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BBC News 24 interviews cab driver about "Apple vs. Apple"

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  • 14-05-2006 6:46pm
    #1
    YeatsCounty
    Registered Users Posts: 1,474 ✭✭✭


    The interview

    Check out his reaction when his "name" is read out!

    From Sky News:
    A computer expert has spoken of his astonishment at seeing a taxi driver interviewed on BBC television news in the mistaken belief it was him.

    Guy Kewney was invited to BBC Television Centre to answer questions on the legal battle between the Beatles' Apple Corps and Apple Computer.

    As he watched the BBC's News 24 channel in a reception area while waiting to be interviewed, he was gobsmacked to see "Guy Kewney" appear on the screen.

    Mr Kewney, who is white, is a specialist in computers and information technology, having worked as an IT journalist and founded newswireless.net.

    But the "Guy Kewney" who appeared in the BBC slot was black, and did not seem to know much about the complicated High Court case.

    The cabbie, who has not been named, gamely attempted to answer questions fired at him by BBC consumer affairs correspondent Karen Bowerman.

    He had been waiting for his fare in reception when he heard the name Guy Kewney called out. Presumably expecting the expert to follow him to the taxi, he raised his hand - and found himself being ushered into a studio and fitted with a microphone.

    On his website, the real Mr Kewney said the cabbie "seemed as baffled as I felt" when asked about the consequences of the lawsuit live on BBC News 24.

    Only when Ms Bowerman announced live on air the name and title of the man who should have been there and asked the first question did the driver realise there had been a mix-up.

    Admitting the mistake, a BBC spokeswoman said: "We apologise to viewers for any confusion."


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    Rollo Tamasi
    Registered Users Posts: 3,514 ✭✭✭Rollo Tamasi


    fantastic!


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    #3
    Femelade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,820 ✭✭✭Femelade


    ah the poor fella! the look on his face!


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    #4
    SpAcEd OuT
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,963 ✭✭✭SpAcEd OuT


    that is hilarouis


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    #5
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,099 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    Haha, BBC pwned! :D


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    aidan_walsh
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    Brilliant. "Well, as we've just heard there..." :D


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    hullaballoo
    Administrators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,715 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭hullaballoo


    That is one of the funniest things I've ever seen the BBC do! He did really well to keep a straight face, and answer the questions. Fair play to him.


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    Pigman II
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    I think the taxi guy did a great job. I'm guessing most people would have just freaked out if they'd been dropped in that mess.

    It just shows you what a lot of crap TV news is. The interviewer was clearly on autopilot and was only focused on her script and nothing the interviewee had to say. Yer man could have said he liked to drown ginger babies in a bucket and she wouldn't have taken a blind bit of notice.


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    Mossy Monk
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    the look on his face at the start was great :D


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    radiospan
    Registered Users Posts: 3,329 ✭✭✭radiospan


    Ha! Brilliant. :D


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    #11
    shoutman
    Registered Users Posts: 6,924 ✭✭✭shoutman


    The look on his face was gas, but fair dues to the man he handled it well.


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    flogen
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 10,243 Mod ✭✭✭✭flogen


    Pigman II wrote:
    I think the taxi guy did a great job. I'm guessing most people would have just freaked out if they'd been dropped in that mess.

    It just shows you what a lot of crap TV news is. The interviewer was clearly on autopilot and was only focused on her script and nothing the interviewee had to say. Yer man could have said he liked to drown ginger babies in a bucket and she wouldn't have taken a blind bit of notice.

    I don't think that's true in this instance; I think it was quite obvious that the interviewer was listening to what he was saying, but he had nothing to say (quite naturally in that instance). I'd say had the real man been out there the interview would have been twice as long, you could see she was struggling to get that time out of him as it was, for all she knew he was just camera shy (or given his accent and the way he spoke she may have assumed he was a non national and not completely fluent in english and so was struggling).

    all in all though, fair play to the taxi driver, he was nice enough to avoid those involved some immediate embarresment and make himself (the expert :) seem the fool until afterwards); two Guy Kewney's in the same BBC studio at the same time, what are the odds?


