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[Slyder]

Everyone has a limit and Dave Despain reached his, and he just went off on the last minutes of Wind Tunnel.

You gotta see this, it's hilarious, and very true.

Taken from 7th gear, credit to the guy who did it.

http://www.myehud.com/dd_nuts.avi

[F1Johnny]

[russomey]

[MrJ]

Priceless!

I wish they hadn't bleeped it out, I couldn't catch what was being said towards the end.

[Jordan191]

erm I don't have access to the movie atm , can someone fill me in as to what set him off ?

[JoeUser]

Wow.

A complete meltdown.

Wonder if he will be back...

Did this really happen; or is this a joke?

[Scudetto]

Originally posted by Jordan191
erm I don't have access to the movie atm , can someone fill me in as to what set him off ?

Holy sht!! Better figure out a fng way to see this godm video, Jordan191, because fng words can't describe how ng funny this fng video is!!

F, Despain absolutely lost his head over motorcycles and too many fng NASCAR shows because of all the dicead NASCAR fans.

Despain fng rocks.

[Jordan191]

don't make me come over there , Scudetto ;)

[Slyder]

Originally posted by Jordan191
erm I don't have access to the movie atm , can someone fill me in as to what set him off ?

Ok, here's my attempt at a transcript of it.

"... just so to get it off my chest. First of all, to all of you assholes who constantly send me shitty e-mails accusing me of selling out the motorcycle people to do a god damn car show, screw you! I am just so tired of hearing that ****. And if I hear one more pissing about too ****ing much NASCAR in this network, I'M GOING OFF! Because, OF COURSE THERE IS TOO GODDAMN MUCH NASCAR ON THE NETWORK, IT'S BECAUSE THERE ARE TOO GOD DAMN MANY NASCAR FANS AND WHOSE GOD DAMN FAULT IS THAT? IT SURE AS HELL NOT MINE! SON OF A BITCH, I'M SICK OF HEARING THAT ****!

Wait, I forgot something, it's my last chance to remind you that when we come back in mid-January, were going to Re-air Wind Tunnel: The Inteviews, that series, I hope you're going to watch that, and then we go live again at 9 o'clock eastern and run you up to Speed Weeks at Daytona. (end music begins) I ALMOST forgot to mention that, that's really important. But now, a couple of more things that piss me off here, one is this E-MAIL that says, "OH THAT DUMBASS NON-DRIVING SON OF A BITCH WRECKED MY FAVORITE GUY AGAIN." COME ON, THAT'S BULLSHIT. DUMBASS DRIVING ERRORS DON'T HAVE A GOD DAMN THING TO DO ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU LIKE THE ****ing GUY! AND ALL YOU KIDS THAT INSIST THAT I'M A ****ing SHILL FOR SOMEBODY, THE GODDAMN IRL, THE ****ing CART, OR THOSE SONS OF BITCHES AT NASCAR? **** THAT! I'VE HEARD... (transmission ends)

[George Bailey]

Pretty funny stuff. DD may be too smart to handle a call in show, by nature they appeal to the biggest idiots around. I mean who's dumb enough to think anyone cares what their opinion on this or that driver or series is??? Oh wait...

But still, I think call in shows attract bigger idiots than BBs because BBs require typing.




I just hope DD doesn't apologize for that segment. People should be allowed to vent every once in awhile without having to pretend to be sorry about it later.

[Ross Stonefeld]

Something about that doesnt seem right. Did anyone see it 'live'?

[Scudetto]

Good job, Slyder. That about covers it.

[Slyder]

Sure it was live. hell, it's all over on the Speed Channel Forums, and no one has actually denied it.

[russomey]

Originally posted by Ross Stonefeld
Something about that doesnt seem right. Did anyone see it 'live'?

Yes - it was also replayed a few times already.

[gbaker]

I saw Despain today on SpeedTV saying that Wind Tunnel won't be back next year.

Damn that's funny!

[biercemountain]

One of the reasons I don't really watch Wind Tunnel is because all the stupid viewer questions make me cringe. It's like a bad prerace show on steriods. Dave's great but I can see how he'd get the dreggs of the earth phoning and emailing him.

Hope I catch a replay on TV since I can't watch the video in the link.

[benn5325]

Fan F*$#ing tastic!

[russomey]

I'd wager that the show will be back next year.

BTW - Dave was with some of SPEED's crew at the Canadian GP last year and we actually had a great conversation with him. He appeared to be just one of those fellas who calls it like it is so I imagine he's just been holding this crap in far too long.

[917k]

Originally posted by Ross Stonefeld
Something about that doesnt seem right. Did anyone see it 'live'?

Yes,it was scripted,planned and fully editted.This thing was not the spontaneous meltdown that people make it out to be.....it was a joke,a put-on.
This was just Despain's way of saying goodbye for the season.......and,yes,he will be back next year.

It was funny to watch but it was all part of the show.

[Paste]

Oh man, that's funny!

I really hope Wind Tunnel won't be cancelled, Despain knows so much about racing and the interviews on his show are always great. to Despain

[Slyder]

For those that can't see it:

Mine couldn't either, that is until I got the latest DIVX codec. With it, I saw it perfectly.

