# Levitation in magic

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 23, 2002, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/levitation-in-magic/110566 "2002-05-23T22:11:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 1, 2002, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/levitation-in-magic/110566/21 "2002-06-01T07:05:48Z")

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> \*Originally posted by ianzin \*  
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> Incidentally, Valentino himself owns the copyright on the ‘Masked Magician’ name, likeness and character.  
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I’m pretty sure the most recent Fox special used a different person. He wore a different mask that exposed his hair and the lower part of his face, and it didn’t look like Valentino at all. Perhaps the different “look” made it a different character, thus not covered by the copyright? I don’t recall if the show called him the “Masked Magician” this time. Maybe the copyright was licensed to the show.

After Valentino revealed himself last time, I wonder why they used a different magician for the new episode. Could it be that some part of the fun would be lost knowing the secret?

According to [this page](http://www.magiciansalliance.com/unmasked.html), Valentino’s identity was known very soon after he did the first episode. Is the new masked magician as obvious?

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