I absolutely loved this series, James is a very funny bloke even by himself and it was really nice to get to actually see the culture and stories of a place he is visiting without him being told to shut up or that he's boring. I would love to see more originals of May travelling solo once it is safe.
My mom and I were watching this and we both cried while laughing at this. My mom was happy the rest of the day, saying that was the first time she laughed that hard in a while. We told my brother to come downstairs and watch this scene again, and we laughed just as much immediately again.
2:50 Do you want to know the best part? The bridge they were crossing is *Sanjō*-ōhashi, not Shijō. The _real_ Shijō-ōhashi is just the one right south from there.
My boss was relaying some depressing news to the team and my stupid brain decided it was the best time to hear, "HEY, BIM! GUESS WHAT?" I almost lost it.
This series is absolutely entertaining. I never thought I'd watch a series without the trio of May, Hammond and Clarkson. But with Our Man in Japan and Clarkson's Farm, I'm coming to terms with the fact that these guys individually are remarkably perfect broadcasters. Seasoned performers, always hit tje right notes.
I'm glad it made it into the program. James May's humor is very unique and very specific and this is one of the special things that triggers him to keel over laughing.
@Axiom Steel26 Grand Tour is just on hiatus. The Madagascar episode is completed and team was about to go to Russia when the Coronavirus struck. They'll get back to work when it's safe to travel.
"If this makes it into the program I know we were really desperate" 1 Year later James May is mentioned in the Wikipedia entry for Bim and its a running gag on Foodtribe.
living near by, I can't help but to have a laugh a Robohon every time i go across the kamo river Shijo-oohashi, a bridge that is also called Gion bashi.
