Imagine There’s No Stupid People

Well, stupid people all across America will shell out 10 bucks a piece to see some pay-per-view fakery in which John Lennon is purported to speak from beyond the grave. I can’t wait to hear what he says- probably along the lines of “Sucker!”

From Reuters here:

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A controversial television seance airing on Monday will claim it has reached the spirit of John Lennon, but viewers will have to pay $9.95 to find out what the peace-loving Beatle has to say.

The special, being carried on pay-TV service In Demand, was organized by the producers of a 2003 attempt to channel the late Princess Diana. That show failed to find Diana and received reviews that could have sunk the Titanic but it is estimated to have grossed close to $8 million.

The program features what is described as an Electronic Voice Phenomenon, or EVP, that a psychic on the show claims is the disembodied voice of Lennon speaking at a seance in one of his favorite New York restaurants, La Fortuna.

EVP is based on a belief that spirit voices communicate through radio and TV broadcast signals.

“The Spirit of John Lennon” is being done without the knowledge or consent of Lennon’s estate or his widow Yoko Ono, who declined comment. Her longtime friend and spokesman Elliot Mintz has called the entire exercise “tacky, exploitative and far removed” from the icon’s way of life.

Thank God that the 20th century ushered in the era of the cathode ray tube. Who knew that the disembodied spirits of celebrities past would rely on the technology to speak to the living?

Anyone who believes that you can speak to the dead is a moron. And soon to be 10 bucks poorer.