Canada's Worst Driver

Nah, all sunshine and butterflies here.

 

People are just stupid in general I was hit on my motorcycle back in 07 I was at a stop sign lady too busy texting didn't bother to stop. I was rear-ended. I came out fine but that shit drives me up the wall now.

 

Of the 12 seasons I think I have worked on around 7 or 8...

That's fine... hell it pays the bills... also you should probably direct some of that anger at the people that watch it making it discoveries highest rated original production...

Here is a photo of me from maybe 4 or 5 seasons ago? I can't remember.

 

I love when people are talking on their cell phones and their windows are rolled down.....makes for a fun time to lean on the horn or crank the stereo.

 

Yeah, paying the bills is a convenient excuse for making the world a shittier place. Politicians, bankers, lawyers, war mongrels, and criminals of all sorts have said the same thing for probably as long as humanity has existed. And of course, watching that shit and creating demand for more stupidity is certainly not much better. A wonderful circle of social degradation where each involved party has an excuse. At least you can take comfort in knowing there are a lot more of you than there are of me, and nothing is likely to change any time soon.

 

Well he is less grumpy......

 

I also have to say that entertainment aside people from the day they show up to the day they leave they are taught a lot... they will tell you they learned a ton if you ask them... I have seen it and from interactions with them they saying it... It's easy to pass judgment and blame technicians, producers and anyone that is involved... but the glorious thing is you don't have to watch it if you don't want...
It's like a plumber working on a church, you may not agree with what they are preaching with it but is it the plumbers fault?
It really sucks to have to defend your profession on the internet...

 

Stupid tv show internet fight

Now I've seen it all in my career at TW

 

Wait, did you say Jeeps are the best?

 

It's less "profession" and much more "choice of work." Whatever your skills, I'm sure they can be applied to hundreds of other applications that actually result in something good being done. I know that I've personally turned down at least two projects (that I can recall) which I felt dealt with unethical content. And I understand that not everyone is in a position to turn down work, and that like it or not, everyone has to put food on the table. You're just a drop in the puddle, but that doesn't mean the puddle doesn't stink.

It's great that the drivers learn something, but there are much better ways of teaching them driving skills than parading them on television.

As for the plumber analogy... I see your point, but that really depends on what the church is teaching, doesn't it? A different religion that is largely non-destructive is one thing, on the other hand, if that church taught hate and extremism, that plumber's work would play a negative role in the larger picture and I'd suggest he find some other pipes to fix.

 

I'm on a local Jeep forum. For the most part, surprisingly pleasant & welcoming fellas, regardless of what you drive.

Starting shit on TW is best done by comparing Gen 2 and Gen 3 models.

 

I'm just an eavesdropping US citizen here. I watched some of the clip that @Joe23 shared and learned that Canada's assholes are at the very least apologetic.

 

That's really awesome you've been on the show! I admit I'm a huge fan and have pretty much watched them all.
How many of those foam blocks do you have / make per season, and how many people does it take to set it a it up? What do you do on the show?
I think at the least the show gets some shitty drivers off the road, as well as teaching even experienced drivers such as myself a thing or two. If you pay attention. I hadn't realized the dead pedal is directly above the front wheel ( although it makes sense), as well as a few other things I've learned through the seasons.

 

There are probably close to 80 of us on set. Most of us are split between two units (two challenges) that run at the same time. Our assistant directors schedule the contributors and Andrew's arrival on each location. If you think about the challenges we run each one with the participants and Andrew. So the days can be quite packed (the assessment challenge is run 9 times in one day). Everything is real we just follow along and try and get the cameras where it will capture whats happening.
There is a lot of foam. There is an entire department (12 people or so) that builds the challenges and props. I would guess several semi trailers full of props (foam/boxes) are used each season. A lot get reused and repainted with the show colours for that year.
I am one of 5 guys that do all the specialty cameras, so all the in car and crash camera work is us.

 

I'm in the boat I don't watch the show but I've seen a few episodes , i can't watch it yeah most of it's because of the contestants but the main reason is they smash up Camaros

 

It's a show of dumb ass shit-heads that should NOT be driving anything... the show stinks and gives Canada a bad image...!!
I'm for tar & feathering the producer and all of the people who have a hand in putting it on the air..!!

 

Wow lol. So much hate for reality television.

 

cool guys don't play for the leafs

 

This isn't the hockey trash talk thread, but thanks for playing. Feel free to add a hockey opinion there.