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(Redirected from Breaking the Magician's Code)
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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 â€“ 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
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_the_Magician
%27s_Code:_Magic%27s_Biggest_Secrets_Finally_Revealed"
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Guest   Post subject: Re: Series ReturnPosted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:31
am

Guest wrote:
MaskedMagicianFan wrote:
Info about the show's return!!!
ADVANCED LASER CHESS
PD Game from Amiga Resource Magazine, Summer `89 Issue
Docs created by Vic Serbe, Big City Lights BBS, 217-356-7776,2400,N,
8,1


GETTING STARTED:
First of all you should know that this game has a slew of digitized
samples that it expects to find in a directory called "samples" off
of the current directory. Make sure that these are available before
you run the game. If the game doesn't find the sounds, it WON'T
crash your machine, but it will let you know before it loads the
game that it couldn't find them.

WORKBENCH:
Just double click the icon and go. To exit the title screen and
play the game, click the left mouse button. To bypass the title
screen, double click the left mouse button.

CLI:
Make sure that the current directory is the one with the program
files in it and the samples directory off of it. Then type
"ADVLASER" <cr>.

a.) The background sound can be toggled on and off by pressing the
space bar.

b.) Advanced Laser Chess (ALC) is a well-behaved multi-tasking
program and can be pushed to the back with the left-Amiga-N key
sequence.

c.) ALC is strictly a two player game. One may play with one's
self, but it's a good way to go blind (and it's boring too!).


THE GAME

THE DISPLACEMENT DEVICE:
In the center of the board, you will see the displacement device.
this device will randomly appear and disappear after each player
turn. Any piece placed on it will disappear and re-appear at a
random location pointing in a random direction somewhere on the
board. When the displacement device is not present, the square
becomes a gate! (see below)

GATES:
The center column on the playing board contains four gates (not
counting the one that appears when the displacement device is
absent) that open and close randomly. Closed gates act as normal
playing area squares. Open gates are TOTALLY DESTRUCTIVE! If a
piece is moved on to an open gate, or is on a gate when it opens,
it's blown to kingdom come!


THE PIECES
(See the iff picture called PIECES.IFF)

Like [boring] chess, each piece in the game has it's own
characteristics. The brightly colored sides are reflective armor,
and all other surfaces are vulnerable to laser hits. Laser hits on
the reflective surfaces will be reflected with no harm coming to
the piece. Laser hits on the non-reflective surfaces will cause the
piece to either be frozen or destroyed (depending on which type of
laser hit it).

To select a piece, simply click the left mouse button on it. To
deselect a piece, simply click the left mouse button on it again
or move the piece (by clicking the left mouse button on the
destination square). All pieces may move in horizontal or vertical
directions only. Therefore, a single diagonal movement will take
two moves (one horizontal and one vertical).

Each player gets three moves in each turn. The three moves may be
taken in any way the player wishes. All moves may be used for one
piece or the moves may be shared by up to three pieces. A given
laser may be fired only once per turn. The laser beam will not
cease until the left mouse button is released... that way you can
see exactly what the path of the laser was when it was fired.

All of the pieces in the game except the fully mirrored octagon and
the hypergon (see below) may be rotated to any position in 45
degree clockwise increments. Any time a piece is rotated to any new
position (even if several 45 degree steps are taken) ONE of the
three moves will be used. If that piece is rotated back to it's
original position (BEFORE DESELECTION) then no moves will be used
when deselection occurs.

STOMPERS:
Stompers appear as octagons (either the fully or partially
reflective type). Stompers can take other pieces (EVEN OF THE SAME
COLOR) if they are moved on top of them.

KINGS:
The Kings are the diamond shaped pieces on the board. Kill the King
and you win the game. Kings can take other pieces just like the
stompers can, but they are VERY vulnerable and equally important.
Great care should be taken whenever you move a King. If a King is
taken, the game is over. The entire playing board will then turn
the same color as the assailants pieces (click any mouse button to
return the board to normal). When the game has ended, the only
icons that will work are the QUIT, RESTART, and DISK icons.

HYPERGONS:
Hypergons look like wagon wheels. The hypergon is a mobile
displacement device. To displace a piece (yours OR your opponents)
simply move the hypergon on top of it. Any laser that hits a
hypergon is reflected in a random direction.

TRIANGULAR MIRRORS:
Triangular Mirrors are the basis for laser offense and defense.
They have only one reflective side and may be moved, taken, or
destroyed just like any other piece.

ONE-WAY MIRRORS:
One-Way Mirrors look like an arrow enclosed in a rectangle. A laser
will pass THROUGH the one way mirror without destroying or freezing
it as long as the laser is going in the EXACT direction of that
arrow. Any beam that strikes any other surface (except the
reflective surface) will either freeze or destroy the piece. One
way mirrors are excellent shields for Destructive Lasers.

DESTRUCTIVE LASERS:
Destructive Lasers look like a cannon. These little muthers will
destroy ANY piece (except the hypergon) whose non-reflective
surface is struck by their beam. Please note that the laser itself
has no reflective surfaces, so it's as vulnerable as it is
powerful!

FREEZE (STUN) LASERS:
Freeze Lasers look like little romulan space ships and fire from
the back end. Any piece struck on a non-reflective surface (except
the hypergon) by an Freeze Laser's beam will turn white and be
temporarily frozen (disabled). A frozen piece has a 20% chance of
being un-frozen at the beginning of each turn. Frozen pieces are
VERY vulnerable. They cannot be selected or moved, and become non-
reflective on all sides!

BEAM SPLITTERS:
Beam Splitters look like smaller triangular mirrors that have two
reflective sides. If a beam of any type strikes the point where the
two reflective sides meet (the reflective vertex), the beam is then
split into two equivalent beams and are deflected perpendicularly
to the original beam. Any beam that travels parallel to the
reflective surface will miss the Beam Splitter and pass through the
square freely.

BOMBS:
Finally, the Bombs are square shaped pieces that are between the
Freeze Lasers and the Triangular Mirrors at the beginning of the
game. Potentially the most destructive pieces on the board, Bombs
will take out everything in a bordering square when detonated by
the destructive laser! Bombs are detonated with laser beams. There
are 4 detonation portals on the Bomb... one on each side. If a
laser hits the Bomb on any other surface, the Bomb will be
destroyed or frozen depending on the type of beam that hit it. If
a freeze beam enters a detonation portal of the Bomb, all pieces
in squares bordering the Bomb are frozen along with the Bomb. If
a Bomb is in a square bordering a Bomb that's detonated, it will
be destroyed, but NOT detonated (no chain reactions allowed here).


