Well, there we go. Just got back.
I couldn’t say before the film that it wouldn’t work on all of you, as expectation really helps it work. Apologies if the film didn’t work on you, and congrats if it did. We had about 50, 000 calls come in on the night. Even though clearly some of those 50k wouldn’t have stuck and were just phoning to mention their genitals, those clever people who understand how to calculate viewing figures (that’s done, amazingly, from a group of only 1000 people with special buttons on their TVs) and the like reckon that we are probably looking at about 10 times that number in terms of people actually affected. So perhaps 1/2 a mil of you were affected – hopefully we’ll get a better sense of how many in the days to come. I say round it up to a BILLION though – it has a nice ring to it. But ask around, you should all know someone who it worked on (if it didn’t work on you).
2 people stuck in the TV gallery too, which was a cheap laugh for all of us.
Thank you so much for watching, I hope you enjoyed the show. Next week, pen and paper ready please.
x
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I didn’t get like seriously glued, but my legs felt so heavy and pins and needly, and it was hard to stand up. And then when i was walking around my house my legs were still so heavy. So odd. BUT AWESOME.
Thanks Derren.
i stuck, are you a jedi or something?
see you in april
No sticking for me unfortunately, although one of my twitter people were
Not this time Derren but maybe in the future…who knows?
SO excited for next week. Love you Derren! And yes, I did stick!
Nice show! Saw the man tied up pics. Didn’t get stuck tho.
My feet got stuck the 2nd time I watched it on Channel 4+1. It was really weird. It didn\’t work on my sisters though.
Didn’t stick to my sofa, but it was a very good show
My arms got stuck and now they feel really heavy. Got quite scared and wasn’t even properly concentrating on the film.
Cool Derren! Love you shows… especially The Heist
I didn’t stick, kind of annoyed about that, but there was a time where I felt like I was going to faint, this lasted about ten or fifteen seconds, everything in the room went a bit fuzzy except for the TV screen. Bit weird that.
I couldnt get up, my legs felt really heavy, felt like I was being pushed back in my seat.
Brilliant, worked first time. (: Can’t wait for next weeks
I didn’t stick and none of my family did, but I did feel that the movie had some sort of strange affect on me. I think I’ll watch it again on my own, I’ll be more relaxed. I was a bit worried the first time (you always fear the unknown!).
If you follow me on twitter i’ll update you Derren!
Samuel,
Manchester
Hey Derren, Didn’t work this week but still an interesting watch. Will ask around, No one I know who watched it got stuck either. Dead keen to find someone who did.
I was stuck for a min or so. It was quite scary actually. My brother & sister didn’t believe me but I was really stuck. Thanks Mr Brown for another amazing show.
I wasn’t stuck, I felt like I might have been but my girlfriend was laughing hysterically and it’s really hard to zone out when that’s happening.
Hey, were the glowing pear things floating in front of the screen throughout the show part of the technique involved in sticking people to their chairs?
lol didnt stick but arms and legs got heavy
Poor dog.
I’m sure Channel 4 love you.
Great work with the homeless and giraffe stuff
Nothing for me. Watched it a few times on Sky+ under different conditions, lights on, lights off, HD and SD, nothing happened.
Maybe it has something to do with watching the whole show as there were many times I saw a picture flashed up for a frame.
Any explanations Derren like the Lottery thing?
Really wish I stuck! It would be a good teaching technique in class when I can’t sit still.
The video was a little weird. I expected a video like the one in The Ring for a minute ;P
I didn’t stick but thats probably because i was giggling the whole time because i was nervous and when i saw the man tied up with rope on the chair flash i started to get nervous… I said the whole time, its a trick of the mind, him saying these things to worry us with make it more effective etc… but i was till nervous… But i did feel heavier
Oh my gosh, it was so scary! I full on got stuck and then i started panicing! My back still feels funny now!. I thought i was going to be stuck there forever, Keep putting it on channel 4 so i can keep on doing it!
Your amazing!!!
Love Olivia
xoxo
Didn’t stick, nor did anyone in the room.
Am chuffed it was so successful although still tad disappointed I never stuck. Finally stopped shaking now though thankfully
Am awaiting next week’s show very impatiently x
Sadly not HOWEVER!,
i couldnt stop blinking at the start,
i wanted to move my hands but couldnt,
my legs were really heavy !!
I got completly and utterly stuck to my chair i have never felt anything like that, Very Very strange but great cant wait for next week
watched it twice and didnt feel anything the first time but the second time although i could get up, my feet felt very heavy
well done derren!
Nothing to do with the film, just basic and rather intense hypnotic suggestion in the build up with the film as a focal point and relaxation technique (like a swinging pocket watch).
Clever stuff, well done on sticking quite a few!
i had a go at this & i did not stick but when i watched the video but i felt emotional. I felt like i wanted to cry but i controled myself & tired not to, but it was so strange.
I half stuck
Was a brilliant show tonight Derren. Well done.
I can’t post anywhere else for some reason so just want to say that the pic of Derren with the chair is so good. Gorgeous.
x
I completely lost all peripheral vision during the speech in the run-up to the film, which was very disconcerting.
And then I felt all heavy and yadda yadda yadda.
My Mom stuck, I didn’t. She really panicked as well, and hyperventilated, but then she was a bit drunk. (Also the “Stay calm” messages didn’t help at all ha! It’s the blue screen that unstuck her)
As for me, the only strange thing I did was tie a sock around my wrist without realizing. Then after the show my brother told me the pictures flashing up were people tied to a chair, and I wondered whether it was just coincidence that I did that, or the flashing pictures.
I misheard, and now I’m stuck to a freakin BEAR!
no one i knew got stuck lol. although we all saw the quick flashes on screen of the man on the chair! and the word “forget” kept randomly appearing.
HELP! I am in need of a poo, but I am concerned that I may get stuck to the throne! IS IT SAFE???
Hehe ok so I already posted my response in the OTHER blog post, but what the heck I’ll post it here too
I was stuck! From the base of my spine to the very tip of my toes…
It felt like they were locked…like they weighed really heavily and I couldn’t lift my feet off the ground o_O
My back was fine, I could lean forward in my chair but couldn’t stand up at all.
Amazing!
Felt really great to actually be able to take part, rather than simply watching other people have all the fun
Thank you Derren! xx
I didn’t stick but my legs did feel really heavy and I got that bit in the middle of the film where your body starts to fight against it. Even though it didn’t work, you are still amazing at what you do!
Thanks for an awesome show Derren.
I didnt stick, and neither did my girlfriend, but we did feel heavier and had slight difficulties getting up.
I do know people who it worked on though, and they were pure amazed.
Keep up the baffling antics, and I’ll be there next week with pen and paper in hand ready and waiting to be amazed once again!
i wish i stuck. :/
and LOL at the rounding up to a billion, and yes i actually did lol ^_^
I didn’t fully stick but my lower half was stuck for about 15-20secs. Juding by the four of us in the room I think it’s down totally to whether you are open to it. Nothing happened to my dad but he didn’t think it owuld work, he was too skeptical. Me and my mum, both of whom though it could really work, both got a bit stuck and were quite wobly afterwards. Well done Derren, once again you’ve been thoroughly entertaining.
I didn’t stick, but then my bloody dog started barking at the EXACT MOMENT your tape began!
Yep no sticking for me nor my dad or brother.
Myself laughed uncontrollably both times (+1\’d it too)
And my legs felt heavy, but that was it.
Fantastic show as always, Derren. Loved it!!
And whilst I wasn’t totally stuck in my chair, I did feel (like a lot of people) like the bottom half of my body was made of lead. I could get up but it was hard work. I was shaking and my heart was beating very fast. Took me a while to calm down.
Can’t wait til next Friday now…..oooh, I feel like Christmas is coming early each Friday at the mo!!
LC x
I didn’t get stuck to my chair but I felt like it was going to work on me when Derren began explaining the film such as which position to sit in and to breathe in and out. I felt very heavy like I was sinking into the seat but when the actual film started it made me feel a bit sick and decided to fight against it and thought “I want to stand up” As soon as it finished I stood right up but felt terribly sick and dizzy and still do! I did just eat a Chinese though
I never got stuck, but looking at my friends status updates on facebook, it happened to a few people i know. Nice work DB!
started to do it, i’m 15 so my mum was in the room with me. i was sitting on a computer chair and started to watch the white screen. about 30-45secs through it i jumped up and started hysterically crying. i don\’t know what came over me, it was horrible. i felt so heavy and weird. my mum had to calm me down and tell me i was okay. seriously, that was FREAKY.
I couldnt move from my seat un til told to and still have a vey stiff neck, like its in a brace!!
My upper body was fine. My thigh muscles felt tense, my calves went numb and my feet freezing cold. I couldn’t stand at all.
I was the only one in my household to get stuck and none of them believe me!!
Such an odd and very scary sensation. I was so skeptical to begin with too!
Still don’t feel quite right…
xxx
When the lovely thing gets to youtube, should we assume it doesn’t work? Or should I watch it anyway? Not enough Derren here in the states!
I attempted first on my bed and it didnt work. I attempted it next on a proper chair and after the video I continued to stay in the same position trying not to move and I felt tingling in my legs and arms they then became very heavy I then tried to push up and my muscles were shaking!!! Magic! Im glad I managed to pick it up, very good im intrigued!!!!
Nope. Nothing. Nil. Nada. Zilch. Bugger all.
I felt was very open to it, followed the instructions and concentrated very hard. Even tried again on 4+1 with the sofa directly infront of the TV and lights off, and still nothing.
Massively disappointed, to be honest, but I guess I’m just not the right type of person. Enjoyed the show none-the-less… and good work on the BILLION people who were affected.
Yes i did i could move my back and arms but i could stand up the harder i tried the more i couldn`t move. It was wierd but amazing i enjoyed joining in
) x
I didn’t get stuck but it did give me a runny nose (I don’t have a cold though)
Didnt stick, think that perhaps student of psychology, sceptic, atheist and over analysing all that I see works against me with these things.
Bit sad that it didn’t work on me, but I loved the show, especially the bit in the toy store!!
Worked for me! I was shocked, but it was fun and I couldn’t stop laughing afterwards. It worked on 2 of my mates aswell. Does it make a difference if you have a big tv?, because ours is huge.
Didn’t work. But I didn’t keep my head in that ring, because you can’t get up unless you lean forward. So I leaned forward, my head went out of the ring, and then I got up. If I’d kept my head in the ring, then it would have been impossible.
I didn’t try it. I was a whimp and too scared
But a load of people I know said it worked for them. I believe them. I didn’t like the idea of it though, it’s always better to be in control of your own mind. Get rid of that, and it causes panic.
But great show! Loved it!
x
I really expected it to work on my as my Dad does Hypnotherapy and I’m very susceptable (if thats the right word and spelling).
But I did feel very odd during the film, my heart raced, then slowed down, then sped up again. After the film my hands felt heavy but I easily managed to free my self very quickly.
However, my younger brother pointed something out that I could have missed.
A flash of something before the film started.
But it still had some effect.
Big fan of your work.
Pure Genius!
Oh, and I was thinking about giraffe through most of the Hamleys bit… clever stuff.
Did not stick to my seat but the film did make me feel rather odd. I noticed the flashing image of the person tied to a chair though so maybe I was over analysing from the start. My Mother talking and telling me it was a load of rubbish all the way through didn’t help to be honest, although the moment the film started she fell asleep then woke up at the end!! I’m normally a great fidgeter, can’t sit still at all. But when I was watching the film my heart rate increased and I didn’t move a muscle. Then I could stand up fairly easily with a slight feeling of pins and needles in my legs. Very interesting stuff, looking forward to next week!
you guys did use the flashy subliminal messages!
My legs and arms felt really heavy. Strange feeling.
No sticking for me but was hoping! Give me some more red wine and I might manage! Fun show though.
Wow derren the first time i watched it, it didnt work. But the second time part of my knee stuck and my friend stuck both times! amazing , im a huge fan. and plus loads of flickering images kept coming up throughout the show. what were they?
That was absolutely brilliant! Loved every minute of it.
Couldn’t get enough so watched it again on C4+1
A weird feeling but thoroughly enjoyed. Thanks Derren and well done!!!! XXXXXXXXXX
haha that picture is a dog version of derren!
No, but my daughter did. She said her knees were locked. I helped her up after she panicked a bit, then she couldnt sit down again.
Oh, and Derren, this is for you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmr2TUPBIOw
I STUCK ON THE CHANNEL 4 plus one attempt i just felt really heavy on the first time but managed to get up… the second attempt it was like the opposite of that trick where you press your hands against the door frame for 60 seconds and step away and your arms continue to rise…. where as here my arms just pulled down and the muscles round my neck started pulling my head back which was a bit scary
http://twitpic.com/i7mkx you sir are one cheeky chappy. i liked the show though. what’s on the other 2 then?
I was really scared as watched this on my own & seeing the girl who freaked out watching the film I was a bit worried it would disturb. Didn’t stick in my seat but my hands went very heavy in my lap & was hard to move them. The release screens at the end made me feel really drowsy too???
my brother stuck was so funny ddnt believe him till he started to panic, wish i had stuck, i love derren brown i think what he does is amazing!!
I stuck good and proper, once and then again on 4+1! Was freaking MENTAL
Sounds fake, but it’s weird
I properly could not move as much as I tried and I’m NOT making this up, I swear!!! It didn’t kick in till just after the film, but man, bloody freaky!! Will probably sound ridiculous tomorrow, but I genuinely felt worried and uneasy. Sudden weird sensation in stomach and head, couldnt stop trying to get up but I just oculdnt move. My back and head were ok, but my bum down to my knees, just wouldnt move. Oh my god Derren you do amaze me 
My legs and arms felt really heavy. Strange feeling!
awww i didnt stick but my brother did it was so funny i put him on webcam to my mates hahhahahahah xxxxxxxx
I know one of my friends got stuck! lucky!!
I did laugh a bit at the beginning…but really did focus on getting stuck, but didn’t.
However, I really did want to stick to my chair as I had been looking forward to it all week =( *sigh*
i didnt stick and tried it four times
but i know 4 people that did!!
It was amazing. I was stuck for a short while, but what really creept me out was the fact my right arm started to rise in to the air!! what was all that about. I had pins and needles and went really hot my girlfriend said I went bright red. it didnt work on her,
i love that it worked on me….even though my hubby thinks its coz im mentally inferior to him (he didnt stick) but i will choose to believe i am what Derren said on the show
does this mean i could actually be hypnotised……
Seriously gonna get tickets for Enigma now, anyone fancy sending me a ticket, very skint lol! orrrr derren, tell me tomorrows lotto numbers
LOVE YOU DERREN xxxxxxxxxxxxx
i didn’t stick, I was rather sad
. I really wanted it to work aswell, but would probably have freaked, so I guess it was for the best. Enjoyed the show all the same though! I’m sooo gonna try the tramp thing (out of curiosity, why did the tramp have to have an Irish accent?? What are you trying to say?!? 
) I look forward to next week, I want to put my ‘psychic’ powers to the test 
Btw, that poor doggie!! LOL love the scratch marks on the car seat!
LC x
Didn’t get stuck but my bum felt very heavy in my seat.
Congrats Derren on the success rate!
hey Mr. Brown-did not stick-guna try agan at 1140 tho!!!rele wantd it ta happen!Can’t waiit ta c nxt weeks show!!Luuuvvvvv uuu Derren-if i win d lotto u can have haf
xxx
Yes I got stuck
ohh didnt work, and watch it 2 times
i didn’t stick at all – i tried twice
my sister got stuck and she still cant get up what shall i do ?
Got stuck for about 20 seconds. Felt really heavy on my lower back, bottom, and top of my legs. At the start of the video I felt very uncomfortable, sick, and nervy, but this disappeared eventually, How strange x
Although I didnt stick I became very heavy and woozy whilst Derren was talking before the film. I felt very relaxed and fuzzy all over. It was a very strange feeling, like trying to run through water and a bit drunk! Kind of!!!
Very interesting experiment!
Jo.x
I didn’t stick., but my head, legs and back felt funny and I really really wanted to laugh!
My mate stuck though and he ended up crying xD He thinks he’s a bit tough so was very amusing, more than makes up for not sticking!
Thanks for the amusement Derren!
i got totally stuck – couldn’t move anything but my toes shoulders and hands. + now my legs arms and head are still very heavy and sore
kudos to you mr brown – now, can we have an explanation?
Nope. *sad*
I was so ready to be stuck as well.
Maybe it was that itch, being all distracting and stuff.
Got stuck to my chair, I could not move at all and I couldn’t stop laughing
Thanks
Xx
I didn’t stick at all, but I did laugh uncontrollably when watching the video.
It didn’t work on me because I was being distracted
but thinking back, I did get a really weird sinking feeling… :S Shame it didn’t work properly. It was a lot of fun though. 
Hey.derren,
I could just about walk if I really really tried hard but when I sat down my legs were so heavy and my heart was racing and I was like lump of lead with pins and needles!!!
This was brilliant!!!!
Super excted about next week!!!
I didn’t stick.
I don’t think it helped that partway through the film Dad stumbled in from the pub & Mum started making a cup of tea.
I will watch the show again when I have a distraction free house.
All of the PWA stuff was really interesting from a media students’ point of view. Epescially the Tramp stuff. It blew my tiny mind.
Zoe.
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
Dude, I did it twice! I sorta stuck to my bed, but as it’s just been played on 4+1 I decided to do it properly in a chair. Totally freaky! Couldn’t move! My sister thought I was joking :S cannot wait for the tour to come to Bristol!
my left foot got stuck, i could still walk, it was just like when feet go numb when you’ve had pins and needles lol
I didnt stick but really wanted to
Saw all 3 subliminals (if there was only 3) and didnt get a great look at any of them but noticed them
Also before the last break i felt really weird as derren was talking, zoned out completely on everything but his face which was totally clear
That felt so weird i thought it just might work
But i took my hands off my lap, and stood straight up
Hey Mr. Brown-did not stick this time but am goin ta try agan at 1140=rele wantd it ta happen!cant wait ta c nxts weeks show!!!luuuuvvvv u Derren-if i win the lotto il giv u haf
xxxx
my sister is still really stuck what can we do?
