James May recalls his best (and worst) filming moments from the last 15 years

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  • Опубліковано 1 тра 2021
  • This is part 2 of an interview we filmed with James May and his director/producer, Tom Whitter. In this segment, James and Tom reminisce about the best and worst moments from their long years of filming together.
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  • @petew.1418
    @petew.1418 3 роки тому +3166

    James has grown into the age he has always been.

    • @Throku
      @Throku 3 роки тому +69

      Hundred and eightyfour?

    • @-A-c
      @-A-c 3 роки тому +31

      @@Throku .... thousand?

    • @trevorshields7347
      @trevorshields7347 3 роки тому +2

      I was thinking the exact same thing

    • @petew.1418
      @petew.1418 3 роки тому +6

      @PlaySomething! What an odd way to say "accurate". 🤔
      ....but anyway...

    • @z3t3c33
      @z3t3c33 3 роки тому +4

      Eleventy one?

  • @caoimhekearns2350
    @caoimhekearns2350 3 роки тому +1897

    Is it just me or is James’s style getting better with age? 😂

    • @stewkulele
      @stewkulele 3 роки тому +78

      It couldn’t get worse

    • @hakookami7260
      @hakookami7260 3 роки тому +53

      Meanwhile Richard keeps getting worse

    • @wojciechwilimowski985
      @wojciechwilimowski985 3 роки тому +29

      It stays the same, it's us getting more and more used to it

    • @-TJ-
      @-TJ- 3 роки тому +32

      James is ahead of the curve. We're only catching up to him now.

    • @caoimhekearns2350
      @caoimhekearns2350 3 роки тому +5

      Although I am loving those jumpers he wears now 🙌🏻

  • @JoeyDND
    @JoeyDND 3 роки тому +456

    I absolutely love James May. Clarkson used to be my favourite of the trio, but seeing more of May other than on TG/GT has made me realise just what a fantastic and funny man he is.

    • @tommymician121
      @tommymician121 3 роки тому +21

      He's just really smart. That is why he's so naturally funny and just a pleasure to watch all the time.

    • @idreeskhan8885
      @idreeskhan8885 3 роки тому +6

      @@tommymician121 Smart? Or just knowledgable. I wouldn't say smart, he doesn't have any new or orginal ideas. And remember on the show they're all playing a character, I mean look at what an idiot they've turned Richard into.

    • @nate8088
      @nate8088 3 роки тому +14

      @@idreeskhan8885 I'd just go with "intelligent". James has always let his intelligence bleed through, and now that he's not playing a character, it's even more evident.

    • @idreeskhan8885
      @idreeskhan8885 3 роки тому +1

      @@nate8088 We've seen him be knowledgable on certain things (although I question whether much of what he knows is in any way relevant) rather than intelligent.

    • @nate8088
      @nate8088 3 роки тому +1

      @@idreeskhan8885 Agree to disagree, then, I suppose.

  • @jaredmulconry
    @jaredmulconry 3 роки тому +453

    James has always been ideally talented for television and UA-cam, but there's something all the more wholesome about his performance when it's more free-form like in interviews or UA-cam videos.

    • @idreeskhan8885
      @idreeskhan8885 3 роки тому

      No he isn't. He got better over time. The first 7-8 years on TV he was a different person.

    • @TChops-hi7hr
      @TChops-hi7hr 3 роки тому +5

      I think his well-being has improved greatly considering he's no longer dealing with Jeremy Clarkson.

    • @elvistwatty
      @elvistwatty 3 роки тому +2

      @@TChops-hi7hr they still work together...what are you talking about

    • @TChops-hi7hr
      @TChops-hi7hr 3 роки тому +1

      @@elvistwatty Well, I'm thinking of the road trip in Bolivia with a machete and I'm also reminded of a trip in Africa where they both tore off parts of each other's cars

    • @DodderingOldMan
      @DodderingOldMan 3 роки тому +1

      Agreed. He's absolutely brilliant on Top Gear etc, but there's something about this channel that allows him to be even more watchable and likeable.

  • @Ocsttiac
    @Ocsttiac 3 роки тому +614

    James May's Toy Stories is still one of my favourite things May has ever done.

    • @MidTennPews
      @MidTennPews 3 роки тому +18

      I think The Reassembler is my all time favourite thing from him.

    • @Jason-ld5fn
      @Jason-ld5fn 3 роки тому +21

      May in Japan is great too

    • @Goat4459
      @Goat4459 3 роки тому +2

      Agreed with toy story

    • @Metal-Possum
      @Metal-Possum 3 роки тому +5

      I just like watching James May. Even Man Lab was enjoyable, although quite possibly lacking a sense of direction or cohesion.

