famously 'Star Wars left the dinosaur skeleton that C3PO walks past in the Tunisian desert. It was still there decades later…
Wheel of Fortune in the 80s instead of having a 'Cue Dot' had a spinning wheel as the cue dot for when an ad break was coming up.
Keith Chegwin, who suffered with alcoholism during his life, wanted to call his autobiography "Cheggers can't be Boozers" which would have been the greatest title of any biography ever, had the publishers allowed it.
they probably make their life a LOT easier by getting oil and fuel and stuff out of it before the shot. The little drive off can be done without oil and almost no fuel. They probably have people to think about this stuff, to make the cleaning up less difficult, without ruining the shot.
That Hignfy was awkward because the joke was kind of done after 10 minutes but Richard kept it going on and on and on. I think Clarkson was more bored by it then annoyed by the end.
And taking it with a massive Amazon contract in the pocket probably helped. As he made clear in the show.
Personal favourite autobiography name is vic Reeves’ Me:Moir.
Ok so,
1️⃣the pronunciation of Genji is NOT jenji as in jenga…
It is Gen as in the the beginning of “get”
A hard G , the ji is as written
But that’s just a pronunciation problem
2️⃣Maybe Marina (or her producers) could have done just a little more homework on a classic novel written over 1000 years ago that is still being translated and studied even now 😢
And noted The Tales Of Genji are most certainly not about a freaking cat!!
3️⃣If the novel is too long for consumption then try reading Liz Dalby’s “The Tale Of Murasaki” for a more concise understanding of the whole 源氏物語 saga
Huge novel
Huge history behind it
And most certainly NOT a novel about a freaking cat
Please, oh please, if you are going to comment on historical novels, her the story right
Pronunciation is a small problem to your understanding of the whole “Tales Of Genji” and how and why it was written
Marina, somehow you’ve mixed up Natsume Sōseki’s “I Am A Cat” from 120 years ago with Shining Prince Genji, a groomer yes, but not a cat.
Adding… OK, so you know about “I Am A Cat”. And you are in SUCH a uniquely privileged position to really GET the Tale Of Genji, imagine a Rock Star who is a minor aristo and the kinds of shenanigans he would have got into during the 60s (bedding minors can’t be ignored) and the cattiness of his world. Everything changes, everything stays the same…
The VW beetle is obviously CGI. His answer is clever.
'Developments in Gaza.' Death and destruction, perchance?
Thanks for making the effort to dress the part, Richard. Nice to see you managed to scrape up a jacket for the Sky shill, though.
So how much is "expenses?" is furniture an expense? that WAS the question after all
Nice click baiting on the title card
Too many adverts 😮
All Anime character faces are shaped off cats. Japanese people love the Cute ness of cats. that's why Anime have such big eyes and pointy nose etc.
When they were talking about spy shows, one instance where people have to get things cleared is if the creators/writers have themselves worked for one of those agencies. It's the case of Joe Weisberg, the creator of The Americans, who used to work for the CIA. He said that the CIA had to review his scripts, not so much for geopolitical reasons, but so he wouldn't reveal confidential technology or spying methods.
Even here in Australia, where we have our own Grand Designs, we watched Kevin on UK Grand Designs. They still play the classic episodes here regularly and my wife and I know them well. It’s our comfort show.
David O'Doherty's song about Grand Designs is absolutely brilliant. Well worth looking up if you haven't seen it.
Also I'll add the cat cafe in Liverpool to the list with the others mentioned.
Andy Wilman is brilliant. Brilliant.
C U Next Tuesday???
Do they say that every time?😱
I thought they got on… But hey- ho, thats celebrity podcasts for you nowadays…🫤