our next guest is the founder of an organization devoted to mobilizing civilians like you and me in
the ongoing fight against urban crime and he's here tonight with a little demonstration how
we can make our lives a bit safer ladies and Gentlemen please welcome Chris Elliott Chris
great to see you good to see you thank you very much I haven't seen you in a while what have you
been up to well actually Dave I've been pretty busy putting together my vigilante group uh I
don't know uh if you heard about it or not but a couple of weeks ago I was mugged yeah wow foreign
so now you were mug now did you get a look at the people who did this to you oh sure it happened in
broad daylight uh in the Theater District they were actually coming out of a Broadway matinee I
think I think they had just seen Les Miserables yeah I'm sorry what was it the last part there
I said I see right so so you were mugged by punks who had been watching a Broadway musical
well actually Dave they weren't punks they were middle-aged women um I think they're real mom
types I think they were probably from Connecticut and I think it was one of those situations where
uh they just didn't like my looks oh I see either that or I looked frightened which you're not
supposed to do if you see somebody don't look right and just look them straight in the eye
whatever happened they beat the living crap out of me so so then you you formed this organization and
now you're showing people simple things they can do two different things on the street to defend
yourself I need your help okay what can I do for you now what I want you to do Dave it's pleasure
to be on the map yeah it's just for safety reasons why don't you be on the mat I'm just going to play
a normal passerby and I want you to be one of the huckleberries on the street that has to be
one of the huckleberries on the street that hassle these people I want you to grab me by
the neck and hold me by the neck okay that's what a huckleberry would do that's what a huckleberry
Okay just grab me by the neck I'll show you how you have a squirrel in your hat
I didn't I have a bad ear right okay okay here we go here we go just grab you right all right I'm
sorry okay here we go like that yeah all right okay all right okay let go you're hurting it
just like that but that's the kind of move that you do to let him go now most muggers aren't as
strong estate right here thank you very much another thing I want to show you is called the
dancer now this is the oldest scam in the book and if you see this guy coming up the street
run like hell now this is called the dancer you just stand right there you're a normal passerby
and I'm the dancer and what he does is he starts dancing up the street and you see him coming and
he's shaking it pretty good and he's coming up to you and he's feeling the beat and he's shaking it
and pretty soon he's standing there next to you you're feeling the beat and you start to shake
it too yeah you know you know the only thing I'm really feeling here is embarrassment all right
well before you know it the guy would be dancing off with your wallet Huckleberry in that one
okay here we go anyway the last thing I want to show you if I can is the standard
pickpocket Roots now everybody knows yes sure you could be standing in line at the
grocery store maybe at the bank Dave why don't you be in line at the bank all right
yeah just standing there you're waiting in line God comes up from behind stands
with suitcases full of cash if I were at the bank look at that one yeah you're
standing behind him and suddenly he puts his hands in your pockets just like that
foreign
thank you very much now
you don't you know you don't think anything of it he's a pretty normal guy and uh
he seems like a pretty nice guy he's making conversation he's saying stuff to you hey it's
a pretty Bank isn't it and what he's actually doing he's looking for your wallet right right
what and then and then and then what happens what would he do then um Dave do the lights in the
studio ever go out completely no never happened then why do you have a flashlight in your pocket