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Proof of Life After Death!!

Of course there is life after death and its great. After all no one comes back and complains about it!
 
I'm not really a Virgo, I'm a Pyrex - I was a test-tube baby! *ba-doosh*

Thank you folks, I'm here all week.

... tumble weed ...

... church bell ...

Gee, tough audience.
 
Greetings All!

It's been far too long since I, the incredibly sage Occam Jr, have posted in the Forum. But I have extraordinary, perhaps even life-changing, news for many of you and I feel it would be unjust, nay, cruel to not share.
I had hesitated to fully disclose the delicious details before today, but I have decided I will right now in a series of simple questions (like for instance, "Is There Life After Death?") and answers (Yes!) so that there can be no doubt or misinterpretation which seems to always be the name of the game here:

WHO? - Myself and, of course, my clown of a sister, Robin!

WHAT? – Ready???? Going to see the one and only JOHN EDWARD guest hosting on The View with Whoopi and Barbara Walters! OMG!!! Unfortunately, Elisabeth Hasselbeck has already been fired, oops, left willingly.

WHERE? – NYC/ABC Studios (hopefully air-conditioned and not bugged, but please know that neither Robin nor I will utter a damn syllable within a mile of the place).

WHEN? - Tomorrow, Tuesday, July 23rd. Remember that date so you can say where you were, like the moon landing.

WHY? - I won tickets to the historic taping in a lottery - and I truly never win anything! My sister, the female Emmett Kelly, refused to enter, but I took the irresistible bait and voila! There will absolutely be Piña Coladas after the show, hopefully chilled to perfection in a new refrigerator!

HOW? - Only Valerie Harper can really answer that question, as you all know. And wouldn't it knock all of your collective, skeptical socks off if she were a guest on the show, too?! A boy can dream, can't he? [/B]

So please stand by at the ready to be gobsmacked by all the minutiae of our sure-to-be earth-shattering "Viewing" experience which Robin will relate when she has returned from her lengthy, but hopefully, purifying exile.
This could change the Randi site forever.
I'm actually not sure how any of you will sleep tonight! I'm taking an Ambien.
 
This is live, not taped? I'll have to check my listings, although the idea of seeing the slime Edward makes me cringe, if it's live there's the possibility that he'll ****-up royally, which will be humorous.

Have fun, you two. :)
 
Greetings All!
...
WHAT? – Ready???? Going to see the one and only JOHN EDWARD guest hosting on The View with Whoopi and Barbara Walters! OMG!!!
...
WHEN? - Tomorrow, Tuesday, July 23rd.

According to TV Guide, July 23, 2013:

Episode Detail: The View - The View
Val Warner (guest cohost); Cate Blanchett; Jeff Sotzing. Also: J. Cole performs.
 
Greetings All!

It's been far too long since I, the incredibly sage Occam Jr, have posted in the Forum. But I have extraordinary, perhaps even life-changing, news for many of you and I feel it would be unjust, nay, cruel to not share.
I had hesitated to fully disclose the delicious details before today, but I have decided I will right now in a series of simple questions (like for instance, "Is There Life After Death?") and answers (Yes!) so that there can be no doubt or misinterpretation which seems to always be the name of the game here:

WHO? - Myself and, of course, my clown of a sister, Robin!

WHAT? – Ready???? Going to see the one and only JOHN EDWARD guest hosting on The View with Whoopi and Barbara Walters! OMG!!! Unfortunately, Elisabeth Hasselbeck has already been fired, oops, left willingly.

WHERE? – NYC/ABC Studios (hopefully air-conditioned and not bugged, but please know that neither Robin nor I will utter a damn syllable within a mile of the place).

WHEN? - Tomorrow, Tuesday, July 23rd. Remember that date so you can say where you were, like the moon landing.

WHY? - I won tickets to the historic taping in a lottery - and I truly never win anything! My sister, the female Emmett Kelly, refused to enter, but I took the irresistible bait and voila! There will absolutely be Piña Coladas after the show, hopefully chilled to perfection in a new refrigerator!

HOW? - Only Valerie Harper can really answer that question, as you all know. And wouldn't it knock all of your collective, skeptical socks off if she were a guest on the show, too?! A boy can dream, can't he? [/B]

So please stand by at the ready to be gobsmacked by all the minutiae of our sure-to-be earth-shattering "Viewing" experience which Robin will relate when she has returned from her lengthy, but hopefully, purifying exile.
This could change the Randi site forever.
I'm actually not sure how any of you will sleep tonight! I'm taking an Ambien.
It is all very interesting, and I hope you and Robin have fun, but until you (and/or Robin) honestly address the issues raised here, it will mean nothing.

Quick questions: How did you enter the lottery? How were you notified you won? How are you receiving the tickets?
 
According to TV Guide, July 23, 2013:

Episode Detail: The View - The View
Val Warner (guest cohost); Cate Blanchett; Jeff Sotzing. Also: J. Cole performs.
Oh, my. Though I suspect tomorrow will be airing a taped show and that what will be taped tomorrow will air later.
 
