Many may not even know the name of Uri Geller, but this man is television history after bending a spoon ‘with the mind’ live on television in 1975.
45 years have passed And, in addition to continuing to exploit his spoon trick, Uri Geller supports Trump, Boris Johnson and has been litigating with Nintendo for 20 years.
How he earns a living or who votes belongs to his personal sphere and we are not going to debate it. Now, That he has been involved in a legal tug of war with the Japanese video game company for two decades, has its crumb.
I never realized how powerful and important it was for me to lift the ban on Yungeller/Kadabra, especially for all the kids around the world!
I’m sorry for what I did 20 years ago, but you can learn from mistakes even more than you can learn from success!#kadabra #pokemon pic.twitter.com/3YuxrUHzgq
– Uri Geller (@TheUriGeller) November 29, 2020
Everything starts when Nintendo launches one of its famous mystical Pokémon, back in the year 2000, and calls it Cadabra. To top it off, the Pokémon appears with a spoon in hand. Enough for Uri Geller to go to California court and sue Nintendo for using his image to create a character. Be careful, we are talking about an almighty mystical Pokémon.
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In the lawsuit, Uri Geller claimed that Nintendo had turned his image into “an evil hidden Pokémon character,” stealing his identity, “using my name and my signature image“, that is to say, the spoon, as collected by BBC at the beginning of the century.
The demand may seem absurd but things change when you find out that the mystical Pokémon in Japan is called Yungeller. Suspicious, to say the least.
In the end, the lawsuit was solved in a solomonic way with an agreement that left both parties half-way. Uri Geller’s claim was rejected but it did prevent Nintendo from being able to market trading cards. Cadabra.
Last Moment – After 20 years it returns #kadabra to the universe #Pokémon. The mentalist Uri Geller had denounced #Nintendo Due to plagiarism, the company consequently stopped producing Pokémon cards. Today two decades later Geller lifted the ban. pic.twitter.com/xskUcTlsKW
– Anime Argentina (@anime_argentina) November 29, 2020
I totally agree with this!
— Teezkut TL40 x3 (@Teezkut) December 1, 2020
They did but still the only person in history to get upset about being immortalized.
— Taylor Norris (@TaylorNorris02) December 1, 2020
It took 20 years for the illusionist to receive “a tremendous amount of emails from Pokémon fans“, asking him to release the letter from Kadabra, as stated on the web The Gamer, for Uri Geller to give his arm to twist.
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“I never realized how powerful and important lifting the Yungeller / Kadabra ban was to meespecially for all the children of the world. I’m sorry about what I did 20 years ago but you can learn more from mistakes than from success “
With this message, Uri Geller announced on social networks that he has lifted the veto on his chrome and it may be marketed by Nintendo. Needless to say, find some Kadabra chrome from the last 20 years, it will pay better than finding the Holy Grail or the Shroud.
Dear friends , I am getting thousands of emails from around the world asking me what the outcome of the election will be, well I am not a prophet but my intuition tells me that Trump wins the Electoral College . I was correct on many occasions.https://t.co/TihSH6iQgh pic.twitter.com/bV0vkZIvSL
– Uri Geller (@TheUriGeller) November 1, 2020
In the end, the illusionist did not need a spoon to, after 20 years, bring the illusion back to many Pokémon fans around the world.
And beware, as a good artist, Uri Geller has dedicated himself to collecting all kinds of merchandising related to Kadabra, the Pokémon that has been banned all this time. That is to twist reality and not the spoon.
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