James Randi-A Report from the Paranormal Trenches (1992)

[@RonnieD1970]

This might sound like an overstatement.... but.... James Randi is one of the most important figures in modern human history. His skepticism and ability to “debunk” pseudoscience, supernatural claims and charlatans helped keep these fakers on their toes. Thankyou Randi. You were the BOSS

[@BonziBUDDY]

We need someone else like him to carry on his legacy

[@AllansStation]

A man who really blasted the con men and fakers.

[@A-non-theist]

A man that was a very intelligent skeptic. He will be missed greatly. 😢

[@sebastianmelmoth9100]

i agree that his impact has been enormous and underrated.

[@chrlpolk]

What a prolific life! I’ve been watching him for decades, and still coming across content I’ve never seen before!

[@shanek6582]

James changed my life, I’ll miss him. I grew up in rural Appalachia with all the usual superstitious BS that is normal for that area like religion, ghosts, and mountain voodoo type nonsense. I never could really get the “feeling” we were all supposed to get by being godly in church, it all seemed like crap but there was fear I was wrong. One single issue of skeptic magazine brought it all into focus. Thanks James.

[@leonardgibney2997]

The man is blinkered, a showman saying "l haven't seen a ghost so they don't exist".

[@joyfulness9968]

@@leonardgibney2997 he never said that, you pillock. He wanted proof and explanation under certain conditions

[@Awibrahor]

@@leonardgibney2997 Those who believe false claims by woo-woo charlatans, all without the slightest proof, are not just blinkered themselves. They are blind to reason. And you’re one of them.

[@oo0Spyder0oo]

@@leonardgibney2997 nob, they don’t exist, prove they do.

[@leonardgibney2997]

@@oo0Spyder0oo I really envy you guys with your expertise on what exists/doesn't exist in the Cosmos. Me, l try to have an open mind.

[@chrisc7110]

In this time of misinformation we need ppl like Randi more than ever!

[@WeatherWeasel66]

yeah...i heard he, like Elvis, has left the building..

[@M_Ling]

@@WeatherWeasel66 That doesn't change the fact that we need men like Randi more than ever!

[@JackBarrett7]

Not really. In fact there are a LOT of ppl like him these days. His motivation for 'debunking' the paranormal was that he tried desperately for decades to become famous as a stage magician but was never accepted because of his homosexuality. That in itself is a shame, but he used that bitterness as a tool to attack those who were popular. Yeah he busted fraud 'televangelists' and 'psychics' like Uri Geller, but they were fooling no one but the foolish, and it takes a fool to feel the need to say "Uh uh. Thats not true!". Does anyone go to a David Copperfied or David Blaine show and genuinely believe theyre performing 'magic'? No. Its entertainment and its sad that Randi expended an entire life and talent in a bitter pursuit to attack people because he was rejected. Its no different than someone who watches pro wrestling and feels they have to announce that it's fake. There is no one like Randi anymore bc being gay is much more accepted now than it was then. People are free to be whomever they are so this brand of ignorant bitterness is fortunately obsolete.

[@Versul1]

​@@M_Linghe was adamantly against the claims of global warming.

[@ToddiusMaximus]

@@Versul1good.

[@stregalilith]

I loved his magic and I loved his skepticism and was so impressed with his honesty and bravery in his personal life.. He has prevented many people who are bereaved from falling victim to people who would take advantage of their grief and loss for the own bad motives. I know I will think twice whenever I sae the face of Elvis in a piece of toast. RIP you wonderful man.

[@chrishawth1589]

Think it was another frauds face on toast mother Teresa .

[@raymondluxury-yacht1638]

Thank you the amazing James Randi for saving us from charlatans and making it so much fun. You will be missed.

[@DemstarAus]

I envy his ability to speak and express his ideas. RIP Randi. It's people like you that make me wish that there is an afterlife, likelihood and reality notwithstanding.