It didn’t work on me but I loved the show anyway. x
Yes, it worked on me! Very strange but very calm sensation, didn’t feel panicky at all but my brain was telling me (somewhere!) that I should be anxious by now! My friend (who looked away, chicken!) called my name afterwards, I couldn’t answer her but could hear her clearly. She said I was looking very glassily at the screen. All my limbs were heavy, my back felt stuck and I couldn’t even wiggle my fingers. Once the blue screen started with the instructions I slowly started to ‘come back’ and eventually stood up, but felt sluggish for an hour or so afterwards. In a nutshell, it was pretty amazing. Looking forward to seeing you live in April! Got our tickets through yesterday!
My back was very heavy not stuck but very heavy.
Also I thought there was subliminal stuff when you flashed that white image twice.
Amazing ! I was still stuck for 20 mins after the show ! My
ankles still feel very heavy. Just couldn’t get up. What an experiance.
I really enjoy the psychology behind it. May be you could do some “how your brain works” shows?
I stuck, even afterwards doing the washing up in the kitchen. Also I had a compulsive desire to contact Derren. Amazing!
Watched it again like promised, and was 2 feet from the TV. Dead silent, lights out – worked this time
Legs ached and it felt weird. Got shivers down my spine.
WAS AMAZING. =D
My husband was so stuck he began to worry, now he refuses to sit down in case he gets stuck again
I didn’t get stuck the first time, but I watched it again and my legs got so heavy! And my arms felt really weak when I was trying to push myself out of my chair, it was sort of scary but exciting at the same time.
my back was very heavy, I was not stuck though.
There was two white images which flashed were they not subliminal messages?
This show was brilliant.
We ran a competition on it. We left a pound coin on the floor, and the first one to grab it could keep it.
Half of the people got stuck to the sofa, while the other half flew off. It was brilliant.
I won though! Hahaha
Derren, marry me!!
Derren you genius you.
I wasn’t expecting it to work on me, but I just relaxed and when I tried to move, I couldn’t help but imagine I was sitting on/against an L-shaped piece of wood – maybe something to do with the grain I pictured resmbling the pattern of the film??? STUCK!
Genius.
My heart was pumping VERY fast. And hard. It began to hurt at one point, so I nearly looked away, but then I calmed a bit and my legs were the things that got stuck the most. Very odd but exciting experience! x
hello,i got stuck even though i was terrified of panicking if i did,i felt very relaxed but was crying,very very surreal!!!!!!!!!! i got up after about 2 minutes and instantly felt normal,my hands felt the heaviest while i was stuck and i got pins and needles in my feet.One very impressed lady here!
I didn’t get stuck but I felt like I was sinking into my chair during the video, and the second time I watched it ( channel 4+1) my hands got really heavy. My joints were all cracking after both videos, as though i’d been sat still for 15 minutes or more.
I completely stuck and couldn’t feel my hands; it was like they were asleep and went clammy then tingly, like they went to sleep. I went completely weird and laughed until I cried but couldn’t wipe my face! The hubby didn’t stick so just pointed and laughed. *Awesome.*
Brilliant show and the weirdest experience of my life! Can’t wait for next week!
Yep, it worked for me. I didn’t think it would, as the similar things during the live theatre shows never did. It’s a bit insulting that people are suggesting it’s because I am mentally inferior though :s
Didn\’t work on me but the wife took 3 attempts to stand up and did feel heavy/weird…. Although I did spot the whit picture with the man tied to teh chair before it started (Maybe I do too much computer work!)
Hi Derren,
Just watched the show on Ch4+1. It didn’t work on either of us. I did feel quite light headed around 10 seconds into the film though. It wasn’t a scary feeling, in fact it was rather enjoyable! I’m quite disappointed as I wanted to stick. Our cat hasn’t moved since the film though!
All the best,
Lindsey, Kerry and Villi
I wasn\’t stuck, i could move, but i was rigid watching ! amazing, great show. Hamleys, well done ! I love that store too
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Next week sounds great
. Give yourself a pat on the back for another brilliant show.
Gem
My hands were stuck to my legs and my legs wouldn’t move for around 10 seconds. After that I could slowly stand up, but felt very weird and my legs were rather unstable.
Didn’t stick, but read your book this week so was clued into the clever language and little tricks you were using – extremely clever, but unfotunatley meant I wasn’t prone to it. Just watched again on c4+1 and tried to just ‘get in the moment’ and go for it. Came over slightly faint to start with, and then when trying to stand stuck momentarily for about 5 seconds, arms and legs felt very heavy – amazing stuff, just shows how susceptable we all are. Fantastic stuff Derren – well done, you are a genius. Looking forward to the next instalment xx
hey derren and co, amazing show very impressed lol i didnt get stuck for too long but i did sort of lose feeling in my arms and legs for a while and i couldnt get up for about 30 seconds, im glad you didnt steal anything off of the audience
getting more excited with each week, you are the master lol
I stuck. Couldn’t move my legs off the chair….was weird, my arms and hands felt tingly and I felt very heavy too.
Great show…
OK, maybe I just worked myself up too much… I’m prone to anxiety attacks, so yeah.
During the actual film, I was completely out of it – it’s almost like going under anesthesia for me. I realise the film’s over and I tug myself off the sofa. I’m tingling. My feet won’t budge. My head’s thumping. My knees cave in. I sit myself back down and carry on watching; mildly disappointed. After the program finishes, I jump off my backside. I’m fine now. I walk into the other room… oh, I’m not fine. I’m tic-crazy. My legs are shaking, my hands tingle, my mouth’s numb, my head feels heavy.
Is it just my own imagination playing cruel tricks on me? Is anyone else experiencing similar symptoms?
Great show, D! You might just be a charismatic conman or the anti-Christ, but I love your mojo!
HELP ME IM STILL STUCCCK PLEASE CONTACT ME
Didn’t stick but legs felt quite heavy. Enjoyed the show greatly.
I’m rather surprised to see the blog headed up with the “All your base” meme, I didn’t realise you guys would be so net-savvy
Anyway, damn you! I stuck for a while, then flailed my arms around trying to hoist myself up and nearly fell on my face in the process! I happened to record my reaction, and I don’t look forward to seeing it back but I just couldn’t stop laughing and going “MAN WHAT?”
Great job you crazy people!
I don’t feel very right after watching this and i’m not sure what to do. Don’t feel well at all, and my legs feel like they are not working properly. I’m a bit scared and panicky… not sure what to do… freaking out a little.
It didn’t work for me the first time. But then I watched it again on Channel4+1 with all the lights turned off.
It worked ALOT better the second time around – felt simultaneously numb and stiff in my legs, lower back and elbows.
I was stuck like glue, my whole body weighed me down into my chair and my arms kept pushing backwards… amazing
Straight after the film i tried to stand up and succeeded, but decided to sit back down again to see if anything would change, and immediately got stuck! A feeling of being weighed down by a large bag of cotton wool. Interesting experience, thanks!
i had channel 4 plus 1 because my mate broke my concentration i was on my pc chair and no doubt i was stuck when i tryed to get up my arms where phsically shaking i was gob smacked good stuff im well happy
I stuck. But it was more to with poor hygiene than the suggestions.
I didn’t stick.
Wanted it to work though.
Actually Doreen M, I had a similar sense of fuzziness.
I’m accustomed to fairly frequent sleep paralysis and I expected it to feel a little like that. People who stuck (and who’ve experienced sleep paralysis), were there any similarities in the sensation?
Cheers though Derren, it was an interesting experiment. Looking forward to next week!
Nope, no stick. Shamez.
Apparently a few people did on their second go. Maybe doubling the length would work…
What is it next week then?
No sticking here for me nor my flatmate
. We watched the show twice but nothing either time! My hands felt a little tingly perhaps and he started to feel as if he was having an asthma attack first time viewing (not quite the desired effect?!), but otherwise nada. Bit disappointed but interesting programme nonetheless. Where was the explanation you said you’d give at the end eh?!
Sorry Derren, no joy here. I tried to be receptive but I think deep down I probably didn’t expect it to work and that probably affected me. Nothing ever seems to work on me.
Good show though.
I got stuck! Great show Mr Brown! Your mind bullets are truly amazing!
I stuck. I didn’t expect to, but I did. It was rather disconcerting, but incredibly interesting. My feet still feel a little tingly even now.
I didn’t stick completely but felt very heavy, like my legs were melting!!
Also had a tingle in my stomach like excitement, the only downside was a sore neck!!
Heart rate crept up as the image spun, but would have liked a more extreme reaction.
Do more stuff for the viewers at home Derren, we can’t all afford to get to London
I didn’t stick but still mega excited about seeing Enigma in Feb! x
I’ve watched that whole show twice now to try and work out why it didn’t work on me….
no idea why, anyone got an explanation why it wouldn’t work on someone?
I did try to be all open minded and stuff, (which is a departure from my normal state of scepticism) but think I may just be a bit jaded??
DERREN, I LOVE WHAT YOU DO, I LOVE THE DEEP THINKING THE CALCULATIONS EVERYTHING!!!!!!!
I HAVE A LOVE FOR THIS THING ALREADY, ALWAYS HAVE FOR THIS SORT OF THING BUT I NEVER KNEW WHERE TO START, PLEASE GIVE ME SO ADVICE ON HOW I CAN LEARN THIS STUFF, SO MIND BOGGINGLY INTERESTING! THIS IS A PASSION OF MINE I KNOW IT, BUT WHERE DO I START!!!
EMAIL ME OR SOMETHING ……TELAPATHY PERHAPS..lol
Thanx
Damien
The first time I watched the film it didn’t really work, I just felt weird, shaky & very heavy & everything around the TV went dark & blurry. But i watched it again on 4+1 & it sort of worked! My elbow got stuck for a while, which was bizarre, but not for long. Then i stood up & sat back down, but after i’d sat back down my legs got stuck – they tensed up like they were resisting being raised but they did rise eventually. It just wore off a bit easily for me.
I haven’t owned a television since 2005 and only now am I really starting to regret it. Gutted to be missing this run of shows, Mister Brown…
Didn’t get stuck, neither didn’t my mum, brother or uncle or the Facebook people I’ve spoken to. Really want to talk to someone who was royally glued. My legs and heart felt very weird during the film but I had no lasting effects afterwards.
I’ve always been a massive fan of your work and have watched and read and been captivated by everything, but always been under the impression it probably won’t work on me, but would never have the chance to find out. So thankyou for a wonderful, somewhat startling, but interesting experience! I really concentrated, and found my head to be heavy and lolling back (no headrest), it took two attempts to get up after thirty or so seconds of an odd sensation. I know it was purely psychological, but my thighs were really very heavy and I felt like I couldn’t step forward when I finally stood up. So just stood on the spot for a while. I felt a bit silly, like it shouldn’t work – always assumed I wouldn’t be open to suggestion, “must be the weaker willed/easily swayed etc”..showed me! Tnx again
Really enjoyed this week’s show. I watched with me Ma although neither of us got stuck. Determined to try again, I watched on +1 afterwards in a different chair, closer to the screen and with the lights off…still now’t.
I do feel that the film affected me, though, even if it just made me feel a little queazy…perhaps I’m not as open to suggestion as I thought I was. =(
PS: When are you going to write a new book? I finished the last one ages ago!
I got stuck, could move my back off the chair but as soon as I try to push my legs off the ground i just couldn’t, brain wouldn’t let me.
I really wanted it to work but it didn’t on me or my sister.
I even watched it on +1 just in case I did it wrong the first time. The second time I felt weird but got up anyway
i didn’t stick but i felt wierd, i liked how it said “stuck” on the iphone application in the advert just before you showed the video and there were loads of sofa adverts, sneaky
Wasnt stuck to my seat, unfortunately.
felt incredibly drowzy and was laughing quite a bit aswell. felt like i was stoned or something of that nature, since i have clearly never taken drugs so i wouldnt know!
Didn’t stick. But think I might have been listening too hard to the actual words you were using Derren. Very sneaky….
Derren you’re amazing. I wasn’t stuck on my sofa but when I stood up I had tomorrows lottery numbers printed on my arse.!!
Didn’t work on me but I feel soooooooooooooooooooooo relaxed now and have no energy, arms are really heavy. So probably get e really good nights sleep for once, if so thanks Derren!!
unfortunately i dint stick
was very nervous so couldnt concentrate properly.. ur amazing at what 2 do.. lookin forward 2 next weeks antics xx
I was sure it wouldn\’t work on me. And even after I watched the fil
I was sure I could get up. But I coudnt. Lasted about 20 seconds. Panicked at one point, felt like someone was holding my hips down. Very impressed, clever stuff.
My legs and stomach were tingling but i could stand up in the end…
Derren Thanks doing the interactive experiment. Cant believe it worked on me. My feet was stuck. Really weird sensation. Also just before the video started my head was heavy and started leaning back. Thanks again Derren!
Urm… Not sure I was stuck exactly, but the first time I was in fits of giggles, and I am not the giggly type! I just couldn’t stop, even when the programme ended, if I thought of the lines, I just started giggling again! But it’s stopped now… weird…
Gutted that I never stuck, I really wanted to believe in it. Tried watching again in the dark but still nothing! Hope I find someone that it worked on. Great show anyways
when i was watching the film i gradually started to feel heavy, and when it stopped i couldn’t stand up! i could lean forward and move my arms, but my legs were pretty much dead and i couldn’t bend my knees or put pressure on my feet. an extremely weird sensation, but i thoroughly enjoyed the programme and congratulate Derren on his work. looking forward to more!
Derren.. really?!
I love you, really I do, though I am disappointed that no-one I know got stuck. Not the end of the world, still a great show.. apart from one thing.
Why was the 295 ticket guy, Joe or whatever, wearing a mic pack?! If you’re going to use a stooge, then at least make it a little less obvious. Quite a few people noticed, you never handed him one on the way to the stage, so it’s obvious he was already mic’ed up. The only reason for that would be is if he was already involved in the show. This makes me a sad panda
Just my arms got stuck!
Worked for me! Honestly never expected it to work but it worked! I could lean forwards but whenever I tried to get up I felt so heavy and just had to sit down again!
Hey,
I didn’t stick, but thats probably because of the distractions (my brother saying he hopes you play Full metal jacket as the film)
But I have recorded it and will watch later in better conditions
Keep up the good work
I honestly didn’t believe that i would be responsive to this kind of thing but I really wanted it to work and as I was watching the clip, I felt ok. Then when told to try to get up I couldn’t. I kept trying and each time, although funny at first, i started to get a bit worried. I wasn’t sure I would ever get back out of my chair. I felt real heavy and it’s true that the more you struggle the harder it is to get up.
That was some real clever stuff, thanks for the experience and the panic haha
no, it didnt work for me or any of my family. shame really.
btw were the two pictures of the person stuck to the chair before and after the video supposed to be recognisable?
I just posted a voice blog that I made during the experiment! Sadly tho it did not work on me!
I didn’t stick, but I’ve since gone on to Facebook and a few of my friends seem to have stuck good and proper! I did feel a bit heavy in my legs and the film definitely had some effect – kind of tingly in my stomach, but that may have been nerves! Hehe. Either way you’re a genius. Fascinating stuff.
I didnt stick completely, I just felt like my shoulders were weighed down and my feet were tied to lead weights and it was just very wierd – Thanks Mr. B. x x
Not for me, but my other half dead, jealous now!
*did
I got stuck but not at first.
At first I didn’t stick and I was pretty gutted but once I had got up and put the phone down, I sat back down and about a minute later I tried to get up for a drink and discovered I couldn’t.
Mum thought I was puttin it on though but my butt was good and stucktomysofa.com!!!! I also saw loads of rectangles in the video but that probably means my eyes are a bit funky
The giddiness and intense heartbeat were definetely very strong. But that could just be my normal reaction to Derren.
It didn’t work on me but I did see the pics that flashed up. I really enjoyed the show though as I enjoy all your shows. The handsome bearded man was very pleasing to my eyes too – OH! That was you! ;-D
I got my little sister to film me, and watching it back I had some movements, but I’d be half standing then fall back – after a couple or mins my mum managed to pull me up. If you want to watch the video, add me on facebook – Sophie Louise Ray – and you can see it lol x
It worked for me, watched it on +1 but it didnt work cos i wasnt concentrating. loved it and cant wait for next weeks show, husband tried it and it didnt work therefor he thought i was lying Blah on him!
my arms and legs got heavy and stiff and my bum was completely stuck to the chair. Amazing feeling really as i didn’t think it was going to work.
Really starting to freak me out now Mr.Derren Brown!
I didn’t stick as dramaticlly as some people but i did have this overwhelming urge NOT to get up when I tried and I had to force myself to do so….
I am sad that I’m not susceptible =[
Good show, your voice sounded kinda hot when you were a tramp!
Didn’t get stuck to my sofa but am going to try it when I get back to my mum’s with a bigger TV and less distractions!! Look fwd to next week’s show x
I got stuck for two minutes, and then i tried to stand up again and managed, but felt really heavy and had to sit back down, i felt light headed afterwards, i think you should of banned children from seeing this, it scared the living daylights out of me even though i\’m 14. and the man who said like green chair, blue pen, and 312, i got all those things rightt. i was so freaked outt, i really need to see you live now!
I didn’t stick to my chair and thought I had no side effects…but just a few minutes after the show I have started to have panic attacks, my whole body feels heavy and I feel faint. Perhaps sleep deprived mothers were not supposed to watch it either.
I feel utterly miserable now.
Felt dizzy at the start, then couldnt take my eyes off the film, could almost stand up but knees were too weak and elbows wouldnt move from the position I’d placed my arms in…..did get a bit emotional but had my mum to keep me calm lol quite an interesting experience
x
That was the weirdest experience of my life. The thing that got me first was when my right arm started moving up my leg without me controlling it. I knew it was happening but I couldn’t stop it. I ended up with my arm raised head height for the whole time. Then when he said to try and stand up I couldn’t get up at all. My feet felt like they were slipping on the floor. I really panicked. I just cannot believe that it worked. And as soon as he released it I was able to stand up. Honestly i am still freaked out by this. Derren you really are good!
with the people bit, number 18 was the tallest so maybe he stood out more…
me and my mum spotted the guraffe prints everywhere right away… so we kinda knew what she was going to pick,,, but how you got frank i dont know! I would have said steve,,, and number 12 for the people thingy…
I felt lik crying through that video, i didn’t stick but i was laughing so much people must have thought i was mad!!
