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The TV series

  • Awesome Moment: Anytime Tony does a feat of sleight-of-hand or a very well-engineered stunt, one has to appreciate how good Bill Bixby really was at illusions.
    • Tony is also very good at reading people: in "Lady in a Trap", Tony interrogates a Corrupt Cop. The cop doesn't say a word, but Tony is able to figure out exactly what he wants to know, simply by reading the guy's tells. You do not want to play poker with a guy like that.
    • In "The Illusion of the Evil Spikes", Tony gives a presentation showing how a particular trick was done. Usually, it's breaking a cardinal rule for a magician to give away a secret. Tony can justify it, though, because (1) the trick is very well done, and (2) he's giving away the secret to flush out the villain. Unfortunately, the villain turns out to be an old mentor of Tony's.
  • Retroactive Recognition: Mark Hamill appears as a traumatized youth in "Lightning on a Dry Day". The episode aired in 1973: Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope premiered in 1977.

The film


The cartoon

  • Cult Classic: It has a small but dedicated audience despite/because of how relatively unknown it was during its airing in the US.

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