Advent Calendar 2020 Day 9: The Parkinson Magic Show

This would have been so much better had Parky shown off a hitherto undisclosed talent for close-up work, but hey ho. Parkinson was a fan of the art, bringing legendary mentalist Chan Canasta out of retirement for a single appearance in 1971. Five years later he gave it a full hour, albeit at 11pm, in which Fred Kaps spreads his salt, future Secret Cabaret regular Ricky Jay splits a banana with cards and Richiardi Jr dismembers Michael better than Pipes could ever manage.