Spain's Got Ripoffs... :(

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Tim Ellis
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Spain's Got Ripoffs... :(

Postby Tim Ellis » March 6th, 2016, 6:05 am

So disappointing someone should try to get away with this blatant rip off

http://www.telecinco.es/gottalent/tempo ... 55025.html

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Re: Spain's Got Ripoffs... :(

Postby Rick Ruhl » March 6th, 2016, 8:53 pm

Kevin James is not happy.

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Re: Spain's Got Ripoffs... :(

Postby erdnasephile » March 7th, 2016, 9:37 am

It's bad enough they stole the physical illusion--even more reprehensible that they aped KJ's style right down to certain beats in the routine. They even did the trick on the Spanish analogue of AGT.

Shame on these thieves!

For reference, here's the original:




A more updated version is around the 1:00 mark:



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Re: Spain's Got Ripoffs... :(

Postby Bill Mullins » March 7th, 2016, 9:54 am

Rick Ruhl wrote:Kevin James is not happy.


Johnny Eck and Rajah Raboid are not happy, either.

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Re: Spain's Got Ripoffs... :(

Postby erdnasephile » March 7th, 2016, 10:03 am

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Is there any known film footage of Rajah, Johnny, and Robert's act?

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Re: Spain's Got Ripoffs... :(

Postby Carlo Morpurgo » March 7th, 2016, 11:22 pm

I dislike this routine (original or not) very much. I personally do not consider this magic, at all.


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