lets be honest this guy deserves some serious respect for trying to bring something as great as magic tricks into the younger generation

Imagine if he took off the mask and it was the narrator lol

For some odd reason, his speech had this “relatable villain” vibe to it

I remember watching this show religiously and the moment he was about to remove the mask my grandma turned the tv off and told me to go to sleep :( NOW more than 10 years later, I can finally see his face

I grew up wondering who was wearing that mask and after so many years I found this video today.

Thought he would be some buff bald dude who looked like he meant bussiness and ran a mafia... lol

This is so touching! He is so right! "The magic isn't in the secret, it is in the pervormance"- the masked magician. " You have to create new to preserve old." - Lara Kahr.

Imagine if he took off his mask and *"hi, vsauce here"*

Good for him. Watching the show didn't make me want to go to magic shows and spoil them. It made me realize that magic shows really are an art, that have simple explanations but take years to perfect. I can do a few card tricks and I get a kick out of seeing someone else do them even if I know the solution. The guy is right. It really isn't about knowing the secret (because, come on, we all know he isn't actually summoning spirits or practicing witchcraft) so much as enjoying the show. He's an excellent performer, and I hope he keeps it up.

Behind that mask there was a handsome face.. That came as a surprise to me.

"Who is this masked magician?" *gasp* Val Valentino! Me: "I still dont know who this guy is"

I'm here 2020 because of damn coronavirus

What if this is also a magic trick & not his real face? Lol

How did UKposts know I used to watch this show?

people, we must learn how to respect his true identity.

He looks like mommy's cute boy. I always imagined him as a mafia boss with scars on his face. That imagination made the show more interesting

I grew up watching this. I just thought he was scared because the magicians will kill him or something. I found this video today and thank him.

Oo he's pretty handsome... Did not expect that

When I was young, I was amazed that he unmasked himself. I thought for my whole life that he wasn't the actual magician.

Now it's time to face reveal his body double!

I was expecting Kylo Ren

The moment you realize your career is over.

As a kid this guy was THE magician...finally seeing him is...crazy

2019 anyone ?😂😭

I think what he says around 2:25-2:45 is dead on. Just like learning a few card tricks, knowing how a couple of these are done doesn't ruin a love of magic, but increase it. And the real "magic" is in the performance of the artist, as a magician.

Hey that's my dad! He vanished from my life years ago...

My Dad is the best Magician 🎩 he vanished 41 years ago and never came back 😝

Yeah. I watched this as a kid and still look up for magic stuff. Im 20 now and still love magic.

The smoke comes,takes out the mask and JHON CENNA!!!!

I don't think "The Masked Magician" was one guy.

The Masked Magician's real name is Val Valentino.

his speech inspires me, a great magician could come from everywhere.

i always watched him and his show when i was a kid

"I will be performing new and exciting illusions that have never been seen before"..... ok you can come out now, the 9 year disappearing act is a bit overkill tbh.

For 4 years, audiences around the world wondered, "Who is the Masked Magician?" . Then, in the last episode he took off the mask and no-one was any the wiser.

He said it tight!!! After watching these I fell more in love with magic..... and the science, tricks....last but not the least the perfect timings in of these shows

If it wasn't for this show, magic would eventually die out because know would know it's secrets to pass it on to newer generations. Some one has to know in order to keep it alive. In my opinion Valentino practically saved magic

He's right. People shouldn't think too hard trying to figure out how it's done. Everyone knows it's not real, it's an illusion and the real art is how it's performed. So the bottom line is, we should sit back enjoy and be thrilled.

It would have been funny if he took off his mask to reveal another mask. 😁

Magic is soooo cool. Magicians are not just magicians but real superior craftsmen and professionals. My appreciation for magic has quadrupled since watching this. Thank you masked magician

i was expecting john cena

"Let's see who this Masked Magician really is!" *rips off mask* "*gasp* Val Valentino! But why?" "I wanted to share the secrets of magic so that other people can be a part of it. And I would have gotten away with if it weren't for you meddling kids and your dog too!"

I saw this broadcast live and I felt shivers down my spine and my heart was pumping while awaiting for him to unmask himself.

This show was my childhood. Absolute classic.

dang, the masked magician is pretty handsome

when he took off his mask, I legit yelled "damnnnn HE FINE"

He did make me a fan. He helped magic.

Glad i caugh the unmasking episode all those years back. I nearly forgotten this show, but the masked magician's unmasking makes me remember.

I was expecting The Stig

"The art of magic is for everyone, and especially for you kids, cause you are the future of magic"... I was 10 years old when I saw this show in 1999 and I fell in love with magic tricks immediately. I dreamt of becoming a magician, and till now I admire magic tricks and magicians. If there's someone who blames Val Valentino for ruining the art of magic by revealing the tricks, I claim it was him who brought me to the art of magic, and without him, I would never become such a huge fan of magic tricks. I watched this show over and over again when I was a child and I became almost obsessed with magic shows - it was the only thing that I watched on TV for years, I bought many books about learning the art of magic. It still brings tears in my eyes when I hear this speech of his, because after 18 years, I still remember every single word he said. I loved this show that much.

He has a point about the knowledge making a fan loving something more, that's how I got back into Pro Wrestling. As a kid I loved it, during my teen years I had the whole "its fake and stupid, so why even watch it" mentality but as I got older and learned about all of the tricks behind the profession, I ended up loving it

This was such a revolutionary moment when I was a kid. I was absolutely In love with this show and I wonder where Val is today

2018 anyone?

how do we kniw that is really him? he is a magican after all.

