It's been years since I've seen it performed, but the trick is that it's
not a trick. Tom says it burns like hell but in the "heat" of the
moment (performance adrenalin) he hardly notices it. As for the
"swallowing" part, watch when he stuffs the second to last tissue in his
mouth. The last tissue... he actually eats (sometimes).
:)
< noname wrote:
< >
< > Does anybody (except Tom himself) know how his "eating-25-cigaretts-in
< > -a-row-without-touching-his-mouth" work? I keep watching it forever!
< > Arrrgh!
<
< It's been years since I've seen it performed, but the trick is that it's
< not a trick. Tom says it burns like hell but in the "heat" of the
< moment (performance adrenalin) he hardly notices it. As for the
< "swallowing" part, watch when he stuffs the second to last tissue in his
< mouth. The last tissue... he actually eats (sometimes).
What Mullicia told me agrees pretty much with this, except that
he also told me a major part of the presentation is to learn to
talk normally while concealing huge wads far back in your mouth.
He also has told many people that the routine is impossible to
practice or rehearse because he can only gut himself up to do it
in front of a live audience.
WRC