Leave David Blaine alone!

I totally agree. General abuse is lame. One or two stunts perhaps, but not throwing rocks and verbal abuse.

Blaines stunts are interesting,
he seems to be a big fan of houdini more so than many of his contemporaries.

I've been in London more than a few times and the English are rather orderly and univolved for the most part.

Their world is in the pubs' which to them are more like churchs, community centres and the ball park' all rolled into one. Except the sports inside are very different.

Many Londoners had a hatred towards anything American, hell anything North American frankly. Not sure why, it only made me slightly better in their eyes when I told them I was Canadian. Not that I cared, don't think I would like living in a city where there is rarely ever a sunny day.

London is a great place to visit for many reasons but I wouldn't want to live there.

Oh, please. When I want a "flavored" drink, I go to 7-11 for a "rasberry" slurpee. What's next chocolate flavored beer?

Poor Colonel, just because you aren't enough of a man to drink a REAL dark beer there is no reason to pout.
I suppose you were referring to that Cranberry crap that Sam Adams makes...I agree it sucks. Everything else they make is magnitudes better than Pudweiser(Dick water...piss). Hmm, maybe that explains your attitude. You are what you drink.

I doubt anybody over on my side of the ocean believes he's real, atleast I don't. Us Americans just like entertainment. Seems that we're fasinated by parlor tricks and that like. It's basically because we like to believe in a small fantasy for 30 minutes or an hour, to get away from the world and just enjoy a show. What these people are doing to the poor guy is pathetic. It not only disgraces the U.K. but also drunken fools everywhere (no offense.) Even if he is an attention hog it's not right to be throwing stuff at him and just giving him general abuse. Maybe some of your Europeans should stop bashingthe U.S and get some of your own issues together. These kindof actions give me a bad view on Europeans now, I mean why bash and harass an entertainer!?

Oh and I never liked British comedy. I get it, but I just don't find it funny. I don't see the intellegence in things like Monty Python when you have people using blatent slapstick humor and stupid one-liners like " I fart in your general Direction."...not really that funny, alittle funny at times, but deffinitely not "intellegent" comedy.

Oh and I never liked British comedy. I get it, but I just don't find it funny. I don't see the intellegence in things like Monty Python when you have people using blatent slapstick humor and stupid one-liners like " I fart in your general Direction."...not really that funny, alittle funny at times, but deffinitely not "intellegent" comedy.

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and pretend I never read that. I don't know you well enough to judge but I will just assume you are misguided.
Britain has produced, arguably, the BEST comic minds in the worlds history. I don't even need to list all of them. Only one.

Douglas Adams

Well WolfOf War, I think thats because most Americans don't "get" surrealism. PErsonally I think it's one of the funniest forms of comedy. Surrealism and ranomism, in comedy they work a treat. Vic and bob (Reeves and Mortimer) Do it best in my opinion, but Monty Python.......there's no denying that it's superb.

David Blaine - why bother messing with him - hes just not worth it. As for this thread turning into some hissy fit US vs UK thread well ....

I have lived in both countries and can assure anyone who hasnt that Americans and Brits are BOTH equal when it comes to loutish and rude actions.

The man is a illusionist - but im sorry as far as i can tell - and speaking to a number of relatives etc - I think the UK could give a rats ass about the man.

Oh and for the real conspiracy theorists this is a stunt sponsored by Sky TV - a News International Company owned by a Mr Rupert Murdoch.

British comedy sucks...period. All you can bring up is Monty Pythion which is par for the course because that sucks too. I tried to get into it. I wanted it to be funny but it was just dumb. The only thing that had me in stitches was the PART in the Holy Grail where the Black Knight fought King Artheur on that road. THAT'S IT.

Who do you have now? TODAY? Mr. Bean?
OK, leave the tuff stuff like comedy to the Americans.

Originally posted by Colonel
British comedy sucks...period. All you can bring up is Monty Pythion which is par for the course because that sucks too. I tried to get into it. I wanted it to be funny but it was just dumb. The only thing that had me in stitches was the PART in the Holy Grail where the Black Knight fought King Artheur on that road. THAT'S IT.

Who do you have now? TODAY? Mr. Bean?
OK, leave the tuff stuff like comedy to the Americans.

