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Ship Photo Caption
I'm not quite sure how the ship Muscle Shoals can be a Vanguard class missile tracker if she in fact was renamed to Vanguard to create the class name. Logically the Vanguard class didn't exist while this ship was named Muscle Shoals.--J Clear 12:54, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I dunno if that argument is now or ever was reflected in our content (on either the Dab page or the Ship-SIA page) but it's nonsense in any case. The relevant questions must be
 * Is the Vanguard still primarily known as the Muscle Shoals (which is highly probable if it performed so well in the field that the admirals said "that was a swell idea and we need more like it, but the name of that hick town sucks, so let's change it to something classier and more valorous-sounding").
 * Is the ship once known as the Muscle Shoals now among the (current or retired) Vanguard class missile trackers?
 * Regardless of its official name, is the first Vanguard-class missile tracker now better known as Vanguard or Muscle Shoals (and not to active duty sailors, but to those likely to seek its WP article)? -- E.g., perhaps bcz its most gallant or most influential action was in its early years, before anyone else had comparable missile-tracker ships.  That would be unsurprising if most officers (of its own or competing navies) didn't appreciate what a good idea it was until it decided an engagement or saved a capital ship, so that the rest of the class's chance to shine has diminished now that its function is one that every serious navy needs and routinely has, as part modern naval-warfare doctrine (as perhaps was established primarily by the combat record of the Muscle Shoals).
 * --Jerzy•t 06:57, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

Origin of the name?
Is it an archaic spelling of mussel? Grant | Talk 07:34, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, that would seem to be the case. David Spector (talk) 01:58, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

== (Section created to divide into two subsections a (former) single section, that appears to have had accidentally concatenated in it, two discussions that should logically have been in two independent top-level sections) == That section title doesn't make easy sense, does it? Usually a title is just a noun phrase, and that one has three phrases, that include two infinitives and two uses of "that" as (IIRC) relative pronouns, each to create a dependent clause. It makes me tired, too, and represents too much concept to be willing to pack into even a sentence, let alone a title! (Well, anyway, i needed to create this section to divide into two subsections a (former) single section; the formerly single section appears to have suffered an indignity: it had, accidentally concatenated into it, two discussions that should logically have been in two independent top-level sections. And i don't have the brass to say "trust me, i've faithfully rewritten it", without bothering to bore you with the detail that'll let you trace how i reasoned it out, if you're one of the other two compulsive or paranoid editors who might want to follow the details.) OK, 60% of the time editors understand the talk pages, and thus start a new discussion topic in a new section; another 35%, someone else promptly retrofits a section heading. 4.9%, the discussion goes no further, or at least not far enuf for confusion. Here, using all-caps made it look at a glance a lot as if there were a heading, but it isn't a separate section bcz it doesn't have section markup, and this time we ended up with a section covering three topics that looked like a single discussion too impenetrable to bother with. The rest of what i added is a bit wordy, to make up for the chaos, but now most of the work that following the discussion demands is just skimming the added superstructure to see that it goes into details that don't affect what we should do about the accompanying article, and can be ignored. --Jerzy•t 07:14, 17 December 2015 (UTC)

This is retarded.
There's no reason to list every last piece of music recorded within the city limits, for Chrissakes. Just give a link to the Shoals 500 or whatever. - 12 June 07 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.79.225.43 (talk) 14:07, 12 June 2007
 * I agree. Wikipedia is not for arbitrary lists like this.
 * --199.209.144.15 16:32, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * (I have not informed myself about what the list looked like, so no opinion.) --Jerzy•t 07:14, 17 December 2015 (UTC)

The expression "This is retarded." in the section heading violates an important WP conduct guideline against uncivil discourse. (I add the following, beyond my sense that the guidelines precluded my ignoring that as i write: For the record, besides that being explicitly abusive, it's also bloody ignorant, and rude, to use even obsolete diagnostic terms as terms of abuse, and i urge colleagues to include those reasons as well, in their thinking about avoiding giving offense in our discussions.) --Jerzy•t 07:14, 17 December 2015 (UTC)

(Critiques in two areas, based on local and professional experience)
'''I have retrofitted further sub-headings into this sub-section. My purpose is to produce two two-levels-below-top-level sub-sections, from the single contrib that User:Feedkillchain contributed, within a pre-existing top level section by another editor on a different discussion topic.'  In the interest of, on one hand, letting our colleague Fkc's original organization of their contrib stay clear, and on the other hand, of shielding Fkc's intent from against'' confusions resulting from Fkc having -- with admirable resourcefulness -- reinvented structures similar to those provided by typical Wiki-markup, without using those markup facilities, i've taken the liberty of restructuring the two major subdivisions of their single contrib into two sections (and i shall am already inquiring about the ambiguity of the term "this section". --Jerzy•t 14:19, 16 December 2015 (UTC)

(Factual errors)
NEW ADDITION TO CONVERSATION BY A LOCAL: I am not writing this to be inflammatory or reactionary, but this article is absolutely ridiculous and I feel I must also chip a little bit of my opinion in here. I am a record collector and know collectors from all over the world - and, yes, Muscle Shoals is highly esteemed the world over (particularly in Europe) for the recordings made there. However, I am also a writer, musician, and record producer FROM Muscle Shoals, and my first-hand experience leads me to have major grievances with this article. Almost everything from the sentence "It can be said that the same attraction that artists such as Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon and The Rolling Stones felt to the area remains intact today" to "Among the musical celebrities with homes in the area are George Strait, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill" is either A) biased opinion that cannot be substantiated as fact B) wildly exaggerated fact (the "classic" era famed by collectors peters out in the late 60s and is all but gone by the early 70s. 1980s Muscle Shoals recordings are almost "FAME"ed for their bad production, late-period records for star artists that nearly destroyed careers(Bob Dylan's Christian period, Cher's decline in the 70s, Mink Deville's seemingly conscious avoidance of relevance), and a general loss of touch with the mainstream of pop music while simultaneously falling out of favor with musicians, hipsters, collectors, and critics. C) completely fabricated (Faith Hill and others mentioned do not live here, although George Jones did at one point) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Feedkillchain (talk • contribs) 08:37, 6 June 2008 (UTC)  Fkc-unsig notation copied from a subsequent section due to my refactoring Fkc's contrib into more but smaller sub-sections. --Jerzy•t 14:19, 16 December 2015 (UTC)

