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 | | From: | Garrison Hilliard | | Subject: | Another example of Johnny Carson's skepticism | | Date: | Mon, 24 Jan 2005 08:24:19 +0000 |
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 | >From http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/rerunberry1.html
2) Turns out Carnac the Magnificent is a big fan of The Amazing Randi. Johnny
Carson's private foundation has made a whopping $100,000 donation to a Florida
group that aims to debunk "paranormal and pseudoscientific" claims made by
supposed mentalists, mind readers, psychic surgeons, and personalities like
spoon bender Uri Geller and "Crossing Over" star John Edward. According to an
IRS return filed last year, Carson gave the 100k to a group run by James Randi,
who adopted the tongue-in-cheek "Amazing Randi" moniker years ago. As the
turban-wearing psychic Carnac, Carson would magically divine the answer to
riddles contained in envelopes that had been hermetically sealed in a mayonnaise
jar on Funk & Wagnall's porch. (1 page)
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