Why did he do it

Made him lots of money and infamy J guess. Penn and Teller had done similar stuff but not on the same scale. So weird to think most people genuinely had no idea how these tricks were done back then and now you can look it up in 30 seconds.
Even at the time I remember the lecherous narration being hilariously excessive and uncomfortable to watch with my parents.

Why was it such a controversy? Penn & Teller have revealed plenty of their tricks over the years, sometimes right after doing them.

Nobody cares about Pen and Teller. Maybe if they put on a mask...

He told why he did it when he did the unmasking

Now this next dancer has a body I'd like to saw in half. Guess which half I'm keeping.

Can't guess?

You're wrong. It's both.

More like the sex files

The masked magician is going to be assisted; perhaps to his doom, by his two lovely mistresses. One might say death would be a price worth paying if they wrap their legs around your neck and choke you to death in their succulence.

she*

It was a woman in the original airring in the UK
When it went to the US valentino literally threw a hissy fit and threatened to sue unless he was in the American version stating nobody would believe it was real unless he was behind it all

b-b-b-but

Nope, the original airring even had the whole thing fully explained in a two hour special, pointing out the camera tricks, how she had to bind her tits, the constant reference to the two 'attractive' assistants to throw you off thinking the magician was a man

UK here, no it wasn't

What channel did it first on air over here?

To allow autists like me an opportunity to be a magician.

the art form that took someone 10 years to perfect should be available for everyone

just because you know how it's done, it doesn't mean you can do it.

Wasn't it all some ancient tricks? Not something that someone had just spend 10 years of inventing

but all it teaches you is that you need a bunch of sexy women to distract the audience, could you do that?

Sky

I don't need sexy ladies as a distraction, Anon. To quote the great band LMFAO, "I'm sexy and I know it".

Sky One? So the reruns then from the US

It was an American show you dingus

Is this show woke?

youtube.com/watch?v=xAoltMUhJDY
Is this by far the most embarrassing one?

Nope
Was British originally
itv one of special during the September/October period when new shit gets thrown to see what fits, more movies, speicals, etc played then and then it got picked up into a whole show with the retarded faggot claiming credit

Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed is a series of television shows and specials in which the methods behind magic tricks and illusions are explained by a narrator and are performed in a warehouse in the United States with no audience

Production company: Nash Entertainment

Nash Entertainment is an American reality television production company founded in 1994 by Bruce Nash. The company is located at Sunset Gower Studios in Hollywood, California

Valentino had been approached by Fox while he was performing in Las Vegas showrooms. After some negotiation, Valentino signed to do the program, promising that he would reveal the secrets behind old illusions only.

ah yes, American history

You're aware that Wikipedia is primarily an American marketing firm, right? Like literally everything is told from an American central view

It doesn't change facts. Yes, Valentino threatened to sue the studio unless he was allowed to be in it and make it about himself.
Still doesnt' change it was a UK one off special first

the original literally was 5 hours long. Fun fact, most episodes contained two tricks each but the US version padded them out to be one episode per trick

well known faked article to throw people off her true identity. surprised you fell for it though, thought true fans knew better

doubling down

What do you want me to do, anon?
Say 'yessir, I acknowledge the lies written in Wikipedia is in fact factual and that the UK channels indeed time travelled with stolen television programming?'

And I suppose the Great American Conspiracy is preventing you from posting a clip or image of this mythical "UK original" right?

magicians don't want you to know their secrets, not because it will ruin the trick, but because it exposes how dreadful liars they are.
anything a magician says to you is not a diversion or a misdirection, its simply a bare faced lie.
if you want to figure out easily how a trick is done, you only have to listen to what they say, and then understand the opposite is true.
rarely is there any real talent or skill, they only take advantage of your trust in what they tell you.

disgusting.

american, 13 year old lock down-baby with jabaholic parents who never heard of the maskt macigian before this thread

don't you have a clip of the 1997 version??? Are you a liar???

The fuck is wrong with you? Do you record every fucking television show from 1997 in case some retarded spergs out and wants 'le hecking proof'

There is no American conspiracy. Stop stating there is

trippling down

it was not a "whole show", it was a series of specials over a year, there was only four of them and they were months apart

This routine sucks bro. You're not gonna get a residency in Vegas.

admits to being an oxygen starved infant born of gag-wearing retards

not the same anon, retard

In yankland, yes
The original was 4 over 4 Saturday nights, with a two hour on one the final one
You're mixing it up with the incredibly shitty version they did for Sky One that did have Valentino as the magician

In yankland, yes

Then why did you claim it was "picked up into a whole show"?

quadrupling down

Because fuck ‘em. That’s why!

Are you that stupid, anon?
It was a show
It was a show with multiple episodes
It then was remade a few years later into specials

Look, if you're going to get confused and nto realize the following:
ITV 4 episodes (final one was two hours long) wit female magician and each episode contain 2-3 tricks, depending on the length of the tricks
US original (13 episodes or the 'first' special with each episode having one trick, call bakcs, shitty fucking voice overs, 'le interviews, le hidden secrets of le society' and other shit to buy up time)
US original+ (other three specials with zooming through tricks)

US original (13 episodes or the 'first' special with each episode having one trick, call bakcs, shitty fucking voice overs, 'le interviews, le hidden secrets of le society' and other shit to buy up time)

The US show was four specials over the course of a year.

Is it true he wears the mask so other magicians can't find him and kill him?

He was mad that Teller didn't talk to him.

Nope
That was the version after the oirginal tricks were done in hour long slots and then got cut down and remade

or are you referring to the ones after the original that was copied from the ITV version with the female magician because if so then you are right

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named teller

doesn't tell