The Grand Finale

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Film, Public, Mitchell, Prx, Fiction, Drama, Radio, Storytelling, Audio, Radiotopia, Story, Jonathan

4.7 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

It’s 1978, and the world’s most famous magician wants to show you the true wonders of the universe.

Written by Jonathan Mitchell.

This story was inspired by the life and work of magician Doug Henning, and uses material that borrows heavily from his act. If you would like to learn more about Henning and his work, we have put a list of links on our website to books and videos used to research this story.

Our story was performed by Billy Griffin, Jr., Amy Warren, Stephanie Rey, Michael Cumpsty, Adrián Burke, T.J. Mannix, Reza Nasooti, Louis Kornfeld, Michael Cullen, Rachel Botchan, Stefan Schuette, Mary McDonnell, Chris Kipiniak, Bill Rohlfing, and Eli James.

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0:00.0	We need you to know!
0:03.6	WizKids will not be seen tonight, so that we may bring you this special presentation.
0:11.4	The foundation of magic is a belief in the unbelievable.
0:16.8	You must believe in magic, because when you believe...
0:23.0	everything is possible.
0:24.5	After a successful stage career, David Dreamer became world famous for forming live magic
0:33.2	specials on television. His first in 1975 attracted an audience of over 50 million viewers.
0:42.0	Hi, I'm David Dreamer and welcome to my Wonder Dome!
0:47.9	Yeah, I would always ask my parents to stay up just so I could watch.
0:50.8	He was a trailblazer for all of the magicians to come. He was gorgeous.
0:55.6	He was different. Veteran stage magician Harry Milton was an early mentor of David's
1:01.0	and became his lead illusion designer.
1:03.6	Well magic was totally in the rut. It was just the same old vatavill stack that David found a way
1:09.1	to break through all that. For David, it was out with rabbits and top hats and in with peace and love.
1:16.8	He looked like a rock star. But it was more than just a look. David made magic beautiful.
1:26.0	You know there are people who believe that our minds are much more powerful than we ever thought
1:31.7	possible, and that we can actually use our minds to make physical objects disappear.
1:39.5	So if that were the case, it might look a little something like this.
1:46.6	And what we saw next was nothing short of astounding.
1:58.7	In the world of magic, everything is possible!
2:02.8	So how was it done? Oh, you don't want to know that. I don't.
2:12.4	Why not? It kills the magic to know how it's done, doesn't it? We need to keep that magic alive
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