[@AnhedoniaV718]

This is how you are supposed to give a lecture. You give them ways to remain entertained and to keep their attention on you. You break the ice with things like the jokes and scenarios to give them a more comfortable atmosphere. Then you explain it in a way to educate them but keeping it within light hearted humor and interaction with the audience. This is a blueprint that more people should follow. This is how you know that even after the lecture, though you may have made jokes and laughed, there was still a lesson taught or advice given that they will be able to utilize and remember throughout their lives.

[@OrgaNik_Music]

Yeah, good point. Everyone who gives lectures should also have some knowledge on performance as well. It doesn't really matter how knowledgeable or brilliant you are if you can't bring your point across in a way people will remember.

[@tombrunila2695]

The British comedian Mel Smith told in one show how he had had an occult experience when he spent the night in an inn. When he went to sleep he had two bottles of whisky in the room. In the morning hen he woke up the whisky was gone and the front of his pajamas was covered in extoplasma. He also had a horrible head ache. Apparently the apparitions that had drank his whisky had hit him over the head!

[@jonchess8844]

One of my heroes. He will be missed. 😢😢

[@jonchess8844]

@ecky1965 Yes, it was. Such people are rare.

[@tomkerr552]

@@jonchess8844 He will look forward to seeing you and hearing your wonderful words.

[@tomkerr552]

@ecky1965 Yes, was it COVID-19?

[@User0000000000000004]

I'm just sad that he had to see Trump and the way the world was in his final years. Imagine making truth and being skeptical your life's work and witnessing what the world turned into? Witnessing the Internet come into being, a thing that was supposed to democratize information and make everyone smarter, ultimately used as a tool for entertainment and spreading lies. He must have been dead inside.

[@thomashugus5686]

My hero also!

[@Erniegrow]

That episode of Johnny Carson where he called out Peter Popoff using the radio scanners was my first exposure to Randi, a moment I shall never forget. Epic. Randi--we need you back!

[@tankthebear]

RIP Randi - you made some amazing contributions to enlightened thinking.

[@phizzelout]

he's in hell

[@nicknack3648]

@@phizzelout There is no hell

[@kedricktheheadtripMusic]

James Randi was a liar.

[@nicknack3648]

No proof of a heaven or hell

[@Alaska-Jack]

Rest in peace, magical fairy

[@deeprecce9852]

You will always be my superhero...RIP Sir!

[@tomkerr552]

No such thing as R.I.P. He is in for a big shock after he takes his last breath on this earth. When it is your time I am sure you and Mr Randi will have a lot to talk about of just how stupid you where when you were on the earth. Along with Carl Sagan and Mr Dawkins and Mr Sherman. I am looking forward to meeting them all and we can go through all their books, all their TV shows and all their lectures. I will show them all my books and we will see who will have the last laugh. Boy, I am looking so forward taking my last breath, I wish it every night before I sleep to never wake up.

[@deeprecce9852]

@@tomkerr552 i really do hope your wish do come true, because i am so prepared to give the sadistic engineer behind this mess a piece of my mind and every profanity i know!

[@tomkerr552]

@@deeprecce9852 I have no wish to come true I have 100% certainty it will come true and I can't wait for the day. There are a lot of people in spirit waiting to greet him. He has been looking so sheepish for the last 4 days. But, because in spirit and the way it is, they will be full of pity for such an ignorant un-evolved moron.

[@tomkerr552]

@@deeprecce9852 There is no great sadistic enginer awaiting you. You will be shown a mirror. You will be given your autobiography to g through from berth to passing and you yourself as the engineer you can see what cog you added to the great gears of humanity. Everyone counts for self. No great escape artist waiting for forgiveness like tge religious nuts.

[@deeprecce9852]

@@tomkerr552 Since you are 100% certain of your belief, good for you, for your intelligence is beyond my ignorant mind..good luck, hv a nice day!

[@OneTyler2Many]

He was always ahead of his time. One of my personal heroes. Will never be another one like him.