    • @mgscheue
      @mgscheue 3 роки тому +1

      Yes, me too. Such a fun and interesting series.

  • @MrTrool323
    @MrTrool323 3 роки тому +160

    It always makes me happy to see James smile and laugh
    Such a wholesome bloke

  • @Rombizio
    @Rombizio 3 роки тому +334

    Who would thought that out of the 3 James would be the coolest one?

    • @JK-fw3tb
      @JK-fw3tb 3 роки тому +5

      Was Hammond ever in the discussion?

    • @reedtarted1932
      @reedtarted1932 3 роки тому +2

      Yeah I love his cooking show

    • @johnandrews3568
      @johnandrews3568 3 роки тому +12

      Duh... anyone with half a brain (which excludes Clarkson and Hammond... obviously)

    • @Sackmatters
      @Sackmatters 3 роки тому +21

      He’s always seemed to be the coolest out of the three. He genuinely enjoys entertaining people.

    • @Rombizio
      @Rombizio 3 роки тому +3

      I actually mean cool looking. He has always been the coolest.

  • @saltiestsalt6326
    @saltiestsalt6326 3 роки тому +75

    James May should really do a Podcast, or narrate audiobooks or something. I could listen to this man for hours on end.

  • @benjaminlumsden
    @benjaminlumsden 3 роки тому +135

    James proves that the question is not "Will people want to watch this?", it's "Do I want to create this?".

  • @Arthur-mh2uo
    @Arthur-mh2uo 3 роки тому +280

    I’m guessing James best moment is hearing Richard shouting Oliver when his Opel sank

    • @lucian6395
      @lucian6395 3 роки тому +26

      Happened twice, Richard said as he forgot the camera the first time

    • @tomforrest7814
      @tomforrest7814 3 роки тому

      James wasn't there he had gone on with Jeremy to find a suitable crossing point

    • @erneststyczen7071
      @erneststyczen7071 3 роки тому +1

      This was staged

    • @lucian6395
      @lucian6395 3 роки тому +1

      @@erneststyczen7071 yes it was

    • @erneststyczen7071
      @erneststyczen7071 3 роки тому

      @@lucian6395 indeed

  • @probablynotyourdad4616
    @probablynotyourdad4616 3 роки тому +159

    James is like an asguardian, he gets stronger and wiser with age.

  • @julesiebear
    @julesiebear 3 роки тому +31

    I hope I’m as fond of my memories like this when I’m older

  • @JoshuaC923
    @JoshuaC923 3 роки тому +24

    I am so glad you guys scraped together and got the toy stories together. They were fantastic, one of my favourite shows.

  • @mrscary3105
    @mrscary3105 3 роки тому +46

    Bim is one of my favorite TV hosts. :)

  • @Oli_Hudson
    @Oli_Hudson 3 роки тому +81

    Imagine being the manager at Sainsburys and getting a call from James May!!!

    • @mats7492
      @mats7492 3 роки тому +8

      @Ross Bourne you gotta start with Hello

  • @amoghkrishnan5246
    @amoghkrishnan5246 3 роки тому +17

    Cant believe I'm saying this but James May is aging like fine wine ! 🍷

    • @bubandbob
      @bubandbob 3 роки тому

      His terroir is excellent.

  • @packepuck
    @packepuck 3 роки тому +8

    I'd love to see another series of the Reassembler. It's so soothing and relaxing for my stressed out soul.

  • @TheKnobCalledTone.
    @TheKnobCalledTone. 3 роки тому +42

    If James can't make another "Our Man In..." because of COVID-19, maybe he could make a series visiting cheese makers around the UK. Call it The Cheese Tour. Cheese goes well with wine. What's Oz Clarke up to?

  • @barrettoliver2009
    @barrettoliver2009 3 роки тому +14

    James Mays Toy Storys was one of my favourite series growing up . The man is a treasure

  • @jase6709
    @jase6709 3 роки тому +15

    I knew the Toy Stories episodes didn't go as smoothly as they showed, because all the volunteers looked fed up at one point 🤣

  • @nickllama5296
    @nickllama5296 3 роки тому +3

    I so badly want another series of James May visiting a country. His show in Japan was phenomenal.

  • @jaromarusic325
    @jaromarusic325 3 роки тому +44

    His funniest moment was laughing at Jeremy in his "car caravan"

    • @invisiblekid99
      @invisiblekid99 3 роки тому +11

      It's laughs like those that you know that show it's not all a set-up and that those moments are genuine

    • @joaquinfranco9012
      @joaquinfranco9012 3 роки тому +9

      The Leaning Tower Of Citroen

    • @StockportJambo
      @StockportJambo 2 роки тому

      Or in Mozambique when he finally made his ridiculous aquarium in the back, and then as soon as he braked sharply he got soaked with seawater & the other two creased up.

