Magician Lance Burton to visit "Area 51", 2/24

From: Ken MacGray 
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 16:35:45 -0800
Subject: Magician Lance Burton to visit "Area 51", 2/24


Absconded from a.c.a51...  -Ken

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From: Dave B <bethland@ix.netcom.com>
Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy.area51
Subject: Magic (Area) 51
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 22:31:59 -0600

PR from AP that's almost on topic

Coming soon to a TV near you: an underwater escape!

LAS VEGAS (AP) _ Lance Burton thought being buried alive was a
tough gig.

But that was before he attempted a water torture stunt that
magic legend Harry Houdini concocted but never performed.

``It was the scariest illusion I've ever done,'' Burton said,
referring to being strapped in a straitjacket, then padlocked in a
cramped, water-filled chamber. ``When you can't get oxygen, your
mind begins to do funny things.''

After taping the stunt twice for his NBC special ``Lance Burton,
Master Magician: The Encounter,'' airing at 8 p.m. EST Monday,
Burton thinks Houdini had the right idea.

``I know I'll never do it again,'' he said recently, munching on
a Big Mac between shows in his dressing room at the Monte Carlo
Resort and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. ``It was just too
dangerous.

  [snip]

Burton opens this year's show by making a giant flying saucer
appear on stage, then takes the audience on a supposed trip to Area
51, a restricted base northwest of Las Vegas where top secret
aircraft have been tested.

Burton just grinned when asked where the ``Area 51'' segment of
the show actually took place, and publicist Wayne Bernath said only
that it was ``somewhere out in the desert.''

The TV special also includes segments from his popular stage
show, which opened at the Monte Carlo last June.


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