(Self-serving sources)
...ALSO

Very little of the content of this article is cited from a credible resource (if at all). Most of that which is cited comes from cites owned by the city of Muscle Shoals or owned by Fame studios itself. This is more of an advertisement than an unbiased article. The "WC Handy Festival" referred to in the uncited closing section is a relatively small event and the musicians referred to are mostly aging bar band dudes who play long sets of bad covers and never quite made careers of it. The stuff about Paul Simon and the Swampers is completely true, however. What the article doesn't quite express is that the government ran off Henry Ford and Rick Hall ran off Aretha Franklin and all the soul musicians. Also not explaines is how W.C. Handy, Hellen Keller (not even mentioned in this article as a local of Tuscumbia, part of the Shoals Quad Cities referred to several times), and Drive-By Truckers all struggled here to much indifference and discrimination and did not receive recognition until after they had fled the Shoals area. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Feedkillchain (talk • contribs) 08:37, 6 June 2008 (UTC) Fkc-unsig notation copied from a subsequent section due to my refactoring Fkc's contrib into more but smaller sub-sections. --Jerzy•t 14:19, 16 December 2015 (UTC)

(Comment criticizing ambiguously specified section)

 * I completely agree. This section is pathetic and completely biased.  The language is almost absurd.  The entire section should be re-written. Wikipediarul e s 2221  05:57, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I've made an inquiry on WPrul's talk page as to whether the "entire section" in question is the article section, or possibly one of two discussion subsections. --Jerzy•t 13:44, 16 December 2015 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Muscle Shoals sign.jpg
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Geography Section
EDIT: The Geography section only contains two sentences of information, both of which are already covered elsewhere in the article. After reading more on the Wiki guidelines for city pages, I see the geography section is warranted, but very insufficient. I'd like to get input as to what information should go into it, such as any facts that there may be that are lesser known (must be verifiable) or a good source in general for the section. Caroofikus (talk) 21:19, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

History section copyright violation
I have removed the entire History section because it was a blatant, nearly verbatim, copying of the copyrighted material from The History of the City of Muscle Shoals at the City of Muscle Shoals website. Although the material was referenced to that page, the copying of this material goes well beyond fair use.-- Shelf Skewed  Talk  15:10, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Removed more content
I have removed a significant amount of material of the history section because it does not meet out standards. Material must be referenced by reliable sources and must adhere to a neutral point of view. Language used must not be "fluffy"; Wikipedia is not for a glowing tourist brochure. Keegan (talk) 05:31, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Leon Russell is a rock musician
The article lists Leon Russell as a jazz musician. He is a rock musician. 50.164.139.121 (talk) 22:58, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

sidewalks?
Why does this article make such a big deal about the town having sidewalks? Why are sidewalks and their benefits explained as if no other town had sidewalks? Are sidewalks rare in Alabama? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.27.234.101 (talk) 05:30, 21 June 2017 (UTC)

Were native people "anti-american"?
The article states, "After the Revolution, Cherokee attitudes toward the new U.S. republic were divided, as settlers increasingly encroached on their territory. An anti-American faction..."

This doesn't seem to make sense, as Native Americans were here first, and for a very long time (perhaps beginning 15,000 to 30,000 years ago), and therefore must be considered Americans even more so than the European colonists and their new independent country. The Native Americans were perhaps opposed to the taking of their land or destruction of their culture, but that at most makes them people who were opposed to the United States, not anti-Americans. David Spector (talk) 01:56, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

ᏓᎫᎾᏱ
My money's on "ᏓᎫᎾᏱ" being translated as the Cherokee word for "vandalism." Look it up. "ᏓᎫᎾᏱ" basically only appears in one place on the whole wide Internet: this Wikipedia article. When nobody cites something after it's been tagged long enough, that's a clue it should be removed. I don't have time to do it, but just sayin.

Short description
Hi, I removed the word Alabama from the short description because it's already contained within the article title, so it seems redundant to include it in the s/d, when that is supposed to be as brief as possible. Why do you think it should remain as it is? Revirvlkodlaku (talk) 00:42, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

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Vandalism
A portion of the "Famous locals" section read this way when I came upon it:

Mike Cooley, guitarist for the cock suckers alt-country/rock band, Drive-By Truckers. Born in Tuscumbia on September 14, 1966.

I fixed it. Just wanted you to be aware. 65.248.164.121 (talk) 22:37, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

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Colbert Report
I am personally from Colbert County and much of what is mentioned in the section is not accurate according to my last visit. Unless sources are given and verified I am proposing that this section be amended to merely mention the Colbert Report visit or deleted altogether. Dailynetworks 21:27, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Colbert Report storyline
There's something I'd be very interested to know about... how much of the Colbert Museum stuff was staged and how much was genuine? Did the "museum" really advertise and draw that large, enthusiastic crowd, or were they paid? I wonder if any Wikipedia editors live there and can answer. ~ CZeke 05:03, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

They really drew that large a crowd. Everyone was pretty excited by it. My coworker and his girlfriend are in the crowd scene inside the museum. She was there as a fan of the show. She called us at work and said the producer wanted some Helen Keller jokes and we told them some. I'm not sure if they actually used the ones we told them. We gave them quite a few.

And the high school band came with the cheerleaders and others. I was there and took a couple of pics of that.

If anyone was paid it was the actresses that played Anne Sullivan and Helen Keller. They perform the play at the Helen Keller museum every summer. But I'm not sure if they were paid or not. But everyone else showed up just because they were fans of the show or just for the hell of it.

We were all pretty excited that they came. Would have been better if Stephen had showed up himself. --Nyxxxx 02:40, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

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Translation into Chinese Wikipedia
The 05:46, 9 March 2013 Legobot version of this article is translated into Chinese Wikipedia.--Wing (talk) 10:09, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

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A picture of a nondescript storefront is not really a good picture of the info box. If nothing more distinctive (main commercial district, aerial view, etc.) it should be deleted. Wkharrisjr (talk) 18:36, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

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"Recently, gangsta rappers have taken a liking to the city, and proclaiming their love have introduced the lyrics: "You down with Opp?/Yea, you know me!""

This needs to be removed as it is misleading. Although it could be true that gangsta rappers have taken a liking to the city, and quoted those lyrics, Naughty By Nature, the group that "introduced" the lyrics explain the multiple meanings of the initialism quite well in the song's verses. The several meanings have to do with sex, rather than any small town in Alabama. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drogue (talk • contribs) 19:24, December 4, 2005 (UTC)

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Proposed merge of Montezuma, Alabama into River Falls, Alabama
Should be merged - insufficient content. TRL (talk) 01:57, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

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Anonymous IP addresses: please do not remove the 1940 lynching without explanation. It is well-sourced. I commend User:Northamerica1000 for restoring it! Zigzig20s (talk) 23:10, 29 August 2017 (UTC)

I stand with you on the 1940 lynching, but the previous paragraph about lynchings in general reads as a non sequitur. It may be a fact, but it isn't directly pertinent to the information that follows. I would recommend rewriting to give it some context, or deleting it entirely. Matuko (talk) 00:02, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

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Madrasi chess

Madrasi chess is a chess variant invented in 1979 by Abdul Jabbar Karwatkar. The game uses the conventional rules of chess with the addition that when a piece is attacked by a piece of the same type but opposite colour (for example, a black queen attacking a white queen) it is paralysed and becomes unable to move, capture or give check.

