Penn Jillette Describes Being Fooled By Mahdi
I’ll remember this for the rest of my life… Gentlemen, you’ve just been fooled by pure sleight of hand by a man without hands.
Penn & Teller: Fool Us
Legendary Vegas Showman Johnny Thompson personally invited Mahdi Gilbert to appear on the third season of The CW’s PENN & TELLER: FOOL US in 2016. Mahdi was flown in to Las Vegas and spent the next week preparing for a performance that would mark the world of magic forever.
The Amazing Magicians
When the Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation decided to air a magic show in China they knew that they wanted to produce a TV show like no other. Mahdi Gilbert was one of the Western magicians asked to perform on the program.
Star King
Mahdi Gilbert was the first foreign magician to appear on South Korean national television in 2016. (SBS) Star King (놀라운 대회 스타킹) is the most popular program in the country and they devoted an entire episode to his magic and his motivational speaking.
The One Show
The British Broadcasting Corporation invited Mahdi Gilbert to perform live on national television in 2018. Over 5 million people tuned in to see Mahdi’s episode on (BBC One) The One Show hosted by Alex Jones & Matt Baker.
Our Magic
Mahdi Gilbert was featured a documentary on the art of magic. Our Magic documentary about the art of magic as seen by thirty one of the most respected thinkers, performers and creators in the art.
Luís de Matos // IMPOSSÍVEL
The greatest Portugese illusionist, Luís de Matos invited Mahdi Gilbert to take part in a brand new live television magic show on RTP1 called IMPOSSÍVEL. This show features amazing human beings who have done, do, and perform the impossible and make the world a more magical place.
Die Ehrlich Brothers präsentieren: Showdown der weltbesten Magier
RTL in Germany aired Die EHRLICH BROTHERS Präsentieren : Showdown Der Weltbesten Magier hosted by Laura Wontorra. Mahdi Gilbert was invited to perform one of his signature routines on this popular program that was seen by millions of people in Germany.
Ocean of Dreams
Ocean of Dreams is a fantasy, theatrical show that features incredible magic. The show is set on Dream Maker, a ship that is sailing through an fantastical sea filled with dreams, illusions, and love.
Modern Magic: An Evening of Bespoke Conjuring
In 2014, Mahdi Gilbert and Shane Cobalt set out to create a groundbreaking new magic show. It would be named after a classic magic book, Modern Magic by Professor Hoffman and feature centuries old magic that has never been seen by anyone alive.
Mahdi The Magician: Live
Mahdi The Magician: LIVE is a combination of Mahdi telling his life story, bringing to life the stories of the great magicians, and his unique brand of magic & mind reading.
Mahdi Presents Magic In Your Hands
Magic In Your Hands is magic in your hands. Magic happens in your hands. The magic show takes place in your hands. It’s unimaginable, unbelievable, indescribable and must be experienced.
How Magicians Think: Overcoming Obstacles
This is podcast episode about seeing beyond limitations and succeeding despite enormous obstacles. Bring a tissue and tune in. Let this episode serve as your spiritual nourishment for the week.
The Nature of Magic
If my analysis of the magician's logic is correct, its two great principles turn out to be merely two different misapplications of the association of ideas.
The Magical Atmosphere
They were deeply captivated, surrounding him squashed in like sardines trying to get a good view of the improvised stage. There was a special thing floating in the air, it was as if that night at that very place nothing were impossible.
Secrets Were His Life
William Robinson would continue to acquire, develop, and shuttle secrets to and fro when the price was right. This was a man who knew magic as well as anyone and as his value grew so did his reputation for duplicity.
Magic Is The Art of Transformation
He was revived in a field hospital and suffered from severe shell shock. During his recovery he would ask for playing cards and practiced non-stop. Thinking he was mentally ill for wearing gloves and repeating the same manipulations with cards all day the doctors had him incarcerated in a mental hospital in Southhampton, England.
The Bird With One Wing
Instead of feeling sorry for himself, he started to push himself, trying to come back to life, feeling the fire that flows through the veins of men who want to push beyond their own limitations. A fire that nothing and no one can extinguish. Proof that life is stronger than death and that love is stronger than pain.
A Real Magic Love Spell
I first heard about Howard Thurston's mantra from Jim Steinmeyer and became obsessed with it. What did he say? Why did he say it?
The Heart Of Magic
The magic just happened. You never saw any hand flexing, any hand positioning, or any other visible motion to suggest sleight of hand. This man was on. It was his night. He treated all of us to an experience of truly real magic.