We’ll be watching. Of course, we would be watching anyway because WizWavelley (what the cool kids call the show) is one of our favorite Disney Channel series – tied with Phineas & Ferb and Jessie starring our favorite from Zack and Cody’s spin-off, The Suite Life on Deck, Debby Ryan.
Yes, we are just outside the Disney Channel demographics by about forty or sixty or ninety years, but we like good writing and those three shows have plenty of well-written stuff for us to steal. As many Inside Magic readers know, we publish a daily newsletter for stand-up comics and magicians.
On rare occasions – like daily – we run out of funny things to say. Rather than refund our subscribers’ yearly fee, we steal liberally from sources our readers are unlikely to know. It works like this.
Original Scene:
Series: Phineas & Ferb:
Episode: Boyfriend from 27,000 BC
First Aired: June 7, 2008
Phineas: They say if you love something, let it go.
Ferb: Especially if it’s a caveman.
Phineas: Yeah. Especially if it’s a caveman.
Our Tweeking:
I have a magnet on my refrigerator that reminds me, “If you love something, let it go.” That is so true. I was telling that very same thing to my girl the other night – she’s a cavewoman. She nodded and blurted sweet nothings in my ear, “let me go or I eat you!”
Result: Comedy Gold, Baby!
Magician extraordinaire David Copperfield will guest star as himself in the episode titled Harperella.
Inside Magic congratulates David Copperfield on his deserved ascension to the awesome position of King of Magic and awarded the “Magician of the Century” designation.
The Society of American Magicians (“SAM”) bestowed both accolades upon the peripatetic and prolific prestidigitator.
Mr. Copperfield has earned many titles and laudatory commendations throughout his incredible career but unlike us, is not willing to rest on his laurels. The SAM’s press release notes the ever-young performer still puts in an honest day’s work by presenting his full show more than 500 times a year.
The Society previously picked him as “Magician of the Century” for the 20th Century – quite a feat considering the incredible lot of magicians that performed from 1900 through 2000.
This is the first time the Society has named a “King of Magic.”
Our U.S. Constitutional research shows Mr. Copperfield’s acceptance of this title does not run afoul of Article 1, Section 9:
No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States: and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state.
See, Cornell’s fantastic resource, the Legal Information Institute here..
Note, it is a popular misconception that a more strict prohibition against titles was added to the Constitution by Amendment. While there was a Titiles of Nobility Amendment passed by the Senate, House of Representatives, it was not ratified by the requisite number of states and is not law.
We would like to go on record as saying that even if the Titles of Nobility Amendment had been ratified and Mr. Copperfield’s acceptance of the title “King” violated that law, we would not turn him in.
The Society gave the title in recognition his efforts “to advance, elevate, and preserve magic as a performing art, to promote harmonious fellowship throughout the world of magic, and to maintain and improve ethical standards in the field of magic.”
However, as Inside Magic reported recently, Mr. Copperfield earned the more significant and lasting title of Father with the recent birth of his daughter, Sky. The magician and his beautiful French model girlfriend, Chloe Gosselin kept Sky’s arrival under wraps for about 16 months before the lay and magic press discovered the happy news.
Under traditional rules and customs pertaining to royalty, Sky would properly be considered a Princess of Magic but Chloe Gosselin could not attain the title of Queen of Magic unless she married the then-existing King.
Additionally, we are informed by a scholar on royalty that kingship is rarely attained by talent or popular acclaim. In fact, 77.41 percent of all kings or queens attained their position simultaneously with the murder, execution, coup d’état, or suspicious disappearance of the previous monarch. Continue reading King Copperfield Joins Roster of Magic Royalty
The Washington U.S. Attorney’s office closed their criminal investigation focusing on David Copperfield about three months ago but only after subjecting the magician to a nearly two year investigation, searching his Las Vegas warehouse, seizing cash and other items.
This Tuesday, the Kirkland Washington woman who accused David Copperfield of raping her during a trip to his private island dropped her federal lawsuit.
The plaintiff dropped her suit just days after a federal judge ruled Copperfield’s attorneys could depose her under oath, and three months after local prosecutors charged her with prostitution and filing a false police report.
Bellevue prosecutors say the plaintiff asked a man to “pay $2,000 for sex in a hotel, and then falsely accused the man of trying to rape her because he refused the deal.”
Angelo Calfo, David Copperfield’s counsel with the Seattle firm Yarmuth, Wilsdon and Calfo, told reporters ‘[the Plaintiff's] lawsuit was nothing but a pathetic attempt to extort Mr Copperfield for money with malicious and false allegations. “There was no settlement. Mr Copperfield would not and did not pay Carroll a dime to drop her lawsuit.”
The Plaintiff told reporters through a written statement “It has never been about money. I just wanted him held accountable for what he did.” You can read the Seattle Post Intelligencer article here. The Daily Mail’s take on the case can be found here
Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s Prime Minister, is under attack for allegedly maintaining a “harem.”
Mr. Berlusconi is a billionaire, runs most of the Italian media and is married.
According to news reports this morning, the Prime Minister engaged in extra-marital relations with former assistant to illusionist David Copperfield, Patrizia D’Addario.
Ms. D’Addario was paid to attend an elegant dinner party at the leader’s home. He apparently offered fine food, gifts, and requested she stay after other guest left.
Normally, this would be a he said – she said situation. Ms. D’Addario, however, taped their conversation. The tape seems to prove up her claim and paint the Prime Minister in a tawdry light.
At breakfast the following morning, Berlusconi presented her with a “multicoloured tortoise encrusted with precious stones, declaring: ‘The tortoise is a special gift I give only to you.’”
When reports of Mr. Berlusconi’s alleged infidelity first surfaced, he dismissed them generally. After Ms. D’Addario’s claims were made public, he called them “trash and falsehood.”
“I will not be swayed by these attacks and will continue to work for the good of the country,” he said.
Yesterday was Ed Alonzo Day at the Magic Double-Wide we call home here in Mystic Hollow, Michigan.
We were cruising the web and getting up to date on all things magic when we read Inside Magic Favorite, Ed Alonzo will create the magic for Michael Jackson’s 50-date run in London.
Wow, that says a lot for both Ed Alonzo and Michael Jackson.
Ed Alonzo is famous within the world of magic, but is not yet a household name like David Copperfield, Li’l Tom Hardy, or Criss Angel.
Plus, he seems profoundly normal and decent. There were no rumors of his dating or not dating Britney Spears either before or during his current employment with the bombshell that is Ms. Spears.
The postman came by and made some comments about our need to cut back on the magic magazines if we ever hoped to get out of debt. He held three of our magic journals in one hand and a stack of bills in the other.
We thanked him for his unsolicited advice, slightly whistling through our broken incisor at just the right pitch to summon our playful pit bull – Doberman mix, Big Tom.
Magician of the Century David Copperfield is slated to join the fun on the Emmy Award-winning comedy series Wizards of Waverly Place.
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