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- From: mlm7395@rigel.tamu.edu
- Newsgroups: alt.magic
- Subject: Re: Penn & Teller
- Message-ID: <6JAN199315525434@rigel.tamu.edu>
- Date: 6 Jan 93 21:52:00 GMT
- References: <pbaker.04yn@tbag.tscs.com> <16B4ECAFC.FLANAGA@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU>
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- In article <16B4ECAFC.FLANAGA@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU>, FLANAGA@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU (Scott Flanagan) writes...
- >>WV> I was very disappointed by the champagne trick... Good to see I wasn't the
- >>WV> only one. I expected something funny...
- >>
- >>I think they made a prudent point. P&T are avid and outspoken when it comes
- >> to drugs and alcohol. they are 100% against it!
- >
- >Could someone who saw the show please describe the trick for those of us
- >who missed it?
- >
- >Scott Flanagan (flanaga@ricevm1.rice.edu)
-
- The trick involved both Penn and Teller tying themselves to concrete blocks
- and then being lowered into a 900 gallon champagne glass full of champagne
- (which they had warmed up "as much as good taste will allow"). Teller
- then produced a razor blade and tried to cut the rope, but dropped it.
- They stuggled a bit and then had to be rescued by the crew (who broke a
- hole in the glass) and taken away in an ambulance.
-
- We got the point of the trick, but were also disappointed by it. It was
- not as funny as we expected from them.
-