The reporter had no idea, what a dick ! Do people still play pinball he asks. He did alot of homework before that interview. And he couldnt tell it was a brand new pinball machine. The pinball player was talking about pinball and the idiot tv presenter is asking about basketball - schmuck.
Didnt the WOZ game look great but. Thanks for the video link !  

This is actually a common interview technique to get an average Joe to open up and speak comfortably (on camera or not).

Ask a lot of simple, generic questions that seem patently obvious which the interviewee cannot possibly get wrong and they temporarily forget their surroundings making the entire scenario more relaxed and natural and the interviewee more responsive and forthcoming with information.

It works in real life situations as well where the interviewee may feel threatened, uncomfortable or nervous.

If you have ever conducted job interviews or interviewing where a person may feel under pressure you would be familiar with this technique for extracting information.