Can’t wait for next week!!!!
I didnt stick but I still believe you are an absolute genius Derren!
Keep up the good work, you are absolutely amazing.
I’ll keep trying to get stuck
Unfortunately i didnt stick. but i did experience a werid feeling in my tummy while watching it like a nervous, anxious feeling its hard to describe.
19 sorry not 18
Yes it worked on me.
It was starting to walk on me before the break, i wanted to get up to get something but I didnt, i wasnt really aware of it till after.
i could move my arms, back and feet, but rest of me was stuck, was very scary yet extremly amazing!!
Didn’t stick…best mate did though and all i could do was laugh through her panic…..for some reason i just couldn’t stop laughing at her when i guess i should hev given her some kind words of ‘don’t worry it will al be ok.’
I did however get very distracted by Wall-E making a wonderful appearence…hands up who spotted him.
i felt a bit heavy standing up, but other than that…still, i liked it.it was more sort of peaceful than i thought it would be…
Sadly unstuck. I did, however, immensely enjoy the ‘subliminal’ image of Derren tied to a chair with rope that flashed up after the film. What ever gets you through the day, Derren.
Lovely show as always xx
I recorded myself on webcam during the experiment.
During the video i rarely blinked, i was so focused. The first time i did this i did try to \’fight it\’ (like you said – what ever \’it\’ is) So the second time i was more relaxed, and that time i was actually glued, even if it were for 3 or 4 seconds. I pulled myself out with force, but even after that my knees and shoulders started to sink and felt the need to sit down constantly.
I must say though, the reaction on my face in the video, is rather amusing. =)
I think I had a slight break down in watching this, I felt really upset and cried inexplicably for a few minutes (though maybe that was just because I wanted it to work so badly, eh?). Another superb show though,
Thankyou Derren x
I didn’t stick but a friend of mine did…all I felt was a crazy light headed feeling which took well over an hour to wear off.
I had my phone sitting on my lap ready to call out of the slight hope it would work, but also highly doubted it would work.
When I discovered, truely to my amazement that I couldn’t stand up, I went to call the number and realised I couldn’t move any single part of my body and was totally fixated on the TV screen until the bleep ended and I found I had movement.
It’s now 11:28PM and I’ve still not regained full movement of my body and I’m still numb and tingely, also a little dizzy and shakey.
Such an inscane, yet terrifying experience!
It started with my arms. It felt like pins and needles. My friends and mother were laughing because it didn’t work on them, but I kept saying “My arms feel really weird”. I managed to move my arms after a little while, but it wasn’t until the second “Lean forward” went up that I actually felt able to move again. My friends had tried to pull me up and failed and they were obviously laughing at me =P
Just me that didn’t really appreciate the whole “Stay calm” thing? That was just to kill time while they took calls. Not nice. My legs felt all trembly and weird for about half an hour after.
iv bin an avid fan 4 years and was a bit dissapointed it didnt work on me but still believe it works i would love to take part in some of derrens stuff just to prove alot of people especially my brother wrong about derren. keep it up derren
cheers derren u really helped me out. and u are an influcence for the new generation. although i didnt get stuck cause i was scared lol. i did feel very fuzzy and drowzy, it might just be me cause im tired who knows (probaly you).
Didn’t get completely stuck but felt like someone was pushing down really hard on my shoulders. Went all tingly too and only felt better after the blue screen. What happened to the lovely guy who gave his shoes away? he was great, sweet guy.
So looking forward to next week. Big love <3 xx
I didn’t stick… not sure whether I\’m proud or disappointed by that.
Please to explain the accent please.
Was that supposed to be Irish? If so, why?
Derren, I know that Channel 4 are paying you over a £1,000,000 per show and that is the real reason you do these things. It probably never enters your mind that entertaining people is part of the broadcasters charter and I feel its time that someone made this perfectly clear to you so brace yourself…
You are creating TV that is hugely enjoyable and are making me the viewer feel that I am part of something bigger than me, my TV set and the settee.
However for about 8 minutes this evening my settee and I forged a relationship that will stay with me the rest of my life. So thank you, thank you, thank you.
Oh, forgot to mention …I have bought tickets to come see you on April 1st in Edinburgh… making you even richer… but you are worth every single penny Sir.
Didnt stick but did feel a bit out of it.Might have helped if my son had not picked that time to be on facebook chat-tap tap tap-so very helpful!Daughter said she felt very heavy legged.A great show x
“Even though clearly some of those 50k wouldn’t have stuck and were just phoning to mention their genitals” – I literally laughed my ass off. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL.
Hold up, one of them was going to mention the “New World Order”.
well it didnt work the 1st time “live”… But sort of worked 2nd time round on the +1 channel.i could move my arms and lean forward but when it came to making the conscious effort to stand up i could nt.but not sure if that was a real effect from the film or was my head….great piece of tv.would love if there was a clear outcome so i could know for sure.xoxo
I was working tonight so i taped the show. will that have the same affect as if watching it alive when i watch it tonight or tomorrow??
Derren Brown, you are by far the most intelligent, brilliant man of this pcychologic century! I really admire you…alot!!!
thxxxxx
It worked first time, i couldn’t move my legs or my arms, i felt paralysed. I will admit that i did panic, get quite upset, and wanted it to stop. Relived to be able to stand up although still feel incrediably heavy now, the tops of my thighs are worst. Just wondering if it has anything to do with high frequencies? – As i can hear some dog whisles.
Excellent work mr brown! My hands stuck firmly to my knees! Although my daughter didn’t believe me it took a massive effort just to lift my hands a half inch off my kneed. Looking forwRd to next weeks show
It didn’t work for me but it did for 2 people I know. I saw the flashes before the film. Saw the giraffe images as she went round the toy shop. Possibly because in the adverts before the show, she was near a giraffe.
Not sofa-sticking for me – relieved and gutted!
I didnt get stuck at all but watched it twice and both times I couldnt stop laughing… not sure why…
I began to feel pins and needles in my hands and legs and my legs became so heavy, but then the whirly image was making me feel a little queesy so i looked away, if i hadn’t i really think i would have stuck.
Just booked my tickets to see you next year, cannot wait.
Great show! I didnt get stuck, however i could feel it having an effect, (pins and needles in arms legs)similar to the one i experienced when i watched your live show in bournemouth when you played the sound(i got uncontrollable jolts of movement), in which i did actually stand up.
I think it may have a greater effect rate if the video was played for longer, as i could feel myself being “taken in” as such. However, i wouldnt know the consequences, so a constant replay on sky+ would be a nono for me haha.
I stuck, although my younger brother didn’t. Was a really bizarre feeling, my arms felt like absolute dead weights and my legs just wouldn’t respond to any command i gave them. Could have been quite a scary experience but knowing that Derren was behind it all was quite a comforting factor and made it a rather special and somewhat pleasurable experience knowing that i had been involved in such an experiment. Great work Derren, can’t wait to see what you have in store for us next week!!!
Didn’t stick but did get the giggles. A friend’s friend got stuck and they played it to her mum after and she stuck too. Genetically predisposed?
I didn’t stick, but my head did start turning to the right involuntarily.
I thought it was extremely interesting tonight Derren, keep up the good work!
Can’t wait for next week ^_^
watched again on +1. Stuck again. Same amount, exactly the same sensations. Beyond creepy.
It didn’t work for me in terms of actually getting stuck. I made sure I was in a quiet and dark room to fully absorb the video and I did get quite nervous just before the video started which seemed to increase my heart rate. However, about halfway through the video my eyes started to blink more rapidly (though maybe that was because I was staring intently at the screen trying not to blink, I don’t know). I was able to get up afterwards, but my legs did feel quite heavy when I walked.
So whilst it didn’t work on me like it did others it was certainly an interesting experience and the feelings I did feel during and after the video. Overall it was a fun experiment to take part in.
I got stuck! Couldn’t move my arms properly either!! Well done you!!!
x
I didnt get stuck to the chair but had a weird feeling in my legs and back as if something was pushing me down.
freaked ryt out!!watched on c4 couldn’t move from knees down, felt v calm tho, but thought I was just losin plot so tried again on +1 this time paying more heed to the hidden images as I knew they were there but didn’t quite see them properly first time. Second time round pinned from neck down, felt more scared and panicky. Took me twenty mins to fully snap out of it. :-S hypnosis?
Not physically, but mentally I didn’t want to get up or even move an inch. Felt heaviness briefly.
dear derren that was really really cool i dident stick to the sofa but when got up i like got stuck to almost anything else (thank god there were no knives lol) but yeah it was kinda wierd i like got pins and needles in my hands and then my shoulders started to tighten. again soo cool and i should be getting your book tomorrow thanks for being so crazy!!!!!
I didn’t get stuck but I’m sure the whole chair thing was misdirection on Derren’s part .
My theory is that the real mind control was going on when words and phrases appeared on the screen on varying colour backgrounds afterwards as Derren chatted to people on the phone in the background .A classic subliminal hypnotic process.Didn’t anybody else find this odd and OUT OF PLACE?
When i watched these and thinking back to the tramp(Derren ) being given money and people being generous too him I felt very generous ,warm and accepting of strangers……weird i know but I think the whole stuck to the chair thing is 100% misdirection and the real basis of the whole show was to get people to try and be less judgemental of others ,be more accepting and more friendly to strangers
anybody?
Amazing!
I didn’t get stuck although i did get pins and needles in my legs and feet.
when i got up the first time i fell to the ground
i was there for about 5 minutes then i started crying for some reason
weird stuff
but amazing and mind blowing!!
omg my arms went numb and felt really heavy
didnt affect my family though
I didn’t stick nor did my mom but it was still brilliant to watch!!
oh yeah i knoticed that the lil bleep that came up was tyed 2 the chear why was there any need for this???
I found the reaction to it REALLY amusing. Mainly because quite a lot of people just end up saying “He must be a witch. It’s magic” Yeah…Of course it is.
Tried it. Didn’t work. Why? Because I realised the very obvious “secrets” to the trick.
Still good though. Might start trying out PWA.
yes my thighs were stuck! cant believe it happened. amazing!
Ha ha ha! Just watched the repeat with my other half and both of us found our arms got really heavy. We felt like we just wanted to sit there (like it would be too much effort to stand up). My elbows were stuck to my sides. I couldn’t stop laughing. At least I got some response this time.
Can’t wait for next week.
Didnt work for me or my friend which sucks >.< However felt very dizzy and heavy whilst watching the thing. Maybe a longer dosage of watching would have stuck us but who knows. Also spotted 4 subliminals. 2 of the man tied up in a seat, onw blue flash and one white flash. not seeing anything on them though. Anyways, love the series so far and cant wait to see next weeks ^^
Wow, what a busy blog, I wonder if the Channel 4 site got swamped again…
No sticking in this household I’m afraid, although we were streaming it off the net as we don’t have channel 4 (the evil BBC antenna blocks the signal)
never mind
On to the next show
I didn’t stick unfortunately. I had a rush of heat to my limbs. Started getting clamy and sweaty palms. Although my legs, hands and posterior did feel heavy, I did not stick to my chair.
didnt work on me either…even if it was 1/2 a million people that it DID work on, thats a very small proportion of the people who saw this programme.
i think…in a way…uv done a study thats showed hypnosis DOESN’T work which goes against what i, and you Derren, believe!
it genuinely worked brilliantly on me, me and my friends decided to make a night out of it, we had too watch it twice but it finally worked, first time 0/7 were affected but they of had something to do with uncontrollable giggles coming from some members of the party, the second time however, two of us, me and my friend ben were effected. As soon as derren started speaking i started to feel really, really tired and my head lolled back in the chair, it was quite painful but i couldn’t move it, it was just hanging backwards, then I got pins and needles in my legs and then they went all warm and then i couldn’t do anything, i could talk, and move my eyes but nothing else, terryfying but amazing!
derren u should try and make people save the world now let tha be a lil task 4 u save ths planet
Stuck like glue to the couch and could not stop laughing was excellent, could not feel my legs and butt, Did nto work ont he husband though lol Bravo!
Really really wanted this to work, tried to make myself as susceptible as possible but no joy. *sobs*
Even tried a repeat viewing on the plus one in a darkened room, and on a chair more similar to your studio test subjects’ but still no joy.
And I was so looking forwards to feeling mentally fiddled with and helpless under your power too! :~(
Still, nevermind. Fab show nonetheless my good man.
I didn’t stick
but I did spot a smudge on my tv when it came on an it pure took my attention haha!
Derren is a trending topic on twitter, look see!
Felt a bit strange. Vision went a bit grey round the edges. However, was disappointed that I didn’t stick! I reckon it’s down to believing it will happen. I hoped it would, but believed that it wouldn’t on the grounds that I’m not creative / imaginative – qualities that I think usually complement hypnotism/suggestion. Highly entertaining though – followed Derren’s wizardry for years and I’m continually amazed!
However, for all of his talents, hypnotising someone like me, is something I do not think he is capable of!
I did get stuck but in a different way to everyone else. For a few seconds after the video I was completely paralysed, I couldn’t move anything but my eyes. Everyone else seems to talk of a heavy feeling or being held down and this is what happened to the people in the audience, but I just felt almost like I’d forgotten how to make my limbs move.
Did anyone else have my experience?
Didn’t stick. Pity that afer the warning that if you were under 16 years of age don’t watch the film the first callers son was affected and was only 10 years old.
I’ve just left my mam’s at 2330 after watching the 2100 screening and she was the only one of five of us seriously affected. She became stuck immediately, panicked and was unable to move anything below the neck for almost an hour, despite watching the blue “release” screen. Slowly she has managed to regain control of her arms but still can not walk without somebody on either side of her as her legs are in complete spasm, as if in cramp but without the pain. I’m concerned other people who might have watched alone may still be stuck as this seems to be a severe but not exclusive reaction! Help Derren!
Did you put some subliminal flashes into Peep Show? I’m sure I saw flashes of a face and a man sitting down at varying intervals of it. I also saw some flashes after the hypnotic film had been shown during the ‘Events’ transmission. What is Derren up to?!!
Neither of us got stuck. I missed the end of the show as I went out to buy some popcorn….
It didn’t work on me, or the rest of my family, I was pretty disappointed about that. However, it did work on one of my friends. It Was a fab show; can’t wait until next week!
xxx
There were three of us watching here, and none of us stuck
I was looking forward to feeling under your control! So not fair.
Just a quick tally of the current comments on the site, just for giggles:
107 people were NOT STUCK
63 people were STUCK
The numbers are approximate: I made it a point *NOT* to include people who mentioned others (all I tried to notate was whether or not a particular poster stuck or not). As most of you can see, “mixed” effects are prediminant, in which case I specifically went with the poster’s perception as to whether or not the experiment did or did not work for him/her. That means if someone said “this totally worked although I only couldn’t move my arms” – that still went to “stuck” category, as the poster felt that the show was successful. Majority felt it DID NOT work, however.
Roughly 63% of the posters here did not get stuck during the show – more than 1/3rd was. That’d be all.
hey there great show, but unfortunatley didnt stick, really wanted to though watched it 3 times no joy. looking forward to next week!
just felt a bit heavy the first time, but watched it again straight away on channel4 +1 and i totally got stuck to the chair, was the weirdst feeling ever, i acctually couldnt get up as much as i tried, i could move my arms and my feet but my bum and back were glued!
also only caught the end of the unsticking part so scared me a bit, but got up in the end!
awesome show, well done!!!!
gutted i cant watch it again, would love to try it again
xoxoxoxo
absolutely nothing sorry, apart from it making me feel slightly queezy!
love you though!
@Hannah B: Didn’t notice any subliminals in Peep Show, but a few Tweeps reckoned there were some speeded-up bits.
It worked for me but not the first time. After watching it on Ch4 i was really disappointed that it hadn’t worked so watched it on 4+1. I was more relaxed the second time as i knew what was coming.
After the video had finished i remember thinking it hasn’t worked again. i was expecting a huge force to be pinning me down which wasn’t there. first of all i had a feeling of “i can’t be bothered to get up” then i kept saying to myself “go on get up then!”. Thats when i realized my lower back was stuck to the chair! i tried to push down with my arms but just didn’t have the energy. The more i tried the harder it got.
Imagine you are high up on the outside of a building, trying to cling as tight as you can to the wall. That is what my back was doing to the chair! Crazy crazy crazy!!!!!!
Gutted! Didn’t stick….even on C4+1
Great show Derren, I still don’t know what it is you do, but I like it!
My legs were stiff, and I felt a little like that dog must feel in the photo, but I could still stand up. I think if my sister hadn’t been distracting me at the time, I would have stuck (I’d guessed that you were going to make that woman choose a toy giraffe as soon as you mimed it with your hand, and my sis was proudly proclaiming, “Oh my God, Jess, you’re psychic!”)
Despite that, I loved the show, and I’m really pleased the film worked on so many other people. Just not on me…..(Why?! I really wanted it to happen!)
I watched it with 5 friends and none of us stuck to our seats – and we were all really concentrating on it. Really annoying as I was with a Derren Brown hater who I was trying to convert.. Fail
Not writing this under my usual username because I am actually a bit ashamed of myself; I understand what Derren’s doing, I have read extensively about suggestion (including Derren’s book!) and know how it works and I’d told myself it probably wouldn’t work. I even knew it had nothing to do with the film, just the bit before hand where he basically told us to go stick ourselves.
But nevertheless, it seemed to work. It felt very odd, I knew somewhere in my head I could get up if I wanted but I didn’t want to, everything felt heavy and weak. I could lever myself up a bit but it took massive effort.
I thought it might just be that I was tired but as soon as he told me I could stand up, it was like all the tension disappeared. Bizarre. I didn’t think I was a suggestible person! Oh well…
i didnt stick.. even though i really wanted too.. but stupid husband was distracting me and making me laugh lol… i do think what you do is amazing.. i must say mr brown is certainly a genius
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i would do ANYTHING to be one of his victims erm… i mean volunteers lol..
much love xxx
What a load of bull. Totally lost respect for you after watching your lottery prediction on Wednesday and the use of a split screen.. This just made it worse.
