Who is your favorite magician?

[freekundli]

Hi everyone!

I am new to posting on this forum but wanted to ask you all who is your favorite magician and why?

[DrP]

recently Dynamo - because he's a pretty normal as a fella and is super cool and does close up tricks.

I really like Penn and Teller as they push the boundaries and include comedy.

I also love Derren Brown for his style and superb distractions.

 

But my favourite?.... would have to be ME!!! As I like whipping out the odd trick in bars and at parties and stuff and sometimes for fun I even do a David Blain/Dynamo stunt on total strangers in the street - because it is awesome fun.;

[geordief]

Tommy Cooper. A brilliant performer who was able to do the magic and fluff it at the same time.

 

Apparently a really unpleasant character in real life though.

[Prometheus]

I'd go for Derren Brown too - i like how he uses his abilities to demonstrate how easily manipulated we are into believing untrue things. Very good live performances too - better than the TV stuff.

[freekundli]

Probably Ricky Jay or Teller. As far as passed, probably Dai Vernon.

[DrP]

ooh! Ricky Jay!? Is he that amazing card guy? Deals like a wizard and throws cards into melons and stuff - he's good..

 

I also like Jay Sankey - he does ace you-tube tutorials for some simple but really cleaver and powerful little tricks.

[John Cuthber]

I'm a big fan of Penn and Teller - mainly because they do things that don't just entertain, but inform.

Stuff like this

[elfmotat]

James (The Amazing) Randi. Not so much for the magic itself, but for everything he's done for skepticism and rational thought.

[MigL]

Greg Frewin, who has a local theater here in Niagara Falls, but also appears in Vegas, cruise ships, TV specials, etc.

Mostly because my niece has been in his show for about 8 yrs.

[freekundli]

Tommy Cooper.

I have seen his videos on youtube and i am very impressed.

[thatsneakyguy]

I like this trick by Dynamo:

 

 

 

In a related note, I've met someone online who think magicians are real.

[DrP]

yea - well you get nuts everywhere... They ARE real - in the way that they are real people doing real things, but all of their 'tricks' are just that - tricks. I've seen those vids where they claim that all magicians are possessed and use real magic. It's just part of their god delusion.