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From: Blue Chip
Date: Sun Jan 26, 2003 2:38am
Subject: Re: [Derren Brown] Re: How he did those tricks on TV last night!
At 00:55 26/01/03 +0000, you wrote:
> > How he did those 3 tricks last night:
>
><snip>
>
>Oh my goodness, I just wet myself with laughter. Derren really has
>got Steve hook, line and sinker.
>
>Yes, DB COULD use this stuff - but I really think he didn't on the
>awful "Born Sloppy".
>
>Think about this. Derren is sat with Jodie Kidd in the green room.
>
>"Oh hello Jodie, nice to meet you - I'm Derren. I've been asked to
>do some mindreading with you later but the producer told me that we
>won't have much time. I was going to get you to think of a memory
>from your childhood that you can really focus on. I tell you what,
>rather than doing this later why don't you think back to something
>that stands out from your youth now. Just so you can really really
>focus, do you want to write it down here? [DB whips out handy pad
>and pen] That way you won't forget. I promise I won't look... in
>fact, I'll leave the room while you do it and once you've really
>focussed on the memory you can hide the paper in your purse or
>something so that there's no way I can ever see it and nobody can
>accuse us of setting something up".
>
>KER-CHING. Money in the bank for DB.
>
>Fast forward a few hours to recording. Our balding hero turns to the
>waif-like one.
>
>"Ok, let's try this... as long as people are happy we haven't set
>anything up...."
>
>Well, she's not going to say "Well, Derren - we haven't set anything
>up but you did get me to write something down a little earlier."
no, but the guy on BBC Bristol did!
>She's going to keep quiet because in her tiny model's mind there is
>no way that any funny stuff has taken place and certainly no set up
>has occurred.
>
>Do you see? Now the overall trick is "someone writes something down
>and Derren works out what it is" rather than "someone thinks of
>something and Derren works out what is is". A subtle difference at
>first glance but one that means a huge change in the impact of
>what's going on.
>
>Now, I am not suggesting that the above happened. Something similar
>may have happened or I could be way off the mark and Mr NLP could be
>spot on. It's just that DB is a crafty rascal and my brother in law
>who caught his live show in Bristol said that there was much buzz in
>the bar at half time about some of the mischief that was going on
>and how what they were seeing in the audience wasn't the same as
>what the on-stage participants were seeing. Perhaps I shall be party
>to some of this when I catch the tour. Perhaps not. Either way, I
>repeat my opinion that the man is a rascal. A charming rascal, but a
>rascal never the less.
>
>
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| Replies | Author | Yahoo! ID | Date | Size |
| 2539: Re: How he did those tricks on TV last night! | ronthompsan | ronthompsan | Sun 26/01/2003 | 2 KB |
| 2547: Re: How he did those tricks on TV last night! | mjm710 | mjm710 | Sun 26/01/2003 | 2 KB |
| 2552: Re: How he did those tricks on TV last night! | Blue Chip | cs_bluechip | Mon 27/01/2003 | 3 KB |
