Ben Folds Five - One Angry Dwarf & 200 Solemn Faces | Directed by Peter Demetris

Ben Folds Five | One Angry Dwarf & 200 Solemn Faces - Directed by Peter Demetris
Originally broadcast on the Jack Docherty Show on Channel 5 UK in 1997.
From the director: As many of you have noticed this isn't a live performance. Instead it is a mime to a backing track. Unfortunately the Jack Docherty Show was a relatively low budget production. Although we had facilities to mic and mix a live band they were already being used on the house band. Even if we had the extra equipment needed to do a house band and a full live performance the production schedule wouldn't allow it as we only had one small stage and would have had to stop recording for over an hour and the audience made to wait while we set up a live band.
Ben Folds knew this when they were booked to come on the show and so decided to have some fun with the performance. They were not 'forced' to mime! They were cool with it and decided to have some fun with it. Ben was actually late dropping the piano on the night but I slipped the shot into sync to make him look good! I still think this is one of the best performances we had on the series and although I would have loved to do it properly live it is very entertaining nonetheless. Peter Demetris