Paralysis
Most of the time, two like pieces attack each other mutually, meaning they are both paralysed. En passant pawn captures are an exception to this, since the attack is not mutual. (The status of an en passant capture is open to debate, according to Pritchard.)

This paralysis rule is not usually extended to the kings, meaning that as in orthodox chess, the two kings cannot move to adjacent squares; when it is extended to kings, the variant is called Madrasi rex inclusive (sometimes shortened to Madrasi RI). Although it is possible to play complete games of both Madrasi chess and Madrasi RI, they have mainly been used as a condition in chess problems.

The diagram demonstrates some of the peculiarities of Madrasi. The black king is not in check from the rook on c5, because it (the rook) is attacked by the black rook on g5, meaning it is paralysed. In its turn, the c5 rook attacks the g5 rook, paralysing it. Likewise, the white rook on g2, also attacked by the g5 rook, is paralysed. The black rook on h4, however, is not paralysed, and is free to move. The knights on d8 and f7 also attack each other, as do the pawns on c2 and d3, so these pieces are also paralysed. Note that the bishop on d1 is not paralysed by knight on f2 attacking it – units have to be of a similar type (both knights, both bishops and so on) for paralysis to happen.

Releasing paralysis
There are two ways in which a paralysis may be released. The first is for a non-paralysed pieces to make a capture. In the example, White cannot play cxd3 because his pawn is paralysed, but he can play Nxd3, thus unparalysing his c2 pawn. The second way to unparalyse a piece is to cut off the line of attack from the paralysing unit by interposing a third piece. For example, 1.Be5 in the diagram cuts the line of attack from the g5 rook to the c5 rook and so unparalyses it. As a result, the white rook on c5 is now giving check. The only way for Black to escape the check in this instance is to re-paralyse the checking rook, which can be done by 1...Rc4. White then has the reply 2.bxc4 which is checkmate: Black has no safe squares for his king, he cannot capture the checking unit, he cannot interpose a piece between the checking unit and the king, and he cannot paralyse the checking unit (note that ...Rxe5 paralysing the c5 rook is not possible, because the g5 rook is paralysed by its counterpart on g2).

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I can't find anything to back up the statement that a "real" city is 50,000 people or more. In the United States, city vs. town is up to the State. The US Census Bureau lists Arab as a city (http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-context=gct&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_GCTPH1_ST2&-tree_id=4001&-redoLog=false&-_caller=geoselect&-geo_id=04000US01&-format=ST-7) so one can reasonably assume that it falls under the definition of a city in the state of Alabama. Claiming it's "just a town" seems to border on NPOV. The comments about it being "merely a vagarity of the Alabama constitution" is irrelevant to the article. The section on Government covers the description of why Arab is a city. As such I am removing the portion of the text that refers to this city as being "just a town".

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 * City vs. Town is matter of politics. It has nothing to do with population. Illegitimate Barrister (talk) 06:02, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

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Why is it called "Arab"?
I think there needs to be a section explaining this. GoldenBootWizard276 (talk) 17:18, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

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Praise be to Allah! 98.240.113.219 (talk) 21:13, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

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David Copperfield (illusionist)

David Seth Kotkin (born September 16, 1956), known professionally as David Copperfield, is an American magician, described by Forbes as the most commercially successful magician in history.

Copperfield's television specials have been nominated for 38 Emmy Awards, winning 21. Best known for his combination of storytelling and illusion, his performances, in a career spanning more than 40 years, has earned him 11 Guinness World Records, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and a knighthood by the French government. He has been named a Living Legend by the US Library of Congress.

His illusions have included the disappearance of a Learjet (1981), the vanishing and reappearance of the Statue of Liberty (1983), levitating over the Grand Canyon (1984), walking through the Great Wall of China (1986), escaping from Alcatraz prison (1987), the disappearance of an Orient Express dining car (1991) and flying on stage for several minutes (1992).

As of 2006, he has sold 33 million tickets and grossed over US$4 billion, more than any other solo entertainer in history by a large margin. In 2015, Forbes listed his earnings at $63 million for the previous 12 months and ranked him the 20th highest-earning celebrity in the world.

In 2006 he bought 11 resort islands in The Bahamas, which he renamed Musha Cay and the Islands of Copperfield Bay.

Early life and education
Copperfield was born David Seth Kotkin in Metuchen, New Jersey, the son of Jewish parents Rebecca Kotkin (née Gispan; 1924–2008), an insurance adjuster, and Hyman Kotkin (1922–2006), who owned and operated Korby's, a men's haberdashery in Warren, New Jersey. His mother was born in Jerusalem, while his paternal grandparents were Jewish emigrants from the Ukrainian SSR (present-day Ukraine). In 1974 he graduated from Metuchen High School.

Copperfield started his career as a ventriloquist at age eight with his own Jerry Mahoney puppet. When he was 10, he began practicing magic as "Davino the Boy Magician" in his neighborhood, and at 12, he became the youngest person admitted to the Society of American Magicians. A shy loner, the young Copperfield saw magic as a way to fit in and, later, to meet women. As a child, he attended Camp Harmony, a day camp in nearby Warren, New Jersey, where he began practicing magic and ventriloquism, an experience he credits with the origins of his creative style. As he described it, "At Camp Harmony, we spent two weeks searching for a guide who'd been kidnapped by Indians. It was just a game, but I was living it. My whole life goes back to that camp experience when I was three or four." As a teenager, he became fascinated with Broadway and frequently sneaked into shows, especially musicals by Stephen Sondheim or Bob Fosse. By age 16, he was teaching a course in magic at New York University.

Career and business interests
At 18, Copperfield enrolled at New York City's Jesuit-based Fordham University, but, three weeks into his freshman year, he left to play the lead role in the musical The Magic Man in Chicago. At that time, he adopted the stage name David Copperfield, taken from the Charles Dickens novel, because he liked its sound. He sang, danced, and created most of the original illusions in the show. The Magic Man became the longest-running musical in Chicago history.

At age 19, he created and headlined for several months the first "Magic of David Copperfield" show at the Pagoda Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii, with the help of sound and lighting designer Willy Martin. Copperfield's career in television began in earnest when he was discovered by Joseph Cates, a producer of Broadway shows and television specials. Cates produced a magic special in 1977 for ABC called The Magic of ABC, hosted by Copperfield, as well as several The Magic of David Copperfield specials on CBS between 1978 and 2001. There have been 18 Copperfield TV specials and 2 documentaries between September 7, 1977, and April 3, 2001.

Copperfield also played the character The Magician in the 1980 horror film Terror Train and had an uncredited appearance in the 1994 film Prêt-à-Porter. Most of his media appearances have been through television specials and guest spots on television programs.

