Bret Hart on Contact: Talking With The Dead

[Throwback]

wasn't really sure where to put this but I'm sure you'll get a kick out of it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KHglU6Rosg&feature=related

[thesam07]

That was...interesting?

[xroads]

yeah i seen that before, its funny when the guy says something like your family wasnt the average normal "american" family and bret just laughs.

[Throwback]

xroads said:

yeah i seen that before, its funny when the guy says something like your family wasnt the average normal "american" family and bret just laughs.

I don't remember that part.

[Triple Kelly]

the fake medium uses a technique called "cold reading", wherein you give very vague descriptions that could apply to anyone, and fish for more information from the client. And the "American family" line gives away this guy's bullshit.

[bob]

this was inducted quite a while ago as I recall

[Cranjis McBasketball]

I didn't understand........

[laotioncommotion]

fabulousswissfranc said:

the fake medium uses a technique called "cold reading", wherein you give very vague descriptions that could apply to anyone, and fish for more information from the client. And the "American family" line gives away this guy's bullcrap.

Yep, that's pretty much how all the psychic reading stuff goes. Let the client give you all the information you need, and feed off their desperation for some sort of closure. This whole thing made me really sad. All I wanted to do was hug Bret. The whole time it was like he knew it was bullcrap, but he was just grasping at any straw available. It was like that scene in Man On The Moon where Andy Kaufman goes to the faith healers in the Philippines and they "pull" the cancer out of him, and he laughs because he knows it's all a big joke.

[Jared Has Been Enlightened :)]

Its likely fake, but he's very good with some of the facts. Thought as mentioned, Bret is famous and research on he and his family would be easy.

[Jared Has Been Enlightened :)]

laotioncommotion said:

fabulousswissfranc said:

the fake medium uses a technique called "cold reading", wherein you give very vague descriptions that could apply to anyone, and fish for more information from the client. And the "American family" line gives away this guy's bullcrap.

Yep, that's pretty much how all the psychic reading stuff goes. Let the client give you all the information you need, and feed off their desperation for some sort of closure. This whole thing made me really sad. All I wanted to do was hug Bret. The whole time it was like he knew it was bullcrap, but he was just grasping at any straw available. It was like that scene in Man On The Moon where Andy Kaufman goes to the faith healers in the Philippines and they "pull" the cancer out of him, and he laughs because he knows it's all a big joke.

Actually, he was wiping tears away a couple of times. Whether that's because he actually believed it or just from talking about Owen, who knows?

[Macho Dude Handy Damage]

mvp said:

laotioncommotion said:

Yep, that's pretty much how all the psychic reading stuff goes. Let the client give you all the information you need, and feed off their desperation for some sort of closure. This whole thing made me really sad. All I wanted to do was hug Bret. The whole time it was like he knew it was bullcrap, but he was just grasping at any straw available. It was like that scene in Man On The Moon where Andy Kaufman goes to the faith healers in the Philippines and they "pull" the cancer out of him, and he laughs because he knows it's all a big joke.

Actually, he was wiping tears away a couple of times. Whether that's because he actually believed it or just from talking about Owen, who knows?

Or because he figured out just what the hell he had really agreed to do...

[Goldenbane]

Can someone explain something? Why was the guy that was doing all the dead talking, constantly (and annoyingly) asking Bret "Understood?"

Your mother says you are not the normal American family, understood?

I'm reading that you have two brothers, understood?

She says, understood, that your siblings don't all get along with you, understood?

He says that what happened isn't your fault, understood?

[RoloSolo IV]

I seen that guy before on Unsolved Mysteries.

[themanwithnoname]

Yeah, this guy is another in a long line of fakes like John Edwards.

[capnsteve]

goldenbane said:

Can someone explain something? Why was the guy that was doing all the dead talking, constantly (and annoyingly) asking Bret "Understood?"

Your mother says you are not the normal American family, understood?

I'm reading that you have two brothers, understood?

She says, understood, that your siblings don't all get along with you, understood?

He says that what happened isn't your fault, understood?

He reminds me of the guy in Red Dragon who always says "Do you see?" when he's showing slides of his victims.

[funkycoldmadina]

themanwithnoname said:

Yeah, this guy is another in a long line of fakes like John Edwards.

Must be a Barack Obama man...yeah I went there.

[Jay Peas 42]

rhgilmore said:

themanwithnoname said:

Yeah, this guy is another in a long line of fakes like John Edwards.

Must be a Barack Obama man...yeah I went there.

One's a Necromancer, one's a lawyer, one's a 18th century theologian who wrote the sermon "Sinners in the hands of an Angery God" and played a major role in the First Great Awakening.