The Magic Prank Show with Justin Willman

The score for this is incredibly low. I loved watching this and hope we get another season. I absorb a lot of content and forget about it almost immediately, but this show lives in my head rent free still after watching it over a year ago. A lot of fantastic pranks and magic tricks. It's also really funny. It's a crime we don't have another season at least announced. I was disappointed seeing Justin is on some baking show now. I'm sure it's a good show, but his talents are wasted there. Hopefully his special on Netflix reignites interest in the prank show. Do yourself a favor and give it a watch.

For a magic show there is very little magic in the show and most of it is also accomplished or aided by the magic of editing. They show something happening from one angle, switch angle and show something else but in reality those two things didnt happen back to back. Big part was left in cuttingroom floor. This is kinda sad since Willman has skills to do magic properly...

The whole structure of the show is very boring. Spectator doesnt care or want to watch 25min backstory and motivation in order to see the end result. This whole serie could have been edited down to one single hour long episode without missing anything.

I will never understand why it is legal to sell this type of media.

If it is so heavily scripted, then why pretend its real in the first place?

Cause otherwise people would not be interested in the slightest.

I think shows that try to sell themselves as "unscripted" should be regulated.

Otherwise they manipulate its viewers in to thinking the show is real.

If they where just honest, and made it clear it was all just "a show", then they have to compete against real TV shows, with far more money, far better writing, and far better actors.

Obviously they don't do that, cause they would be irrelevant.

My wife and I have been going through this show and have been very surprised by how much we're enjoying it!

The cast is full of great characters, the magic is...magical, and the pranks are pretty incredible.

I read that some people feel like this is all fake, and the show doesn't come off like that at all. This is the magician that convinced the guy he was invisible and that prank was replicated by people all over the internet because it works.

There are moments where they use hired actors to pull off some of the pranks and those people for sure come off as acting. But the responses from the people they're pranking feel very genuine. Mostly they're shocked and in disbelief not really knowing what in the world to say because what's happening to them is ridiculous.

So if you like the idea of elaborate pranks pulled off like a heist with some great characters to follow and genuinely funny bits....the refrigerator is one of my favorites...then you'll have a great time with the show!

Its 2024 we don't need that horrible editing and commentary style anymore. People have thankfully moved on. The viewer is not a fish brained dumbass. Horrible Acting. Unsuccessfully trying to be funny. Is this supposed to be for toddlers? The average fake youtube prank would give you a better prank experience. Horrible Pacing. Had me pissed off enough to create an imdb account in order to leave this review. I don't even like writing reviews. What a waste of resources. Barely any magic, barely any pranks. Just a bunch of people trying to be funny. Name it the Magic Garbage Show. I cannot overstate how bad it is. Save yourself the time.