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Random: Stealing Has Never Been So Funny
Posted November 1, 2007 10:00 AM
Ladies and gentlemen, guys and girls, (children shouldn't be reading this) welcome to the wonderful world premier of pickpocketing. He's got panache. He's got style. He's even got...everything you own? This folks is the master thief of magicians Bob Arno. Originally hailing from Stockholm, Sweden he now travels all over the world performing comedy routines centered around his lifting audience members.
His work doesn't stop at the stage though. He also works with law enforcement agencies around the world, training them to recognize and witness pickpockets in action. In fact a Las Vegas officer was quoted saying that to "take his training and in three or four hours you could teach a new detective what would take him five or six years to learn on the street." The funny thing about his aiding law enforcement is that he got the idea in trying to improve his shows. He would go out and film street pickpockets to look for new ideas when he realized that the footage he was creating would be invaluable to authorities. He has truly perfected his art, though I'm sure he is always expanding his expertise. Take a look at one of his performances and give your own thoughts (a moment of silence for the great John Ritter who is introducing him):
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