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The World's Greatest Magic was a series of American television specials showcasing magic acts. [1] The first of five shows was broadcast by NBC in 1994, and continued with annual editions through 1998.
Carl Ballantine (born Meyer Kessler; September 27, 1917 – November 3, 2009) was an American magician, comedian and actor.Billing himself as "The Great Ballantine", "The Amazing Ballantine" or "Ballantine: The World's Greatest Magician", his vaudeville-style comedy routine involved transparent or incompetent stage magic tricks, which tended to flop and go "hilariously awry" to the ...
The Last Greatest Magician in the World: Howard Thurston Versus Houdini & the Battles of the American Wizards. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, a member of Penguin Group. ISBN 978-1-58542-845-8. OCLC 646111788. Thurston, Grace; William L. Rhode; Charles Holzmueller (2006). My Magic Husband: Howard Thurston Unmasked. [United States]: Phil ...
Kalin and Jinger have made numerous television appearances. They featured in the Gary Ouellet-produced World's Greatest Magic II in 1995 [5] and NBC's Hidden Secrets of Magic in 1996. [6] On the 1998 network special The World's Most Dangerous Magic, Kalin & Jinger performed the "Table of Terror" (a "Table of Death" style escape). [7]
This is a list of magicians/illusionists, prestidigitators, mentalists, escapologists, and other practitioners of stage magic. For the list of supernatural magicians, see List of occultists. Magicians are listed by the most common name used in performance. Magicians' actual names, when applicable, follow in parentheses.
Thomas Blaine Mullica (August 19, 1948 – February 18, 2016) was an American comedy magician, impressionist and actor who performed on television specials and appeared on Late Night with David Letterman, The World's Greatest Magic, Viva Variety and Penn & Teller's Sin City.
Franz Harary (born July 18, 1962) is an American magician and inventor who has appeared on television shows such as the first episode of NBC's The World's Greatest Magic, on which Harary made the Space Shuttle appear to vanish.
Max Maven (born Philip T. Goldstein; December 21, 1950 – November 1, 2022) was an American magician and mentalist whose performances were considered erudite and intelligent. [1] He is ranked as one of the most influential mentalists of all time, [2] and one of the 100 "Most Influential Magicians of the 20th Century" by Magic Magazine. [3] [4]