Sword Swallower Dan Meyer

VIEWER’S CHOICE - YOUR TOP 5 FAVORITE VIDEOS?

Posted by dan | Filed under Have Sword Will Travel, Ig Nobels, TV Appearances, World records, live appearances

We want to know YOUR TOP 5 FAVORITE VIDEOS!r

Here’s your chance to vote for your TOP 5 VIDEOS and let us know which ones YOU like best…

And WHY! What do you LIKE about them, and what makes you like them the MOST?

Please watch, leave a comment and let us know which are your TOP 5 VIDEOS in order of 5 lowest up to your absolute #1 FAVORITE, and tell us WHY they are your favorites!

Have Sword Will Travel:
Convincing a skeptical sword shop owner
in Souq Waqif Bazaar, Doha, Qatar

Dan Swallowing 10 swords and hedge clippers for Cirque Eloize, Montreal

World Record - Nobel Laureates Remove Sword!

Dutch Documentary “Sword Swallowing and Its Side Effects”

Ig Nobel Science Lecture Tour video from Odense, Denmark

Italian Science Festival Dan drops a sword down his throat NO HANDS

Dutch Ig Nobel Laureate removes sword from Dan

Italian Cardiologist WHIPS sword from Dan’s mouth!

Sword Swallower performs at Italian dinner party in Genova Italy

Dan Meyer Sword Swallowing highlights

IAEWP World Peace Conference Delegates Remove Sword of War

CARPE AMOR (Short German Film)

Dan Meyer Promo Video

Dan Swallows 7 swords in 2 minutes for Vanderbilt Juggleville

Dan swallows 10 swords in :90 (7 at once!) for America’s Got Talent Atlanta

Natalie Morales removes sword from Dan on NBC’s Today Show

Dan swallows flaming blade and curved sword
at America’s Got Talent Las Vegas semi-finals

Underwater in Tank of Sharks and Stingrays at Ripley’s Aquarium Myrtle Beach

Dan receives the Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine at Harvard University

Lady WHIPS out sword at Ig Nobel lecture, Festival della Scienza Genoa Italy

Dan on Alan Titchmarsh Show, ITV London

The Learning Channel - 99 Most Bizarre Self-Inflicted Injuries

Dan on Food Network Unwrapped Episode “Food Magic”

Dan on ESPN First Take

Car Salesman swallows steel to move metal - Absolutely Alabama WBRC

Interview on WHNT TV Huntsville

FOX Newscasters FREAK OUT on live TV!

Dan eats Lightbulb live on WGN Radio Chicago

Dangerous Clipper Tricks - Dan Swallows Hedge Clippers

Have Sword Will Travel
Dan attempts to swallow a sword at Stonehenge without getting caught!

Have Sword Will Travel - Huntsville, AL
Minor League Coach WHIPS Sword Out During Lightning Storm!
(”Take Me Out IN the Ballgame!”)

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Dan attempts to swallow a sword at Copenhagen’s Little Mermaid

Have Sword Will Travel
Dan swallows sword with 4 Hippos in Denmark!

Have Sword Will Travel
Tourist Removes Sword from Dan at Ripley’s Copenhagen

World Sword Swallower’s Day Ripley’s Believe It or Not London Piccadilly Circus

Have Sword Will Travel
Dan swallows a sword for JCTV on Cruise With a Cause Bahamas

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Actor Danny Glover removes Lethal Weapon from Dan in Bahamas

Have Sword Will Travel
Nobel Laureate David Gross removes sword at Ig Nobel lecture Genoa Italy

Nobel Laureate Dr. William Lipscomb removes sword at Harvard University

Have Sword, Will Travel
Ultimate Stupid Human Trick
WPDE TV Report on Underwater Sword Swallowing for Ripley’s

Inexplicable Acts, Wellcome Trust, London

Reach Your City Promo Illinios State Baptist Youth Encounter, Springfield IL

Sword WHIPPED from Dan’s throat at Youth Encounter, Springfield IL

Principal Removes Sword from Dan at Texarkana HS Assembly

Volunteer Removes Sword at Freedom Experience Texarkana

Dan at Prestonwood Baptist Church Plano Texas

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Danish National TV2 Copenhagen Denmark

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Dan on Danish TV2 Odense, Denmark

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Sword Swallowing in Kilt on tour with Ceili Rain in Ireland

Please let us know YOUR FAVORITE TOP 5 VIDEOS and WHY in the comments section below!

Thanks!

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Read more | Comments (0) | December 21st, 2009

Sword Swallowing in the Middle East

Posted by dan | Filed under Have Sword Will Travel, live appearances

I had a GREAT time performing this past week at the Eid al-Adha festival in Doha, Qatar in the Middle East! What a life-changing experience!

Let me take you a quick recap with a few photos (sorry I didn’t take many - I’m just learning to use the camera on my new Blackberry phone!).

Souq Waqif, Doha, Qatar

Here’s a quick video clip I shot of a skeptical sword shop owner who didn’t believe sword swallowing was really real. I had him remove the sword, and he BELIEVED! Ended up buying a cool curved shamshir sword from him at a great price!

Have Sword Will Travel:
Convincing a skeptical sword shop owner
in Souq Waqif Bazaar, Doha, Qatar

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Read more | Comments (0) | December 5th, 2009

Thanksgiving Update News!

Posted by dan | Filed under Have Sword Will Travel, live appearances

I hope you’re having a great Fall! There’s just enough time for a quick update before Thanksgiving holiday here in the US, so I’ll keep this short…

It’s been a busy year and a great chance to meet so many new friends around the world, which is one of the things I am most thankful for - YOU!