  • @drundub73
    @drundub73 3 роки тому +12

    James May even made rebuilding a telephone interesting . Every show he has done has been great . When he made the glider fly over the channel and land remotely .That was a gem .

  • @jacobliefeld9248
    @jacobliefeld9248 3 роки тому +108

    Jeremy looks like Santa (when he has a beard), May looks like a university professor for a dubious physics class... when we get something from Hammond, will he look like an actual hamster?

  • @jonathanpowell1470
    @jonathanpowell1470 3 роки тому +5

    Could listen to James all day. More like this please!!!

  • @jaromarusic325
    @jaromarusic325 3 роки тому +6

    James May is such an icon.

  • @LegendFromWoW
    @LegendFromWoW 3 роки тому

    Thanks for the content you’ve provided us over all these years. Been watching since Top Gear; greetings from Seattle!

  • @woodstocknun
    @woodstocknun 3 роки тому +28

    James looks like Robert Plant's brother who looks like Brian May.

  • @crowofcrius
    @crowofcrius 3 роки тому +43

    Sound recordist literally had one job, and blew it.
    One trick from the old book of audiocrew is to have a backup mic in, so if the lavallier mic craps out, you can take the audio from there.

    • @monkfishy6348
      @monkfishy6348 3 роки тому +1

      They likely didn't know it was crapped until afterwards.

    • @crowofcrius
      @crowofcrius 3 роки тому +9

      @@monkfishy6348 thats is the reason to have backup mic on a boom

    • @theChain120
      @theChain120 3 роки тому +1

      This aspect ruined the whole video for me

  • @Josh3sh
    @Josh3sh 3 роки тому +1

    Glad for the new content with a fresh mic. Keep up the hard work.

  • @formulazebulon7345
    @formulazebulon7345 3 роки тому +2

    James voice is so calming

  • @rob7566
    @rob7566 3 роки тому

    I have loved every one of James Mays programs.

  • @polattanoglu756
    @polattanoglu756 3 роки тому +1

    I saw the title and immediately thought 'now that's a must watch'. I will come back to comment when I've finished watching.

  • @briansedlacek1963
    @briansedlacek1963 3 роки тому +1

    James aged like fine wine.. Respect

  • @teme82
    @teme82 3 роки тому +4

    Would love another season of James May: Our Man in Japan. I think there is a lot more for him to explore

    • @StockportJambo
      @StockportJambo 2 роки тому

      He's going to the USA next year to do one.

  • @AMGEVAN
    @AMGEVAN 3 роки тому +1

    I loved the Japan travel special on Amazon. I hope you do another one of those! I hope you go all over the world and make those!

  • @tommarino69
    @tommarino69 2 роки тому +2

    When I grow up, I wanna be like James May.

  • @williammiller8317
    @williammiller8317 3 роки тому

    Always interesting to hear James’ take on things, it’s often quite surprising.

  • @niklfc9384
    @niklfc9384 3 роки тому

    Great chat fellas..thanks👍

  • @michaelr9427
    @michaelr9427 3 роки тому

    Always great just to hear James talk :)))

  • @dumbbellenjoyer
    @dumbbellenjoyer 3 роки тому +1

    Loved hearing about the Japanese ice. I used to go hiking in Japan over the winter and used アイゼン to walk on the ice safely.

  • @lewisfoster9514
    @lewisfoster9514 3 роки тому

    Thank you, great content especially with Tom also. I have indeed liked commented subscribed!!

  • @captpicard6894
    @captpicard6894 3 роки тому +3

    I still think my all time favorite James May programme has to be the Toy Story when he creates a life sized Airfix Spitfire. His genuine enthusiasm, excitement, and general overall love did the project came across. Top, Top bloke James may. S as sways a pleasure to watch him in anything quite frankly😁😁

  • @jwhit8366
    @jwhit8366 3 роки тому

    I hope you keep doing the food films. I love them!

  • @epinephrindna3385
    @epinephrindna3385 3 роки тому +4

    I wish the trio to create a podcast where they will describe shooting all episodes of TG / GT

  • @mrtom2854
    @mrtom2854 3 роки тому +32

    4:35 CAT! THERE'S A CAT IN THE BACKGROUND!

    • @Eric-dr5bj
      @Eric-dr5bj 3 роки тому

      Looks like a small holstein

    • @BMAWG1968
      @BMAWG1968 3 роки тому

      Isn't that Lucy's moggie?

