Hannah, I heard that rumor also.  It was a group in California who supposedly walked out when they learned about the faking part.  If true, kudos to them!  I never read that Jay and Grant had pitched the idea to Pilgrim.  Thought that Pilgrim had been recruiting different investigating groups to apply; the idea originated within the Pilgrim think tank.  TAPS had been choice #2, one of the reasons given (wish I had bookmarked where I saw this) was that they had been in existence for a while and had already built up a decent local reputation.

About Twitter:  I've been reading both Jason's (somewhat interesting) and Grant's (very boring) comments.  Now, you know how many celebrities (actors, musicians etc.) have a bevy of people who reply to letters and emails for them because they are simply too busy to do so (or else don't want to)?  Aren't Jason and Grant always complaining how busy they are between filming, seminars, public investigations etc.?

I got a fleeting feeling that this is the case with this Twitter business.  Can't seem to see Jay and Grant running every couple of hours to their PC or whatever to send a few sentences out to the fans.  Are these really their own comments, or written by others as a way to keep the masses interested?

Now, it must be admitted that there are a lot of similarities to their MySpace blogs, and quite a difference (as mentioned above) between the two writing styles.  So I'm probably wrong, but it's just a thought.  Funny, I thought there was more substance to Grant until I began to read his MySpace blogs and realize there is a shallowness there that I can't quite put my finger on.  And Jason–if he really wants to do some writing he seriously needs to go to college and pick up some grammar and writing courses.  Big time.

So–is this really them or just some employees filling in?  Any thoughts?

Blinddog50,

No offense taken.  Understood.  LOL!

I'm afraid I went totally over at the collargate incident.  There were a lot of incidents along the way but that one ticked me off so much and got under my skin it made me react.

Hey, I'll throw in a '61 Corvair with the Yugo and Edsel! 

Okay, here's the version of how GH started from J&G's perspective on All Access:

Josh Gates asked where they were when they go the call about the potential show to which Grant answers:

"We had someone come to us and say, you know, we have this idea.  We want to do a show.  It will be a drama based on you guys so we'll be acting as you and we said okay, that sounds fine.  We can lead our normal lives.  But then as we met the different production companies they said, you know what, what you guys do we can't really create, it's got to be reality.  We said oh wait, we don't want to do that.  We it turned down with five different companies and finally, you know ah, this guy said look, I know how much you love the field and if you don't do it someone else will and how will it represent the field and so we said okay.  We'll do 10 episodes and see how it goes."

Jason then interjects with "And that was Pilgrim Films and, ah, now we're going five years into this now.  So, it's been an interesting run."

Blinddog50,  Let me know how you make out.  I hope it's not just my sense of humor!  They can be over the top but you can understand them.  Check out this Thursday's episode at 8:00 pm.  It shows Hampster's (Hammond) return after his accident in a jet-engined Vampire.  The footage (from inside and outside the car) will absolutely make you cringe.  I still have trouble watching it even though I know what to expect. The have a website and the home page has pics on the Trans Am http://www.topgear.com/us/ but you can get the tv schedule on the BBC America website.  Usually 2 shows run back to back on Mondays (they are on hiatus right now) from 8-10 pm.  This Monday at 9:00 pm is one of the challenges.  It's on quite a bit.  Enjoy!