Early in 1990, I was busking in O'Connell St. Ennis.

Before long three people (a German TV crew) with a 'TV standard' Video camera, a large outdoor microphone (covered with obligatory large smelly sock), and an equally imposing large tape recorder.

Without so much as a 'by your leave' they filmed me for 10 mins, 2 or 3 songs, and then as I was in the middle of the next song, they started to pack up and move up the street.
I stopped the song, and called them back, and told them that 'appearance money' gets paid in Germany too, right?
In that case, I told them, this is my bank account number, and after exchanging addresses and phone numbers (especially theirs), I let them go on their way.

4 months later, they deposited 500 quid into my account.

They would have buggered off, though, if I had have kept my mouth shut.

B.