[@A-non-theist]

I can only hope there will be someone like him.

[@HerbertMarcuse1972]

yeah another idiot who uses money against God@@A-non-theist

[@luke9033]

This is my first encounter with this guy. He's a real legend. Loving these old school talks interspersed with the podcast atm. Keep em coming please 😊

[@DHaJ40]

A brilliant mind and a great soul. Always makes me smile. He will be missed.

[@gowdsake7103]

He would rip you apart for saying that

[@bubbafetsqwerty11]

Lol! He had no soul! You should have asked him!

[@ceklahn]

RIP Amazing Randi - thank you for everything.

[@JobIamartino]

He got in touch yet ? If so I’d say are the titie bars in hell as great as if imagine & are the gays having a great time #inderculoinchoicaesariumsantorimumstufruitexaccamuccaca malieus mallifictarum eroticis erodicarum fregata serantorum!!! Justicia non normale in americanicowtitikakoxanititi!!!!!! Naferusititata naferus naferztus?

[@_Xombie_]

The father of modern age skepticism. Thank you James Randi for the times you kept going when it felt like you were fighting against ideologies that are inherit from humanity. The scientific community doesn’t give you enough credit for shedding light on these flaws we all have.

[@jeeveekaa5880]

And this speech is still important these days

[@smartnsane1111]

A real genius to have walked the earth in my lifetime, I ve been so fortunate to have seen and heard him. I wanted him to live forever. We miss you Sir.

[@macysondheim]

Speak for yourself

[@nealgrimes4382]

@@macysondheim He was.

[@TwoBs]

This man knew how to work a room and keep everyone hanging on to his words to hear him speak. Still has the magic even after his passing … can watch so many videos of his talks, and I will be hooked the whole time.

[@loma4437]

Thank you for posting this.

[@HarryNicNicholas]

17:44 whenever i reached to top of the stairs in the hallway where i live, someone seemed to be whistling at me. it was never enough of a thing for me to worry about, so i'd forget and then be surprised each time, i'd get to the top of the stairs and before i open the hallway door, i get whistled at. this carried on for weeks, cause i'd never think twice about it, it was just a weird thing that happened. then one day i had been talking to friend about it and remembered to check it out this time, so i get to the door and yep, i get whistled at, but, only when i press my foot in a certain place - it was a squeaky floorboard. these sorts of things happen all the time, and if you want to believe a poltergeist is whistling at you, you probably will, you have to actually wonder if you could be mistaken though to be sure.

[@Onoesmahpie]

This issue of failing to exhaust all possible causes for a phenomena, or failing to correctly identify the phenomena, is exactly the problem that paranormal believers fail to appreciate. Our brains are designed to come to quick, intuitive conclusions, which in many cases are correct but in most cases, especially those of a complex subject matter with tons of possibilities to ponder and subsequent questions to ask, our brains short-change us and bypass the logical reasoning route in lieu of a quicker, more comfortable route of intuition. We couldn't survive in the wild if we spent 15 minutes investigating every `squeaky floorboard` to fully and rigorously satisfy our curiosity. Instead our brain tries to let us have the cake and eat it too: we get to come to a conclusion our brain interprets as correct, and can in some cases function to keep us safe (the whistle was scary, right?) but we don't have to go through the lengthy and mentally demanding process of logical reasoning. The price of course is that the methods used to come to the conclusion are less than sound. Not a problem whenever we are hunting for food in a post apocalyptic wasteland and the ominous whistle that we presumably avoid is actually a squeaky floorboard, but when we advance to the point that careful, rigorous reasoning becomes very important and a lack of it can actually lead us very astray and at worst cause serious harm or death, we are in a bind because our brains are evolutionarily adapted to avoid careful logical reasoning in so many situations.

[@ZeusKyriacos]

Ten years ago, Randi held a special place in my heart as a personal hero. Upon hearing of his passing, I felt a deep sense of sorrow. Randi, we will always cherish your memory and greatly miss you.

