In a 1988 magic championship, a magician was disqualified for being too good!

Lennart Green is a world champion close-up/card magician. He competed at the 1988 International Federation of Magic Societies’ Convention in The Hagues, Netherlands and was immediately disqualified because his act was so convincing that judges believed he had used stooges in his act to shuffle the cards.

In 1991, Green returned to perform the same act but insisted that the judges themselves shuffle the cards to prove that he was a man of honor and skill and didn’t use (or need) stooges. The judges awarded him the first place title he was unjustly denied three years ago. Since then, Green has appeared on the fourth World’s Greatest Magic television special and given an excellent TED talk.

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