Hamster: The Story of Richard Hammond
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- Опубликовано: 28 июн 2024
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The story of Top Gear's beloved Hamster.
So many rewrites, as I just wasn't happy with this video for a long time. Again, my profoundest apologies.
I really thought I'd ironed all the kinks by March at the latest, and had just committed to my final render. Hours, possibly even just minutes in, there was a disconcerting click, some crunching, and everything going black.
The video had killed my motherboard. Further deconstruction revealed all four of the flimsy plastic bolts holding the CPU fan in place had suffered heat-related fatigue and finally failed. How I didn't lose everything at that moment honestly confounds me.
By the time I looked at it again a couple weeks later with the new parts having arrived and been fitted, I realised it was mediocre. Not terrible, but not as good as it could have been. I rushed through large chunks of time, glossing over a lot of key things, and it notably under-ran to just 90 minutes instead of the 2 hours I was aiming for.
So throughout March and into April, I scripted, recorded, and inserted new dialogue. Yet even after all my additions, the video still only ran up to a total of about 107 minutes.
Finally, come late April, I had the script I was looking for. By now the video was over 140 minutes long and needed a fair bit of cutting.
Sadly, right at the end, I lost two renders thanks to the stupid way in which Vegas works.
Among many flaws that have been left unpatched since the Sony days, a video file requires way more than what it says it needs. It basically requires twice the space, because if I'm correct, the way Vegas renders video is it slowly renders a hidden copy, then outputs the finished file. Because I only had 31 GB for an 18 GB video, I lost the final 40 minutes as Vegas ran out of bytes to write to. So I had to start all over again after clearing up as much space as I possibly could.
Anyway, about the video itself.
This documentary chronicles the history of Top Gear's short bloke in an audiovisual manner for what I believe to be the very first time. I thoroughly cover Richard Hammond's early years as a mere boy growing up in the heart of Britain's troubled automotive history, his first forays into media production, promotion to TV and landing his dream job on Top Gear, only for things to go rather pear-shaped just 4 years in. But through sheer determination and an unkillable passion for the automobile, Hammond bounced back and established himself as the necessary contrast between the larger, blokier Clarkson and May, triumphantly rounding off Top Gear's Holy Trinity.
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
03:08 - Chapter 1: The Pup
12:35 - Chapter 2: Men, Motors & Multimedia
24:44 - Chapter 3: Getting Into (Top) Gear
30:33 - Chapter 4: Dawn of The Driving God
45:22 - Chapter 5: For Want of a Dodge...
59:53 - Chapter 6: A Dare Too Far...
1:16:57 - Chapter 7: Hammond's Lost Year, A Win For Top Gear?
1:34:07 - Chapter 8: Outside The Hamster's Cage
1:46:32 - Chapter 9: Hopping The Pond, Growing The Beard
2:02:18 - Chapter 10: Epilogue and Closing Statements 
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Finally. The untold story of Richard J. Cheeseburger Hammond III
*McCheesburger
I never knew his middle name was cheeseburger I will remember this for a pub quiz
@@DRIFT_CORE You did not pay attention. To the gallows with you.
-paints general lee esque car
-father sells propane
hammond is texan confirmed
Lmao
“HAMMOND”-Jeremy
Jeremy! What are you doing mate!?
Hammond
CLARKSON - Hammond
"hammannn (softly)" - Ugandan man next to Clarkson
😅😅@@mog7501
Hamond you sodding tic tac this was my laborghini
This had better be a part of a series…. I need a James May video this long
amen brother
If James May would write the Script himself the Video would be at least 40 hours Long wich I would binge in one sitting
It's definitely gonna go
3. Hammond
2. May
1. Clarkson
Naturally Clarkson has the most to talk about so best to keep that as a finale
Bonus: a full breakdown on Stig Lore
@@yeshwantdasari2075Technically "The Story of Top Gear" could almost work as a Story of Clarkson.
@@Valigarmandathere's so much more to the Clarkson saga than just the TG part though
"Hammond you idiot!"
That line never gets old.
"YOU REVERSED INTO THE SPORTS LORRY" 😂😂
"Hammond you sodding tic tac that was my Lamborghini Aventador"
Him walking circles around "Oliver", while Clarkson an May are tearing parts away to shed weight, then the realization that he needed not remove an thing from Dear lil' Olliiievah
“Braniac science abuse was a tv show set on making science interesting….. aswell as appealing to a generally dumber audience overall”
I loved that show as a kid, I will not accept such slander.
aren't kids... a generally dumber audience?
