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Imagine there's a heaven, and all you have to do for a glimpse inside those pearly gates is pay $9.95. There are some dead celebs that we just can't let go of, and pay-per-view is hoping that will mean big bucks when they air "The Spirit of John Lennon" on April 24.

The ex-Beatle, who was murdered over 25 years ago, is the latest subject of a pay-per-view seance arranged by the producers of a 2003 attempt to contact the dead Princess Diana. That show made money but was slammed by critics as hitting a new low in television tastelessness.

"People say this is disgusting and I accept that criticism, but we're making a serious attempt to do something that many, many millions of people around the world think is possible," said Paul Sharratt, who heads Starcast Productions, which made "The Spirit of Diana." That show drew over half a million U.S. viewers willing to pay $14.95 to watch it.



What you'll get for your money: 90 minutes of a psychic, a spirit reader, and an Indian guru traipsing around the "most significant places" in Lennon's life.

Renowned psychics will travel to various sites significant to the former Beatle. Outside the Dakota building in New York, in the shadow of the Capitol Records Building in Los Angeles, and in the town in India where Lennon pursued his spiritual retreat, psychics will use their exceptional talents to contact him for the first time.

In India, a spirit reader at an ashram believes he will be able to contact
John Lennon to receive musical notes and lyrics from the other side. If
successful, these notations will be flown to Los Angeles, where a composer will arrange the notes, add vocals and backgrounds to produce a new song. Could the results be a last musical legacy from beyond?

In New York, a psychic will not only visit the Dakota, but will also spend
time at the Strawberry Fields memorial in Central Park, where he believes he will make contact with the spirit of John Lennon.

The special will culminate as psychics, colleagues and confidantes sit at
a seance table for what promises to be the most incredible 30 minutes of psychic contact ever recorded. State of the art infra-red cameras will be in place for the entire seance, providing the ability to capture any presence or spirit that enters the room.



Imagine I have better things to do. Like watch John Edward's new show.

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samuraicowboy

samuraicowboy

Cordova, TN
July 2003

MAR 17, 2006 10:47 AM

This also disgusts me, much in the same way the thing about Tom Cruise ganking an episode of South Park did.

netik

netik

San Francisco, CA
July 2002

MAR 17, 2006 10:51 AM



State of the art infra-red cameras will be in place for the entire seance, providing the ability to capture any presence or spirit that enters the room.



Oh yes, because the dead GIVE OFF HEAT. Brilliant.

PhotoBeatsFilm

PhotoBeatsFilm

Jamaica
February 2006

MAR 17, 2006 11:17 AM

" "People say this is disgusting and I accept that criticism, but we're making a serious attempt to do something that many, many millions of people around the world think is possible," said Paul Sharratt"

Paul fails to say that HE thinks that it's possible.

Completely tasteless, and quite ridiculous. I think it'd be more entertaining to have a video feed on the idiots that pay ten dollars to watch this crap.

malkav11

malkav11

Saint Paul, MN
July 2003

MAR 17, 2006 11:44 AM

Where are Penn & Teller when you need them?

Not_a_sicko

Not_a_sicko

Netherlands
September 2005

MAR 17, 2006 11:45 AM

Great headline.

CheshireCat

CheshireCat

Los Angeles, CA
January 2004

MAR 17, 2006 12:46 PM

why would you want to be on earth once yr dead ..??

CheshireCat

CheshireCat

Los Angeles, CA
January 2004

MAR 17, 2006 12:46 PM

why would you want to be on earth once yr dead ..??

MrStitches

MrStitches

Brooklyn, NY
November 2003

MAR 17, 2006 01:16 PM

People really will pay for anything.

FrankMask

FrankMask

Saint Paul, MN
June 2003

MAR 17, 2006 02:21 PM

Okay, kids. Get your spy gear together. I've got a mission for you.

Sneak onto the set, steal all the materials for the seance, and replace them with corpsefat candles and copies of the Necronomicon. With a little luck they'll summon the Crawling Chaos right into the studio and the resulting slaughter will justify the expenditure of 14.95

samuraicowboy

samuraicowboy

Cordova, TN
July 2003

MAR 17, 2006 02:45 PM

Frank said:
Okay, kids. Get your spy gear together. I've got a mission for you.

Sneak onto the set, steal all the materials for the seance, and replace them with corpsefat candles and copies of the Necronomicon. With a little luck they'll summon the Crawling Chaos right into the studio and the resulting slaughter will justify the expenditure of 14.95



Im with this guy on this one.

adiasilver

adiasilver

Los Angeles, CA
January 2006

MAR 18, 2006 11:28 AM

Check out Hole's CD Celebrity Skin done all done after his death by the band and released in 2002. It's their best CD. Then, you can understand what a stupid ignorant comment that was. oink

MisterSatan

MisterSatan

Portland, OR
August 2002

MAR 18, 2006 11:42 AM

Frank said:
Okay, kids. Get your spy gear together. I've got a mission for you.

Sneak onto the set, steal all the materials for the seance, and replace them with corpsefat candles and copies of the Necronomicon. With a little luck they'll summon the Crawling Chaos right into the studio and the resulting slaughter will justify the expenditure of 14.95


I've probably said this before, but Frank, you're a genius.

Honestly, this is sickening, both for Lennon's estate (which ought to be suing the shit out of these people) and for the ghouls buying into it.

SomethingStupid

SomethingStupid

North Hollywood, CA
March 2004

MAR 18, 2006 06:41 PM

What the hell would he have to say?

TheFuckOffKid

TheFuckOffKid

NEWSWIRE

Australia

MAR 18, 2006 07:18 PM

TedKoppel said:
What the hell would he have to say?


"Has Paul writen anything decent lately?"

skeptik

skeptik

New Orleans, LA
February 2004

MAR 18, 2006 07:22 PM

Frank said:
Okay, kids. Get your spy gear together. I've got a mission for you.

Sneak onto the set, steal all the materials for the seance, and replace them with corpsefat candles and copies of the Necronomicon. With a little luck they'll summon the Crawling Chaos right into the studio and the resulting slaughter will justify the expenditure of 14.95



With any luck, those watching the blasphemous invocation on PPV would then receive some indelible physical mark.

Like melted faces, or exploded eyeballs, or some other soul-destroying, Lovecraftian metemorphosis.

Remember, the lucky ones are eaten first.

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