Fake Bloopers
More of that reality TV crap is fake than you might realize. In a Bravo special that aired Monday called "The Reality of Reality: How Real Is Real?" a woman in the clip-show business says that she's worked shows where 75% of the footage is faked, "if not, maybe a little more."
Wolf tells how he and a colleague organized a sting when they suspected that a Canadian private investigator was hawking fake blooper videos. They called the PI, explaining they were in desperate need of surveillance video they heard existing of a bartender in Canada who stirred a drink with his penis.
"We came up with a scenario that was so outrageous; we basically storyboarded it for him," Wolf recalls. "A few days go by, and he calls and says, 'Guess what? I found your video.'
Wolf tells how he and a colleague organized a sting when they suspected that a Canadian private investigator was hawking fake blooper videos. They called the PI, explaining they were in desperate need of surveillance video they heard existing of a bartender in Canada who stirred a drink with his penis.
"We came up with a scenario that was so outrageous; we basically storyboarded it for him," Wolf recalls. "A few days go by, and he calls and says, 'Guess what? I found your video.'
# | September 30, 2003