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Stevie Starr, the amazing regurgitator was at Mines tonight. Rather cool actually since he was literally just on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last night. From what I could tell, he really was swallowing all the objects he put in his mouth.
I am by no means a medical professional, but I with a bit of logic and knowledge of human anatomy I suspect that Starr simply has the ability to control his pyloric sphincter, a muscular valve between his stomach and duodenum (a digestive region between the stomach and start of the small intestine), and his lower esophageal sphincter. In short, he can trap object in his duodenum, his stomach, and perhaps even his small intestine and esophagus. Again, this is only my opinion. Regardless, the show was very amazing I would recomend that everyone see it, if given the chance. Starr is very entertaining and knows how to work with the audience. He swallowed everything from a small lightbulb, to a small 8-ball, tacks, rings, a locked lock (which he unlocked after removing the key and swallowing it seperatly from the lock, then relocked with a ring inside, removed the key and brought back up), sugar (which he brought back up dry), and even gold fish (which were still alive). Check out the gallery for more pictures of this truely amazing man from Scotland!
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Yeah, I just saw a video of this guy online and it really does look like he swallows this stuff. I can’t for the life of me figure out how he does it. In the video I saw he swallowed some dry sugar, drank some water, and then expelled the sugar STILL DRY! Even if he did have control over his stomach, I don’t see how he could keep the sugar from getting wet!
David Levin
well wow.um you seem to be a very intresting person to watch ,how did you become to find out that you could do this intresting act? and are you married and if so what does your partner think of you doing the act? and have you ever been hurt ,and what is the largest thing you have swallowed and brought back up?
i remember seeing Starr, when i was a kid, on a late night show. he did this act where he had quarters with 1 - 12 in marker written on them and he swallowed them one at a time. u could hear the quarters pileing on top of one another. he then asked the audience to pick a number and he brought up the quarter with that number on it. it was amazing.
I am a medical professional. I am not sure but I suspect that Stevie Starr has an anatomic abnormality called a Zenker’s diverticulum. This is a pocket deep in the parynx right near the opening to the esophagus. Somehow, Steve has learned to control this and I do not believe that the things that he swallows and regurgitates ever makes it into his stomach.
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[...] Starr Stevie Starr was back! Stevie Starr: The Regurgitator was here last year (almost to the day) and made quite an impression. His acthasn’t changed that much, but it’s still as funny as ever. After seeing him last year, I indicated that I though Starr had some amazing control over his “pyloric sphincter, a muscular valve between his stomach and duodenum (a digestive region between the stomach and start of the small intestine), and his lower esophageal sphincter.” [...]
[...] http://www.andrewferguson.net/2005/02/23/stevie-starr-the-regurgitator/ [...]
[...] Categories: QHow do those human regurgitators like that Stevie Starr guy from Sweden do it? How are they able to swall billiard balls and bring them back up, pop balloons with nails in their stomachs, swallow fish and spit them back out, and swallow sugar and bring it out dry? I promise I’ll never try any of this. . I’d just like to know how they do it (if they do it at all).ADear Gulpy,First off, I can find no reference anywhere to Stevie Starr having done his act while under medical examination. This means that anything I say is pure speculation, and removes some credibility from his act. If he weren’t doing something tricky, having an MD closely observe the process and explain it would only help his act.That said, I do believe that he really is “swallowing” these items. (A video of his show can be found at http://www.chizang.net/alex/mi... ). The only website I can find that offers any explanation is http://www.andrewferguson.net/... , which suggests that perhaps Stevie Starr has amazing control of the various sphincters in his esophogus/stomach. When it comes down to it, Stevie Starr would have to have amazing control over all of the muscles in that entire area of his body (not to mention a complete lack of gag-reflex).Whatever the case may be, the process obviously causes great discomfort. Being a showman, Stevie Starr would never make all of the weird noises and actions if they were not necessary. Yes, like any showman, he exagerates, but he is not comfortable. You will also notice that he always grabs a drink of water imediately after each process. The one slight explanation that I can offer you is about the sugar coming up dry. If you watch closely, he only regurgitates a small percentage of the sugar that he swallows (he catches it in a different container so that you won’t notice). If you have ever measured sugar in a wet measuring cup, you will understand what is happening. The sugar that gets wet sticks to the side of the measuring cup, so that when you pour it out only dry sugar comes. Stevie Starr must “hold” this sugar some place that the water he drinks cannot reach, so that when he regurgitates the sugar a decent ammount can still come out dry.Finally, it appears as if Stevie “The Human Regurgitator” Starr is the only person capable of such feats. So, don’t try this at home.-PhoenixBack [...]
