Did uri geller was the first spoon bender in the world?
if not geller then who was the inventer and when

as far as I know ...geller was the first?!

Dr. Sawa was the first to publish a routine, that I'm aware of. It predates any performance of Uri's. Geller did popularize it though.

Tony

Yes, but Geller was the first one to use superpowers from aliens for that effect. Dr. Sawa was probably just cheating.

Wait a minute, I made a mistake, Dr. Sawa'a effect was published in 1977 and named after Geller. Sorry.

Tony

So it's just like Geller's effect? Sounds like those aliens must be pretty bored to fly all the way to Earth and shoot lasers at people.

I am quite sure that Goofy invented metal spoons, especially
for psychics. Before these psychics began to become popular,
spoons were made of wood and Ivory.
And that doesn't bend.

Let me know if I'm wrong, isn't it true during the 1970s, there were reports of people who claimed to have the ability to cause such events. The most notable in the West was Uri Geller, a former stage magician who demonstrated his alleged psychic powers by bending metal spoons as well as metal keys and several other objects and materials. However these reports were met with skepticism by some scientists, and many reported performances were claimed to be tricks and frauds by professional stage magicians such as James Randi. In recent years, spoon-bending has enjoyed a revival, due to the spread of 'spoon-bending parties'.

In the 70`s most British people in became aware of paranormal metal bending when Uri Geller appeared on the Dimbleby Talk-In (Nov. 23rd 1973) and confounded those present with his demonstrations. The phenomenon has been described previously by Japanese Buddhists and in England in reports of witchcraft.

My definition of spoon bending is the deformation of objects, especially metal eating utensils, allegedly by paranormal means, either without physical force, or by means of physical force normally insufficient to achieve the effect.

Was I wrong on anything?

You were wrong to quote Wikipedia and pretend it's your own writing.

- entity

Many will be aware of the Bending Swizzle Stick effect in Jinx in the 1930's. I think that this is the earliest published "bending a stirring implement" I've seen.

- entity

Now I do believe you are a mentalist.

I have seen articles that predate geller. Never seen a performance as I wouldnt have been born yet.

Its Geller's effect. PERIOD.

Cavement bent spikes. I know there were no spoons back then or none have been found but the bent spikes have been found.

Didn't tarbell include some bending of metal? maybe I'm just going crazy...
Pete

None of the supposed forerunners to Geller's spoon effects are anything close to what he does. They're either sight-gags (like pretending to bend a spoon by force against a surface then showing it unbent) or obvious magical effects like the broken and restored spoon routine that appeared in Abra in 1967. Others have looked into this in the past and came up empty handed. Despite this, it is still fashionable in some quarters to describe spoon-bending as 'an old magicians' trick.'

Maybe they mean that Geller is an "Old Magician".

- entity

Jay Marshall had an effect called "The Difference" in the 1943 Phoenix # 59 where a spoon is bent and then restored. But as Steve Knight pointed out, this is more of a sight gag as you appear to be using brute strength to do the bend. In fact, the opening sentence of the effect says, "Bending a spoon is an illusion not a trick." Little did he know it would become an entire genre of magic!