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the best part of the talented richard's trick
the best bit of Richard's trick for me was the last part when the brave soldier he was talking about appeared , up until then as he had been speaking about him in the past tense and I was fearful that the brave man had passed away so he was so great to see him still with us. (Unfortunately the brave elderly chap did unsurprisingly seem a little disorientated as I think I heard the other soldier standing next to him instructing him to salute. But it was of course great to see him alive and well!)
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the best bit of Richard's trick for me was the last part when the brave soldier he was talking about appeared , up until then as he had been speaking about him in the past tense and I was fearful that the brave man had passed away so he was so great to see him still with us. (Unfortunately the brave elderly chap did unsurprisingly seem a little disorientated as I think I heard the other soldier standing next to him instructing him to salute. But it was of course great to see him alive and well!)
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It was a masterclass in magic.
I think Penn and Teller explained that the grand illusion was that Richard made us think that we were watching him perform a magic trick as he messed about with some cards shuffling them about, laying them out on a table, and whatever other time-wasting nonsense he could think of. But that wasn't the trick at all and all that stagecraft was just sleight of hand used to distract us from what was really going on backstage. While he held our attention little did anybody know that a war veteran was being carefully prepared backstage. Then before we knew what was happening he hit us with the reveal as the curtain was drawn back. The war veteran. He was there backstage all that time and nobody knew. Did you know? No, neither did I. If you examined him for yourself you'd find out that he was actually real. He then topped it off by getting the war veteran to salute us, Richard also saluted. We salute you Richard for what magic you have delighted and enthralled us with this evening sir. A young student of magic need look no further than tonight's performance for a source to gather valuable notes from on how to become a master of the craft. |
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It was a masterclass in magic.
I think Penn and Teller explained that the grand illusion was that Richard made us think that we were watching him perform a magic trick as he messed about with some cards shuffling them about, laying them out on a table, and whatever other time-wasting nonsense he could think of. But that wasn't the trick at all and all that stagecraft was just sleight of hand used to distract us from what was really going on backstage. While he held our attention little did anybody know that a war veteran was being carefully prepared backstage. Then before we knew what was happening he hit us with the reveal as the curtain was drawn back. The war veteran. He was there backstage all that time and nobody knew. Did you know? No, neither did I. If you examined him for yourself you'd find out that he was actually real. He then topped it off by getting the war veteran to salute us, Richard also saluted. We salute you Richard for what magic you have delighted and enthralled us with this evening sir. A young student of magic need look no further than tonight's performance for a source to gather valuable notes from on how to become a master of the craft. |
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The best part of this cynical, badly performed trick was when it ended.
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the best trick was when he stole it from other magicians
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Using a disoriented pensioner to win yourself a quarter of million pounds is a bit low.
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Using a disoriented pensioner to win yourself a quarter of million pounds is a bit low.
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I absolutely loved the trick and when Fergus came out at the end I was in tears. I can remember saying in the live thread that if he had been given the "pimp" slot he would have walked it. As it was the trick/story was so memorable it didn't need any help and I'm pleased for Richard. More importantly I'm glad that Fergus' story was heard by millions.
Well done.
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the best bit of Richard's trick for me was the last part when the brave soldier he was talking about appeared , up until then as he had been speaking about him in the past tense and I was fearful that the brave man had passed away so he was so great to see him still with us. (Unfortunately the brave elderly chap did unsurprisingly seem a little disorientated as I think I heard the other soldier standing next to him instructing him to salute. But it was of course great to see him alive and well!)
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the best trick was when he stole it from other magicians
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It was a masterclass in magic.
