Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants
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Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants is a renowned one-man stage show and filmed performance in which master magician Ricky Jay demonstrates extraordinary sleight-of-hand and card magic.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10444994 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants Context triple: [Ricky Jay, notableWork, Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants]
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A.
Burrell Tibbs Flying Circus
Burrell Tibbs Flying Circus was an early 20th-century American barnstorming aviation troupe known for its stunt flying exhibitions and for employing famed aviator Wiley Post.
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B.
The Hucksters
The Hucksters is a 1947 satirical drama film about postwar American advertising, starring Clark Gable and featuring Sydney Greenstreet in a memorable supporting role.
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C.
Jay and the Americans
Jay and the Americans were a popular American rock and pop group of the 1960s known for hits like "Come a Little Bit Closer" and "Cara Mia."
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D.
Everybody Comes to Rick's
Everybody Comes to Rick's is an unproduced stage play by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison that served as the basis for the classic 1942 film Casablanca.
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E.
The Two Jays
The Two Jays was the early name of the Liverpool beat group that later became known as The Fourmost, part of the 1960s Merseybeat scene.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants Target entity description: Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants is a renowned one-man stage show and filmed performance in which master magician Ricky Jay demonstrates extraordinary sleight-of-hand and card magic.
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A.
Burrell Tibbs Flying Circus
Burrell Tibbs Flying Circus was an early 20th-century American barnstorming aviation troupe known for its stunt flying exhibitions and for employing famed aviator Wiley Post.
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B.
The Hucksters
The Hucksters is a 1947 satirical drama film about postwar American advertising, starring Clark Gable and featuring Sydney Greenstreet in a memorable supporting role.
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C.
Jay and the Americans
Jay and the Americans were a popular American rock and pop group of the 1960s known for hits like "Come a Little Bit Closer" and "Cara Mia."
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D.
Everybody Comes to Rick's
Everybody Comes to Rick's is an unproduced stage play by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison that served as the basis for the classic 1942 film Casablanca.
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E.
The Two Jays
The Two Jays was the early name of the Liverpool beat group that later became known as The Fourmost, part of the 1960s Merseybeat scene.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
filmed performance
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magic show ⓘ stage show ⓘ theatrical production ⓘ |
| audience | adult theatre audiences ⓘ |
| basedOn | Ricky Jay’s expertise in sleight-of-hand ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| creator | Ricky Jay ⓘ |
| director | David Mamet ⓘ |
| features |
card magic
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close-up magic ⓘ sleight-of-hand ⓘ storytelling ⓘ |
| genre |
magic
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sleight-of-hand performance ⓘ stage magic ⓘ |
| hasPart |
card tricks
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demonstrations of cheating techniques ⓘ historical anecdotes about magicians ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainPerformer | Ricky Jay ⓘ |
| medium |
live theatre
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television film ⓘ |
| notableFor |
combination of magic and narrative
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expert-level card manipulation ⓘ |
| performedBy | Ricky Jay ⓘ |
| productionType | minimalist stage production ⓘ |
| subject |
card cheating
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gambling demonstrations ⓘ history of conjuring ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants Description of subject: Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants is a renowned one-man stage show and filmed performance in which master magician Ricky Jay demonstrates extraordinary sleight-of-hand and card magic.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.