Last night Chortle – the website for all things funny – held its annual Comedy Awards. And our James turned up to hand out a gong, despite not knowing that Lee Evans isn’t bald, or even the latest news on Rod Hull’s career.
Absolute Radio grabbed him on the red carpet – here’s the interview:













What do you think?
thermo1 commented on this article
Wednesday February 9, 2011 at 10:34 am
love the folk who complain about a joke.. in england we have took mick out of all places and pl including ourselves. get over it ya daft foreigners lol. Who can remember a classic english, irishman and a welshman go into a pub joke?
grrr i agree with you too. No more political correctness crap.
it serves one purpose in my eye’s Stiffle the pple that are decidous to the country they were born, we are no longer allowed to be british citizens in britain. its pants
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Anonymous commented on this article
Wednesday February 9, 2011 at 1:38 pm
isn’t he dead?
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Mancunian Lass commented on this article
Wednesday February 9, 2011 at 3:46 pm
So James made it back from Albania.. phew!
Top Gear would be extremely boring without him I would have to watch something else….
big hugs to James May…
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Sarah commented on this article
Wednesday February 9, 2011 at 6:08 pm
james may, what. a. babe.
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MERCSLSAMGeeitisfast commented on this article
Wednesday February 9, 2011 at 8:35 pm
Yay Hes back I live not too far from James May
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Amanda commented on this article
Wednesday February 9, 2011 at 10:17 pm
I was quite impressed with James’ response to Steve Coogan’s attack, saying intelligent criticism was always welcome and he would be happy to invite him back on Top Gear. He handled that with more grace than I suspect I would have.
How about that? Lessons in maturity from a Top Gear presenter.
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Ape F commented on this article
Wednesday February 9, 2011 at 10:22 pm
I’ve just heard that Top Gear will now be in Chnia?!
As in a TG Chinese TV show?! I know it’s the biggest car market in the world, but really – how much more can TG dilute itself?
I’m really hoping this news is a joke too.
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the k-mat commented on this article
Wednesday February 9, 2011 at 11:59 pm
heheh may is a simple bloke, i like him
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Alo commented on this article
Thursday February 10, 2011 at 12:21 am
Top Gear comments made by the three buffons are not a Joke, So in that case anyone can make a Racist comment and justify saying “but that was a joke”. Not to a program that is watch in all over the globe. That is unacceptable.
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james_may commented on this article
Thursday February 10, 2011 at 1:29 am
Dr Seuss, Top Gear Edition by James May
Now, the TopGear Presenters have become really big stars
Cocking about in some really nice cars
Occasionally their banter can cause quite a stir
With offended people crying “why the racial slurs”
There’s Jeremy Clarkson, tall and bombastic
Most people think he’s really fantastic
Mexicans, however, curse him from afar
They say that they think that he’s an “Albanian Car”
Now Richard Hammond, he’s a short arsed twit
But there’s no denying, he’s quick with his wit
He doesn’t like Genesis, but I have no doubt
It has something to do with when his brains had fell out
Then there’s James May, known as Captain Slow
Maxed the Bugatti Veyron, and gave it a go
They say he’s a diva, and caused a scene on a plane
But he can’t be that bad, after all, we share the same name
Some say The Stig, is a tamed racing driver
But he wrote a book, and wound up getting fired
Black Stig got launched off a ship into the sea
And a new Stig was born near the Sea of Galilee
They do car reviews, they do races
And they travel to far and exotic places
They have cheap car challenges, they are never quite dovish
But it usually ends up, “Ambitious but Rubbish”
So why did I rhyme
What would be the reason?
Well, I got really drunk….
And this is what I came up with.
Good night everybody.
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christine commented on this article
Thursday February 10, 2011 at 11:02 am
@james_may
good job james with the poetry, you seem to have the same hobbies like TG James. Have you ever thought of a career in critics?
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james_may commented on this article
Thursday February 10, 2011 at 11:02 am
Yikes! I just read what I had posted last night after drinking tequila. I think I need help. Damn Jose Cuervo.
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james_may commented on this article
Thursday February 10, 2011 at 11:06 am
@christine: It would be a great job, but unfortunately, I just don’t have the talent.
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sweettoni commented on this article
Thursday February 10, 2011 at 11:38 am
james have you any intentions on marrying your girlfriend that be good news
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christine commented on this article
Thursday February 10, 2011 at 11:39 am
@james_may
it seems you do, maybe with a little help =) but anyway…
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james_may commented on this article
Thursday February 10, 2011 at 11:53 am
@christine: Thanks for the compliments. Last night, I had mixed up some Margarita’s after work, and I was telling my wife about my day. You see, I work for a school system providing IT services, and one of the elementary schools I went to was having “Cat in the Hat” day. I had gone into a classroom where the teacher was reading about the “Star-Bellied Sneetches” and how they had “Stars upon Thars”. Now, after telling my wife about this, I was also telling her about the latest Top Gear episode and about the Albanian slang word “car”, and how women have no “Cars upon Thars”, and it all went downhill pretty quickly from there.
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christine commented on this article
Thursday February 10, 2011 at 12:12 pm
well, then I wish you more days&nights like these
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Love Top Gear!! commented on this article
Thursday February 10, 2011 at 4:24 pm
Hey James, I came to the recording yesterday and got a photo with you. Thankyou. I think you are great! Top Gear just wouldn’t be the same without you. Love from Kate! xxx
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Anonymous commented on this article
Thursday February 10, 2011 at 4:39 pm
You have to love James May <3 Classic
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doublej commented on this article
Saturday February 19, 2011 at 6:46 am
James isn’t very good at comedy
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Noble Blacksmith commented on this article
Sunday February 20, 2011 at 9:53 pm
Mr.May
It is moments such as this, that the TopGear US lads would do well to learn from. Alas, self-depricating understatement is not a quality regularly seen here in the States. Nor is compitent vocabulary, nor grammer.
And to assure you, you were quite entertaining there.
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EDER VAZQUEZ commented on this article
Friday February 25, 2011 at 9:28 pm
HEY I LOVED YOU PROGRAM IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD IS AMAIZING YOUR PROGRAM congratulations everyone in the programation are super great. continue whit you exit never left the TV. show a i am from Puebla, MEXICO
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