ICONS

All of the icons will change to the color of the pieces who's turn
it is at the beginning of each turn.

The numbers in the upper left corner display the number of moves
left in a given players turn.

The QUESTION MARK icon will highlight all of the possible
destination squares available for a given piece. Simply select a
piece, then click the left mouse button on the icon and hold it as
long as you like (no moves will be used) while that piece is
selected (good for new players).

The PASS icon will forfeit any moves remaining in a turn and bring
up the next player's turn.

The LASER icon will fire a selected laser and use one move. If that
particular laser has already been fired in that turn, then nothing
happens and no moves are forfeited.

The DISK icon will bring up a requestor that will allow you to
either save a game, restore a game, or cancel the requestor. This
function can be used at any time during, before, or after a game.
When Save or Restore is selected, a string gadget is brought up and
you type the name of the game in ( a .ALC extension is assumed on
a restore and appended on a save). The standard board setup (like
at the beginning of the game) is named DEFAULT.ALC.

The LOSS icon will bring up a screen displaying all of the pieces
lost by both players up to that point in the game. The screen will
be displayed as long as the left mouse button is held, and gameplay
will resume as soon as the mouse button is released.

The RESTART icon will restart the game from scratch.

The QUIT icon will exit the game completely.


GAME CUSTOMIZATION

All of the samples in the samples directory are stored in standard
IFF form and may be changed to whatever you would like them to be,
but make sure that your samples are named the same as the
originals, sampled at about 10,000 samples per second, and are less
than 32K. All you need is sampling hardware and software (sold
together for as little as $65.00 Mail Order) and the ability to
store samples in IFF form.

NOTE: BACKUP THE ORIGINALS IF YOU CHANGE THESE!

There is also an IFF file called ALC_PIECE.PIC. You may customize
the color of the game pieces by using a paint program such as
Deluxe Paint on this picture.



STRATEGIES

The main factor in wiping out the opponents King is foresight.
Always remember that each player has THREE moves in which they may
fire or capture in.

Try to sneak your mirrors around without giving away what you're
setting up. Indirect laser shots are the most impressive and
destructive by far!

Use the One-Way Mirrors as shields for your lasers. The One-Way
Mirrors will allow your shots out, but no others in (at least not
directly).




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Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed
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Jump to: navigation, search
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 â€“ 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
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_the_Magician
%27s_Code:_Magic%27s_Biggest_Secrets_Finally_Revealed"
Category: Television magic shows
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Guest   Post subject: Re: Series ReturnPosted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 10:38
am

Guest wrote:
Guest wrote:
MaskedMagicianFan wrote:
Info about the show's return!!!
ADVANCED LASER CHESS
PD Game from Amiga Resource Magazine, Summer `89 Issue
Docs created by Vic Serbe, Big City Lights BBS, 217-356-7776,2400,N,
8,1


GETTING STARTED:
First of all you should know that this game has a slew of digitized
samples that it expects to find in a directory called "samples" off
of the current directory. Make sure that these are available before
you run the game. If the game doesn't find the sounds, it WON'T
crash your machine, but it will let you know before it loads the
game that it couldn't find them.

WORKBENCH:
Just double click the icon and go. To exit the title screen and
play the game, click the left mouse button. To bypass the title
screen, double click the left mouse button.

CLI:
Make sure that the current directory is the one with the program
files in it and the samples directory off of it. Then type
"ADVLASER" <cr>.

a.) The background sound can be toggled on and off by pressing the
space bar.

b.) Advanced Laser Chess (ALC) is a well-behaved multi-tasking
program and can be pushed to the back with the left-Amiga-N key
sequence.

c.) ALC is strictly a two player game. One may play with one's
self, but it's a good way to go blind (and it's boring too!).


THE GAME

THE DISPLACEMENT DEVICE:
In the center of the board, you will see the displacement device.
this device will randomly appear and disappear after each player
turn. Any piece placed on it will disappear and re-appear at a
random location pointing in a random direction somewhere on the
board. When the displacement device is not present, the square
becomes a gate! (see below)

GATES:
The center column on the playing board contains four gates (not
counting the one that appears when the displacement device is
absent) that open and close randomly. Closed gates act as normal
playing area squares. Open gates are TOTALLY DESTRUCTIVE! If a
piece is moved on to an open gate, or is on a gate when it opens,
it's blown to kingdom come!


THE PIECES
(See the iff picture called PIECES.IFF)

Like [boring] chess, each piece in the game has it's own
characteristics. The brightly colored sides are reflective armor,
and all other surfaces are vulnerable to laser hits. Laser hits on
the reflective surfaces will be reflected with no harm coming to
the piece. Laser hits on the non-reflective surfaces will cause the
piece to either be frozen or destroyed (depending on which type of
laser hit it).

To select a piece, simply click the left mouse button on it. To
deselect a piece, simply click the left mouse button on it again
or move the piece (by clicking the left mouse button on the
destination square). All pieces may move in horizontal or vertical
directions only. Therefore, a single diagonal movement will take
two moves (one horizontal and one vertical).

Each player gets three moves in each turn. The three moves may be
taken in any way the player wishes. All moves may be used for one
piece or the moves may be shared by up to three pieces. A given
laser may be fired only once per turn. The laser beam will not
cease until the left mouse button is released... that way you can
see exactly what the path of the laser was when it was fired.

All of the pieces in the game except the fully mirrored octagon and
the hypergon (see below) may be rotated to any position in 45
degree clockwise increments. Any time a piece is rotated to any new
position (even if several 45 degree steps are taken) ONE of the
three moves will be used. If that piece is rotated back to it's
original position (BEFORE DESELECTION) then no moves will be used
when deselection occurs.

STOMPERS:
Stompers appear as octagons (either the fully or partially
reflective type). Stompers can take other pieces (EVEN OF THE SAME
COLOR) if they are moved on top of them.

KINGS:
The Kings are the diamond shaped pieces on the board. Kill the King
and you win the game. Kings can take other pieces just like the
stompers can, but they are VERY vulnerable and equally important.
Great care should be taken whenever you move a King. If a King is
taken, the game is over. The entire playing board will then turn
the same color as the assailants pieces (click any mouse button to
return the board to normal). When the game has ended, the only
icons that will work are the QUIT, RESTART, and DISK icons.