One of his most famous illusions occurred on television on April 8, 1983: A live audience of 20 tourists was seated in front of a giant curtain attached to two lateral scaffoldings built on Liberty Island in an enclosed viewing area. Copperfield, with help from Jim Steinmeyer and Don Wayne, raised the curtain before lowering it again a few seconds later to reveal that the space where the Statue of Liberty once stood was empty. A helicopter hovered overhead to give an aerial view of the illusion and the statue appeared to have vanished, with only the circle of lights surrounding it still present and visible. Before making the statue reappear, Copperfield explained in front of the camera why he wanted to perform this illusion. He wanted people to imagine what it would be like if there were no liberty or freedom in the world today and what the world would be like without the freedoms and rights we enjoy. Copperfield then brought the statue back, ending the illusion by saying that "our ancestors couldn't (enjoy rights and freedoms), we can and our children will". Both the disappearance and the reappearance of the statue were filmed in long take to demonstrate the absence of camera tricks. This illusion was featured in season four of The Americans, in an episode entitled “The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears,” and in the 2019 HBO documentary Liberty: Mother of Exiles.

In 1986, Copperfield debuted a new variation on the classic sawing a woman in half illusion. Copperfield’s Death Saw illusion was presented as an escape gone wrong, sawing himself, rather than an assistant, in half with a large rotary saw blade which descended from above. Copperfield’s Death Saw has become one of his most well-known illusions.

In 1996, in collaboration with Francis Ford Coppola, David Ives, and Eiko Ishioka, Copperfield's Broadway show Dreams & Nightmares broke box office records in New York at the Martin Beck Theatre. Reviewer Greg Evans described the sold-out show in Variety magazine: "With a likable, self-effacing demeanor that rarely comes across in his TV specials, Copperfield leads the audience through nearly two hours of truly mind-boggling illusions. He disappears and reappears, gets cut in half, makes audience members vanish and others levitate. Copperfield climaxes his show with a flying routine, seven years in the making, that defies both logic and visual evidence, he could probably retire just by selling his secrets to future productions of Peter Pan".

Also in 1996, Copperfield joined forces with Dean Koontz, Joyce Carol Oates, Ray Bradbury and others for David Copperfield's Tales of the Impossible, an anthology of original fiction set in the world of magic and illusion. A second volume, David Copperfield's Beyond Imagination, was published in 1997. In addition to the two books, Copperfield wrote an essay as part of NPR's "This I Believe" series and This I Believe, Inc.

In May 2001, Copperfield entertained guests at a White House benefit for UNICEF by performing a new illusion in which he sawed singer and actress Jennifer Lopez into six pieces while standing up. This illusion was an update of one he performed in one of his early TV specials on actress Catherine Bach, and has never been performed publicly in any of his stage or TV appearances.

In 2002, he was the subject of an hour-long biographical special on A&E's "Biography" channel.

On April 5, 2009, Copperfield made his first live TV appearance for some time when he entertained the audience at the 44th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards with two illusions. First, he made singer Taylor Swift appear inside an apparently empty translucent-sided elevator as it was lowered from the ceiling; he then sawed her in half in his Clearly Impossible illusion.

On May 7, 2009, Copperfield was dropped by Michael Jackson from Jackson's residency at the O2 Arena after a disagreement over money. Copperfield wanted $1 million (£666,000) per show. Copperfield denied the reports of a falling-out, saying "don't believe everything you read." News of Copperfield's collaboration with Jackson first surfaced on April 1, 2009, and has since been described as a possible April Fool's prank.

In July 2009, he filmed a number of scenes for a cameo appearance in episode 8 of the short-lived TV drama The Beautiful Life. In these scenes, he worked alongside actresses Mischa Barton and Sara Paxton performing a number of illusions including a sawing in half of Barton's character Sonja Stone in a specially-developed box-less version of the illusion. Due to the show's cancellation after just two episodes had been aired, episode 8 was never completed and the footage of Copperfield's performances remains unseen.

In August 2009, Copperfield took his show to Australia.

In January 2011 Copperfield joined the cast of the feature film Burt Wonderstone with Steve Carell, Jim Carrey, James Gandolfini and Olivia Wilde. Copperfield and his team developed illusions used in the film. He also coached Carell and Wilde on how to perform the 'Impossible Sawing' illusion, in which Wilde's character is sawed in half and her halves separated without the use of any covering or camera tricks. Copperfield has served as technical advisor on several other films, including The Prestige and Now You See Me. He also served as a co-producer of the film Now You See Me 2.

In July 2012, OWN-TV network aired a one-hour special and interview with Copperfield as part of the network's Oprah's Next Chapter series. The show featured many aspects of Copperfield's personal life and family—with tours of his island home and Las Vegas conjuring museum—and a sampling of his illusions and magic effects. During the interview, he and his girlfriend Chloé Gosselin, a French fashion model, announced their engagement and appeared together briefly with their young daughter, strolling down the beach on the island.

In 2018, the New York Historical Society hosted “Summer of Magic: Treasures from the David Copperfield Collection.” The exhibit recounted the history of magic in New York and displayed some of Copperfield’s most popular illusions, like the Death Saw, and historical magical ephemera, including some of Copperfield’s collection of Houdini memorabilia.

Copperfield made the missing star from the original Star-Spangled Banner flag reappear in an illusion on Flag Day 2019, in partnership with Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. The missing star, which is believed to have been removed in the nineteenth century, reappeared inside a box that seemed to levitate.

Copperfield notes that his role models were not magicians, that "My idols were Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire and Orson Welles and Walt Disney ... they took their individual art forms and they moved people with them... I wanted to do the same thing with magic. I wanted to take magic and make it romantic and make it sexy and make it funny and make it goofy ... all the different things that a songwriter gets to express or a filmmaker gets to express". This approach, despite its obvious popularity with audiences, has its share of detractors within the profession. One magician has described Copperfield's stage presentations as "resembling entertainment the way Velveeta resembles cheese".

International Museum and Library of the Conjuring Arts
Copperfield owns the International Museum and Library of the Conjuring Arts, which houses the world's largest collection of historically significant magic memorabilia, books and artifacts. Begun in 1991 when Copperfield purchased the Mulholland Library of Conjuring and the Allied Arts, which contained the world's largest collection of Houdini memorabilia, the museum comprises approximately 80,000 items, including Houdini's Water Torture Cabinet and Metamorphosis Trunk, Orson Welles' Buzz Saw illusion, and automata created by Robert-Houdin. Copperfield's 1991 Mulholland purchase, which formed the core of his collection, engendered criticism from some magicians. One told a reporter, "David Copperfield buying the Mulholland Library is like an Elvis impersonator winding up with Graceland." In 1992, Copperfield agreed to purchase the largest private magic collection in the world from Dr. Robert Albo to add to the museum. It houses the world's largest collection of "Houdiniana" (the second largest being Houdini Museum of New York).

The museum is not open to the public; tours are reserved for "colleagues, fellow magicians, and serious collectors". Located in a warehouse at Copperfield's headquarters in Las Vegas, the museum is entered via a secret door in what described by Forbes as a "mail-order lingerie warehouse". "It doesn't need to be secret, it needs to be respected", Copperfield said. "If a scholar or journalist needs a piece of magic history, it's there."