I partially agree with you man. Monty Python is possibly the funniest comedy group ever! Not just one part, either but all there movies are hilarious.

But on a whole, British comedy sucks huge balls
Watch comedy Central on Cable and tell me which nations comedy is better. John Stewart's Daily show owns anything that Britain can offer. Dont even get me started on Conan.

Originally posted by CiderGood_HeadacheBad
Colonel,

Notice that Czech Budwieser has been around centuries longer than the American cheap rip off.

American beer is by far inferior to just about anything Europe has to offer. Try some of these, and then see what you think of your beloved Bud...

Hoegaarden
Schneider Weiss
San Miguel
Jenlain
Leffe
Hobgoblin Ale
Kronenburg 1664
McEwan's Export


[Edited on 18-9-2003 by CiderGood_HeadacheBad]

San Miguel is from the Phillipines and it is good.

Ninja: Thank you. People need to tell these Brits to stop living in the past.

Colonel, I do believe the Mud Pit has fried your brain. There are numerous good brittish comedys, and American comedy is completely lame, I thought most Americans accepted that? I mean, come on, you got things like Fraiser, Friends, That 70's show......these bad apples far outweigh your good uns! The best thing USA came up with is The Simpsons and Bill Hicks.

Reeves and Mortimer are hilarious, Trigger Happy TV was hilarious, Dom Jolly IS hilarious, Jackass is funny........sometimes, Eddy Izzard is funny, Jethro is funny, George Dawes is funny, Harry Hill is HILARIOUS, TFI Friday was funny once.....theres loads of good brittish comedy, wake up man!

Blaine is a tosser. Full stop (period)
What's so fecking great about starving ones self for weeks on end? "OH look I can survive without food!"
Well whoop de bloody do. There's hundreds of thousand of people go through this every bloody day around the world and they don't get paid $5million.
Next time he has some shyte illusion stick to doing it in the USA where people will think he can piss wine.

I think Blaine is getting the treatment such a stupid act deserves. Any serious attempts to harm him are out of order but the rest of it seems quite suitable for such an idiotic act.

He stands in his nappys for 44 days calls it "above the below" and we are supposed to bow down and worship this arrogant idiot???? New Yorks welcome to him.

The brits should see this for what it is,

it's not Blaine going without food for x days!

It's Blaine going without BEER for X days!

[Edited on 19-9-2003 by THENEO]

Originally posted by MrEisenhower

Yeah us Britains can be quite harsh at times

"Britains" ??? - No-one mentioned "Britains" - correct me if I'm wrong but David Blaine is carrying out his stunt in London in England - please don't tar us Scots with the same dog-eared tag as those below the border!

Originally posted by UniversalFiction

Originally posted by MrEisenhower

Yeah us Britains can be quite harsh at times

"Britains" ??? - No-one mentioned "Britains" - correct me if I'm wrong but David Blaine is carrying out his stunt in London in England - please don't tar us Scots with the same dog-eared tag as those below the border!

Here Here UF, I myself find it insulting that we are lumped in with the southern sissies.

Then again if David Blaine was doing the stunt in George Square in Glasgow, somebody would have nicked the bloody cage he is in by now and sold it down the Barras

Originally posted by trinityschild

Here Here UF, I myself find it insulting that we are lumped in with the southern sissies.

Then again if David Blaine was doing the stunt in George Square in Glasgow, somebody would have nicked the bloody cage he is in by now and sold it down the Barras

hehehe

Its a guy in a giant suspended box whos starving himself.

Tell me what else there is to do.

"Oh look! He moved! Ohhhhhhhh"

I prefer the helicopter/golf ball et al take on it.

Originally posted by UniversalFiction
"Britains" ??? - No-one mentioned "Britains" - correct me if I'm wrong but David Blaine is carrying out his stunt in London in England - please don't tar us Scots with the same dog-eared tag as those below the border!

Yeah sure, it was a slip of the tongue. Don't worry. Nobody seriously thinks of you dress wearing gingers as even being people. Let alone citizens of the UK.
In fact if I had my way, we would get a giant chainsaw and cut the country in half somewhere around Carlisle.
Then we could get a couple of great big outboard motors and attach them to your new coast line and # you off to Iceland or somewhere far, far away where your porridge-eating whining would be less grating on our delicate English ears.

Oh. And you can take Liverpool with you as a going away present.