Before we left for our New Year break we had a delightful phone conversation with Richard Kaufman, the man we've previously called one of the "Guardians of Magic." He's the world's most prolific writer, producer and publisher of magicana, currently the editor of Genii, The Conjuror's Magazine.
In his January issue there's a hilarious piece about John Lovick, aka "Handsome Jack." It explains how he fooled Penn & Teller in the video above. But what the TV audience did not know - and neither did P & T - was that Jack also managed to fool the two "guardians" behind the scenes: Johnny Thompson and Mike Close. Well-known magicians in their own right, their job is to learn how all the tricks are done, and to serve as judges when and if Penn & Teller get fooled. But Handsome Jack dazzled 'em with fancy pantswork....
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