[@simonspacek3670]

James Randi is the reason why I got my kids a book about "magic". If they understand how people get fooled, maybe they will not get fooled (at least not that easily). Also, it is important to remember that nature can play "magic tricks" too, so if you cannot explain some phenomenon, maybe it is just a trick you didn't understand.

[@frankboogaard88]

Most people seem to forget that James Randi created the special effects Alice Cooper used in his shows. He was THAT good ;)

[@gordonpeden6234]

Absolute genius, Funny, gentle, witty, thoughtful, and....did I say Funny? Great company. That was an hour and a half well spent.

[@bmbpdk]

08:19 - 08:32 31 years later, and those words are still, if not even more, relevant.

[@IlicSorrentino]

He was really a legend, we will miss him. I can only imagine the sadness of Massimo Polidoro, his Italian apprentice.

[@fh1119]

While I still lived in my native Philly PA back in the 90s i remember hearing him lecture in person at the Franklin Institute; really enjoyed it. I keep an open mind but I did enjoy his debunking.

[@tamravarda4161]

The lack of people that have watched this says a great deal about our society….nobody is looking for the opposite viewpoint. I hope another James Randi comes along soon. His humor and ability to make logical comments provides a needed balance in a world of growing unchecked and un-inspected claims. A coin is unable to be a valid coin without two sides.

[@taxidude]

I miss James. He had a great warmth about him.

[@michaelmcdowell7096]

Wish people could stop for 5 minutes and really think about the supernatural like this. RIP

[@deewesthill1213]

Many years ago I used to frequently see in newspapers and magazines quotes from this guy "shooting down" claims of paranormal/supernatural events. I imagined that, apart from his spectacularly successful magician career, he was bored and so lived for the thrill of trying to cruelly squash more ordinary sorts of people's happiness and hopes for the idea of magical tales coming real or a spirit world or an afterlife. I decided he was mainly just a killjoy and so ignored his appearances on TV. Now i understand and greatly appreciate his real purpose of wanting to find out the truth behind sensational accounts, gossip, rumors, folklore, superstitions, and religious myths, that so many people automatically believe just because they are in print, and his sense of humor. I love his hilarious analysis of Santa and the flying reindeer. He's much missed and so hard to replace. We need many more people like him in the world. Having had some very strange experiences myself, I'd still like there to be actual proof of paranormal stuff, but i'm not going to worry about it!

[@Chewligan1]

A great man who exposed so many fraudsters. He's sadly missed.

[@johnsperry9494]

“Just because I don’t understand something, that doesn’t mean I’m willing to chalk it up to some fairy tale.” (TV Matt Murdoch/Daredevil) (This is one of my all-time favorite quotes!)

[@DamianTHallan]

He was a well spoken gentle gentleman and a true skeptic's skeptic.

[@oacumulador]

Science hero!! 😢will be missed

[@Bob-of-Zoid]

What a freaking great man James Randi was!! Even if he has returned to dust with no mind left, as we all most very likely will, may his wisdom, charm, and intelligence propagate among the living! Give those you meet a piece of James Randi!

[@teeteringonthebrink.305]

The good news is - we have many videos and programmes here on youtube we can access, whenever we feel the need for a bit of wisdom from James Randi.

[@PagetTeaches]

Such energy. He's riffing like crazy here.

[@uberchops]

Does anybody know what he was referring to with those contemporary academics who were buying into bunk/ignoring strong simple evidence?

[@alexlarsen6413]

I think he was referring to the case when a couple of his mentalists had fooled the scientists into the existence of the "paranormal". The funniest thing was, these mentalists had specific instructions by Randi to answer honestly if anyone ever asked them if they were faking it. No one ever asked.

[@hereditarian9813]

Maybe this en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Alpha

[@uberchops]

@@hereditarian9813 Maybe! Neat to read up on nonetheless.