Musha Cay and the Islands of Copperfield Bay
In 2006, Copperfield bought eleven Bahamian islands called Musha Cay. Renamed "The Islands of Copperfield Bay", the islands are a private resort. Guests have reportedly included Oprah Winfrey and John Travolta. Google co-founder Sergey Brin was married there. Copperfield has said that the islands may contain the Fountain of Youth, a claim that resulted in him receiving a Dubious Achievement Award from Esquire magazine in 2006.

"Magic Underground" restaurant

David Copperfield's Magic Underground was planned to be a restaurant based on Copperfield's magic. At Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, a sign on Hollywood Boulevard during the late 1990s indicated the restaurant was coming soon. Signs also appeared around Pleasure Island and outside Disney-MGM Studios. A Magic Underground restaurant was also to open in New York's Times Square. Plans included eventual expansion into Disneyland in Anaheim, California, as well as Paris and Tokyo. The restaurants were to have magic props and other items on the walls; magicians would go around to tables doing sleight of hand tricks. There was also to be a larger stage for larger stunts. The restaurant in Times Square was 85% completed, but amid disputes between the creative team and the financial team and enormous cost overruns, finances dried up from the investors, the project was canceled, and Disney canceled the lease. Copperfield was not an investor in the project; the investors reportedly lost $34 million, and subcontractors placed $15 million in liens.

Recorded message for expanded gambling in Maryland
In October 2012, Maryland residents received a robocall from Copperfield supporting a ballot initiative that would expand gambling in the state.

Copperfield's Secrets on the Moon
Copperfield's magic secrets and related technological innovations are etched into nickel plates, designed to last billions of years, as part of the Arch Mission Foundation "lunar library" that crashed into the moon in April 2019 during an attempted landing of the lunar module Beresheet. It is believed the payload survived.

Accidents and injuries
On March 11, 1984, while rehearsing an illusion called "Escape From Death" where he was shackled and handcuffed in a tank of water, Copperfield became tangled in the chains and started taking in water and banging into the sides of the tank. He was pulled from the water after 80 seconds, hyperventilating and in shock, taken to a Burbank hospital, and found to have pulled tendons in arms and legs. He was in a wheelchair for a week and used a cane for a period thereafter.

While doing a rope trick at a show in Memphis in 1989, Copperfield accidentally cut off the tip of his finger with sharp scissors. He was rushed to the hospital and the fingertip was reattached.

On December 17, 2008, during a live performance in Las Vegas, a 26-year-old assistant named Brandon was sucked into the spinning blades of a 12 ft high industrial fan that Copperfield walks through. The assistant sustained multiple fractures to his arm, severe bleeding, and facial lacerations that required stitches. Copperfield canceled the rest of the performance and offered the audience members refunds.

Magic as an art form
Since 2016, Copperfield has campaigned for Congressional Resolution 642, which would “recognize magic as a rare and valuable art form and national treasure". The campaign has been unsuccessful as of November 2022.

Las Vegas residency
Copperfield performs daily, with 15 shows scheduled each week, at the David Copperfield theater in the MGM Grand Las Vegas. Each show is 90 minutes in duration.

Litigation
On July 11, 1994, Copperfield sued magician and author Herbert L. Becker in order to prevent publication of Becker's book which reveals how magicians perform their illusions. Becker won the lawsuit but, because of a secrecy agreement Becker signed with Copperfield and an independent finding that Becker's description of Copperfield's methods was inaccurate, the publisher removed the section on Copperfield from the book before publication. In 1997, Becker sued Copperfield and Lifetime Books for $50 million for breach of contract between himself and Lifetime Books, the publisher of his book All the Secrets of Magic Revealed. Copperfield settled at the last moment and the publisher lost during the court trial.

In 1997, Copperfield and Claudia Schiffer sued Paris Match for $30 million after the magazine claimed their relationship was a sham, that Schiffer was paid for pretending to be Copperfield's fiancée and that she did not even like him. In 1999, they won an undisclosed sum and a retraction from Paris Match. Herbert L. Becker, whom Copperfield asked to testify to the validity of the relationship, did so. Copperfield's publicist confirmed that Schiffer had a contract to appear in the audience at Copperfield's show in Berlin where they met, but was not under contract to be his "consort".

On August 25, 2000, Copperfield unsuccessfully sued Fireman's Fund Insurance Company for reimbursement of a $506,343 ransom paid to individuals in Russia who had commandeered the entertainer's equipment there.

In 2004, John Melk, co-founder of Blockbuster Inc., and previous owner of Musha Cay, sued Copperfield for fraud after Copperfield purchased the island chain, alleging that Copperfield had deliberately obscured his identity during the purchase and that he would not have sold the island to Copperfield. Copperfield claimed that Melk had agreed to sell the property to Copperfield's Imagine Nation Company, and that Copperfield negotiated the deal through a third party because he feared Melk was "seeking to exploit" Copperfield's celebrity status by demanding an unfair price. The case was settled in 2006, after mutual friend, Herbert L. Becker was brought in by both parties to negotiate a settlement. The terms of the settlement are undisclosed.

On November 6, 2007, Viva Art International Ltd and Maz Concerts Inc. sued Copperfield for nearly $2.2 million for breach of contract and the Indonesian promoter of Copperfield's canceled shows in Jakarta held on to $550,000 worth of Copperfield's equipment in lieu of money paid to Copperfield that had not been returned. Copperfield countersued, and the dispute was resolved in July 2009.

In 2018, a lawsuit alleging that a British tourist and audience member Gavin Cox was injured during a November 2013 performance, was resolved in Copperfield's favor. He was found "not liable".

Sexual assault allegations
Copperfield was accused of sexual assault in 2007 by Lacey L. Carroll. A federal grand jury in Seattle closed the investigation in January 2010 without bringing charges. In January 2010, the Bellevue City Prosecutor's Office brought misdemeanor charges against Carroll for prostitution and allegedly lying to police in another case. Carroll filed a civil lawsuit against Copperfield, which was dropped in April 2010. In January 2018, Copperfield was accused of drugging and assaulting a teenager in 1988. Copperfield published a statement in response on January 24, 2018.

In January 2024, Copperfield's name was listed as one of the associates of American financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In May 2024, it was revealed that Copperfield met with Epstein at least three times, and that Copperfield called and left messages for Epstein 16 times between 2004 and 2005, though lawyers for Copperfield insist that Copperfield "was not a friend of Jeffrey Epstein" and that he "never" called Epstein personally. Johanna Sjoberg, a woman who later accused Epstein of abusing her, claimed that she met Copperfield at a dinner at Epstein's house in 2004 during which Copperfield asked her if she "was aware that girls were getting paid to find other girls," though lawyers for Copperfield claim that the question was merely posed out of "concern" for Sjoberg.

