Chris Mitchell becomes a star, thanks to his magical powers
Some BBC reporters
could easily get jobs as comedians, based on the kind of hilarity they
prompt online. In 2013, BBC News anchor Simon McCoy, stepped in front of
a camera holding a pack of printer paper as if it was an iPad / tablet,
and it seems that we now have a suitable replacement.
His name is Chris Mitchell and he works for BBC
Sports. Unlike McCoy, whose hilarious faux-pas you can see in the second
video embedded at the end of this blog post, Mitchell doesn’t need any
kind of substitute for an iPad, because he can always rely on his
magical powers.
You know that segment at the end of a show or news
broadcast, when the credits roll but the visuals don’t cut off and we
get to see the hosts for a few more seconds, either chatting with each
other (with the sound off) or writing down stuff on their notes, or
playing on their tablets.
With Chris, BBC Sports could not spare a sheet of
paper or an actual tablet, so when that moment came, he seemed at a loss
as to what he should do for the next few seconds, during which time he
knew the camera was on him.
So he just lifted the palm of his hand and started
tapping on it as if he was really holding a device there. No word yet on
what applications he was using during this display of magical powers,
but whatever it was brought him Internet fame.
Mitchell is showing the world he’s a good sport by
joking on Twitter that he was using technology from the future, to which
us mortals don’t have access yet. It’s either that, or his magic is
really that good.
Check out the hilarious moment now.
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