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By Melissa Camacho
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Magic/stunt show features silly, sometimes violent, pranks.
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Big Trick Energy
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What's the Story?
BIG TRICK ENERGY is a reality series that features four illusionists performing extreme magic tricks for unsuspecting people. Magician and YouTube celeb Chris Ramsay, along with his close friends and fellow magicians Alex Boyer, Wes Barker, and Eric Leclerc, go out on the street and impress folks with fun tricks and over-the-top stunts. They also spend time playing pranks on each other.
Is It Any Good?
The humorous series features the four Canadian magicians doing their best to impress folks with their illusions. While some of them involve things like picking cards and making doves appear, others involve stunts like destroying a car and shattering glass. Also fun is the opening of each episode, which features a dramatic stunt, the orchestration of which is revealed to audiences at the end of the installment. But much of Big Trick Energy's appeal comes from the pranks the cast plays on each other. These are intended to be funny, but often seem physically painful, and at times borderline mean. Magic fans will find it fun, but Big Trick Energy features enough questionable stunts and behaviors to make it less-than-ideal entertainment for younger viewers.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about performing magic. What kind of training does a magician or illusionist have to have to be a good performer? Why are people entertained by magic, even if they do not believe that what they are seeing is real?
How much science and engineering knowledge is required to perform the big stunts featured on Big Trick Energy? What do the behind-the-scenes moments reveal about how some of these tricks are coordinated?
TV Details
- Premiere date : May 13, 2022
- Cast : Chris Ramsay , Eric Leclerc , Wes Barker , Alex Boyer
- Network : Max
- Genre : Reality TV
- Topics : Fantasy ( Magic ) , Friendship
- TV rating :
- Last updated : September 29, 2025
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