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Hypnotist David Days knocked out during Dorset show (3 people were left hypnotized on stage)
bbc ^ | 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'."

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Weird Stuff
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1 posted on 06/04/2011 4:23:16 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Did anyone see “Office Space”? Life imitates art.


2 posted on 06/04/2011 4:25:45 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Pearls Before Swine

My thought exactly.


3 posted on 06/04/2011 4:35:55 PM PDT by GreenLanternCorps ("Barack Obama" is Swahili for "Jimmy Carter".)
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To: BenLurkin

No wonder I can’t stop barking.


4 posted on 06/04/2011 4:37:35 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Free Lazamataz! With every purchase!)
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To: BenLurkin

5 posted on 06/04/2011 4:40:59 PM PDT by Brandonmark (News Coverage)
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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!****


6 posted on 06/04/2011 4:42:25 PM PDT by LibFreeOrDie (Obama promised a gold mine, but will give us the shaft.)
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To: BenLurkin

7 posted on 06/04/2011 4:44:33 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: BenLurkin; mikrofon; martin_fierro

They were Daysed.


8 posted on 06/04/2011 4:45:22 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson (Pinin' for the fjords.)
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To: BenLurkin
This is the most ridiculous story of the week. Hilarious.


9 posted on 06/04/2011 4:46:03 PM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

LOL - “Office Space” was the first thing that came to mind when I saw the thread title.


10 posted on 06/04/2011 4:46:34 PM PDT by Allegra (Hey! Stop looking at my tagline like that.)
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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.


11 posted on 06/04/2011 5:03:27 PM PDT by irishtenor (Everything in moderation, however, too much whiskey is just enough... Mark Twain)
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To: BenLurkin
Bull! No such thing as bad press.....
12 posted on 06/04/2011 5:14:41 PM PDT by halfright (My presidents picture is in the dictionary, next to the word, "rectum".)
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Uh, this is a STUNT, guys.


13 posted on 06/04/2011 5:21:11 PM PDT by Rudder (The Main Stream Media is Our Enemy---get used to it.)
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Shills.

I’ve been hypnotized many times. You are not asleep. As if.


14 posted on 06/04/2011 5:30:11 PM PDT by CornBred
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To: Pearls Before Swine

It was also the plot of a Little Rascals episode loooong ago.


15 posted on 06/04/2011 5:40:24 PM PDT by sportutegrl
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To: Pearls Before Swine

It was also the plot of a Little Rascals episode loooong ago.


16 posted on 06/04/2011 6:03:18 PM PDT by sportutegrl
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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.

17 posted on 06/04/2011 6:38:37 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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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.
hypnotist knocks himself out during stage show

18 posted on 06/04/2011 7:08:15 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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To: BenLurkin
Can we put this guy on Zero,s TOTUS?

19 posted on 06/04/2011 7:09:15 PM PDT by MaxMax
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To: sportutegrl

Oh yeah? Well it was also the plot of a Greek tragedy way, way, way back in the BC days. ;-)


20 posted on 06/04/2011 7:09:29 PM PDT by ponygirl
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