James Hydrick's Shaolin Gung Fu Scam in 1980 Sugarhouse Gym

[1957pinup]

He also said how dumb THE WORLD IS, not just America. But you left that out, asshole. I guess you were angry that he was talking about you.

[alexgrinkov]

@1957pinup

"the world" doesn't necessary refer to the whole world. you americans often say something is "world's most" despite it being only America's

i hope he meant "American world" :)

[lilbeaveymac]

only salt lake city would allow a conman to fool them....

[iqwaxzi]

If I understand the details correctly he was convicted of sexual offences against boys so going back to prison will just mean having to deal with slightly older male dicks & arseholes...

...some punishment.

[winterstellar]

Ah, many people know "how dumb America is".. Uri Geller knew, John Edward and James VanPraagh knows, all the televangelists and faith-healers know. People from all over the world go to America to make money on the almost infinite supply of idiots.: )

[theconqueror]

did you see 0:05 he jump kicks that basketball net, so even if hes a fraud hes still a bad ass and he did fool lots of people proving how stupid most humans are

[weefeatures]

why do so many sex offenders have mustaches?

[Nerevar1990]

So he came out of prison with an exceptional blowing ability.

[johmedis]

@Nerevar1990 Same joke on the same video. What a loser faggot.

[lesliekwan80]

Now he blows guys in prison.

[manolaki83]

You don't need tricks to find out "How dumb America is?" :)

[Matfred2007]

Thank god, James Randi exists

[phildirt3]

@Matfred2007 randi doesnt believe in god

[kpattah1]

Gung Fu is Cantonese dialect and Kung Fu is mandarin dialect retards!

[balios1]

"gōngfú" is correct if your intent is to say it in it's original Chinese. The correct English phrase and spelling is still "kung fu".

[VskitzophraniaV]

@celestialsalamander gung fu is the correct term not kung fu

[SomethingAwesome19XX]

@VskitzophraniaV The correct term is gong fu. i am chinese.

[VskitzophraniaV]

@SomethingAwesome19XX Oh. Well thank you for correcting me. Now i know :)

[Bouhediz]

There are still people who think that uri geller is the real deal..............!!

[HaligonianType1]

The funny thing is, we were doing the trick where you move a pencil with your breath. I think the fad started right around the same time the That's Incredible episode was on.

[Berialavrenti]

"due to nuclear accident in iran 20 years ago i acquired sykik powers which enabled me to see future by reading...................my nuts" (donny chicago)

[Realmasterorder]

Dumb or not they find u out eventually

U cant fool all people all the time.

[celestialsalamander]

@crackheadcoaster

but now they now he's so famous can't they just register him without his help?

[celestialsalamander]

is gung fu a term he made up

[TheGeckoNinja]

@celestialsalamander no its a real term he just used the term in a way to say he has those powers because gung fu is about developing your chi energy

[notanfningain]

hydrick, i read he is at a mental hospital for being a dangerous sex criminal

[TheProjektcc]

he's just a con man. If he was just trying to see how dumb the people were he would have just admitted it when he was on TV with James Randi.

Instead of just going "hey you got me james I was just trying to see how dumb america was he claimed there was a problem with the static electricity and faked it to the point of pure awkwardness.

Why embarrass yourself like that if you were just trying to see how dumb people were? The answer is you wanted to keep your con going as long as you could

[reboot32]

1. RANDI PWNED HIM

2. BRUCE LEE WOULD KICK HIS ASS if he was alive

[celestialsalamander]

@reboot32

only as part of a consentual duel.

[elcondepatula]

if he wanted to see how dumb america is he should have waited a while, and lived through the election of George W. Bush, the iraq/afghanistan war, glenn beck, the tea parties, the minutemen, and the state of Arizona...

[Naturepheonix]

=.=

Another Bruce Lee Copycat.

[inglewood13gangster]

I did time with James in the early 1990's.He escaped from sooo many prisons..Talk about a smart man.

[Psionify]

Wow, how can someone fool so many people? I didn't hear or even notice how he was blowing. I still don't. To me, it looks perfectly normal, and impossible to blow that hard and look that normal. God knows how he did that... Kinda sad how he fooled so many people xD. Thank God for James Randy.

[celestialsalamander]

@Psionify

yeah he should have just been open about it. been like "hay look what i can do". he wouldn't need to even reveal his method. the trick alone would be impressive. but he got greedy and wanted to be know as more then a stage performer and it was his downfall.

I hear James randy actually offered help yery galler star a carrier as a magician / conjurer if he just admitted that was what he was.

[XXSUPER17XX]

James Hydrick was convicted as a sex offender (forced oral copulation), and was incarcerated in a California prison. Currently, he is in violation of sex offender registration requirements.[4]

[tantzer]

@XXSUPER17XX Did this happen before or after he became famous for his psychic shenanigans?