The video with lines didn’t get me at all but the screens of don’t panic and congratulations made me focus on everything that was meant to be sticking and even though i said between the videos when Derren was interviewing I was saying i could stand but didn’t want to, with those ghost-like callers saying things i was only half listening to, this is when I really got stuck… my heart was racing and i felt totally altered mentally. absolutely amazing, upon rewatching in HD i got shivers all down my back expecting the same experience but didn’t happen. the fact that i was in a room with other people who didn’t stick perhaps encouraged me more and watching alone didn’t have the same effect. genius.
love you.
well I got stuck, and started thinking about it and thinking logically making an imaginary flow chart. The video itself made me calm and open and the flashes with the tied-up man in a chair made the experience more intense. By the time I realized what made me stuck I could stand up easily. It kind of help me understand what goes in my mind. Finally I would like to add that if Derren’s voice wasn’t what it is so calming and persuasive and if I hadn’t persuaded myself to be part of it none of this would happen so thank you Derren great experience for me. I consider u as a great thinker and a great artist (hope that I’m right) hope that this worked for many other people too and I ope that they were able to understand it. Thanks agai goodnight from Greece.
Oh my god it was well weird. As soon as DB started preparing us for the movie my ankles and calf muscles began twitching. When the movie finished, my back, bum, thighs and hands were stuck solid! I couldn’t move them an inch. It was scary at first and didn’t actually unstick until about the first few minutes of the Peep Show.
Can’t wait for next week’s The Events!
Whoo! Derren…you are one cool dude. I hope you realised that you almost gave me a heart attack this week! The first time I watched it, I was so completely and totally petrified and it didn’t have much effect :p But then I watched it again, and started feeling a bit of something. The third time I watched it, I still didn’t stick properly, but my legs went dead and my hands froze completely! It was so weird and so cool…YOU RULE! So yeah, I am very very impressed!
EEEEK! The first time as well, my boyfriend got totally stuck x3 So I was just prancing round the room laughing at him, and to prove to me that he was completely numb and everything, he made me pinch his hand really, really hard with my nails and it had no effect on him! Weird x3 I bet that’ll leave some bruises… D:
Sorry Derren, didn’t get stuck, but then you freak me out a bit so I can never fully let my guard down while watching your shows. You did stick my auntie but she was hypnotised a few years ago on holiday too so we already know she’s suseptible to suggestion.
I reckon it would have worked if I had allowed myself to relax into the right frame of mind first.
Oh plops it posted with my avatar. Any chance you could delete these posts? I don’t know why I’m so ashamed, I guess it’s knowing I convinced myself to do something apropos of fuck all.
I stuck! I think my boyfriend thought i was pretending as it did’nt work on him. It felt like the muscles in my legs had gone weak, my arms were fine and I was trying to push myself up but I could’nt. Also, I could’nt stop laughing, up until i spotted a spider in the room and freaked as i couldnt run away from it. (but it’s cool because my non-stick boyfriend caught it). awesome show!
Okay I had to start a new comment ’cause I’m typing too much, hehe! I’m just so hyper now!
I’m still trying to calm myself down actually, haha! Anyway, love you Derren! Can’t wait to see you in March! I’ll wave! Heeee! You should totally stick us all to our seats then :O Liverpool btw, 3rd of March…we’ll BE THERE!!!!!!!!!! x
I didn t stick but had a very strange heavy feeling and took longer than usual to get up. My son also {who wasn t with me } did it and he said he didn t stick but had a the same feeling as I did. Derren you are great xx
Can I use this as a viable excuse for being off work? ‘Derren stuck me to the chair!!!!’
Bah, I had to watch it at my dads…. in the middle of the ads just before it started, he decided to get up and go and get some crisps, so for that VITAL ONE PRECIOUS MINUTE it was a total #failwhale scenario for me as all I could hear was *munch, munch, munch*.
I always think to myself, “There’s no way Derren could do this to me!”, but I was really wanting to give it a chance tonight… unfortunately, I think my dad was AFRAID it would work on him.
Well done Derren, excellent watch as always and as a marketeer, I was taking notes!
Help my cat watched it and now he’s rigid!
My theory is that the lines were just the placebo effect, he sliped in PLENTY of subliminal messages with the position that you were supposed to stay in during the show. I personely didnt stick but I was thinking about lots of things and got distracted.I was hesitating about this theory until i heard one of the phone calls, “…I was going to get up in the advert break but i just stayed in that position.” This man is one of the worlds leading phycoligists and has proved himself many times from trick or treating, to paying for a platinum ring with paper. Tonight he has slipped in some very cheeky hints to an unnoticed eye. If all of these subliminal messages are seen without being noticed then followed by peacefulness, curiosity and a strange white noise anything can happen.
Didn’t work on me but my friend Steven, who’s a physicist and so you would imagine would be naturally sceptical, remained rooted to his chair throughout. In fact, he hasn’t moved a muscle since the programme. He’s just grinning at me over his spectacles.
Wow Derren, you really are magic!
i did it with 3 friends my first friend stuck a bit but after a couple of minutes effort could stand, I experienced my lower half being stuck but no matter how hard i pushed on the sofa with my arms i could not stand up until the commands to relax came through.
My other friend how ever could only move from the neck up it was very bizarre but highly entertaining for all of us.
much love Mr Brown, much love
Hi Derren, watched you the first time toinght, enjoyed the show. got the inference to the Girrafe and also new 19 would be the number due to how many times you mentioned it in your chat with the girl Nicki/nicola? Didn’t get affected by the ‘stick’ the first time but watched the last ten mins of the show on 4+1 and my legs wouldn’t move, particularly the back of my thighs. Know you’ve tricked me somewhere along the line, just not sure how and now feel like I’ve done a 10 mile bike ride! Saw you live in Salisbury, and loved the show, always watch you on t.v, have one of your books to try and find out what the bloody hell’s going on in your head as you facinate me, we were born in the same year,….surely that qualifies for you to take pity on me and send me tickets for your show in 2010?? x
Didn’t get stuck.. felt really floaty and light as air and back pain that i’ve been feeling for weeks has gone.. my back went red hot – thankyou hehe
x
I personally did not stick, but maybe the fact that i coated myself with copious amount of teflon and butter earlier in the night may have something to do with it?
However All i know is when i put on +1 , and later came downstairs i saw a mountain of frying pans piled up on my living room chair, i couldnt pull these off the sofa till nearly 11.00pm (which i got a right rollocking for thank you mr Brown)
If only your brother Gordon could learn the trick ‘how to get british public OFF the sofa’
we watched the show in a group of six, and 2 of us stuck completely.
we then watched it again on 4+1, and the same 2 stuck. we don’t think the others stuck because they were giggling,
you’re a genius. absolute legend!
I didn’t stick but i couldn’t stop laghing through the tape so i think that is why enjoyed the show though
It didn’t work for me, my Mum or my Dad.
But then again, I do believe that we’re just not susceptible on any level.. {well not me or my Mum anyways}
I was curious as to whether this affects different people depending on their brightness {not intelligence}
Can anyone shed any light upon this?
Thanks ^^’
I didn’t get stuck
damn, i though I was suggestable 
I just watched the repeated show. Stuck to my seat again. That’s twice in one night. I didn’t expect it to work the second time but it did. Felt like the effects were a little stronger but lasted less time. I’m clearly very prone to these things! Felt like weights were tied to my feet again…
I didn’t get stuck, but my chair did, and now I cannot remove it from my trousers.
Please help.
tried twice and failed, I know 7 folk that have tried it and it never worked for any =(
I think the clip should be shown in cinemas before films, the big screen, surround sound and dark enviroment may help it work and if it did then people would be stuck watching the film lol
Seriously though I’m going to try again tomorrow and I think you shoud seriously consider my idea =D
I didn’t get stuck and no one I have spoken to since got stuck either (about 20 people.) It was an interesting show though, just mildly disappointing.
didnt work on ME but it worked on loads of people i know, nice one
I really really wanted to get stuck, didnt watch it the first time but i watched the repeat just there on channel 4 and didnt get stuck! One of my friends did but I wasnt with him while he watched it! I believed I would stick and Im all sad now that I didnt!
Still think hes brill though! 
I can’get my head around this, It’s fantastic! I was sitting Nose to Nose to my TV willing to be glued to the chair i placed an inch from the telly. After the video I stuck for about 6 seconds or so. My heart inside was going like the clappers, But then it said yo calm down so i tried then i started to slide off of my chair and fell to the floor with a thud.. I was utterly amazed. You are one amazing man, Derren. ^^
I might have got stuck….but it felt to me like in the morning when i awake for work and i play these silly mind games with myself where i count back from 10 and tell myself, when i get to 1 i will get up. When i get to 1, i start again from 10…..this goes on a few times and then i just get up.
that is wht happened tonight.
I sat on the chair so relaxed…i did not want to get up….but when i told myself to move …. i did.
x
Very good show…………….much better than the lotto one……this comment from one of Derrens BIGGEST fans. x
Yes! Got stuck, it was really strange my whole body stiffened and it took a good few tries before i could even get my arms working! I also had a moment of overwhelming emotion, which went as quickly as it had came :S:S i was only fully able to stand up when they played the clearing tone and even now my shoulders and back are still extremely stiff! Amazing stuff,can’t wait for next week’s
It didn’t work on me or my two mates (I really wanted it to) but it did work on my Sister she tried to phone in but was held in a que.
I didn’t expect to stick because when at his Enigma show at Salford Lowry his video didn’t work then. But I was hit by a frisby for the Guess who game, still amazed at how he knew which picture I choose.
Amazing work!!
I stuck… It was like magnets on the soles of my feet…incredible.
Cant wait 2 see you live next year!! Respect xxx
Wasn’t stuck but it took alot of effort to stand
i got stuck !!! couldnt belive it affected my lower body more i could lift my back off the sofa and not my legs . then my right would lift a bit but the left was stuck fast i was so shocked it worked i was giggleling for about 15 mins . my boyfriend thought i was making it all up i just couldnt get over it i was so amazed it worked i had to rign my dad and get him to do it with the later showing !!! didnt work unfortunatly, neway i have ranted enough and look forward to next weeks show
I’m about to watch it again for the 4th time, and I have to say each time has been slightly different. I havent been glued, but particually my legs and arms felt very heavy, I could lift my arms but they hurt so much to do so. So I gave up.
I’m glad it worked on so many people, its an amazing achievment, and if you count all those who had SOME sort of effect, I’m sure it would be millions, everyone I know had some sort of effect, me and a friend found ourselfs watery eyed/ in tears. Hmm :/
I cant wait for next week.
I love you, Derren! Pretty much blown away
WORSHIP THE BROWN
that was to much. for the first time (because i watched it twice) it was amazzing. it took alot of my mind not to freak out. but i loved the feeling. my hart rushing the thought of not knowing what to do but then the feeling of calm of the still pic telling me to chill then the blue was nice.
but the second time i did it with a friend and it didnt work. i think it was the fact that i knew she wouldnt act on it and there for i felt that it wouldnt work or if it did then she would just laugh.
but the first time was great
thank you
Superb work and very enjoyable to watch. I didn’t actually try the test as I wasn’t in the right frame of mind (tired eyes and a small tv screen didn’t help) but I did very much enjoy the toy store and shopping centre sections. The care and attention to the language and delivery on the run up to the film was impressive.
Thank you, I will look forward to the next show.
Hi Derren,
Big fan here! I watched the film on the +1 channel, after failing to get any results first time round. This time, I was on my own and concentrating as much as possible. I wanted this to work!
When the second video finished, my arms felt very heavy. I tried to lift them and the downforce on my arms seemed to increase. My heart rate actually increased, to cope with the demand I was putting on my upper body trying to get up. The sensation then became very familiar – all of the tension and ‘weight’ was coming from inside my body – as though I was creating my own, self reinforcing barrier from moving.
Fortunately, having dabbled in astral travel meant that I could just clear my mind of the suggestion. The tension vanished, and I stood up. Suggestion needs more power!
I did get stuck. I found that my back wasn’t glued, but my bum was stuck fast on the chair, I thought it was hilarious and laughed hard about it, because I really wasn’t expecting it. Usually I am the biggest cynic, but it was fantastic.
well i thought it hadn’t worked (I was lying on the sofa however), then I reached out to get a drink from my coffee table but realised my arm wouldnt move, however I had still shifted my body weight and I rolled off the sofa on to the floor, never done that before – bit strange!
I was literally frozen to the chair and my parents came in from the pub and asked what’s going on?
I explained (probably not the best turn of phrase) that Derren brown made me unbelievably stiff, which i spent the next 30 minutes regretting ..theys probably thought i was ‘on the other side’
Theirs mentalists, and theirs Derren Brown, What a welsh lamb! BRILL SHOW
I didn’t get stuck but maybe because I was really scared at the thought of it
My heart my racing and i kept giggling nervously…gonna watch it on channel 4+1 and see what happens…..
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I didn’t stick unfortunately, but it probably had something to do with the fact that my damn cat jumped up onto the sofa about half way through the film! Still it was a thoroughly entertaining show and I will have my pen and paper at the ready for next week Derren, damn you for keeping me on tenterhooks until then.
I must have been doing it wrong, because I actually began to hover just above my seat and have not been able to touch down since.
I think it the problem arose when you said it worked best on intelligent creative types.
As a hovering dullard, I shall be writing to my MP.
OK, after I watched it the third time when it repeated on Ch4 I stuck! It was strange, no matter how much I pushed up with my arms my legs just would not respond! I got my bum off the seat a little, but my legs and the backs of my knees were well and truly stuck! I didn’t know it was repeated again on Ch4, so thought I’d go for 3rd time lucky and it worked!
Hey,
just to let you know… its worked very well on me, to be honest i was sceptical about the whole thing
I got stuck for a few moments. The more I leant forward the more freedom I felt, and my legs felt very stiff. Well done Derren. You never fail to impress me.
I cant remember the last time i was this rigid from a post watershed broadcast, excellent work!
I watched it twice – the first time nothing happened because I concentrated on the TV rather than concentrating on trying to lift an arm then feeling the resisting force. We rewound it and this time I imagined first my arms, then moving down into my legs, even my stomach. It worked! IT WORKED! I managed to get up, but I HAD to sit back down again, something was drawing me to the seat. I got up again, walked around, then sat down again – only to remain stuck. Amazing stuff! I\’m going to watch again tomorrow to make it happen again.
wow! didn’t stock the first time, although toward the end of the film i felt my hips sort of click into the seat. Second time round, sat of different chair, really relaxed and was breathing slowly, really focusing, and my bum and thighs got stuck! I could move my back and legs but my arse was completely stuck! Also, I could lift my left arm up, but my right arm i could ony lift about 1/2 a foot of my leg, my elbow was too heavy to pull any further!
Absolutey incredible!
However (and I do hate to be the one to spoil the fun…) I could not properly enjoy the show after the completely offensive and nasty act, where the tramp was given an Irish accent!!!
wicked! xx
hey,
It actually worked seriously well on me.. to be honest i was sceptical about it.. but at the end i wasnt able to lift my arms from my thighs or my legs from the ground!!! it was a very wierd sensation like i wanted to move but i had forgotten or my muscles had no energy! ha enjoyed the show though, thanks
Didn’t work the first time but I had my 2 year old climbing all over me. Just watched the repeat and I didn’t exactly get stuck. As I started to get up, it felt as though something was pulling on my lower back but I freaked out and jumped out of my seat. I’m sure if I watched it with someone else, it might have worked?? Was pretty scared of doing it alone.
I stuck i stuck good,
It was a bit strange but a peacefully sorrt of strange, i wasnt paniced or scaried by it.
it was just my bottom and legs and feet were glued.
but i did panic alittle that you werent going to tell us to get up but you did so its all good,
saying that what an excuse to not go to work hehe
“sorry i can’t come in im stuck to my chair , you need to get derren brown”
I quite like to know would it ware off it you didnt hear the other tone?
what if you were stuck and then had power cut so did hear any tone or help to get up?
hugs love and kisses
Louise
xxxXXXxxx
I didn’t get stuck but my girlfriend did…
ALSO she got a runny nose after watching it just like this person did:
“kirsty says:
September 18, 2009 at 11:07 pm
I didn’t get stuck but it did give me a runny nose (I don’t have a cold though)”
I was really skeptical about it and thought she was taking the piss… so dragged her out of the chair… she fell over
made her watch the video AGAIN on c4 a few mins ago – and she promptly stuck (no effect on me… again)
Watched a RECORDING of it (the rotating lines _ONLY_) and she got stuck…
Made her watch the blue screen ONLY after that and she was unstuck
made her ONLY watch the main bits- none of derren speaking… so he’s obviously programmed her brain.
I also think I know what it is…
oh and it made me cry. but i think it was because i was straning my eyes i didnt have any other like on and it was bright. but sooooooooo cool.
thanks again
derren (not expecting a reply but w/e) is it to do with intimidation???…..
i didn’t get stuck, but i had people interupting the program sadly, so i am glad i recorded it and well i’m going to watch it again tomorrow… hopefully it will work as I am really excited about this
This is for those of you that are still stuck or have family members that are still stuck:
Stop.
You are in complete control of your own body.
Any sensations you feel are in your mind.
Relax.
Shift your weight forwards and push down with your arms to help you rise.
You can now get up normally.
Hi derren , great show, unfortunately i didnt stick , i felt like i was for maybe 2 or 3 seconds, i had a very strange tingling sensation all over my body and was slightly shakey afterwards, i felt quite heavy and my grandma said she felt somthing similar to the tingling and heavyness but we both stood up, afterwards i noticed that my lamps looked like they were slightly flickering, not to the extent of actually flickering but like when you stare at a lined page too long, but that will be to do with the lines on the screen i guess , kind of like an optical illusion ,cheers anyway it was an experience
I am afraid I was too scared to do the experiment as I was on my own! Oh deary me, what a wimp. Sorry Derren. But, I have recorded it on my Virgin+box, so may try it again with company here to rescue me! I would have liked to have seen the audience get unstuck though.
