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14 May 2006

Remarkable Punditry from the BBC

My old friend Guy Kewney gave a bizarre interview on the BBC this past week, offering a surprisingly rambling commentary on the Beatles/Apple court case.   Except it turned out not to be him at all, but his startled cab driver who had been grabbed by a floor producer apparently because was holding Kewney's name tag.  Reminded me for a moment of the classic Peter Sellers movie "Being There". Priceless. Check out the look on the driver's face as the interview starts to roll.....

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Actually he wasn't a cab driver but someone looking for a job. You can imagine the conversation.
"Hello, we are a running a bit late, are you ready for your interview."
"Yes"
"Great, just through here, sit there, lights camera action"
"oooh-kay"

I love the transcript of the interview:

KAREN BOWERMAN: Guy Kewney is editor of the technology website Newswireless.

(Face of horror)

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