# David Copperfield to impregnate woman on stage **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 19, 2005, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-copperfield-to-impregnate-woman-on-stage/326884 "2005-10-19T11:16:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-copperfield-to-impregnate-woman-on-stage/326884/1 "2005-10-19T11:16:55Z")
[Here’s the story.](http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1577408.html) Note he claims he’s going to do it without touching her. Shouldn’t someone tell him that John Waters beat him to that trick in _Pink Flamingos_? ---
**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-copperfield-to-impregnate-woman-on-stage/326884/2 "2005-10-19T11:33:06Z")
The Aristocrats! ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-copperfield-to-impregnate-woman-on-stage/326884/3 "2005-10-19T11:39:48Z")
My WAG: like pulling a rabbit from a hat, he’ll pull a baby from… ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-copperfield-to-impregnate-woman-on-stage/326884/4 "2005-10-19T11:41:34Z")
[quote] That trick never works! This time _for sure!_ Ready? One…Two… ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-copperfield-to-impregnate-woman-on-stage/326884/5 "2005-10-19T13:21:53Z")
“Nothin’ up my sleeve!!” ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-copperfield-to-impregnate-woman-on-stage/326884/6 "2005-10-19T13:25:03Z")
Ah…the Womba. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-copperfield-to-impregnate-woman-on-stage/326884/7 "2005-10-19T13:40:55Z")
Is it jsut me, or is this the worst trick ever? You just get an already pregnant woman, claim she’s not, and _voila_, you “magically” impregnated here on stage. :rolleyes: Oh, right, they’ll do a before and after pregnancy test, and the woman will be choosen at random. NOW I’m convinced. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![John\_F](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/43a26b/32.png) [@John\_F](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_F)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-copperfield-to-impregnate-woman-on-stage/326884/8 "2005-10-19T14:05:23Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > You just get an already pregnant woman, claim she’s not, and _voila_, you “magically” impregnated here on stage. :rolleyes: Sounds about like a Copperfield trick to me. IF…he sets it up with a sad, sad tale told to us with somber background music over a giant video screen. The video will tell us the story of a couple (chosen at random out of the live audience) :smack: and their struggles to start a family. Presto chango no invetro… “poof” pregnant. Ta Da! Copperfield is hysterical. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-copperfield-to-impregnate-woman-on-stage/326884/9 "2005-10-19T14:56:25Z")
We can only hope that, like the Civil War-era urban legend, the trick will involve David’s getting shot in the nuts. ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-copperfield-to-impregnate-woman-on-stage/326884/10 "2005-10-19T15:02:58Z")
But if he’s successful, will he financially support the baby until it turns 18? Seems only fair. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-copperfield-to-impregnate-woman-on-stage/326884/11 "2005-10-19T15:30:46Z")
On stage? Egads. Chapter One: I Am Porn ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-copperfield-to-impregnate-woman-on-stage/326884/12 "2005-10-19T15:44:46Z")
Will it be like the old bullet capturing trick, except the woman gets to capture the … ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-copperfield-to-impregnate-woman-on-stage/326884/13 "2005-10-19T17:00:07Z")
As if this couldn’t get any more bizarre, Google Ads has a link to the Magic Bullet Blender. Congrats. You finally made me look. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-copperfield-to-impregnate-woman-on-stage/326884/14 "2005-10-19T17:10:56Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > We can only hope that, like the Civil War-era urban legend, the trick will involve David’s getting shot in the nuts. heh, heh, heh…we can dream! ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-copperfield-to-impregnate-woman-on-stage/326884/15 "2005-10-19T17:13:17Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Is it jsut me, or is this the worst trick ever? You just get an already pregnant woman, claim she’s not, and _voila_, you “magically” impregnated here on stage. :rolleyes: > > Oh, right, they’ll do a before and after pregnancy test, and the woman will be choosen at random. NOW I’m convinced. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: Yeah, really, what can you do? Palm a pregnancy test with the appropriate result? Switch feeds on a sonogram? Maybe if she instantly swells up from flat to third trimester stomach, it might be cool. Scary as hell, but cool. I mean, sawing a woman in half is cliched, but at least you actually get to see her sawn in half, instead of just seeing some hormone tests that confirm that she has been cut in two. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-copperfield-to-impregnate-woman-on-stage/326884/16 "2005-10-19T17:19:13Z")
So, is she going to pee on a stick onstage as proof of her pregnancy? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-copperfield-to-impregnate-woman-on-stage/326884/17 "2005-10-19T17:51:44Z")
This should be amusing. [The interview (in German)](http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,380159,00.html) and [Google’s (sort of) English translation](http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,380159,00.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522david%2Bcopperfield%2522%2Bgalore%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26c2coff%3D1%26safe%3Dactive). ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-copperfield-to-impregnate-woman-on-stage/326884/18 "2005-10-19T18:56:58Z")
Re: the English translation that **Lute** linked to– What is he doing to that duck? (Strip packing?) I also find it amusing that Google translated Claudia Schiffer from the German as “Claudia boat operator”. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-copperfield-to-impregnate-woman-on-stage/326884/19 "2005-10-19T19:59:17Z")
> [@h.sapiens](#): > > But if he’s successful, will he financially support the baby until it turns 18? Act Two is the abortion. ---
**Author:** ![snorlax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@snorlax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snorlax)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-copperfield-to-impregnate-woman-on-stage/326884/20 "2005-10-19T20:14:36Z")
Does anyone else think the Google translation reads like a Shakespeare play? > [@](#): > > Copperfield: Tja, now are you baff, which? War’s then with our interview. > > Question: That is nevertheless certainly only a simple trick. > > Copperfield: May be. Everything that I do, are cheat. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-copperfield-to-impregnate-woman-on-stage/326884.md?page=2)