Comments on: Don’t give Randi static

By: Jack

Jack — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 08:59:35 +0000

No, it was Adam who appeared in the Charmin commercial, not Jamie.

And Randi had been on television and radio fairly often throughout the sixties, so I imagine there were quite a few people who knew of him.

By: Darrin Cardani

Darrin Cardani — Thu, 31 May 2007 03:01:43 +0000

Hey – Didn’t Jamie from Mythbusters star in one of those “Mr. Whipple – Please don’t squeeze the Charmin” commercials when he was a kid? I think they even showed it in an episode. It reminds me of that.

By: Charlie in Dayton

Charlie in Dayton — Wed, 30 May 2007 03:11:02 +0000

Oh yes…

There needs to be a sizable presence of Bounce dryer sheets at the next TAM…wrappings for plaques, props (they keep popping out in the darnedest places), things like that.

Priceless doesn’t begin to describe it…

aaaaaaaaaHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa…

By: Curt Cameron

Curt Cameron — Tue, 29 May 2007 16:01:49 +0000

I’d be curious to find out what year this is from. Definitely looks mid-70s. Was Randi well enough known at the time that viewers would already know who he is, or at least that he’s a famous magician, without any introduction?

Or was he just being an anonymous actor in a commercial? Some people here seem to be implying this, but I don’t think that’s it – I think he was already famous enough that this was a celebrity endorsement.

By: chris

chris — Mon, 28 May 2007 01:52:22 +0000

we laugh cuase we love the guy, and thats the true measure of friends, or enemies

By: mickal555

mickal555 — Sat, 26 May 2007 06:40:02 +0000

Hahahahhahhahahhahahhahhahahha.

By: Jadwin

Jadwin — Sat, 26 May 2007 05:59:19 +0000

Oh, my god. Just when you think you’ve seen it all, someone finds Randi pushing dryer sheets!

By: Troy

Troy — Sat, 26 May 2007 03:43:44 +0000

My source was checking an actual Bounce dryer sheet. Agree with one eye jack, Randi isn’t a commercial whore like Bill Cosby (I like this New Coke better…), I don’t think he’d hawk something that didn’t work.

By: One Eyed Jack

One Eyed Jack — Sat, 26 May 2007 01:55:27 +0000

To his credit at least he was hawking a product that actually works.

Nothing rankles me more than the deluge of late night infomercials for herbal remedies, new age crap, fad diets and religious hucksters.

OEJ

By: Bruce

Bruce — Fri, 25 May 2007 18:03:33 +0000

You are truly a BAD astronomer! Jeeze, he almost died and now you poke fun at the old guy? He’ll be so mortified that he’ll swallow a bunch of homeopathic pills and then you’ll be sorry!

By: cardoso

cardoso — Fri, 25 May 2007 18:00:04 +0000

SpaceCadet: In the Shire, where else?

By: CurtisP

CurtisP — Fri, 25 May 2007 17:27:22 +0000

Now I need to come up with a science experiment/magic trick where Randi’s face appears on a sheet of bounce.

By: Drbuzz0

Drbuzz0 — Fri, 25 May 2007 15:27:27 +0000

Awww come on folks! Randi was an entertainer and a public personality. There’s nothing illegitimate about doing a commercial and I am sure it’s to be understood that he’s in character and doesn’t actually think bounce is magic.

Just the same… I still may use this to poke some very light-hearted and well-meaning fun.

By: PsyberDave

PsyberDave — Fri, 25 May 2007 15:17:07 +0000

I heard he shaved off his beard for that commercial. The beard you are seeing is actually a prosthetic.

By: Space Cadet

Space Cadet — Fri, 25 May 2007 15:00:42 +0000

Where did they find a woman less tall (?) than Randi? I noticed that she is always standing slightly behind him, probably creating the illusion by the perspective.

After all, there had to be a logical explanation.

By: Alice

Alice — Fri, 25 May 2007 12:37:24 +0000

Wow, he really is amazing. Can’t wait to hear your presentation on this one.

By: Roy Batty

Roy Batty — Fri, 25 May 2007 12:10:01 +0000

Randi has true bouncebackabilty

By: Carey

Carey — Fri, 25 May 2007 11:24:25 +0000

Priceless

By: darius

darius — Fri, 25 May 2007 11:00:16 +0000

Troy, you might want to look into your source. The logo is gone only after the sheet is used.

… or they’ve had product design changes sometime in the last 30+ years.

By: Troy

Troy — Fri, 25 May 2007 08:16:30 +0000

Randi is not only a great magician he has great oratory and presentation skills as well. I’m always in awe of him. Was he well known at the time as a magician?

Bounce no longer has the embossed design I guess **poof** it disappeared!

By: RMPink

RMPink — Fri, 25 May 2007 07:04:52 +0000

Ahaha! Niiiice.

I think those guys at Bounce truly did something he can’t explain. Worthy of the challenge money, perhaps?

By: Breniir

Breniir — Fri, 25 May 2007 06:12:31 +0000

The avocado paint job on the dryer is classic. Only a decade like the ’70s would think that was a nice look!

By: Sticks

Sticks — Fri, 25 May 2007 06:08:57 +0000

He must have been desperate, was Uri be aggressive with his law suits at the time?

By: cardoso

cardoso — Fri, 25 May 2007 04:01:57 +0000

ahuauhauha poor Randy. Next week, Richard Dawkins’ Youth: 10 minutes of his “Elton John on Ice” figure skating + celtic poetry presentation…

By: Michelle Rochon

Michelle Rochon — Fri, 25 May 2007 02:25:39 +0000

I laughed.
A lot. THIS IS GOLD.