"Johnny down there in his pirate get-up, shooting off
cannons all hours of the night. David strolling the beach in his
top hat and
cane, growing more and more agitated, until one day he tries to make Johnny's island disappear. Johnny walks to the other side of his island and discovers a whole bunch of magician's props washed up (or dumped!) on his beach...I kind of wish I didn't know about those two now." That's McNeil, ruminating further on
his discovery that Johnny Depp and David Copperfield own neighboring islands.