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Explain that Mr. M was the catch phrase the host would say after Mr. M perform the trick (illusion Michael) and before he showed how it was done.
They're called illusions Michael... A trick is...
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I've seen P&T's show in Vegas a few times, and I've seen many of their TV appearances. They do explain how illusions work, but they don't spoil other magicians tricks. They will do an old classic, show it from the "other side", and then while you aren't paying attention they pull off something new, giving no explanation for that one.
You should pretty much never trust magicians who "explain" how their illusions work. Sometimes they genuinely do explain it, but often, it's still another trick. Derren Brown does this a lot.
Retirement Plan Z (if everything else fails): Work as a messenger in Brazil. They're hiring.
"Firms hire elderly office boys to wait in line at banks and notaries, exploiting federal rules giving priority to anyone over 60." Retirement Plan Z (if everything else fails): Work as a messenger in Brazil. They're hiring.
"Firms hire elderly office boys to wait in line at banks and notaries, exploiting federal rules giving priority to anyone over 60." Retirement Plan Z (if everything else fails): Work as a messenger in Brazil. They're hiring.
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You should pretty much never trust magicians who "explain" how their illusions work. Sometimes they genuinely do explain it, but often, it's still another trick. Derren Brown does this a lot.
My absolute favorite "magician" was a card manipulator who demonstrated how several of the standard card tricks worked. Even showing the trick from the side and also from behind (his back to the audience so you see how he's doing it) the technical skill was amazing. It motivated me to learn prestidigitation. It turns out that my fingers are too short to do card tricks with standard playing cards (also too short for t…
"Firms hire elderly office boys to wait in line at banks and notaries, exploiting federal rules giving priority to anyone over 60." Retirement Plan Z (if everything else fails): Work as a messenger in Brazil. They're hiring.
I loved his shows when I was a kid. I was pretty into magic (e.g. going to the local shop and buying tricks) and this show was the most exciting thing I had ever seen. I get that it broke many rules, but I think it was well timed. If it had been earlier I think it would have been a true rule-breaking, “we’re exposing secrets cuz we just don’t care” type of thing. But in the 90s/00s it was a moment in which a new gene…