David Blaine..............
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What was the final trick -- looks like he bungee jumped?
Either I don't understand it, or he didn't do anything?
Either I don't understand it, or he didn't do anything?
Missed the build up, what exactly what the trick? Just looked like he jumped off while attached to a cable?
Give us a break! Some say David Blaine's feat deserves asterisk
BY JAMES QUEALLY and TRACY CONNOR
DAILY NEWS WRITERS
Wednesday, September 24th 2008, 1:13 AM
David Blaine's upside-down stunt doesn't end until Wednesday night,
but some folks are already saying his achievement should be marked
with an asterisk.
The magician takes 10-minute breaks every hour - standing on his own
two feet to drink water, urinate, have his vitals checked by a doctor
and keep his blood circulating.
That didn't sit well with some of the 8,000 gawkers who came by
Central Park's Wollman Rink to see Blaine hang from a bar in the air
by gravity boots.
"It's cheating," said Chris Pirri, 24, of Commack, L.I. "I've been
here 10 minutes and already saw him take a break."
Blaine dismissed the detractors.
"I'm not going to pee all over myself to satisfy those people," he
said as he dangled like a bat Tuesday night. "It's pretty hard-core,
worse than I thought."
In a pre-stunt interview, Blaine had said he would use a catheter to
urinate and would restore blood flow with upside-down situps and by
moving his legs.
But Blaine's spokesman Pat Smith said he "found he couldn't drink
upside down and relieve himself upside down" - so he hops onto a
cherry-picker platform every hour.
Blaine's latest endurance test concludes with an ABC special from 9
p.m. to 11 p.m. on Wednesday night.
BY JAMES QUEALLY and TRACY CONNOR
DAILY NEWS WRITERS
Wednesday, September 24th 2008, 1:13 AM
David Blaine's upside-down stunt doesn't end until Wednesday night,
but some folks are already saying his achievement should be marked
with an asterisk.
The magician takes 10-minute breaks every hour - standing on his own
two feet to drink water, urinate, have his vitals checked by a doctor
and keep his blood circulating.
That didn't sit well with some of the 8,000 gawkers who came by
Central Park's Wollman Rink to see Blaine hang from a bar in the air
by gravity boots.
"It's cheating," said Chris Pirri, 24, of Commack, L.I. "I've been
here 10 minutes and already saw him take a break."
Blaine dismissed the detractors.
"I'm not going to pee all over myself to satisfy those people," he
said as he dangled like a bat Tuesday night. "It's pretty hard-core,
worse than I thought."
In a pre-stunt interview, Blaine had said he would use a catheter to
urinate and would restore blood flow with upside-down situps and by
moving his legs.
But Blaine's spokesman Pat Smith said he "found he couldn't drink
upside down and relieve himself upside down" - so he hops onto a
cherry-picker platform every hour.
Blaine's latest endurance test concludes with an ABC special from 9
p.m. to 11 p.m. on Wednesday night.
speaking of dollar tricks.....testicle plays are known to make numerous dollars appear out of nowhere