In May 2024, The Guardian published an investigation in which 16 women accused Copperfield of engaging in sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior, with the alleged incidents spanning a time range from the late 1980s to 2014. The allegations include claims that Copperfield drugged three women before having sexual relations with them, and more than half of the allegations were from women who were under 18 at the time of the alleged incidents. In response, lawyers for Copperfield called the allegations "false and entirely without foundation."

Personal life
In 1993 at a Berlin celebrity gala Copperfield met German supermodel Claudia Schiffer when he brought her on stage to participate in a mind-reading act and his flying illusion, and in January 1994 they became engaged. During the engagement, Schiffer sometimes appeared on stage with Copperfield to act as his special guest assistant in illusions including being sawn in half. She also appeared alongside Copperfield in David Copperfield: 15 Years of Magic (1994), a documentary in which she played the role of a reporter interviewing him, and at the end of which they reprised their performance of the "Flying" illusion. After a nearly six-year engagement, in September 1999 they announced their separation, citing work schedules.

In April 2006, he and two female assistants were robbed at gunpoint after a performance in West Palm Beach, Florida. His assistants handed over their money, passports, and a cell phone. According to his police statement, Copperfield did not hand over anything, claiming that he used sleight of hand to hide his possessions, although later admitting that doing so was "a reflex that could have got me shot." One of the assistants wrote down most of the license plate number, and the suspects were later arrested, charged, and sentenced.

Copperfield's girlfriend Chloé Gosselin, a French fashion model 28 years his junior, gave birth to his daughter in 2010. Copperfield has two other children, a son and a daughter.

In July 2016, Copperfield purchased a mansion at 1625 Enclave Court in Las Vegas's affluent Summerlin community for $17.55 million.

Earnings
Forbes magazine reported that Copperfield earned $55 million in 2003, making him the 10th highest paid celebrity in the world (earnings figures are pre-tax and before deductions for agents' and attorneys' fees, etc.). He earned $57 million in 2004 and 2005, and $30 million in 2009 in entertainment earnings, according to Forbes. Copperfield performs over 500 shows per year throughout the world.

Charitable activities
In March 1982, Copperfield founded Project Magic, a rehabilitation program to help disabled patients regain lost or damaged dexterity skills by using sleight of hand as physical therapy. The program has been accredited by the American Occupational Therapy Association, and is in use in over 1,100 hospitals in 30 countries. Copperfield made an appearance on Oprah Radio in April 2008 to talk with host Dr. Mehmet Oz about how magic can help disabled people.

In 2007, he organized and performed at a charity show for UNICEF in Los Angeles, along with a number of celebrity guests. During the show, he used his ex-Orson Welles Buzz Saw illusion to saw British TV presenter Cat Deeley in half.

Copperfield organized relief efforts after Hurricane Dorian hit the Bahamas in 2019, using his own plane to fly in supplies.

Achievements and awards

 * The Society of American Magicians named him "Magician of the Century" and the "King of Magic".
 * Copperfield has been nominated 38 times for Emmy Awards, with 21 wins.
 * Copperfield received a Living Legend Award from the Library of Congress.
 * Copperfield is the first living magician to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
 * Copperfield received the Chevalier of Arts and Letters, the first one ever awarded to a magician.
 * Copperfield was named "Magician of the Year" in 1979 and 1986 by the Academy of Magical Arts.
 * Forbes's "The Celebrity 100" for 2009 ranks Copperfield as the 80th most powerful celebrity, with earnings of $30 million.
 * Copperfield was inducted into New York City's Ride of Fame on September 11, 2015.
 * In December 2020, Copperfield became the 23rd member of the Hall of Fame of the National Museum of American Jewish History, joining Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Steven Spielberg. Copperfield inducted Harry Houdini as the 22nd member during the same ceremony.

Guinness World Records
Copperfield holds 11 Guinness World Records, including:

 * Most magic shows performed in a year
 * Most tickets sold worldwide by a solo entertainer
 * Highest career earnings as a magician
 * Largest international television audience for a magician
 * Highest annual earnings for a magician (current year)
 * Largest Broadway attendance in a week
 * Largest magic work archive
 * Most expensive poster depicting magic sold at auction
 * Largest illusion ever staged

