Underunderstood

The Other Masked Magician

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John revisits a wild pitch about a mysterious television performer.


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Show notes:

  • The first special (YouTube)
  • 2002 thread on The Magic Cafe
  • It's No Secret (Chicago Tribune, 1998)
  • The unmasking (YouTube)
  • The Masked Magician on Diagnosis Murder (YouTube)
  • Virginia Magicians Sue Fox TV To Stop Revelation of Secrets (Washington Post, 1998)
  • Street Magic Finally Revealed (YouTube)
  • A trick from the fifth special (YouTube)
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