Breakin' It On Oprah
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So-called 'magician and endurance artist' David Blaine is up to his antics again!
He's going to try to break the world record for 'holding one's breath under water' LIVE on the Oprah Winfrey show next Wednesday, April 30th.
We'd bet money he's gonna fail!
This is just a nice, big ratings stunt.
The current world record for holding your breath under water is 16 minutes and 14 seconds.
That's a hell of a long time!
Good luck, David Blaine!
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Posted: April 23, 2008 at 7:45 pm
WIth any luck, he will magically die.
Hack.
lol thats stupid
He tried this a couple of years ago live on ABC and wasn't able to do it — and wasn't really close either. I'll be watching though.
i don't watch oprah anyway, so I guess I won't see it
first.
He's already come within 5 seconds of the record but didn't want to break it. He'll break it easily with the usual David Drama.
I wish he'd just flex his muscles & stand around & look pretty instead.
There is something that "isn't right" about everything David Blain does. It may be the fact that he has managed to live through many death defying feats and in all probability things are going to go wrong. Some of Davids performances are based in probability. It is like watching a trainwreck in slow motion. The audiences are starting look like ambulance chasers.
I think David should call it a day. He has plenty of life left to live and am sure he can contribute on many levels.
How fucking boring would it be to watch a guy hold his breath on TV for 16 minutes? I know, let's next televise grass growing.
i *heart* david blaine! but he needs to come up with something new!!
i think im 5th !
There is something that "isn't right" about everything David Blain does. It may be the fact that he has managed to live through many death defying feats and in all probability and factoring in time….. things are going to go wrong. Some of Davids performances are based in probability. It is like watching a trainwreck in slow motion. The audiences are starting to look like ambulance chasers.
I think David should call it a day. He has plenty of life left to live and am sure he can make a significant contribution in some other venture.
as long there's is oxygen in the water or something like that he can do it.
That time is only for holding your breath after inhaling pure oxygen. He tried to defeat the record for holding your breath after breathing normal air, but didn't succeed.
Impossible. Brain Damage occurs within 6 minutes without oxygen; death soon after
I do not want to read Davids obituary.
He needs to get out of Vegas and move onto something else. It is an accident waiting to happen. Totally preventable.
Oprah could potentially be a contributor to his demise. The whole thing isn't right…feels wrong…
David Blain needs to do something that makes people feel good, not feel sick for him.
he's like a damn cockroach! never dies!!!!
How is it even possible to hold one's breath for that long?
I do not want to read Davids obituary.
He needs to get out of Vegas and move onto something else. It is an accident waiting to happen. Totally preventable.
Oprah could potentially be a contributor to his demise. The whole thing isn't right…feels wrong…
David Blain needs to do something that makes people feel good, not feel sick with worry for him.
shut up about him. he is amazing and he will do whatever he wants. he practices real magic and you guys are jealous.
How is that magic?!?
How is that magic?!?
How is that magic?!?
How is that magic?!?
How is that magic?!?
I think his street magic show was great, but his stunts are overblown and over dramatized. If he just stuck to his other premise I think people would actually still have some respect for him.
LET ME GUESS, OPRAH WILL FOLLOW BY THEN WALKING ON WATER?
What the F David Blaine!!??!?!?
What ever happened to the good old days of magic, you know, sawing a woman in half, making an elephant dissapear, being mauled by your white tiger…..
Ugh! he looks like a jerk
"I did cocaine with David Blaine, he made my blow disappear, mayan."
Here's David Blaine's Street Magic!
Ugh.
He's no Criss Angel. Holding his breath, cannot compare to what Criss did. Damnit he needs to move on to something else. Let Criss have the spotlight, instead of trying to hold his breath under water. Try a new stunt hun.
::walks away shaking head::
he culdnt even hold his breath 8 min. under water wat makes ppl think he culd hold it twice as much
how is that magic? david blaine is an idiot. why does anyone care about these stupid stunts he pulls? i fail to see how they qualify as entertainment
Re: Joyous1 –
You have to breathe 100% oxygen for like half an hour before you attempt the record. "Normal" air is about 78% nitrogen and only about 21% oxygen.