HYPERGONS:
Hypergons look like wagon wheels. The hypergon is a mobile
displacement device. To displace a piece (yours OR your opponents)
simply move the hypergon on top of it. Any laser that hits a
hypergon is reflected in a random direction.

TRIANGULAR MIRRORS:
Triangular Mirrors are the basis for laser offense and defense.
They have only one reflective side and may be moved, taken, or
destroyed just like any other piece.

ONE-WAY MIRRORS:
One-Way Mirrors look like an arrow enclosed in a rectangle. A laser
will pass THROUGH the one way mirror without destroying or freezing
it as long as the laser is going in the EXACT direction of that
arrow. Any beam that strikes any other surface (except the
reflective surface) will either freeze or destroy the piece. One
way mirrors are excellent shields for Destructive Lasers.

DESTRUCTIVE LASERS:
Destructive Lasers look like a cannon. These little muthers will
destroy ANY piece (except the hypergon) whose non-reflective
surface is struck by their beam. Please note that the laser itself
has no reflective surfaces, so it's as vulnerable as it is
powerful!

FREEZE (STUN) LASERS:
Freeze Lasers look like little romulan space ships and fire from
the back end. Any piece struck on a non-reflective surface (except
the hypergon) by an Freeze Laser's beam will turn white and be
temporarily frozen (disabled). A frozen piece has a 20% chance of
being un-frozen at the beginning of each turn. Frozen pieces are
VERY vulnerable. They cannot be selected or moved, and become non-
reflective on all sides!

BEAM SPLITTERS:
Beam Splitters look like smaller triangular mirrors that have two
reflective sides. If a beam of any type strikes the point where the
two reflective sides meet (the reflective vertex), the beam is then
split into two equivalent beams and are deflected perpendicularly
to the original beam. Any beam that travels parallel to the
reflective surface will miss the Beam Splitter and pass through the
square freely.

BOMBS:
Finally, the Bombs are square shaped pieces that are between the
Freeze Lasers and the Triangular Mirrors at the beginning of the
game. Potentially the most destructive pieces on the board, Bombs
will take out everything in a bordering square when detonated by
the destructive laser! Bombs are detonated with laser beams. There
are 4 detonation portals on the Bomb... one on each side. If a
laser hits the Bomb on any other surface, the Bomb will be
destroyed or frozen depending on the type of beam that hit it. If
a freeze beam enters a detonation portal of the Bomb, all pieces
in squares bordering the Bomb are frozen along with the Bomb. If
a Bomb is in a square bordering a Bomb that's detonated, it will
be destroyed, but NOT detonated (no chain reactions allowed here).


ICONS

All of the icons will change to the color of the pieces who's turn
it is at the beginning of each turn.

The numbers in the upper left corner display the number of moves
left in a given players turn.

The QUESTION MARK icon will highlight all of the possible
destination squares available for a given piece. Simply select a
piece, then click the left mouse button on the icon and hold it as
long as you like (no moves will be used) while that piece is
selected (good for new players).

The PASS icon will forfeit any moves remaining in a turn and bring
up the next player's turn.

The LASER icon will fire a selected laser and use one move. If that
particular laser has already been fired in that turn, then nothing
happens and no moves are forfeited.

The DISK icon will bring up a requestor that will allow you to
either save a game, restore a game, or cancel the requestor. This
function can be used at any time during, before, or after a game.
When Save or Restore is selected, a string gadget is brought up and
you type the name of the game in ( a .ALC extension is assumed on
a restore and appended on a save). The standard board setup (like
at the beginning of the game) is named DEFAULT.ALC.

The LOSS icon will bring up a screen displaying all of the pieces
lost by both players up to that point in the game. The screen will
be displayed as long as the left mouse button is held, and gameplay
will resume as soon as the mouse button is released.

The RESTART icon will restart the game from scratch.

The QUIT icon will exit the game completely.


GAME CUSTOMIZATION

All of the samples in the samples directory are stored in standard
IFF form and may be changed to whatever you would like them to be,
but make sure that your samples are named the same as the
originals, sampled at about 10,000 samples per second, and are less
than 32K. All you need is sampling hardware and software (sold
together for as little as $65.00 Mail Order) and the ability to
store samples in IFF form.

NOTE: BACKUP THE ORIGINALS IF YOU CHANGE THESE!

There is also an IFF file called ALC_PIECE.PIC. You may customize
the color of the game pieces by using a paint program such as
Deluxe Paint on this picture.



STRATEGIES

The main factor in wiping out the opponents King is foresight.
Always remember that each player has THREE moves in which they may
fire or capture in.

Try to sneak your mirrors around without giving away what you're
setting up. Indirect laser shots are the most impressive and
destructive by far!

Use the One-Way Mirrors as shields for your lasers. The One-Way
Mirrors will allow your shots out, but no others in (at least not
directly).




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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 â€“ 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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Didn't Doug Henney do Fickle Nickle (bare-handed coin vanish) on his
first special, live in the seventies? AND wasn't the modus operandi
embarrisingly visible, ie. body attachment? I am referencing a
discussion of this topic several days old in which Mitch Leary sings
it's praises. I don't own the effect but if it's visible on
televison,
that's not very encouraging to performers out here in the trenches.
Or
maybe Doug did something different...

On the other side of the coin (no pun intended) (oh, all right),
remember that trick with the red velvet piece of cord, a heavy brass
ring, and a weighty gimmick? Henning did THAT on Carson (on a black
close-up mat) and it looked great. Only problem was, when you bought
it,
you found out that the modus operandi, which was NOT visible on TV,
was
very visible in real life. This made the trick undoable except to
far-sighted people in a really dark room.


Ah, the junk cluttering up our drawers. (I know, so change your
drawers.)


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I remember the DH special and I never saw the gimmick. Maybe with HD
tv you might today.


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> Didn't Doug Henney do Fickle Nickle (bare-handed coin vanish) on his
> first special, live in the seventies? AND wasn't the modus operandi
> embarrisingly visible, ie. body attachment? I am referencing a
> discussion of this topic several days old in which Mitch Leary sings
> it's praises. I don't own the effect but if it's visible on
televison,
> that's not very encouraging to performers out here in the trenches.
Or
> maybe Doug did something different...

> On the other side of the coin (no pun intended) (oh, all right),
> remember that trick with the red velvet piece of cord, a heavy brass
> ring, and a weighty gimmick? Henning did THAT on Carson (on a black
> close-up mat) and it looked great. Only problem was, when you bought
it,
> you found out that the modus operandi, which was NOT visible on TV,
was
> very visible in real life. This made the trick undoable except to
> far-sighted people in a really dark room.


