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Doubting
Dave (a.k.a.
David Acer) is the resident skeptical scientist
on MYSTERY
HUNTERS. In real life he is a comedian and
magician. Here, we get to chat to him about his weird and
wonderful experiences.
Q:
So, you're a comedian in your day job. How did you end
up as the resident scientist on Mystery Hunters?
Doubting
Dave: Well, I wouldn't call being a comedian a
day job, but I ended up on Mystery Hunters because I actually
AM a magician, scientist and sceptic, which is exactly what
Doubting Dave is!
Q:
What's the weirdest Mystery Hunters question you've
been asked?
Doubting
Dave: A 10-year-old boy wrote in once and asked
if I knew where the remote to his TV was. I told him to
check between the cushions on his couch, and he found it
there, along with twenty-three dollars in change, a pile
of raisins (which may have been grapes when they fell in)
and a cat he didn't even know he had!
Q:
Have you ever had an experiment go awry and turn out
very differently from how you expected?
Doubting
Dave: I once tried to create a chicken that tastes
like frog legs, but alas, in the end, it tasted like chicken.
Q:
What do you like best about the Discovery Kids Mystery
Lab? Did you design it?
Doubting
Dave: I didn't design my laboratory - we have an
amazing team that created the space, and I'm always finding
little things they built that I never noticed before. For
example, under my counter, there's a button that says DO
NOT TOUCH. I have no idea what it does, and whenever I ask
anybody, they say, " Just don't touch it"! I don't
know how much longer I can resist…
Q:
Have you had any scary or mysterious experiences that
can't be explained?
Doubting
Dave: Absolutely! I have a clothes dryer that appears
to be a doorway into another universe. I've lost so many
socks in there, I finally gave up and bought sandals.
Q:
What are some of your quirkiest experiences on the set
of Mystery Hunters?
Doubting
Dave: We have a skeleton in my Mystery Lab, and
I swear, sometimes he moves when we're not looking. There's
just something mischievous about him. One time, I got home
and my wallet was missing. The next day, we found it on
the Mystery Lab floor. All the money was gone, and the skeleton
was wearing a brand new leather jacket!
For
more on Mystery Hunters, go the the www.davidacer.com
TELEVISION page or go to www.mysteryhunters.tv,
then click on DAVE on the left side of the page.
For
interviews with Christina and Araya, go to www.mysteryhunters.tv.
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