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I'm actually sensing a little rivalry between Mr Blaine and Mr Brown. I heard that Blaines planned his latest stunt- getting shot! No, seriously, no tricks, no catching the bullet in his teeth (or in his a**e, however much I would like to see that) just being shot. He says he wants to be shot, get up and walk away. Obviously, the bullet will not be aimed anywhere where it will be likely to kill him. I find it strange that he's planning this while Derren Brown is going to play russian roulette. Anyway, I'll see if there's a site that allows you to fill in a questionare to give you a chance to fire the gun like Derren Browns. Although, I'm sort of hoping there isn't as perhaps the oppertunity would be too tempting!

Sorry Tom but, according to Teletext this morning, DB will have with him in the box:

A drip supply of Water (appropriate wording!)
A Pillow (Aaah, nice!)
A supply of Diapers (Yeuuk!)

Sounds like one of those 'real' baby dolls of a few years back - drink , sleep & pee!

Did anyone see our obviously much-loved friend Mr Blaine in the papers today? No? Well, guess what it was today? He cut of a piece of his ear after someone asked him to do a magic trick (some people are just showoffs aren't they?). Now, wether Blaine did or did not I'm not entierly sure but the daily record said he was just pretending but I wouldn't put anything past him. I think I'll send him an idea for a new stunt;shoving his head up his a**e!

Yes I saw this article.

So Blaine borrows a knife and cuts his ear off. According to the journalist I read - it looked like no trick.

So why? who cares, but most importantly - why are we even discussing it. Lets please lock all Blaine threads from now on.

What he does - whether it is a trick - or if he actually cut off his ear - it isn't magic. It isn't entertaining, it just shows him as a sad mad loser.

please no more blaine. the more we comment th emore we encourage him..

You're right, of course, but, I doubt very much if DB will cease this stupidity just because we stop taking the mickey (I cleaned that one up a bit!) out of him. Quite why he chose to do such a gruesome effect is worrying - what was wrong with a swift ambitious card or some sort of coin routine? It just shows his prime objective is now far away from magic and the Uri Geller 'Mystic' influence is becoming stronger. Damn shame as DB can do a decent routine of magic if he sets his mind to it.

The bigger picture is all this hype is having an adverse effect on Magic in general. To be a magician now means doing some stupid stunt or at least revealing how you did the trick. When folks first discover that you can do magic, how many of you have been asked to 'Do the one that David Blaine does' or something similar? Whilst that can probably be turned to an advantage, it means the specs are now directing the performace rather than the magician.

Hopefully this latest stunt will be a complete failure - the US public have shown him the door as they've had enough - and he'll either go away and retire or just go back to proper magic. And the sooner the better.

What we need now is a proper magic show - Copperfield, Daniels, Burton and so on - to put this craft back where it belongs as quality entertainment instead of the cheap and tacky image fostered in recent years by Blaine and his cohorts. I would go so far as to say that the regulars on this Forum could easily put on a decent, high quality 25 minute show which would put Blaine to shame.

OK, I've said my piece and I've resisted the jokes about Blaine saying 'What's this ear?' or responding to the press questions with 'Pardon?' and, like Yankee Tom, I'll do my best to resist the temptation to comment on this plonker any more!

OK, I'm not going to rant for too long... seem's you've all beaten me to it!

I saw the transcript yesterday on the BBC news website, and caught Zennon's rather negative (and mutual) attitude towards the general 'deity' that is known as Blaine.

There's a large degree of anger being felt by the magic community, and my magical mates in the States had already expressed their sympathy when they heard that the dude was coming over here to infect our gullible public.

In an almost identical manner to Mandrake's previous post, I too feel that he's almost diluted magic - and the term 'Magician' seems to be synonymous with the word 'Blaine' these days. The younger generation knows not of real magic, just of parlour tricks and Fakir-ism generated by Blaine.

Now - Mandrake also mentions the poisoning of society - to the point where once we reveal that we're magician's - we get asked to 'Do something that Blaine does...'.

Pah!

In fact, whenever I get asked this, I do something 10x BETTER than Blaine does - and blow their socks off with some REAL magic. (I wonder if one day, someone will go up to Blaine and ask 'do something that Seige does...'??? Maybe not!)

But the truth is, every time I perform, it's like a drug. I do things with borrowed cards, coins, pens, pencils, banknotes etc that are IMPOSSIBLE. And it's that look in their eyes, those comments, that 'wow' factor - it's a real buzz...

But - never at any point do I consider myself to be MORE THAN JUST A PERFORMER. I don't take it seriously at all - it's simply a creative outlet.

So, here I sit, wondering if my fame and fortune would be made by slicing my right nipple off and then squeezing into a road-cone and camping out on the M25 for six months without food, water or my Aadvark.

Get real.

If you bear in mind that an American bloke who's knob got cut off by his wife can become an overnight superstar - as can just about anyone in the USA who does something outrageous - then really, he's had his cake AND eaten it in his homeland.

But, here in good old Blighty - we'll fish him out as a faker - name, shame, hang-draw-and-quarter him and leave him for the carrion.

We've got a lot to be proud of here (and I think I almost quote a line from the excellent series Bottom, with Ade Edmonson and Rik Mayall)..

British journalism - best in the world. If you want dirt digging, skeletons releasing from closets or even just a good old fashioned 'Fame to Gutter' story - we're the boys.

Let's see what the media can make of all this ...

I would go so far as to say that the regulars on this Forum could easily put on a decent, high quality 25 minute show which would put Blaine to shame.

OK, in view of seige's comments, make that an hour long show - no, a complete six part series!

STOP PRESS:

OK, I've just read that Blaine's stunt won't make it to the Guinness Book - because they won't endorse or condone fasting.

There's another report today which seems to comment that it's almost physically impossible to starve for that long... the body just won't take it... organ failure, muscle wastage, brain-fade... probable eventual death.

Hmm... I might buy a front row ticket after all...

You just know that the chain will break and he will plummet into the Thames. Unfortunately he will probably reincarnate three days later.

I watched him go in the box last night and I have to ask, why does he always look like he's on drugs? Why can't he give a good interview? Why does he always look so bored? It's his stunt, the least he could do is look a bit excited! You said the box will probably fall and thats got me thinking, maybe that is what's going to happen. Maybe, he'll go 4 or 5 days in there and then the box will fall so he can do a Houdini type escape as that was the original idea. But this way he gets more publicity and it will all look like an accident.

Me and my magician friend were talking yesterday and thinking about
having a competition 'Who can scale cards at mr DB's box
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ITS NOT REAL YOU WILL GET TOLD OFF

Have you been on magicweek lately. Check out the bottom of the news page!

I know I said I wouldn't post any more on this topic but I had to laugh this morning when the guy on the radio said that, overnight, DB had been subjected to:

1) A guy with a big drum banging it to wake him up.
2) Drunken golfers teeing off Tower Bridge and hitting the box,
3) Two girls flashing their, er, 'upper anatomy' at him.
4) Someone flinging fish and chips at the box.

So we're really treating him with all due respect!