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theaceofskates · « **on:** October 06, 2011, 04:59:55 AM »

So guys,
Lets hear a list of some of your favorite magicians. I doesn't need to just be card magicians. It can be stage magicians/cardists too.

phantom1412 · « **Reply #1 on:** October 06, 2011, 10:42:02 AM »

David Stone. I love his performance.

Kanped · « **Reply #2 on:** October 06, 2011, 11:47:09 AM »

Derren Brown, Penn & Teller, Ricky Jay, James Randi, Criss Angel...

Yeah I'm kidding with Angel; I can't watch him without cringing. All pretty mainstream but I really do think they're the best at what they do.

phantom1412 · « **Reply #3 on:** October 06, 2011, 12:18:34 PM »

Criss angel is more like an entertainer more than magician.

John B. · « **Reply #4 on:** October 06, 2011, 02:33:17 PM »

Penn and teller are good. really dont like chris angel though.

Evan · « **Reply #5 on:** October 06, 2011, 02:44:37 PM »

I hate Criss Angel. I really like Daniel Garcia and Barry Taylor.

loldudex2 · « **Reply #6 on:** October 06, 2011, 02:51:30 PM »

Penn & Teller!

Evan · « **Reply #7 on:** October 06, 2011, 02:52:53 PM »

I like Penn and Teller too. They're good.

John B. · « **Reply #8 on:** October 06, 2011, 02:53:52 PM »

so we all agree penn and teller rock

Evan · « **Reply #9 on:** October 06, 2011, 02:56:40 PM »

lol yea... they do

loldudex2 · « **Reply #10 on:** October 06, 2011, 02:58:13 PM »

Quote from: MrMagic322 on October 06, 2011, 02:53:52 PM

so we all agree penn and teller rock

Yes we do. They are entertaining to watch, funny, and have their television on Discovery Channel. It's not about magic, but it's still pretty good.

Kanped · « **Reply #11 on:** October 06, 2011, 04:30:38 PM »

They have their show on Showtime, it's awesome.

loldudex2 · « **Reply #12 on:** October 06, 2011, 04:50:55 PM »

Quote from: Kanped on October 06, 2011, 04:30:38 PM

They have their show on Showtime, it's awesome.

I love that show, but the show on Discovery Channel is much more appropriate.

John B. · « **Reply #13 on:** October 06, 2011, 06:53:05 PM »

they had a show air in britain, used youtube to watch it. magician tried to fool them.

loldudex2 · « **Reply #14 on:** October 06, 2011, 06:57:56 PM »

Quote from: MrMagic322 on October 06, 2011, 06:53:05 PM

they had a show air in britain, used youtube to watch it. magician tried to fool them.

I love that show! I've watched every episode. This is my favorite magician from the show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rey_FNWQx-8

I HIGHLY recommend you watch it. It is 10 minutes long, but worth every second. It is pure comedy magic, and actually pretty good.

John B. · « **Reply #15 on:** October 06, 2011, 07:04:48 PM »

yea that was great one.

Kanped · « **Reply #16 on:** October 07, 2011, 03:14:16 AM »

Quote from: loldudex2 on October 06, 2011, 04:50:55 PM

Quote from: Kanped on October 06, 2011, 04:30:38 PM
They have their show on Showtime, it's awesome.

I love that show, but the show on Discovery Channel is much more appropriate.

I guess if you have something against nudity or language, which doesn't make much sense to me but that's your own look-out. I think BS is a more important show; it's real, serious issues (well, sometimes) that people have overlooked or been duped by rather than just urban myths. I didn't know about the Discovery channel show; I'm going to watch it now; thanks!

Curt · « **Reply #17 on:** October 07, 2011, 03:20:55 AM »

I have a few, all for different reasons.

Penn and Teller: I find their comedy hilarious and their, well guess mostly Penn's, stage presence amazing. I really like their attitudes towards magic and their stage act is great

Lance Burton: The class he brings to his act is inspiring; it's great to watch the grace and nostalgia that he brings to his shows.

Jeff McBride: He brings such creativity to his act, as well as being incredibly skilled. His show is more of a performance piece than just a magic act.

