As I still haven't heard anything, and have criticized everybody else's entries all ready, here's one of mine for autopsy. I assume not hearing anything amounts to complete and total abject failure...
All comments welcome
Dan
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Credit Crunch Hustle
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ROBERT PESTON:
So, here's how Evan Davis and I, Robert Peston, did it.
GRAMS: 'HUSTLE' MUSIC FOR THE 'HOW THE CON WAS DONE' EXPLANATION AT THE END
EVAN DAVIS:
First, we bumped up house prices by me speculating how high house prices could go.
ROBERT:
And I bumped up the banks' confidence by blogging how mortgage securities were amongst the safest investments for a guaranteed return.
EVAN:
Then, I explained how they were so complicated no-one could possibly understand how they made a profit.
ROBERT:
And they heard 'blah blah blah blah, profit!'
EVAN:
So they piled their money in.
ROBERT:
And shares went through the roof.
JONATHAN ROSS:
And, with a clever sleight of hand, everyone was distracted by my shenanigans.
RUSSELL BRAND:
With the assistance of me.
ANDREW SACHS:
And me!
EVAN:
Then I spoke of how mortgages were a load of old gumpf.
ROBERT:
And I described how the banks couldn't get their money back, even if they wanted to.
EVAN:
And we explained it in such a way, that even people who watch soap opera could understand.
ROBERT:
Then the banks really were in trouble.
EVAN:
Because everybody wanted their money back. So they queued.
ROBERT:
And queued.
EVAN:
And queued.
ROBERT:
So with a little scare-mongering—
EVAN:
—And a twinkle in our eye—
ROBERT:
The whole economy started to crash.
EVAN:
So we simply walked out of there with our new massive reputations.
ROBERT:
And enormous amounts of profile.
EVAN:
Job done.
END