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Fake boob scandal rocks iBall

Posted on April 28, 2008 by Richard Beddard
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Yes, those boobs were fake!

As regular readers know, when I’m not writing this blog, or editing the Interactive Investor mothership, or writing my Moneywise columns (or eating Swedish Meatball Wraps at Pret-a-Manger), I’m writing scripts for iBall.

It’s a lot of fun, though sadly with success comes money and ambition and the iBall team has moved out of our basement to film the shows in a swanky studio somewhere*1. For much of the day I’m alone at a bank of desks waiting to hear about their triumphs collaring unsuspecting members of the public on the streets of London.

They don’t even ask me to make props at lunchtime any more (I made the witches hat in this episode - they’ll never take that away from me).

Anyway, as Steve, our commandant-in-chief and very occasional blogger reminded me last week (when he oh so delicately suggested I share news of iBall’s 100th episode with readers), six months ago iBall was just a concept. Now it’s a badly executed concept.

No, seriously, it’s a premium piece of internet TV. We’ve learnt a lot, and it’s not just the props that are better. Compare today’s episode on British Airways, with one of the very early ones. Or take a look at the Kingfisher episode - it has a cult following, although maybe not for the right reasons.

Here’s Rupert, iBall’s fixer:

Rupert with oil drum

My first recollection of Rupert is walking into the office a month or so ago to find somebody new in Mike (Unilever Man) Langdon’s seat. Rupert was on the ‘phone when I first heard him speak, trying to ’source’ a pair of ‘fake boobs‘.

I think he only managed to get one boob, but they’ve made good use of it.

Anyway, Rupert’s with with my main source of companionship in this photo. It’s an oil drum he bought, but can’t get rid of.

Footnotes:

  1. I’ve never been there
  2. Steve doesn’t just make the news, he is the news. Watch him congratulate everyone except the script writers in i2i. Strike anyone?
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