The Amazing Randi
Just watched this Storyville documentary on the Amazing Randi, who was a magician who spent large swathes of time debunking, amongst others, Uri Geller. 1.5 hours long, and very much worth watching.
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Jimbuktu See? Right here, Wed 5 Nov 2014, 22:28,
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I happened across this the other night - absolutely brilliant documentary.
I loved the Alpha Project footage, I hadn't come across that before. The final portion on his personal life is fascinating and touching.
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Pig Bodine., Wed 5 Nov 2014, 22:36,
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Yep.
Was actually really interesting to have the split between the story and his personal circumstances. Worked well.
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Jimbuktu See? Right here, Wed 5 Nov 2014, 22:59,
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Randi is an absolute treasure.
Here's the film's official website: anhonestliar.com/wp/
Got a personal "I missed you" + signed (and smudged) postcard from him with Tom of Finland -stamps some weeks ago. A friend went to The Amazing Meeting.
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His Ted Talk was quite good too.
https://www.ted.com/talks/james_randi?language=en
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Ooh
Saw that referenced a couple of times, good linkage, thanks!
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Jimbuktu See? Right here, Wed 5 Nov 2014, 22:59,
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Oh I like this guy.
I can't put it into words, but I like those who use science.
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cowcat Bituminous squeegee, Wed 5 Nov 2014, 23:00,
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I remember his UK TV show from the early '90s.
Very entertaining. Doesn't he still have an unclaimed reward of a million dollars or somesuch for anyone able to prove they have psychic powers?
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sir_spicious2000 Crap I've watched: www.filmplop.blogspot.com/, Wed 5 Nov 2014, 23:04,
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Yeah
He mentioned it in the doc. Queries the fact that there isn't a massive queue outside the institute of people claiming it.
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Jimbuktu See? Right here, Wed 5 Nov 2014, 23:06,
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They must only use their powers for good!!!
Never personal gain!
Or is that Spiderman?
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sir_spicious2000 Crap I've watched: www.filmplop.blogspot.com/, Wed 5 Nov 2014, 23:08,
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With great power
Comes a load of gullible people to make a shit load of money from telling them about their auntie May is the Spiderman one.
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Jimbuktu See? Right here, Wed 5 Nov 2014, 23:15,
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Yes, maybe Sally Morgan could claim it now that she has lost her husband's business expertise.
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Pig Bodine., Wed 5 Nov 2014, 23:07,
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for the million dollar challenge
see his website: JREF million dollar challenge
(I also was a kickstarter supporter on "The Honest Liar" documentary :-) )
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It is rather good.
I liked how his boyfriend called him Amazing rather than James.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Wed 5 Nov 2014, 23:22,
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Loved him in Only Fools and Horses. Was never the same without him.
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Flash_Bastard, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 0:02,
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This is well worth the watch
I was a backer on kickstarter so i guess you can all thank me really
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Really?, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:11,
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I love Randi
best of all the gay magicians.
Also, this season of Storyville is absolutely fantastic. I highly recommend Particle Fever (about the Higgs discovery) and Northern Soul - Living for the Weekend.
And if you can't get iplayer, I have been informed by an unknown 3rd party that the slightly naughtier parts of the internet may or may not have a torrential amount of downloadable files in them. But that would be a terribly naughty thing to do. Ahem.
EDIT:
There's a lovely recent interview with Randi: Episode 137 of Penn's Sunday School
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admiral crunch holds the newsreader's nose squarely, Thu 6 Nov 2014, 11:38,
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I assume this is a different 'Amazing Randy' to the one that used to feature on EuroTrash. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsJlhsGRbr4
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