> "I think there is a very distinct “lightning in a bottle” component to great and/or successful companies." Watching The Grand Tour[1] season 1 it feels stilt

> "I think there is a very distinct “lightning in a bottle” component to great and/or successful companies." Watching The Grand Tour[1] season 1 it feels stilted, awkward, like they are reciting their lines for some forced humor while Amazon showers cash and flashy cars all around trying too hard. If it was like this with three unknown people I wouldn't bother - I'm only watching on the hope that the lightning in a bottle sparks up again as they settle in, because the highs of Top Gear were good - friends messing about for a laugh, daring bold ideas, beautiful filming and settings. e.g. scaling the Guallatiri volcano https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOcJOn0nxnU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOcJOn0nxnU Crossing salt flats in Botswana: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OETj9aTYO2Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OETj9aTYO2Q Driving to the North Pole: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNkvASxfEWQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNkvASxfEWQ Driving the Bolivian Death Road: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daQcxVqQJsI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daQcxVqQJsI Building their own amphibious cars and crossing the English Channel in them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTVPPTV-bQM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTVPPTV-bQM Trying to run out of fuel before arriving at the Chernobyl exclusion zone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YtVV1VJ4f8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YtVV1VJ4f8 Getting lost trying to leave a traditional Italian city: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_eLViH7_YI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_eLViH7_YI Budget Italian Supercars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuCff8nCxBU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuCff8nCxBU [1] When they stopped Top Gear, Amazon snapped up Clarkson Hammond and May to make a Top Gear knockoff for Amazon Prime, that's The Grand Tour.