[@leszeknowak9434]

I was thinking about Project Alpha during his talk BUT later in the talk he mentioned Project Alpha and I think he would not do this if it was about this project. He restrained few times in the talk telling any information about secret project and it doesn't fit to me to be PA.

[@chrlpolk]

This was early 1990’s and there was still much woo-woo in science. Like, government was still paying scientists to explore ESP for military use. And scientists were either deluding themselves into it, or not being up front with the truth, for an easy payday. Taxpayers paid for a lot of nonsense from the 1960’s through the… well, now. Pretty sure that’s what he was referring to, scientists being influenced with a financial or other influencing incentive to find enough evidence to justify more research (I.e. job security). And he couldn’t talk about it because it was told to him in confidentiality and some of the “research” was still classified.

[@davidmooten6646]

lucide dreams ,dreams in which you know you are dreaming ,as a small kid i used those dreams to fly....later in life i had another series of lucide dreams....and used one to fly halfway the moon....and at that moment i realised i could leave earth permanently and investigate other places , but for some reason i decided to return out of solidarity with humanity ( dont have another way to describe it ...compassion ?).... i dont think i really was halfway the moon it was a dream ,the dream was a reflection of my psychological state of that period in my life....i was a male- nurse....

[@txdmsk]

I hope he lived a happy life.

[@iVenge]

God, I loved this man. He was heroic, and 100% effective against the pseudoscientists.

[@drlegendre]

27:00 - It's been my understanding that psychic woo-woo remained popular in Russia and the East Bloc throughout the Soviet era, a fact which explains some of the more bizarre "scientific" inquiry which took place under communism.

[@drlegendre]

Randi is years gone as of this writing, and yet, to this day, there still exists a "Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States (HPUS)" with some 1250 listed "medicines".. HOW EMBARRASSING.

[@SpiritOfHugs]

he was alluding to some event that would happen later that year and he couldn't elaborate on it. anyone knows what he was talking about?

[@wandererjiyuren661]

The Alpha Kids. >: D

[@Molandria]

"That doesn't come out." Gets me everytime!

[@kbee225]

I am so glad I found Randi. It was a refreshing ray of hope in my life to see that while there are many conmen and charlatans out there, there's also the James Randi foundation on the other side spreading awareness about the various scams that are out there. May he rest in peace.

[@Traitorman..Proverbs26.11]

He once said that if there is an afterlife, he would come back and give us a sign. And I didn’t really want to watch this video, but suddenly I felt an urgent need to watch it anyway. Hey Randi. Welcome back.

[@timdeaton206]

Always amazing.

[@jeffreese1828]

A LEGEND ! Randi was a good man and voice of reason . R.I.P. James , you were AMAZING !

[@RandyMoe]

I met him making magic in several Chicago bars. Great fun!

[@keithnaylor1981]

What a brilliant guy.

[@spinozakampello7337]

He's a legend our American priest Quevedo.All the skepticals surely must miss you

[@AussieCrimeCases]

ive seen a PHD say "I don't know." it's always in court, under cross examination

[@TiffyVella1]

Damn I love James Randi to bits and wish he never had to leave. Marvelous and funny man.

[@bubbafetsqwerty11]

Well, now he's really in bits. And probably pieces. And totally as funny as an HIV infection.

[@kenlieck7756]

I'm not as easily fooled as Mr. Randi's attendees -- his solution to that last puzzle was truly HEAVY, no matter how he tried to make it appear to be from the HEART!

[@chrlpolk]

That “word” can be just about anything. The trick is that the magician has to be quick-witted enough to improvise an explanation, turning the jumble into whatever the word is.

[@jamienoonan1186]

Great speech David, bravo!!!

[@7errafirma]

at around 1:10:30 he actually briefly describes 'survivorship bias', I am thinking the possibility of him not being aware of the concept, but still understanding the phenomenon of the top of his head. Pretty smart, if that's the case.

