Did you stick?
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 million 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).
Two 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
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