Psychics PWN3D
Criss Angels exposes “psychics”
Criss Angel embarrassed “psychic” Jim Callahan last night on a live taping of the NBC show Phenomenon. After Callahan completed a stunt in which the spirit of author Raymond Hill helped him guess the contents of a mystery box, Angel (one of the show’s judges along with Uri Geller) challenged the psychic to tell him what was in the envelope he was holding. For a million dollars. In other words, do what you normally do but this time you get a million dollars for it. And hey, shock, he couldn’t do it! The details from Access Hollywood:
“Criss, I can see you’re itching to say something,” noted “Phenomenon” host and Access Hollywood’s Tim Vincent .
“I just think it’s comical quite frankly,” Angel said.
Angel then pulled an envelope from his pocket and appeared to challenge, not only Callahan’s abilities, but also those of his fellow judge Geller.
“I will give you a million dollars of my personal money right now if either one of you can tell me specific details of what’s in here right now,” Angel insisted.
The challenge clearly didn’t sit well with the contestant.
“Ok man, I’ll tell you what I will tell you. I find you an ideological bigot,” Callahan responded as he made his way towards Angel.
“Tell me what’s in the envelope,” Angel kept repeating.
Angel then got out of his seat to meet Callahan, as Geller and Vincent came between the two men and separated them. (Source)
Whatever Criss it’s not about the money, it’s about the art. It’s about the art of providing false hope to shattered parents who are honestly convinced you’re communicating with their dead son because a few of those vague generalizations you’ve been telling them for past hour may kinda have something to do with their son (”He liked sports! How did you know?”). It’s about puncuating those vague generalizations with enough crazy hand motions and fake convulsions to justify the $299 hour fee. It’s about that Criss. Hater
Criss Angel
Criss Angel is a HUGE TOOL. I had never even heard of this guy until he started being a media whore with Britney Spears a few months ago. I TiVoed some of that show last night (because of the hot chick, of course) and at one point, he was comparing himself to Houdini. What a self-righteous ass!!! His attitude and arrogance bugs the crap out of me…not to mention that he just looks like a tool. Everytime they put the camera on him, I had to fast forward past it.
Virtually all “magic” is illusion (staged) or slight of hand, etc. This show is no different. Why would he try to discredit one of the contestants in a show he is “starring” in? Other than his ego taking over, what he did makes no sense at all.
BTW…what the hell is “PWN3D?”
What kind of fucking idiot could possibly believe anyone who claims to be a psychic anyway? Jim Callahan is a dumbass and I would tear his “psychic abilities” to pieces if I had a minute of time with him. Criss Angel is a jackass also, but he is definitely the one who is correct in this situation. “Spirits” of the dead do not remain here after death, no one on the planet has a soul, and GOD DOES NOT EXIST.
Awesome Criss Angel is now a hero of mine. He recently talked to James Randi and told him him was going to call out the fakes. As for him being an ideological bigot Angel has ALWAYS said he is an illusionist and his show is about entertainment.He always shows This is what Geller and others will never admit. Criss you have my respect.
Chad - PWN3D means ‘OWNED’. Criss owned their asses!
Jim is a putz, I was rolling my eyes through this whole thing, watching him twitch and gasp and pant…Not only is he a liar, but he’s out of shape, too! Took him forever to catch his breath, didn’t it?
What I find particularly shocking is that anyone watched the show.
Harry Manback, Do you have proof God does not exist? There really is no proof he does exist, but you sure seem quite certain he doesn’t. so I would like to hear the proof you have. Or do you just hope he doesn’t exist because you fear you will be judged?
While I can’t agree with statement that God does not exist. They don’t have any powers. Eeven if it were some how possible that they did have some type of power, then such power would not be from God. I say good for Criss Angel and exposing yet another fraud! I am shocked at people who think that being a psychic is for real. Such people also must think that South Park is real…
It’s OK, you sad little people. I am God, and I will allow you to worship me. Boneheads.
Not sure if its true, but didn’t Houdini and his mother have a ’secret’ word they shared before her death that Houdini would use to verify life after death and/or talking to dead spirits. To my knowledge, he died never having heard a single person who claimed to be speaking with or through his mother disclose their word. About as scientific a study on afterlife you can get.
Before you can say plainly that God exists, you should identify the specific god as there are thousands of them claimed to exist. Could it also be that people who believe when we die we become worm food and nothing more are not fearful of being judged at all and are actually much less selfish than people who only ever do good deeds for the selfish reason of securing a favorable relationship to a jealous god? Isnt being good because of god and god requesting it from you a spiritual bribe?
I always like Criss’ work, but always thought of him as just another entertainer. Gotta admit, though, him calling out those turds was a hoot. He definitely has my respect.
