Derren Brown 2007 (and now 2008!) tour

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Postby 5thelement » May 14th, '07, 20:09



I was at the Liverpool show last night aswell, really enjoyed it.

I've got loads of questions which im sure will never be answered, but maybe someone could answer this one..

Was there really a gorilla that swiped the banana the first time? lol as nobody seemed to have seen it, which makes me wonder if it was on a string or something lol but myabe there genuinely was a gorilla that took it?

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Postby Nosaj Trouble » May 14th, '07, 21:56

5thelement wrote:Was there really a gorilla that swiped the banana the first time? lol as nobody seemed to have seen it, which makes me wonder if it was on a string or something lol but myabe there genuinely was a gorilla that took it?


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Postby 5thelement » May 15th, '07, 00:27

I thought as much lol eitherway, still got a great response from the audience!

Im still baffled about how he get all the predictions into the box that was hanging aswell, im convinced they wern't in there from the start, but how did they get there in the end?? great stuff!

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Postby SxyNickers » May 15th, '07, 09:31

JackWright wrote:I've seen both, but not together. They're quite similar, but not identical and Nyman isn't quite as fat.

PS: for the Derren nerds, he was wearing a baseball cap and t shirt at the stage door. With sunglasses on his shirt which I was severely tempted to try and nick, but I didn't.


What, no trousers? :shock:
Wait, I assume you mean Derren not Andy...?
If you want to go into a little more detail feel free :oops: :roll:

PS Introductions in the introductions thread!

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Postby SxyNickers » May 15th, '07, 09:36

Mandrake wrote: There were a few in-jokes, one was during the spiel about Conan Doyle being fooled by a fake psychic with a table floating routine where it was mentioned that the psychic lived in Losander Road, London. Nuff Sed :wink: !

Sorry if I am being thick but I dont get it :? :oops:

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Postby SxyNickers » May 15th, '07, 09:50

JackWright wrote:I agree with Agecroft's recollection about the show and oracle act, which was pure genius. I also liked the bit when he did the phone thing.

Can anyone elaborate on the phone thing without giving too much away? Could always PM me. I'm good with secrets.

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Postby SxyNickers » May 15th, '07, 09:57

nameless wrote:Saw him in Sunderland last night and it was pretty spectacular. I had some thoughts about a couple of things he did, but on the whole I had no idea. Even those with a bit of magic knowledge should be extremely entertained.

I quite like to be able to "have some thoughts" about what someone does.

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Postby SxyNickers » May 15th, '07, 10:33

Jae wrote:throwing out of the frisbees to the complicit card revelation and a reasonable number of of people getting up onto the stage (excluding the 150 during the interval).

Frisbees?
Why did 150 people go on stage?
Sorry I'm such a curious lass!

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Postby Mandrake » May 15th, '07, 10:42

The 150 were probably the ones collecting the cards and envelopes for the second half Oracle Q & A Act.

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Postby SxyNickers » May 15th, '07, 11:05

Nosaj Trouble wrote:That doesn't mean that I didn't have a moment of 'Oh god! I've killed him!' when he first collapsed! :lol:

The usher with the microphone gave me such an evil look when it happened too!

I'm so glad people have mentioned the "fainting" as I would be really concerned LOL.

Bet the usher does that every time.

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Postby SxyNickers » May 15th, '07, 11:09

Mandrake wrote:The 150 were probably the ones collecting the cards and envelopes for the second half Oracle Q & A Act.

Ahh yes. Thanks.
BTW sorry for a lot of posts at once, I'm kind of catching up!
(I've figured out the frisbees thing now, I was hoping for the monkey)

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Postby Mandrake » May 15th, '07, 11:13

I understand that the monkey was sold on ebay last year - it was rather tatty and in need of repair after being flung about in various theatres!

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Postby SxyNickers » May 15th, '07, 11:17

Fides wrote:this guy didn't take a frisbee up with him. I dunno, perhaps I'm wrong but I do remember consciously only counting four frisbees as they went out. And he was directly in front of me so if a frisbee had been coming my way I think I would have spotted it. It would be the perfect opportunity to pull that kind of stunt,

Hmm, at first i thought maybe the guy just cheated to get up there, but i guess that wouldnt work (unless one frisbee was lost).

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Postby SxyNickers » May 15th, '07, 11:22

Fides wrote:It was funny, the dramatic silence, DB lying on the stage, the unknown, the "what's happened"... and then you quietly going "oops" on the mike that was still live....!

Hahahaha. :lol:
I know its unlikely i get picked but if i was in jasons position i might have panicked and tried to administer first aid!!

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Postby SxyNickers » May 15th, '07, 11:24

Mandrake wrote:I understand that the monkey was sold on ebay last year - it was rather tatty and in need of repair after being flung about in various theatres!

I bet it sold for a fair amount.

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