Registered: Apr 2003
Location: San Jose, California
BBC interviews the wrong guy
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Television networks have been known to put just about anyone on the air as an "expert." But the BBC elevated the practice to pure farce last week when, instead of interviewing NewsWireless.net editor Guy Kewney, they accidentally interviewed his cabbie instead. Kewney was supposed to go on air to discuss Apple Computer's victory in a trademark lawsuit filed by The Beatles' Apple Corp. over its use of the Apple logo in iTunes. But a producer grabbed the baffled cabbie, who was wearing a "Guy Kewney" name tag, and seated him in the studio. YouTube and other video-sharing websites featured the instant-classic clip, where the cabbie's look of horror was quickly replaced by a game face as he tried to answer BBC interviewer Karen Bowman's questions.
the BBC were awesome at fuckups man seriously, I used to catch shit on a daily basis. Names/ job titles, typos ALL THE TIME. Fackin drunks in that country, innit
Registered: Jun 2005
Location: Doll-Dagga Buzz-Buzz Ziggety Zag
LMAO
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May-15-2006 19:33
VERTiG0
cunning linguist.
Registered: Dec 2003
Location: no longer Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Saw this last night and nearly pissed myself. I feel so sorry for the guy though, he realizes what is going on as soon as the lady introduces him as that Kewney guy and yet continues to participate.
May-15-2006 19:34
Goashem
oh yeah twitch it girl
Registered: Mar 2004
Location: Toronto
man his company should promote him to a spokesperson. he did a great job.
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May-15-2006 19:50
*~LiSa-LoO~*
Ferry Corsten's bitch
Registered: Mar 2003
Location: on holiday
quote:
Originally posted by DJ_Ampz
Hell he did a good job at it lol. as best as could be. LOVE the face as they introduced him.
Ampz
Hahaha...hilarious
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May-15-2006 19:52
raveed
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Registered: Apr 2003
Location: San Jose, California
quote:
Originally posted by DJ_Ampz
Hell he did a good job at it lol. as best as could be. LOVE the face as they introduced him.
Ampz
True that. Hats of to him for trying to answer the questions thrown at him and not admitting that hes the wrong guy and embarrasing the channel.
May-15-2006 20:12
loconet
de la puta madre!
Registered: Jul 2002
Location: San Francisco
He wasn't actually a cabbie. He was applying for a job at BBC. Hilarious nonetheless LOL.
quote:
OK, reset everything you've heard about my appearance on the BBC: they've found the "taxi driver" and (as I have constantly tried to explain to everybody) he isn't a taxi driver.
His name is Guy Goma - which goes some way to explaining why he (and the BBC receptionist) assumed that someone asking for Guy Kewney was asking for him.
And he wasn't there to pick up a fare, because he's not a cabbie. He's a Business Studies graduate, from the Congo, and he was there in reception because he was applying for a high level IT job with the BBC.
Apparently the unflappable Mr Goma assumed the whole thing was some kind of initiation prank. His own speciality is data cleansing, and (my source inside the Beeb tells me) was "a little upset that nobody asked him about his data cleansing expertise."
Once again, the Daily Mail proves itself to be hotter on this trail than anybody else, and a Mail reporter has been posing Mr Goma outside the White City headquarters of the BBC. A picture story will be in tomorrow's edition, apparently.
That guys face is awesome !! I love his eyes moving around, too funny !
May-15-2006 21:01
adi26
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Apr 2003
Location: Miami, FL
May-15-2006 21:09
Jer
Never Left
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: London Town
quote:
Originally posted by jon jon
that guy is awesome, I love him.
the BBC were awesome at fuckups man seriously, I used to catch shit on a daily basis. Names/ job titles, typos ALL THE TIME. Fackin drunks in that country, innit
BBC interviews the wrong guy
lol. as best as could be. LOVE the face as they introduced him. 
