It’s Robin Cooper Week at the BBC!

by Robert Popper on November 27, 2009 · 20 comments

A short while ago, the BBC kindly asked if they could animate some of my Timewaster Phone Calls. Luckily I had just finished a brand new series of calls made when I received a very dodgy-looking letter, claiming I’d won over 600,000 Euros in the Spanish Lottery. All I had to do was phone a ‘Mr Don Luis Lopez’. So I did…

The first one starts today on the BBC Comedy site, and a new one will go up each day for a week. Read here first.

Feel free to check in each day.

A big thanks to Joseph Pierce for his fantastic Cooper-esque animations.

  • paulinefiggis

    so funny….(some form of recompense)

  • JohnnyW2001

    Holy crap, that's awesome! Looking forward to it, Robert. Congrats!

  • JohnnyW2001

    Haha! That was hilarious. The images really add to it, too. Possibly my favourite Cooper call so far! So many priceless moments. Wonderful.

    Also, I can't believe that there is a guy willing to just con people like that. I'm amazed that they actually answer the phone and are so brazen.

  • http://robertpopper.com Robert Popper

    Thanks!

  • http://robertpopper.com Robert Popper

    Yes, certainly some form of recompense indeed!

  • EthanRunt

    What genius, hysterical phone call, and rather interesting to hear such a con in play, and such beautiful animation to boot.
    Brilliant.

  • Joellifer

    So sweetly mean (although the fellow most definitely deserved it!)

  • http://robertpopper.com Robert Popper

    Thanks so much.

  • http://twitter.com/Miss_Majic Miss_Majic

    Hahaha brilliant, can't believe the tit stayed on the phone so long!

  • terrapod

    Great to see you turning your talents into 419 scammer territory and wasting the time of people who'd otherwise be using it to rip people off. Keep it up.

  • Mel

    Brilliant. Had to replay it cause I missed things while I was laughing. I want to share the video on facebook, but I can't figure out how. *frustration*

  • http://robertpopper.com Robert Popper

    Thanks. If you go to the BBC site and find it you can click on Embed Code, and copy the code and then paste it in. I think….

  • deniscummings

    I still gasp at the story of the Aerial Photographs. I almost fell out of bed it was so funny.

  • Abel King

    Am I the only person who thinks this is a little cruel? . The people at Spanish lottery work very hard and the last thing they need is time wasters bunging up their system with prank calls.

  • http://robertpopper.com Robert Popper

    Brilliant! Nice work!

  • deniscummings

    I still gasp at the story of the Aerial Photographs. I almost fell out of bed it was so funny.

  • Abel King

    Am I the only person who thinks this is a little cruel? . The people at Spanish lottery work very hard and the last thing they need is time wasters bunging up their system with prank calls.

  • http://robertpopper.com Robert Popper

    Brilliant! Nice work!

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  • Dave Sewell

    Too funny, he seemed genuinely flustered when asking for your ears (attention)…..

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