Juggler Smack-Down!

A few weeks ago I linked Chris Bliss juggling to the Beatles Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/etc. medley.

With three balls.

So now this guy does the same act, basically, but with four balls.

Kind of cool, except there are a lot of cuts in this, and he's not performing before an audience, making me pretty damn sure he dropped a few times.

A juggling commenter at YouTube slams:

hris bliss's juggling skill is crap. The most impressive thing he did was juggle for a long time and not drop. The juggling was not difficult at all and it's not surprising that he did not drop, so it's not that anyone should be amazed that he didn't drop. But if you're looking for the most impressive thing that he did in a routine chock full of unimpressive elements, it would be that he didn't drop. He calls it the big finally [sic]. I don't even understand why he juggles at all. His 3 ball skill is fair, good enough to make it three or four minutes without dropping. The world record for juggling 3 balls is over 11 hours, and the most difficult thing about that is staying awake and peeing.

Well, yeah, but I think the reason he did it with three balls instead of four was so that he wouldn't drop, you know? It's all well and good to juggle with four or five balls, but if you're dropping them a bunch of times before an audience, it sort of looks bad.

Lucianne the Chris Bliss thing today; I just clicked on it and found this "juggler controversy" brewing.

Jugglers have pissing matches. Who knew.

posted by Ace at 06:56 PM

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