Professional regurgitator
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A professional regurgitator is an entertainer whose act consists of swallowing and regurgitating various unusual objects. The objects may consist of anything from live animals (live mice: The Great Waldo[1]), to light bulbs, billiard balls (Stevie Starr) and kerosene (Hadji Ali)[2].
Some magicians perform regurgitation as part of their act (for instance, Harry Houdini), but professional regurgitators may perform regurgitation exclusively. There appears to be a debate as to whether some of the more extreme demonstrations are true or "tricks". Stevie Starr has apparently swallowed an unsolved Rubik's Cube, then regurgitated a solved cube.[3][4]
[edit] References
- ^ "Great Waldo act". http://thehumanmarvels.com/?p=60. Retrieved 2009-01-14.
- ^ "Hadji Ali act". http://www.damninteresting.com/hadji-ali-and-the-regurgitators. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
- ^ "Swarthmore Daily Gazette account of Starr's act including Rubik's cube trick". http://daily.swarthmore.edu/2006/2/27/the-regurgitator-shocks-amazes-overjoys/. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
- ^ "Description of act including Rubiks cube trick at StevieStarr.com". http://www.steviestarr.com/stevie_starrs_regurgitation_act.php. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