VortexHead · « **Reply #18 on:** October 07, 2011, 11:26:58 AM »

David blaine and derren brown, blaine got me into magic and I enjoy watching derren brown. I don't do magic anymore but I still enjoy to watch it performed. Flourishers? I'll have a think.

Gunshy1 · « **Reply #19 on:** October 07, 2011, 12:15:43 PM »

i love d. blaine's street magic. that's the kinda stuff that i want to be able to do.

John B. · « **Reply #20 on:** October 07, 2011, 01:33:25 PM »

not a fan of david blaine either. just never really liked his performance.

Kanped · « **Reply #21 on:** October 07, 2011, 10:29:50 PM »

I think Blaine, while a very creative inventor, tries to hard to be aloof. I hate his patter and attitude. Same with Banacheck; amazing, amazing routines but no style (and talks a lot of nonsense much of the time, like Derren used to).

I forgot to mention Jerry Sadowitz before. One of the best stand-up comediens in the world. If you don't know him, you'll know his work because you probably have a few of his sleights in your routines. I've seen him produce a good dozen cards from empty hands that never leave your line of sight, while doing stand-up.

Evan · « **Reply #22 on:** October 08, 2011, 07:41:10 PM »

I don't really like David Blaine. But I like him much better than Chriss angel

RF · « **Reply #23 on:** October 08, 2011, 08:05:24 PM »

I think Patrick Kun and Daniel Garcia are my favourites

Evan · « **Reply #24 on:** October 08, 2011, 08:13:01 PM »

Oh yea, I love Patrick Kun. He has great tricks and he teaches them very well.

phantom1412 · « **Reply #25 on:** October 08, 2011, 08:14:50 PM »

Patrick kun is great guy.
I like a all of his tricks.

Evan · « **Reply #26 on:** October 08, 2011, 08:19:15 PM »

And the best part is that he's young so he will be a huge name in magic over the years

RF · « **Reply #27 on:** October 08, 2011, 08:35:00 PM »

Quote from: ezstreet1997 on October 08, 2011, 08:19:15 PM

And the best part is that he's young so he will be a huge name in magic over the years

Yeah, I agree with that, he already has so great effects, I think in a few years he will be one of the best magicans out there

Evan · « **Reply #28 on:** October 08, 2011, 08:37:08 PM »

Quote from: RF on October 08, 2011, 08:35:00 PM

Quote from: ezstreet1997 on October 08, 2011, 08:19:15 PM
And the best part is that he's young so he will be a huge name in magic over the years

Yeah, I agree with that, he already has so great effects, I think in a few years he will be one of the best magicans out there

Definitely. I can't wait to see that

hazofhorsham · « **Reply #29 on:** February 14, 2012, 03:46:33 PM »

No brainer for me, Richard Turner.

loldudex2 · « **Reply #30 on:** February 14, 2012, 03:47:48 PM »

Penn Jillette and Teller....actually he doesn't have a last name $:-\$

digipunk · « **Reply #31 on:** February 14, 2012, 03:59:20 PM »

Quote from: hazofhorsham on February 14, 2012, 03:46:33 PM

No brainer for me, Richard Turner.

Richard Turner is an expert at the card table, but he is never a "magician"

Frost · « **Reply #32 on:** February 14, 2012, 04:02:17 PM »

mine is David Blaine .

NathanCanadas · « **Reply #33 on:** February 14, 2012, 04:17:03 PM »

Penn and Teller as well! And also Lennart Green!

hazofhorsham · « **Reply #34 on:** February 14, 2012, 04:28:28 PM »

@digipunk, yeah I guess he isn't really a magician as he doesnt do tricks, but everything he can do with a deck... Wow. Penn and Teller are good too.