The only reason Hammond isn't my favourite is because none of them are, as all of them are. It's an unbreakable trinity.
Hammond is a real trooper for just doing everything he's done. The radio work, his early TV years, his Top Gear zenith and his oncoming twilight of The Grand Tour and The Smallest Cog, he has undoubtedly earned his legend status
Richard Hammond in his Mini in the India special is probably some of the best scenes with him in 😂
I can’t go back to it, not for the ‘it’s the worst special’ reasons, but that was the day my dad died.
@@katashworth41I'm sorry for your loss ❤️
Not only was your work on this video great, but I can't help but respect your efforts in preserving all this history as much as possible
Oh no Richard Hammond's up... Where can we land the medivac helicopter?
seeing the thumbnail with red 'live' mark pops up in my feed reminds me of that feeling of having missed the starting of a live programme right when you turned on the TV, when the re-air is hours, if not days away.
"Hammond, you blithering idiot!"
Next episode... Orangutan: The Jeremy Clarkson Story...
and
next next episode...
Captain Slow: The James May Story...
edited to more accurate titles
Snail*
Oh That's actually much better @@MrManfhis
Shouldn't it be Cpt Slow?
*Orangutan
Shouldn't it be Orangutan?
Hamster: a man who has his teeth whitened
Richard bought a 1952 Lanchester Fourteen for Top Gear’s Classic Car Rally Challenge and had assumed it was built by his maternal grandfather.
After the challenge, Jeremy told him the Lanchester was actually built in a different factory.
So Richard blew thousands of pounds on a car that wasn’t linked to his family.
I deeply enjoyed this whole video, but it is understated how much each of the presenters of Top Gear came into their own because they met the others is.
Before Top Gear as most of us would consider it, I used to watch men and motors and most of the car shows they had but none came close to the chemistry of the Top Gear three, a HUGE amount of the appeal of Top Gear and by extension each of the presenter's careers were people wanting to watch three friends talking, reviewing, bantering about and enjoying cars which prior to them had essentially not been a thing on TV - it's something most people into cars had with their friends, because all of us would do the same in our friend groups at the pub or chatting in our driveways about a "good little project" we've seen for sale - they were the TV embodiment of any car-head was back then, young or old.
Each of the Top Gear presenters are hugely talented, intelligent and charismatic in their own right, but only when playing off eachother they became stars.
I didn't know anything about his charity work or his altruistic adventures. Truly is the sign of a good man when he does all that without seeking any praise
Richard Hammond is the only guy i know who look cool and on point on both non car related daytime shows as well as well as top gear
I swear I saw a comment from you sometime ago. It was about racism lmao
Lets just hope Hammond isn't still in coma and all of us are just part of his dream.
2 hours of non stop blessing. Love the blokes.
TG S6-22 and TGT S1-4 is constantly rewatched atleast once a year
On a completely unrelated note, your choice of background soundtrack is quite a stellar i may add.
Gearknob, you never disappoint!!! The comprehensive research, the warp records and other mighty electronic choons in the back, the smooth editing…. Absolutely INCREDIBLE!!
“The little hamster that could”
I really do hope the man sees this marvelous documentary of himself.
I know these videos are a labor of love and time consuming but I love them.
We all meme on Hammond and so do Clarkson and May, but I think my favourite piece of Hammond media was the video of him recounting his dream whilst in a coma. It shows a sensitive and deeply introspective side of Hammond we don't see often. I only hope that i'll find a place i am so deeply connected to on an emotional level that it shows up in my deepest darkest dreams like he was to the lake district. What a legend.
This is amazing.
I'd love to see you do this type of video but for Jezza and Captain Slow.
Although this long a video with how detailed it is most likely took months to do but I'd gladly wait
Looking forward to this!
Thank you for producing this documentary. When watching, you genuinely can feel the amount of heart and effort that went into it.
Really looking forward for what's to come in the future from you.
I sometimes wonder if Hammond is the least popular of the trio, or at least the one people don’t remember as much. Clarkson is the outspoken, and May is the ‘boring’ one who drops the final bombshell of a punchline, and Hammond is just ‘the small one’. I think Hammond is cool: he’s survived a lot of deadly accidents, he loves his cars (especially Oliver), and during Top Gear he said many of the best lines and made many hilarious jokes.
