If the idea of spending half a million clams on fork bending seems just a little soft in the head, you're not alone. James Randi was an internationally known magician and an active investigator of paranormal claims when McDonnell-Douglas made the grant. He decided to send two young illusionists into the MacLab to debunk it. He bent things, burned things, moved things and knew things. Nobody like him in his field.
Illusions are ideas creating misleading appearances.
You know you have a major coup in your pocket when you sting the National Enquirer. The guys at the Laboratory for Psychical were crushed. I don't see how you do it. He plays comedy clubs, magic clubs, conventions, parties, colleges and concerts. He's the kind of act you can serve up to your friends or clients every year and never over-expose him.