> Ah, the junk cluttering up our drawers. (I know, so change your
drawers.)


> randwill





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On you second point, from the Stars of Magic series, the gimmick is
very unexpected and I think it is performable though I've never
tried.
I bought one on ebay out of curiosity for a few bucks.


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> Didn't Doug Henney do Fickle Nickle (bare-handed coin vanish) on his
> first special, live in the seventies? AND wasn't the modus operandi
> embarrisingly visible, ie. body attachment? I am referencing a
> discussion of this topic several days old in which Mitch Leary sings
> it's praises. I don't own the effect but if it's visible on
televison,
> that's not very encouraging to performers out here in the trenches.
Or
> maybe Doug did something different...

> On the other side of the coin (no pun intended) (oh, all right),
> remember that trick with the red velvet piece of cord, a heavy brass
> ring, and a weighty gimmick? Henning did THAT on Carson (on a black
> close-up mat) and it looked great. Only problem was, when you bought
it,
> you found out that the modus operandi, which was NOT visible on TV,
was
> very visible in real life. This made the trick undoable except to
> far-sighted people in a really dark room.


> Ah, the junk cluttering up our drawers. (I know, so change your
drawers.)


> randwill





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Yes he did open his first television special with it and no the method
was
not visible. It is still a very powerful method to use to vanish a
coin
slowly and cleanly.
PSIncerely Yours,
Paul Alberstat
http://www.MINDGUY.com


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> Didn't Doug Henney do Fickle Nickle (bare-handed coin vanish) on his
> first special, live in the seventies? AND wasn't the modus operandi
> embarrisingly visible, ie. body attachment? I am referencing a
> discussion of this topic several days old in which Mitch Leary sings
> it's praises. I don't own the effect but if it's visible on televison,
> that's not very encouraging to performers out here in the trenches. Or
> maybe Doug did something different...

> On the other side of the coin (no pun intended) (oh, all right),
> remember that trick with the red velvet piece of cord, a heavy brass
> ring, and a weighty gimmick? Henning did THAT on Carson (on a black
> close-up mat) and it looked great. Only problem was, when you bought it,
> you found out that the modus operandi, which was NOT visible on TV, was
> very visible in real life. This made the trick undoable except to
> far-sighted people in a really dark room.


> Ah, the junk cluttering up our drawers. (I know, so change your drawers.)


> randwill





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randwill <randw...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message <news:
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> Didn't Doug Henney do Fickle Nickle (bare-handed coin vanish) on his
> first special, live in the seventies? AND wasn't the modus operandi
> embarrisingly visible, ie. body attachment? I am referencing a
> discussion of this topic several days old in which Mitch Leary sings
> it's praises. I don't own the effect but if it's visible on televison,
> that's not very encouraging to performers out here in the trenches. Or
> maybe Doug did something different...

> On the other side of the coin (no pun intended) (oh, all right),
> remember that trick with the red velvet piece of cord, a heavy brass
> ring, and a weighty gimmick? Henning did THAT on Carson (on a black
> close-up mat) and it looked great. Only problem was, when you bought it,
> you found out that the modus operandi, which was NOT visible on TV, was
> very visible in real life. This made the trick undoable except to
> far-sighted people in a really dark room.


> Ah, the junk cluttering up our drawers. (I know, so change your drawers.)


> randwill



First my thoughts on FICKLE NICKLE. The gimmick is regular old IT and
a nickle shell--thats what comes with the trick. I didn't care for it
so I swithed to clear sewing thread and a real nickle. I perform it
indoors in a fairly well lit room and have never been busted. It
would be perfect for bar workers.

When Henning did FICKLE NICKLE on his television special back in '77
I
don't recall the gimmick being visible at all. I could be wrong, its
been 25 years and at the time I didn't know how it works so I didn't
know what to look for. I do remember it was a very tight shot of his
hand, if he was using black IT then perhaps it was visible, but you'd
be hard pressed to see it.


Come to think of it I don't know if IT was mainstream. Before IT they
used human hair.


Now, my thoughts on Doug Bennet's most excellent trick, BEWILDERING
--a Stars of Magic Mnuscript. I've been performing the trick on a red
close-up mat for 17 years and never once has the gimmick been
detected. The gimmick is clear sewing thread (or half-pound test
monoline). This trick KILLS!!!


I have modified the BEWILDERING gimmick by using a felt covered steel
bolt in place of the weight. The bolt is fitted into one of the rear
table legs and rises and falls silently. A magnet strapped to my knee
holds the bolt through the table leg until I'm ready for it to fall,
when I move my leg away. I use this gimmick for all kinds of
animations and other tricks. For the BEWILDERING trick I found that
working on a diagonal slant helps greatly in concealing the secret
move where the cord penetrates the ring.


Doug Bennet wrote a follow up book titled EXTRA SENSORY DECEPTIONS
(1984?) which contains further material for the trick. The effects in
this book are mind-blowing. For instance, the velvet cord fuses with
it reflection in the small pocket mirror...which is then pulled out
of
its own reflection into real life; you have this solid velvet loop
which has no ends! If you want to mindf**k somebody I can think of no
better way to do it. This book is full of stuff like that. Mr.
Bennet hung around Paul Harris in those days and this manuscript is
proof the man walked away in a most warped and hellish state of
dementia.


-Leary-




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cool hey what is be welrdering illusion?

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randwill <randw...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message


