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Post by patricia on May 3, 2006 21:06:55 GMT -5
Have you see pictures of David in a fish bowel bubble in Lincoln Square in NYC ? Wow, this guy is something different. I heard he is going to be in this bubble for 9 days. He seems to do some out of this world stunts, I don't know much about this person, but, he seems really interesting. Any one up to date with this guy, please share. ;D
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Post by twogreys on May 4, 2006 13:32:10 GMT -5
I kinda think he's nuts. I don't watch his shows or events.
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Post by peet on May 4, 2006 13:38:17 GMT -5
#4_6_2v#
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Post by patricia on May 4, 2006 15:13:36 GMT -5
I have to agree, there is something wrong with him, he is a little out there.
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Post by patricia on May 4, 2006 20:05:34 GMT -5
Here is the scoop on David Blaine, sorry, I misspelled his last name above. The magician is spending a week in a water filled bubble at the Lincoln Center in New York. The finale: he will try to hold his breath longer than the record 8 minutes and 58 seconds while trying to escape from a 150 pound chain live on television which will air on Monday, May 8th. It will be a two hour special, David Blaine Drowned Alive, 8 pm est on abc. He has been working on this since November with the Navy Seals and lost 50 pounds, to use less oxygen. He empty his bladder and stomach before getting into the bubble and has a cather if he needs to---, you now what I mean. This is really out there, and people on the street come right up to the bubble and look at him, I wonder if he can hear you talk to him? I do believe he is a nut!! Well, good luck.
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Post by twogreys on May 5, 2006 16:24:00 GMT -5
Thanks for the scoop!! I heard a little about what he was doing in NY. Are you going to watch the show? I'm just not interested.
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Post by patricia on May 6, 2006 13:02:29 GMT -5
Oh my goodness, no. I have a few private pilates/yoga sessions to give on Monday night, but I will be home in time to watch Medium.
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Post by dad2paisley on May 9, 2006 9:54:51 GMT -5
*Update*
David Blaine emerged weak and wrinkly from a week spent submerged within an 8-foot snow globe-like tank — but without a world record for holding his breath.
Rescue divers jumped into the tank Monday and hauled up the stunt artist as he struggled to break the record of 8 minutes, 58 seconds. Blaine held his breath for 7:08 minutes.
After being given oxygen, Blaine, 33, addressed the large crowd that had gathered around the tank on the plaza of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
"I am humbled so much by the support of everyone from New York City and from all over the world," Blaine said. "This was a very difficult week, but you all made it fly by with your strong support and your energy."
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.
Blaine started training in December, with some help from Navy SEALS. He lost 50 pounds so his body would require less oxygen. The water temperature was regulated to help keep his core temperature near 98.6 degrees, and he ate and relieved himself by tubes. He remained tethered to an oxygen tube.
As early as on the second day of his challenge, Gunel said, there was evidence that Blaine was suffering liver failure; the medical team consulted with medical experts at NASA before stabilizing his condition. Blaine's underwater environment was similar to the weightlessness experienced by astronauts in outer space, he said.
"I told him he needed to get out of the water, and he refused me," said Gunel. "He said he did not want to let the people down."
The doctor said Blaine had agreed to allow researchers at Yale to examine him after the stunt to see what they can learn about how the body responds to the environment underwater.
All day long, curious onlookers lined up to walk past the sphere.
Linda Brady brought along a boom box and loudly played Jennifer Lopez's "My Love is All I Have." Blaine appeared to respond by bopping to the beat.
"I just love him," said Brady. "He has a creative mind just like me, and he's crazy just like me."
Another spectator, David Linker, said Blaine symbolized "man's strength to go beyond what normal people can do."
Blaine's previous feats included balancing on a 22-inch circular platform atop a 100-foot pole for 35 hours, being buried alive in a see-through coffin for a week and surviving inside a massive block of ice for 61 hours, all of which were performed in New York. In 2003, he fasted for 44 days in a suspended acrylic box over the Thames River in London.
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Post by Billie on May 20, 2006 6:55:03 GMT -5
What do I think? I think he's an Attention-W.hore-Drama-Queen.
I'm serious! :(
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Post by CampWhippet on May 21, 2006 15:52:53 GMT -5
He's a modern day Houdina/David Coperfield. Some of his street magic is pretty cool Here's his website: www.davidblaine.com/
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Post by Billie on Jun 2, 2006 8:44:32 GMT -5
He ain't Houdini! Houdini was a real magician. :)
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Post by dad2paisley on Jun 2, 2006 13:00:01 GMT -5
#To20funny#
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