Is there anything some idiot won't put on TV these days?
A game of Russian Roulette with a real, loaded gun is slated to be broadcast live on British television this Sunday in what is being billed as the ultimate reality-TV stunt.Apparently they do have some limits, though.
"It is a real gun with a real bullet and I am really putting it against my head," said Derren Brown a self-styled "psychological illusionist."
Brown plans to pull the trigger of a 348 Smith & Wesson several times, sensing which chamber the bullet is in, and plans to point the gun away from his body and fire the killer shot harmlessly into the air.
"If I am not 100 percent sure, I will not pull the trigger," Brown said, admitting, "It would be humiliating but it would be preferable to the other consequences."
The show will air on a several-second delay in case Brown shoots himself. If that happens, viewers will not see the gun fire into his head. Instead, the screen will go blank and display a message advising viewers what's happened.I think this guy may be in the running as a Darwin Award candidate. Idiot. Posted by Aubrey at October 2, 2003 10:40 AM | TrackBack
if anybody really thinks that this bozo has really loaded a gun without palming the bullet first, well .....
Posted by: bushranger at October 3, 2003 03:24 PMNope - he didn't palm the bullet - he fired it into the wall after firing the empty chambers at his head. Top class stunt in the same league as Houdini - Bravo!
Posted by: Tim at October 7, 2003 04:41 AM