<news:3D1016A8.8000405@bellsouth.net>...
Didn't Doug Henney do Fickle Nickle (bare-handed coin vanish) on his
first special, live in the seventies? AND wasn't the modus operandi
embarrisingly visible, ie. body attachment? I am referencing a
discussion of this topic several days old in which Mitch Leary sings
it's praises. I don't own the effect but if it's visible on
televison,
that's not very encouraging to performers out here in the trenches.
Or
maybe Doug did something different...
On the other side of the coin (no pun intended) (oh, all right),
remember that trick with the red velvet piece of cord, a heavy brass
ring, and a weighty gimmick? Henning did THAT on Carson (on a black
close-up mat) and it looked great. Only problem was, when you bought
it,
you found out that the modus operandi, which was NOT visible on TV,
was
very visible in real life. This made the trick undoable except to
far-sighted people in a really dark room.
Ah, the junk cluttering up our drawers. (I know, so change your
drawers.)
randwill
First my thoughts on FICKLE NICKLE. The gimmick is regular old IT and
a
nickle shell--thats what comes with the trick. I didn't care for it so
I
swithed to clear sewing thread and a real nickle. I perform it
indoors
in a fairly well lit room and have never been busted. It would be
perfect for bar workers.
When Henning did FICKLE NICKLE on his television special back in '77
I
don't recall the gimmick being visible at all. I could be wrong, its
been 25 years and at the time I didn't know how it works so I didn't
know what to look for. I do remember it was a very tight shot of his
hand, if he was using black IT then perhaps it was visible, but you'd
be
hard pressed to see it.
Come to think of it I don't know if IT was mainstream. Before IT they
used human hair.
Now, my thoughts on Doug Bennet's most excellent trick, BEWILDERING --
a
Stars of Magic Mnuscript. I've been performing the trick on a red
close-up mat for 17 years and never once has the gimmick been
detected.
The gimmick is clear sewing thread (or half-pound test monoline).
This
trick KILLS!!!
I have modified the BEWILDERING gimmick by using a felt covered steel
bolt in place of the weight. The bolt is fitted into one of the rear
table legs and rises and falls silently. A magnet strapped to my knee
holds the bolt through the table leg until I'm ready for it to fall,
when I move my leg away. I use this gimmick for all kinds of
animations
and other tricks. For the BEWILDERING trick I found that working on a
diagonal slant helps greatly in concealing the secret move where the
cord penetrates the ring.
Doug Bennet wrote a follow up book titled EXTRA SENSORY DECEPTIONS
(1984?) which contains further material for the trick. The effects in
this book are mind-blowing. For instance, the velvet cord fuses with
it
reflection in the small pocket mirror...which is then pulled out of
its
own reflection into real life; you have this solid velvet loop which
has
no ends! If you want to mindf**k somebody I can think of no better
way
to do it. This book is full of stuff like that. Mr. Bennet hung
around
Paul Harris in those days and this manuscript is proof the man walked
away in a most warped and hellish state of dementia.
-Leary-

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Didn't Doug Henney do Fickle Nickle (bare-handed coin vanish) on his
first special, live in the seventies? AND wasn't the modus operandi
embarrisingly visible, ie. body attachment? I am referencing a
discussion of this topic several days old in which Mitch Leary sings
it's praises. I don't own the effect but if it's visible on
televison,
that's not very encouraging to performers out here in the trenches.
Or
maybe Doug did something different...

On the other side of the coin (no pun intended) (oh, all right),
remember that trick with the red velvet piece of cord, a heavy brass
ring, and a weighty gimmick? Henning did THAT on Carson (on a black
close-up mat) and it looked great. Only problem was, when you bought
it,
you found out that the modus operandi, which was NOT visible on TV,
was
very visible in real life. This made the trick undoable except to
far-sighted people in a really dark room.


Ah, the junk cluttering up our drawers. (I know, so change your
drawers.)


randwill




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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 08:35:22 -0400
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I remember the DH special and I never saw the gimmick. Maybe with HD
tv you might today.


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> Didn't Doug Henney do Fickle Nickle (bare-handed coin vanish) on his
> first special, live in the seventies? AND wasn't the modus operandi
> embarrisingly visible, ie. body attachment? I am referencing a
> discussion of this topic several days old in which Mitch Leary sings
> it's praises. I don't own the effect but if it's visible on
televison,
> that's not very encouraging to performers out here in the trenches.
Or
> maybe Doug did something different...

> On the other side of the coin (no pun intended) (oh, all right),
> remember that trick with the red velvet piece of cord, a heavy brass
> ring, and a weighty gimmick? Henning did THAT on Carson (on a black
> close-up mat) and it looked great. Only problem was, when you bought
it,
> you found out that the modus operandi, which was NOT visible on TV,
was
> very visible in real life. This made the trick undoable except to
> far-sighted people in a really dark room.


> Ah, the junk cluttering up our drawers. (I know, so change your
drawers.)


> randwill





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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 08:37:16 -0400
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On you second point, from the Stars of Magic series, the gimmick is
very unexpected and I think it is performable though I've never
tried.
I bought one on ebay out of curiosity for a few bucks.


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> Didn't Doug Henney do Fickle Nickle (bare-handed coin vanish) on his
> first special, live in the seventies? AND wasn't the modus operandi
> embarrisingly visible, ie. body attachment? I am referencing a
> discussion of this topic several days old in which Mitch Leary sings
> it's praises. I don't own the effect but if it's visible on
televison,
> that's not very encouraging to performers out here in the trenches.
Or
> maybe Doug did something different...

> On the other side of the coin (no pun intended) (oh, all right),
> remember that trick with the red velvet piece of cord, a heavy brass
> ring, and a weighty gimmick? Henning did THAT on Carson (on a black
> close-up mat) and it looked great. Only problem was, when you bought
it,
> you found out that the modus operandi, which was NOT visible on TV,
was
> very visible in real life. This made the trick undoable except to
> far-sighted people in a really dark room.


> Ah, the junk cluttering up our drawers. (I know, so change your
drawers.)


> randwill





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Yes he did open his first television special with it and no the method
was
not visible. It is still a very powerful method to use to vanish a
coin
slowly and cleanly.
PSIncerely Yours,
Paul Alberstat
http://www.MINDGUY.com


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> Didn't Doug Henney do Fickle Nickle (bare-handed coin vanish) on his
> first special, live in the seventies? AND wasn't the modus operandi
> embarrisingly visible, ie. body attachment? I am referencing a
> discussion of this topic several days old in which Mitch Leary sings
> it's praises. I don't own the effect but if it's visible on televison,
> that's not very encouraging to performers out here in the trenches. Or
> maybe Doug did something different...

> On the other side of the coin (no pun intended) (oh, all right),
> remember that trick with the red velvet piece of cord, a heavy brass
> ring, and a weighty gimmick? Henning did THAT on Carson (on a black
> close-up mat) and it looked great. Only problem was, when you bought it,
> you found out that the modus operandi, which was NOT visible on TV, was
> very visible in real life. This made the trick undoable except to
> far-sighted people in a really dark room.


> Ah, the junk cluttering up our drawers. (I know, so change your drawers.)


> randwill





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Date: 19 Jun 2002 16:34:52 -0700
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randwill <randw...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message <news:
3D1016A8.8000405@bellsouth.net>...
> Didn't Doug Henney do Fickle Nickle (bare-handed coin vanish) on his
> first special, live in the seventies? AND wasn't the modus operandi
> embarrisingly visible, ie. body attachment? I am referencing a
> discussion of this topic several days old in which Mitch Leary sings
> it's praises. I don't own the effect but if it's visible on televison,
> that's not very encouraging to performers out here in the trenches. Or
> maybe Doug did something different...

