There's a new episode of Mythbusters on the Discovery channel at this very moment, where they are testing if catching a bullet in one's teeth is actually a feasible notion.
All magic jokes aside, it's sure to be an interesting watch. It will likely be in reruns over the next couple of weeks; it is listed on the website as the "Helium Football" episode -- the one other myth they explore in this episode.
Mythbusters -- Bullet Catch
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Re: Mythbusters -- Bullet Catch
"testing if catching a bullet in one's teeth is actually a feasible notion"
No attack on Adam here, but that sounds like it should be on the Comedy channel instead, since it seems kinda like testing to see if a human freefalling off a 30 story building will in fact suffer from broken bones....
Clay
No attack on Adam here, but that sounds like it should be on the Comedy channel instead, since it seems kinda like testing to see if a human freefalling off a 30 story building will in fact suffer from broken bones....
Clay
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Re: Mythbusters -- Bullet Catch
Don't laugh too hard. About 30 years ago the Wild World of Sports featured a German guy who "caught bullets with his teeth." He was using a .22 single shot rifle and the standard holder for a pane of glass between him and shooter. Bullet was marked, etc. He got a big buildup about how he'd been shot a few times, had teeth replaced, etc. At the end of the clip they mentioned that after filming he'd been killed doing this 'feat'.
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Anyone remember the television show That's Incredible? A magician named Carl Skenes did a bullet catch. I seem to recall the guy sort of missed and his lip was bleeding after the catch.
UPDATE: Gotta love Google. Here's a Wiki article that mentions the Linking Ring:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Skenes
And there's an interview:
http://www.psycheology.com/2006/01/sess ... ullet.html
And the guy's web site:
http://www.skenesentertainment.com/carlskenesjr.htm
John
http://www.escamoteurettes.com/blog/
UPDATE: Gotta love Google. Here's a Wiki article that mentions the Linking Ring:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Skenes
And there's an interview:
http://www.psycheology.com/2006/01/sess ... ullet.html
And the guy's web site:
http://www.skenesentertainment.com/carlskenesjr.htm
John
http://www.escamoteurettes.com/blog/
Re: Mythbusters -- Bullet Catch
I remember the episode of That's Incredible with the bullet catch, and yes he was bleeding a little afterwards. I seem to remember he was using a bullet with reduced powder?
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The "German fellow" was Ralf Bialla see Master Payne's post on the Cafe...
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/view ... b48b65f26b
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/view ... b48b65f26b
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We gave Carl Skenes permission to do the bullet catch in our dinner theater in Orlando for the Ripley's Believe It Or Not TV show and at the last minute a producer pulled the plug when he found out it was REAL.
Best,
Tony Brent
Orlando, Florida
Best,
Tony Brent
Orlando, Florida
Re: Mythbusters -- Bullet Catch
There's a site called bulletcatch.com which reproduces a Ripleys's cartoon, which says
This may be what
Dorothy Dietrich does, too.
The metal and plastic mouthpiece, and perhaps .22 caliber ammunition of the mildest kind, makes really catching a bullet a possible, but very dangerous, stunt."Magician Carl Skenes, of Myrtle Beach, S. C., using a metal and plastic mouthpiece catches a bullet, fired by his wife, Tina, in his mouth.
This may be what
Dorothy Dietrich does, too.