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â–²Guy Goma's Accidental BBC Interview Lives on After 20 Years (nytimes.com)
ebbi 2 hours ago [-]
His facial expression when the presenter was introducing 'him' is absolute gold! When I first watched it, I actually thought it was a skit - it being BBC, the animated facial reactions, the presenter trying to navigate his (non)-answers.
sxzygz 2 days ago [-]
zdw 2 hours ago [-]
This seems to have happened about a year before "The IT Crowd" episode "Smoke and Mirrors" aired.

In that episode Moss, one of the IT denizens, goes to a TV studio where he is mistakenly put on a news program and interviewed about a war.

I wonder if they're related...

bgc 2 hours ago [-]
That episode is indeed based on this event: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1111175/trivia/?ref_=tt_dyk_trv
rchaud 40 minutes ago [-]
One of the first viral videos in the early years of Youtube. This was at a time when the Internet was just small enough that a single video could organically circulate around the whole world and be universally appreciated for its ridiculous yet endearing nature, by adults and kids alike.
heldrida 2 hours ago [-]
Related HN posted earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48074260

A book was released…

huflungdung 58 minutes ago [-]
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rmason 2 days ago [-]
For those without a NYT subscription:

https://archive.is/xZgBI#selection-505.0-505.55

binaryturtle 2 hours ago [-]
But this needs a Cloudflare subscription, or something? I can't open it either. :)
2 hours ago [-]
ares623 45 minutes ago [-]
When a relatable guy starts making stuff up on live TV everyone loves it.

But when my chatbot does it, everyone gets upset! Make it make sense.

recursive 26 minutes ago [-]
We're human supremacists. We would take risks to rescue stranded hikers, but not as much to rescue a stranded e bike. We eat animals but not humans. Humans are special to humans.
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