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    SpAcEd OuT
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,963 ✭✭✭SpAcEd OuT


    lol just watching it again im sure the cameraman was like WTF when he started making that face


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    ChityWest
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    That is excellent ! funniest thing I have seen in ages - what the hell was that guy thinking ?


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    Karoma
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    The look on his face at the start is priceless.


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    Manolo Blahnik
    Closed Accounts Posts: 119 ✭✭Manolo Blahnik


    He was probably thinking omg I'll ruin everything for the bbc crew if I say I'm not him

    or he was thinking omg here's my few mintues of fame


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    blu_sonic
    Registered Users Posts: 2,953 ✭✭✭blu_sonic


    the best bit was "just as you heard there" lol yeah ya plums


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    Oriel
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Oriel


    That is ****ing priceless! :)


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    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    Ahah the look on his face :D :eek:


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    Chucky the tree
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,341 ✭✭✭✭Chucky the tree


    If they hadnt actually realised the story, no one would of known he was just a cabbie. I'd say people who were watching it live wouldnt of even guessed.


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    Smellyirishman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,285 ✭✭✭Smellyirishman


    Haha, fantastic. The face at the start was priceless, and then watching him breathing is pretty funny too. Fair play to him I say, did a fairly good BSing job but I suspect the reporters were somewhat weary of him. Just listen to the reporter as she hands off "Eh, now we can eh, go over to eh, dude at eh, the eh, other place, eh, so, eh, what do you think? EH?"


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    DOLEMAN
    Closed Accounts Posts: 850 ✭✭✭DOLEMAN


    HERO!!! Hahah quality. Haven't laughed like that in a long time!


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    Sofaspud
    Registered Users Posts: 3,625 ✭✭✭Sofaspud


    Smellyirishman wrote:
    Haha, fantastic. The face at the start was priceless, and then watching him breathing is pretty funny too. Fair play to him I say, did a fairly good BSing job but I suspect the reporters were somewhat weary of him. Just listen to the reporter as she hands off "Eh, now we can eh, go over to eh, dude at eh, the eh, other place, eh, so, eh, what do you think? EH?"


    That was probably because the rest of the crew were in her earpiece going "You stupid bitch, he's out HERE!"

    He did keep himself together fairly well, though. Well done to him.


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    Smellyirishman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,285 ✭✭✭Smellyirishman


    Sofaspud wrote:
    That was probably because the rest of the crew were in her earpiece going "You stupid bitch, he's out HERE!"

    Hehe, quite possibly.


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    MrJoeSoap
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    Absolutely priceless. Great post!

    The way he pulls about 20 faces in 2 seconds and then says "Good morning" at the start... :D


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    #26
    YeatsCounty
    Registered Users Posts: 1,474 ✭✭✭YeatsCounty


    Sarah: "Were you surprised by this verdict today?"
    'Guy': "I was surprised to see.....this verdict, to come on me....I was not expecting that."

    Basically, he was saying that he was surprised to be asked at all. :D Well done to him for getting over the shock of realising what was going on, he didn't do too badly at all!


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    #27
    bounty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 978 ✭✭✭bounty


    thats his 30 seconds of fame

    hmm looks so easy to get on tv


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    flogen
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 10,243 Mod ✭✭✭✭flogen


    I'm gonna head over to BBC studios, wait for a name to be called out and say it's me... I think we all should..

    we can then have a competition to see how many odd faces we can pull, and how much BSing we can get away with before we're cut!


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    monkeyfudge
    Registered Users Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    flogen wrote:
    two Guy Kewney's in the same BBC studio at the same time, what are the odds?
    The driver wasn't Guy Kewney, he was there to pick him up.


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    Mimikyu
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    #31
    Patricide
    Registered Users Posts: 4,658 ✭✭✭Patricide


    O god the first time i thought it was ****, but the second time i say it and his face o man i almost fell off the chair laughing.


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