WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD! MAGICAL SPOILERS!
On today's edition of Oprah, which many people in the country have already seen, magician/stunt artist David Blaine attempted to break the world record for a person holding their breath. Did he actually do it? The results after the jump.
Yup, he did it. Blaine held his breath underwater for a world record breaking 17 minutes and 4 seconds. He then died. No, just kidding, he lived! This incredible feat breaks the old world record held by a man in Switzerland (16 minutes and 32 seconds), which was actually just set a couple of months ago.
I'm glad to hear he did this underwater. When I first heard several months ago that he was going to do this, I wondered if he was just going to stand on stage and hold his breath and we'd never know if he was really holding his breath or not. But since it was underwater I'm sure there are ways to tell.
What should Blaine do next?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
4-30-2008 @ 3:08PM
phorbr said...
Go away
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4-30-2008 @ 3:16PM
pacheco said...
"He then died."
As flippant and as illogical it would be to put a statement like that right in there, my hearts skipped for just a moment. Not funny :-)
No, I'm not a Blaine groupie or even a fan. You just caught me off guard. Geez.
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4-30-2008 @ 4:47PM
dan2ktj said...
It was a joke.... grow up.
4-30-2008 @ 4:55PM
pacheco said...
Wow, so was what I said. See that :-) ? That's a smiling face.
"Grow up."
4-30-2008 @ 3:17PM
Ryan said...
So this man in Switzerland, he was just an ordinary man with out magical powers?
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4-30-2008 @ 3:59PM
Duane said...
"Big deal, Teller once held his breath underwater for 22 minutes. The only difference is, he was cheating." - Penn
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4-30-2008 @ 4:21PM
John Howard said...
"But since it was underwater I'm sure there are ways to tell."
Yes, the way to tell is that he didn't drown.
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4-30-2008 @ 4:59PM
MERVE-THE-PERVE said...
Let's send him to the moon on a 1-way ticket & see how long he can hold his breath there.
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5-02-2008 @ 1:02AM
Andy said...
17 minutes and 4 seconds
4-30-2008 @ 5:19PM
MCW said...
Hopefully he does another street magic special at some point. Just today I was thinking about the trick where he put a playing card on the inside of a restaurant window from a sidewalk outside. HOW DID HE DO THAT!?!?
His street magic is awesome... I prefer it to these once a year "Big stunts".
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5-01-2008 @ 1:07AM
Cyantre said...
I agree, his old street magic specials were the best.
5-01-2008 @ 8:56AM
MosquitoControl72 said...
His street magic is an exercise in clever editing. I can't watch more than 30 seconds of it. Same with Chris Angel's crap.
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5-01-2008 @ 2:31PM
chgosaint said...
The only way to have made this story a happy one was your statement "And then he died." It put a huge smile on my face. I say we bury him in a casket underground for 4 years and see if it breaks his won record.
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5-07-2008 @ 4:01PM
simiandowntimeanalyst said...
he could do magic.
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