Watch an Atlanta Magician’s Car Trick Go Horribly Wrong
- Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:10pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Anthony Mooney goes by the stage name “Moodini.” He’s a magician, or more specifically an escape artist. On Thursday, he was performing an escape stunt at the Atlanta Motor Speedway. Local station WSB-TV explains how it was supposed to work:
On Thursday night, he was performing a stunt between races whereby he was chained at his wrists to a car. His head was covered with a black bag. In the stunt, the car speeds off and Mooney has just seconds to escape out of the shackles before he’s hurled down the track.
He said he’s done the stunt twice before without any problems, but Thursday, he said his timing was off and he got pulled down the track.
This is what the end result looks like:
This is how he got there:
This is the video that shows it all:
And this is the interview afterwords:
“I thank the good Lord I’m not dead right now,” Mooney said.
“I remember the car taking off, and I remember feeling the vibrations in the chain because I was blindfolded. Then I remember being on the ground …being put into an ambulance. I don’t remember hitting my head or breaking anything. I was unconscious for a little while.”





















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Comments (91)
fulcrum
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 1:50pmIt proves the point that some people should not be allowed to vote
Report Post »who_it_is
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 1:46pmIt‘s funny cause he’s fat!
Report Post »jungle J
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 2:58pmhate is the foundation that you are built upon.
Report Post »Barry
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 1:30pmNow that was off the chains
Report Post »quickstudy
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 1:30pmThe car started rolling before the announcer got to 1. Not his fault.
Report Post »markggg
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 1:28pmLook what I can do, look what I can do.
Report Post »Lone Ranger
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 1:22pmHe prestoed when he should have changeod
Report Post »SeekerofTruth
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 6:28pmHahahahahaha Good one!
Report Post »drago
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 1:19pmAll i can hear , is the kid from the Simpsons….haha!….
Report Post »dave88
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 1:10pmMaybe he should change his name to Moondingy.
Report Post »brian8793
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 1:09pmIs this a hillbilly convention?
Report Post »dcwu
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 1:09pmThere’s a fraternity prank on rats where their short arms are hung out and tied with string to a car bumper and then they are blindfolded. Then someone gets in the car, fires it up, revs it a few times, puts it in gear, and dumps the clutch screaching away. Other frat brothers had steathily cut and held the string ends after the blindfolding so there are no surprises. The rats usually extend forward at the hips and collapse in abject terror.
Report Post »The Bagginator
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:56pmIf this don’t work you can call me Poodini!
Hey, Poodini. Guess what?
Report Post »Drum Man
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:46pmOne million sperm and THAT one slipped past the goalie???
Report Post »OUTRIDER WRITER
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 1:02pmDrumroll !!!
Report Post »standupsurf
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:43pmWhy is he thanking the lord? Why do people who survive events like this (despite their own stupidity) give credit to god? Why aren’t they blaming god for letting it happen in the first place?
Report Post »the_ancient
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:57pmFrom a Strict theological perspective, God granted man Free Will, that Free Will included the Free Will to be a moron and do stupid things. This he was free chain himself to the car, then god granted the moron mercy by only injuring the moron
Report Post »standupsurf
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 2:54pmFrom a strictly rational perspective, god needs to re-evaluate his criteria for granting mercy.
Report Post »the_ancient
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:35pmSee this seems to Disprove Evolution, because people that stupid would not survive except by the grace of god…. ROFL
Report Post »flasho
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 4:22pmNow there’s a thought provoking analysis. Very good. LOL
Report Post »flsnipe
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:34pmIf your gona be dumb You got to be tough!!!!
Report Post »waymoregooder
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:33pm…and this is why our health care costs have gone up so much.
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:29pmHold my beer and watch this boys.
Report Post »integrican
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:28pmAre we supposed to be shocked that a stunt like this went wrong? Are we supposed to feel sorry for a guy who makes $10,000.00 to perform a stunt like this?
Report Post »I guess he missed that day where we were taught “Play With Fire….and you may get burned!!!”
SpankDaMonkey
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:25pm.
Report Post »Hey Bubba hold my Beer and watch this……………. makes you wonder how he made it this far or if his mother had any more that lived……………..
mtnclimberjim
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:23pmyuck yuck yuck,rrrrrrred neck
Report Post »taxedenuf
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:21pmDude; This is one of those stunts which usually is proceeded by the idiot saying to his colleague, “here hold my beer while I show you something cool.”
Report Post »jackbauer
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:40pmA redneck’s infamous last words; “watch this.”
Report Post »TheyCallMeMom
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:55pmLOL. exactly..
Report Post »OUTRIDER WRITER
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 1:04pm@JackBauer
Report Post »and another, “Here’s your sign.”
I.Gaspar
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:21pmNext time he’s going to be in front of the car.
Report Post »Mandors
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:20pmAbracadabra! You’re a dope!
Report Post »pmacres
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:17pmfat drunk and stupid is no way to go thru life
Report Post »FREDD The WILSON
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:38pmCaptainKOOK’s real job when he is not on line.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:16pmLooks like he should make a few pounds disappear.
Report Post »Mannax
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:22pmGonzo, why did you have to be the first to respond to this? Now, all I see is Gonzo from the Muppet Show layed up in the hospital after some failed stunt.
Report Post »cause420
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:24pmLoL. Wow
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:33pmMOOdini ,couldn’t resist.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:34pmWell, he did lose a few poiunds of his pride.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:39pmThird time was not the “charm” …
Report Post »Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:42pmExperts estimate that 80 percent of American mosques are funded by Saudi Arabia, which, according to a recent study by Freedom House’s Center for Religious Freedom, disseminates propaganda though American mosques that teaches “Nazi-like hatred of Jews” and Christians and spreads the radical Wahhabist ideology shared by Osama bin Laden and the 9-11 attackers. Freedom House also found that many American mosques “promote contempt for the United States because it is ruled by legislated civil law rather than by totalitarian Wahhabi-style Islamic law.”
Report Post »Now this is Art
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:46pmi wonder why his hands didnt get ripped off his arms??? oh, btw, mohammed is the devil, he was a murderer, rapist, pedophile, and hate monger. why the hell would anyone follow such an evil person? i guess its kinda like those that innocently follow the nazis.
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:50pmWhat happens when you take risks….it’s bound to catch up to you sooner or later.
Report Post »Lotus503
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:50pmI guess you win some and lose some…
Report Post »Untameable-kate
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 1:09pmYou guys are going to make Rose-Ellen cry with all that nasty A-rab criticism. Waaaaah Rose-Ellen WAAAAH
Report Post »BIGJAYINPA
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 1:33pmNot that I’m disagreeing with anything you said about the false prophet, pedophile Mohammed(aka Porkboy) but how did we segue from a moron in Atlanta to an anti-Porkboy diatribe??
Report Post »Strosity
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 1:34pmlol
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 1:38pmHe’s lucky not to have had his arms ripped from their sockets. Lord, help him heal and work on his timing.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 1:41pmNot sure Jay.
Report Post »Maybe it’s the “violence” or an idea for torture for the Taliban.
nuttyvet
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 2:10pm@Gonzo Thanks!!! I laughed out loud during class!!!
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 2:40pmI don’t think this will be covered under ObamaCare.
Report Post »SLIDELLMAN
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 3:26pmThat’s the best you can do? Make comments about the man’s weight??
Report Post »manuelbetten
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 8:36pmIf people have so much time on there hands to do stupid stuff like this, then somebody is bound to get hurt.
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