Oh my flipping god it worked for me!!! At first I couldn’t move anything then slowly was able to lift my arms but my legs remained motionless for a good couple of minutes afterwards! No matter how much I was telling myself to move them, they just weren’t listening!!! Wasn’t worried though and found the whole thing strangely exciting and laughed hysterically all the way through being stuck…haven’t laughed so much for no reason at all since doing poppers as a naive teen! Fab work Deza way love ya x
I didn’t get stuck but did get an odd sensation of butterflies in my stomach and my heart raced a bit, nothing scary though. Actually it was quite a nice feeling. I guess people are effected in different ways and some people are not at effected at all….. Still fantastic show looking forward to next week
xxxxxx
t’s just about to be shown on channel 4 +1 and i really wanna watch it but i’m in alone and there is no way in hell i’m watching this alone just in case seeing as my phone has no battery lol.
I really wish i had someone else here tho so i could try it.
OMG did it for the second time and got stuck for like 3 seconds and they were the most terrifying three seconds of my life!!
I wonder if this taps in to sleep paralysis? hmm
I got stuck in the bum region, my whole body felt so heavy. And my hands tingled after, for about 5 minutes.
Love, love, love it.
I loved it!
Amazing show Derren
I stuck for about 20 seconds. When I watched the film, I felt like I was completely relaxed and sinking into the sofa. Afterwards, I felt incredibly heavy and as if I didn’t want to get up. Derren, you are a genious! Looking forward to seeing you in Edinburgh next year!
The first time I didn\’t get stuck but when I got up it felt like someone/thing was pushing down on my shoulders. Maybe because I was with people and wasn\’t paying proper attention to the show.
The second time I was alone. Although I saw the flashing images I only managed to sit forward, the weight on my shoulders was heavier and I couldn\’t move my hands from my knees. I tried to push myself up with my legs and felt as if the weight had travelled down my arms, thru my hands into my legs and feet. Was an odd sensation that lasted 15-20 seconds or so as I didn\’t fight it, took deep breaths and relaxed before trying to move my hands. Once I accomplished that I slowly got up and wobbled a bit before moving properly. The weight dissipated as I moved around. Extremely fun experiment!!!!!!!
i didn’t get stuck, wich is odd because i get the same paralized, heavy thing at odd times, wich forces me to sit or lie down, sometimes in the middle of the street. so quite inconveinient, and i dont know why it happens!
i kind of wanted it to happen this time though, so i could see if it was the same thing, but nothing happened (although i might blame the dogs for that one, pfft!)
interesting though, i wonder if their related? hmm…
would help me alot if i knew!
I don’t think I got stuck, I never wanted to sit up to find out. But I felt more compelled to read the messages afterwards, I just repeated what they were telling me over and over. The film didn’t contain anything? Didn’t the messages tell us what to do?
Sweet Lord! There were 6 of us watching and I’m the one who gets stuck fast! Mainly concentrated around the left bum cheek and thigh region which gave the others a right old laugh! Brilliant! Shut up my nay saying brother! Also, in trying to prove how welded I was I ripped the leather on the back of the couch, fella wasn’t too impressed but Derren we love you! xxx
and Derren, good one, your ace!
I watched it alone and got stuck. It really scared me and I did start to panic but after a few minutes I was able to push myself up.
Very impressed!
I just watched the clip on youtube, and didn’t get stuck. I don’t know if the fact that it was on youtube makes a difference, after all this was designed to be done over the television. Also, the clip did include Derren’s opening remarks because I feel those were probably the most important aspect of the message. I didn’t stick to the chair, but when I tried to get up my back seemed to be really heavy like I couldn’t pull it away from the chair, which was kind of odd. Also, I wonder if the clips actually did work on a larger number of people, but the effect on some people was just incredibly short.
Still, it was an amazing attempt, and I’m glad to hear that it did work on a number of people. It’s still a huge accomplishment! I can’t wait until next week!!
i didnt stick, but i felt a wierd sensation, in total i watched the entire episode 3 times, 1st time i felt asif there was a pole or something in my lower chest, like a spear had pierced me to the chair, i didnt feel heavy, but asif i just shouldnt move? asif moving would have bad conciquences. the second i had the same feelings but stronger and a very strong feeling of fear, my eyes watered heavily, and by the end of the film as derren was talking i could not concentrate on what he was saying, i couldnt help but feel absolutely terrified and every time i tried to clear my mind or distract myself i came back to the same feeling,. and the 3rd time i didnt really feel anything!
i dont know if anyone who would know the answer to my quesiton will read this, but as a father its very concerning, me and my daughter watch the lion king quite alot, when i noticed at 51 minutes into the film simba flops to the floor and a poof of pollen blows into the wind, and as it floats around it spells the word “SEX” after typing subliminal messages in lion king on youtube.com i found there was alot of appearances by the word sex in the lion king, 2 lines in aladin which say “take off your clothes” all which havent been noticed by anyone i know who has seen the film. could this have any negatifve affect on my daughter? or does it just make adults enjoy the films more?
thank you for taking the time to read this.
Tell me you can increase the chance of an independent participant choosing a giraffe from a toy store and I’ll buy it.
Tell me you _forced_ her to choose it and call it Frank without being in on it, and Occam starts lathering up.
Sorry – maybe I’m just a cynic. but the increasingly impressive final flourishes simply undermine the plausibility of them in my eyes. I am still awaiting an effect to wow me. However, I hope I can prove myself uncynical, as I will continue to watch your shows; I would love to believe that there was something genuine in what you are doing, and it’s an area I am sufficiently fascinated by that I will keep the flame burning.
Brilliant show!! Really, really fantastic!! My lower half of my body was stuck until the blue screen told me I could get up. I could hoist myself about 5 cm out of the chair if I tried, but I was a rigid, dead weight… Hands were difficult to move at first, but free’d up no problem in about 20 seconds or so. Did, however, experience mega tingling/cold/shakes in my hand for ages. I was very nervous before watching it, almost bailed out and didn’t watch the video I was glad I did; while the hand-things made me feel incredibly uncomfortable and it was quite unpleasant, the sensation of being stuck, while worrying at first, was actually quite funny. My hands still tingle a bit now but are no longer shaking. I’m really pleased this had any effect on me and I look forward to next week’s show!!
Tried about 5 times and didn’t work. First time me and my friend tried it at his house but we weren’t doing it properly so it didn’t work. Then I recorded it on Sky and tried 4 times, lights on, lights off, in different chairs. I really focused on trying to stick to the chair and it didn’t work. I kinda zoned out whilst watching it though and my eyes hurt. Managed to stand up perfectly fine. I guess it just depends on the person…
Hope something works for me on next week’s show
xxxxx
i got stuck every time, my eyes were flooding with water, but was also laughing at the same time, could barely feel anything from just above the knee down
Got stuck for a few minutes but then got up. Arms and legs still feel shakey from it
great stuff Derren
Unfortunately, since I dont live in Britain, I had to download the show through the internet. I got the feeling at first, it was nothing physical, it was more like my mind kept telling me to stay seated and I was in an odd state of mind. My eyes became somewhate watery and I squinched my eyes several times as if something was just being transferred into my mind. It was sort of as if I told myself to try to stand up but a deep part of myself just didnt want to get out. Eventually after a while, although before the official Derren’s release I was able to get up and move around. The flashing of the blue, green and red ovals and eye-similar figures on the screen on the audience when Derren was doing the 295 stunt also made me feel odd and make my eyes squinch.
however, was just thinking that maybe i was focusing too much on the tv and not focusing on my actual body parts….legs got a bit shaky but that was all
xxxx
Amazing! Felt like my body was paralyzed, very heavy but not uncomfortable. Watched it twice, second time was more powerful. Thoroughly enjoyed the experience, thankyou Derren, you are marvelous! Looking forward to next week *(^_^)*
~x*X*x~
Great show Derren. This type of stuff fasinates me. I didn’t stick unfortunately however the GF did. Massively Funny watching her wiggle around giggling to herself!
Keep up the amazing work
Chris
Wow – what a difference 20 minutes can make. I’d like to retract my earlier post; Derren Brown is a genius. I’ve just realised that I’m looking at the whole show from the wrong viewpoint!
The fact that persuasion is not guaranteed doesn’t invalidate the effects, because the effects aren’t the effect – it is our response to them, along with the glimpses of the methods allegedly involved, that is subject to persuasion. The suggestive film wasn’t the swirly lines, it was the series of films leading up to it, along with the “how I made her think giraffe” type discussion that subtly veer our expectations in his abilities. The audience’s response is proof that the meta-effect has worked, and my reaction is proof I was completely misdirected!
I say in all earnest, well done sir.
omg i never thought it would work. i have always been able to see how and when you do things and thought i was not as impressional as other ppl. I didnt beleive it would work on me and was very freaked out when my thighs woudn’t carry my weight to get up out of my chair. i’m still freaked out now and wondering if the reason why i love you so much is because you have programed me to.. Arrrrr!!!
Hi Derren. Great show! Really enjoyed it, especially the guy giving up his shoes lol.
No sticking for me but I know why that was
Initially there was a…..’sensation’ so to speak but then I thought back to the “you can’t drop the pen” test (I’m sure you must have heard of it as it is fairly entry level as far as your field goes). As it turns out; the first time I couldn’t drop the pen, second time I could and the same applied to simply standing up.
If only I had never been to those damn classes teaching about hypnosis, I would have been stuck for sure.
Keep up the good work. Again, excellent show!!!
Just read the posts, especially love the ones written by sceptics who are complaining that they didn’t get stuck. Means that secretly they actually thought Derren Brown really could stick everyone in Britain to their chairs
In fact I can’t wait to find out the viewing figures for the show as it means that all those people did, to some extent, believe DB would do it otherwise what would be the point of watching?! Same goes for his Lottery Event – why watch it if you think he is just guessing like everyone else? Btw I loved the ending of the Lottery Event it was purposefully meant to keep us wondering and was hilarious –
‘We might have done this. But that would be illegal. So we didn’t.’
Oh and for the record, I did think giraffe but didn’t get stuck. Not too susceptible then!
Hi Derren,
I was skeptic to this prior to watching, although a huge fan of yours! when the video played, there was three of us in the room, I was the only one of the three which stuck, I was also the only one which could see horizontal lines on the white screen out of the three of us. To the others it was just a blank screen with music. But I started feeling like I was sinking towards the floor through the chair. I was able to move my back off the chair but I just couldnt get off my butt at all, even when trying to use my arms to lift myself.
I took the batteries out of the remote because they wanted me to stay stuck.
I was ony freed from this when the blue screen was shown and I was able to stand.
Excellent !!!!
Looking forward to March!
im sorry to say derren, but those flashing images of someone sittting down terrified me, and i cant sleep
no
but i wanted to be, lol i dont think you said to try to sit as straight to the tv as possible lol as i was watching head side on, but my gf wasn’t you got her stuck lol
Did not work for me and that was in a quiet dark room, although my legs felt really heavy after watching it.
I am going to ask my friends tomorrow if it worked on them.
Cant wait for next week!
I didn’t get stuck. I really wanted it to work and got abit excited/nervous just before it started. I did see the flash of the man tied to a chair quite clearly like 4/5 times during the show, maybe it didn’t work because i was aware of it? I also got the feeling like the bit where you were talking before the film was very important to getting stuck too.
Nah! Didn’t work for me, although I was watching a recording after spending the night down the pub so the fact I was half cut may have had something to do with it. Also, I am not a weak minded fool so Jedi mind tricks do not work on me. Very entertaining though.
I’d only had 4 hours sleep the night before and was quite tired so was expecting it to work quite well, but it didn’t. The show was great though, loved all of it, especially the toy store, and tramp parts. Keep it up – Great
Unfortunately due to a rather busy week I fell asleep whilst watching on C4+1. I went to bed before the end. Woke up at about 3am in a panic as I believed I couldn’t get out of bed! Luckily I had seen the very end message of the original show so I managed eventually to persuade myself that I could move. A- MAZ-ING
Was great fun – felt like one of those suction rides you get at the fair. x
No sticking for us last night, but was it meant to work on 4+1? We also didn’t get to see the whole show and I have a feeling you were meant to have seen the whole thing. Too bad, my hubby and I really wanted it to work but to did have my mum shouting “fake” at you into the tv screen. How little she knows!!! Well done!
I could’nt watch – got scared!
It’s his eyes – before they played the movie he was drawing you in and it made me feel far too uncomfortable
I watched it again on the other 4 channel but again I had to turn away
Looking forward to his next stunt though – he is very cool!
I did get stuck from the lower part of my body. When I tried to get up I pushed up with my arms but the more I tried the more I got stuck. Great show can’t wait for next week.
I didnt stick but my legs and ares felt heavy and when i lent forward i felt as tho i had something attached to my back pulling me down.
havnt herd of any of my friends getting stuck yet but will keep asking
Me and my husband had been excited all week about seeing derrn’s show on friday. I was really geared up and wanted it to work so much, however, it did not work. It did not work on my husband either, and my husband is very, very easily influenced by suggestion.
One thing that did happen and I was wondering if Derren could comment is when I watched it although I didn’t stick the room seemed like it was fillinf with smoke whilst I concentrated on the film. What was that all about? Is that normal?
No sticking for me unfortunately. The more I think about it, the more I am sure that broadcasting standards (or whoever it is) would not allow a mad mind-fucker like you show something on TV that is basically mass hypnosis. So, I think everyone that got stuck to their chair did it because you put the suggestion in their heads, not because you showed a ostensibly white screen with an Aphex Twin sound track.
Am a massive DB fan, have seen you live more than once, have read the book more than once and have seen every TV programme. BUT, I don’t know, the last couple of shows have been disappointing. Not sure about the Top Gear audience format, and, well, the whole things seems too slick, too pre-conceived. Sorry.
Please don’t make my head explode with your mad skills.
I’m fragile.
I didn’t stick, nor did my mum, but as soon as the film came on I started giggling, which was quite odd, and i stopped when it finished. There wasnt anything amusing tho, and im not one of those people who laughs for no reason . W-E-I-R-D!
Also i would have picked the monkey lol the giraffe didnt look very cuddly
I didn’t stick. I wanted it to work. I know in the past I have been hypnotised so it should have worked. I guess the distractions and far from perfect conditions prevented it from working. Shame as I would have liked to be stuck in my favorite chair!
great show! i didnt stick but when the film started i felt like i was going to throw up! then i felt soooo heavy and relaxed! think it would have working better in a closed room like the others! no believes me either! xxx
It worked on me and it was really weird. It felt like my butt had turned to metal and the chair became a magnet. The more i tried to get up, the more stuck I became. I think (this is just my theory, may not be right, tell me if it isn’t) that were there was that warning at the beginning saying about subliminal messages and stuff, i was on the look out constantly for subliminal messages which meant my mind was more aware and took in more information without me realizing it.
By the way, i got the giraffe thing =]
unbelievable and strangely hypnotic experience that of being stuck solidly to the chair…
your words (much like a mantra) made me tense my muscles more – locking them into a fix, set position…
it was a beautiful experience, in the end I felt the attempt to get up as much as a pychological battle as what it was a hugely frustrating physical one.
Oh! my goodness I just loved the show….so many things that got me ‘thinking’ too.
I didn’t ‘stick’ but I enjoyed the build up etc. Loved the giraffe and love Hamleys. I still get a huge kick looking around that store. You were in there all night…lucky you.
The tramp impression was adorable. How strange that must have been when someone gave you his shoes….see…there are still some “beautiful people” in the world… way to go Mr B.
I didn’t work on me, I was fully open to the idea last night but I now am sceptical about the whole thing as nobody I’ve actually spoken to got stuck!!
I didn’t stick but my legs and shoulders did feel heavier. i thought i saw an outline of a man (like the ones on pedestrian crossings but black) behind the spinning lines in the video and he was moving around the screen. not sure what that was…
no I didn’t,
I was so disappointed. I had been looking forward to this all week and then I couldn’t do it. I must have focused too hard or not paid enough attention or something.
Congrats to all who did though, it’s pretty special. Of course lots of congratulations to you Derren, although the sequence with the you as the homeless guy made me cry! It was just so sad!
love
A
i got stuck !! it was really weird .. and i started freaking out and i started crying ! … i recorded myself with my digital camera too .. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrSwRfLdBRY .. it was amazing though !!
cant wait til next week !!!!
Show was amazing and you managed to stick my left foot to the floor. I knew in my head I could move it if I really had to, but it just felt as though it really was stuck to the floor. Had my Husband rolling about laughing. Thanks for a great experience!
I didn’t stick Derren – but the rest of the show was so ace that i didn\’t leave the sofa anyway:D very very excited for next week! xx
it was brilliant, derren … thankyou
Sat next to the wife and tried it, she got straight up and experienced nothing. I couldn’t move from my lower back to my thigh. Felt like someone was sitting on my lap.
My boyf could not get up. He kept laughing weirdly too. I couldnt relax enough so it didnt work but I watched 4+1 & my hands stuck to my legs!! My right hand finally released but my left felt stuck til the end!!! Mad x
Hi, it didnt work for me sadly but that could be because my sister was in the room with me and kept making me laugh! However, my legs went really stiff and heavy and my hands and feet were really tingling. It was a great show though and I have to say that the test with the green T-shirts with win and lose written on them, number 19 stood out to me more than any of the others.
I have nothing but respect for you Derren, you amaze me everytime I watch you.
I am still wondering why the main graphic to this page hasn’t been changed. All your chairs are belong to us? Surely it isn’t deliberate! lol
I didn’t want to get stuck and I didn’t. Just as well, as I had to go round my Mum’s and ring for an ambulance for her. I’d have been no help stuck to my sofa!
Didn’t believe I would get stuck,was surprised when I did. It felt as though I had no power in my arms to lift me off the chair
I really wanted to stick but to no avail – might have had something to do with the cat trying to get on my lap at the time though
Sorry to say I don’t know anyone it has worked on so far, I guess I will have to wait to get to work on Monday and see if anyone had the experience!!
Definitely stuck!
I had no control of my legs. It felt like the muscles had locked in the bent position and wouldn’t straighten. I managed to straighten my legs by lifting my feet off the floor. Then I could stand.
Watched the show last night and really wanted to get stuck but unfortunately I didn’t. However I found that my arms and legs felt very heavy. Derren speaking before the actual film had much more of an effect on me than the actual film – it felt very intense and quite bizarre. I have just booked to see him in March and am so excited! Can’t wait for next Friday now – Thanks Derren!
