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Monday, August 22, 2011

TV Interview Techniques

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Of course, it was round... except where at the one end it tapered slightly, making it look a bit like one of those other beings you see on the telly, except for the fur – obviously - and the fact that it was blue. Then there was its tendency to squeak in a slightly distressed manner when in the near vicinity of a politician. However, I suppose we can all understand, and – perhaps – sympathise with that.

Obviously enough, everyone immediately presumed it was some sort of alien, some sort of creature, from another planet.

Which it was, obviously.

Even in the genetic backwaters of the human race, nothing like that has ever really developed, not even after several generations of incestuous interbreeding, so it seemed unlikely that it was human, or - given that it had got a job on the TV – near human.

There was – as soon as it conducted its first in-depth interview - some rather robust editorials and feature articles in the various newspapers asking why a creature from another planet had managed to get a peak-time chat show on national TV, especially given its tendency to squeak intermittently when interviewing politicians. After its first show, many of the tabloids demanded that it either did, or didn't, immediately start anal probing on selected politicians on live TV.

Such was the speculation about the anal probing that the alien's agent had to release a press statement saying that the alien – who everyone was now calling Henrietta (although that wasn't her name – her name actually translated out as Steve) – pointing out that she (he... maybe) was not from a race that routinely practised anal probings on other intelligent species, or even humans.

Strangely enough that seemed to disappoint many viewers and there was an immediate slump in Henrietta's viewing figures that took several weeks to recover.

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