The cases of a stage magician/escape artist who moonlights as an amateur crimefighter.The cases of a stage magician/escape artist who moonlights as an amateur crimefighter.The cases of a stage magician/escape artist who moonlights as an amateur crimefighter.
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- TriviaBill Bixby actually learned how to do the magic tricks for this role, so for most of the magic there was no trick photography used at all. Some magic did use the frame of the camera or edits to allow effects that would not have been possible otherwise.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Quantum Leap: The Great Spontini - May 9, 1974 (1990)
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Lots of fun
Despite some plots that didn't quite measure up, the show had cool factor, and charm as only the great Bill Bixby could deliver. Additionally, the series is unique in its premise, if not in its mysteries.
Bixby did a great job of performing Mark Wilson's magic. Wilson was a popular professional magician who had his own TV show in the 60s. While I don't see it listed on this site, I distinctly remember what I believe to have been a 30 minute Saturday morning series where he rescued his beautiful assistant from bad guys each show - of course using his magic each week.
If you like magic, or Bill Bixby, or especially both (like me), keep an eye out for this. Since it only ran one season, once in a rare while a cable channel will run a marathon of the entire series.
ETA: The series is now available on DVD, as of sometime in 2017, I believe.
Bixby did a great job of performing Mark Wilson's magic. Wilson was a popular professional magician who had his own TV show in the 60s. While I don't see it listed on this site, I distinctly remember what I believe to have been a 30 minute Saturday morning series where he rescued his beautiful assistant from bad guys each show - of course using his magic each week.
If you like magic, or Bill Bixby, or especially both (like me), keep an eye out for this. Since it only ran one season, once in a rare while a cable channel will run a marathon of the entire series.
ETA: The series is now available on DVD, as of sometime in 2017, I believe.
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- Jul 14, 2016
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- Stimson House - 2421 S Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, California, USA(Max Pomeroy and his son, Dennis, home after the pilot.)
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