Paul Daniels-Backstage with the magician

[magicboyb]

Paul has such a wonderful classic style he makes you feel like your his best friend, what every perfomer should apsire to achive.

[superyingyang]

he closed the front door first ..she came behind the curtain.....quickly

[marshalllucky]

Daniels show became boring,drab and predictable and when the likes of derren brown came along it became apparent that daniels had seen better days and could not compete.Disappear Daniels...now thats magic!

[raelnotnot]

youre kidding right??

[97channel]

marshalllucky - Daniels carried the torch for UK magic throughout an entire generation. His show also became a showcase for many other fantastic tallents.

His act may have become overly familiar by the mid 90s, but bear in mind how long he'd been performing on prime time BBC1. Absolutely years.

Derren brown could not have developed his style without the evolution period when Daniels reigned supreme. He achieves many effects by use of traditional magic, but cleverly packaged as mentalism.

[marshalllucky]

I think daniels should team up with other 80`s entertainment giants and do a variety show, with keith harris and hale and pace etc, I really think they could do a sell out tour but on his own he would struggle.

[Simpson654]

What? It's a different beautiful lady. Miss the point, did you?

[dvlkcc]

Is he implying the black woman isn't beautiful? LOL..racist.

[Schnorbs]

Made me smile. Do you think this could be inspired at all by Noises Off? That's the play (first performed early 1980s) where we see backstage at a farce.

[Jimmycrow1980]

Easy at 4.31 Debbie walks out of the front and the other lady walks in. The audince aint real. They are cardboard cut outs(look they dont move(clap).

[lwouldliketoknow]

haha I didnt think hed reveal anything, thought he would be strict about that kinsa thing

[rjh00]

Holy Cow, even when he reveals the trick to you he amazes you, awesome :D

[Carycomic]

I've seen other tele-versions of this trick performed by Mark Wilson, David Copperfield, and Lance Burton. But, this gentleman one-ups them all! And, I hope no one minds that this praise comes from a (what's the expression? Oh, yes!) "bloody Yank." ;-)

[yeshevishman]

@Carycomic Lance's version is better. But this one is still up there.

[Carycomic]

@yeshevishman

Indisputably, old bean. ;-)

[bheast86]

this was a staple of his live show, which I saw him do at the Prince of Wales theatre in '81. Those sufficiently interested will have already noticed that one of the 'backstage' people was the great Ali Bongo

[Carycomic]

Yes; but, who was the substitute for Ms. McGee? Chelsea Brown from The Spice Girls?

[tonykamo76]

Funny