Hi Derren,
I watched the show, & as you were teling us what we should do, I felt over-whelmingly ill, my heart was beating so hard and I was almost in tears.I did all that you said but was mightily miffed when I could get up and walk around after the short film. So I sit back down, listen to the phonecalls, and the final credits roll. So I go to get up, and I couldn’t move. I was half thinking I was doing it to myself, but my thighs were just concrete and I started to panic! So this is after the show.It lasted for more than 3 minutes until I could finally get up.
Maybe not so odd, but certainly upsetting for a while!
Thanks for another great show
xx
I could move my back and arms after a few seconds, but I most certainly couldn’t move my lower half. Didn’t help I was sat on a rug… so I did manage to slide a bit!
Oh I hate that in I don’t live in the UK and wasn’t able to see the show in HD and live
But anyway, great show, as always!
Got really stuck felt strange but weirdly relaxing and heat on my back was amazing couldnt believe it when you told us t stand as i did in a second, thank you for the experience look forward to next week
Absolutly brilliant. Couldn’t move for ages, the I finally get the move my arms and body, but my legs felt 10x heavier than they were before. Was great to be abale to have taken part and actully have it work on me.
Great Stuff Derren, keep up the good work ^_^.
*I gotta get myself down to see this guy live sometime, he’s class*
Well, I had a bit of a headache last night so my concentration wasn’t all it could’ve been. Didn’t get stuck to my sofa. I would be curious to see if it works when I’m more alert, but I think I was checking at regular points in the show to see if I was still capable of standing up, so maybe I simply wasn’t in a suggestable mood.
BTW where do you put a plushy giraffe that size in the average home? Generous gift but awkward…
The only practical use I can see it fulfilling is a playmate for sexually frustrated giraffes left alone in zoos!
disappointed that I wasn’t stuck to my sofa after my 13 hour shift,
but it was very entertaining and excellently put together. I think perhaps my past life in advertising and interest in subliminals may have ruined it for me and made me rubbish subject for it. Still, never mind I enjoyed it and hope everyone else did. Looking foward to the rest 
I stuck. I could move my head, arms and legs (from the knee down), but really couldn’t get off the sofa. Weird!
Unfortunately neither myself or my twin sister were stuck to our seats… however and this is STRANGE… Derren appears to have got into our heads…. my sis wanted to raise her hands above her head and I had some very vivid dreams about the man himself last night … like he was inside my mind … very weird…. couldn’t stop dreaming about him and this morning feel a bit fuzzy
Can’t wait for the next 2 shows and to see him live next year the guy is aweome…
Like a toffee! :s
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I paniced too, heart racing, and white faced, especially because it didn’t work on my Mum, Nanna, Brother or step Mum. Everyone did state that they felt heavy and clumsy when they went to stand, my Nanna told me afterward that she freaked out halfway through the film and swiftly turned it over
My Dad has an excessively large Tele box situated in his front room and i parked my bum directly in front of it.
My Brother tried to prize me off the seat, failed dismally, i weigh around 8 st and he’s double my size, wonder how that worked? Surely i wasn’t heavier? Maybe i shouldn’t of had that curry last night…. :s
i was consentrating on calming my self down and after a while i found my self bouncing about in disbelief that it worked on me
brilliant.
x
I got stuck, twice! I watched it with my boyfriend the first time. I felt really heavy from my feet up but could still move my arms. It was like getting pins a needles which I think someone else commented on the show.
After I got unstuck I felt a bit silly so we watched the show again on 4 plus 1 to see what would happen next time. My boyfriend was really hoping it would happen to him but i didn’t and I was stuck to my sofa once more!
Really fantastic series, can’t wait for the next show.
S
I was stuck, boyfriend wasn’t, he got up straight away. Any time I tried to push myself up the energy just wouldn’t stick, the strength in my arms disappeared before I could try. When I tried to sit forward all the muscle in my chest and stomach tensed when I got about an inch away from the back of the chair, and I don’t recall feeling my legs much at all. It kinda felt like when you’re ill and the energy to do anything just isn’t there no matter how hard you try. It was a bizarre feeling, but I felt quite serene the whole time. Anyone else see a 7 during the film?
It didn’t work on me unfortunately, I was going to try again but the rewind functon wouldn’t work on the show??!!! So I tried to watch it again on C4+1 but my baby woke up just as the clip started. DOH!!!
Loved the whole show tho and it was very daring to do. We’ve all been talking about it in the office for a week so I can’t wait til Monday so I can find out who it worked on. Anything that can make me look forward to going to work is beyond impressive!!
Keep it up, it’s the only decent thing on tv at the moment. And come to Edinburgh on tour!!!!
Didn’t work on me but it did work on my mum who also got rather hysterical. It was only when our dog, Harry, physically intervened did she snap out of it. Maybe Harry has mind powers to match Derren’s?
P.S. Here’s a video of my mum being stuck http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wxc6NeHXfbs
I didn’t stick but my boyfriend did. He was amazed, I however wasn’t that amazed as he is usually stuck to couch most nights watching tv or on the’net. Loved the show! Can’t wait for more xxx
Maby just my imagination, but in the film did anyone else see a circle or ring formed of words? kind of in front of the lines? probably just my mind messing with me, but i didnt stick…
Dean,
The lion King pollen puff thing…. it actually says “SEF” It’s less of a subliminal message and more the special effects team having a joke and trying to get recognision/a bit of attention but putting something noticable into the finished film. Don’t know about the other bits you mentioned but that one is quite innocent. If you watch it again now you’ll be able to tell that it says SEF and not SEX. It’s just cos SEF isn’t a real word so a lot of people assume it’s SEX. SEF it the short hand name for the special effects team. I think the other bits you mentioned are just people looking for things because they think the word SEX is spelt out so there must be more messages. If you try hard enough, you can find any message in anything. It’s safe for any child to watch
hey,
didn’t get stuck but i kind of wanted to, maybe i’m just one of those people. maybe it was the sedative affect of some of my meds, maybe it was the scar tissue in my brainstem and the message didn’t get through to the rest of me. but my ms gave me lead legs yesterday and i didn’t fancy getting up anyways.
BTW :- afterwards kind of glad i didn’t. peolpe discribeing a draining of energy and not being able to move sounds a bit like an attack of fatigue to me, i fight that most days anyhow. just too bloody tired.
Hi, i didnt get stuck, but was kinda expecting it to work. Im just wondering for those that didnt get stuck, does that mean we are slightly less susceptible to suggestion?
I didn’t get stuck but my legs felt heavy and were like numb for a while afterwards
Hi Derren, I got very stuck! I was watching in a house full of strangers. My head went back and I could not move! I had to really pull myself up, then slowly I regained my control back. Two guys had to lift me up though. Amazing. I also guessed the stacked block numbers correctly too. XD
I stuck, as soon as the film started playing I got the uncontrollable giggles too – very weird!
I didnt work for me but I still thoroughly enjoyed the show! Does anyone know how he did it?! I have my theroy!!
Sadly i didnt stick, i really wanted to. I looked forward to it all week, although for some odd reason, i started laughing and i couldnt stop, but no i didnt stick
Me and my genitals did not stick, but apparently my tweeps on Twitter did. I could however see a man walking a dog on the screen at the time. Very strange.
It worked on me and i was a bit freaked out by it!
Lol, i always think these things don’t work on me but i have been proved wrong!
My legs got stuck and weirdly my hands were stuck to my legs!
My friend just kept laughing at me!
Looking forward to the next show!
X
Unfortunatly i didnt get stuck, although my pants got stuck between my cheeks O_O
Hi, didn’t get stuck unfortunately but I did feel very heavy and shaky. All the way through the video my heart was racing so much, like it was trying to jump out my chest. I felt like I was wearing a onesie of medieval chain mail, really odd. It made me very tired and drained though, could hardly keep my eyes open. Been a bit of an insomniac for a while now and that was the best nights sleep I’ve had in god knows how long so thank you anyway Derren even if I didn’t get stuck
Btw that picture of the man tied up that kept flashing was so horrible, made me really nervous.
Looking forward to next week.
I got stuck and did start panicing when i found out it actually worked! What I later found out when talking to other friends who got stuck was they all saw the white flashes, but those who didn’t get stuck saw the picture instead of just a flash.
i stuck man, i did exactly what you said as well and even after you freed me i was still stuck for like 5 minutes. my legs felt heavier my head pulled back my feet were all tingly could pull up one of my legs at a time and i could lift my bum as well but not all at the same time. if was really weird
I did it twice because I wasn’t really concentrating the first time, and I didn’t stick at all. I was well disappointed! I consider myself pretty “open and creative” like you said works best, but nothing. My feet went numb is about all. PUFF! And Chris ^^ I laughed fairly uncontrollably too. I got up to go to the loo straight after and panicked that maybe the effects were delayed and I’d get stuck there instead…I didn’t!
I live in Texas. I, of course, watched it on the internet and I know it wouldn’t work just like you said it wouldn’t but I reallllllllly wanted it to work. I’ve never fell prey to anything like this in my life and I’ve always wanted to. =(
well, you made my eyes hurt at least ;D
hia
Really disappointed not to have got stuck. Liked the rotating lines tho – was quite mesmerised. My son didn’t stick either, maybe next week we’ll get affected by your skills. Saw some odd flashes of images throughout the show tho – but unsure as to what they were. Good show tho.
No sticking…. but great fun. Felt very strange watching the film – my heart was racing! xxx
I only stuck for about a minute or so, felt a bit dizzy n started crying … is that weird?
i showed it to my brother and hes been stuck for like 3 or 4 hours and cant talk or anything how do i get him out of it?
The show last night was awesome. well done Derren!!!
Even though i persuaded all of my family to join in none of us got stuck : ( but many of mys friends did and have posted video proof on facebook of them trying (but failing) to get up
Can’t wait for the show next week im sure it will be just as good!
It worked for me but not for the 2 people I watched with.But at the start of the programme they were pointing out flashes that they said were part of it &I told them not to point them out when they saw them asI thought consciously noticing them would make it less likely to work.They said pictures were flashing up for the whole hour. My boyfriend also knows about camera angles/tricks & he noticed that when Derren was speaking before the film played something was going on with the camera that made you focus on him.He had a name for it which I’ve forgotten! But it worked as during that part of the programme I felt really focused on Derren – I do think that him knowing the camera trick made him less influenced by it. When I stuck I just felt that my feet couldn’t press down to stand up – odd!
Great, great show. Just so strong all the way through.
Such a happy surprise after last week’s disaster and there’s no other word for it and unfortunatly I suspect the viewing figures will reflect that.
Veery freaky sensation. At first I couldn’t move at all, but it wore of fairly rapidly, leaving me with a dizzy sensation, like I was in a fever. I felt very sluggish and heavy, all I wanted to do was sit down again. And I thought I noticed the flashing pictures as well
I didn’t get stuck to the chair but my dad nearly did, he was so freaked out that he stood up as fast as he could although I wish it was me that got stuck
Hey Derren, I love your work and i study right into it. Im only 16 but your like the only person that doesnt fake it out there. Can i just say, Thankyou so much for the experiance, My uncle, sister and myself were stuck. Everytime i tried to get up, i got pulled back. Very strange.
I will be watching next week, These fridays make me look forward to something. Because i really hate college, I just started. So to have something to look forward to every friday is amazing. Please keep up the shows buddy. Yuor helping me alot and im sure loads of others.
All the best.
- Mike.
it didnt work im afraid…but! ..i did slaughter my whole family…….i..hope that was …..one.. of your objectives..??
I was watching it with my family, but it sadly didn’t work. But I think the reason for that was I was pointing out to everyone the fact that you were using ‘hypnotism’ before and after the film, which makes me wonder whether the film even did anything but to convince us that the trick was going to work…?
Congrats though, I am now the official nerd of my year 11 community at pointing out to everyone who it didn’t work on that it doesn’t work on everyone. Sadly, they still think your a complete and utter con. But hey, I read books =D x
first off great show last night and very weird. didnt work on wife, actually had oppsite effect and got her unglues from the sofa lol, and me stuck to it. everytime i tried to lean forwards to get off sofa my stomach muscles tensed up and stopped me and my legs, mainly my thigh area really just couldnt be arsed to help me get up. ever thought of releasing 1 of these for people who want to give up smoking? anyway once again top show and really looking forward to next weeks
Hi Derren, I’m really enjoying this series. And last nights show was great. I stuck to the settee and tried so hard to stand up but couldnt, even my friend who it didnt affect tried to pull me up off the seat. My arms and legs were tingling it was really weird.
Yea, you stuck me to my chair.
it was weird, but loved it!!!
just one question
Are you a god??
x
Watched the show and I got stuck much to the amusement of my son. Then this morning I watched it again and my hubby joined in, i got stuck but he didn’t much to his disappointment. Looking forward to the next show.
my mum and i were laughin uncontrollably and then everything from my legs down went numb, it was a different kind of friday night!!
Cheers Derren!
You Rock So Hard!!!!!!!
Great show I watched and when the film came on felt that i was drifitng slightly. At the end of the film i could not move my legs, arms or my body from shoulder downwards. Also had a tingling sensation in my hands and fingers which when i could move were very cold. Only when the release screen came up could i move. Very impressive subliminal suggestions all the way through the program. Excellen Look forward to seeing more!
I felt really heavy and dazed as soon as you cut to the ad break before the film! :S dn’t know why though. But I just sat on my sofa like frozen staring at the tv
I recorded it and watched it this morning – judging mb the FB comments I really did not think that it would work but I well and truly got stuck. It was the most bizarre feeling. My hand and arms got stuck to my thighs but I managed to get them loose after about a minute and it took a further minute or so before I was able to stand up. I still feel a bit shaky and heavy but all in all, it was awesome. Didn’t work for my son or boyfriend though, although my son did admit that he did fight it and made the concious decision to not be stuck.
Well, I got stuck.
In fact, I didn’t just get stuck; I got ridiculously stuck.
I was writhing around on the sofa like a mentally-distressed eel before I could stand up.
And even then, I couldn’t do it for long before I sat down again…
It was really amazing. Well done, Derren!
unfortunatly not, but it was done very well and im not suprised it worked.Well done Derren, what detail you went to, even the adverts were well placed. espechially like the i phone advert with the scrabble board saying STUCK. looking forwad to next week.
sorry if I am taking this too seriously (i am going through a really really bad patch emotionally so its hard to have a sense of humour) But I have been really disapointed by both shows so far. Especially last weeks show that just seemed like one big disaster. I am really hoping that all these shows arent the real main event but lead up to one spectacular reveal. What were all the clues about on the secret websites for a start? Leading everyone on a wild goose chase? I really hope not. And this weeks show-For example- What if one of the people who gave money away couldnt really afford it and let themselves get in financial difficulty because they were easily influenced? How would you feel if on that day you gave £100 to someone who you felt YOU had chosen because of what YOU sensed
…continued.
because of my circumstances at the moment I would feel like I had been made a fool of. I would be angry. And -the “sticking to your sofa” didnt work on me-I didnt like being told at the beginning of the hypnosis that basically if I didnt stick i wasnt open-minded,creative, and some other things that basically told people you are a boring miserable party pooper if you dont pretend to be stuck to your sofa. I find the whole thing really insulting to the audiences intelligence. I just dont get it. Mainly because Derren has told us in previous shows how all the techniques work , about the techniques that are a load of nomsence (psychic group ability eg -lottery), his book revealed a lot of “secrets” so how is anyone supposed to believe any of this, unless your one of the people
It didn’t work on me although I was feeling slightly nauseous between the 3rd and 4th act (may have been down to the chilli and crisps I was chowing though!). I wanted it to work but maybe I was too analytical.
Not convinced the film was much more than a relaxation/mind concentrator tool. Think your use of language prior to the clip and the flashed images of the guy tied to the chair were much more relevant in provoking a compliant state.
Annoyed at all the people on various sites moaning that it didn’t work on them and was all a big con!!! Makes my mind boggle. Don’t they understand anything about what you do at all!
I didn’t get stuck. It made me laugh though. You’re all lying about getting stuck!
LOL it’s not fair.
I wasn’t sitting in the correct position maybe that stopped it from working. I recorded it but I don’t think I’ll try it again. It’ll only make me feel silly.
continued…………………….. who has never watched a Derren show before or if your one of the people who believe Derren has magic powers and the fact that he denies this is just a cover. I dont understand why there was such a big build up to these events. I think the lottery trick would have been more successful if there wasnt so much publicity before, if it was all kept fairly quiet. Thats the problem with hype it never lives up to expectation. So as I said before-I do hope im wrong and we will be all amazed when we find out whats been really going on. But for the time being- I feel lied to, made a fool of, insulted, deflated,disapointed. Please dont you all start having a go on me if you disagree. I am in a sad place right now.
I’ve enjoyed the two programmes so far. I mean you’re always watchable and good at provoking a discussion.
However, I’m still hoping that there is a bigger story arc connecting the 4 events that will make my jaw drop at your genius, your ability to confound my brain and your audacity.
What I enjoy most about your programmes/stage shows is that for all the misdirection, techniques etc. that I can spot there are always the moment when I go (but how….what the hell…..no way…..how the bluidy hell did he do that then!!!!!!). I haven’t had that moment so far in The Event’s. Will always keep watching though.
It was amazing…i was stuck…i could nt move my wrist or my arms…it was like i was in a trance…your amazing!
I wasn’t stuck initially, although I was so comfortable that I didn’t feel the need to get up.
Later, I went to a club and curiously sustained two mysterious and inexplicable ‘dead-legs’ on my way across the dance floor to the gents. It looked like a silly dance.
Thankyou Derren.
Well,
I’d had a bottle of wine and had just finished reading Derren Browns book; ‘Tricks of the mind’
So I was willing it not to work on me, especially being (slightly) inebriated.
It worked on some of my friends though, and my little brother called to say he was worried that he’d never be able to get up again.
Very well executed Derren Brown.
Oh my god! What a show! I couldn\’t have enjoyed it more!
I felt soooo emotional but not scared, I managed to lift my backside just a little, my knees started trembling and the weigh was far too much to bare! Feet glued to the ground. I crushed back on my seat and enjoyed this AMAZING feeling.
