Yeah I watched that when it was on although missed the first 2 acts so actually watched it this morning. Strangely it was this morning when I watched Derren's 'documentary' too. But yeah I thought it was a pretty good show and was under the impression that it was going to be a regular thing but apparently it is a one off? The mobile phone trick at the start was good and yeah the sleight of hand guy was very clever and Penn and Teller thought they were on to something but it turned out they "FOOLED US!!!". I liked that little twist on the revealing how the saw-a-magician-in-half-trick is done.Jon Corby wrote:Me too It was a little bit like a 'talent' show with P&T as the judges, but I think they were pretty deliberate in not making it too X-Factory/BGT. Some good tricks on there though (and a couple of naff ones). Penn & Teller did a couple of good ones too, and there was a REALLY good sleight of hand guy with a deck of cards. Love all that stuff.Jon O'Neill wrote:No, but I love them.
Sadly he stated in the show that he is more interested in focusing the attention on other individuals in his stuff now (like the Hero at 30,000 feet) rather than all the focus being on him and manipulating an audience's mind, which like you, I find a shame since I thought his Evening of Wonders is one of the best things, if not the best, that he has done. I've not seen him live but my friend went to one of his recent tours and said he was simply stunning, funny, provocative, entertaining and mind blowing.Jon Corby wrote: Oh. Well I don't like the direction he's heading in then.
Something cool that I didn't know until seeing the programme is that one of the guys who Derren used for his Seance now helps him write some of his material.