![]() ![]() Though I would pay to see David Copperfield. If Houdini were alive today, competing with Copperfield, I would not pay to see Houdini. ![]() Today any magician that looks up will see Copperfield’s ass. The production will be presented by Broadway Italia in its original language, English, directed by Federico Bellone (Houdini, Dirty Dancing in London and. David Copperfield has been the most celebrated magician for decades. Howard Thurston, a contemporary of Houdini, was a far better magician. Various experts on magic history say Houdini was not the greatest magician of his day. The dichotomy is both men were - are - very different. You could even say that David has blown the envelope apart. Houdini always pushed the envelope in magic. David has given millions to charity and has helped many magicians in need. David Copperfield is adored by his fellow magicians. Houdini was not liked much by his fellow magicians. David has more money than all the magicians combined since the big bang. Even now, Copperfield does over 400 shows year. Copperfield has the benefit of television, with just one of his television specials, more people have seen David Copperfield, than all the people who have ever seen Houdini in his entire career.ĭavid Copperfield was also the first magician to put romance and sex appeal in magic. Houdini started to do stunts that required athletic ability: underwater escapes, and for publicity, hanging upside down hundreds of feet in the air to escape from a straight jacket. Copperfield can do card manipulations, but that didn’t become his forte in magic. Houdini started out in magic, calling himself the King of Cards. Copperfield made the Statue of Liberty disappear. ![]() The technology today for magicians is much more advanced than it was in Houdini’s day. So, already David has Houdini beat by 10 years. So to compare them is pretty tricky since Houdini is dead, and David is still alive. Houdini died in 1926, almost 100 years ago. Toronto police have released several videos showing the moments leading up to the shooting death of rap artist Houdini and how a six-year-old bystander was nearly shot. If asked to name a famous magician today, people would say, David Copperfield. Later on, people would say Houdini & David Copperfield. By the way, I doubt most people even could tell you Houdini’s first name (it was Harry). So we thought it would be fun to do something similar with two of the most famous magicians in history.įor decades, if you asked anyone to name a magician, the only name they would say was Houdini. You just have to love these fantasy matchups, athletes from different eras competing against each other. ![]()
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