Mind-body dualism got shot down decades ago. Basically, the physical word can’t interact with any supposed non-physical world. Which means no soul, spirits, afterlife. Can’t see them, can’t touch them, they can’t touch us.
And if some deity set up the physical world to lead us to that belief as a test of faith it would mean that they’re deceitful by nature, and so we’d be in a lot of trouble anyway.
Aside from the matter of that kind of planning requiring the universe to be deterministic (from the point of the deity) to the point that we wouldn’t have free will and hence wouldn’t be able to be judged anyhow.
G, it’s not up to us to prove that god doesnt exist, it’s up to you to prove that he does. “prove to me that 2 headed dickfacedaliens dont exist, go ahead. prove it” the “prove to me that it doesnt exist” logic is wrong. religious people need to know that by now.
HAHAHAHA! “Idealogical bigot”! That is the funniest phrase I have heard. Whack job mystics (this includes religious people) have such a problem with THEIR ideas being criticized and tested that all they have to fall back on are arguments from intimidation, ad hominem attacks, and other fallacies. This is all they have to protect their precious bullshit. I don’t particularly like Criss Angel, but today I have gained more respect for him. Keep exploiting their bullshit Criss! I hope you make more money than a televangelist.
Chad– Chris angle is an illusionist. He practices trickery. He performs illusions. He, and the audience are in on the Joke. People like to see his masterful illusions, his trickery.
Phsycics prey on week, insufficiently skeptical people, I try to connivence them that what they are doing is real. I find it morally abhorant, and I’m glad people are finally calling them out on it.
I think the kettle just called the pot black!
Chris B
Chad..you are obviously an idiot. The point is that Geller and the other guy try and pass off their “skills” as being something more than an illusion. as I can only imagine, Criss is pissed off that those guys are selling their “powers” to grieving families who believe that they can communicate with their loved ones in the afterlife and thats why he called him out.
futhermore, criss has always stated that he is an illusionist and has never suggested that he had real powers.
every time i see criss angel’s show i want to strangle him. he and david copperfield are both so full of themselves. does magic make you a douchebag or do douchebags just love magic? we need our top scientists on this…
Looked like he was having an orgasm with a little seizure mixed in… It was quite disturbing really. Also, Chad. You’re an idiot.
And aasdasd is 100% right.
That was like cheap porn. And Criss angel is a goddamn queer.
Be unpredictable and you get publicity. Works like a charm.
maybe im stupid or something but i dont get it at all. i dont understand what point was being proven or how criss was owning him? i hope someone explains it for me b/c i feel out of the loop! ive watched it like 4 times to try and figure out what they are talking about. please someone explain!
Harry Houdini also systematically exposed frauds.
I don’t even like Chris Angel but he and Penn & Teller all tell people it’s a show, it’s an act, it’s a trick. It’s entertainment.
They are not preying on old widows for $300/hr like those scum.
this whole fight looked staged anyway….it a freakin publicity stunt, so you’ll watch the show next week.
Great that this liar is crushed. The dumbing down of the people. What a box of whores. How do they sleep at night? Satan has taken their souls. Either that or they are completely lazy and refuse to work in a productive job - producing. Basically, they’re gypsy liars and thieves.
Whoever said this type of thing is productive to “fractured families in mourning” is just totally full of shit. It is a stupid predatory activity, not unlike what the “professional wrestling” industries is doing to young people with fresh open minds. These things are intoxicants, just like cocaine addled violent TV in the USA, just horrible destructive SHIT. The FCC used to do something useful and regulate the violent TV. But someone wants to destroy the mind of the people and they’re pretty good at it. The Finance Industry and city apartment cartels currently make a huge amount of money from dumbed down people.
Whoever said this type of thing is productive to “fractured families in mourning” is just totally full of shit. It is a stupid predatory activity, not unlike what the “professional wrestling” industries is doing to young people with fresh open minds. These things are intoxicants, just like cocaine addled violent TV in the USA, just horrible destructive SHIT. The FCC used to do something useful and regulate the violent TV. But someone wants to destroy the mind of the people and they’re pretty good at it. The Finance Industry and city apartment cartels currently make a huge amount of money from dumbed down people.
Greetings, media dudes & chicks! I’m afraid I must impart some most heinous info. Criss Angel is an unmitigated tool. Also, he’s in a goth phase. Uri Geller is a textbook unsavory character. I’m sorry, but Phenomonon is all fraud, all the time. Not even Down syndrome persons or trailer trash will watch it. Please try again. Thanks!
