Charlie’s ad break allusory and Wazza’s boring cartoons were back *sigh* and I suspect will stay for the whole season. Steve is as geeky as ever. Credit to all of them for excelling at just being Aussie. Then there was Charlie’s little girlish squeal at the speed of the Ford GT. Absolutely classic. I LOL’d that’s for sure. Him saying the car was faster than the speed of light? Not so funny, but we’ll forgive him. I feel like I should take back all the not-so-nice things I said about Charlie in the last post. His cheekiness and wit are definitely growing on me.
Ford vs. Holden had the predictable and pointless outcome of “they’re both equally great” and “we are poonces for failing to committ to either one”. With only a drag race and braking test to speak of, what was supposedly a comparative segment lacked thoroughness and it all just seemed like a huge cop out. I think the point they were trying to make was valid, but also quite obvious. We love the Ford vs. Holden debate for what it is, a way for mates to argue themselves senseless. Oh yeah, and driving like hooligans to prove which one’s best.
Mining Pit Challenge was alright. Wazza got lost again. LOLs. The maths of deciding who won took the fun of the challenge, I thought. But the competitive spirit was plentiful, and that’s what I like about the challenges.
I hear the episode didn’t rate so well; down 250,000 or so from last week (no citation, google it). I just hope SBS can ride it out for the whole season. I’ll be watching.
UPDATE: Here’s that link to the ratings.
