I'm all for doing interesting stuff. The box thing had its charm and the reaction became part of the show, but this is poor even without the cheating. He is a great magician, why doesn't he do more of that?

Chris, Worthing, England

The stunt in London in 2003 provided exceptional entertainment value of those turning out of the pubs in Borough in the late evenings. Some of the words of encouragement used are quite unprintable but will always bring a smile to my face. Good luck to him.

Cal, London, UK

Blaine is a stuntman rather like Brown is PM in a democracy.

Joe, New York, US

Every single one of his endurance stunts can be explained in one. He substitutes look-alikes. The trick is to provide cover for this, usually when the stunt is "serviced" in some way, or in the "vertigo" stunt, the man did the jump was not the man who stumbled out of the boxes.

Jack Bloxam, Edinburgh,

Luke, my question is similar to your but why bother to do this at all? Extremely odd if you ask me.

Lloyd, London,

Would the crowd have preferred it if he had gone blind and collapsed from a heart attack? Do they believe his misery is inversely proportional to the enjoyment of their lattes? What is wrong with these people?

RM, London,

blaine "found he couldn't drink upside down and relieve himself upside down"

- don't you think he might have discovered this during practise beforehand? What a showoff.

Faizal , London,

Does it really matter? It's a cheap stunt anyway. I'd like to see him watch paint dry, now that would really be cool.

brian keating, agde, france

Alex, London

Why? Because we're British, dragging people down a peg or two is what we do.

Phill , The Wirral, England

he may as well say hes going to set the record for staying awake and then keep having a nap!

will, grimsby, uk

This guy should be working on Wall St not Central park. That place is also full of illusionists, tricksters and con-men...

Phil , Atlanta, USA

David Blaine is embarrassing to anyone that had anything to do with producing his "Dive of Death." I'm still unclear if what happened during the big finale was a mistake. After all. how many "behind the scenes" docs on action movie DVD's special features demonstrate stuntmen doing falls on cables.?

Greg, Indianapolis,

I think his next amazing feat should be to see how long he can go for without attempting another stupid stunt. I was in central park last night and I watched him standing on a crane sipping water for 15 minutes. What a spectacle!

alan sim, New York, USA

David Blaine: the trickless magician.

Travis, London,

I wish he had tried this stunt in London. Oh, sorry i forgot - no one takes him seriously over here.

Patrick, London,

I'm going to lie in bed for 50 years. Of course, I will get up when I'm not sleeping.

Tim, Toronto,

Is this fraud still around? I thought his 15 minutes were up about 5 years ago.

Joe, Ontario, Canada

Theres only one thing worse than David Blaine hanging upside down, and that's David Blaine not hanging upside down.

Paul., Cambridge, England

If anyone fancies popping by my office I will be sitting for the vast majority of the time, and occasionally I will stand up and pop out for coffee and maybe go to the loo. Mr Blaine's 60 hours is pathetic, as I have maintained this illusion for several years and my boss still believes I am working.

Andrew, Norwich, UK

15 minutes of fame ?

Jim, Sidcup,

fake or not... the whole world is busy with him not with me

charles Lock, london, uk

I presume everyone in this forum has never had to accept humility, especially at the bane of the media.

I think that a few mistakes in one's career does not warrant them for a complete slating.

He is an illusionist, why all this anger directed towards him? Just appreciate the act!

Alex, London,

I think this says a lot more about the people who turned up to watch a man hanging upside down than it does about David Blaine!

Craig, Evesham, UK

Maybe he should get a job.

Dave, Inverness, UK

Seriously... what's the point?

And why am I watching tonight for 2 hours for?

I suppose watching the President is a better option.

I'll toon in at 10:57pm to see what happens.

Steve, MIlford,

He must be making good money out of it but hes the one laughing at us not us at him,...............

steve, tadley, uk

There was an article at the weekend about Ron Hill- the former champion marathon runner. He's 70 and has run everyday for 45 years. That's endurance. This is a pathetic, cynical marketing exercise. If no-one went to see it he would hang there getting angry with his publicist for arranging it. ha ha

jamie, London, UK

Just arrived back from central park, what a shocker. He jumped pathetically, and then was lifted in to the sky by a large number of giant balloons filled with helium, out of the tv cameras sight, and on to a piece of grass about 30 metres away. Luckily he recieved big boos.

Percy, New York, USA

Extremely disappointing.
He's no Chriss Angel.

victor c., Miami,

it's impressive but he should have told the reporters he was taking breaks. i watched two interviews and in both he never mentioned anything about breaks!

maria, st. augustine, usa

That wasn't much of a dive. Being suspended from a cable and gently lowered down, whatta rip-off. I like how the annoucer was like, uh he "disappeared into the sky."

Miguel S., Jefferson City, USA

I just watched it and I think he chickened out and the ABC announcer did a great job at playing it off that he did the stunt. What a huge waste of time. Did I miss something?

