So, aparantly this guy is big in America.
OK, I get that. I've seen some of his cool snake eating, and his funny card tricks.
Although I've met faster snales than him (not that I meet a lot of snales anyway). He always seems to be 10 feet behind the crowd, one brick short of a wall, a few chips short of a portion, a couple of pennies short of a pound, a few.. you get the idea.
So anyway, he comes over to England to start promoting some thing. This... thing.. involves him hanging in a box above the river Themes with no food for 44 days, with - aparantly - only water supplied to him in a tube, and a hole and stuff for him to Number One and Number Two in to.
Now, I know our cousins from across the water are... in to that spiritual, questing, soul-thriving, soul searching, heart warming.. stuff. Magic, and love, and hugs, and all of that shinannigans that you yanks like.
But this. This, I do not get. And neither does, quite frankly, most of England.
'The ultimate test - suspended in the air for 44 days and nights without food'.
Hello Mr.Blane. What the fuck?
Wow that's very clever. There's about ten thousand people below you who live in boxes and don't eat because they CAN'T. But you're trying to impress us through choice?
That's the general consensus.
So I was more than bemused to see people having BBQ's, dinners, parties, and to see fast-food stands erected right below him.
And then I realised, this is what it was. Pure entertainment to see him suffer while we had a great laugh at what a prat he is.
It was even more glorified to see his girlfriend coming on TV and attempting to shame the English public that we were so cruel, all the while 4 lads in the background were sticking more burgers on a mobile BBQ.

Classic. Completely classic.

So I say yey Blane. Keep at it. You're entertaining in ways you'd never have imagined. Literally.

who is this guy you speak of!

NO he is not big in America. david Blane is big to David Blane. Just another dumbass trying to be cool like Penn and Teller

Actually I had no idea who Blaine was until all the headlines recently.

I generally ignore "stunts" done for publicity or to get some spot in a silly record book, but hey, if it turns into entertainment so much the better!

IMO anyone starving themselves for personal publicity deserves all the abuse heaped upon them.

David who?

Who the fuck is David Blane? Is he the guy who like froze himself or some shit?

If he is, I got a stunt for him. Put his hands in my blender while I stab at the on button with a long stick.

Did a little research.

David BLane is big with the MTV crowd, which if it were up to any sane, rational thinking human being would all be shipped off to Iraq.

Then nobody would care how many bombs we dropped on the country. Hell, I think even the French might dust off a bullet or two and place them on the ground nearby then run away.

Blane's claim to fame is that he performs as a "street magician." Most of his tricks are well documented, and he doesn't do anything that any number of other competent close-up illusionists can do.

For fun, I suggest you learn his most "famous" trick - balducci levitation (http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Stage/7308/balducci.html) - which, given a receptive audience, gives a pretty good result.

His Discovery/Travel special is a good watch if you enjoy that kind of thing...

everyone knows blane is the biggest scam.

they even had a 1 hour show on how much of a scam he is

Keep him.America doesn't want him back..he's an idiot.

Is there any way to get the BBC to film this clown and show the food vendors below him?

Put it on CNN or something... share that with the world.

<chuckle>

Forty-four days and no food while folks are partying below.... I love it!

Oh come on :P Everyone knows that David Blaine is most famous for the episode of South Park where he got the kids and other members of South Park to become "Blaintologists", did the eat his own face trick, and then had everyone commit suicide in Washington D.C. so that they could get tax exempt status. Too bad Jesus, Moses, Semen (I mean Sea-Man!) and the rest of the Super Best Friends were there to save the day.

I mean come on, get with the program!

Master Damoiel Mindbend
Retired Enchanter of the 60th Season

>Semen (I mean Sea-Man!)

with his trusty side kick SWALLOW!

Of course, how could I forget Swallow :)

Master Damoiel Mindbend
Retired Enchanter of the 60th Season

The greatest joke ever was on that episode.

See, david blane had used his magic to bring the statue of abraham lincoln alive, and it was rampaging throughout Washington. So, the super friends, being unable to stop the statue, ask their leader moses for advice.

Super Friends:
How do you stop a giant, stone, rampaging abraham lincoln?

Moses:
Ummm...... errr..... *looks around* A... giant, stone... john wilks booth?

I almost died from laughing from that... perfect execution.

And for those wondering, the superfriends do construct a giant stone John Wilks Booth, and he shoots the giant stone abraham lincoln in the back of the head.

How does this guy get away with calling himself a "magician". Usually when someone locks himself in a box for 44 days we call him a "nut job"

The shit he does is just like the stuff weird people do to get in the guiness book of world record. Except I am sure the records for not eating while in a small place is more then 44 days.

In short he is a 3rd rate magician whose main claim to fame is fucking a 2nd rate musician who some people think is hot.

Michael Jackson said that David Blane's magic was real, so this thread is Case Closed for me!

i liked blane at first, but his recent shit is off the wall, id still like to know how he levitated in central park, and how he levitated on teh docks with NOTHING able to support him, as in nothing overhead

'Forty-four days and no food while folks are partying below.... I love it!'

