>> ^mentality:
When did feats of endurance, like staying in a box for 44 days, become magic? Or for that matter, entertaining to watch?


when people died from not eating for 44 days or from staying underwater for 17 minutes. duh.

David Blaine is an extreme example of a human being, and long may he, and others, continue to push the boundaries. I don't particularly agree or disagree that his endeavours are of any significant use. However, looking at great explorers,climbers,scientists etc, who had the passion and endurance to attain their individual goals, i think it is a tribute to these men and woman that we, atleast, acknowledge their committment.

>> ^MaxWilder:
I always thought he was a total douche, but after hearing about his dedicated training for each of his stunts, I have a lot more respect for him.


my thoughts exactly

>> ^osama1234:
Perhaps he has always been like this, but he sounds as if he has held his breath one too many times.


If he has the world record for breath holding then. . . yeah there's an excellent chance of that. For a short time as a teenager I was curious to see how good I could get at holding my breath. Within a few days I could go for a little over 3 minutes. Shortly after I read that brain damage can set in after you've been deprived of oxygen for as little as 3 min 30 seconds. Then I stopped and got a proper hobby.

I'm sure Blaine and others are able to substantially increase the period of time they can go before being harmed, by increasing breath capacity, red blood cell count, ect. But when you train to be on the absolute edge of what humans are capable of, it seems almost certain he fried part of his brain in the process.

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Take notes, David Blaine!

The ending image.. proves conan > david blaine?

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/8849/cocom.jpg

this jesus/god character would have had to have been really stupid, and his tricks not even as good as david blains!

Was anybody else hoping this was one of the fake David Blaine videos?

ahh well, upvote anyway.

David Blaine is going to eat his own head! Only in the magic channel.

This is certainly a much more specialized channel than many others, I'm looking forward to all the tricks.

Hmm, incidentally, would this be the channel for Magic the Gathering?

That's the guy who walked around NYC paying with blank bills right? David Blaine could learn a thing or two from him.

What's really impressive is the next fourteen seconds of missing footage where the pilot levitates out of the cockpit and gently floats to the ground, and then reveals himself as David Blaine.

>> ^Deano:
This reminds me of those crazy David Blaine videos


That's because it's the same guys.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikey_Day
He's in the David Blaine videos, Kath & Kim (with Selma Blair) and Wild 'N Out.

Nice. Now learn from the fake David Blaine vids, don't go over 2 virals. It'll degrade all the good work you've done.

This reminds me of those crazy David Blaine videos