Shawn, saint cloud, usa

What I found very funny is that everybody there had no idea of what happened. I wasn't sure what happened until the announcer had to explain it. After this "big show" I hope he doesn't get a two hour special on a local cable channel, let alone a national network.

Terry, Springfield IL,

What was that "dive of death"? He jumped off the scaffold with a cable attached and then was hauled up into the sky? That's it?

I for one am NOT impressed.

may valls, new york ,

I just watched the end and the "drop of death" was nothing more than him being suspended a harness and pulled out of the light to make it seem as if he "disappeared". LAME LAME LAME! Where's the magic?

Chris, Sudbury, Canada

We have enough things to worry about in the world - so good for David that he brings together groups of strangers who, love him or hate him, can put their worries aside for just a minute, be alittle bit friendlier to each other and enjoy a few moments together on a warm sunny day.

Julie, New York, USA

WHAT DIVE?????? That was the lamest thing I had ever seen. Getting lowered to the platorm on a line then supposedly magically dissappearing.... give me a break.

Tom, Winchester,

Okay, the Dive of Death disappointed an entire audience. He jumped with a cord and didn't even come close to having his feet near the ground. And then he "mysteriously disappeared" into the night as the chord pulled him up out of the lights. At least Chris Angel can disguise his stunts.

Drea, San Antonio, US

I stopped by to see him around 3:30 PM and he took two breaks of at least 10 minutes each over the following hour. And when he was upside down, he frequently dropped one leg to horizontal and pulled his head and trunk up to a horizontal position so that only one leg was upside down.

Mike, New York, USA

I doubt any human being could possibly be able to hang upside-down for 60 hours without a break.I got tired after 10 minutes!!

Ashley, Roswell, USA

David Blaine is an awesome guy. He gives us wonder and intrigue. He truly has a gift from God.

Daniel Roden, Grandview, USA

Any publicity is good when you're really bad at your job as an 'entertainer'.

The only other people I know that are so good at being bad are politicians!

Horace, Calgary, Canada

You spelled regularly wrong in the second paragraph, but I won't rubbish you over it.

Ted, New York, USA

I saw David Baine hanging upside down (most of the time) in Central Park yesterday. Despite the frequent breaks, he looked stressed and was clearly suffering. Very medieval. People wonder why he did this stunt. It was horrible to see. There can only be one reason- money.

Lou Howort, Brooklyn, US

Blaine is a conjuror, not a superman. Paul Daniels, not Clark Kent.

Anyone notice how dry his hair was when he came out of his 15 minute underwater stunt.

simon, Hong Kong,

to all the nay sayers. give david blaine a break. I think he is awesome! I dare anyone of you david haters to do anything he attempts. He's a risk taker. Who cares if he takes a break here and there. I would rather him take a break for a few minutes every hour then something terrible happen.

Mellissa, nashville, usa

None the less I like him.Give the man a break

Will, Houston Tx, USA

No surprise he exaggerates again the danger of this stunt in order to rope in doctors to justify the need to take frequent rest breaks. This scam is getting old.

Ethan, Choo, Singapore

I cannot believe the hate for David Blaine. Even taking breaks every hour, this is still incredibly impressive. His stunts and magic are amazing. He's the new Houdini.

Mike, New York, USA

Luke from London, direct and succint. What's the point?

Mike Taylor, Kingston, England

I am here in NYC and went to go see David Blaine yesterday after work. I arrived as he was taking a break and wrongly assumed the stunt had failed but then the Security people told the crowd what was written here-that he had to correct his circulation. I got a photo with him. He was a bit out-of-it!

Catherine Bernstein, New York, USA

For the life of me, I cannot figure out why people keep giving this clown any attention at all.

It is simply beyond me.

I'm ashamed of myself for even writing this.

John F, London,

Which in turn begs the question, why bother at all...full stop?

Tom, Colchester,

Hi

Just a quick note in case you want to rectify this: you have written 'reguarly', on the second paragraph.

Thanks

Sofia, Manchester,

Surely he practiced hanging upside down before the stunt? So would he not have realised he couldn’t drink or relieve himself upside down then before making these promises?

Elliott, London,

And yet everyone keeps going to watch....

James, Glasgow,

He's just not taken seriously in this country...It was hilarious to see Londoners rubbish his 'fasting' attempts by them eating sarnies and burgers underneath him a couple of years ago. Big egos dont survive long in the UK.b

kirk, Rotherham, UK

The entire population of Australia are upside down all their lives with no detrimental effects!

David Masu, Zürich, Switzerland

He already said it would be the most difficult stunt he will ever attempt... nonetheless, he tried. So, please give him a break...!!

Adey, Bethesda,

Whats magic about hanging upside down for a couple of hours and then having a water an pee break. Nothing. I was doing that off tree in my parents garden at the age of 5. Move along... nothing to see here.

Andy, Windsor, United Kingdom

David Blaine is fake. he needs to get it through his head that he is not good at magic.

Anthony, Rio Rancho, USA

If he isn't going to stay upside down continously then why bother at all?

Luke, London, UK