MrLukeCarroll · « **Reply #35 on:** February 14, 2012, 05:01:54 PM »

Wow what a hard choice for me, so I'll just list my favourites that I've seen live

-David Copperfield (Yes I know its seems cliche but seriously Flying is the ultimate trick)
-Kevin James (Floating Rose live is so amazing, the smile on the childs face is priceless)
-Jeff Hobson (Best comedy magician I've ever seen, uses classics of magic but makes them so hilarious)

and the act at the top of my list to see is -

-Penn and Teller (Love their presentation style and sense of humour)

NathanCanadas · « **Reply #36 on:** February 14, 2012, 06:11:55 PM »

Quote from: MrLukeCarroll on February 14, 2012, 05:01:54 PM

Wow what a hard choice for me, so I'll just list my favourites that I've seen live

-David Copperfield (Yes I know its seems cliche but seriously Flying is the ultimate trick)
-Kevin James (Floating Rose live is so amazing, the smile on the childs face is priceless)
-Jeff Hobson (Best comedy magician I've ever seen, uses classics of magic but makes them so hilarious)

and the act at the top of my list to see is -

-Penn and Teller (Love their presentation style and sense of humour)

I think that in a general sense, comedy magicians are my favorite. Too bad I can't be as funny as them!

Curt · « **Reply #37 on:** February 14, 2012, 06:24:35 PM »

We had a topic about this ages ago, when the discourse just opened up. I merged the threads now so feel free to continue talking about your favorite magicians here.

NathanCanadas · « **Reply #38 on:** February 14, 2012, 07:13:05 PM »

Quote from: phantom1412 on October 08, 2011, 08:14:50 PM

Patrick kun is great guy.
I like a all of his tricks.

Haha at first I thought said "great gay", not that I have anything about gay people. I also really like PK as well as SL although the latter's tricks are sometimes overpriced in my opinion, especially ShiNag.

Lara Krystle "Lane" · « **Reply #39 on:** February 14, 2012, 10:03:20 PM »

Quote from: MagicAddictz on October 06, 2011, 02:44:37 PM

I hate Criss Angel. I really like Daniel Garcia and Barry Taylor.

LOL!

I love CYRIL TAKAYAMA because he's hot! and he's got awesome charisma and because i know i'll never go hungry if he becomes my friend... I <3 his burger and coffee stunts hahahah!!!
OISHII DESU!

Don Boyer · « **Reply #40 on:** February 15, 2012, 08:01:51 AM »

I like David Blaine, Penn & Teller, Daniel Garcia, Rich Ferguson, and as corny as it might sound to you, Brad Christian. Brad was my first "instructor" in magic and I enjoy learning from his core set of videos. I'm just glad he doesn't wear the friggin' eyeliner as much these days - damn, did that look bad...

Deboziology · « **Reply #41 on:** February 15, 2012, 08:49:11 AM »

I'm not a magician but I enjoy watching Ricky Jay a lot and a recent favourite would be Bill Malone. Jordan Lapping does not really shows his own routines but his patter is awesome and everything so smooth. Sam The Bellhop is one of the best tricks I've ever seen!

NathanCanadas · « **Reply #42 on:** February 15, 2012, 01:02:12 PM »

Quote from: Don Boyer on February 15, 2012, 08:01:51 AM

I like David Blaine, Penn & Teller, Daniel Garcia, Rich Ferguson, and as corny as it might sound to you, Brad Christian. Brad was my first "instructor" in magic and I enjoy learning from his core set of videos. I'm just glad he doesn't wear the friggin' eyeliner as much these days - damn, did that look bad...

I also really like Rich Ferguso, Marcus Eddie and Daniel Garcia. They have such creative minds!

ItsMagicITellYou~ · « **Reply #43 on:** February 17, 2012, 11:37:11 AM »

im a huge fan of wayne houchin, his thinking is really out of the box

I also like P+T, cyril, and david copperfield.

Don Boyer · « **Reply #44 on:** February 17, 2012, 07:35:16 PM »

Am I the only one seeing the pattern that Penn and Teller seem to be nearly universally liked in the Discourse? At a minimum they appear on more lists than any other magic act I can think of.

hazofhorsham · « **Reply #45 on:** February 17, 2012, 09:57:53 PM »

I think it's their age (been in magic for 25+ years) and their sense of humor that makes them attractive. I mean David Blaine is a genius but in his early career he was a bit creepy, I saw an interview where he didnt speak for ages and it just creeped me out - and Cris Angel is just a knock off in my opinion, P+T are just classical and funny. But Richard Turner... C'mon he really is the master.

digipunk · « **Reply #46 on:** February 17, 2012, 10:10:22 PM »

Quote from: hazofhorsham on February 17, 2012, 09:57:53 PM

But Richard Turner... C'mon he really is the master.

