I think people like to gracket him in with Littlejohnnot realising that Clarkson knows what irony is
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Clarkson is an uncle that says provocative things (often about cars) but is generally likeableLittlejohn is the creepy neighbour next door that goes into angry rants about immigrants, and watches you in the bathroom.
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The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated,
Wed 28 Apr 2010, 10:00,
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