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- From: presto@chopin.udel.edu (Jason Y Nocks)
- Subject: Re: Penn & Teller
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- References: <1992Dec25.034037.19030@ncsu.edu> <1993Jan2.090554.13522@netcom.com> <WVOSS.111.0@novell.com>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 23:22:48 GMT
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- In article <WVOSS.111.0@novell.com> WVOSS@novell.com (Wes Voss) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan2.090554.13522@netcom.com> grego@netcom.com (greg huff) writes:
- >>From: grego@netcom.com (greg huff)
- >>Subject: Re: Penn & Teller
- >>Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 09:05:54 GMT
- >>
- >>Just got How To Play With Your Food for Christmas. If any magicians
- >>get upset they are very silly, you can find all the same information
- >>at the local library! The fortunes and phoney labels are worth
- >>the price of the book. What people should be harping on is the
- >>recall on the NON TEAR sugar packets. Just call the 800 number
- >>and ask for the new "SUGAR" and they'll mail it out FREE!
- >>By the way anyone catch Penn & Tellers 900 gallons of Champage
- >>"trick" on New Year's? Magicians should be more upset with
- >>the lack of magic on the television then anyone doing anything
- >>magic related on the tube!
- >
- >I was very disappointed by the champagne trick... Good to see I wasn't the
- >only one. I expected something funny...
- >
- >Wes
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- Those people that criticise David Copperfield of using camera's too much to his
- advantage should have serious problems with Penn & Teller's New Years "effect".
- I was not very entertained, and I usually think that they are two of the most
- entertaining performers around.
-
- Oh well. Hope they do something better next TV appearance,
- -Jason
- --
- | presto@brahms.udel.edu | A senior E.E. at the U of D with a side order
- | presto@freezer.cns.udel.edu | of stage and close-up magic. The views
- | nocks@snow-white.ee.udel.edu | expressed are exclusively my own (etc).
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