You guys may want to get that:

www.divx.com

If it's a downloading problem. oh well...

[Arioch]

QUALITY!

I don't care if it was scripted/planned or not, it was still fan-fÜc
-dave

[Menace]

Originally posted by Arioch
QUALITY!

I don't care if it was scripted/planned or not, it was still fan-fÜc
-dave

Second that! Despain...

[flyboy]

I saw it live and all the cuss words were bleeped out as they aired it. I don't doubt that Despain really felt strongly about the statements he made, but it was not an impromptu speech. IT WAS PART OF THE SHOW.... they scripted it, recorded it and added the bleeps. Despain is too smart to go off like that. And I am sure they will be back.

[Alfisti]

I dunno, something about the guy just grates me, he is VERY hard to watch to say the least.

I can't put my finger on it ... anyone help?

[UPRC]

Oh my god.. That was CLASSIC. He was always so calm and collected on the show. Bravo to Speed.

[bonescro]

Yeah, that was scripted.

And he pulled it off perfectly, just like the professional that he is.

I've always loved Dave. He's one of the best.

In fact, he is actually a little too cool-headed for me.

When he did a few rally shows, I was dying to hear Ralph again.

[Derbris]

For God's sake of course it was scripted

[917k]

Originally posted by Derbris
For God's sake of course it was scripted

[sanity]

[Formula-1]

Seems VERY scripted almost WWE like.

[Jack-the-Lad]

It was a joke, boys, and perfectly executed. Dave Despain doesn't get enough credit (or respect) for what he does. I don't know if Wind Tunnel was his idea, but it is brilliant.

Jack

[JoeUser]

I don't know how brilliant it is...some nights it's basically not even a show...it's just Despain on some self obsessed trantrum or rant...

he comes across as a real SOB at times...

[Pete Aaron]

Joke, scripted, whatever it was all right on.
Methinks Despain has been picking up pointers from his occasional co host, Robin Miller, who always tells it like he feels it is, regardless of who he pisses off in the process.

[random]

His tirade was funny, the unfortunate bit is that I think he believes most of what he said.

Don't get me wrong, I like Dave and the show, I record it nearly every night. Although I do fast forward through most of the Nascar, drag racing and motorcycle bits. This lets me to watch an average show in about 15 minutes. However, Dave is clearly discriminatory in his treatment of certain people/organizations in the racing world.

In Robin Miller's ESPN article of about 2 weeks ago, Robin talks about his experience on Wind Tunnel. He takes large issue with Dave's acceptance of the IRL and IMS's statements that no debris went into the grandstand areas in the Andretti, Brack and Renna incidents. Miller arrived at the show with evidence from multiple sources proving the IRL and IMS statements were false. Yet Dave repeated the IRL statements verbatim and ignored Miller's evidence. Miller's ESPN article said he would have had to call Dave a liar on the air and he wasn't going to do that.

The problem is, Dave really thinks he's not a shill. One would think he would have to be a shill for the Nascar organization. Yet strangely enough, he doesn't seem to be, he really tends to question a lot of what comes out of Daytona. He also questions most of what comes out of the FIA, Bernie, CART and most other organizations, as well he should. And he really doesn't show much of a bias against any racing series on the planet. His problem is, he favors some series over others by withholding a critical eye.

Because if a statement comes out of the mouth of the IRL, he most often repeats it as fact without questioning the motivation or evidence disproving it. Even the many times he's been called on it, he rarely backs down. There's a clear pattern of this happening and I find it somewhat baffling.

He can cry and curse about being called a shill, but he is a de facto shill and he's brought it all on himself. I think he's suffering the sickness of believing his own press releases.

[Newtsche]

Originally posted by Alfisti
I dunno, something about the guy just grates me, he is VERY hard to watch to say the least.

I can't put my finger on it ... anyone help?

I always thought he was a lightweight. I'll say he's generally o.k. on Wind Tunnel. The show has been a pleasant surprise, it's getting a lot of attention. I attribute that to a niche that needed filling, a ready-made audience. Wind Tunnel really started to establish itself just as the major driving series were winding up, great timing. I do find that Despain kind of goes wobbly on interviews, not really pushing points that need it, sort of obsequious. This little clip is kinda funny but tough talk is not very convincing with the hint of a lisp.

[Ross Stonefeld]

I lost my Wind Tunnel Boner when they went nightly. When it was a Friday only thing and it was early and had what at the time seemed like really big important guests, it was amazing stuff. We used to watch it in Atlas Chat like Jesus was on Larry King.

[ruther]

Originally posted by Slyder


"OH THAT DUMBASS NON-DRIVING SON OF A BITCH WRECKED MY FAVORITE GUY AGAIN." COME ON, THAT'S BULLSHIT. DUMBASS DRIVING ERRORS DON'T HAVE A GOD DAMN THING TO DO ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU LIKE THE ****ing GUY!

