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[Jenna]

As someone said up there, he's nervous, checking his notes and not remembering his lines because he's lying. Hugh constructed a few notes on what he will probably be asked, and a list of things he'd have to lie about, so he didn't let the truth slip or something.

Just theorising, of course

[cillitbang]

[amlocke]

not to mention he' supposed to be a regular guy, not an actor on the Jimmy Kimmel show. I'm not worried about the acting on a talk show, now if that was lost, I'd be appalled.

[WarlordPayne]

He isn't supposed to be a regular guy, he's supposed to be the Communications Director of a major corporation. He's the face and the voice of the Hanso Foundation. It's his job to do stuff like this interview and do it well. A person that represents something as large, and shady, as the Foundation would need to be able to lie convincingly and be charismatic while doing it.

To me it just looked like they hired someone who wasn't good at improvisation.

Edit: By "they" I mean ABC. I don't think he was being sketchy on purpose, I think he was doing a bad job at playing Hugh.

[cnote1500]

[oliyoung]

Direct ABC Links

[Huginn]

I actually thought it was a skit it was so bad. He kept looking at the screen.

But it did make us guess what is real. Is the hanso game we are in taking place in a side universe that is different from the lost universe yet are attached? Are they trying to merge them into one world (all of them). I'm enjoying the tricks on reality. But for anyone not in game, very confusing.

I was pleased to see Hugh's picture taken down. It makes sense.

As for you UK players, you got the clues before us americans did, I suppose it is only fair for us to get something before you do too?

I'm wondering how far this rabbit hole goes

[cpababe]

[djrazz]

was i the onlyone that noticed the picture on the wall behind hugh ?
its the sphere at disney world a blatent advertising ... ahhhh
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaceship_Earth_%28Disney%29

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Spaceship_Earth_tiles_%28close%29
connection ? or just devient location where the live broadcast was coming from

[RPGgame]

kimmel in an odd way is now part of the game due to his interaction or you could consider him a player just like us.

[theShaggy]

[rose]

I didn't think the Hugh appearance was that bad. I give Kimmel credit for being willing to interview a fictious representative of a fictious company and doing it all with a straight face. As for Hugh's lack of professionalism - maybe they intentionally wanted the company to look a bit fake. Lots of the viewers would be assuming it was a real company - maybe they wanted them to know that something wasn't quite right. Whatever, I thought he did fine and I laughed out loud when he said that he found Lost confusing.

As for the in-game v. out-of-game debate - I am certain that this appearance is in-game. I also think we will be coming back to verify or question several of the statements made by Hugh:

that he has met Hanso and, presumably, knows where he is

that Dharma ended in 1987

that statements made in the book Bad Twin are incorrect

I suspect that Hugh and other in-game characters will be making other appearances on ABC shows in the future.

I don't think people should get too frustrated with this game too early. Clearly the PMs are a bit overwhelmed at this point. And, anyway, don't you want to know what happened to Hanso?

[Astald]

Well said rose.
Plus, correct me if I am wrong, but isn't this the first time in ARG history an in-game character ever appeared on a national talk-show?

[SteveT]

Static Disruption???

[WarlordPayne]

I Tivo'd it and played it back frame by frame. The static was primarily a white background with horizontal black lines on it. I suppose it could possibly have been some sort of code but there didn't seem to be a pattern to it. The lengths of the lines and distances between them looked more or less uniform.

The greenish static and other colors just looked like block noise.