--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4776181634656145640 > > > > > > Four-minute Google video of Chris Bliss > > > (be sure your speakers are on) > > > > OK. On the same Google page there's a link to > > a "Chris Bliss Juggling Parody" video. > > > > This must really be inside-juggling. It looks > > almost as impressive to me as Chris Bliss. Why > > is this a parody, anybody have any idea? > > > > Here's the link: > > > > http://tinyurl.com/pw6f6 > > Actually, the joke is on you (and all of Chris Bliss's cheering > fans): the "parody juggling" was a much more difficult act... > > MUCH more difficult. By an order of magnitude at least.
Ah, OK, I got it now! That makes sense. Now that I look, the "parody" juggler is described in the little blurb as a "juggling enthusiast," so he's apparently not a big star in the juggling world. > It's a prime example of an old juggler's saying: the audience > doesn't know shit about juggling. No kidding. I sure didn't have a clue. That must be a bit frustrating for top-notch jugglers, no? What motivates them if the audience can't tell the difference? Must be a don't-be-attached-to-results thing. Maybe juggling is really a technique for enlightenment... That's the joke. The parody (or mocking, to > be honest) is really of the cheering audience. > > Mind you, I agree that Chris Bliss did a much more polished > performance, and it certainly LOOKED hard, but most of the tricks he > did were standard 3-ball juggling tricks. I can do maybe a quarter of > them and I'm out of practice. > > On the other hand, consider the difficulty of the pardody: I've been > juggling for decades and still haven't gotten 5-ball juggling down, > let alone 5 balls IN ONE HAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > OMG. And I bet you yawned at that trick. > > Bet you yawn at 4 clubs but ooh and ah over 3 burning torches or 3 > knives. Same thing: juggling 4 clubs is hard. The torches and knives > are always high-end professional equipment (well, my knives are > cheapo and only cost me $115 for 3) and are perfectly balanced unlike > many clubs so if you can do 3 clubs, of course you can do 3 juggling > knives or torches with a little practice to get used to the burning > and the nervousness of the blade (which usually isn't a blade, but a > piece of flat metal scored to make it reflect like one). > > I can do 3 burning balls with almost no injuries, even though I don't > have access to the best cool-buring oil for the wicks but it looks > really cool to have 3 flaming objects in the air, even though its > only marginally more difficult than three beanbags. > > Again: the joke is making fun of the audience that cheered over a > bunch of simple 3 ball tricks. Mind you, I thought it was a very good > performance also, but the "parody" would have gotten an audience of > jugglers cheering. > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