> On the other side of the coin (no pun intended) (oh, all right),
> remember that trick with the red velvet piece of cord, a heavy brass
> ring, and a weighty gimmick? Henning did THAT on Carson (on a black
> close-up mat) and it looked great. Only problem was, when you bought it,
> you found out that the modus operandi, which was NOT visible on TV, was
> very visible in real life. This made the trick undoable except to
> far-sighted people in a really dark room.


> Ah, the junk cluttering up our drawers. (I know, so change your drawers.)


> randwill



First my thoughts on FICKLE NICKLE. The gimmick is regular old IT and
a nickle shell--thats what comes with the trick. I didn't care for it
so I swithed to clear sewing thread and a real nickle. I perform it
indoors in a fairly well lit room and have never been busted. It
would be perfect for bar workers.

When Henning did FICKLE NICKLE on his television special back in '77
I
don't recall the gimmick being visible at all. I could be wrong, its
been 25 years and at the time I didn't know how it works so I didn't
know what to look for. I do remember it was a very tight shot of his
hand, if he was using black IT then perhaps it was visible, but you'd
be hard pressed to see it.


Come to think of it I don't know if IT was mainstream. Before IT they
used human hair.


Now, my thoughts on Doug Bennet's most excellent trick, BEWILDERING
--a Stars of Magic Mnuscript. I've been performing the trick on a red
close-up mat for 17 years and never once has the gimmick been
detected. The gimmick is clear sewing thread (or half-pound test
monoline). This trick KILLS!!!


I have modified the BEWILDERING gimmick by using a felt covered steel
bolt in place of the weight. The bolt is fitted into one of the rear
table legs and rises and falls silently. A magnet strapped to my knee
holds the bolt through the table leg until I'm ready for it to fall,
when I move my leg away. I use this gimmick for all kinds of
animations and other tricks. For the BEWILDERING trick I found that
working on a diagonal slant helps greatly in concealing the secret
move where the cord penetrates the ring.


Doug Bennet wrote a follow up book titled EXTRA SENSORY DECEPTIONS
(1984?) which contains further material for the trick. The effects in
this book are mind-blowing. For instance, the velvet cord fuses with
it reflection in the small pocket mirror...which is then pulled out
of
its own reflection into real life; you have this solid velvet loop
which has no ends! If you want to mindf**k somebody I can think of no
better way to do it. This book is full of stuff like that. Mr.
Bennet hung around Paul Harris in those days and this manuscript is
proof the man walked away in a most warped and hellish state of
dementia.


-Leary-




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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 22:35:27 -0400 (EDT)
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cool hey what is be welrdering illusion?

Re: Fickle NIckle


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randwill <randw...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message


<news:3D1016A8.8000405@bellsouth.net>...
Didn't Doug Henney do Fickle Nickle (bare-handed coin vanish) on his
first special, live in the seventies? AND wasn't the modus operandi
embarrisingly visible, ie. body attachment? I am referencing a
discussion of this topic several days old in which Mitch Leary sings
it's praises. I don't own the effect but if it's visible on
televison,
that's not very encouraging to performers out here in the trenches.
Or
maybe Doug did something different...
On the other side of the coin (no pun intended) (oh, all right),
remember that trick with the red velvet piece of cord, a heavy brass
ring, and a weighty gimmick? Henning did THAT on Carson (on a black
close-up mat) and it looked great. Only problem was, when you bought
it,
you found out that the modus operandi, which was NOT visible on TV,
was
very visible in real life. This made the trick undoable except to
far-sighted people in a really dark room.
Ah, the junk cluttering up our drawers. (I know, so change your
drawers.)
randwill
First my thoughts on FICKLE NICKLE. The gimmick is regular old IT and
a
nickle shell--thats what comes with the trick. I didn't care for it so
I
swithed to clear sewing thread and a real nickle. I perform it
indoors
in a fairly well lit room and have never been busted. It would be
perfect for bar workers.
When Henning did FICKLE NICKLE on his television special back in '77
I
don't recall the gimmick being visible at all. I could be wrong, its
been 25 years and at the time I didn't know how it works so I didn't
know what to look for. I do remember it was a very tight shot of his
hand, if he was using black IT then perhaps it was visible, but you'd
be
hard pressed to see it.
Come to think of it I don't know if IT was mainstream. Before IT they
used human hair.
Now, my thoughts on Doug Bennet's most excellent trick, BEWILDERING --
a
Stars of Magic Mnuscript. I've been performing the trick on a red
close-up mat for 17 years and never once has the gimmick been
detected.
The gimmick is clear sewing thread (or half-pound test monoline).
This
trick KILLS!!!
I have modified the BEWILDERING gimmick by using a felt covered steel
bolt in place of the weight. The bolt is fitted into one of the rear
table legs and rises and falls silently. A magnet strapped to my knee
holds the bolt through the table leg until I'm ready for it to fall,
when I move my leg away. I use this gimmick for all kinds of
animations
and other tricks. For the BEWILDERING trick I found that working on a
diagonal slant helps greatly in concealing the secret move where the
cord penetrates the ring.
Doug Bennet wrote a follow up book titled EXTRA SENSORY DECEPTIONS
(1984?) which contains further material for the trick. The effects in
this book are mind-blowing. For instance, the velvet cord fuses with
it
reflection in the small pocket mirror...which is then pulled out of
its
own reflection into real life; you have this solid velvet loop which
has
no ends! If you want to mindf**k somebody I can think of no better
way
to do it. This book is full of stuff like that. Mr. Bennet hung
around
Paul Harris in those days and this manuscript is proof the man walked
away in a most warped and hellish state of dementia.
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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 01:29:12 -0400
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Didn't Doug Henney do Fickle Nickle (bare-handed coin vanish) on his
first special, live in the seventies? AND wasn't the modus operandi
embarrisingly visible, ie. body attachment? I am referencing a
discussion of this topic several days old in which Mitch Leary sings
it's praises. I don't own the effect but if it's visible on
televison,
that's not very encouraging to performers out here in the trenches.
Or
maybe Doug did something different...

On the other side of the coin (no pun intended) (oh, all right),
remember that trick with the red velvet piece of cord, a heavy brass
ring, and a weighty gimmick? Henning did THAT on Carson (on a black
close-up mat) and it looked great. Only problem was, when you bought
it,
you found out that the modus operandi, which was NOT visible on TV,
was
very visible in real life. This made the trick undoable except to
far-sighted people in a really dark room.


