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Those guys do come on the show, and very rarely win. The winners are most often low-profile professional magicians who make a significant income consulting for
by seanc 9y ago
Those guys do come on the show, and very rarely win.
The winners are most often low-profile professional magicians who make a significant income consulting for the famous ones. Inventing and selling tricks is an important revenue stream for many magicians.
So they come on, do some trick that they invented in secret and worked on for years, and give P&T that same childlike sense of awe and amazement that the rest of us experience almost all the time. It's the best part of the show.
Like this guy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyZp4sPqBAI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyZp4sPqBAI
- repeek 9y agoI thoroughly enjoyed this reddit AMA[0] with a Rubik's Cube magician who 'fooled' P&T.[1] [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3d5wlc/hi_im_steven_brundage_the_magician_who_fooled/ https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3d5wlc/hi_im_steven_b... [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwDAXC0_Bxk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwDAXC0_Bxk
- derefr 9y agoHuh, I never thought about "consulting magician" as a career. Sort of like the professional songwriters who work for music labels, ghostwriting for dozens of bands. Given that these exist, I wonder how many magicians with a signature trick got it from a consultant instead of inventing it. Are a few people creating all the world's magic acts?
- duncan_bayne 9y agoYou should watch Jonathan Creek - a murder mystery series about a consulting magician. Pure fiction but rekindled my childhood interest in magic. I'm currently, slowly, teaching myself card magic now. Starting with The Royal Road.