>Geller has claimed his feats are the result of paranormal powers[13] given to him by extraterrestrials.[36] The Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP) was a prominent early critic of Geller.[11] Skeptics such as James Randi have shown that Geller’s tricks can be replicated with stage magic techniques.[15][16][17][37][38][18]

Meet the self-described alien psychic, a conduit for space computers, and enemy of the Amazing James Randi.

Geller’s illustrious deeds include suing an english speaking American in a Japanese court for an insult that only translates in Japanese culture, suing nintendo for appropriation of his image as the Pokemon Kadabra, moving to a haunted scottish island with buried Egyptian treasure, and also Einstein’s magical orb, and being BFFs with Michael Jackson, who was his best man at his 22 year wedding vow renewal.

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    17 hours ago

    Lmfao

    In November 2000, Geller sued video game company Nintendo for £60 million over the Pokémon species “Yungerer”, localized in English as “Kadabra”, which he claimed was an unauthorized appropriation of his identity.

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      13 hours ago

      recently he has relinquised that word, and pokemon tgc made kadabra cards pretty recently, in the last few sets.

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        12 hours ago

        I think it’s more the spoon, Uri being best known to me as the guy who claimed to be able to bend spoons with his mind. “Yungerer” is kind of close to the japanization of Uri’s name too.