The point that alot of you seemed to have missed is that Criss Angel, time and time again has rubbished the idea of some of what he does are merely “Illusions” On Youtube are dozens of clips of him performing where in his presentation he states “This is not a trick or illusion, if the mind body and spirit work together, anything is possible, what you see is what you get” This is just as misleading as apparently talking to the dead. I find boths acts a form of entertainment, which in this day and age we are educated enough to form out own conclusions about.
Criss angel even performed a seance on his TV specials…for those who dont know what a seance is….Look it up, Criss was a hypocrite for calling Jim Callahan out.
Chris is right, these fakes can never call it on the spot. way to go Chris
Chad is a fucking moron.
Hey, idiot. The “psychics” claim they have real powers. So now do you get it?
Another nerd called out another nerd. Wheee! That’s about as entertaining as geek slapfight, which is actually very entertaining.
well done Chris. Glad to see someone stands up to these scum bags that are conning the bereaved out of there had earned cash.
I would love to believe there is something after death, anything. The scientist in me just can’t see it without the proof. My mind constantly fights the argument of belief in the paranormal and the actual cold hard scientific facts.
I also believe that just because scientists can’t prove something exists doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.
Science in the past has been proven wrong with new theories and it’s possible that one day we will prove that there are aliens or that our energy does pass over to another existence but at the moment it seem very far fetched.
Chris doesn’t say that god or the after life is helping him do these things, like Derren Brown from Britain he says it’s an illusion or mind tricks.
The fact that he wears religious symbols I believe is just to shove it in the face of all these people who are actually trying to convince us that these things are actually god or spirits talking to us. In other words anyone can wear a robe and call himself a religious leader but it still doesn’t make it real.
the purpose of this show is to DEBUNK people that CLAIM to have REAL powers as opposed to people that do TRICKS.
jesus h christ.
HAHAHA! Jim Was Owned! All you noobs don’t know pwned? Criss Angel is awesome!!!!
Psychics & Paranomal Mediums have reaped what they sow and their snake oil ways on this NBC show prove it!
What is truly amazing in this video is how Callahan misspells the word ‘WHEELS’ with ‘WEELS’ even when possessed by a literary author.
Thanks, Annicka.
NEWS FLASH: aasdasd, soar and the lucifer…defending a TOOL makes you one!
I don’t support Jim C., Criss A. or any of them. THE POINT WAS THAT THEY ARE ALL FAKES IN THERE OWN WAY. Just some are more entertaining and engaging than others. Phenomenon is about performers as contestants…thats it, and is as hollow as the worst “reality” shows.
Chris B above said it best.
Don’t know if Criss Angel is a hypocrite as h3 said, but it wouldn’t suprise me and frankly I don’t care. He is so full of himself that he probably looks in the mirror while he masterbates. His “stunt” of calling out Uri and Jim was just that…a stunt. He was trying to gain more respect and noteriety by attempting to discredit someone else. Instead, he came off as a complete prick that doesn’t even show respect to the show’s producers or his co-judge.
Personally I love Cris because he is an entertainer and not out to try to impress people the way we think he does. I love the fact he confronted Jim I actually had a GREAT laugh with it. You see Cris doesn’t pretend to be someone he isn’t but Jim on the other hand……. PATHETIC some people will do anything for attention. I love you Cris keep up your good work. Screw those who are jealous of you. xoxoxo
I refuse to watch or look at Chris A. ugly mug. Besides, he looks like he might smell. BAD.
He’s no Tony Wonder.
Damn… I could have done without watching that. Exhibitions of “magic” and the “supernatural” are all imaginary. There is no paranormal… no “magic man”. At all.
The thing about Criss Angel is that he is a showman. He was the singer in a rock band for a while and is still a musician. Naturally, this profession requires a certain stage presence. He puts on a show. But he tells you that he’s lying. The Mindfreak show has supernatural in the “definition” at the beginning. This is inherently misleading, I’ll admit.
However, if asked, he will admit that everything is a trick. He has said so on many occasions. Uri Geller and “Paranormalist” Jim Callahan claim that they can bend spoons with their mind and talk to the dead, respectively. There is a big difference. Criss Angel has a team of the best American magic illusion artists behind him, helping him craft every trick. The tricks are meant to be illusions- to look paranormal. That’s what makes them fun.
I consider way harder if a guy can walk down the side of a building by illusion than by powers cause it takes a shit-load more effort and planning to pull off. I don’t believe that anybody has psychic powers, at this point. One must start from this position and ask for proof. Anything that can be tested and turn up negative, like this encounter, counts against the psychic community and makes them less credible.
What’s in the envelope? It’s a simple question with a simple answer. Jim was just making a show of it and so was Criss. However, Jim was doing it to be a weasel and get out of having to prove himself by blowing it up so big that people had to step in and stop it.
No respect for paranormalists, much respect for illusionists.