BBC Is Hung Up On David Blaine
EXHIBITIONIST David Blaine is hanging upside down over a section of New York’s Central Park.
Anyone walking below Blaine should take an umbrella lest his catheter break, and, for similar reasons, a bucket and towel.
His hanging is a lead story on the BBC’s Breakfast show, on which presenters are invited to walk the fine line between snooty and trashy. Watching is not enough unlike tuning into a dinner conversation at a provincial golf club.
Sian Williams - who for deaf viewers and anyone who might want to draw their one conclusions attempts to read the news with her eyes alone (wide for a happy story; narrow for sad; squinting for disapproval) - wonders why anyone in their right mind should want to see Blaine hanging upside down.
Had her rhetorical question not appeared after images of Blaine, er, hanging upside in the manner of Saudi interrogation victim we may have been forced to offer the answer: because it’s cheap telly.
Sports presenter Chris Hollins then relates the story of Blaine’s hanging in a glass box in London.
He says “a lot of Americans” were stood underneath saying “WOW”. And Hollins? Well, he went around the corner and saw a lot of British people saying “What a plonker”.
You can find footage of Blaine in his glass book on the BBC website…
Posted: 23rd, September 2008 | In: Celebrities, Overheard On The TV And Radio, TV & Radio Comments (16) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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September 24th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
he needs to get a life, some people will do any thing for attention!
September 24th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
to all the people with the negative comments why are you on the site in the first place he interested you enough to join in the debate
September 24th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
This stops him walking around with his jeans half falling down which can’t be a bad thing
September 24th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
…and what exactly has it proved, Nikita….? please enlighten me….
September 24th, 2008 at 9:31 am
some really stupid comments tbh, hes and entertainer and many people are entertained by what he does so its either jealousy or stupidity that is making people say these things about him. He is a great illusionist.
September 24th, 2008 at 9:04 am
I love what he does! people these days lack self motivation. hes a rolem odel to many people. he is the proof that we can do whatever we want if we put our minds to it! maybe he does do it for the publicity, but at least hes doing something good for publicity unlike some celebrities who dont deserve to be celebrities. yes he gets money from hanging upside down but i think after all hes prooved he deserves it! he gives me motivation to think i can do what i want when i put my mind to it!
September 24th, 2008 at 5:49 am
BLAINE IS A VERY UNIQUE MASTER OF HIS ART,AS ANYONE WHO HAS READ HIS BOOK WILL KNOW,
HE LOVES LOOKING BACK AT PAST MAGICIANS-ESCAPOLIGIST”S HE RECALLS THE TIMES OF WHEN HOUDINI HAD THOUSANDS WATCH HIM JUMP FROM LONDON BRIDGE WITH “THE CHAINS VIRTUALLY BEING HELD ON,” AT LEAST HIS STUNTS GET YOUR MIND WORKING,
I SAW HIM IN LONDON,AND WAS IN AWE OF HIS FEAT. JUST AS THOUSANDS WHO GO TO WATCH ” HOLY MEN” IN INDIA, SIT UNDER A TREE,,,
September 24th, 2008 at 3:52 am
leila, while people like you believe he really does these “stunts” he will carry on fooling you. he is a…..wait for it…..illusionist ! go out and buy a dictionary and look up the word, then feel a bit silly that you were taken in by it all.
September 24th, 2008 at 2:14 am
I think the things he does are beyond most peoples capabilities and astonishing for that fact alone. If you don’t like it don’t watch, he will still endure because that’s how he challenges himself. No trickery, no faking just enduring and I am honestly surprised at how bitter that makes some of you. I personally appreciate it for what it is and then move on.
September 23rd, 2008 at 9:57 pm
nob…
September 23rd, 2008 at 6:43 pm
He does not need to, hes making money hanging upside down. Many of us would die doing this, its a state of mind, very clever i think, when he goes to the loo though eww
September 23rd, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Why doesn’t he just go and get a job
September 23rd, 2008 at 5:42 pm
Do we have to have idiots like this - looking for fame & self glory has he nothing better to do.
September 23rd, 2008 at 5:40 pm
He should flip around and hang by his neck.
I’d pay to see that!
September 23rd, 2008 at 4:12 pm
Just leave him there-why do we give him publicity-walk away and turn the lights out.
September 23rd, 2008 at 11:18 am
…prat…