  • @riversider2506
    @riversider2506 3 роки тому +3

    In my mind , the lad *Sir James May* is my distant cool uncle that has knowledge on the most random yet necessary things in life 😄🤞....
    *SHOUT OUT* to my *Uncle James May!!* 🙋‍♂️

  • @FadeDance
    @FadeDance 3 роки тому

    The Tesla argument was perfectly executed with well thought out content and statements. Clearly remember how much I loved that on first watch. That's my vote.

  • @paulriddel5277
    @paulriddel5277 3 роки тому +22

    I would have thought getting knocked out in the middle of nowhere would have featured somewhere in this

  • @Werevertumoto
    @Werevertumoto 3 роки тому +3

    That glider show is one of the best things I've ever seen

  • @maggiepye3064
    @maggiepye3064 3 роки тому +1

    James has never looked better, and this has got to be my favorite look. Everything's perfect: sweater, glasses, hair.

  • @haberdasherrykr8886
    @haberdasherrykr8886 3 роки тому +20

    His favourite pass time is Geoff Chaucer and Charlemagne apart from victorian interior design and drapery ofc.

  • @leonardnose5695
    @leonardnose5695 3 роки тому +43

    Funniest moment was james may and the gang waking up on the side of the road and i think it was James who had a machete in his hand looking disheveled

  • @pilkjaer
    @pilkjaer 2 роки тому +1

    James is getting more and more classy with years

  • @thegodofhellfire
    @thegodofhellfire 3 роки тому

    awesome stories

  • @TheBcpearson
    @TheBcpearson 3 роки тому +1

    I drove past someone today and though, that looks like James may with a beard!!! Now I see this. James have you some how snuck into New Zealand and driving around in a Subaru Outback???

  • @kjah06
    @kjah06 3 роки тому +1

    The cheese meme is the best thing to happen in 2021 so far 😂

  • @jayhom5385
    @jayhom5385 3 роки тому +7

    Lucy has gotten him to the point of being able to say, "Like, comment, subscribe" without flipping everyone off.

  • @poletooke4691
    @poletooke4691 2 роки тому

    Mail Time was the best. Please do that more.

  • @kudos4201
    @kudos4201 3 роки тому +4

    this man should be knighted for what hes done for british telivision. national treasure and legend.

  • @mowler8042
    @mowler8042 3 роки тому

    I need to see this show sounds so fun

  • @faypack3087
    @faypack3087 3 роки тому +5

    Would love to sit and talk to him. He is very intelligent 💙🦉

  • @OswellSmash
    @OswellSmash 3 роки тому

    Growing up watching the trio , you look healthy and healthier May ! 😂 Proud big fan from 🇲🇾!

  • @cloud_appreciation_society
    @cloud_appreciation_society 3 роки тому

    I just discovered there's four extra James May Toy Stories episodes I haven't watched, I feel like I've been given an early Christmas present haha

  • @thisisaduck
    @thisisaduck 3 роки тому +1

    We need more toy stories! They were definitely the best stuff you get on television.

  • @borandiUK
    @borandiUK 2 роки тому +2

    You HAVE to voice the questions. Some of us listen to this podcast style. Other people are blind.

  • @coolhandchunk
    @coolhandchunk 3 роки тому +1

    Aside from Our Man In Japan, imo, Mail Time has been one of the most entertaining bits that James has been involved with lately!

  • @mcmcnair97
    @mcmcnair97 3 роки тому

    Thank you for keeping the shots with the cat in

  • @thebolsta
    @thebolsta 3 роки тому +4

    I've got an unused bottle of Salad Cream in the fridge, I now feel inspired to go and get a tin of Spam from the shop...
    Ryvita, coated with Manuka honey and Colemans, a layer of spinach leaf and spring onion... A slab of Spam, top it with split cherry tomatoes and drizzle with Salad Cream...
    Between two slices of council bread.

    • @Rico_71
      @Rico_71 3 роки тому

      The butter. "Lurpack spreadable butter invented in 1903 or 1901 we are not sure ™️" must not be missing

    • @samdherring
      @samdherring 3 роки тому

      And *cheese*

  • @Clay3613
    @Clay3613 3 роки тому +1

    Hoping for 15 more and mail again!

  • @doritofan1002
    @doritofan1002 3 роки тому +1

    I love James’s dry wit.. like just the line of him saying “in case it’s heading towards an orphanage or something” cracked me up oh and with all the other shows and stuff he does now should he be called “Admiral Slow”?

