Re: Fri. 5/9 'Will it Float?' Sorcery

PattonKenny says...
> Equally factual, though, is the statement "As the home audience, we
> have no way of knowing whether the trick was
> pre-arranged with a planted audience member or not."
> 
> The person giving over their gl***** in this trick has no bearing on
> its result whatsoever, especially in a televised format. A discerning
> viewer is always going to know that thereis a possibility that the
> volunteer is in on the trick -- especially on a show like Letterman
> that uses fake audience members regularly (Who Asked For It?, etc.)
> 
> The fact of the matter is that Penn forgot to indicate to the audience
> that Paul's gl***** had disappeared. Without showing us that one pair
> has vanished before another pair reappears, it's only natural to
> assume that there are simply two pairs. Whether they're Paul's gl*****
> or Irene Sweatstain from Armpit, North Dakota's.
> 

That's a very good point. But for me personally, seeing Paul as the 
volunteer immediately made me suspicious. Had they used an audience 
member it wouldn't have removed ALL suspicion by any means, but it 
certainly wouldn't have been the first thing which sprung to mind.

I think most of us agree...it was a lousy bit for a lot of reasons.

Traci

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