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Hypnotist David Days knocked out during Dorset show (3 people were left hypnotized on stage)
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| 4 June 2011 Last updated at 12:55 ET
Posted on 06/04/2011 4:23:14 PM PDT by BenLurkin
David Days was performing at Portland's Royal Manor Theatre on Friday when he tripped over a participant's leg.
His team could not rouse him and the audience was asked to leave while the people were still "asleep" on stage.
They were "woken up" soon after when Mr Days recovered. His manager said the performer has a voice recording which can be used to bring people round.
Alan Coman, treasurer of the Royal Manor Theatre, has disputed Mr Days' claims that he passed out and said the episode was "only a joke".
"It was part of a project for students who were filming the whole thing... but they (the people on stage being hypnotised) weren't pretending because they didn't get up to help.
"The audience didn't know (that it was part of the act) but it was purely to test hypnotism," he said.
Days' manager, Tara Nix, insisted it was not part of the show
Audience member Fiona Faye said: "At this point we become very worried not only for David Days but also the guests that were onstage oblivious to anything as they were still hypnotised.
"They simply just sat there 'asleep'."
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TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: suckerborneverymin
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posted on
06/04/2011 4:23:16 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Did anyone see “Office Space”? Life imitates art.
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06/04/2011 4:35:55 PM PDT
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GreenLanternCorps
("Barack Obama" is Swahili for "Jimmy Carter".)
To: BenLurkin
No wonder I can’t stop barking.
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06/04/2011 4:37:35 PM PDT
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Larry Lucido
(Free Lazamataz! With every purchase!)
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06/04/2011 4:40:59 PM PDT
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Brandonmark
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To: BenLurkin
"Look into my eyes, look into the eyes, the eyes, the eyes, not around the eyes, don't look around the eyes, look into my ey.. ***TRIP!*** CRASH!****
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06/04/2011 4:42:25 PM PDT
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LibFreeOrDie
(Obama promised a gold mine, but will give us the shaft.)
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06/04/2011 4:44:33 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: BenLurkin; mikrofon; martin_fierro
To: BenLurkin
This is the most ridiculous story of the week. Hilarious.
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posted on
06/04/2011 4:46:03 PM PDT
by
Lazlo in PA
(Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
To: Pearls Before Swine
LOL - “Office Space” was the first thing that came to mind when I saw the thread title.
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posted on
06/04/2011 4:46:34 PM PDT
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Allegra
(Hey! Stop looking at my tagline like that.)
To: Pearls Before Swine
Done years ago on In Living Color. Jim Carrie gets hynotized into a chicken, the hynotist dies on stage, and Jim Carrie ends up as Chicken Man.
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posted on
06/04/2011 5:03:27 PM PDT
by
irishtenor
(Everything in moderation, however, too much whiskey is just enough... Mark Twain)
To: BenLurkin
No such thing as bad press.....
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posted on
06/04/2011 5:14:41 PM PDT
by
halfright
(My presidents picture is in the dictionary, next to the word, "rectum".)
To: BenLurkin
Uh, this is a STUNT, guys.
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posted on
06/04/2011 5:21:11 PM PDT
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Rudder
(The Main Stream Media is Our Enemy---get used to it.)
Shills.
I’ve been hypnotized many times. You are not asleep. As if.
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posted on
06/04/2011 5:30:11 PM PDT
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CornBred
To: Pearls Before Swine
It was also the plot of a Little Rascals episode loooong ago.
To: Pearls Before Swine
It was also the plot of a Little Rascals episode loooong ago.
To: BenLurkin
They were "woken up" soon after when Mr Days recovered. His manager said the performer has a voice recording which can be used to bring people round. The publicist that set this up is earned his money on this one.
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06/04/2011 6:38:37 PM PDT
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higgmeister
( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Thanks BenLurkin. I saw a different stage hypnotist do his schtick (which included a phony mindreading gag, which sucked btw) and not one of the volunteers did anything at all. In particular, everyone else was waiting with 'bated breath to see them react to imaginary UFOs after we got outside. Bupkis.
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06/04/2011 7:08:15 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: BenLurkin
Can we put this guy on Zero,s TOTUS?
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posted on
06/04/2011 7:09:15 PM PDT
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MaxMax
To: sportutegrl
Oh yeah? Well it was also the plot of a Greek tragedy way, way, way back in the BC days. ;-)
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06/04/2011 7:09:29 PM PDT
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ponygirl
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