stupid. These people didn't do anything wrong, besides embarass the tv network.

You must be kidding. Making people think that World War III may be starting is incredibly cruel. It's a clever hack, but they need to think about the distress this caused people.

There's a simple answer for why his shows are so amazing – he lies. Check out his Wikipedia entry. There are several instances where he has been proven to have lied about the authenticity of his tricks. Therefore all his tricks are suspect. (You don't think he *only* cheated on the ones he got caught, do you?)