Valentino your shows are so inspiring thanks for reveling the magic tricks

After all these years, I finally got to see the masked magician reveal himself. Took me way to long to remember this part of my childhood

Lol, he's way more attractive than I though he was going to be.

These comments are funny. Has anyone heard of voice changing software? Everyone can be recognized by their voice by someone they know. Jeeezzz! T-Pain made a career with autotune. Voice distortion has been around over 30 years. SMH

He's so handsome😍

I will say this series made me start doing small tricks for my kids. It's been great. I loved this series and I'm glad it was made.

I still have no clue who he is.....

And I'm here thought that he was bald.

Glad you recorded and uploaded this. I miss the episode

He's my favorite villian. He betrayed his kind for ours. He's like Prometheus who brought to us Fire from the Gods and was damned by them for it.

o my god! i did not see his face coming to look like that!

Pretty positive that the real masked magician was a little thicker..

This was a huge deal back in the day. I loved watching this on TV and loved the horned up narrator and masked magician

He was my idol growing up whenever this show would go on I would watch it no matter what

I never knew my gardener is the magician.

I don't think that's really him...

I remember watching this when it aired on TV. Not that anyone cares. I just remember watching it hahaha. Time flies.

such a classic. i was obsessed with this

Dam thought it was gonna be my man Morgan Freeman...lol watched now you see me last night...pretty good movie

This was one of the defining moments of my childhood. I loved magic a lot as a kid and watched it all the time when I could. NBC used to have the World's Greatest Magic specials the night before Thanksgiving from 94-98 then this came on in 1997 and really shook things up. They quit having those specials largely due to this show. I loved this show the best due to the tone and how they explained everything. The narrator was hilarious and Valentino did a good job and had a steady pace. It didn't ruin magic at all in fact it made me proud to say I loved it. I know the pros hated him for doing it but I sure don't. I was so sad as a kid when he unmasked and went away it was like a hero was gone. Wish they kept on doing them but I guess they were smart to end it. But still though I was so anxious and waited for ages to see this happen they did a great job promoting it too.

I remember when this episode aired he had a lot of magician's trying to sue him because they had to scrap acts from their routines. But honestly he's not wrong letting people in on the secrets and wanting to know how things work does increase the interest in audience. It also forces magician's to stop rehashing/rebranding the same crap and actually come up with original material.

He says that magic has taken a backseat to high-tech entertainment, but TV and the internet are the best way for magicians to get their work seen by a lot of people. Fun fact: Bertrand Russell, a guy literally born in the 1800s, wrote an essay called Modern Homogeneity, expressing, among other things, his concern about the prominence of movies.

Haven't ever heard from him again

Or is this just a trick? The Masked Magician was heavier, bigger built than this guy, I suggest the real one is extremely famous.

Omg at 30 years old I finally have found out who the masked magician is!!!! My life is complete!!!

2020 and here lol... I remember he was my first crush, and I have absolutely no ide why or how (whenhe still had his mask on)😂😂😂😂

2017 anyone?

Thank you! This series has been wonderful! It has solved all those questions I have had about magic since I was a kid. Very insightful, well planned, the best show I have ever seen! Thank you, thank you , thank you! Does anyone really think this guy revealed anything beyond some 6th grade tricks?

this the first time i seen his face, my dad used to love this show before he passed. he would always talk about how much he wanted to know who it was.

I remember watching this on Fox back in the day, and I was amazed as seeing how these tricks were performed.

What about the narrator? He was awesome with his creepy and horny remarks, i always laughed so much with the narrator

He takes his mask off at 3:11 Thank me later XD

I want my future kids to see this and get to experience the same magic that I feel when I was kid when watching this.

"Oh no! He's hot!"

i like how he reveals himself to be Valentino, but I bet 99% of the viewers dont even know who Valentino is. Such an anti-climax.

Holy shit his my fucking teacher

I remember back when these originally aired, I was convinced that host Mitch Pileggi was the magician.

I felt quite sad when he was unmasked, a part of my childhood died. But this guy is definitely the reason I love magic

I would of laughed my ass off if he took his mask off and there was text that said “PRANKED”

I remember when this happened back in the day. Everyone was like, "who?"

Is it just me or is he very attractive?

Apparently he was sued after he revealed himself. But let's be real here. This TV show was quite popular and made people more interested in magic.

What's with the smoke? Couldn't they have just shown him taking off his mask normally? Kinda makes you wonder if Valentino was taking the fall for the real masked magician who they didn't show. Oooh, conspiracy!

when I saw all the magic tricks I thought the magician would be a bald fat guy but he's actually really fit

The "Sacred Riana" does tricks that are different but I'm sure the Masked Magician has shown how most of her tricks are done, especially the one where things move around in her doll house. I'm sure he can explain how she managed to make herself appear in photos taken of one of the judges. Thanks, Val. I enjoyed your whole series and I continue to love magic after almost 60 years of being a fan.

He makes a strong point when he says David Copperfield, Lance Berkman, and Penn and Teller are the true artists. I've known for years how many of their tricks are done, but the insane speed and precision with which they do their tricks is amazing. This guy is right. I can know how the trick is done and still be amazed at the artistry of its performance. David Copperfield's metamorphosis trick is a perfect example. I know exactly how it's done, but the speed of the change is just astonishing.