Dean Gunnarson has been an Inside Magic Favorite for decades. He is death-defying and fearless and, soon, a cartoon. Gunnarson recently went to Kickstarter to announce plans to launch a comic book, The World’s Most Daring Escape Artist. The book will be a 32-page anthology written by Lovern Kindzierski, author of the acclaimed Shame trilogy. For his Top Secret special that first aired on February 24, 1999, at Buffalo Bill's Hotel & Casino in Primm, Nevada, Lance Burton staged an illusion in which he appeared to escape the path of a speeding roller coaster while on the tracks of 'The Desperado'. The Desperado is one of the tallest and fastest roller coasters in the United States.
Criss Angel that Mindfreak tries not to get hit by Adventuredome's Canyon Blaster, did anyone see it?Yes, I saw it. Of course, it looked like the roller coaster wentright thru him. Mysterioso/Urban Bling schtick wearsthin with me. Too much 'Coming up - will he survive facing down ascreaming full roller coaster train?!?!?!?!' , followed by a bunch ofcommercials, until finally the real segment was what you knew it wouldbe. And everyone ooohs and aaahhs.I actually liked the girl whose entire body looked as if it came thrua hole in him. I would like to see the mechanics that make thatillusion happen.
But when it looked like he pulled the bloody noseoff the little boy - that just seemed mean and gross.-Rockytommy29.08.07 12:56. In article,Rocky wrote: Yes, I saw it. Of course, it looked like the roller coaster went right thru him.
Mysterioso/Urban Bling schtick wears thin with me. Too much 'Coming up - will he survive facing down a screaming full roller coaster train?!?!?!?!' , followed by a bunch of commercials, until finally the real segment was what you knew it would be.
And everyone ooohs and aaahhs. I actually liked the girl whose entire body looked as if it came thru a hole in him. I would like to see the mechanics that make that illusion happen. But when it looked like he pulled the bloody nose off the little boy - that just seemed mean and gross.I saw it too.First, why are all of his fans white trash? They're either missingteeth, or they have his tattoo on their shoulder, or they look likethey've never showered.Okay now the other thing that bothered me. Just how fast does CanyonBlaster go?
I really doubt it's doing 70 mph as it exits a corkscrew,but that's what Angel said - 'traveling at 70 miles per hour at thepoint of impact!' He said '70 mph' many times in the lead-up to theactual illusion.Oh, and the juice will make your shoes slip./[email protected] 18:44. In article,wrote:Burton's was much more impressive, but it wasn't the same kind of'escape'.Burtons was like a Houdini stunt, where Angel appeared in the first carof the train that just ran thru him.Angel stood on the track - one foot on each rail, but he was coveredwith paper on each side - like a snare drum turned on end. He had hishands sticking out of little holes that were punched out of the paper sohe was essentially looked like a big X.Oh, and I just read that Canyon Blaster's top speed is 41mph, not quitethe 70 Angel kept saying during the stunt.Rastus O'Ginga29.08.07 20:12. On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 02:21:14 GMT, tommy wrote:In article, wrote: Performing an escape from the tracks of a roller coaster has been done before by magician Lance Burton. He escaped from the tracks of Desperado.
Here's the link: Since I did not see the show, what did Chris Angel do that made it original? Did he add to it in some way?Burton's was much more impressive, but it wasn't the same kind of'escape'.Burton's was camera trickery like most TV magic. It was top-notchHollywood level effects. After watching David Copperfield's NiagaraFalls trick for weeks, and being on the show, I can assure you, youmust take everything literally on those shows. If the magiciandoesn't say there are no camera tricks, there are. David even said itwas one long camera shot. It was, from the point he said it, whcihwas already days after they filmed the part with me in the audiencethat appeared to happen mere seconds before, up until the drop intothe falls.
Again, he wasn't crystal clear on the true meaning of 'onelong camera shot', so they took liberties.The Criss Angel stuff I've seen is nothing but camera tricks or at thevery least a top notch cameraman that has rehearsed the filming of thetrick MANY times with Criss. I missed this show, I thought I Tivo'dit.
But by the sounds of it, Mr. Angel did not say there were nocamera tricks beforehand.
Desperado is a located in, at the a part of the complex.According to the roller coaster database, Desperado is one ofthe tallest in the world at the time of being built. It features a60-degree, 225 foot drop; a 209 foot lift hill; and top speedsaround 80 mph. On the 2 minute, 43 second ride, riders willexperience almost 4 Gs. Aportion of the ride runs through the interior of the casino. Thecoaster was listed by the as the world's tallest roller coaster in 1996. HistoryAt opening, the coaster was tied for the longest dropping andsteepest roller coaster. However, the top speed of 80 mph wasslightly slower than the at which had a topspeed of 82 mph.
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There was much discussion when the ride openedthat questioned if it's 209' lift height was higher than The at in. The Big One opened in May 1994, with atop speed of 75 mph and an advertised height of 235', but manyclaimed that number was above which was 34' lower than The BigOne's base. Later measurements showed The Big One as being 213'high.For his Top Secret special that first aired on February24, 1999, magician staged a death-defying escapein a stunt where he was tied to the roller coaster's track and hadto break out of handcuffs in order to escape. Preceded byWorld's Tallest Complete Circuit RollerCoasterMay 1994Succeeded byReferences.
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