Thank you!!!
Me and my boyfriend tried this last night, , we were on a bed, though we still had our feet on the floor and our hands on our laps. At first I didnt feel a thing, but was both extremely tired and the film tripped me up a bit I think! Anyway, after the film i noticed my boyfriend wasnt moving AT all, so i tried to get up – my back was fine I could move it, so i thought it didnt have an affect one me – until I tried to move my bum! My thighs and bum were completely stuck, and I could just about move my legs up. It was absolutely hilarious!!
I felt I could move, btu I just didnt have the willpower to if that makes sense? Anyway I didnt ring up because I got scared lol, but in the toy store bit I did smile to myself and say to my boyfriend ‘have you notied all the giraffes?!’ – Megan Lea x
did’t believe anuything would happen but I was stuck to my chair my arms did not have any power to lift me up
It didn’t work for me sadly. I watched it on youtube and nothing happened. Altough, I am typing this about 10 mins after watching it and my left leg feels really heavy. Is it to do with what I saw?
The Video made me feel really, really odd. I didnt get stuck but my arms and legs felt REALLY heavy, although saying that the first time i tried to stand up i did fall back down again. It did feel as if i couldnt THINK of standing up though, it was completely alien! lol
Excellent stuff, I got stuck but my mate didn’t, the 50/50 success rate you mentioned! I just let myself flow with it and wanted it to work, brilliant show
Just watched the show on Sky+ Loved it. Didnt get stuck per se, but for about 3 seconds I couldnt move at all. Was weird. Loved the show, am a huge fan of your work. Well done Derren. Love you xx
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My friend stuck. I really wanted to stick. We watched it around four times, just to make sure. It’ll probably be around 10 times by the end of today. It was actually, very funny. (:
For me, I could just about get off the chair but then it was like i was being forced back into my seat..was totally wierd
Everytime i tried to get up i got so far off my seat, i would try and stand up properly and i just couldn’t..and then it felt like i was being pushed AND pulled back into my seat!!! my brother (Who,i might add, it didnt work on) thought it was hilarious. 
My brother and I were both watching – I got up and promptly fell over backwards whilst my brother couldn’t move until the blue screen came on, he said it was really difficult for him to remain upright even afterwards.
Unfortunately not. Perhaps my mind is too strong? I was gutted. Sitting with others I didn’t stick which I believed was distraction but I tried on my own and nothing. I let myself go and didn’t fight anything.
Hi!:D
i watched the show last night 3 times!
At first i wanted to get stuck so badly, i didnt
but after the vid, felt like a zombie! i just sat there, not moving, not really hearing anything. but then i got out of it.
The 2nd time I brought the sofa right up to the t.v screen, pitch black… and my 13 year old sister got stuck. SHE SERIOUSLY COULDNT GET UP! she said she felt like something was grappling down on her neck, and she couldnt get up. she couldnt get her bum out of the seat. she tried so hard. it was amazing.!!
Then when i did it the 3rd time, for a momenti couldnt get up!
but then when i did soon after, my legs felt weak, and i had to sit down. it was like i couldnt stand up for long before automatically returning to my seat.
Derren Ur The Best <3
Hi Derren
Well last night was bizarre to say the least. We followed your instructions and made sure we were sitting the correct way, the experiment didn’t work for us but it did have a really strange effect on me. When the film started I couldn’t stop blinking. You said the film would last a minute but actually seemed much longer, during that time I was struggling to keep my eyes open. When you told everyone to stand, I managed to stand up but had to close my eyes and then I couldn’t open them again for 20 minutes. What was that all about?
Didn’t work for me I’m afraid.
Although, I didn’t watch the entire thing so it’s either that… or for some reason I’ve become impervious to your magic
It is a kind of magic really isn’t it
I do actually wonder however, if any of my ambitious ideas for the future have actually been mine to begin with now! Hmmm.
I haven’t actually been ill for ages… only self inflicted crap mainly.
Been updating my blogs recently for anyone interested… many probably wont be.
Last time… da b*stards!
LOL
I know, I know… it’s cryptic, but some will understand it… I believe.
Peace, Love and Harmony People!
x
(Tempora mutantur et nos mutamur in illis.)
P.S. I gather I was right with regards to the astronomy now
Really funny, did stick for a moment, felt really heavy and almost couldn’t feel my limbs! strange sensation but good fun. Didn’t last long and I managed to force myself up quite quickly. Amazing – the power of the mind!
Unfortunately I didn’t get stuck, I was hoping it would but a;; that happened was that my legs shook a tiny bit when I moved over the other side of the room. Can’t wait for next week, your shows are fantastic.
I did and it was ace. I didnt think it would work on me but my legs felt very heavy and i couldnt stand up for about a minute, a very strange feeling.
I am really loving the events so far cant wait to see what else you have in store.
xTraceyx
I was at a sleepover last night and three of us tried it, none of us stuck but the two people who were too scared to do it kept talking to us and distracting us. But I watched it again on my own and it worked!
Derren you are an epic legend and love you soo much!!!!
xxx
I could hardly get up my legs were quite shaky and unsteady..i felt like i had to keep my knees bent!!
My dad thought i was a nutcase however:D
Thanks..again Derren..could you be any more awesome!!!??:D
I got stuck for around 10 seconds…mainly because when my friends on both sides of me stood up immediately they told me that they’d had a bet on me to bet I would be the one out of us all to stick as I’m quite naive. This shook me out of the ‘haze’ somewhat. I didnt feel like it was absolutely impossible to get unstuck, perhaps like the same effect of a magnet, it just takes some effort. Maybe it was just a comfortable sofa…
hey, the show was amazing!
i got partially stuck, i couldn’t stand for more than two seconds and i couldn’t straighten my legs at all
my legs felt so achy and heavy
well done!
I got stuck. I could move my back….but i could not move my legs, and I definately could not get up. I got a bit panicked though, and started desperately trying to get up….until the messages came up on screen, then I calmed down again.
It was a wierd sensation, I can tell you that.
I didn’t expect all that much from the film, to be honest, and even as it finished I had the impression that I’m completely fine because my arms and back were perfectly functional. But when I tried to get up fully, my legs felt like they haven’t been used in 3 days!
Real cool stuff, well done!
i didnt get stuck myself, but my sister couldn’t move at all. She said it felt like she was glued from her back and shoulders, but she could move her arms.
Excellent show and absolutly hilarious for me!
xxxx
The position in which Derren asks you to sit makes it very hard to stand up if you don’t change it before trying.
It’s probably one of the tricks he used to make it all work for some of us (for me it didn’t).
Didn’t work for me, but i think because i watched it on channel 4 +1 it was nearly 11 o’clock and was tired so i wasn’t concentrating fully. Looking forward to next week
No stickage here! *Sulk*
Maybe because I had to watch in low resolution, on VHS!
I did choose the giraffe toy though, but only because it reminded me of Derren’s stuffed baby giraffe, from his taxidermy collection!
XX
Hi Derren,
Nope I didn’t stick I did feel slightly odd though…. Just wanted to add something though – the “sound” played to the people in the studio which “won’t affect viewers at home” made me feel anxious, nervous, expectant and generally quite uneasy. Was this something expected?
Well I got stuck in the trailer for the bloody thing, so it was no surprise that it worked on me! First time just my bum was stuck to the seat, couldn’t get up until the blue screen flashed up. Watched the repeat later that night and ALL of me got stuck – feet, back, legs, arms, the lot! The arms wore off after a few minutes but I still couldn’t move anything else! My partner didn’t stick (even though I think he secretly wanted to), but my brother called after he’d watched it and he’d been stuck for about five minutes. Weird thing was, he didn’t think it had worked until he tried to stand up! LOL. His partner and house mate didn’t stick either. I guess that’s what me and my bro get for being ‘talanted, balanced and creative minded people’
Derren – you are amazing! More soon plz
I watched it with my Family and we were all looking forward to it, but sceptical. We were told to stand up and the rest of them did so, it was at that point I passed out. Over the next few minutes there was absolute panic , as they realised I was not having them on. I remember waking up and I was aware of what had happened, I felt ill and lay down. When I realised my arm was stuck fast on the settee I began to panic. I felt numb and for some reason I was unable to talk and as I was breathing strange my Son rang an ambulance. I was aware though, I was trying to deep breath to calm me down. I followed the instructions and the ambulance was cancelled, but the tingling took about an hour to go completely.
Never been hypnotised before. Why such a severe reaction, what happened?
I’m so in awe of you! I tried it twice but didn’t stick… my dad did but he wasn’t impressed – he was determined not to haha! he was sure he wouldn’t be – sucker! i loved the show though and i’m totally watching next week
Hey Derren! The shows last night was amazing, as usual. Sadly I never stuck, but my friend who I was watching with did! I have to say it was very funny to watch her, she couldn’t believe it. Maybe because she seems a bit secptical before hand. She too experienced the same sensations of pin and needles in her hands and he feeling of being very heavy.
You never fail to amaze Derren. Can’t wait for next week!!
xxx
Hi Derren
Another suberb show, having experienced your abilities first hand although I didnt stick I did have some very similar feelings and sensations; fast heart rate, tingling in fingers and up my arms, nausea and a huge feeling of wanting to cry. I am not sure why. As always loved the show. x
I stuck. My mother walked in on me and found it hilarious.
And kinda scary when you think about it!
It took me ages to get my back off the sofa and then I couldn’t move my legs. Excellent.
And I felt like I’d just ran a marathon, my legs were that heavy.
Awesome show
I was totally glued, i could feel the pressure in my neck as i tried to get my head off the top of my chair even my hands were glued to my lap, at one point i got my head away from the chair but it felt horrible so i put it back. and i was watching it on my computer on the internet.
Haha I just had an idea, I’m gonna get a friend and hug whilst watching this to see if we get stuck together
Hi Derren.
I didn’t get stuck to my chair and neither did a group of friends who were watching the show at a different house. But whilst I didn’t get stuck, I did experience “something” though. When the film started to play I felt an almost uncontrollable desire to giggle. I did sit there for about 10-15 seconds just giggling away to myself as I saw the abstract shapes dance around on the screen. I also had the sensation of “the penny dropping” just prior to the giggling. Was very strange!
But as always, a great and entertaining show! Can’t wait for next week.
PS, Derren, if you could see your way clear to ‘influencing’ Joe Calzaghe to pop round to my house in the not too distant future to practise his Strictly Come Dancing moves with me in the buff, it would be much appreciated!
Much love
xx
Sorry Mr Brown, not this time…. but i know a couple of people that couldn’t get up and from what im hearing lots of people across the country were glued to their seats to watch your show.
We spent 30 minutes of a maths lesson trying to figure out how you did the lottery thing, because we’d worked out that it was a 1 in 14 million chance of getting 6 numbers in a previous lesson…..
Also I’ve been downloading your past shows for my ipod and am enjoying them alot!
Thanks
~Lawsx
I didn’t get stuck sadly.. I was looking forward to it as I think you are genius and been watching your shows for years so I was a bit disappointed.. would love to learn to do what you do it’s so interesting!
Sadly I didn’t get stuck.. I was looking forward to it as I think you are genius and been watching your shows for years, so I have to say that I was a bit disappointed.. would love to learn to do what you do it’s so interesting!
I didn’t stick
Really wanted it to work as well! Saw the pics that were flashed up as well 
I did have someone giggling throughout the entire film bit though so that didn’t really help!
Well done though, yet another great show
xx
Yes, I stuck! I repeatedly tried to stand up and each time managed to get my bum off of the sofa but my upper legs felt very, very heavy and I just kept falling back to the sofa because I didn’t have the strength to push myself up. The more I tried to stand the heavier my legs felt and the more frustrated and distressed I felt. It was a very odd sensation, but nonetheless an amazing experience! You’re amazing, Derren!
Well, I couldnt stand up, but then again, I am paraplegic… is that cheating? lol
Am actually really gutted i missed the show last night, have just watched it on internet and did find my legs going really heavy – first noticed this before the film was played. cant wait for this to repeat on TV (it better had do!) so i can see the full effect!
Really enjoyed the show last night. I didn’t get properly stuck, but definitely felt something. It was as if my hands and feet were pressing harder downwards. I enjoyed the other parts of the show as well, especially finding the giraffe and persuading people to give you cash
I got stuck, it was so strange. My partner kept on lifting up my feet and dropping them back down, they were like lead weights,she thought it was hilarious. I do wander though what if the power had cut off? would i have been stuck to the seat without waching the end part of the show? you are such an interesting person, thank you.
Ahh Derren… what a disappointment it was. The phonecalls at the end were of particular cringeworthy embarrassment. Either devote proper time to a number of callers, or scrap the idea all together. Not too impressed with this as yet… compared to the gripping stuff you normally do. C-, see me after class. *wink*
hi nikki fae scotland ere
i got stuck and the more i tried to move the worse it got and my legs went a little numb with me struggling(quite cool)
but, i was affected differently from the people i know.
i got very twitchy my hands, arms and my head muscles were twitching during the clip but my hands were very shaky after whilst i was stuck in the sofa.
it all stopped as soon as the clearing noise was played.
very very strange but loved it i was like a child in a sweet shop lol
cheers derren 4 a bloody magic night!!!
Does the phone number have something to do with it? My mind was a bit altered during this experiment, but I noticed Derren verbalized a different phone number than what was actually shown on screen. Also, when I looked to double check the number(which was quite a mind trip in itself), the second to last digit had turned yellow. Anyone else notice these discrepancies?
Also, this stuff is amazing — all I plan on doing is psychological research pertaining to this kind of subconcious manipulation. The balls this guy has to try it on live TV though! Genius!!
It worked for me from the sky+ too …
Hi,
Was stuck for around 5 mins! Then couldn’t stop laughing…….
The power of suggestion.
Blame the seal’s.
I didn’t stick but I saw the subliminal messages of the guy tied to his chair. Maybe that’s why? I don’t know. I was hoping it would work though
that was the most amazing thing that has ever happened to me
thanks derren oh how do you work twitter
HEY
*IMPORTANT*
all you guys who say things happened to you from pins and needles to twiching muscles to not being able to move, limbs feeling heavy etc etc.
i know i wrote earlier but i have been talking to my fellow peeps who have MS (not victims or sufferers please) and we have agreed that we have a common response.
to a greater or lesser degree we randomly suffer episodes that feel like this on a daily basis and often with no warning. we would just like you all to think about that. but at least you were not in any pain at the time.
I didn’t stick, but that’s probably because my parents were giggling and talking about stripey pyjamas all the way through it (the lines reminded my mum of stripey pyjamas). Will try again tonight. Keep being awesome.
A friend of mine ended up lying on the floor and could not get up at all, this was after watching a recording.
The strange thing is he keeps watching it and the same thing keeps happening, he is totally blown away by it and I think he may be getting addicted to being hypnotised, it really is amazing.
Neil
I’m glued right now again man …. how come?! Not on at all, that means. Hanging .. tv on but not really watching … smoking … pondering .. amused … I think I’ll try to pull my but from the chair .. probably hurts, glue … , and head for the kingdom upstairs ..
Oh, btw .. this sticking to sofa trick .. might be a cheaper way to keep prisoners in prison .. although .. not completely guaranteed huh … so .. nope, better not then …
Unstick sofa trick would be more practical for a lot of people … get from the but … lift that bootie … get the bootie in the air …. beam up your own self to the next solar system .. get airborn … get spacey … flap your wings ….
hey Derren i absolutely loved the show, i didn’t stick but i felt really heavy and i got a bad headache is that normal?
anyway i adored the show and looking forward for episode three 
my mum taped it for me and i am now well and truly stuck
I was stuck from the bottom down although my wife and 2 children weren’t affected. I was trying to raise myself with my arms but couldn’t move my legs to lift myself out of the chair. Rather embarrasingly, I was also stuck in he same manner when we watched the +1 repeat an hour later!
I’m gutted I didn’t stick but I got on stage for hynosis once and just as I was going under I fought it so I wonder if I’m a bit afraid, hesitant. Although that said I was in the safety of my own home last night and was keeping a very open mind so I dunno maybe it was the wine?!
You still rock though, Derren
Oh, meant to add I also saw the “subliminal” image of the person tied to a chair, does seeing it consciously affect your response I wonder?
Hi,
way to go derren, my girlfriend got stuck in the chair and couldn’t move at all ( just about able to talk ). its was the quiet she been for ages very peaceful for 2 minutes.
Got stuck tight, from base of spin to thighs , could not stand up, the harder i tried the more stuck i became, and i was like this for a few minutes until the relax tone came on…then i could stand… it was like a funny feeling, of not heavyness , it was more like i just could not stand, or get my bum off the seat, would not budge an inch.. very strange.. but it worked well on me..
Worked for me and my husband. Done it twice now as recorded it and it worked both times. started by my body tilting to the side, my hands went floppy and i couldn’t move my legs! really strange left me feeling all shaky and heavy for ages after! how do you do it derren.
I got stuck, very strange experience which I think i’ll have to do a few more times.
I felt my legs get really heavy, but I think it’s just because I wanted it to work so much that my brain convinced me it sort of did. Bit disappointed really
I don’t know ANYONE who stuck. Were we doing is wrong?? :S
The show was brilliant as always, althogh i didnt get stuck, but i felt like i was meditating, very relaxed, and my body was really heavy, but i could stand up as soon as i wanted to.
It was very impressive to see the amount of people that did get stuck! cant wait till next week x
i dont know anyone who got stuck
I didn’t stick and neither did my girlfriend. I did enjoy seeing how different elements of your various stage shows were used to good effect throughout the programme in order to achieve the end result. Well done on your viewing figures and I hope that the final two shows will be just as if not more entertaining than the first two and their resulting media fallout!
shame i wasn’t glued- my legs started to feel heavier and tense then about half way through the video my dad started snoring and half fell off the sofa. minor distraction
Really weird stuff… as a guy who’s maybe cried twice in the last five years I had to really really try not to cry, but also not to laugh… it was maybe just nerves… I first tried lifting my arms and found it difficult, but when i tried to stand up I managed it… really weird sensations though.
Look forward to next week!
i never got stuck, but i downloaded it and i am gunna watch it over and over again until i get stuck to my chair.
