Jon Edward performance

firecoins · 4th April 2012, 09:29 PM

I will be attending a John Edward performance in Queens NY on 5/12.

Has anyone actually gone to one of his performances?

Brattus · 5th April 2012, 02:52 AM

No doubt someone at some point has or there would be no show.
Just stands to reason.

Jeff Corey · 5th April 2012, 04:38 AM

No, but I saw him at a book signing in Book Revue in Huntington about when his TV show "Crossing Over" first aired.
What I saw there was rapid-fire cold reading.

alfaniner · 5th April 2012, 06:33 AM

Originally Posted by firecoins

I will be attending a John Edward performance in Queens NY on 5/12.

Has anyone actually gone to one of his performances?

You mean, anyone living?

LarianLeQuella · 5th April 2012, 06:46 AM

Make sure to bring a "Cold Reading Bingo" card with you. Travis Roy (username is scooter or something here) from Granite State Skeptics can provide you with one I'm sure.

Moon-Spinner · 5th April 2012, 07:15 AM

Originally Posted by LarianLeQuella

Make sure to bring a "Cold Reading Bingo" card with you. Travis Roy (username is scooter or something here) from Granite State Skeptics can provide you with one I'm sure.

Or you can print a copy from here...

Cold Reading Bingo

cwalner · 5th April 2012, 12:35 PM

Originally Posted by LarianLeQuella

Make sure to bring a "Cold Reading Bingo" card with you. Travis Roy (username is scooter or something here) from Granite State Skeptics can provide you with one I'm sure.

That would be ****** hilarious to have a group doing this and have somebody actually stand up during his performance and shout 'Bingo!'

Brown · 5th April 2012, 12:58 PM

A performance? Does he, like, sing or play an instrument or dance or tell jokes or anything like that? Or does he merely "coalesce the vapors of human experience into a viable and meaningful comprehension"? And while he's a-talking to the dead, ask him what the late Bea Arthur might say about THAT.

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wardenclyffe · 5th April 2012, 01:10 PM

I would suggest printing out a number of bingo cards. Leave little stacks of them in the restrooms. Try a "take one and pass it on" strategy. Don't get yourself thrown out, though.

Ward

Moon-Spinner · 5th April 2012, 01:31 PM

Originally Posted by wardenclyffe

I would suggest printing out a number of bingo cards. Leave little stacks of them in the restrooms. Try a "take one and pass it on" strategy. Don't get yourself thrown out, though.

Ward

Make sure to include the instructions on how to use the Bingo cards too. I'm guessing that most people going to see John Edward are not terribly hip to cold reading techniques.

azzthom · 5th April 2012, 02:03 PM

If you have time, you might consider contacting the local press and giving them a Bingo Card. Might make for an interesting review...

Azrael 5 · 5th April 2012, 03:55 PM

He gives himself so many outs he cant fail.
Above you like brother cousin uncle father etc.(basically any male you can think of)Cant recall the other directions.

Monza · 5th April 2012, 05:32 PM

If you can, try keeping track of the number of questions he throws out. You can use one of those mechanical counters; they are small enough to put in your pocket. John Edward is notorious for shotgunning questions at a rapid-fire pace hoping to get a hit. He flys by the plethora of misses.

Be sure to post an update after the show.

...alternatively, you can just hand out souvenir douches. He once won a contest, you know.

ExMinister · 5th April 2012, 08:16 PM

I went years ago. Fairly big auditorium, sitting towards the middle. He did an introduction but from the point he started individual readings could not hear much of anything he said. Wondering if all of his non-televised shows are like that.

kedo1981 · 6th April 2012, 08:13 AM

Every time he starts his "i'm sensing" bs, exclaim "THATS ME, THATS MY DAD,MOM, GRANDPA, DOG" and everything he says after just say yes, make everything he says a hit, lead him down a path so to speak, that he can't back out from.

Mooncalf · 8th April 2012, 02:37 AM

Wow. You have way more expendable income than I do. Last I know, tickets for his **** were $200 or so.

LarianLeQuella · 10th April 2012, 01:10 PM

Originally Posted by Moon-Spinner

Or you can print a copy from here...

Cold Reading Bingo

Thank you! Hard to get reliable hits frombehind a corporate firewall.

Originally Posted by cwalner

That would be ****** hilarious to have a group doing this and have somebody actually stand up during his performance and shout 'Bingo!'

If I wanted to waste money on a public spectacle, I would have done it when he was in NH... Sadly (or fortunately depending on how you look at it), I was on travel that night.

