Comments on: Unbelievable Can Throwing Skills

By: galwegian

galwegian — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:32:10 +0000

AHHH THATS OK I GUESS BUT CHECK OUT BILLY MARKS'S SKILLS WITH A PING PONG BALL(its not first try obviously but it just takes alot of tries,eventually you get it)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFZevw1AHZs

By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:18:13 +0000

They just show the successful attempts. I had a friend that saw a video art exhibit in Japan that did a similar thing. The exhibit documented the chance occurnaces of things such as throwing a penny from across a big room and having it land perfectly into an ashtray. The artist did this with many different things but only showed the successful attempts of each task attempted thus making it look like he did each task flawlessly but in reality he only showed the rare chance occurance after many many tries. If you look in these videos you see the rest of the guys sitting near the trash cans so it looks like regular people are siting about but they are sitting there for when the can misses. That way people don't get pissed they just got hit with a can, it is only their friends that get hit.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 18:44:34 +0000

For you unbelievers.
http://vietnam-26.skyrock.com/

You'll need to speak German or French, for those are the langages of the different news/shows the throwers are in.

Just a matter of trial and error (and error, and error and error and a little bit of training too, they can toss better than the average guy.

By: Dogrun81

Dogrun81 — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:32:24 +0000

Many of the shots have someone/something in the path of the would-be fishing line. Although some of the tougher shots may still be done that way.

By: Jsahko

Jsahko — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:32:19 +0000

Not rocket science,maybe. But I defy anyone to make the kicking the can shot. Even w/ repetition. Sheesh. Some people will believe anything as long as it's presented prettily enough.

Wally here sounds like he's at least barking up the right tree.

And where has this been seen before? I missed it.

By: wally beast

wally beast — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:55:50 +0000

Actually the cans have fishing line attached to the top and a motor in the can that retracts the line. couple of my buddies and i did the same thing in college for an engineering class. the tought part is not accidentally tripping on the line when you walk by it and making sure to put enough arc on the toss to make it look real.

some of the shots you can see the can off track when it's about 3-4 feet away and then alter course and get "sucked" into the trash.

By: c-dub

c-dub — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 08:07:14 +0000

Some of these look real, but there are a few that just aren't right: the trajectory is a bit off, or something. For example, look at -1:35 on the first video. The can levels off a little bit as it falls towards the can. (And Yak Boy, just because they show someone missing, doesn't "prove" it's real when they show someone making it.)

By: CodeRed

CodeRed — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 08:07:02 +0000

Agreed, Yak Boy, it's not science...it's repetition. We've seen this before, folks. Still a cool vid...

By: Yak Boy

Yak Boy — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:51:46 +0000

If you'd actually watched the second video all the way to the end, you would have seen the out-takes (in which the cans miss), proving that the videos were simply made by filming take after take until they got each throw right.

It's not rocket science, people!

By: Jsahko

Jsahko — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 04:33:52 +0000

Wish I could substantiate it but most of the long shots look extremely wrong. Something about the garbage can openings and the way the cans fly. Just looks out of whack. Like when you see someone pretending to drink something on tv and it's obvious there's nothing in the glass. Or when it's an obviously empty suitcase they're carrying. Can I prove it? No. But if it's between me and these guys at the pearly gates...I wasn't the guy perpetrating the can tossing fraud in France in '07. My conscience is clean.

By: Jacki

Jacki — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 02:27:23 +0000

The shots all look practiced but it still does take some amount of aim to pull those off.

By: Slim

Slim — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:59:23 +0000

I suppose everybody needs a hobby right! And that look incredibly fake imo.

By: Desmondus

Desmondus — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:42:51 +0000

And all I could think was "I hope those were recycling bins and not trash cans"

By: Owen

Owen — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:17:20 +0000

I enjoyed at how cassually they approached each throw, acting like nothing even happened.

By: Corey

Corey — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:53:31 +0000

Geez, you commenters are so cynical. Have you ever thrown something away? I thought it was cool how they made all those shots.

By: Vonskippy

Vonskippy — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:38:56 +0000

Wow, a documentary about throwing cans away.

I look forward to their next piece on mowing the yard and shoveling snow off the sidewalk.

By: Levi

Levi — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:01:02 +0000

i think that the trick is to leave some drink in the can so that it adds some weight. i'm sure its still lots of takes though.

By: Jerrold

Jerrold — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:56:30 +0000

Neither crazy throwing skills nor video editing skills. Simply show the successes and leave out the many misses. How is this a debate?

By: ted

ted — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:48:51 +0000

Wow, not very exciting, is it?

Some could be real - after many takes.
Others don't actually show the whole trajectory of the cans, so some could be faked.

What was that phrase again...?

WGAS?