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| TeenWeek what's a status? | posted on 03-29-2001 @ 7:34 AM |    | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00  | -I thought I would pass this along. This is on next Tuesday and sounded interesting. I know it is magic, but still sounds really cool. DAVID COPPERFIELD'S BLAZE OF GLORY Thursday,March 29,2001 By ADAM MILLER Master illusionist David Copperfield, who has disappeared lately while rival David Blaine grabbed the spotlight, is trying to regain the magic with his most dangerous stunt ever. He'll immerse himself in a roaring tornado of fire. "If the fire touches me, I'm finished," the 44-year-old magician said yesterday. "I'll be burned alive so fast. This is frightening. My doctor said if I do get burned and survive, I won't want to survive, which is pretty scary." The legendary illusionist will stand in the center of a 25-foot-high, 2,000-degree tornado of fire created by propane gas and whirling helicopter blades. "As long as I stay in that core, I will be safe," said Copperfield, who's been hailed as the greatest illusionist of our time. "The problem is that a tornado is unpredictable. . . . If it moves, I have to become one with it." Copperfield will apply a special gel to his skin and hair and wear a customized military flight suit, special underwear, gloves and a hood to protect his body from the heat and flames. And cold air will be pumped into the center of the tornado. The New Jersey native said he's taking on the stunt because he's haunted by a Brooklyn house fire he escaped as a child. "Every single physical challenge I've done is about trying to face a fear," said Copperfield, whose death-defying feats include escaping from an imploding building, plunging over the edge of Niagara Falls, and levitating across the Grand Canyon. "When I was 6-years-old, I was in a fire at my uncle's house," he said. "My family and I escaped . . . but ever since then I've had this recurring nightmare about dying in a fire." As for Blaine, Copperfield said he relishes the competition. Blaine skyrocketed to stardom after being buried alive in a Plexiglas coffin in 1999. Last year, he chilled out as a human ice cube in Times Square for 61 hours. "I like him," he said of the 26-year-old Brooklyn-born Blaine, who, for his next stunt, wants to be tied up and pushed off the roof of a Midtown building. Blaine declined to comment on Copperfield. The tornado-of-fire stunt, which will be aired live April 3 on CBS, will take place in a building on Pier 94 near the West Side Highway and 55th Street. Teens, making the world a better place to live in. | ||||
| Drunk Boy | posted on 03-29-2001 @ 8:40 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | At what point does it stop being magic and just become stupid?  Fyfetallica is my Newbie! | ||||
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| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Aug. 00 | HEY DRUNK BOY I LOVE YOU HUGGS WHATEVER BEN -----------------------------------------------------------------  THESKANKWHOHANGSUPTHEPHONE I'M ON THE ISLAND OF MISFIT TOYS! CUCKOO CUCKOO :::TEEN STALKER::: 1 more of the gang to go, guess who that is "The best lessons in life are also the most painful" | ||||
| Drunk Boy | posted on 03-29-2001 @ 8:56 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | Amy, it might be a little too early for you to be that drunk. Fyfetallica is my Newbie! | ||||
| MaynardGKrebs | posted on 03-29-2001 @ 9:16 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Jan. 01 | TeenWeek is just a fountain of fucking knowledge this morning. I think I'll call you Drudge IV now...  This message was edited by MaynardGKrebs on 3-29-01 @ 9:17 AM | ||||
| TeenWeek what's a status? | posted on 03-29-2001 @ 9:31 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | Thanks Maynard. At least they are real stories. It was in the NY Post so it must be real. I thought it was interesting. Teens, making the world a better place to live in. | ||||
| Opie696 G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Soldier of Fortune Spec Ops Division | posted on 03-29-2001 @ 10:03 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Feb. 01 | yeah DB after a while it does just become stupid. All these "magic tricks" have been ridiculous for a while now. so ridiculous that now a days u know these guys r gonna survive. Its just ponderous, fn ponderous! "I hate people that don't get it." | ||||
| TeenWeek what's a status? | posted on 04-04-2001 @ 7:41 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | Did anyone watch this? I thought it was really cool. You had the 2 girls who switched panties. He brought a guy to Hawaii by dissappearing and than reappearing. Also the levitating couch with 2 guys on it. The tornado of fire was probably the worst part. It was defintely a good watch.  Teens, making the world a better place to live in. | ||||
| Reign | posted on 04-04-2001 @ 8:02 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Oct. 00 | Not nuch for magic but this was one of his best.  O&A Tribe | ||||
| Arthur Dent | posted on 04-04-2001 @ 9:23 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Nov. 00 | Am I the only one who thinks the "Tornado of Fire" DIDN'T go off the way he planned it? He was only in the fire for a few seconds. They made it sound like he was going to stay in there for a while and then at the end, he dropped to his knees and started yelling pissed off at the safety guy for not cooling him off fast enough. And the good-bye message was TAPED! They usually only do that if the guy is in no shape to talk himself. Any other trick and he does the good-bye live! Honestly, I thought it was going to be one of those stupid illusions like Niagara Falls. I figure the Tornado would come up, keep going for a couple of minutes with the safety crew running around in a panic, and when the tornado went down, he wouldn't be there. Then they'd go to a camera shot outside and he'd be sitting next to Carson Daly. Instead, it looked like he really DID stay inside the fire, if only for a few seconds.  'Anyone who is capable of being elected president should on no account be allowed to do the job' - The hitchhikers guide to the galaxy Arthur smiled at him wanly and shrugged again. He turned and smiled wanly at the rest of the pub just in case any of them had heard what was going on. None of them had, and none of them could understand what he was smiling at them for. | ||||
| BARRY MANILOW | posted on 04-04-2001 @ 10:07 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | I agree, Dent. It seemed like he was really PISSED at that guy with the fire extingisher. I thought he was going to be in there alitlle longer also. I was actually waitting for the tornado to kinda bend from side to side so that he would have to move with it. The show seemed short, though but still proves he is the best at what he does! Thumbs up!  | ||||
| Rog2K | posted on 04-04-2001 @ 11:12 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | I didn't watch it, but was there any magic to the tornado of fire or was he just doing a daredevil stunt? Doesn't seem like his style... Don't hate me because I'm beautiful... | ||||
| Arthur Dent | posted on 04-04-2001 @ 11:15 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Nov. 00 | It was a daredevil stunt. He has done them before. Like the time he was hanging upside down in a straightjacket while suspended over a flaming bed of 6' spikes. The rope he was hanging from was set on fire and really did burn through seconds after he got loose and swung down on a second rope. 'Anyone who is capable of being elected president should on no account be allowed to do the job' - The hitchhikers guide to the galaxy Arthur smiled at him wanly and shrugged again. He turned and smiled wanly at the rest of the pub just in case any of them had heard what was going on. None of them had, and none of them could understand what he was smiling at them for. | ||||
| Rog2K | posted on 04-04-2001 @ 11:24 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | sweet. I used to love watching him. I just didn't think this was going to ba any good. Of course, I ended up renting Bring It On on pay-per-view and was really let down by the lack of gratuitous nudity.... Don't hate me because I'm beautiful... | ||||
| TeenWeek what's a status? | posted on 04-04-2001 @ 11:40 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | My favorite trick was the hot girls switching panties. Also the sending the kid to Hawaii was really cool. And I have no idea how he did the levitating couch trick. No wonder why this guy is making millions of dollars and banging all hot chicks. The guy is amazing. Teens, making the world a better place to live in. | ||||
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