Entertainment & Music Magic!

[Rowie09]

I used to love magic as a kid. Always intrigued the hell out of me, and I always wished I could master tricks to amaze my friends and family. However, lack of patience and skill meant I was pretty damn average magician.

To this day, I still get transfixed watching a magician apply his trade. This was rekindled the other week after they held "close-up magic week" on Letterman. Every night, a different close-up magician would come in and perform. It was awesome.

Naturally, this got me youtubing. My favourite routine would have to be "Doves" by Lance Burton. Beautiful.

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Johnny Ace Palmer is pretty nuts also.

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Who are your favourite magicians? Favourite routines? While Copperfield and Chris Angel are cool, their routines have the budget of a hollywood film. I love the spectacle, but for men, sleight of hand is where its at. :spade::club:

 

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it's a shame about the poor quality

I also love Eugene Burger. something about the way he presents his illusions is so calming

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[clivewaterhousen]

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[Wahooti Fandango]

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[Lazarus]

There was a special on Seven on Monday, but all the tricks sucked.

 

[Rowie09]

That James Galea trick is wicked.

 

[BlowJobe]

[YOUTUBE]<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/U9lFe504i2s&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/U9lFe504i2s&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>[/YOUTUBE]

Quality.

 

[bunsen burner]

Johnny Ace Palmer is pretty nuts also.

[youtube]JcsmGAd-dK0[/youtube]

Who are your favourite magicians? Favourite routines? While Copperfield and Chris Angel are cool, their routines have the budget of a hollywood film. I love the spectacle, but for men, sleight of hand is where its at. :spade::club:

The bit where he jumps the ring from finger to finger - it stays on the same finger the whole time, he just uses the fingers below and above to create the illusion.

 

[Pumbi]

[youtube]zhnYPecc1YE[/youtube]

Beat me to it.

Look at where that Knife is!? In his mouth!

 

[crazyman27]

This guy is amazing, got a crazy chill when I watched this.

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[Truckosaurus]

Head of Maths at my high school was also a magician.

Anyone who made a 'mathemagician' joke was looking at a scab duty.

 

[Bowski]

Chris Angel sucks.

Carry on.

 

[TheStinger]

Chris Angel sucks.

Carry on.

As much as Criss Angel is a major tossbag, I do admire one thing about him. He has never claimed to do "real" magic. He always calls his tricks illusions or demonstrations. And he will call out other magicians who claim to do real magic.

Like this w***er...

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Who did this...

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[emuboy]

My favourite was a magician from the 1790s.

He promoted his upcoming show in London, promising that he would vanish into thin air.

Thousands of people purchased tickets, and crammed into a theatre to watch the magician perform his amazing vanishing trick.

True to his word, the magician did vanish, but before the show commenced, and with the huge box office takings!

 

[Hard Ball Get]

When it's good its awesome.

When it is standard crappy tricks it is really, really bad.