Who Are your Favorite Magicians

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Postby bofx » May 3rd, '05, 09:54



Juan Tamariz, René Lavand, Ricky Jay, Guy Hollingworth, Derren Brown, Tommy Wonder, ...

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Postby MagicBill » May 3rd, '05, 14:03

My favourite magician is David Regal - by a mile!

His presentation is second to none and his effects are very, very clever.

His first set of tapes feature several visual card miracles that I use when I really need to blow their socks off!

Check them out.

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Postby Tomo » May 7th, '05, 22:28

Hello there.

Can I play?

Ali Bongo - genius.

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Postby Sam:monkey fist » May 8th, '05, 17:28

One of my favorites is Paul Zenon i think he has a very good approach to magic. Really though anyone who presents magic well whether, it be Penn and Teller, Derran Brown, Blaine or even The old grandad down the road will get my admiration as it is not always the magician but the feeling your left with inside that creates the most enjoyment.

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Postby DWmagic » May 8th, '05, 19:15

I think Mac King is great because of his performance abilitys. I also like Gregory Wilson, Jeff Mcbride, Penn and Teller and Paul Daniels. Jay Sankey is great to, but his sence of Humour is a bit weird.

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Postby The Magician » May 16th, '05, 13:25

David Blaine , David Copperfield , Dai Vernon , Ed Marlo , Paul Daniels , Harry Houdini

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Postby magicalcraig » May 27th, '05, 21:13

I like Keith Barry because he cool looking 8) and he does tricks to celebrities such as Justin timberlake and steve-o off jackass

I also like Lance Burton because I.ve seen one of his shows and I think he's very good. He does different kinds of magic

and Jeff Mcbride because he does art magic such as wearing masks and music plays while hes performing magic.

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Postby Eellas Mit » May 31st, '05, 13:16

My Favorites would have to be (in no special order) Penn and Teller, Dante, Houdini, Max Maven, and Kirby VanBurch.

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Postby MagicAL » Jun 1st, '05, 19:01

My fave without a doubt is Jerry Sadowitz. Seen him perform a few times, and although I know his comedy is not suitable for some (most?!?) In the right environment you cant help but laugh. And what a great way to misdirect people! :lol:

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Postby darklight » Jun 18th, '05, 19:30

my favourites are Derren Brown & Stephen Mulhern both are absolutely fantastic they have a real charisma that a lot of magicians/illusionists lack & they are both very funny too :D

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Postby SquallLHeart » Jun 18th, '05, 19:57

I've been admiring Peter Marvey's crazy manipulation skills ever since I saw him TV years ago on The World's Greatest Magic. 8)

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Postby Clifford the Red » Jul 5th, '05, 23:23

Eugene Burger - Gave me my most powerful breakthroughs, incredibly intelligent and knowledgable about all sorts of things!

Borodin, Poinc, Punx - Presentation Gods

David Copperfield - master of perfecting the effect, meaningful performances in a large arena.

Derren Brown - superb performer and thinker

Rene Lavande - Pure class

I have more but that is good for now :D

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Postby Biggz » Jul 6th, '05, 00:07

I absolutely love watching Lennart Green. Genius.

and my other joint favourite is Derren Brown. Although i cant do much of it, i just love watching his Devil's Picturebook. Also recently, i made the journey to London to see his "Something wicked this way comes." Awesome.

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Postby hangman1 » Jul 6th, '05, 00:34

would have to be lennart green for technical skill, and derren brown for showmanship, although i preffered his first tour than the second.

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Postby Java » Jul 6th, '05, 09:45

Ricky Jay, Derren Brown and Paul Daniels. The person who inspired me to start learning magic rather than just watching was someone called Kevin Ray. I only ever say him twice - the first time on the 80s ITV children's programme 'Illusions' and the second time on the Paul Daniels show. His card handling was very smooth. I've got no idea what happened to him as I can find no references anywhere.

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