I was 10 when the Vampire crash happened, was probably the first time I really thought about death. That’s how much it affected me at the time. I always liked Hammond, but that crash gave me so much respect for him.
Richard, you enriched our lives and gave us so much to look forward to. Thank you.
1:26:24 my man knows not to walk through Orchard park after 10pm
I never quite understood why Hammond was so apologetic when crashing the car in the 24 race, but that guilt for perhaps feeling like he had put the show in jeopardy when crashing the Vampire was probably still fresh in his mind.
As an AFAB person born in the late 80s I can confirm that he was one of the reasons I watched the show (the cars were the main draw). I do also always forget he shared his birthday with my dad.
AFAB?
@@burno55_ Assigned female at birth, I’m non binary.
I really really hope we get videos like this on Clarkson and May! I love these long ass video essays and having one on each of the trio would be gold 😁
1:56 a clear sign how much you care using this clip for a throw away line. ❤
I have read Hammonds book, and it is really great how the scene of no time is described, I think it describes the situation at hand. On top of this, i have a book by Phillipa Sage about Top Gear Live, and it shows the show really well.
Thanks for putting in the work for these videos, always top notch.
Cheers from Canada.
was literally watching another of your videos when this was premiered i was so shocked
i’m a simple man. i see a thumbnail with the hamster and oliver, i click.
Very nice documentary about my favourite TV show
These videos are really fucking good man. I love that perspective of someone who's been in the forums and been such a hardcore fan for such a long time telling the story of someone so important and integral to Top Gear. I'm currently working on a Robot Wars retrospective so I appreciate it the robot wars mention too hahahaha!
These videos are extremely important and your POV within the fandom is probably the best place to be telling such a story. Can't wait to see more dude.
This is fantastic. As someone who has watched Top Gear countless amount of times, I learned so much about our dear presenter Hammond. The amount of details and information given is very impressive. You had me hooked for the entire time. I hope to see more videos like this from you.
Great job!
Hell yeah been waiting for some new content! You do an outstanding job with the research
This is amazing! The amount of research you put into this is worth all the praise!
Brilliant. This must've taken ages to put together. Well done
Well done, thank you for this nice portrait of Richard Hammond, not only in Top Gear but as well out of the hamster cage👍
hammock you sodding tic tac
Great video, thanks for taking the time to put together all of this information for others to learn about! Looking forward to future ones.
Thankyou so much for all the content you provide!
these videos are great fun, keep up the good work
Your narration's more descriptive of a morning in England, than the review segments of new TG are with cars ngl
Great content GK, keep it up!!
Awesome video! I absolutely love the Hamster, Slow, and the Arangatan best show ever. Also appreciated the Strokes song All The Time in the video one of my absolute favorites. Old Top Gear and GT are my favorite shows of all time just an amazing run everything they did was gold. I'm sad that their time together is coming to an end and I hope they'll be back together in one form or another after GT ends. If not their legacy will forever remain close to my heart and I will always be rewatching old Top Gear and GT episodes
I really enjoyed this, thanks for making it!
Been years in the making, holy this is gonna be good
I watched a little over 4 hours of top gear retrospectives since waking up today, this show will not loosen its grip on me
Excellent video, very well presented. And fantastic soundtrack, too.
Great video! Thanks for making this kind of video!
Ayo, 2 hour Gearknob video, lesgo
Fantastic work, to think you did this for us to watch for free. Thanks
well done, serious passion and interest on display as well as effort.
Great video, only notice i had is that i was saying “yes the dragster crash” for about 5 minutes it felt like
Great documentary! FinalGear was a lifesaver back in the days when you either couldn't watch Top Gear on US TV, or they were broadcasting an edited version with ads, which I refused to watch.
37:12 the MythBusters also tackled this fable, and made the same realisation.
Top job to Richard Hammond and Adam Savage for risking their lives for science
Richard is overwhelming but the last two Grand Tour specials there has been a much different Richard Hammond, a way more relaxed and insanely hilarious person. I was laughing so hard during Eurocrash from the stuff he was doing
Thank you so much for this! I really hope you'll make one about James one day.
absolutely great video mate!
Very well done, you obviously put in the proper effort into this.
This is so good oh my god I forgot this was a 2-hour-video
I started watching Top Gear after series 9 premiered. I was familiar with the show on BBC world, but knew nothing about the individual personalities. Friends told me about hammond’s crash, and I wanted to check it out.