Ah, the junk cluttering up our drawers. (I know, so change your
drawers.)


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I remember the DH special and I never saw the gimmick. Maybe with HD
tv you might today.


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> Didn't Doug Henney do Fickle Nickle (bare-handed coin vanish) on his
> first special, live in the seventies? AND wasn't the modus operandi
> embarrisingly visible, ie. body attachment? I am referencing a
> discussion of this topic several days old in which Mitch Leary sings
> it's praises. I don't own the effect but if it's visible on
televison,
> that's not very encouraging to performers out here in the trenches.
Or
> maybe Doug did something different...

> On the other side of the coin (no pun intended) (oh, all right),
> remember that trick with the red velvet piece of cord, a heavy brass
> ring, and a weighty gimmick? Henning did THAT on Carson (on a black
> close-up mat) and it looked great. Only problem was, when you bought
it,
> you found out that the modus operandi, which was NOT visible on TV,
was
> very visible in real life. This made the trick undoable except to
> far-sighted people in a really dark room.


> Ah, the junk cluttering up our drawers. (I know, so change your
drawers.)


> randwill





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On you second point, from the Stars of Magic series, the gimmick is
very unexpected and I think it is performable though I've never
tried.
I bought one on ebay out of curiosity for a few bucks.


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> Didn't Doug Henney do Fickle Nickle (bare-handed coin vanish) on his
> first special, live in the seventies? AND wasn't the modus operandi
> embarrisingly visible, ie. body attachment? I am referencing a
> discussion of this topic several days old in which Mitch Leary sings
> it's praises. I don't own the effect but if it's visible on
televison,
> that's not very encouraging to performers out here in the trenches.
Or
> maybe Doug did something different...

> On the other side of the coin (no pun intended) (oh, all right),
> remember that trick with the red velvet piece of cord, a heavy brass
> ring, and a weighty gimmick? Henning did THAT on Carson (on a black
> close-up mat) and it looked great. Only problem was, when you bought
it,
> you found out that the modus operandi, which was NOT visible on TV,
was
> very visible in real life. This made the trick undoable except to
> far-sighted people in a really dark room.


> Ah, the junk cluttering up our drawers. (I know, so change your
drawers.)


> randwill





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Yes he did open his first television special with it and no the method
was
not visible. It is still a very powerful method to use to vanish a
coin
slowly and cleanly.
PSIncerely Yours,
Paul Alberstat
http://www.MINDGUY.com


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> Didn't Doug Henney do Fickle Nickle (bare-handed coin vanish) on his
> first special, live in the seventies? AND wasn't the modus operandi
> embarrisingly visible, ie. body attachment? I am referencing a
> discussion of this topic several days old in which Mitch Leary sings
> it's praises. I don't own the effect but if it's visible on televison,
> that's not very encouraging to performers out here in the trenches. Or
> maybe Doug did something different...

> On the other side of the coin (no pun intended) (oh, all right),
> remember that trick with the red velvet piece of cord, a heavy brass
> ring, and a weighty gimmick? Henning did THAT on Carson (on a black
> close-up mat) and it looked great. Only problem was, when you bought it,
> you found out that the modus operandi, which was NOT visible on TV, was
> very visible in real life. This made the trick undoable except to
> far-sighted people in a really dark room.


> Ah, the junk cluttering up our drawers. (I know, so change your drawers.)


> randwill





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randwill <randw...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message <news:
3D1016A8.8000405@bellsouth.net>...
> Didn't Doug Henney do Fickle Nickle (bare-handed coin vanish) on his
> first special, live in the seventies? AND wasn't the modus operandi
> embarrisingly visible, ie. body attachment? I am referencing a
> discussion of this topic several days old in which Mitch Leary sings
> it's praises. I don't own the effect but if it's visible on televison,
> that's not very encouraging to performers out here in the trenches. Or
> maybe Doug did something different...

> On the other side of the coin (no pun intended) (oh, all right),
> remember that trick with the red velvet piece of cord, a heavy brass
> ring, and a weighty gimmick? Henning did THAT on Carson (on a black
> close-up mat) and it looked great. Only problem was, when you bought it,
> you found out that the modus operandi, which was NOT visible on TV, was
> very visible in real life. This made the trick undoable except to
> far-sighted people in a really dark room.


> Ah, the junk cluttering up our drawers. (I know, so change your drawers.)


> randwill



First my thoughts on FICKLE NICKLE. The gimmick is regular old IT and
a nickle shell--thats what comes with the trick. I didn't care for it
so I swithed to clear sewing thread and a real nickle. I perform it
indoors in a fairly well lit room and have never been busted. It
would be perfect for bar workers.

When Henning did FICKLE NICKLE on his television special back in '77
I
don't recall the gimmick being visible at all. I could be wrong, its
been 25 years and at the time I didn't know how it works so I didn't
know what to look for. I do remember it was a very tight shot of his
hand, if he was using black IT then perhaps it was visible, but you'd
be hard pressed to see it.


Come to think of it I don't know if IT was mainstream. Before IT they
used human hair.


Now, my thoughts on Doug Bennet's most excellent trick, BEWILDERING
--a Stars of Magic Mnuscript. I've been performing the trick on a red
close-up mat for 17 years and never once has the gimmick been
detected. The gimmick is clear sewing thread (or half-pound test
monoline). This trick KILLS!!!


I have modified the BEWILDERING gimmick by using a felt covered steel
bolt in place of the weight. The bolt is fitted into one of the rear
table legs and rises and falls silently. A magnet strapped to my knee
holds the bolt through the table leg until I'm ready for it to fall,
when I move my leg away. I use this gimmick for all kinds of
animations and other tricks. For the BEWILDERING trick I found that
working on a diagonal slant helps greatly in concealing the secret
move where the cord penetrates the ring.


Doug Bennet wrote a follow up book titled EXTRA SENSORY DECEPTIONS
(1984?) which contains further material for the trick. The effects in
this book are mind-blowing. For instance, the velvet cord fuses with
it reflection in the small pocket mirror...which is then pulled out
of
its own reflection into real life; you have this solid velvet loop
which has no ends! If you want to mindf**k somebody I can think of no
better way to do it. This book is full of stuff like that. Mr.
Bennet hung around Paul Harris in those days and this manuscript is
proof the man walked away in a most warped and hellish state of
dementia.


