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Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed
File:MagicSecretsTitlecard.jpg
Title card from the first episode. Subsequent episodes had a number after "REVEALED."
StarringMitch Pileggi (narrator)
Val Valentino (Masked Magician)
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes5
Production
Running time1 hour
Original release
NetworkFOX Network
ReleaseNovember 24, 1997 –
October 29, 1998

Breaking the Magicians' Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed was a series of five specials, aired on the FOX Network in the US, and on Sky and ITV in the UK.

The original series

The first four specials featured incognito magician Val Valentino as the Masked Magician, who performed large-scale illusions and smaller-scale close up magic tricks, before revealing the secrets of the tricks. The Masked Magician was promoted as a well-known magician who wore a mask to avoid recrimination from fellow magicians.

The title alluded to the magician's code: the promise by working magicians to not reveal the basis of their tricks, or else risk getting blackballed by fellow magicians.

The first four episodes were hosted by Mitch Pileggi.

List of Grand Illusions Revealed
Show One
November 24, 1997
  1. Lady to Tiger,
  2. Levitation,
  3. Chinese Lantern,
  4. Zig Zag Girl,
  5. Exploding Packing Crate,
  6. Sawing a Woman in Half (Selbit's Sawing),
  7. Sword Basket,
  8. Metamorphosis,
  9. Vanishing Elephant
Show Two
March 3, 1998
  1. Crusher,
  2. Teleportation,
  3. Lady of Steel,
  4. Suit of Armor,
  5. Shooting an Arrow Through a Woman,
  6. Switching Places,
  7. Box of Pain,
  8. Water Torture Escape
Show Three
May 5, 1998
  1. Table of Death,
  2. Stretcher,
  3. Knife Throwing,
  4. Haunted House,
  5. Bullet Catch,
  6. Mismade Girl,
  7. Vanishing Tank
Show Four
October 29, 1998
  1. Car Crusher Escape,
  2. Cremation,
  3. Spike Torture,
  4. Guillotine,
  5. Buried Alive,
  6. Death Trap
Show Five
May 15, 2002
  1. Sawing Trough a Woman with a Buzz Saw,
  2. Making an Assistant Disappear,
  3. Broom Suspension,
  4. Going Through the Portal,
  5. Disappearing Dumptruck,
  6. Frozen Alive
This list covers only large-scale illusions. Other tricks were exposed.

At the end of the fourth show, the Masked Magician unmasked himself, and revealed that he was Val Valentino.

Subsequent specials

At the end of the fourth show, the now-unmasked Val Valentino announced he would soon star in live magic shows in places like Las Vegas. On February 23, 2000, Fox broadcast Secrets of Street Magicians Finally Revealed which featured a masked street magician performing tricks in the style of David Blaine. Fox returned to the original format on May 15, 2002, with Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed 5 - Escape from the Ice. The new magician was wearing a new mask and a new outfit.

2008 series revival

MyNetworkTV obtained the rights to air thirteen new specials in the US during fall of 2008. The new specials will have all new illusions never before shown in any of the other specials. The first episode aired on October 2nd. Subsequent episodes are scheduled every Monday after that. WWE Divas Maria Kanellis and Eve Torres appeared in the first episode.

List of Grand Illusions Revealed
Show One
October 2, 2008
  1. Death Saw,
  2. DeKolta Chair,
  3. Turning a Bentley into a Lamborghini,
  4. Making a String Quartet Disappear,
  5. Passing Through a Steel Wall
Show Two
October 6, 2008
  1. Making a Girl Vanish from a Table,
  2. Levitating a Girl on a Floating Table,
  3. Vivisection,
  4. Making a Girl Appear from a Set of Clothing,
  5. Making an Elephant Appear in an Empty Parking Lot
This list covers only large-scale illusions. Other tricks were exposed.

Trivia

The specials were parodied on the animated series King of the Hill during an episode in which Peggy participated in an illusion involving an exploding pinata, leading Hank to question her throughout the episode as to how the trick was performed. During the end credits, the trick is explained by Bobby Hill, who is seen wearing a replica of the Masked Magician's mask, which he removes to ask the audience "Please don't tell my dad."

External links

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