Well, the background isnt really how it appears, its made up of carefully positioned stands - for instance the radio is actually made up of two halfs which when the camera is positioned in front you cannot tell. The 'peeling back' of reality to reveal the jumble of different layers starts with the middle cup, which wasnt really a cup at all but rather a large sticker on the table in the last 'revealing' shot, then pans to the side where you see all the stands that made up the illusion of a room behind. Its a neat trick but having said that, I wouldnt say its awesome.

When this was shown on David Attenboroughs prog they said the whale had beached, been town out and dropped into deep water. Interesting vid though.