[@User0000000000000004]

The shockwave in rock vs air is absolutely true! You can look at the videos of the Chinese port that exploded and it's VERY visible in videos of the ammonium nitrate explosion that happened recently in Beirut. You can see windows shake and just as people turn around, POW! the windows explode from the pressure wave in air arriving.

[@mj-jo8es]

LOVE HIM!

[@JohnCran]

He had such a love hate relationship with Oz. Don Lane never ever forgave him. He will definitely be missed but he had a really good innings. Vale Randi

[@muppetpaster]

Dearly missed.

[@MontyTheMothman]

Just a random thought. It’s always so interesting hearing the World Trade Center talked about so chill. I mean this was only a couple years before September 11th. Always interesting to see. Either way this man was a legend

[@johnobrien6415]

Funny talk, but as a matter of fact I've heard Phd's say things like: "That's not my field of study" or "That's still being debated." Scientists in particular make it a virtue to admit when they don't know or are proven wrong.

[@Serioussmile51]

Is this available for download anywhere?

[@skepticmagazine]

You can download the audio version on skeptic.com!

[@Serioussmile51]

@@skepticmagazine Cheers mate. I've located the file but have not one clue how to download it :(

[@nealgrimes4382]

Plenty of websites were you can convert youtube to mp4 just seacrh for that

[@compassioncampaigner728]

Randi a Rumson, NJ guy. Neighboring town. Proud to have been a quasi neighbor.

[@viveviveka2651]

10:02 What is the investigation or situation he talks about here?

[@DR.Barrit]

Legend

[@GwynethLV]

REST IN POWER, JAMES RANDI, GONE BUT never forgotten 😔❤.🕯️

[@richardweller5991]

what an amazing man, along with jimmy saville, real role models

[@joeflosion]

What was he talking about around @10:30 to 11?

[@garylillich]

I hope to learn Sunday what Randi Deponte that actually helped people that he mentioned in this video, but could not see exactly what it is. If you know please reply.

[@AnotherOak]

Wonderful youtube..what a library:)..i was 2 when this came out.

[@maurivid83]

A giggle here, a chuckle there but i had to lol at the surprise of water part! 🤣

[@bryandraughn9830]

Love this guy! To this day there are people convinced that water has memory. They just love certain ideas. Starving for validation.

[@HarryNicNicholas]

the less humour there is in any given subject, the more suspicious we ought to be about it's protagonists.

[@kunstwert]

Randi is more needed than ever.

[@matthewnewhouse617]

Good stuff!

[@andrewharrison1194]

Man with his wife at the bottom of the World Trade Center. She asks him what the weather forecast is for the day. He replies "Reindeer'.

[@alimay1011]

So excellent , thanks Cathy

[@malaysok4503]

He’s a philosopher

[@science212]

Great man.

[@whirledpeas3477]

Yes 👍

[@MrSabachtani]

How does the ESP Card Trick work? I've watched him doing the same trick during three decades and it baffles me every time. Even more so, as he keeps telling "me", that the trick is oh so easy

[@MrMqwe1]

I have a guess. When he gives the “stranger” the cards notice he says shuffle them face down. And he says slap the two of them together so that you don’t see what they are. This is to suggest that the person he gave them to couldn’t be in on the trick. Because they saw him shuffle them and then select two cards at random. He then says put them in the envelope and drop the other 3 on the floor face down. I think the “stranger” at that point switches the cards to three known cards that he drops. When Randi goes back to the desk notice he drops the envelope. Why would he do that? Only to switch it. In the one example I saw I would say the sound when the envelope hits the desk suggests that it dropped further than the inch or so if it had landed on the top of the desk. He misdirects everyone with some math. Then picks up the substitute envelope which has the known two cards in it and then opens the envelope.

[@stumbleswith40]

Surprisingly rambling and imprecise.

[@o0o-jd-o0o95]

What amazes me is that even to this day people still fall for this crap.... You can look them up on KZbin there are still people making videos of their quackery and in the comments section you see people that totally believe them

[@Fastlan3]

Oh boy will some have field day with his use of the term theory...

