>> We got a special P&T show as part of the 2004 Randi Amazing Meeting,
>> but I was a little disappointed. The tricks they did as part of a
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>He was
>really bringing in the crowds.
Lance Burton did an escape from a straight jacket at the Randi
conference I went to. At the time he was reputed to be the
highest-paid entertainer in Las Vegas. The following week we saw a
busker at the Fisherman's Wharf cable car terminus do a far better
escape act. He was working for coins in a hat. Life's not fair.
> Now, I think he has his own theatre in
>Vegas,
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>his
>fakehood.
That would be Uri Geller and it was Randi who exposed him. Carson was
a friend of Randi's and arranged to set Geller up on live TV.
Drug warning: Randi's fans are very loyal and possessive. Consumption
of one more glass of Jim Beam and Coke can cause certain people very
close to my keyboard right now to stand on a dance floor at a Randi
fanfest and do a spoon-bending trick. Consumption of alcohol by
spectators allowed me^H^Hhim to get away with it and even garner
applause.

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Garrison Hilliard - 30 Mar 2008 17:09 GMT
> >> We got a special P&T show as part of the 2004 Randi Amazing Meeting,
> >> but I was a little disappointed. The tricks they did as part of a
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> spectators allowed me^H^Hhim to get away with it and even garner
> applause.
Actually, it was a combination job of two magicians (Randi and Carson)
taking out a fraudulant third (Geller) magician who claimed psychic
powers.