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80s Dude · 10-23-2020, 01:00 PM

RIP to James Randi/The Amazing Randi who played himself in a 1978 episode called "The Magician".

He had a career of being a mainstream magician in the 50s. By the 1970s, he started a new career of exposing psychics and TV Evangelicals as frauds. Among his most famous adversaries were Uri Gellar and Peter Popoff.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/21/o...andi-dead.html

JamesG · 10-23-2020, 03:59 PM

I was saddened to hear this.

He was a brilliant magician and escape artist in his day. One of the greatest at exposing scams, frauds and fakes. I enjoyed his spats with Sylvia Browne with her dancing around accepting his $1M challenge to prove genuine psychic abilities.

Babalu · 07-17-2021, 06:58 AM

I was a huge fan of his. I loved his fake psychic busting and his appearanced on Johnny Carson.

Toward the end of his life he got mixed up in some twisted personal stuff which sickened me but I try to ignore that when I think about his legacy.

10-23-2020, 01:00 PM	#1
80s Dude Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 24, 2019 Location: Toronto Posts: 3,823	RIP James Randi (aka Amazing Randi). RIP to James Randi/The Amazing Randi who played himself in a 1978 episode called "The Magician". He had a career of being a mainstream magician in the 50s. By the 1970s, he started a new career of exposing psychics and TV Evangelicals as frauds. Among his most famous adversaries were Uri Gellar and Peter Popoff. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/21/o...andi-dead.html

07-17-2021, 06:58 AM	#3
Babalu Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 22, 2014 Posts: 4,779	I was a huge fan of his. I loved his fake psychic busting and his appearanced on Johnny Carson. Toward the end of his life he got mixed up in some twisted personal stuff which sickened me but I try to ignore that when I think about his legacy.
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10-23-2020, 03:59 PM	#2
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,168	I was saddened to hear this. He was a brilliant magician and escape artist in his day. One of the greatest at exposing scams, frauds and fakes. I enjoyed his spats with Sylvia Browne with her dancing around accepting his $1M challenge to prove genuine psychic abilities.