One might wonder how David Copperfield might go about practicing making the moon disappear. After all, folks would definitely notice, right? Not one to shed his mystical methods, Copperfield said on Today that his magical moon-masking measures were “going well.” He continued, “In fact, I’ve been testing them the past few months and people have reported seeing strange things in the sky at night, all around the country.”
Seizing the promotional moment, Copperfield added, “So, if anybody in the home sees anything weird up in the sky, please let me know by tagging me on Instagram or Twitter or Facebook.” To further involve the public, he also mentioned a competition to see the illusion performed live. “We’re going to have a contest for people to actually win a chance to see the moon vanish live and in person,” he said, “and we’ll reveal more about that over the next few months on my socials.”
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While a few folks have already speculated how Copperfield might pull off this grandest of tricks, sites like The Spoof! parodied this exact moment back in 2006 under the headline “David Copperfield Makes the Moon Disappear, NSA Places Him in Custody.” “I’ll be okay,” Copperfield said in this fictional scenario, “In fact, once I’m out of here my next trick will be to make the NSA itself disappear lol.” As for how The Spoof! conjectured he’d pull it off, he merely waved a “magic iPod” at the sky, and poof: all gone.