Television specials

 * 1) The Magic of ABC (September 7, 1977) (with special guests Fred Berry, Shaun Cassidy, Howard Cosell, Kate Jackson, Hal Linden, Penny Marshall, Kristy McNichol, Donny Osmond, Marie Osmond, Parker Stevenson, Dick Van Patten, Adam Rich, Abe Vigoda and Cindy Williams)
 * 2) The Magic of David Copperfield (October 27, 1978) (with special guests Orson Welles, Carl Ballantine, Valerie Bertinelli, Sherman Hemsley, Bernadette Peters and Cindy Williams)
 * 3) * One Emmy nomination: Outstanding Achievement in Technical Direction and Electronic Camerawork
 * 4) The Magic of David Copperfield II (October 24, 1979) (with special guest Bill Bixby, Loni Anderson, Valerie Bertinelli, Robert Stack and Alan Alan)
 * 5) * One Emmy nomination: Outstanding Achievement in Technical Direction and Electronic Camerawork
 * 6) The Magic of David Copperfield III: Levitating Ferrari (September 25, 1980) (with special guest Jack Klugman, Debby Boone, Mary Crosby, Louis Nye, Shimada, Cindy Williams and David Mendenhall).
 * 7) * Two Emmy nominations: Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction; Outstanding Achievement in Technical Direction and Electronic Camerawork
 * 8) The Magic of David Copperfield IV: The Vanishing Airplane (October 26, 1981) (with special guest Jason Robards, Susan Anton, Audrey Landers, Catherine Bach, David Mendenhall, Barnard Hughes, Clark Brandon and Elaine Joyce) The last illusion, Lear Jet Vanish, was filmed in long take at the Van Nuys Airport in Los Angeles, California.
 * 9) * One Emmy win: Outstanding Technical Direction and Electronic Camerawork
 * 10) The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears (April 8, 1983) (with special guests Morgan Fairchild, Michele Lee, Eugene Levy, William B. Williams and Lynne Griffin)
 * 11) The Magic of David Copperfield VI: Floating Over the Grand Canyon (April 6, 1984) (with special guests Ricardo Montalbán, Bonnie Tyler and Heather Thomas). The extended international version featured an additional 10 minutes of performance, including Tyler being sawed in half by Copperfield.
 * 12) * One Emmy win: Outstanding Technical Direction/Camerawork/Video for a Limited Series or a Special
 * 13) * Two Emmy nominations: Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction; Outstanding Live and Tape Sound Mixing and Sound Effects for a Limited Series or a Special
 * 14) The Magic of David Copperfield VII: Familiares (March 8, 1985) (with special guests Angie Dickinson, Teri Copley, Omri Katz and Peggy Fleming)
 * 15) * One Emmy win: Outstanding Technical Direction/Electronic Camera/Video Control for a Limited Series or a Special
 * 16) The Magic of David Copperfield VIII: Walking Through the Great Wall of China (March 14, 1986) (with special guest Ben Vereen) – This is the only special filmed outside the United States. At the end, Copperfield promotes a return to Egypt, which he later canceled for political reasons.
 * 17) * Two Emmy nominations: Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety or Music Program; Outstanding Technical Direction/Electronic Camera/Video Control for a Miniseries or a Special
 * 18) The Magic of David Copperfield IX: The Escape From Alcatraz (March 13, 1987) (with special guest Ann Jillian) – the television show used the soundtrack of Back to the Future, unedited and in its entirety, something for which the show was later lampooned.
 * 19) * Two Emmy nominations: Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety or Music Program; Outstanding Lighting Direction (Electronic) for a Miniseries or a Special
 * 20) The Magic of David Copperfield X: The Bermuda Triangle (March 12, 1988) (with special guest Lisa Hartman) Filmed at the Caesars Palace in Las Vegas
 * 21) * Two Emmy nominations: Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety or Music Program; Outstanding Technical Direction/Electronic Camera/Video Control for a Miniseries or a Special
 * 22) The Magic of David Copperfield XI: Explosive Encounter (March 3, 1989) (with special guest Emma Samms) Filmed at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Orange County, California.
 * 23) * Two Emmy wins: Outstanding Costume Design for a Variety or Music Program; Outstanding Lighting Direction (Electronic) for a Drama Series, Variety Series, Miniseries or a Special
 * 24) * Two Emmy nominations: Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety or Music Program; Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety or Music Series or a Special
 * 25) The Magic of David Copperfield XII: The Niagara Falls Challenge (March 30, 1990) (with special guest Kim Alexis and Penn & Teller) Filmed at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Orange County, California.
 * 26) * One Emmy win: Outstanding Technical Direction/Camera/Video for a Miniseries or a Special
 * 27) The Magic of David Copperfield XIII: Mystery On The Orient Express (April 9, 1991) (with special guest Jane Seymour) Filmed in part at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center in Tampa Bay, Florida and the Tillamook Air Museum in Tillamook, Oregon.
 * 28) * Four Emmy wins: Outstanding Achievement in Special Visual Effects; Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety or Music Program; Outstanding Lighting Direction (Electronic) for a Drama Series, Variety Series, Miniseries or a Special; Outstanding Technical Direction/Camera/Video for a Miniseries or a Special
 * 29) * One Emmy nomination: Outstanding Editing for a Miniseries or a Special – Multi-Camera Production
 * 30) The Secret of The Phantom of the Opera (1991) Filmed in the Théâtre National de l'Opéra, Paris, France.
 * 31) The Magic of David Copperfield XIV: F·L·Y·I·N·G – Live The Dream (March 31, 1992) (with special guest James Earl Jones and a special appearance by the late Orson Welles) Filmed at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
 * 32) * Three Emmy wins: Outstanding Individual Achievement in Art Direction for a Variety or Music Program; Outstanding Individual Achievement in Editing for a Miniseries or a Special – Multi-Camera Production; Outstanding Individual Achievement in Lighting Direction (Electronic) for a Drama Series, Variety Series, Miniseries or a Special
 * 33) The Magic of David Copperfield XV: Fires Of Passion (March 12, 1993) (with special guest Wayne Gretzky) Filmed in part at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center in Tampa Bay, Florida.
 * 34) * Three Emmy wins: Outstanding Individual Achievement in Art Direction for a Variety or Music Program; Outstanding Individual Achievement in Editing for a Miniseries or a Special – Multi-Camera Production; Outstanding Individual Achievement in Technical Direction/Camera/Video for a Miniseries or a Special
 * 35) David Copperfield: 15 Years of Magic (May 12, 1994) (with special guest Claudia Schiffer as "The Reporter", and appearances of various guests from previous specials via archive footage, such as James Earl Jones and Joanie Spina). In the international version, in addition to reprising their "Flying" illusion, Copperfield and Schiffer also reprised the performance of the Clearly Impossible illusion from Copperfield's stage shows in which Schiffer was sawed in half inside a transparent box.
 * 36) * One Emmy win: Outstanding Individual Achievement in Editing for a Miniseries or a Special – Multi-Camera Production
 * 37) The Magic of David Copperfield XVI: Unexplained Forces (May 1, 1995) – Filmed at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center in Tampa Bay, Florida.
 * 38) * Three Emmy wins: Outstanding Individual Achievement in Editing for a Miniseries or a Special – Multi-Camera Production; Outstanding Individual Achievement in Lighting Direction (Electronic) for a Drama Series, Variety Program, Miniseries or a Special; Outstanding Technical Direction/Camera/Video for a Miniseries or a Special
 * 39) * Two Emmy nominations: Outstanding Individual Achievement in Art Direction for a Variety or Music Program; Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Variety or Music Series or a Special
 * 40) David Copperfield: The Great Escapes (April 26, 2000)
 * 41) Copperfield – Tornado of Fire (April 3, 2001) (with special guests Carson Daly and, only in the international version, Whoopi Goldberg. Carson Daly was replaced by Hans Kazàn in the Dutch version and Marco Berry in the Italian version) – Filmed in January 2001 in a surrounded stage at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee, and a live (in the U.S. only) tornado stunt performed at Pier 94 in New York City, NY. (North America version 60 minutes, European version 90 minutes)
 * 42) * One Emmy nomination: Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety or Music Program

Worldwide tours

 * The Magic of David Copperfield: Live on Stage (1983–1986)
 * The Magic of David Copperfield: Radical New Illusions (1987–1989)
 * David Copperfield: Magic for the 90's (1990–1994)
 * David Copperfield: Beyond Imagination (a.k.a. The Best of David Copperfield) (1995–1996)
 * David Copperfield: Dreams and Nightmares (a.k.a. The Magic is Back) (1996–1998)
 * David Copperfield: Journey of a Lifetime (a.k.a. U!) (1999–2000)
 * David Copperfield: Unknown Dimension (a.k.a. Global Encounter) (2000–2001)
 * David Copperfield: Portal (2001–2002)
 * David Copperfield: An Intimate Evening of Grand Illusion (a.k.a. World of Wonders) (2003–present)

Plans for new illusions
Copperfield declared that among the new illusions he plans to create, he wants to put a woman's face on Mount Rushmore, straighten the Leaning Tower of Pisa and even vanish the moon.

