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 Posted:   Oct 22, 2020 - 11:30 AM   
 By:   spiderich   (Member)

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/obit-magician-randi-1.5772234

Randi was awesome!
Make sure to read the last two sentences of this article. wink

Richard G.

 
 
 Posted:   Oct 22, 2020 - 11:43 AM   
 By:   Howard L   (Member)

When I was a kid he used to show up on--oh my, I can't remember--"Wonderama"? "The David Susskind Show"??

 
 Posted:   Oct 22, 2020 - 12:37 PM   
 By:   Octoberman   (Member)

My earliest knowledge of Randi started all the way back in his Alice Cooper days.

My most recent news about him (and this is probably already old) was a challenge to prove or debunk the audible differences in audiophile hi-fi cables.
It had something to do with Michael Fremer, an audio "expert" who was going to take up the Pro position of the experiment on behalf of some boutique company that manufactured obscenely expensive cables.
Randi's position was that it was all snake oil.
As I recall, the challenge was dropped by both Fremer and the company.

I love any guy who is a sh*t disturber that fights in the name of logic and common sense.

RIP.

 
 
 Posted:   Oct 22, 2020 - 1:00 PM   
 By:   Xebec   (Member)

Seemed likeagood bloke trying to do the right thing exposing frauds. Good sense of humour too. RIP that man.

 
 
 Posted:   Oct 22, 2020 - 1:23 PM   
 By:   Howard L   (Member)

He reminded me of the magic shop owner in that nasty Hitchcock episode with Dill from TKAM.

 
 Posted:   Oct 22, 2020 - 2:24 PM   
 By:   Warlok   (Member)

I would concur - a great loss. You can be healthily skeptical yet still appreciate the magic of theater.

 
 Posted:   Oct 23, 2020 - 4:39 AM   
 By:   Jehannum   (Member)

One of my few heroes. Not many left at all now.

 
 Posted:   Oct 24, 2020 - 3:11 AM   
 By:   Thomas   (Member)

I remember him as well in a magic show related episode of Happy Days.

 
 
 Posted:   Oct 24, 2020 - 9:46 PM   
 By:   spiderich   (Member)

Exploring Psychic Powers Live:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldr2JTuHBy0

Secrets of the Psychics:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1KILuUFFPE

Richard G.

 
 
 Posted:   Oct 24, 2020 - 9:52 PM   
 By:   spiderich   (Member)

I remember him as well in a magic show related episode of Happy Days.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0596337/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_6

Richard G.

 
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