For his next trick, David Blaine will don magnetic boots to walk upside down across a metal tight rope high above Central Park's Wollman Rink for three days straight. The special, entitled "Dive of Death" (and not "Douche 'N Boots," which is what I've named it), will air on ABC in late September. Why it's called "Dive of Death" instead of "Really High Tight Rope of Possible But Unlikely Death Due to the Aid of Magnetic Boots" is beyond me. Probably has something to do with character count limit or something. Anyway, after drowning himself, freezing himself, burying himself alive and all the other crazy things he's done for money, I'm just kind of underwhelmed by this one. The magnetic boots will allow him to be as sloppy as can be, even allowing him to sleep on the job (upside down like a bat, but still), which definitely sounds uncomfortable, but it also sounds like something anybody with a lot of patience and an insatiable need for attention could accomplish. I'll let this one slide, but I've got a few suggestions that will truly wow the public for Blaine's next trick.

Tags: David Blaine, Van Halen