I think Penn and Teller explained that the grand illusion was that Richard made us think that we were watching him perform a magic trick as he messed about with some cards shuffling them about, laying them out on a table, and whatever other time-wasting nonsense he could think of. But that wasn't the trick at all and all that stagecraft was just sleight of hand used to distract us from what was really going on backstage. While he held our attention little did anybody know that a war veteran was being carefully prepared backstage. Then before we knew what was happening he hit us with the reveal as the curtain was drawn back. The war veteran. He was there backstage all that time and nobody knew. Did you know? No, neither did I. If you examined him for yourself you'd find out that he was actually real. He then topped it off by getting the war veteran to salute us, Richard also saluted. We salute you Richard for what magic you have delighted and enthralled us with this evening sir. A young student of magic need look no further than tonight's performance for a source to gather valuable notes from on how to become a master of the craft. |
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What was the trick?! Aside from putting a 'ripped up' card back together, what illusions did he do?
ripping off the act of another magician is a disgrace it is not the same as singing a song another person has written, its like a commedian winning by repeating jimmy carr jokes. BGT is full of rip offs, george sampson won it by ripping off a VW advert! |
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i agree with you
ripping off the act of another magician is a disgrace it is not the same as singing a song another person has written, its like a commedian winning by repeating jimmy carr jokes. BGT is full of rip offs, george sampson won it by ripping off a VW advert!
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Oh, I was talking about him putting the card he supposedly ripped up, that was obviously palmed in his right hand, back together
![]() he ripped off paul daniels, twice in the first audition he ripped off collins key in round 2, who had done the exact same trick on americas got talent he ripped off justin flom almost word for word in the final what a disgrace |
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Some serious wooshing going on in this thread.
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Some serious wooshing going on in this thread.
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Oh, I was talking about him putting the card he supposedly ripped up, that was obviously palmed in his right hand, back together
![]() ![]() can we be sure ? ![]() I for one didn't see he put it in his right hand-he tricked us all!
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Yes, I think "disgrace" is taking it a bit far!
![]() he has done this three times in a row, even having the brass neck to rip off an act from Americas got talent almost word for word! |
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I for one didn't see he put it in his right hand-he tricked us all!
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perhaps it was but then perhaps it wasn't?
![]() can we be sure ? ![]() I for one didn't see he put it in his right hand-he tricked us all! ![]() |
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Some serious wooshing going on in this thread.
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It was a masterclass in magic.
I think Penn and Teller explained that the grand illusion was that Richard made us think that we were watching him perform a magic trick as he messed about with some cards shuffling them about, laying them out on a table, and whatever other time-wasting nonsense he could think of. But that wasn't the trick at all and all that stagecraft was just sleight of hand used to distract us from what was really going on backstage. While he held our attention little did anybody know that a war veteran was being carefully prepared backstage. Then before we knew what was happening he hit us with the reveal as the curtain was drawn back. The war veteran. He was there backstage all that time and nobody knew. Did you know? No, neither did I. If you examined him for yourself you'd find out that he was actually real. He then topped it off by getting the war veteran to salute us, Richard also saluted. We salute you Richard for what magic you have delighted and enthralled us with this evening sir. A young student of magic need look no further than tonight's performance for a source to gather valuable notes from on how to become a master of the craft. |
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It was a masterclass in magic.
I think Penn and Teller explained that the grand illusion was that Richard made us think that we were watching him perform a magic trick as he messed about with some cards shuffling them about, laying them out on a table, and whatever other time-wasting nonsense he could think of. But that wasn't the trick at all and all that stagecraft was just sleight of hand used to distract us from what was really going on backstage. While he held our attention little did anybody know that a war veteran was being carefully prepared backstage. Then before we knew what was happening he hit us with the reveal as the curtain was drawn back. The war veteran. He was there backstage all that time and nobody knew. Did you know? No, neither did I. If you examined him for yourself you'd find out that he was actually real. He then topped it off by getting the war veteran to salute us, Richard also saluted. We salute you Richard for what magic you have delighted and enthralled us with this evening sir. A young student of magic need look no further than tonight's performance for a source to gather valuable notes from on how to become a master of the craft. "If you examined him for youself you'd find out that he was actually real" - thank you for clarifying that because for a moment I thought it was a mannequin. There was no magic in the reveal of the war veteran. A huge curtain was drawn across the stage and they simply walked behind it. If he had opened the act by showing us an empty box, covered it, did the card show and then pulled away the curtain to reveal the veteran, that would have been something at least. |
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