[XXSUPER17XX]

@tantzer AFTER HIS BULLSHIT

[TapOutSnap]

no, his goal was to rip off an much money as possible and defraud himself into the millionaires club with "James Hydrick's School of the rediculously gullible"

He should have had fraud charges brought against him, and his lying, cheating, fraudulant ass should have wound up in jail ... AGAIN

[TheMeatsofevil]

yes the marjority of the humans are that "dumb"

[zackmarz]

Curious that he had such a following in Salt Lake City, Utah: the Mormon Mecca.

Coincidence?

[buddoyr]

welll the world isn't THAT dumb

[babyturtlex]

douche chills

[flyingVesp]

Hahaha, he soo wanted to be Bruce Lee, lol

[caltrof]

If only Uri Geller had the balls to make a confession like that

[emoneybagz23]

What a fruit cake!

[JediMasterRich]

Not only is he a scammer and a liar, His "Gung-fu" sucks too!

[talon115]

He wanted to see how dumb America is? I think he proved his point!

[tommytalks77]

yeah, he did. Pretty dumb in general as it took so long for him to be exposed and he fooled a lot of the "smartest" people in the country, so I'd say did expose the general dumbness of americans.

And he must have been laughing out so hard when his whole point was reinforced by G.W.Bush (and friends)being elected twice, making shitloads of money by bombing two huge buildings and then using it as an excuse for a war to dominate a oil-rich land and people still buying the absurd official story, lol

[padperson]

being a truther in 2009. not cool dude.

You can actually see the planes crashing into the buildings if you look closely enough.

[Dilapsor]

Oh please. Every country on every continent is just as gullible and superstitious as the other. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.

[elcondepatula]

if he wanted to see how dumb america is he should have waited a while, and lived through the election of George W. Bush, the iraq/afghanistan war, glenn beck, the tea parties, the minutemen, and the state of Arizona...

[SMDNVALLE]

@talon115

Yah he proved his point as to how dumb America is when they elected Obama and his partners in crime into office that includes both Rep and Dems.

[TheProjektcc]

@SMDNVALLE

as if mccain would have been a better choice. They're all in on it buddy they don't give a shit about anything but money. Reps want to bankrupt us through endless wars and Dems want to do it through huge government spending programs. Nobody should have voted at all. What's the point, its a false choice.

it's like asking the child which plate would he like his dinner on? The blue one or the red one? As if there is a difference in the actual dinner itself.

[SMDNVALLE]

@TheProjektcc

I can agree with you more the whole gov is a mess and out of control. As for james well he must be in ploitics nowadays, with the rest of the con artist to be politically correct!

[QuixoticTendencies]

@TheProjektcc Well, the thing is there's 2 sides to the rep-dem dichotomy: economic, and social. Neither the republicans nor the democrats know what they're doing economically, but at least the dems don't want to restrict our rights, like the republicans do. I think it's like choosing between poisons. Given the choice, you'd choose the most painless one, but if you don't choose (your "let's not even vote" idea) you might have to take the more painful one.

[celestialsalamander]

@SMDNVALLE

what else were they ment to do? it's not like there was a better alternitive, at least not after the primeries.

[phildirt3]

@talon115 and of course somethings never change people are still idiots

[hrhadam]

Hydrick is a registered sex offender

[Cuythulu]

Really? How so?

[hrhadam]

@Cuythulu I'm not sure what you mean by "how so" but simply google it

[mhrby1985]

@hrhadam No, James Hydrick is not a registered sex offender.

He is currently in violation of the registration requirement for sex offenders, so he is actually an unregistered sex offender, as he has not registered

[dpapaioannow]

@hrhadam yeah...a child sex offender,that piece of shit had to be put in for life

[PencilsAreAwesome]

@hrhadam

He's also in a California mental hospital right now being treated as a violent sexual predator.

[jjhaywood]

@PencilsAreAwesome he was a great martial artist ignored in his generation. you however, are an ass.

[jjhaywood]

@hrhadam i like sex too, so what?

[hrhadam]

@jjhaywood Are you trying to be funny with this waste of a post?

[jjhaywood]

@hrhadam yes, thanks for feeding me attention. I'm a bored loser.

[celestialsalamander]

@hrhadam

what he do?

[tuberesistance]

how america is dumb and how people are dumb, that is so true.

[MAGICnewyork]

Is there more to this interview? If so, where can I see it?

[147breaks]

CUNT

[boumar19721972]

AHAH look at all those succers lying on the floor.I wonder how much he charged. Man some people are so gullible.

[forloveoffilm]

Thanks for posting. This is one fasinating individual. The more I speak with him the more I understand what he was attempting to say with his limited means.