I never would’ve thought Hammond’s crash was such an inflection point in the show’s history.
Great video- love the deep dives!
Regarding the vampire episode. Top gear is still being broadcast on German station DMAX and I am almost certain that the vampire crash is still being broadcast on there even now as I remember seeing it in 2013
Really good video, well researched
Quality work
I've finally gotten around to watching the show, and honestly, Hammond may be my favorite member. While the bicking between May and Clarkson is hilarious, Hammond's enthusiasm and charisma make him so much fun to watch in whatever he's doing.
Amazing documentary. Hamster Hammond is really just one of the men ever.
I was one of those teenage girls who fancied the crap out of him in the 2000s. 12 year old me cried the day he had the dragster accident, and went into a depressive state at the end of 2006, ended up being hospitalised for unrelated illness November that year as well. The day he returned on TV for TG my depressive episode left. It did later return bc bullied and abused Autistic kid in school being mocked for being in love with Hammo.
I still would do him mind you 😅 I grew past the hormonal lust and loved the person he is more than his boyish charms. I have massive respect for him. Whenever I faced troubling times I always tried to be brave like him.
Simply amazing documentary man! You went all out
That was a great watch! Cheers!
My first introduction to Hammond was through Total Wipeout and then Engineering Connections then stumbled upon him on Top Gear which was being watched by my older brother and me asking him "oh isn't he that wipeout guy?" which started a whole chain reaction resulted in me starting to watching Top Gear along with my brother and my brother teaching me how to drive In his Evo which he never let anyone drive and me developing interest on cars, I have got lot of memories with my older sibling which I would never have got due to our age gap and since I was more closer to my older sister, I have genuinely gained a lot due to the strange coincidence's.
He's originally from my home town (Shirley, Solihull) but left the area when I was a kid. He returned to the area to shoot an episode of top gear because I noticed the petrol station he was filming at.
I'm not crying, you're crying!
why aren’t more people viewing this, top class
What a fantastic piece of documentary. I am so ready for even more, super happy that channel keeps on living.
Great call with TG being "our show" as well as theirs who made it. I myself used Finalgear forum to get detailed information about specific episodes. And living in Poland meant new episodes would drop with a huge delay during early 2000's. So I would find myself stairing at the screen of my computer's monitor and waiting for new episode to drop. And of course I had to watch it right away, even if that meant going to sleep really late.
Thanks to Finalgear I could watch all seasons of new TG one episode after another. And with that, I could improove my english skills as it was so enjoyable. Helped a lot as later on I mooved to UK.
I met them all at Dunsfold. We were doing a balloon trip over Surrey but due to a sudden change in weather we had to land at Dunsfold stopping Top Gear filming. Great guys.
33:50 The use of Rae and Christian as a soundtrack deserves an ovation. Ive not heard that song in years.
I would LOVE to see a video like this, but for James May. Reallllly well made, you did a great job :)
Great stuff once again, Gearknob. Hammond was the reason this 15-year-old girl in 2004 started watching Top Gear! I'm hoping you'll do a feature on James!
Great episode! And made me truly respect Hammond more than I already did. As a Mexican, I and many of my family members loved his Mexican joke. I think people were offended just for the sake of being offended and they could use it as a means to prop their show up. It's how RUclips thumbnails work; they got to use his face as a means to increase numbers.
I think it was one of only two mistakes he made on Top Gear, very unfortunate, but after having suffered years of lies from Stewart Lee and years of over the top vilification from so many, especially during a time when he couldn’t think straight due to the head injury, I think dealing with all that would mess with anyone’s mind, so he may have succumbed to the pressure or temptation to behave like Clarkson, who in his world, was worshipped by so many. How many of us would only make two mistakes in that situation, especially if we had a microphone pinned to our shirt 12 hours a day for 17 years
Loved this, would love more documentaries in this vain!!
Even if I really love Top Gear and Jeremy and James (well, the three of them as a team), Richard will always be my man. He’s teeny tiny. He’s cute. He’s charismatic. His voice is super relaxing. He’s great.
hammond is the person we should all strive to be, and is undisputedly a great person!
that last epilogue part is real oldfriend flexing. More of these Online communities need the OGs to actually document their stuff in documentaries like theese.
Nice. Didn't know Hammond's past before TG.
He is a legitimately nice guy, you would love to meet him
We need a documentary like this on Andy.
The dude is the George Martin of Top Gear. Definitely the "5th beatle"
Can't wait 😊