[@Muonium1]

At the height of his powers. Very sad day

[@dbsk06]

What a moral man

[@aresmars2003]

I never had an "out of body" experience, but I did have a "vision". I was sleeping in a car on a camping trip, and knocked the old car's stick shift out of park, and the space was sloped and the car would have rolled into my friend's tent foolishly right behind the car, and then possibly into a mountain stream behind that. But a "picture", birds eye came into my mind of the predicament, and I went from sleeping into an understanding I had to get my leg over to the driver side brake, and was able to stop the car inches from the tent. Did I know the tent was behind the car to add to my picture? Did I invent it afterwards? I can't say. You can say I have a very vigilant unconscious that created the picture to tell me what I needed to do, and really I'd as well take the explanation of a guardian angel, who put the picture and directive into my mind. And how would you ever prove or disprove? Yes, I'm just very smart when I'm sleeping, sure, makes sense. And if I'm not just very smart, what are the implications? Can I expect my angel to always warn me of danger? And why do bad things happen anywhere if angels can save us? Why save me or my friend from a violent death? And I have no answers. Who is to tell angels what they can or can't help us with? And I'd never purposely be negligent because I think angels will always save me, so not an experiment I'll try to repeat. So if anything avoiding disaster just tells me to be more careful in the future. What doesn't kill you makes you more careful next time???

[@davidmende4438]

Yes. I once sat in my car in parking lot. All the cars around me began to slowly move forward. I was dumbfounded . Turned out my car was rolling backward.

[@jonathanbrotto7278]

Stay amazing

[@raypierce5818]

I was a huge fan of his until a very close friend told me his interactions in his youth of being a victim to this well known predator.

[@nealgrimes4382]

That is an obvious lie shame on you for this disgusting slander.

[@raypierce5818]

@@nealgrimes4382 I’ve been in the industry for 60 years and have several friends with the same documented stories. Sorry but facts are facts.

[@Andrzhel_vis_Vhaeraun]

It would be more convincing if you or your 'close friend' would have made these claims during Randis lifetime. Very convenient. Well, if his claims are true and he has proof, why didn't your 'friend in another city' come out and go to the police?

[@raypierce5818]

@@Andrzhel_vis_Vhaeraun He did, to myself and many others in the industry. It is a well-known fact to everyone that is actually in the know. It’s obvious that you were not as informed as most of the others that actually knew him. Try researching the James Randi audio tapes.

[@bogusmogus9551]

Always wondered why he 'came out' so late in life.

[@zachmorgan6982]

I'm not the sharpest apple in the picnic basket but I think this guy is on to something

[@FirstLast-nt6hu]

@zachmorgan6982 > I'm not the sharpest apple > in the picnic basket but I > think this guy is on to something don’t be so tough on yourself… how about not being the sharpest knife in the drawer..? 😉

[@redlaur]

I like around 39:30 when a person brings Randi Water !! Randi say's Bless You !!! Randi Is an Atheist !!!! That is Amazing !!!

[@jermainerace4156]

1:11:11 ...I see that video tech has always been just as bad.

[@Rombizio]

I have an autographed picture of him in my office

[@Traitorman..Proverbs26.11]

Who signed it?

[@Rombizio]

@@Traitorman..Proverbs26.11 .......him, obviously.

[@jackieboi1566]

1:17:50 "...and if I'm wrong I will promptly kill myself"

[@PallMall100s]

R.I.P❤

[@dasputin8061]

Your metaphysical experiences are easier to believe when witnessed by others. Thankfully.

[@budge3332]

The fact that other people can be equally as gullible as you does not make metaphysical experiences any more legitimate.

[@dasputin8061]

@@budge3332 😂

[@lazarusdouvos]

i love this man!!! R.I.P

[@jyesucevitz]

24:01 not only don't they fly, but they don't bounce either. was a joke you should paint one reindeer's nose red. that would really mess with the cops.