Eskimos on August 1, 1973
Watching on one of my local subchannels. This was great!! Nice how the segment's went on way longer than they do these. Also sounded like the first appearance for then-unknown Uri Geller
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Apparently, it was also Geller's last appearance. I don't blame Carson for not having this clown back on the show. He cut short Ricardo Montalban for some joker who waves his hands over a few containers of water and takes some deep breaths?
If it hadn't been for a few audible coughs from the audience, I would have guessed that from their silence, his only power consisted of putting them all to sleep out of sheer boredom. Then he blames Carson for "pressing" him, which diluted his "powers." When Carson tries to dig him out of his hole by suggesting that he move on to some sealed envelope stunt that was also planned, Geller just complains that he can't be forced to do it because he's so genuine that he knows that it won't work, either, and seems to be a little miffed that Johnny would even suggest it. Carson tries to be diplomatic, but his exasperation at this dud's bringing the show down is evident. I can only imagine what his mood was after the taping of this evening's episode. Tonight's show might just as well have been edited down to an hour and shown on a weeknight, with Geller's segment completely cut out.
I'm not crying, you fool, I'm laughing!
Hewwo.
I missed the episode but didn't Johnny want him to use Johnny's silverware to supposedly telekinetically (or psychokinetically?) bend and he said he had to use his own? Sounds suspicious to me.
I'll let you know when I come-up with a new signature, .
The story goes that fellow skeptic James Randi worked with Carson's producer that night and made sure all the items on the stage were legit and not tampered by anyone beforehand. And you see the result. Uri is forced to bluff his way through a very uncomfortable performance.
shareKnowing that story, even if it's just apocryphal, makes the segment a lot more bearable.
If this aired today, the guy would have been laughed off as a huckster immediately. Awful.
No, not the mind probe!
Carson was a magician and he knew that Geller was full of BS. He and James Randi, another magician, wanted to expose Geller as a fraud. Unfortunately, it didn't work as well as they hoped. To this day, Geller still has many followers and still doing that spoon trick.
George Carlin: It's all bullsh-t and it's bad for ya.