VO-BB - 20 YEARS OLD!

[Philip Banks]

A few years ago I was chatting with a TV director called Bev over a coffee.
She commented that some of the people with whom we were working had the gift of being able to light her sometimes rather short fuse.

"How do you put up with it?" She asked.

"It doesn't happen very often but when I get to a point where I may say something someone else may regret I tend to smile politely and say, excuse me, just need to pop to the loo. 2 minutes ok?" Sadly, when annoyed, I am cursed with the ability to say things to people which leaves deep, long lasting scars. It is never acceptable to do this so a smile, an excuse me and 2 minutes to cool down is the best approach.

Any conversation with Bev never remained serious for too long as we both enjoyed laughing far too much and so we soon moved on to other matters.

Two days later Bev and I were in a dubbing theatre recording the voice inserts for the TV series. As usual we were joined by Rod the series producer. That day, everything in his eyes and to his ears was wrong and he wanted a fight, with everyone. He baited the hook and Bev took the bait every time. Danny the sound engineer wanted to be anywhere but in the same room as Rod and Bev.

After recording one of the inserts I returned to the control room and it was my turn to get a few verbal punches from the Guv'nor. I listened politely.

"Excuse me, just need to pop to the loo. 2 minutes ok?"

On my return there were "looks" from Producer, Director and Sound. I picked up my scripts and smiled.

"Right! Are we ready to go?"

We flew through the rest of the session and then I returned to the production office to collect my bits and pieces ready for the drive home. As I was leaving the office Bev walked in. Not a showbiz hug and an air kiss but a real smile, real hug and a real kiss.

"Thank you" she whispered in my ear.

[Lizden]

Looking up from her "PB wisdom" binder:

Noted.
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[flaspots]

Anytime I even thought I'd be in a stress-situation I'd arrive with a one-liter water bottle. Anytime I wanted to comment, I'd take a chug. Anytime I was asked for my "opinion" - chug-a-lug. When the bottle was empty, a polite "trip to the loo" and a refill, then back with a smile.

Heaven knows how many times it kept me from committing a felony.

[DaveChristi]

[bobsouer]

Dave,

I'd say the VO-BB archives serve that purpose quite well.
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