{"id":99,"date":"2009-12-11T11:03:46","date_gmt":"2009-12-11T19:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cwknight.com\/?p=99"},"modified":"2009-12-11T11:09:45","modified_gmt":"2009-12-11T19:09:45","slug":"magicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.cwknight.com\/?p=99","title":{"rendered":"THE GREAT MAGICIANS OF THE 20th CENTURY!"},"content":{"rendered":"

In addition to his popular appearances as the Daily Show’s<\/a> resident expert and his long-running stint playing the REVILED and DISGUSTING PC in the adverts for those GLORIOUS and MAGNIFICENT Apple computers, John Hodgman<\/a> (referred to henceforth by his stage name, “The Master of Hidden Knowledge, Hodgman”) has also received some notoriety for being America’s preeminent fake trivia and esoteric list compiler. In his books, The Areas of My Expertise<\/em><\/a>, and More Information Than You Require<\/em><\/a>, he presents a mind-expanding journey through fabricated facts and figures, supplemented with long and laboriously crafted lists of 700 hobo names (featured in Areas<\/em>) and 700 mole-man names (featured in More<\/em>). It was his work in the fields of mole-men and boxcar-riding drifter monikers that spurred me to research and compile this list of THE GREAT MAGICIANS OF THE 20TH CENTURY!<\/p>\n

Please keep in mind that this list is a work in progress; look for a supplement here in the future.
\nAnd so, without further ado, I present<\/p>\n

THE GREAT MAGICIANS OF THE 20th CENTURY!<\/h2>\n

1. The Great Garbini
\n2. Ronaldo, Keeper of the Secret of the Saracens
\n3. Willy Chou, Master of Illusion
\n4. Harry Potter
\n5. Wilford Brimley, the Insulin Illusionist and
\n6. Sugar, the Magic Counting Horse, rivals
\n7. Brother Gregory, The Mystic Monk
\n8. The Magic Nuclear Scientist Genius Kid, Beanie.
\n9. David Sprocketfield, the Mechanical Magician
\n10. George Oscar Bluth
\n11. Tim, A Minor Wizard
\n12. Dick McFeeley, a Close-Up Master
\n13. Timothy, A Major Wizard
\n14. Pinder, the Sword Swallower Who Can’t Take Pills
\n15. Timothanthony, The Ultimate Wizard
\n16. Miss J, Gender Warlock
\n17. Malcom Reynolds, Escape Artist of The New West
\n18. The Straight Jacket Mannequin
\n19. \"Tony<\/a>
\n20. Larry Flint, The Pornographic Prestidigitator and
\n21. Andrea Dworkin, The Feminist Fortuneteller, rivals
\n22. The Comic Conjurer, Alan Moore
\n23. The Mystical Tony Stark and His Assistant, Pepper Potts.
\n24. W.E.B Du Bois, the Soul Speaker
\n25. Tricky, The Illusionist
\n26. Illusiony, The Trickster
\n27. Alexey Pajitnov, The Hypnotist
\n28. Two Girls, One Cups And Balls
\n29. Daft Punk
\n30. The Inexplicably Popular Stephanie Meyer
\n31. Tesla, The Lightning Charmer and
\n32. Edison, The Lightning Thief, rivals
\n33. The Hardass Steve Jobs
\n34. Rubik The Amazing Cube
\n35. Jorge The Great
\n36. Vork, The Guild Master
\n37. Kramer
\n38. Gertrude The Magnificent
\n39. The Master of Hidden Knowledge, Hodgman
\n40. The Mystic Mississippi
\n41. Pirate Emperor Ron Gilbert
\n42. Lovely Lydia, and
\n43. Ugly Earnest, rivals
\n44. The Explorer of India, The Keeper of the Maharajah’s Ghost, and Wild Elephant Handler, Jeff
\n45. Martinus, The Magical Friar
\n46. Thomas Edison, The Wizard of Menlo Park, and
\n47. Nikola Tesla, The Scientist Who Lived Under the Stairs, rivals. *NOTE*<\/strong>
\n48. Micky Spritz, The Coney Island Conjurer
\n49. The Mario Bros.
\n50. Captain Virgil Tennenbaum, Knot Master<\/p>\n

*NOTE*<\/strong><\/p>\n

A note on the Edisons and Teslas:<\/span> Tesla The Lightning Charmer and Edison The Lightning Thief should not be confused with the Grandmaster Warlocks from whom they aped their names. Edison The Lightning Thief and Tesla The Lightning Charmer were two of several pairs of businessmen-entertainers, including a then unknown Ringling Brothers, who attempted to cash in on the well publicized rivalry of the Electrical Elite. They enjoyed some success at first, until Tesla invented his Matter Duplicator, allowing the real Messrs. Edison and Tesla to perform their lethal lightning fights in several cities at once. For a complete history of the real Edison and Tesla, please see The Areas of My Expertise<\/em>, or, make it up yourself.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In addition to his popular appearances as the Daily Show’s resident expert and his long-running stint playing the REVILED and DISGUSTING PC in the adverts for those GLORIOUS and MAGNIFICENT Apple computers, John Hodgman (referred to henceforth by his stage name, “The Master of Hidden Knowledge, Hodgman”) has also received some notoriety for being America’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fiction","category-fun","count-0","even alt","author-admin","last"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cwknight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cwknight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cwknight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cwknight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cwknight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=99"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"http:\/\/www.cwknight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123,"href":"http:\/\/www.cwknight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions\/123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cwknight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=99"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cwknight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=99"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cwknight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}