You make me laugh

If you like Turner, you should also like Steve Forge, Jason England, etc. Oh... they don't know karate.
_

Billywiz · « **Reply #47 on:** February 21, 2012, 08:34:41 PM »

Going old school here..Mr. Fred Kaps, he truly was a master, check out his cup and ball routine on youtube..awesome.

Aaron · « **Reply #48 on:** February 21, 2012, 08:40:54 PM »

my favorite is probably David Blaine, but I also like David Copperfield

Fallen_Angel_of_Luck · « **Reply #49 on:** February 22, 2012, 02:42:10 AM »

Helder guimaraes, Lennart Green, Cyril takayama, Jason england, Chris Mayhew, Tommy wonder.... not really into the cliche market such as david blaine etc

DeckReview · « **Reply #50 on:** February 22, 2012, 02:45:57 AM »

Jeff Mcrbride and Michael Ammar has to be my favorite magicians. They're magic and wizardy is way up there.

kensei777 · « **Reply #51 on:** February 22, 2012, 03:17:08 AM »

Overall:
Dai Vernon, Ed Marlo, Bill Malone, Paul Harris, and Michael Ammar.

Creativity:
Patrick Kun, Matthew Bich, Chris Kenner, Marcus Eddie, Daniel Garcia, and Wayne Houchin

Presentation:
Penn and Teller, Lance Burton, David Copperfield(only some performances though, not a big fan of his), David Blaine(Latter performances coz yeah, I saw that weird interview too), and Cyril Takayama

Style:
Dan & Dave, Patrick Kun, Helder Guimares, Daniel Madison, and The Virts

Nuf said.

joshzachmatt · « **Reply #52 on:** March 02, 2012, 09:40:51 PM »

David Blaine, Criss Angel, Dan and Dave.

phantom1412 · « **Reply #53 on:** March 08, 2012, 06:46:00 AM »

I just got a new idol in my mind.
He is Dani Daortiz.
His performance is really fun to watch, and I like his style a lot.

Don Boyer · « **Reply #54 on:** March 09, 2012, 08:22:22 AM »

Quote from: phantom1412 on March 08, 2012, 06:46:00 AM

I just got a new idol in my mind.
He is Dani Daortiz.
His performance is really fun to watch, and I like his style a lot.

He's giving a lecture and a workshop next week at Tannen's! Lecture is Thursday for $35, Workshop is Saturday for $100. Maybe I should check it out...

phantom1412 · « **Reply #55 on:** March 09, 2012, 11:13:55 AM »

Try the lecture first, and if you like his performance go on workshop on Saturday too.

I really wanna have a chance to meet him too.
Wanna see the real life performance.

digipunk · « **Reply #56 on:** March 09, 2012, 11:22:10 AM »

I like Dani Daortiz too, actually I mentioned this name in the "Table Faro" thread. It's a pity that this guy became famous so late.

phantom1412 · « **Reply #57 on:** March 09, 2012, 11:26:52 AM »

He became famous late because his previous DVDs are in Spain.
But then he came to EMC and thats make people asking about him, and he released Utopia in english. Really great dvd sets.

digipunk · « **Reply #58 on:** March 09, 2012, 11:34:42 AM »

Quote from: phantom1412 on March 09, 2012, 11:26:52 AM

He became famous late because his previous DVDs are in Spain.
But then he came to EMC and thats make people asking about him, and he released Utopia in english. Really great dvd sets.

Currently if you ask a Chinese (Taiwan, China, Hong Kong) who is his favorite magician, there is only an answer and that's why I don't want to reply in this thread.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwU3MRnvAS0
(↑ may see Dani Daortiz in the video)