-Leary-




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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 22:35:27 -0400 (EDT)
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cool hey what is be welrdering illusion?

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randwill <randw...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message


<news:3D1016A8.8000405@bellsouth.net>...
Didn't Doug Henney do Fickle Nickle (bare-handed coin vanish) on his
first special, live in the seventies? AND wasn't the modus operandi
embarrisingly visible, ie. body attachment? I am referencing a
discussion of this topic several days old in which Mitch Leary sings
it's praises. I don't own the effect but if it's visible on
televison,
that's not very encouraging to performers out here in the trenches.
Or
maybe Doug did something different...
On the other side of the coin (no pun intended) (oh, all right),
remember that trick with the red velvet piece of cord, a heavy brass
ring, and a weighty gimmick? Henning did THAT on Carson (on a black
close-up mat) and it looked great. Only problem was, when you bought
it,
you found out that the modus operandi, which was NOT visible on TV,
was
very visible in real life. This made the trick undoable except to
far-sighted people in a really dark room.
Ah, the junk cluttering up our drawers. (I know, so change your
drawers.)
randwill
First my thoughts on FICKLE NICKLE. The gimmick is regular old IT and
a
nickle shell--thats what comes with the trick. I didn't care for it so
I
swithed to clear sewing thread and a real nickle. I perform it
indoors
in a fairly well lit room and have never been busted. It would be
perfect for bar workers.
When Henning did FICKLE NICKLE on his television special back in '77
I
don't recall the gimmick being visible at all. I could be wrong, its
been 25 years and at the time I didn't know how it works so I didn't
know what to look for. I do remember it was a very tight shot of his
hand, if he was using black IT then perhaps it was visible, but you'd
be
hard pressed to see it.
Come to think of it I don't know if IT was mainstream. Before IT they
used human hair.
Now, my thoughts on Doug Bennet's most excellent trick, BEWILDERING --
a
Stars of Magic Mnuscript. I've been performing the trick on a red
close-up mat for 17 years and never once has the gimmick been
detected.
The gimmick is clear sewing thread (or half-pound test monoline).
This
trick KILLS!!!
I have modified the BEWILDERING gimmick by using a felt covered steel
bolt in place of the weight. The bolt is fitted into one of the rear
table legs and rises and falls silently. A magnet strapped to my knee
holds the bolt through the table leg until I'm ready for it to fall,
when I move my leg away. I use this gimmick for all kinds of
animations
and other tricks. For the BEWILDERING trick I found that working on a
diagonal slant helps greatly in concealing the secret move where the
cord penetrates the ring.
Doug Bennet wrote a follow up book titled EXTRA SENSORY DECEPTIONS
(1984?) which contains further material for the trick. The effects in
this book are mind-blowing. For instance, the velvet cord fuses with
it
reflection in the small pocket mirror...which is then pulled out of
its
own reflection into real life; you have this solid velvet loop which
has
no ends! If you want to mindf**k somebody I can think of no better
way
to do it. This book is full of stuff like that. Mr. Bennet hung
around
Paul Harris in those days and this manuscript is proof the man walked
away in a most warped and hellish state of dementia.
-Leary-

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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 (with adverts)
Broadcast
Original channel FOX Network
Original run November 24, 1997 â€“ 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 2nd on MyNetworkTV in the United States
and will be available in HD. The show is continuing to be aired in the
UK on ITV4 with new episodes. Episode 9 was broadcast on the 7th of
February. Episode 10 was broadcast on the 9th of February. Episode 11
was broadcast on February 14th. Episode 12 was broadcast on 16th of
February and Episode 13 on 21st February.

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 (Not In UK ITV Showing)
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


Show Nine
February 7, 2009 (UK) Magic Barrel (Through the Eye of a Needle)
Houdini's Fish Bowl
Playing Card Through Street Window
Asrah levitation
Making Girls Appear In Mid Air
Holding Breath Under Water For 18 Minutes


Show Ten
February 9, 2009 (UK) Making a 1200cc Motorbike Disappear in Mid Air
Spinning a Girl Upside Down
Spirit Room with Disappearing Medium
Levitating a Foot off the Floor
Lighting a Bulb Without Power
Making a 5 Ton Military Vehicle Appear From Nowhere ( In an Empty
Parking Lot )


Show Eleven
February 14, 2009 (UK) Woman Vanishes From Steel Plate In Mid Air
Crushing A Woman With A Steel Plunger
Transformation Of Skeleton To Dummy To Woman
Floating Through A Solid Steel Frame (No Wires)
Penetrating A Plate Glass Window


Show Twelve
February 16, 2009 (UK) Producing Girls From Within 3 Sided Screen
Making Live Birds Appear And Vanish From Boxes
Crushing A Woman And Putting Tube Through Her Body
16 Ton Trolley Car Levitates And Disappears


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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Guest   Post subject: Re: Series ReturnPosted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 5:11
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[quote="MaskedMagicianFan"]Info about the show's return!!!

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From: som...@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:15:40 -0800 (PST)
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Subject: Secrets of Magic Forum (SOMF)
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Are you looking for a magic site with a solid community?

At SOMF, we have everything, we do everything, we talk about
everything.


The rules are simple, help each other!


If you are stuck on a certain effect, can't get a presentation right,
or just need to ask a question, then sign up now!
We have forum sections on everything ranging from Presentation and
Reviews, to Coin Effects and DIY Magic. You are entitled to full free
speech on SOMF, in-fact, it is encouraged! We take a different view
of
magic online at SOMF, if you are interested in magic, or are learning
magic, or even a professional, you should be able to ask for help and
advice from other magicians, without fear of being told "You can't
ask
that hear!".


We are full of magicians ranging from Hobbyists to Professionals. We
do get people coming in to just learn David Blaine or Criss Angel's
newest effect, but these people are usually to lazy to sign up in the
first place, let alone read through the forum.


It is encouraged to try and help as many people as you can, and in
return you will get help yourself. Need some opinions on your newest
trick? Don't have a solid presentation? Looking for that one effect
to
add to your repertoire? If you want to learn magic then this is the
place. Please try and help other members as much as you can, and you
in turn will receive help when needed!


http://somfv3.com -- Sign up now and join our community!




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Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:56:37 -0600
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Wow,

Talk about a cluster-f***.


This site (somfv3) is probably just about as bad as every s*** page on
MySpace.


Cluttered, bad programming, horrible asthetics.


Clean it up, make it look nice, and you may get some people to
actually make it worthwhile.


Tom Reynolds




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