[Pete Aaron]

Not surprising that Ross had a boner over Dave Despain...errrr WindTunnel uh errr...
("Moderator" clip above)
Anyway....
Despain didn't have much to quibble with the NASCAR/Earnhardt line either when he was a weekly reporter he is beholden to certain disiplines and he is noticably neutral on the story of the The Flying Burrito (irl) Brothers as well.
Robin Miller has the inside on flyover country racing, Despain has always been a fixture in MX raciing of any sort for years, so that's why he's getting a blast off at that crowd.
He deserves and does a good job with the airtime he has. I've always had the view that the commentators on TV can hardly be immune to their opinions on the sport they cover, putting news in what they report and keeping some sort of personal opinion to themselves is pretty much impossible.
Racing, by nature and in fact, is a close mouthed business. No reporter is trusted 100% that I've ever seen.
They won't see the parts orders, nor the salary contracts, or really anymore than 25-30 % of any racing business as a whole. Neither will the officials running the series.
Reporters are definitely full time participants nonetheless.
Being an on air reporter is a hazardous position, hell, most of peoples opinions about Jackie Stewart were made long after his carreer as a driver was over and solely because he was one of the first reporters with an opinion to go with the news he was reporting from the circuits,on television
It's a tough job, Despain does it as well as could be expected for the amount of series he covers and I look forward to his 2004 blast.

[917k]

Originally posted by random
His tirade was funny, the unfortunate bit is that I think he believes most of what he said.

Don't get me wrong, I like Dave and the show, I record it nearly every night. Although I do fast forward through most of the Nascar, drag racing and motorcycle bits. This lets me to watch an average show in about 15 minutes. However, Dave is clearly discriminatory in his treatment of certain people/organizations in the racing world.

In Robin Miller's ESPN article of about 2 weeks ago, Robin talks about his experience on Wind Tunnel. He takes large issue with Dave's acceptance of the IRL and IMS's statements that no debris went into the grandstand areas in the Andretti, Brack and Renna incidents. Miller arrived at the show with evidence from multiple sources proving the IRL and IMS statements were false. Yet Dave repeated the IRL statements verbatim and ignored Miller's evidence. Miller's ESPN article said he would have had to call Dave a liar on the air and he wasn't going to do that.

The problem is, Dave really thinks he's not a shill. One would think he would have to be a shill for the Nascar organization. Yet strangely enough, he doesn't seem to be, he really tends to question a lot of what comes out of Daytona. He also questions most of what comes out of the FIA, Bernie, CART and most other organizations, as well he should. And he really doesn't show much of a bias against any racing series on the planet. His problem is, he favors some series over others by withholding a critical eye.

Because if a statement comes out of the mouth of the IRL, he most often repeats it as fact without questioning the motivation or evidence disproving it. Even the many times he's been called on it, he rarely backs down. There's a clear pattern of this happening and I find it somewhat baffling.

He can cry and curse about being called a shill, but he is a de facto shill and he's brought it all on himself. I think he's suffering the sickness of believing his own press releases.

Yep,yet another guy out to kill CART.

[random]

Originally posted by 917k
Yep,yet another guy out to kill CART.

You didn't read my post at all... Yet another post by 917 where he characterizes me without even bothering to read. Agenda much?

The paragraph you neglected to read:
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"And he really doesn't show much of a bias against any racing series on the planet. His problem is, he favors some series over others by withholding a critical eye."
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Do you even watch the show? If you don't you can hardly comment on his practices.

Dave is clearly not out to Kill any racing series. In fact, I've never seen him demonstrate a bias against any series, CART included.

Where his journalistic integrity falls down is when he maintains a critical eye on most of the worlds racing series, but neglects to do so when it regards the IRL. His critical eye tends to dissipate, he accepts their word at face value, even when guests point out their lies.

He's been called on it many times, yet he persists. And on a Nascar dominated network, he gives the IRL far more leeway than he does the Nascar organization or any other racing organization. I never said Dave was out to get CART, very clearly he isn't, what he's guilty of is protecting the shoddy management of the IRL and giving that organization the benefit of any doubt on many issue regarding them.


BTW, did you know it's looking as though the IRL's big fix for the blow-over problem is.... (wait for it).... to do nothing. Even Dave accepts that an IRL car going into a packed grandstand could mean the end of open wheel racing in the states. Dave should have hammered them when this was announced last week, he mentioned the article in passing but didn't render the least bit of criticism, not a word.

"Barnhart said he does not expect major adjustments to the cars for next season, in part because he thinks Renna's flip was an aberration. He said the other four cars that went airborne this season got off the ground with help from outside factors such as wheel-to-wheel contact with another car."
http://www.indystar....0-9927-036.html

[Yelnats]

Originally posted by Ross Stonefeld
Something about that doesnt seem right. Did anyone see it 'live'?

Your f***ing right I saw the g**d**n thing live and I still have'nt got over it. My jaw dropped to the floor and I could only believe that they aired the wrong tape. But wait a second, thats impossible, it wasn't on CBC.

[Fransz]

That was awsome!

What's the matter, were Speed Channel's ratings down? Did they need some shock value to increase viewership and/or interest?