Wizard Wars: magicians compete to create tricks in one hour using items from a dollar store

[Video Link] 2 teams of magicians get an hour to create original magic routines. Here's the catch: The routines must incorporate four [preselected] props (chopsticks, beach balls, erasers, fake oranges). After the hour is up, the magicians will perform their tricks before a panel of judges. Only one team can win. We call it...Wizard Wars.

Mark Frauenfelder is the founder of Boing Boing and the editor-in-chief of MAKE and Cool Tools. Twitter: @frauenfelder. Come and hear Mark speak at the ALA conference in Chicago on July 1.

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Fantastic idea. I want to see more of this.
kisela alesik

AWESOME!
Susan Carley Oliver

I would Tivo Season Pass this show.

Where are all the girl magicians?!

Finally – please please please improve the lighting.
Sam Piip

This is the most entertaining premise for a reality show I have seen. I could totally see this coming on after Mythbusters on the Discovery channel.
bunnyvision

ugh too bad the second guys did racist “asian” voices
BombBlastLightingWaltz

Was all excited to see how he made the flaming duck using from a dollar store. Now highly disappointed. Good improv though.