I'm so over your bitch ass tricks, David Blaine.
Git wizard.
Aww come on David Blaine is cool Perez! He works in the vein of old-school illusions and slight of hand tricks….so what if he does some fairly outlandish stuff in full view of the mainstream. Go back in time and think about Houdini who used to entertain the masses buy tightrope walking across Broadway in NYC, break in and out of any jail in the country, submerge himself chained, upside down and underwater - for fun!
Sure, what Blaine is doing isn't neccesarily * NEW * - but it's fun! It's entertainment, it's intriguing! You can't always figure him out (those card tricks!, the levitation!) but his antics sure are fun to watch.
I like the street magic shows he did. Idk about these crazy stunts
didn't he already try to do this and fail?!
David Blaine needs to go away, criss angel needs to go away, there so fucking lame…David Blaine started this stupid attention getting shit…Oprah is so lame for putting him on her show, she's already fucked Obama for president….stay away from the brothers, your not helping your people out!
Yeah, good luck is right!
I would just like to set the record straight and say that the world record is 8 mins and some-odd seconds. Not 16 mins and 14 seconds as Perez would like you to believe.Listen up lackeys, for all those who believe one can hold their breath for 16 minutes and not DIE or suffer irreversable debilating vegetative brain damage…I'm speechless…seriously, I have nothing to say *shakes head and walks away*
Actually, you should read the article in the NYTimes. He has been working with a DR. and has already come very close.
do you really think he would go on Oprah if he couldn't break the record?
What a moron and who cares!!! I know I won't watch it and that is solely because it's on Ms. Anti-Christ's show Oprah. I want nothing to do with her EVER again.
OMG HE IS SO HOT!
I HOPE HE SURVIVES THIS! (WITHOUT BRAIN DAMAGE)
What's an Oprah?
Re: cori – sweetheart, magic does not exist. mmmk?
If Dave was to attempt to break wind for 16 minutes I'd watch otherwise it'll be a snoozefest.
16 minutes? I don't think so.
I've been in love with him since the 1st day I saw him
Do the majority of you ppl ride the short bus? F*cks sake… Criss Angel can't hold Blaine's Jockstrap.
you can breath water davey just try you can do it
David Blaine is a fucking douche.
he needs to go to his cardboard box and stay there.
he's so hot…
I'm with bobbobson on this one. Also, to whoever said that this isn't magic…of course it isn't. This is an endurance stunt. His illusions and his stunts are two different things. Also, unlike Criss Angel and Blaine's own illusions, the stunts are real and pose real danger and that's why people choose to see them and root for him or, in the case of the majority of Perez's readers, follow exactly what Perez says and immediately dub him a moron.
At least in Blaine's case there is no risk of brain damage…..
Why couldn't they have thrown this nut off of Idol instead of Carly? Why Why Why?????
Didint he already attempt this, and fail?
I thouhgt you read the NYTIMES? In Tuesday's paper there was an article on him training. He came withing 5 seconds of the record in front of the reporter but came up for air since he wanted to wait to break the record on Oprah.
Maybe you should quit wishing people to fail that you don't like.
p.s. Obama will win NC and IN and HRC will remain Sen. of NY
I, for one, have no desire to hold my breath for 16 min. and 14 sec. and i don't think he's specail if he can. STOOPID IS RIGHT!!!! BUT PEREZ IS NO BETTER THAN STOOPID FOR CALLING SOME KID TINA 'FUCKING' WHATEVER, WAHTEVER AND SHOULD BE SHOT.
He ugly
Mario.. like you would not cream your pants if he bent over for you.
Darn, 16 minutes?! Guybrush Threepwood could only hold his for ten minutes…
ah ok, I REALLY NEED A NEW JOB
as long there's is oxygen in the water or something like that he can do it. Many freinds I met on a dating community called M E E T I N G W E A L T H Y dot com think so too. They are successful men and women. We usually talk together.
He plans to round off the stunt in New York by attempting to break the world record for holding breath under water - which currently stands at eight minutes, 58 seconds - while trying to escape from 150lb (68kg) of metal chains.
