Were you watching Phenomenon tonight?
What drama. This show is kind of like the American Idol for magicians. A few of them are pretty good too. One of the judges is Criss Angel who also happens to have his own show, Mindfreak, on A & E. The other judge is Uri Geller.
On tonight's show some guy, Jim Callahan, who claims to be able to speak with the dead, as if there were a seance going on, performs his act. Supposedly he talks to the the spirit of some dead author who is able to allow the magician to write a description of an object that a volunteer puts into a box without the magician's knowledge.
After the act, Uri and Criss critique the performance. That's where the drama comes in . . . In no uncertain terms Criss calls the guy out. Criss pulls an envelope out of his pocket and says he will pay the guy one million dollars if he can tell Criss what is in the envelope. For all intents and purposes Criss calls the guy a fake, a loser, a hack. NBC even has to bleep Criss' comments out at a point. However, I could make out that Criss basically called the guy's act "bullshit." That's where the two of them almost came to blows. It was like some episode of Riki Lake or something.
Seriously, the host had to get into the mix and pull the guy back from trying to attack Criss. It was hard to tell if it was staged, but I did get the impression it wasn't. Regardless, it was entertaining.