Hey Derren
Well at first i didn’t get stuck, which was disapointing, but after 9 times watching it, i atually got stuck! I spotted your man tied to a chair pics, but apart from that i have no idea how you did it. I even know Eugene’s second name and i don’t know how you did it. I will have a pen and paper ready!
Felix
That was a very interesting experience. Thanks Derren!
dissapointed me and my mum didnt get stuck, we recorded it and tried twice. We both got migranes after though, cheers
x
i didnt stick, but i want to see if i can so is there going to be any repeats? And if not is there any way else i can see it?
Got stuck – didn\’t like it
My fiance tricked me and pretended was doing it and didn\’t – got really stuck and screamed a bit as was bit scared, nearly cried and felt really sick, honestly could not move at all – nooo like 
was SO excited about the show. but it didnt work!! on my mom or me!
very disappointed mister derren brown. very disappointed
man i had to watch it twice for it to work but the second time i was so freaked out i was literaly so confused i was yelling at my tv set to let me go i tried so hard to get up but i was stuck my top half was free but try as i might i could not even push myself to my feet until the other tone thing sounded and then i walked it off feeling slightly scared. love you derren wish i was your apprentice. you ever need somebody to carry on your work. to tell all of your hidden tricks of the trade to. you know where to find me. (well actualy you dont) or do you????? would love to meet you on day mate. good luck witht the rest of your tour not that you will need it
Aussie fans, unite in complaint to Weekend Sunrise! For a second consecutive week, the smug hosts showed a summary of DB’s recent Event (last week Lottery, today Chairs) then promptly dismissed it as pointless, pretentious & staged. They don’t do their research (last week they actually identified Derren a psychic and thought it untrue that he calls upon old techniques), they don’t look far enough into how he conducts a stunt (asking why he didn’t buy a lottery ticket), today I reached my limit – After showing DB interviewing the participants that had stuck to their chairs after the film, they remarked, “Why can’t he do something USEFUL, like make Jordan disappear!?”… then cut to their shiny Hollywood gossip guy.
Mind you, they’ve no qualms about plugging John Edward’s new book/dvd…
Derren it worked on me!
Very glad there is only one of you out there, your brilliant.
Vickie
Hi Miss M…. I am an Aussie Derren Fan and get very very excited whenever he pops up on our TV, although I am really sad to hear that the knobs on Sunrise have no clue how awesome Derren is.
If you haven’t already, please join my facebook group to get Derren to come to Australia! Look me up….
Mandi Dempster.
P.S – can anyone tell me where I can watch the “control the nation” event online? I cannot access the C4 website to watch because it doesn’t work outside of the UK…. Where can I watch Derren online in Australia????Please help!
Didn’t get stucl
but I really want to! I’ve watched it about 7 tims today trying to but it doesn’t work on me! By the way did anyone notice, when they displayed the number to call when you’re stuck it said “caler” and “cal” and the one after the film said “callers” and “cal.” Any significance, or just a typo….?
Unfortunately I didn’t get stuck, but I taped it, so I’m going to have another go later on. Brilliant show, though!
Not sticky. Watched twice on catch up, and really wanted it to work. Felt heavy feelings but no problem getting up.
Still going to try next weeks
I didn’t get stuck, but felt very odd for a couple of minutes before the film started, I got pins & needles then I felt quite light headed. A brilliant show though
I got stuck, very weird feeling, I was able to move my back forward off the sofa, but my legs were well and truly stuck for about 5 mins and felt heavy for about 15 mins after I got up. Loved the show, looking forward to next week.
Didn’t get stuck, which was disappointing but not exactly surprising. I seem to be utterly immune to suggestion. Presumably this means that my dream of being cured of my phobia of frogs by one of Derren’s ilk will never come to fruition. Most upsetting. On the other hand, at least I won’t be goose-stepping around doing DB’s evil bidding when he finally decides to take over the world through the telly. But then, that probably just means I’ll be reported to the authorities and disposed of. Ah well, you play the cards you’re dealt.
Right first off, i CANNOT be the only one who needed the toilet JUST before it started. me and mates watched together, and just before it started, we were all like ‘does anyone else need to pee’ it was just crazy, THEN when it started i could NOT stop laughing, we were all like ‘ha ha ha ha’ cos we’re just THAT cool. then when it had finished i was stuck, like seriously STUCK i couldn’t even move my back, and one of my friends was like jabbing at my leg and i couldn’t feel it at all, my ENTIRE body from the neck downwards was numb, i was TERRIFIED. then when it told me to lean forward, i was like, ‘yherr, that would be FANTASTIC, if i could’
i eventually got unstuck after about 10 minutes. one of my friends started crying when it was on. seriously strange. but cool as anything 
Didn’t get stuck and i’ve watched it loads using Sky+. Have tried all kinds of environments (lights on/off, sitting close to tv, different chairs, glasses on/off etc) and have relaxed into it. I so wanted it to work on me! Feel totally left out. Why doesn’t it work on some people? I have to know!! Love the shows, though! Like the X-files – I want to believe!!
I watched it twice and did’nt stick either time
well, to be fair, the first time i had to stop watching coz it seriously freaked me out…my heart slowed right down and it just felt like summat bad was gonna happen :p)
can’t wait til the third event tho
but the second time i stayed throughout and felt nothing at all…
i’m not at all skeptical i love derren’s work i just didn’t feel it
It would be nice to know but the chance of getting a reply is so small it isn’t worth the effort working out.
I did feel stuck, however when trying to get up I seemed to only be using my stomach muscles to stand up. I wasn’t aware at first but I saw others on the screen who seemed to only be using their center to stand. After giving it a few moments thought I was able to feel for my leg and arm muscles and was able to stand.
Is this anything to do with what was done? Your body neglected your other muscles which would logically let you stand and made you think you were stuck because you were trying to stand with useless muscles? or am I just thinking into it too much.
Dan
I didn’t stick at all, but then I didn’t want to. No great mystery there. Humans have been able to delude themselves since the start!
I posted earlier that I didn’t stick at all but I watched it again (this time with no distractions) and I got completely stuck! I couldn’t stand up or lift my feet!
It was such a weird feeling… I’m so happy it worked second time!
Thanks Derren! Can’t wait for next week.
I wasn’t stuck.
I look after my dad who is severlerly disabled and has great difficulty standing up. I believe I could perform the same trick on friends… will try it sometime.
Seems like a very simple trick… dunno how he does the other stuff though!
Did not stick- just felt an urge not to even try and get up. My wife got up almost straight away then I hesitated about standing for a few minutes because I felt relaxed and happy about sitting. Then convinced myself to get up and just had slight resistance on lift off. Really felt like standing when he said to later tho, but resisted that urge too
For anyone who says there was nothing in the film, and it was all in the program shown before the film – WRONG!
I had to download the program and watch it yesterday, and I have to admit to skipping forwards to the part right before the film began. The first time I watched it I could feel my lower body sinking into the chair, and there was something in the music that made a not unpleasant feeling travel down my spine, pushing me into the chair. When the film ended I could lean right forward in my chair and move my arms. At first I couldn’t stand up, but I told myself that I could, and I did.
Disappointed I watched it again. This time I couldn’t move at all, not even my head! I sat in the same position for at least 15 mins. which, as anyone who knows me will tell you, is unheard of!
Ahhh, that makes so much more sense now. i really wanted it to work for you. I’m glad it worked on so many people. My arms felt heavy for a while but not really for long. As you just said, expectation helps. I didnt think i was susceptible to this stuff, so didnt totally believe i would stick. maybe thats a reason why i didnt.
would watching it again, with a different opinion towards my own susceptibility make it more likely i would stick?
Hello, I got a little stuck , like Vikki green on the previous post (great vid btw) she explained that round her knees felt heavy, like someone was sitting on them, my fingers and toes went all tingly, this began before the video started, when Derren was talking us into it. this is what I believe was the actual “subliminal” message, not the video.
also there was a heavy theme of sitting in the show, seats and the flashing image of the man tied to the chair and in the segment of the show when they showed the test subjects and the actual video segment, you did not see anyone standing only Derren’s head talking to you, and a nice head it is too! lol
great show cant wait till next week
I tried it a few times and it didnt work, though was taking breaks during the program. Can i assume that the film had less to do with the effect, rather, we were being primed throughout the program and the full program has to be watched uninterupted.
It didn’t work on me, I really wanted it to as well!
made me feel very heavy and extra lazy though which lasted till morning! Quite relaxing acctualy 
My boyfriend was stuck for about a minute though
Well done D! x
I was stuck until I realised it was only because i had my hands on my lap and my sofa was too deep to stand up from with assistance from my hands. I wonder how many people this applied to? One i took my hands off my lap, it was easy….
Hey Derren
works on me every time.. albeit to varying degrees.
thanks for that experience and cannot wait see what you do next!
P.S the flash frames were a nice touch, but not conducive to the experiment i guess?
i’m a video editor myself and sometimes throw in a flash frame for some ‘wtf was that?’ reactions
I didn’t stick….but that could have been due to my boyfriend making me laugh!
I did feel really, really relaxed afterwards though. Felt like my whole lower body had just had a lovely massage. The effect lasted a while, too.
Great show!
Hm, the other post about whether sticky or not .. the picture … who ever would dare to have a seat on that chair ? .. Oh my, doesn’t Derren look like a very devious severe .. erm .. yeah, what? .. Observant ? Someone who is going to discipline your not so devious self? Imagine .. coming into a room .. and there is that man .. partially in the shades … stating .. ‘have a seat’ …. It’s as if arrived at a planet with aliens … I def. would not feel as if I was going to trust them for sure … no way … So you would make up a schema in a split second I guess … How we can lure that man into .. erm ….not seeing me … I must disguise …
Good that Derren does not really look like that huh … or .. erm … does it make you wonder …. who is in the back … hm?
Must admit, I am a wee bit scared to watch it again and try it with no one about, but I do want to give it another go. The bloody Indian take-away arrived just before the hypno bit on Fri night and we were at friends’, so conditions weren’t ideal. Plus my poor partner, who’s never been hypnotised before, got defensive and giggly because his legs were losing feeling and I got defensive myself too and started to get all itchy down my calves beforehand, as my wee inner voice fought to stay in control. Having said that, my eyes were shut and I was slumped forward and away with the fairies just with Derren talking. I think I might conk out, nevermind stick to the sofa! Oh yeh, I’m deffo a bit scared now, oooh… Maybe I’ll leave it…
I was controlled from halfway around the world, 3 days later and through the internet! So despite the disclaimer of it not being able to work through the internet at low resolution, it still worked on me.
My heart was racing and my breathing got incredibly shallow and fast as the film came on. I attempted to get up but my arms started shaking uncontrollably, and my legs couldn’t take the strain either. It wore off after a few minutes but it was the most bizarre feeling I’ve ever experienced.
I can understand how a bit of it was done and I noticed things along the way, but the end result was still incredible! The power of suggestion, the power of Derren and the power of having international fans feverishly scampering to keep up through the magic of the interweb!
Thanks muchly!
Great show, i felt heavy and relaxed during the film, but was able to stand up just fine afterwards.
Dont care if it was ‘meant’ to work, or all a big trick to see if people will do what he says, but it makes great TV! lol!
Didn’t stick, but felt really nauseous from just before the adverts (before the film) until the end of the programme. Odd!
I didn’t get stuck the first time i watched the video. I had to watch it about four times until i got stuck and when i did it was one of the weirdest experiences ive ever had. THANKS DERREN!!
Hey Derren, are you going to do a 3rd season for trick or treat
I allowed myself to become gullible the second time and it worked.. its just a matter of flicking that switch on or off.
I could stand up, but my legs felt like jelly and I had to sit down again.
And did anyone notice the blink-and-you-miss-it image of a man tied to a chair?
It occured many times before the film and I saw it once straight after.
I didn’t get stuck but my legs and hands felt incredibly heavy and when i stood up my legs felt weak and kept shaking for about 20 mins. It didn’t work on anyone at my school so they all say im full of shit lol which is annoying! I was really tired when i watched it as well (it was recorded and i watched it late) so could that have mad me more succeptible.
P.S my mum got really scared she was gonna get stuck so started to read the paper as the tape started that kinda distracted me maybe thats what stopped me from getting completely stuck :S
I was totally paralysed for about two minutes after the end of the video. I could just about breathe and started to panic a little. Then I said something to myself like “I’m really stuck!” and I think that snapped me out of it. I was very VERY aware that there was nothing keeping me stuck and fully believed that I was doing it willfully but just could not move!! Very weird – another great stunt from the genius of suggestion. Thanks for keeping us all entertained, Derren!
I didn’t stick, although I kind of wanted to. I’d seen the ‘stuck to the chair’ effect in several recorded stage sets back when Paul Daniels used to do a suggestion/hypnotism segment to his act, and I always wondered how it would feel.
Oh well.
I think perhaps I was thinking too hard, trying to read distortions in the line pattern on the premise that there may be words hidden in it.
You must really hate people like me.
I didn’t stick but I did feel very odd… kinda heavy and jelly like. In fact, the same feeling you get when you sit on your own foot (or any other extremity) for too long.
I also felt really quite guilty that I wasn’t stuck…sort of that butterfly feeling you get as a kid when you know you’re doing something you shouldn’t….very odd indeed.
I didn’t get stuck on Friday night, and since then i’ve watched it again and again on 4od (tv version) about 6 times in total to no effect, kind of gutted about it really.
Aww thank god, finally i thought id never get off my sofa!! Seriously I was sat in my living room with my husband and two friends who are complete sceptics about anything Derren does and when I could not get off the couch they did’nt believe me saying that I was only “acting” that way because I love Derren’s work,I swear I was STUCK! I do admit to the fact that I am a huge fan and am currently reading everything and anything I can get my hands on that is to do with magic, NLP, hypnosis and suggestion. I would love to get a copy of Derren’s earlier books; Pure Effect and Absolute Magic but unfortunately they are out of print and due to Derren’s success (thanks for that!) they can only be bought from certain sites and cost on average £200 a book! Drren if you are reading this please help!!
No I didn’t stick, but I felt a heavy weight in the bottom half of my body and I found it difficult to breath. Afterwards I stood up and I was shaking and felt really emotional it was very scary. I was disappointed that I didn’t stick but it definately affected me.
It’s really hard to allow yourself to let go. It’s a new and weird experience to drop like lead into a relaxed state and the giggles and panic set in to prevent you ‘getting there’. I like the fact that Friday’s show has given lots of people the chance to relax for a good ten minutes for once in their v busy lives.
Interestingly, this forum has a similar text box to another, saying that I would guess the odds based on that forum using the same code as this being… interesting. Derren, you are my hero. I didn’t stick, only because I knew I didn’t have to. Amusingly, I would imagine the profits on hiring uni students to hang around cinemas drinking coke outside and to stand in the cue would be greater than the costs (if you profited from selling such items in situ).
I wonder how many people spent time freezing the frames to find the man in the chair- because in some kind of way, you made them do it…
keep it up! It really is magic!
Help, I am still stuck. I’m hungry, worried, upset and I have excreted many times. I can’t believe the mess.
The only parts of my body that I could move were my toes and my arms. Really freaked me out, felt like I was really relaxed (physically) I couldn’t even tense my stomach muscles and no one else in my house was affected. I almost panicked but it has put me off wanting to be hypnotised, really didn’t like the lack of control. Although I know it’s all psychological. I’ve been to your live show and didn’t get affected by any film images etc so totally took me by surprise – you are the devil! or god? not sure which x
I was stuck! It felt really weird though, my legs were really heavy and there was a huge pressure on my lower body. I found that my arms were okay though. Ahha, I could get up after a few minutes, so it was all good in the enddd.
You keep coming up in all of our conversations aroudn the place too. “Did you stick?” “YES!” “Awesome!” …and so on.
Really looking forward to your show tonight, Derren
I would say keep up the good work. But one: it would sound stupid. And two: I know you will anyway.
Nope didn’t get stuck… neither did anyone I know
Did spot all the flashed images though (person bound to chair) and all the positive suggestion (you are “sensitive”, “bright” and “talented” if you get stuck… suggesting that if anyone really did get stuck it was most probably a desperate need for affirmation… which is a bit sad really!
I picked the card he wanted me to pick and I picked the giraffe aswell:O Well freaky Good shtuff Derren x
Hi Derren
My 15 year old daughter and I watched this show.
When you started the short film, we both burst out laughing and couldn’t stop for ages,
has anyone else had this reaction?
Then, we were both stuck fast!
Enjoyed it immensely, thanks
I didn’t get stuck but I as soon as the video stopped my whole body began to shake.
I was really fun though to try it out. I even watched it on channel 4+1 to experience it again!
You really inspire me Derren. Thanks :]
Hey Derren, WOW, never cease to amaze me, I was quite open to the idea and then freaked out when I was stuck to the chair. Watched on 4OD, on my own at first, went mad after getting stuck, then again with other ppl in the room and happened again, loving the feeling of the trance, and not sure about others but had uncontrollable happy thoughts in my head for about 15-20 mins, very very strange just laughing out loud for no reason. Like the way u set the trance half way thru the show and then again just before the film, put me in a nice happy place!
What a legend, look forward to the casino on friday.
I didn’t get stuck but ever since the show my sense of taste has disappeared and I’m really worried it might be irreversable.
I hope it comes back at some point.
I got stuck and I wasn’t even watching live I was watching it on 4OD. I went to stand up but my legs wouldn’t budge it felt like i didn’t have legs. The more I tried the more my muscles in my legs were hurting. I knew not to panic because I experienced it before when I auditioned for the events in wandsworth town through roehampton university. Everything you did at the audition worked on me. you even wanted me possibly for the show but what are the chances i missed all 3 phone calls sooo annoying hopefully you can reconsider me some time in the future especially everything you do doesn’t scare me I just feel confused and intrested it’s because when I look into your eyes I know I can trust you even though you could prob make me do anything but i don’t care i trust you.
i tried and i did it it is amazing
this was good i tried again it worked then again and again but next day tried did not work that is scary very scary.
happy halloween commin up
i love cameron smith he is sexy xxx
i love him to death
It would definately work for 20% of people, somnambulists. Not work for 20%. And possibly work on the rest.
Suggestion is a wonderful tool but no foolproof.
What was i gonig to say ?