David’s performance in the local Chicago musical, “The Magic Man” led to his being cast in the TV show, “Magic At The Roxy” (Which s being shot in Chicago) with a group of some of the top magicians in the industry (Richard Ross, Shimada, Carl Ballantine, James Randi, etc.). He came to Hollywood a few years later armed with that footage from the TV show and started connecting with as many producers as he could, eventually landing a meeting with Joe Cates who was producing a special to introduce the stars of ABC’s new fall line up. Joe asked David what he would do and David started pitching ideas to highlight the stars and ended up with his first national special which was originally going to be called “Magic With The Stars” and at the last minute was changed to “The Magic of David Copperfield”. The rest is history.

The thing with the stars was called The Magic of ABC Starring David Copperfield. He did The Magic of David Copperfield the next year.