David Blaine...

[Tristan]

It was so sad that when he first got out of the tank, he was crying!!

He must be so emotionally and physically drained, and I just LOVE a humble guy!

I literally got teary watching him.

 

[indallas2]

It was so sad that when he first got out of the tank, he was crying!!

He must be so emotionally and physically drained, and I just LOVE a humble guy!

I literally got teary watching him.

Yea, me too!!

I kept saying "he's going to kill himself, why am I watching this?" but I couldn't tear myself away from the TV for the entire 2 hours, LOL!!!

 

[christine2448]

:sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick:

 

[michelle]

I guess he has liver damage now....I hope he is ok, they said he left the hospital, he is CRAZY!!!!http://www.comcast.net/news/index.jsp?cat=GENERAL&fn=/2006/05/09/387689.html&cvqh=itn_blainehospital.1300

 

[christine2448]

I guess he has liver damage now....I hope he is ok, they said he left the hospital, he is CRAZY!!!!http://www.comcast.net/news/index.jsp?cat=GENERAL&fn=/2006/05/09/387689.html&cvqh=itn_blainehospital.1300

Not crazy, STUPID, IMO...I can't stand this guy, I am amazed at how many believe the stuff he does is real....I mean, obviously it was real being in the tank, but a lot of his stuff is ONLY illusion.

Anyhow, I think everything he does is just plain STUPID. Waste of time.

 

[michelle]

Not crazy, STUPID, IMO...I can't stand this guy, I am amazed at how many believe the stuff he does is real....I mean, obviously it was real being in the tank, but a lot of his stuff is ONLY illusion.

Anyhow, I think everything he does is just plain STUPID. Waste of time.

Well you tell it like it is christine, dont hold nothing back girl...

 

[christine2448]

Well you tell it like it is christine, dont hold nothing back girl...

LOL, kinda get like that when you grow up in Jersey I'm told

 

[michelle]

LOL, kinda get like that when you grow up in Jersey I'm told

Or growing up in Baltimore Maryland....

 

[BrendaStar]

I can't understand the reasoning behind doing a stunt like this when it takes such a toll on your body. This guy is never going to be the same or completely healthy again.

http://channels.netscape.com/celebrity/story.jsp?floc=hp-tos-popc-h-12&idq=/ff/story/0001/20060509/0548466548.htm&maxphotos=5&phototerm='david+blaine'

The challenge had taken a toll on the magician's body, including liver damage, pins and needles in his feet and hands, some loss of sensation and rashes all over his body, said Dr. Murat Gunel, who heads Blaine's medical team and is associate professor of neurosurgery at Yale University School of Medicine.

 

[christine2448]

Or growing up in Baltimore Maryland....

OH Yes, LOL, spent a many a summer's in Prince George's County, MD, Lanham, Waldorf...musta picked up somma da attitude from dem parts I guess

 

[Ticamom]

Did you see how pruned he feet and hands were?? I wonder if anything else was pruned OMG!

How funny ! All I can think of is that Seinfeld episode about George's "shrinkage " from the cold water ! :dance:

 

[michelle]

:laugh:

OH Yes, LOL, spent a many a summer's in Prince George's County, MD, Lanham, Waldorf...musta picked up somma da attitude from dem parts I guess

LOL..........

 

[BeeBee]

I have noticed that these magicians/illusionists that are really big fans of Houdini are the ones that push themselves like this. It's almost as though they feel if they die during something that goes above and beyond what Houdini did then they can die at something he never achieved. Criss Angel is also a big Houdini fan and also pushes his body to limits that are unnerving. He's been buried alive, struck by lightning, hung by hooks in his back for days at a time. I love Criss Angel and am waiting for his new season to start this month. His illusions are fantastic and if you think David Blaine is hot, you gotta see Criss. The man is beautiful!

