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Re: Spinning on late night tv
« Reply #15 on: May 27, 2016, 11:58:13 AM »

Great job Mark - actually the only one with a bar related trick?
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Re: Spinning on late night tv
« Reply #16 on: May 27, 2016, 12:14:46 PM »

I was torn whether I wanted to get to stay, which feels like a win, or get thrown out and resist the security guys. I had a lot of fun getting thrown out. The real win is getting on the show in the first place. From my perspective it didn't really matter if I got to stay or go.

Here's a link of just the bar tricks segment:


that was awesome!!! that audience simply did not know its privaledge  :o
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Re: Spinning on late night tv
« Reply #17 on: May 27, 2016, 12:28:53 PM »

I'm sure you've been thrown out of better places Mark.
Nice going!  :D
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Re: Spinning on late night tv
« Reply #18 on: May 27, 2016, 12:51:35 PM »

Great to see!
Did the throwing out leave you spinning?
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Re: Spinning on late night tv
« Reply #19 on: May 27, 2016, 01:29:15 PM »

Four contestants and three bar stools ... hummmmmm.
And they throw out the only one that had anything to do with a bar ... HUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.
Good job Mark, hope the pay was good.
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Re: Spinning on late night tv
« Reply #20 on: May 27, 2016, 02:36:13 PM »

Thanks everyone. I actually had to ask the tough guys to shove me more to make it look better.

You figured it out! There were only 3 stools! Someone had to go. I was pretty sure it would be me since I was funniest when I got kicked out in rehearsal.
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Re: Spinning on late night tv
« Reply #21 on: May 27, 2016, 03:37:01 PM »

I am just now catching up with everything.  I really enjoyed Mark's segment.  Sorry to see he was booted off.....but that is a good story!  In my humble opinion, getting kicked off is much more valuable than getting a seat on the stool.  I love to collect these kind of stories and once gave a 45 minute speech on places I have been kicked out of!!!
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Re: Spinning on late night tv
« Reply #22 on: May 27, 2016, 04:30:14 PM »

..... once gave a 45 minute speech on places I have been kicked out of!!!
YouTube Link Please! :)
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Re: Spinning on late night tv
« Reply #23 on: May 27, 2016, 09:12:27 PM »

Mike, I hope that one of those places was not the Red Top Bar in Indy when I threw the whistling top that broke up the poker game.  :D
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Re: Spinning on late night tv
« Reply #24 on: May 27, 2016, 11:45:29 PM »

Dear Dick, that might be a place on your list!  I was an innocent bystander that day.  When you spun your whistling top the waitress was right over begging you not to so it again!!!

Sorry, no YouTube link to that speech (done while standing on stilts).  But when you are a kid without money in a college town, you tend to sneak into a lot of places.  Then you throw in all the places one can get kicked out of for unicycling, juggling on a track, trying to pole vault in your 40's etc......well, it can add up quickly.  There are also those innocent moments of top throwing in the winter in different stores.  Anyways, you get the idea, but I have never been kicked off a bar stool so Mark has me there!!!
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