Yeah, but the result is that it may as well be live - you can't really go and do another take.
What you film is what you get, with a bit of light editing.
In the end, ethically the producer should've stepped in and done something, and I guess in the end they did when Nathan Brown was put in charge, but it should've happened earlier.
Even so, the Footy Show came out on top in this one, getting massive publicity at Fev's expense. And this is priority number one.
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And can you imagine trying to stop Fev when he has turned into a drunken stumbling force of nature??
I for one would leave that job to someone else.