BBC.
16 minutes… what is wrong with you americans? Science isn't the work of the Devil even if many of you knuckedraggers think so.
that's funny #66…
because the two top heroes in the UK for your under 25 year olds are Amy Winehouse and Peter Dougherty, bahhahhahahah!!!!!!!!! So get off your very ridiculous high horse. I mean really, trying to make yourself seem superior in this forum?? Lol, I guess the real world kicks your ass everyday.
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WHAT THE EFF,, DAVID BLAINE!!!
DUMBASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The world record is about 8 minutes actually..
I'm so sick of this asswipe with his lame stunts. Who gives a shit… it's going to be a boring show.. imagine sitting there watching this turd hold his breath for almost 15-20 minutes… oh wow what a thrill that'll be. No one gives a shit about this asswipe anymore.. YOUR STUNTS ARE BORING AS HELL DUDE!!!
most of you people are idiots. as one person said, he has already been within 5 seconds and will shatter the record. pick up the new york times sometime, it was in the science section. and this is for a good cause. he has learned to control his body way beyond houdini in that he can slow his body down to minimize its need to breath and be impacted by CO2, which is the main inhibitor to holding your breath. the medical implications of being able to do what he can do are significant and are helping advance techniques that someday may save your worthless lives. david blaine has made his skills available to the medical community to study and research. maybe you brain deads out here can do the same with your worthless, atrophied brains.
I hope he drowns
death on oprah will surely bring up the ratings j.k.
World Record is under 8 minutes 58 sec.
World Record is 8 minutes, not 16, dumbass…
BFD! I'm bored with his "hold your breath the longest" and "buried alive" and "live in an ice cube" stunts! L ets get back to his old tried and true illusions! Ya know the ones that put him on the map?? Step it up David, cuz Criss Angel is kickin' your ass!
once again the TRICKLESS MAGICIAN is at it again……i cant!
WHAT A FUCKIN USELESS TOOL THIS GUY IS. HIS FAVORITE MAGIC TRICK WAS CALLED "HIDE THE SALAMI" - THE TRICK INVOLVED HIS MALE ASSISTANT OF COURSE. FUCKIN HASBEEN YOUR 15 MINUTES OF FAME IS OVER. WHEN HE WAS IN THAT BOX - THE BOX SYMBOLISED A MAN'S ANUS. HE WAS GIVING OUT THE MESSAGE HE LOVES TO BE INSIDE A MAN'S ANUS. FUCKIN PILLOWBITER MAGIC GAY MAN YOU HAVE OFFICIALLY BEEN HASBEEN'D YOU BONERSUCK
I WISH HE COULD MAKE HIMSELF DISSAPEAR LIKE
PEREZ CAN MAKE A 10 INCHER DISSAPEAR
Poor David, his deathwish as spectacle is getting old. He should try something really, really hard like LIVING. Dying is easy. Living is the hardest thing you'll ever do bud.
I wish he would try to break the record for the longest anyone has gone without taking a dump. Whether he succeeds or fails, there's a finale guaranteed to make the headlines.
David Blaine, David Blaine, why they call him Blaine. He sum kinda genius? Everybody have blaines. I have a blaine in my head too. Perez has a big blaine to make this website. Why David so smart? Why?
Didnt he do this already? Who Cares??!?
uh u mean 16 MINUTES??
wait! he hold's his breath longer when he's down on my snatch! faker!
I'm betting money he is going to die.
do you always have to put people down that are better than you?
I have David BLain and Cris Angel mixed up. I will say that I think that the two of them need to move on.
I don't want to read their obituaries. They are both probabalists…..this alone should tell them that in time eventually something bad will happen.
There loaded with talent and could do anything they put their minds to. I hope they decide to do so.
I am sick of feeling sick for them every time I see one of their stunts.
WANNA SEE SOME MAGIC?
hahaha. david blaine makes me laugh. just let criss angel have the spotlight, hun. your done.
this man is possessed full of demons and someone needs to pray for him…HE WONT DO IT!
what a waste of fucking time…..
oh shut the hell up perez his street magic's amazing…i wish he'd make u dissapear