ETA

http://crissangel.com/photos.php

 

[Jean]

I have noticed that these magicians/illusionists that are really big fans of Houdini are the ones that push themselves like this. It's almost as though they feel if they die during something that goes above and beyond what Houdini did then they can die at something he never achieved. Criss Angel is also a big Houdini fan and also pushes his body to limits that are unnerving. He's been buried alive, struck by lightning, hung by hooks in his back for days at a time. I love Criss Angel and am waiting for his new season to start this month. His illusions are fantastic and if you think David Blaine is hot, you gotta see Criss. The man is beautiful!

ETA

http://crissangel.com/photos.php

Nice picture, BeeBee! Great body!! :blushing:

 

[indallas2]

I have noticed that these magicians/illusionists that are really big fans of Houdini are the ones that push themselves like this. It's almost as though they feel if they die during something that goes above and beyond what Houdini did then they can die at something he never achieved. Criss Angel is also a big Houdini fan and also pushes his body to limits that are unnerving. He's been buried alive, struck by lightning, hung by hooks in his back for days at a time. I love Criss Angel and am waiting for his new season to start this month. His illusions are fantastic and if you think David Blaine is hot, you gotta see Criss. The man is beautiful!

ETA

http://crissangel.com/photos.php

I watch Criss Angel too - can't wait for the new season either.

 

[Daisy]

I have noticed that these magicians/illusionists that are really big fans of Houdini are the ones that push themselves like this. It's almost as though they feel if they die during something that goes above and beyond what Houdini did then they can die at something he never achieved. Criss Angel is also a big Houdini fan and also pushes his body to limits that are unnerving. He's been buried alive, struck by lightning, hung by hooks in his back for days at a time. I love Criss Angel and am waiting for his new season to start this month. His illusions are fantastic and if you think David Blaine is hot, you gotta see Criss. The man is beautiful!

ETA

http://crissangel.com/photos.php

Holy guacamole..........that man is.............whew!!!!!!! OK, gotta go look at his picture again.....and again.....and again! Thanks, Beebee!

 

[Daisy]

Hey, Christine, how does David Blaine do that levitation thing? Please tell...enquiring minds (namely, mine) wanna know! Thanks!

 

[christine2448]

Hey, Christine, how does David Blaine do that levitation thing? Please tell...enquiring minds (namely, mine) wanna know! Thanks!

hiya Daisy, let me see I can find a link to explain....not sure I can find it, but I saw it on a TV thing, it has something to do with the way he is holding his feet, hard to explain....I'll search and see if I can find the info for ya!

 

[christine2448]

Hey, Christine, how does David Blaine do that levitation thing? Please tell...enquiring minds (namely, mine) wanna know! Thanks!

Here is a great document, showing that David Blaine's stuff is just illusion...which is fine, I don't think he claims to have supernatural powers, he is an illusionist, and a very good one....I just get a kick out of how many people think this guy is really doing this stuff, LOL.

http://www.freeinfosociety.com/pdfs/misc/david_blaines_magic_revealed.pdf

This is an adobe document, pdf file....if you can't view it you can download FREE adobe reader here

 

[BillyGoatGruff]

I have noticed that these magicians/illusionists that are really big fans of Houdini are the ones that push themselves like this. It's almost as though they feel if they die during something that goes above and beyond what Houdini did then they can die at something he never achieved. Criss Angel is also a big Houdini fan and also pushes his body to limits that are unnerving. He's been buried alive, struck by lightning, hung by hooks in his back for days at a time. I love Criss Angel and am waiting for his new season to start this month. His illusions are fantastic and if you think David Blaine is hot, you gotta see Criss. The man is beautiful!

ETA

http://crissangel.com/photos.php

Houdini set the bar for the these guys, and a lot of his stunts have never been replicated because Houdini died before he could annotate them in his journals, and I've heard he also used a special notation code as well to keep certain aspects secret. Much of what we know about his tricks and stunts came from his widow. The man's been dead what--nearly a century?--and we still know who he is and his name has become a part of our language of superlatives. THAT's what these guys are striving for.
And Houdini was pretty damn handsome himself--and built like a brick outhouse, if you've ever seen the pictures of him in his swim trunks.