Filmography

 * Terror Train (1980) as the Magician
 * Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1997) as himself
 * Scrubs, episode "My Lucky Day" (2002) as himself
 * Oh My God (2009) as himself
 * America's Got Talent (2010) as himself
 * The Simpsons, episode "The Great Simpsina" (2011) as himself (voice)
 * Wizards of Waverly Place, episode "Harperella" (2011) as himself
 * Burt Wonderstone (2013) as himself
 * The Amazing Race 24 (2014)
 * American Restoration (2014)
 * Unity (2015) as narrator
 * 7 Days in Hell (2015) as himself

Popular illusions
Created and/or performed by Copperfield:

 * Laser illusion
 * Portal
 * Walking Through the Great Wall of China
 * Death Saw
 * Clearly Impossible
 * Flying illusion
 * Squeeze box

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It is, because under COPPA, the names of those under 13 must have parental consent to have their full names or addresses posted on the internet. It is somewhat of common law (and more of a moral standpoint) that you really shouldn't put someone's name on the internet without their permission, or if they're over the age of majority (between 18-21 years of age, I know under Alabama law, the age of majority is 19). It is more appropriate to put the person's first name and last initial. (i.e. John D.)

Thanks, T.J. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dawebmasta (talk • contribs) 16:51, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

T.J. - That statement is not true. In and of itself, there is nothing illegal (or in my opinion inherently unsafe) with putting an individual's full name on the web (or in print).

For anyone who may edit this article, please note that is NOT safe nor legal to put someone's full name on a webpage without their consent.

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People need to stop posting about Vienmont and Fairvew Schools in the education section! This article is about the CITY OF CULLMAN not the towns of Vienmont and Fairveiw.......please feel free to post abou those schools on the article for those towns instead of the city of Cullman! Thankyou, Admin

I removed the existing infobox because it was missing an appropriate image and seemed to be improperly formatted. Jody B  21:57, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Edits of July 4, 2008
I did a little work on this page today, and wanted to make a couple of notes. I deleted a lot of links to nonexistent Wiki articles, especially in the "education" section. The paragraph contained so many links to nonexistent articles, the resulting red font made the section look like it was dipped in ketchup. See generally, WP:MOSLINK. I don't want to imply that the schools are not worthy of attention, but until a Wiki article is written about them, this many links distract from the reader's experience. I left a link to the nonexistent article on St. Bernard College, in the hope that some Cullman person would notice it has no article and repair this oversight. From what I saw researching this edit, it's an important part of the German influence in the area. Audemus Defendere (talk) 23:15, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Further Fireworks Day Edits: "Cullmann" vs. "Kullmann"
This article has previously used the spelling "Kullmann" for the last name of the city's founder. See this revision. As the current text notes, sources use both versions, but:
 * The man's lone surviving American descendant, quoted in the daily newspaper in the subject city, says it's "Cullmann," and says there are no ancestral German records supporting "Kullmann."
 * A quick Google search (see WP:NCON "The Google test. Using Google's advanced search option, search for each conflicting name and confine the results to pages written in English; also exclude the word "Wikipedia" (as we want to see what other people are using, not our own usage). Note which is the most commonly used term.") finds only 6 hits for "John G. Kullmann," (2 of which are from the current version of the aritcle), and 84 for "Cullmann," only one of which seems to be from another Wiki article.
 * Finally, it has to be worth a lot that the residents of the city and county, a century ago, settled on "Cullman" and not "Kullman."

I changed the text to "Cullmann" on this basis, but if anyone has contrary evidence or analysis, hop in with it. So long as the guiding principles of WP:UCN are followed. Audemus Defendere (talk) 10:55, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Cullmann is right and he was born in the village Frankweiler in the German Palatinate. --Stephanie Do (talk) 19:05, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

Notable persons section
1. Neither the Wiki article nor the bio on Melinda Dillon indicate any connection to Cullman. Both say she is from Hope, Arkansas. Some source needs to reflect Cullman link.

2. Neither Wiki nor a Google search turns up any info on who SSgt Joshua S. McDowell is, let alone why he is "notable."

3. The link to Waid Harbison is to a self-published page. This creates a source question, as well as a notability question. Since the page appears to be self-published fiction, there is a WP:NOTADVERTISING problem lurking here, too. I am also looking for a reason not to delete the name of a minor (DOB 1/1994 in the linked article).Audemus Defendere (talk) 05:46, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

September 5, 2008 - transportation and others
The material on Saint Bernanrd Prep is WP:NOTADVERTISING and has been tagged for some time.

The couple of sentences deleted from the Transportation section have a history of some unproductive edits, including some that seem NPOV to demean the subject. It just seems better to leave the section as links, unless you're going to create a full text treatment of the topic with sources.

The names "Big Jim" and "Little Jim" are common and popular usage in Alabama to distinghuish the father and son governors. See the linked aritlces.

The weasel word citation had no place in the article. The cited source clearly covers the item.

The population table bites when it's on right align - it stacks with the map. But when I move it left, it fails to hug the left margin. I am all for having it hug the margin and improve the text appearance, if someone knows how to make that template do that. Even so, with this problem, it looks better than it does stacked under the map.Audemus Defendere (talk) 23:00, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

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July 27, 2010 Edit
Is there a reason why the sourced copy about the 2008 special election was deleted? I restored it but will remove it if someone can cite a reason why it should be removed per Wikipedia policies.Wkharrisjr (talk) 21:38, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Confusion on Col. Cullmann's Motivations for Emigration
I was flipping through the "History" section, and noticed that it states: "Cullmann had been an advocate of democratic reforms in his native Bavaria, and he fled when the autocratic Prussian-dominated regime emerged ascendant after the Revolutions of 1848."

While the motivations for leaving may be sound, the timelines are off. German unification and, thus, Prussian control of Bavaria did not occur until 1871. You could maybe pinpoint the rise of Prussian domination of the German states to be 1861 with the ascension of King Wilhelm I, 1862 with Bismarck's "Blut und Eisen" speech, or 1866 with the Austro-Prussian War. These would make much more sense given his date of emigration, 1865. But the clause regarding 1848 must be clarified if this is the case, as his personal history in 1848 may be related to his choice to emigrate but may not necessarily be causative.

As far as sources for the claim, the first source for this statement is no longer existent. I am tracking down the book that is the basis of the second source, but I'm still a bit skeptical. Until then, I — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shorttom007 (talk • contribs) 14:08, 2 July 2016 (UTC)

 * Finally got around to editing the Col. Cullman section after consulting some primary docs. I feel pretty confident about the timeline as it is now, though people should feel free to edit if it sounds confusing. Shorttom007 (talk) 15:56, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

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Talk:Fairview, Alabama

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Talk:Good Hope, Alabama

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Talk:Hanceville, Alabama

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Transgenders
The new law on keeping transgenders out of the women's bathrooms should be added. https://www.cullmantribune.com/2016/04/29/hanceville-city-council-meets-transgender-restroom-ordinance-to-be-considered/

I also do not have a source on it but supposedly Police chief Bob Long chased a transgender out of the town while threatening to "lynch him from am *expletive* tree!" I do not have an article for that but I heard it from an inside source supposedly.Mr. 123453334 (talk) 05:32, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

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Talk:Holly Pond, Alabama

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Talk:South Vinemont, Alabama

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Vinemont and South Vinemont are different populated places. Mr.Rosewater (talk) 16:49, 3 June 2012 (UTC)

title: Talk:South Vinemont, Alabama