At youtube.com you’ll see an interesting set of videos dealing with the last Phenomenon episode, the second in the series. Here, all three actors – Geller, Angel, and Callahan – get to expound on what they think took place. Video also Here → First was Geller (misspelled “Gellar” in the heading) who of course declared himself “mind-blown” by the episode, poor chap. He took pains to re-emphasize his contrived acceptance of woo-woo, and generally said nothing that added to the situation. He threw in the popular Relativity rant, dragging in Einstein and demonstrating his profound ignorance of what that man had to say about the real world. But consider: Geller’s in a rather peculiar situation, having now been directly confronted by Angel on this show, and unable to respond… I’m sure that NBC is also taking pains to see that the Randi element doesn’t get to enter in here, since it might bring a more rational atmosphere to the show, and lose viewers… Criss Angel said, in his rather lengthy comments,“[Callahan] demonstrated something that is unexplainable to some” – though to whom that might have applied, I cannot fathom – and Criss is beginning to sound very much like that chap James Randi, tossing about a million-dollar challenge… Callahan was frantic. He said, concerning the drubbing he got by Criss Angel, “I’m tired of it.” Well, no, Callahan, you’re scared of it because you’ve never had anyone come up against you directly, as Criss did. Mind you, along with several others who’ve commented on the Angel presentation of the sealed envelope challenge, that’s not something that Callahan has ever actually claimed to be able to do; he should be asked to state – if he can – just what he can do – and then be required to do it. Callahan retreated to the same ploy as Geller, defending religion and declaring his fervent belief in religious mythology, thus looking for support from that element, then made a rather vicious threat against Angel: “I will definitely do everything I can to ruin him.” All together, this added up to a major victory for rationality – launched and fought by Criss Angel – that must have NBC in both a tizzy and an orgasm, since they’ve achieved yet another pinnacle of mediocrity. Their first “Phenomenon” show ended up in 45th place… I’ll have more on this event, as soon as I’ve had a chance to review it in detail… NOT MUCH LEFT
We figure that the only trick Uri Geller has left to do on “Phenomenon” is the “lifting-a-guy-using-four-fingers” trick… I expect we’ll be seeing that one very soon. First, see www.randi.org/encyclopedia/flying.html . Remember, this is a “mystifyer,” not a magician or a trickster…
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On Halloween night, October 31, during a 2-hour long live episode of NBC show ''Phenomenon'', famed magician Criss Angel told Uri Geller and Jim Callahan, "I will give you a million dollars of my personal money right now if either one of you can tell me specific details of what’s in this envelope right now." While Geller ignored Angel's challenge, Callahan started to confront Angel in a hostile manner, as host Tim Vincent held him back and Geller held Angel back.

Previously Angel made it clear that he will not "tolerate" fellow magicians who try to pass their illusions off as paranormal. For example, on the day before the Halloween special, Angel told Larry King, "No one has the ability, that I'm aware of, to do anything supernatural, psychic, talk to the dead. And that was what I said I was going to do with ''Phenomenon.'' If somebody goes on that show and claims to have supernatural psychic ability, I'm going to bust them live and on television."

In the midst of the confrontation, the TV show cut to a commercial break. Vincent said the show was not "Jerry Springer." When the last contestant appeared Angel said it was "a hell of a lot more entertaining than the previous act." The following week Callahan was voted off the show by the TV audience.

James Randi, a former magician who had previously worked with Angel and a long standing critic of Geller and psychics, wrote of the incident, "Criss Angel said, in his rather lengthy comments, 'Callahan demonstrated something that is unexplainable to some' — though to whom that might have applied, I cannot fathom — and Criss is beginning to sound very much like that chap James Randi, tossing about a million-dollar challenge."

This is not the first time that Uri Geller has been challenged by a professional magician. Thirty years ago, during a French television show called ''Droit de réponse'', Gerard Majax demonstred that all "so called" powers shown previously during the show by Geller could be reproduced by a magician even more convincingly than Geller.