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This is a link post James Randi exposing Uri Geller et al
an oldie but a goodie 6m views and GC be damned
(theswollenbeef where there's a will there's a wank, Fri 12 Jan 2018, 15:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post There was a Storyville branded documentary film about this guy.
They didn't make or produce the film, but they ran their little Storyville ident at the start of it. He was a complicated guy, with his own secrets. Also not as clever as he made out. If you do have secrets to keep, best not let a documentary maker follow you around for months with their camera running.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04ndsb3
 (I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Fri 12 Jan 2018, 16:10, , Reply)
This is a normal post Brilliant documentary! Thanks for the heads-up
But I disagree with your synopsis: The documentary maker had nothing to do with what transpired in the film.
 (I helped save b3ta! P-MONKE We're all fucked, Fri 12 Jan 2018, 20:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post IIRC there was a scene where Randi expressed anger at the fact he was being filmed, and claimed on previous occasions he wasn't aware he was being filmed.
My memory of the doc is a bit hazy though. Was he not upset that the doc served to out him as gay? IDK.

Anyway, did you ever see Weiner? There's a documentary maker who couldn't believe his luck. I saw it at the cinema, so his fall from grace was far from complete. Still a really compelling watch.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0828kwn
 (I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Fri 12 Jan 2018, 22:09, , Reply)
This is a normal post I don't think he was angry about that
as much as he was about his boyfriend being chucked out of the country for immigration offences.
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Fri 12 Jan 2018, 22:36, , Reply)
This is a normal post Oh. I don't remember that bit at all. In fact, I think I was watching a different documentary called When Louis Theroux met Paul Daniels and the lovely Debbie McGee

(I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Fri 12 Jan 2018, 23:16, , Reply)
This is a normal post It's a fascting docu...
...and James Randi is someone I hold in very high regard.

As I recall, his reticence was due to him feeling that it intruded too much on his personal life and shifted the focus from his life's work, but he eventually gave the film his blessing.

Posted by someone not as clever as he makes out in response to a thread started by someone not as clever as they make out...
 (I helped save b3ta! Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Fri 12 Jan 2018, 23:32, , Reply)
This is a normal post Lucky for you I don't understand what that last sentence is supposed to mean, so I'm just going to glare at you.

(I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Sat 13 Jan 2018, 0:53, , Reply)
This is a normal post ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect 1999ish
"The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt." en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell 1930ish
"The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity." en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Butler_Yeats 1919ish
 (I helped save b3ta! artifus is doing it all wrong, Sat 13 Jan 2018, 1:04, , Reply)
This is a normal post "True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing." Socrates, 400 BCish.
But you knew that one, didn't you.
 (I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Sat 13 Jan 2018, 10:18, , Reply)
This is a normal post All we are...
is dust in the wind, dude.

Dust.

Wind.

Dude.
 (Sonny_Jim Kirkladn has a small penis, Mon 15 Jan 2018, 2:57, , Reply)
This is a normal post 'tis nice to be reminded, pru
'tis nice to be reminded x
 (I helped save b3ta! artifus is doing it all wrong, Mon 15 Jan 2018, 22:36, , Reply)
This is a normal post
It's a great documentary, and I thought Randi came out (no pun intended) of it very well. He's taken down some real charlatans, and the relationship with his partner was portrayed very sensitively.
 (abc, Sat 13 Jan 2018, 1:46, , Reply)
This is a normal post Uri Gellar.
The bender?
Yep, that’s the one.
 (I helped save b3ta! Mster Johnny Ekstrom, now that's a name, Fri 12 Jan 2018, 16:30, , Reply)
This is a normal post He had that in common with James Randi it turned out.

(I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Fri 12 Jan 2018, 16:48, , Reply)
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(I helped save b3ta! Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Fri 12 Jan 2018, 16:52, , Reply)
This is a normal post Vacuum Cleaner noise.

(I helped save b3ta! Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Fri 12 Jan 2018, 17:08, , Reply)
This is a normal post Coincidentally my anus IS bleeding!

(I helped save b3ta! Brandy_Bumwinkle, Fri 12 Jan 2018, 19:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post I remember Viz ran an ad asking Britain to focus their mental energy on giving Uri Geller piles

(I helped save b3ta! cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Fri 12 Jan 2018, 22:38, , Reply)
This is a normal post Is this the show
that tells us that that clown Geller was paid millions of dollars by even bigger clowns in the oil industry to tell them where NOT to drill for oil as his 'powers' told him there was no oil there?
 (I helped save b3ta! Flash_Bastard, Sun 14 Jan 2018, 12:02, , Reply)