Yes, taped and edited.
Of course, but that's coincidental. Since we know that neither faulty memories, confirmation bias, nor hot nor warm nor cold reading have anything to do with John Edward's success, there is no reason to think that editing does.

Yes?
 
Of course, but that's coincidental. Since we know that neither faulty memories, confirmation bias, nor hot nor warm nor cold reading have anything to do with John Edward's success, there is no reason to think that editing does.

Yes?

Absolutely. And certainly neither Robin1 nor brother OccamJr2 have left any sort of clues on the Internet they'd be in tomorrow's audience, let alone have any preoccupation with Valerie Harper or major appliances.

Still, I do have a question for our jubilant OccamJr2. What if John Edward doesn't make any connection to you and your sister? You will be just two out of perhaps a few hundred John Edward groupies, hoping to be blessed by even a casual stare. Your best bet would be to go with "Oh! Me, me!!" no matter what he says. There is sure to be a connection there somewhere.
 
I wouldn't expect most believers to grasp that the only way Edward could provide convincing evidence that he has any kind of paranormal ability would be to take part in properly conducted and blinded testing, but you would think the months of patient explanation on this thread would have had some educational effect on Robin and her brother. Apparently not.

For the record: it doesn't matter how many seemingly impressive hits Edward gets during this performance, there will always be more likely explanations for them than that he got information from dead people.
 
Yes. And as far as smoking and gambling. You buy cigarettes, you expect to be getting something to smoke. You pay to gamble, you gamble. You buy a designer handbag, you expect to be getting a designer handbag, not a cheap knockoff. If you pay for a psychic reading, you expect to be getting a psychic reading. All of these things are legal.

No one pays for a psychic reading expecting to be conned, any more than they buy cigarettes expecting to find an empty pack of nothing. Even if they buy a psychic reading against their own better judgment, they still do so in the hope that the psychic can actually do what the psychic claims to be able to do.

I feel outraged when anyone is victimized by a con artist, or cheated.

Personal feelings about the wisdom of purchasing designer handbags, or cigarettes, or psychic readings, are totally irrelevant.

A good point.
It's why many of these performers have disclaimers stating their show is for entertainment purposes only.
 
Just had to give an update on our View experience so far...
We were told that there were over 20,000 entries in this lottery for show tickets and only 100 were chosen! How do you like them apples?
But there has been so much disturbing, inexplicable and unexplainable ticket confusion and drama that was preventing us from even being admitted into the studio for the taping that we suspect some of the dastardly Randi minions may have done all they can on a negative spirit level to prevent Robin and I from even participating in this event and having an irrefutable story to tell.
But, have no fear, Mrs. Emmett Kelly, can be one helluva scary clown when she needs to be and we are shortly going to be seated in our rightful places in front of John Edward!
 
Just had to give an update on our View experience so far...
We were told that there were over 20,000 entries in this lottery for show tickets and only 100 were chosen! How do you like them apples?
But there has been so much disturbing, inexplicable and unexplainable ticket confusion and drama that was preventing us from even being admitted into the studio for the taping that we suspect some of the dastardly Randi minions may have done all they can on a negative spirit level to prevent Robin and I from even participating in this event and having an irrefutable story to tell.

Lots of stuff can be viewed as irrefutable when you refuse to accept (or even examine) the refutations.

I predict another predictable round of cold/hot reading and emotion-driven confirmation bias.
 
Just had to give an update on our View experience so far...
We were told that there were over 20,000 entries in this lottery for show tickets and only 100 were chosen! How do you like them apples?
But there has been so much disturbing, inexplicable and unexplainable ticket confusion and drama that was preventing us from even being admitted into the studio for the taping that we suspect some of the dastardly Randi minions may have done all they can on a negative spirit level to prevent Robin and I from even participating in this event and having an irrefutable story to tell.
But, have no fear, Mrs. Emmett Kelly, can be one helluva scary clown when she needs to be and we are shortly going to be seated in our rightful places in front of John Edward!

Well, them apples show considerably shorter odds than someone winning the lottery multiple times which has happened multiple times.

Please answer my questions regarding how you applied for tickets, how people were chosen, how you were notified, and how you received the tickets.

ETA: they also show shorter odds than what Harry Keller did, what Kreskin used to do, and what I myself have done.
 
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Just had to give an update on our View experience so far...
We were told that there were over 20,000 entries in this lottery for show tickets and only 100 were chosen! How do you like them apples?
Well them's just apples. Why you think those are special apples is anyone's guess.

But there has been so much disturbing, inexplicable and unexplainable ticket confusion and drama that was preventing us from even being admitted into the studio for the taping that we suspect some of the dastardly Randi minions may have done all they can on a negative spirit level to prevent Robin and I from even participating in this event and having an irrefutable story to tell.
Now you are just making stuff up

But, have no fear, Mrs. Emmett Kelly, can be one helluva scary clown when she needs to be and we are shortly going to be seated in our rightful places in front of John Edward!
Do you mean Mr. Emmett Kelly? The dude who passed 30 or so years ago? John Edward is that type of clown?
 

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