Two of my favourite moments from Beadle's About - a man who's re-awoken after a cryogenic slumber and a blood drinking scientist terrify two new employees!
The power of thought play. We know it's fruit juice and still think it's vile to drink. The setting of a blood bank makes us think how vile this would be. Love these Beadle pranks.
I dont think this chap actually believed the frozen body prank, but played along. And I can't believe how no one recognised JB in those ridiculous disguises. It's still worth watching but sadly not convincing.
How was this filmed? The camera angles are always perfect. The way the camera pans following him when he’s running up the stairs. Did they have the tech for that back then?
The shot of the guy running up the stairs is almost certainly a pickup shot, filmed after the prank and edited in to "enhance" the footage. Wherever the camerawork seems to be more professionally staged, that's because it is. Once he left the room, they had a big problem. No cameras or microphones beyond that space. Which is why the actor answers the phone and tells him there's a call for him, a desperate improv moment to get him back to where he can be filmed. A lot of Beadle's About pranks contain footage recorded after the event.
