So after 13 years, Edd China is leaving due to "creative differences". Essentially Velocity channel wants to dumb it down. Do American networks have to screw up all the good shows they bring/adapt/copy from UK?!?
So after 13 years, Edd China is leaving due to "creative differences". Essentially Velocity channel wants to dumb it down. Do American networks have to screw up all the good shows they bring/adapt/copy from UK?!?
That will be a shame. I watched the show mainly for Edd. He knew his stuff about cars and was entertaining about it.
One of the few car shows I do like. No drama with fights and stress and all those other things that make current shows "so interesting". Another show I like is "Car S.O.S." but I could do without all those shenanigans by the Tim character and those faux surprises. Just restore the care and that's it. U.S. shows are either bilge or will become that eventually. "Ass monkey", "Rip and strip", all total pathetic ball sweat. The only respectable show is "Chasing classic cars" but that is too boring as it's mostly Ferraris or boring high end luxury crap. Too much time is spent in bland venues with those white collar thugs who should be in jail for tanking the economy.
One of the few car shows I do like. No drama with fights and stress and all those other things that make current shows "so interesting". Another show I like is "Car S.O.S." but I could do without all those shenanigans by the Tim character and those faux surprises. Just restore the care and that's it. U.S. shows are either bilge or will become that eventually. "Ass monkey", "Rip and strip", all total pathetic ball sweat. The only respectable show is "Chasing classic cars" but that is too boring as it's mostly Ferraris or boring high end luxury crap. Too much time is spent in bland venues with those white collar thugs who should be in jail for tanking the economy.
D.S.
Exactly, Stu! I watch some of those other car shows occasionally, but it seems they're always under some make-or-break deadline and the subplot dramas usually are just more trash TV. Mike and Edd seem more like most hobbyists with realistic goals and the work Edd does is closer to what "regular folks" are capable of doing, given the right tools and finances. Plus, the cars they often restore are more along my line of interest. I particularly enjoyed their work on the Spitfire, an old favorite car of mine.
I'll really miss Edd. I could not let this thread go without posting at least one YouTube video of Edd breathing new life into just one of Mike's many fixer finds. A Jensen Interceptor.
