9 Responses:

1. roninspoon says:

   13 years ago at 2:23 pm

   In the first few minutes, I thought to myself, "Man. David Blaine is a terrible public speaker." A little later I corrected myself and thought "Maybe he did suffer some hypoxia related brain damage."

   Then he said "I realized that my real competition was the beaver." I laughed, but I no longer knew what to think about him. He manages to come across as a pretty down to earth lunatic with a death wish.

   • notthebuddha says:

     13 years ago at 10:27 pm

     crazy insane got no brain insane in the membrane

2. adam_0oo says:

   13 years ago at 2:38 pm

   I could do that, I just don't want to.

   • revsphynx says:

     13 years ago at 5:10 pm

     I think that was Blaine's point.

   • anktastic says:

     13 years ago at 11:52 pm

     I have done that, but I don't need to show off potato bus trampoline.

3. nidea says:

   13 years ago at 4:05 pm

   This really impressed me. I'm glad you posted it.

4. masterkill says:

   13 years ago at 4:37 pm

   Strange tearing up right at the end.

   I'm not sure if it was a good idea to mention the ways in which he considered faking holding his breath, either. Shouldn't he keep the world of magic and the world of endurance records completely separate?

   • greyface says:

     13 years ago at 2:34 am

     Not if he's trying to emphasize the point that he DIDN'T cheat.
     And, not if he's trying to emphasize that actually holding his breath is more difficult and strange than all the weird things he did trying to cheat. He didn't actually conflate cheating with getting the record.

     So, in a word, "No."

5. lafinjack says:

   13 years ago at 5:15 pm