- Exactly :P
First I was like.. what a twat. Now I'm like, keep going mate, this is fucking hillarious.

I liked his early street magician stuff from, oh, 6 or 7 years ago. But at this point he seems to think he's America's answer to the Beatles or something. I couldn't care less about this box trick.

However, I heard that some guy used a remote controlled helicopter or plane to fly a cheeseburger around Blaine's cage. The taunts and interference are all that make this stunt interesting.

He levitated in Central Park due to the chain holding him up.

Keep him, he's an idiot.

As far as the people below having a party and grilling up some good, eats, more power to them! Pass some food my way!

I've often wanted to set up a cart selling rotisserie style cornish game hens when the local chapter of the Uber Special Bird Society has their conference out at the expo center.

That would make me laugh.

david copperfield > david blane

I think I will be a david blaine and slam my dick repeatedly in a sliding glass door to get a world record on glass door tallywhacker slamming. This guy is a total idiot yeah lets starve ourselfs wow thats magic kinda like what I said above. I think people should start throwing food at his suspended box. And can you imagine what it smells like in there? Mmmm Magic fumes. But on a serious note, What is the point of him doing it? its not Magic its just stupidity unless I have missed something somewhere.

Sothgar

Never heard of him.

And by America, do you mean Canada? US? Further south?

;)

The Amazing Jonathon performs the best magic of all. I almost fell out of my seat when he pulled the bird out from behind the handkerchief.

Amazing Jonathon Rocks

To go without food for 44 days is an incredible feat, it must take a lot of determination and willpower to do such a thing. Just try not to eat anything for one day and you will see how hard it is.

Sure, to some people he is being a dick for doing this but ask yourself if you have ever taking anything to the extreme and really pushed your body to the limits. My guess is the only answer is when you stay up playing everquest for 48 hours straight then go to bed with a full stomach of pizza and coke.

its not the 44 day thing that fucking annoys people, its the way he fucking presents it like he's performing the works of God.

I'm glad he can go for 44 days without eating, but fucking suspending himself over a fucking river in fucking England and making a fucking huge spectacle? Thats for the fucking birds.

You dont see fucking Lance Armstrong fucking strapping himself to a fucking exercise bicycle for 3 months.

This guy is just a fucking publicity slut, he couldnt get the fucking attention he wanted doing the fucking street magic (Which, I will admit, was pretty fucking cool), so now he's inside the fucking Box of Im a Fucking AttentionWhore.

Takuan, have you tried it yourself? I assure you that it is not very difficult after the first 36 hours, especially if you are not exposed to food-related TV ads or strong food odors. My personal best (I don't recall why I did so) was around three and a half days.

Then again, I'd probably feel differently on the subject if I or anyone in my family could cook half-decently.

I'd have to concur with Will, after about the 60 hour mark, your body starts eatting away at its natural fuels, Fat and Protein.

You'll suddenly feel quite satisfied after that mark, I recently fasted for a week and felt exactly what he was saying.

Now..granted..this is absolutley horrible to do to yourself...I have no idea what its like after a week..but god..44 days.

Ive never seen him..so unless he was fat when he went in...hes gonna be eatting away at his bone marrow after about 4 weeks...

I can't imagine that will feel plesant.

Aye ok Karmon I see the point of him being a publicity slut :) and his street magic was pretty cool but he has gone a bit overboard.

Darus, yeah he was fat when he went in, not fat as in fat but plumpish.

Actually if you begin to eat less that 1200 calories a day your "caveman instincts" will lower your metabolism making it harder for you to lose fat from your body. That is why you get all these fat dieters eating nothing for a week and lose no fat and then they feel hungry and tuck into a pint of Ben&Jerrys and theyre even worse than they were when they started.

By the way Darus, get on EQ sometime to play I still got you on my friends list.

Yah..during those periods your body is actually eatting away at your protein reserves, in periods of starvation they go first..eats away at your muscle tissue and some fat..

The goes back to fat and once outta fat, and then back to muscle , and once low on muscle..starts eatting away at bone marrow..then you die ;(.

Over simplafied for sure..but thats a dangerous game =/...marrow tissue doesnt regenerate. So he better hope he makes enough money off this stunt for some million dollar surgery.

I dont even know the UN/PWs to my EQ accounts anymore, not that I'd even wanna return.

Any plans to play WoW tak? I havnt played a online game in over a year now, thats gonna be next on list though.

No, mate I won't be playing any other games after Everquest, the wife would kill me. I'll probably stick to some first person shooters online as I can finish those anytime I like. That's always been the problem with EQ, you can't finish suddenly, it always takes about ten minutes to say goodbye to everyone get out of the zone then log off, especially harder when you don't have gate.

Well if ya ever play a good fps or other multiplayer game, feel free to drop me an email..if its any good I'll pick up a copy and play with you sometime in the wee hours