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Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed
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Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally
Revealed

Title card from the first episode. Subsequent episodes had a number
after "REVEALED."
Format Reality
Documentary
Starring Mitch Pileggi (narrator)
Val Valentino (Masked Magician)
Country of origin  United States
No. of episodes 5 in original series, 13 in new series
Production
Running time 1 hour
Broadcast
Original channel FOX Network
Original run November 24, 1997 – October 29, 1998
Breaking the Magicians' Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed
is a series of television shows in which the methods behind magic
tricks and illusions are explained. In its original incarnation there
were four shows broadcast in 1997 and 1998 on the FOX Network in the
US, and on Sky and ITV in the UK. Subsequently a new series of
thirteen shows is being broadcast by MyNetworkTV in the US and on ITV
in the UK.

Contents [hide]
1 The Original Series
2 Subsequent Specials
3 2008 Series Revival
4 External links



[edit] The Original Series
The series is made by production company Nash Entertainment. The first
four specials featured incognito magician Val Valentino as the Masked
Magician, who performed large-scale illusions and smaller-scale close
up magic tricks, before revealing the secrets of the tricks. The
Masked Magician was promoted as a well-known magician who wore a mask
to avoid recrimination from fellow magicians.

The title alluded to the magician's code: the promise by working
magicians to not reveal the basis of their tricks, or else risk
getting blackballed by fellow magicians.

The first four episodes were hosted by Mitch Pileggi, who also
narrated for the parts with the illusions. All the episodes in the new
series are also narrated by him, but he does not appear on screen.

List of Grand Illusions Revealed
Show One
November 24, 1997 Lady to Tiger,
Levitation,
Chinese Lantern,
Zig Zag Girl,
Exploding Packing Crate,
Sawing a Woman in Half (Selbit's Sawing),
Sword Basket,
Metamorphosis,
Vanishing Elephant


Show Two
March 3, 1998 Crusher,
Teleportation,
Lady of Steel,
Suit of Armor,
Shooting an Arrow Through a Woman,
Switching Places,
Box of Pain,
Water Torture Escape


Show Three
May 5, 1998 Table of Death,
Stretcher,
Knife Throwing,
Haunted House,
Bullet Catch,
Mismade Girl,
Vanishing Tank


Show Four
October 29, 1998 Car Crusher Escape,
Cremation,
Spike Torture,
Guillotine,
Buried Alive,
Death Trap


Show Five
May 15, 2002 Sawing Through a Woman with a Buzz Saw,
Making an Assistant Disappear,
Broom Suspension,
Going Through the Portal,
Disappearing Dumptruck,
Frozen Alive


This list covers only large-scale illusions. Other tricks were
exposed.

At the end of the fourth show, the Masked Magician unmasked himself,
and revealed that he was Val Valentino.


[edit] Subsequent Specials
At the end of the fourth show, the now-unmasked Val Valentino
announced he would soon star in live magic shows in places like Las
Vegas. On February 23, 2000, Fox broadcast Secrets of Street Magicians
Finally Revealed which featured a masked street magician performing
tricks in the style of David Blaine. Fox returned to the original
format on May 15, 2002, with Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's
Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed 5. The new magician was wearing a new
mask and a new outfit.


[edit] 2008 Series Revival
MyNetworkTV bought thirteen new specials for broadcast in the US
during fall of 2008. Val Valentino is credited as a producer. The
makers have promised the new specials will have all new illusions not
previously shown. The first episode aired on October 2. Subsequent
episodes are scheduled every Monday after that. WWE Divas Maria
Kanellis and Eve Torres appeared in the first episode. The show will
continue being aired on March 3rd on MyNetworkTV in the United States
and will be available in HD.

List of Grand Illusions Revealed
Show One
October 2, 2008 Death Saw
De Kolta Chair
Turning a Bentley into a Lamborghini
Making a String Quartet Disappear
Passing Through a Steel Wall


Show Two
October 6, 2008 Making a Girl Vanish from a Table
Levitating a Girl on a Floating Table
Dismemberment
Making a Girl Appear from a Set of Clothing
Making an Elephant Appear in an Empty Parking Lot


Show Three
October 13, 2008 Head Being Cut off by a Guillotine
Making a Girl Disappear from a Cabinet
Houdini Milk Can Escape
Making Dancers Disappear from a Stage
Chain Through Neck
Levitating from Building to Building


Show Four
October 20, 2008 Making a Bomb Squad Car Disappear
Assistant's Revenge
Sawing a Girl in Half in a Torture Device
Sticking a Rose Through a Girl
Passing Through a Turbofan


Show Five
November 3, 2008 Making a Woman Disappear From a Cabinet and Reappear
Somewhere Else
Passing Through a Steel Plate
The Twister
Impaling a Woman With a Sword
Surviving Being Cut Up in a Wood Chipper


Show Six
November 10, 2008 Teleporting From One Oil Drum to Another
Topsy-Turvy (Flipping a Box But Not the Girl Inside It)
Magically Writing On a Slate Board
Cutting a Girl In Three
Teleportation


Show Seven
November 17, 2008 Levitating a Girl on a Table
Making Girls Appear in a Crystal Cylinder
"Twilight Zone" Door
Disembodied Princess (Removing the Magician's Torso)
Impaling a Girl on a Spike


Show Eight
November 24, 2008 Houdini's Magic Trunk
Making a Girl's Middle Disappear
Evil Spirit Pyramid - Conjuring Spirits
Catching a Selected Card in the Air with a Sword
Escaping the Blades of Death


This list covers only large-scale illusions. Other tricks were
exposed.


[edit] External links
2008 series production website
Official production website
Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed
at the Internet Movie Database
Breaking the Magician's Code 2: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally
Revealed at the Internet Movie Database
Breaking the Magician's Code 3: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally
Revealed at the Internet Movie Database
Breaking the Magician's Code 4: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally
Revealed at the Internet Movie Database
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