You guys are crazy… He simply has a cleft pallet. He’s missing the roof of his mouth. Have you never seen someone like this before? How else do you think you hear the “clink” of coins he “swallows”. It would be impossible to hear two coins click together if they were really all the way down the esophagus. Come on now… Impressive? Yes, absolutely an awesome act. But controlling the muscles of his stomach and keeping sugar from getting wet? Not a chance… he simply separates it in his pallet.
Evan
[...] I am by no means a medical professional, but I with a bit of logic and knowledge of human anatomy I suspect that Starr simply has the ability to control his pyloric sphincter, a muscular valve between his stomach and duodenum (a digestive region between the stomach and start of the small intestine), and his lower esophageal sphincter. In short, he can trap object in his duodenum, his stomach, and perhaps even his small intestine and esophagus. Again, this is only my opinion. Regardless, the show was very amazing I would recomend that everyone see it, if given the chance. Starr is very entertaining and knows how to work with the audience. He swallowed everything from a small lightbulb, to a small 8-ball, tacks, rings, a locked lock (which he unlocked after removing the key and swallowing it seperatly from the lock, then relocked with a ring inside, removed the key and brought back up), sugar (which he brought back up dry), and even gold fish (which were still alive. quelle: http://www.andrewferguson.net/2005/02/23/stevie-starr-the-regurgitator/ das mit dem schlüssel/schloss hätte ich gern gesehen …
dont try this at home, würd ich sagen … grüsse,_________________acmeakne _________________ _____ ____ ___ _ hoc est corpus meum [...]
I just watched the Leno show where Starr appeared… I was just realizing how many times in that performance he reached into his pocket on his vest and put something in his mouth… and then took something aout and put it back into his pocket… I don’t know why, but I could imagine him being a fake when it comes to putting the keyhangers together… any of you guys pondered about that?
To all of you who replied posting you saw him do these acts and how amazing he is, please understand you are witnessing nothing more than a trained act, done by a trained performance artist. Your theories of this man having extra control over his stomach/esophagus muscles proves nothing more than the fact that you really are not a medical professional. I on the otherhand am a doctor and for those of you who are trying to attempt this with reference to these types of “wild” speculations, please don’t. There is simply no way you can control these types of muscles from a medical point of view. They do not have smiliar structures as voluntairy muscles we are able to control. you cannot “develop” these muscles in the same way either and cannot control them.
But even if you weren’t a medical professional, You must realize some of his acts give away the nature of the authenticity, solely by the types of act alone. If all he did was swallow and regurgitate the object back up, I’d be inclined to believe he was really regurgitating. However, his acts include a variety of mixing and bring back up marked objects on call, and he even swallows a rubics cube, and brings it back up solved. Those types of acts should clearly indicate to you that he really doing what you think he’s doing. Do you honestly think he can swallow a rubics cube, solve it in the dark with out looking at it with what happens to be just s tube of contracting muscle with limited movement biologicaly and brought it back up in under 10 seconds? Please people… Stop making me doubt the intelligence of our kind.
[...] Posted: Aug 7, 2006 6:27am Quote: On 2006-08-03 08:37, Roslyn wrote: Does he have a website? Website: http://www.ukstars.co.uk/stevie-starr.php Fan site: http://www.steviestarr.com/ More videos: http://www.steviestarr.com/videos_and_photos/stevie_starr_videos_and_photos.php More info/videos: http://www.andrewferguson.net/2005/02/23/stevie-starr-the-regurgitator/ Good Article: http://www.eye.net/eye/issue/issue_11.06.97/theatre/comedy6.html Another good article: http://www.andrewferguson.net/2006/02/22/stevie-starr/ Quote: On 2006-08-03 08:37, Roslyn wrote: Where is he performing these days? Tour dates: http://www.ukstars.co.uk/starr-dates.php There are a few stunts that he does that to me point to a trick somehow being involved instead of a "talent," such as the swallowing of a mini rubik’s cube and regurgitating it solved, or swallowing a ring and a padlock and a key and having the key come back on the padlock. There is obviously no way to make your stomach or any internal muscles do those feats, so there must be a switch somewhere or something - don’t ask me what it is or how it happens because I have no idea, but I think there is more here than meets the eye. It’s a fantastic act, but I have to wonder what is up his sleeve, or down his throat or whatever… [...]
[...] Back to Stevie Starr, found this cool review of his act: http://www.steviestarr.com/stevie_starrs_regurgitation_act.php http://www.andrewferguson.net/2005/02/23/stevie-starr-the-regurgitator/ (goes a little into how he does it) I’ve seen the smoke and coin trick he does but not the full version of either. [...]
No, he obviously swallowed a solved Rubix cube prior to going on stage.. then he swallowed the unsolved cube and regurgitated the solved one.
After watching the video a bunch, I dont think he’s swallowing anything actually. Watch when he swallows the baloon.. you see it on the right side of his mouth for a split second.. like he pushed it there and somehow can store it in his cheek.