There’s a lot in the works in the weeks and months ahead, but I really want to tell you about one adventure that I am really looking forward to…

HAVE SWORD, WILL TRAVEL
Many of you know about my list of Goals and THROMES - One of my top Thromes was to get to the Middle East. Well, after working on it with a friend for over the past 2 years, it looks like it is finally coming true this week!

This afternoon I leave on a 25 hour flight to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and ulimately on to the city of Doha, in the emirate of Qatar in the Gulf coast. I will be performing at a festival at a Middle Eastern bazaar called Souk Waqif, and am really looking forward to this new adventure!

Here are a few photos of the bazaar where I will be performing:

Souq Waqif, Doha, Qatar

Besides performing, I am hoping to do some GeoCaching and maybe even an Arabian horse trek or camel trek or falconry trek with the Beduoin into the desert!

If you’d like more details, follow me live on Twitter, and I will try to update several times a day with status reports and even photos from the road!

Unfortunately, this means I won’t get to celebrate a real American Thanksgiving with my family, but I want you to know that I will be thinking of you and be thankful for you!

I hope you’ll have a great Thanksgiving! I’ll try to give you an update after I get back. Otherwise, please follow me on Twitter for live updates!

I’ve got to pack and get ready to head to the airport soon. Will keep you posted on details!

I hope you’ll have a very blessed Thanksgiving! I know I’m blessed to have you as my friend, and I’ll be thinking of you!

Dan
Have Sword, Will Travel!

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Read more | Comments (0) | November 24th, 2009

Dan Sets Even More New Records!

Posted by dan | Filed under World records

Wow! What an interesting week! We’ve been notified that new records were recognized by TWO different world record organizations this week, and two of them are being released in a new book!

URDB Recognizes 2 Records

URDB Record: Most Nobel Laureates to Remove a Sword

URDB Record: Underwater Sword Swallow in Sharktank

RHR Recognizes 2 Records

RHR Record: Most Sword Swallowers Swallowing Swords Simultaneously

RHR Record: Underwater Sword Swallow in Sharktank

And these new records are in addition to the three Guinness World Records, the Ripley’s Believe It or Not!, and the Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine that Dan already holds!

Here’s video of the 2009 Ig Nobel Awards Record:

World Record - Nobel Laureates Remove Sword!

And we’ve got even MORE fun new records in the works that we hope to be able to reveal to you in the next few weeks!… Stay tuned for developments!

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Read more | Comments (0) | November 19th, 2009

Dan Recognized for 2 New World Records!

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Dan is now recognized for two new sword swallowing World Records with RHR Record Holders Republic Registry of Official World Records:

Record Holders Republic Registry of Official World Records

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Read more | Comments (0) | November 12th, 2009

Dan on Ripley Radio Oddcast

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Click here to listen to Ripley Radio Oddcast

WHY WOULD SOMEONE SWALLOW A SWORD?

Dan explains why, and what his MOTHER thinks about it, on another Ripley’s Believe It or Not Oddcast on Ripley Radio:

Ripley Radio Ripley’s Oddcast Episode 10

And if you haven’t heard it yet, check out Ripley Radio Oddcast Episode 4 from September:

Ripley Radio Ripley’s Oddcast Episode 4

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Read more | Comments (0) | November 12th, 2009

Ig Nobel Lecture Video from Odense Denmark

Posted by dan | Filed under Have Sword Will Travel, Ig Nobels, live appearances

Footage from Ig Nobel Science Lecture Tour in Odense Denmark

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Read more | Comments (0) | November 12th, 2009

Festival della Scienza in Genova Italy

Posted by dan | Filed under Have Sword Will Travel, Ig Nobels, live appearances

Here are a few quick videos from demonstrations after my Ig Nobel lecture at the Festival della Scienza last week in Genova, Italy.

Watch the audience’s expressions! Priceless! Like something straight out of a Fellini movie!

Sword Swallower Dan Meyer drops a sword into his throat NO HANDS

Dutch Ig Nobel Laureate removes sword from Dan

Italian Cardiologist WHIPS sword from Dan’s mouth!

Sword Swallower performs at Italian dinner party in Genoa Italy

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Read more | Comments (0) | November 3rd, 2009

Need YOUR help with MOVIE suggestions!

Posted by dan | Filed under Uncategorized

Do you like MOVIES?

If so, I need your input to help with some brainstorming about movies!

I’m working on an idea for using “Movies” as a theme for my show, and I need your suggestions for movie titles, lines, and music!

All you’ve got to do is click here to send me a note with your answers.

1). What are your favorite movies of all time? What movies have entertained you or affected you the most? Made you laugh? Made you cry? Made you think? Or impacted you so you thought about them for days/weeks after, and still think about them today?

What are your top 5-10 favorite movies?
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5).
Add as many favorites as you’d like…

2). What movies can you think of that contain SWORDS or KNIVES?

3). What are your favorite most memorable lines from movies? (Can be ANY memorable lines, can be from different movies than those above, although lines about swords/knives are especially appreciated!). Quote your favorite lines, character who said it, and movie title (as many as you want):

Example:
“You call that a knife?… Now THAT’s what I call a knife!”
-Crocodile Dundee

4). What’s your favorite music from movies? Favorite movie soundtracks, songs from movie, recognizable music, or movie theme music?

It’ll only take a moment to complete, but it’ll mean a lot to me! Just click here to send me a note with your answers. There are no right or wrong answers - I just want to know what movies/lines/music have affected you the most!

Who knows - it might even win you a free movie!

I’ll compile the answers and send out a summary of the top answers in a few weeks.

Thanks for your help!

Dan

Read more | Comments (0) | November 2nd, 2009