In Blaine Sight

17 Comments

1. 1
   jash
   Posted May 9, 2006 at 2:30 pm

   david blaine is a SCOURGE on society, and by your posting this you are perpetuating the spread of evil akin to the intellectual black death.

   what? was there no david blaine clip art?

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   dubbledubs
   Posted May 9, 2006 at 2:30 pm

   why did he stop doing card tricks and magic stunts, and instead chose to devolve into this weird guy who tries to do feats of endurance? WHO GIVES A SH** IF YOU CAN SIT ON A BLOCK OF ICE OR HOLD YOUR BREATH FOR 9 MINUTES?!?!? just levitate and show me the damn jack of spades, you ass!

3. 3
   brutal youth
   Posted May 9, 2006 at 2:38 pm

   If I had david blaine’s magical powers, I would make sure there wasn’t a booger in my nose before my close-up.

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   whawha
   Posted May 9, 2006 at 2:59 pm

   Okay…so David Blaine is creepy. But you gotta admit, even holding your breath for seven minutes is phenomenal. I sat at my computer and timed myself. Passed out after 30 seconds. Woke up and had another All-American Circus Animal cookie. MMMMM. Frosted.

   BTW: Ya think they would at least have the oxygen tank up on the platform from the git-go? Duh!

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   Leah3t
   Posted May 9, 2006 at 3:02 pm

   dude that made me lightheaded to watch. Who hangs out with someone like this? What is wrong with people?

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   tvtvtv
   Posted May 9, 2006 at 3:06 pm

   Is Stuart Scott announcing? As if this were a sporting event of some sort? Did they give him a night off from the 24 hour Barroid network? They were able to spare him from the time-consuming and arduous task of COUNTING (…714…715…) If so, that solidifies my contempt for the awkward ESPN & ABC cross-polination.

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   anonym.
   Posted May 9, 2006 at 3:24 pm

   the fact that i tune in just because i find him attractive doesn’t make me at all shallow, right? right?

8. 8
   mirenis
   Posted May 9, 2006 at 3:43 pm

   What do you mean he can’t do it? He’s magic, right? Just dunk him back in there.

9. 9
   Madeyoulaugh
   Posted May 9, 2006 at 4:06 pm

   Mirenis,

   You got an audible laugh from me.

   Thanks,

   MYL

10. 10
    Casey
    Posted May 9, 2006 at 5:04 pm

    Love that commentary: “Keep it down, keep it down … David’s got to concentrate.”

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    EdHill
    Posted May 9, 2006 at 7:03 pm

    So since ABC’s ads said he would try to hold his breath for 9 minutes or “die trying”, who do I sue for false advertising?

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    TexasK
    Posted May 9, 2006 at 8:37 pm

    Ahh EdHill, if I wasn’t already betrothed, I’d ask you to father my children. Damn fine, my man.

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    dredge
    Posted May 9, 2006 at 9:14 pm

    I was impressed…until he had to get out of the shackles..I don’t think the record holder was shackled. Of course he failed. He had to exert extra energy.
    It’s like he was saying he was twice the man. puleez. or maybe the thought of floating in his own piss was getting to him.

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    zevonia
    Posted May 10, 2006 at 1:22 am

    Creepy and boring at the same time. That must be some kind of world record, right? Dude, go back to the coin tricks and playing with cards! I loved the commentator saying the crowd was giving him support and unconditional love. Wow, Blaine should start his own religion- he could show that upstart, L. Ron Hubbard, how to manipulate a group of morons.
    Thanks for the clip, The Svan. Much more to my liking than Mr Prissy Pants in a large bowl of urine.

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    Tati
    Posted May 10, 2006 at 10:23 am

    thanks for the Barkley clips, MUCH more enjoyable!!

    the part that really annoyed me from the Blaine debacle (not shown in the above clip) is when the TV announcer narrating the whole ordeal actually uttered the following words at one point: ‘a true, world-class ATHLETE!’

    athlete, are u kidding me?! oh that’s rite, holding ur breath underwater for X mins. is in the same league as the Iron Man competition, my bad!

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    Leah3t
    Posted May 10, 2006 at 10:59 am

    zevonia= “he could show that upstart, L. Ron Hubbard, how to manipulate a group of morons”= HA! Very true!

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    Ubiquitous
    Posted May 11, 2006 at 9:24 am

    Sorry, I lost interest about a minute into that clip.