Moon-Spinner · 12th April 2012, 05:09 PM

And here is good example of how John Edward does his act (according to SLN)

Crossing Over Comedy

4th April 2012, 09:29 PM	#1
firecoins Illuminator Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Nyack, NY Posts: 3,191	Jon Edward performance I will be attending a John Edward performance in Queens NY on 5/12. Has anyone actually gone to one of his performances?
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5th April 2012, 02:52 AM	#2
Brattus Graduate Poster Join Date: May 2007 Location: The bowels of death and despair Posts: 1,223	No doubt someone at some point has or there would be no show. Just stands to reason.
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5th April 2012, 06:33 AM	#4
alfaniner Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Sorth Dakonsin Posts: 11,387	Originally Posted by firecoins I will be attending a John Edward performance in Queens NY on 5/12. Has anyone actually gone to one of his performances? You mean, anyone living?
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5th April 2012, 06:46 AM	#5
LarianLeQuella Elf Wino Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: 3rd Rock from the Sun Posts: 1,995	Make sure to bring a "Cold Reading Bingo" card with you. Travis Roy (username is scooter or something here) from Granite State Skeptics can provide you with one I'm sure.
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5th April 2012, 12:35 PM	#7
cwalner Philosopher Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Deepest Darkest Indiana Posts: 5,703	Originally Posted by LarianLeQuella Make sure to bring a "Cold Reading Bingo" card with you. Travis Roy (username is scooter or something here) from Granite State Skeptics can provide you with one I'm sure. That would be ****** hilarious to have a group doing this and have somebody actually stand up during his performance and shout 'Bingo!'
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5th April 2012, 04:38 AM	#3
Jeff Corey New York Skeptic Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 13,794	No, but I saw him at a book signing in Book Revue in Huntington about when his TV show "Crossing Over" first aired. What I saw there was rapid-fire cold reading.

5th April 2012, 07:15 AM	#6
Moon-Spinner Graduate Poster Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Within a star too far to dream of Posts: 1,485	Originally Posted by LarianLeQuella Make sure to bring a "Cold Reading Bingo" card with you. Travis Roy (username is scooter or something here) from Granite State Skeptics can provide you with one I'm sure. Or you can print a copy from here... Cold Reading Bingo

5th April 2012, 12:58 PM	#8
Brown Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Twin Cities, Canada Posts: 12,155	A performance? Does he, like, sing or play an instrument or dance or tell jokes or anything like that? Or does he merely "coalesce the vapors of human experience into a viable and meaningful comprehension"? And while he's a-talking to the dead, ask him what the late Bea Arthur might say about THAT. (Don't know what I'm talking about? Click here.)
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5th April 2012, 01:10 PM	#9
wardenclyffe Graduate Poster Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,485	I would suggest printing out a number of bingo cards. Leave little stacks of them in the restrooms. Try a "take one and pass it on" strategy. Don't get yourself thrown out, though. Ward
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5th April 2012, 01:31 PM	#10
Moon-Spinner Graduate Poster Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Within a star too far to dream of Posts: 1,485	Originally Posted by wardenclyffe I would suggest printing out a number of bingo cards. Leave little stacks of them in the restrooms. Try a "take one and pass it on" strategy. Don't get yourself thrown out, though. Ward Make sure to include the instructions on how to use the Bingo cards too. I'm guessing that most people going to see John Edward are not terribly hip to cold reading techniques.

5th April 2012, 02:03 PM	#11
azzthom Critical Thinker Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: United Kindom Posts: 478	If you have time, you might consider contacting the local press and giving them a Bingo Card. Might make for an interesting review...
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5th April 2012, 03:55 PM	#12
Azrael 5 Philosopher Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Yorkshire,Uk Posts: 5,032	He gives himself so many outs he cant fail. Above you like brother cousin uncle father etc.(basically any male you can think of)Cant recall the other directions.
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5th April 2012, 05:32 PM	#13
Monza Muse Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 941	If you can, try keeping track of the number of questions he throws out. You can use one of those mechanical counters; they are small enough to put in your pocket. John Edward is notorious for shotgunning questions at a rapid-fire pace hoping to get a hit. He flys by the plethora of misses. Be sure to post an update after the show. ...alternatively, you can just hand out souvenir douches. He once won a contest, you know.
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5th April 2012, 08:16 PM	#14
ExMinister RSL Acolyte Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,749	I went years ago. Fairly big auditorium, sitting towards the middle. He did an introduction but from the point he started individual readings could not hear much of anything he said. Wondering if all of his non-televised shows are like that.
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6th April 2012, 08:13 AM	#15
kedo1981 Master Poster Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: ohio Posts: 2,080	Every time he starts his "i'm sensing" bs, exclaim "THATS ME, THATS MY DAD,MOM, GRANDPA, DOG" and everything he says after just say yes, make everything he says a hit, lead him down a path so to speak, that he can't back out from.
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8th April 2012, 02:37 AM	#16
Mooncalf New Blood Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 21	Wow. You have way more expendable income than I do. Last I know, tickets for his **** were $200 or so.
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10th April 2012, 01:10 PM	#17
LarianLeQuella Elf Wino Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: 3rd Rock from the Sun Posts: 1,995	Originally Posted by Moon-Spinner Or you can print a copy from here... Cold Reading Bingo Thank you! Hard to get reliable hits frombehind a corporate firewall. Originally Posted by cwalner That would be ****** hilarious to have a group doing this and have somebody actually stand up during his performance and shout 'Bingo!' If I wanted to waste money on a public spectacle, I would have done it when he was in NH... Sadly (or fortunately depending on how you look at it), I was on travel that night.
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12th April 2012, 05:09 PM	#18
Moon-Spinner Graduate Poster Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Within a star too far to dream of Posts: 1,485	And here is good example of how John Edward does his act (according to SLN) Crossing Over Comedy