THE MAGICIAN deserved a longer run than only one season. The plots were intriguing and unique in the crime fighting genre.
Bill Bixby's character, Tony Blake used his skills as a magician to assist people who seemingly had no where else to turn. Thst premise gave the writers carte blanche to let their imaginations to run wild and could easily have created many more storylines to run considerably longer than one season.
During the first part of the season when Tony Blake lived aboard his jet airliner, that seemed a little extreme, particularly when he pulled his custom Corvette into the plane.
The second half of the run had Tony residing at The Magic Castle, which was much more palatable to me and presumably other middle class viewers.
Bill Bixby was a very capable actor and had no problem leading any TV series. His likeable attitude made him relatable to a wide variety of any target audience.
The Magician TV series was what got me interested in performing magic as a 13 year old kid. I watched this show with a fervor to marvel at the magic the show put front and center every time along with solving the problems of a new victim weekly. That's an unbeatable combination for a Cherokee American like me. For the great magic, true, but also for the kindness Tony Blakeb showed to the people he helped, and that attitude is a very Tribal one. I was taught that a warrior meant not gather possessions, rather to give them away to help others. Kindness, and assisting other people is the philosophy of our People. So, Tony Blake would've fit right in on our reservation.
I found The Magician both entertaining and enlightening, I'm certain people today could use a healthy serving of both now.
Bill Bixby's character, Tony Blake used his skills as a magician to assist people who seemingly had no where else to turn. Thst premise gave the writers carte blanche to let their imaginations to run wild and could easily have created many more storylines to run considerably longer than one season.
During the first part of the season when Tony Blake lived aboard his jet airliner, that seemed a little extreme, particularly when he pulled his custom Corvette into the plane.
The second half of the run had Tony residing at The Magic Castle, which was much more palatable to me and presumably other middle class viewers.
Bill Bixby was a very capable actor and had no problem leading any TV series. His likeable attitude made him relatable to a wide variety of any target audience.
The Magician TV series was what got me interested in performing magic as a 13 year old kid. I watched this show with a fervor to marvel at the magic the show put front and center every time along with solving the problems of a new victim weekly. That's an unbeatable combination for a Cherokee American like me. For the great magic, true, but also for the kindness Tony Blakeb showed to the people he helped, and that attitude is a very Tribal one. I was taught that a warrior meant not gather possessions, rather to give them away to help others. Kindness, and assisting other people is the philosophy of our People. So, Tony Blake would've fit right in on our reservation.
I found The Magician both entertaining and enlightening, I'm certain people today could use a healthy serving of both now.
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