  • @yeaboiii3057
    @yeaboiii3057 3 роки тому +1

    I think James should do another version of the reassembler and give us all arcane facts about the things he reassembles

  • @moo886
    @moo886 3 роки тому +1

    Please make another Our Man In series i loved the one in Japan

  • @holeefok3158
    @holeefok3158 3 роки тому

    when Sir May hit the floor in that episode, was ruuuude.

  • @ES90344
    @ES90344 3 роки тому

    I would love a other series as Man Lab, loved that show.

  • @marionbayley1351
    @marionbayley1351 3 роки тому +1

    I love the mugs - gorgeous colours

  • @stellasun9989
    @stellasun9989 3 роки тому +1

    I absolutely LOVE the toy stories!!

    • @reedtarted1932
      @reedtarted1932 3 роки тому

      I love his cooking show I hope it comes back

  • @gerrysongs4170
    @gerrysongs4170 3 роки тому

    How about a mini grand tour like episode on Drivetribe starring Mike from Drivetribe, Harry from Harry’s garage and Stephanie from I drive a classic????

  • @nicopillay4059
    @nicopillay4059 6 місяців тому

    Grey and white hair really ties James' personality and appearance together

  • @Sequentonal
    @Sequentonal 3 роки тому

    7:38 Love their attitude!

  • @djonfonsteen6331
    @djonfonsteen6331 3 роки тому +1

    There has to be an easel and a few brushes in the background there too, a Rolf... !?

  • @DeconvertedMan
    @DeconvertedMan 3 роки тому

    I really want James May to do more toy stories! :D

  • @maxiboy2704
    @maxiboy2704 3 роки тому +7

    The best moment is seeing James May with a BEARD

  • @colin7632
    @colin7632 3 роки тому

    Great jumper James 👍

  • @electromaniac03
    @electromaniac03 3 роки тому

    i loved those toy stories episodes when i was younger

  • @jadenbernard5705
    @jadenbernard5705 3 роки тому +4

    “CLARKSON!”

  • @bobsmith12345
    @bobsmith12345 2 роки тому

    tom is a great guest!

  • @djjamestobin
    @djjamestobin 3 роки тому

    I love everything about DRIVETRIBE, and the hosts. I do, however, guarantee your content would benefit if you had an audio engineer. Such awesome stories that are so hard to hear.
    Happy to help with post processing if needed, it’s my job.
    (Sorry...I’ve been biting my tongue on it for years but can’t cope anymore 😰)

    • @JeroenvandenBerg82
      @JeroenvandenBerg82 3 роки тому +1

      definitely, I was re-checking own my cables before realizing the audio in the video is terrible, there is some crackling on the right channel and it's overall "dull"/"faded" I have no clue how to define it, I'm no audio engineer by a long shot, but something is really f-up with the audio.

  • @ALLRNDCRICKETER
    @ALLRNDCRICKETER 3 роки тому

    Come to Australia!!! We are currently barely restricted. Do your 14 days quarantine and then you'll be right

  • @ananyabhardwaj8578
    @ananyabhardwaj8578 3 роки тому

    Where do I find one of those coffee mugs (tea probably here)? They look fantastic

    • @GeneFraxby
      @GeneFraxby 3 роки тому +1

      www.pantone.com/uk/en/pantone-mug
      Check Ebay for older colours - they keep changing them

  • @pjotrtje0NL
    @pjotrtje0NL 3 роки тому

    “Is that a Bristol F.9?” 😂

  • @mazdaman2315
    @mazdaman2315 3 роки тому

    I hope they release another our man in... episode maybe for April fools they could do our man in San Marino or our man in Bristol

  • @coryman125
    @coryman125 3 роки тому +1

    Halfway through the video: "UA-cam doesn't need that cynicism about it, you can just be honest"
    The end of the video: "Like comment subscribe like comment subscribe, anything you want to add? Like comment subscribe?"

  • @boden8138
    @boden8138 3 роки тому +1

    James should do something with Phil Harding from Time Team.

  • @Rowdygrom
    @Rowdygrom 3 роки тому

    James May is a treasure

  • @tyronewhitehead3123
    @tyronewhitehead3123 3 роки тому

    James has allways reminded me of George Harrison I miss the three together he’s so laid back 🙏

  • @parthkapgate
    @parthkapgate 3 роки тому

    The weather changed during the course of this 13:32 minute video .

  • @lorenzo_contini_7
    @lorenzo_contini_7 3 роки тому

    Mailtime was GREAT!!! Maybe it can return?

  • @rogefedwon
    @rogefedwon 3 роки тому

    The Lego and play-doh episodes of toy stories were the absolute best.

  • @SharpblueCreative
    @SharpblueCreative 3 роки тому

    What’s the cat after? And what Pantone colours are on the mugs?