The Process of Fooling Penn & Teller So… as I mentioned in my last blog post “What’s the Trick to Fooling Penn & Teller? Part One,” I was booked to appear on Penn & Teller: Fool Us on the CW Network to perform my trick Unshuffled. The problem was that Penn and Teller already knew the […]
Fooling Penn & Teller: Part One One of the hottest shows this summer has been Penn & Teller: Fool US, which is now in its third season on the CW Network. I had the pleasure of appearing on the show this season. I was assigned the task of fooling Penn & Teller…with a trick they already […]
Can you make your BEST even BETTER? The answer might surprise you. Have you ever read a great book or seen an amazing movie that made you think “The author or director might as well retire now because they will never top this”? And then a few years later they have another bestseller or Academy […]
How to Handle the Magic YouTube Know-it-All We have all experienced it… the spectator in the audience who watched a few Magic How To Videos on YouTube and armed with that knowledge is about to make your life miserable. He is waiting for just the right moment to pounce… “You have an extra coin in […]
Yes! You LOVE Magic… But is Making the Decision to become a Professional Magician the right choice for YOU? Arthur Benjamin, Ph.D We all know of magicians who have decided to turn professional that have become successful… some more than others. But can you name some magicians who have become MORE successful by choosing NOT […]
Magicians Only: What was the best advice you ever received from another magician about magic or life in general? Following up on my Blog Post from last week about magical mentors, we saw a lot of names of great magicians that we learned from or would have liked to learn from. So I’m curious what […]
Magicians Only. What was the most expensive magic prop you lost and how did you lose it? Today I put my Extreme Burn setup ($20’s to $100’s) inside my right pants pocket. When I was taking my car keys out of that same pocket I accidentally pulled one of the twenties out and it fluttered […]
Here is a question for Magicians Only. If you could have three magicians of the past watch your performance… and critique it. What three Magical Mentors of the past would YOU like to get advice from… and why? For me it would be Nate Leipzig, Max Malini and Eddie Fechter. Leipzig, because of what I […]
How a Trade Show Magician can Attract Huge Crowds on the last day of the show. Ever have one of those S-L-O-W traffic days, like the last day of the show. As a trade show magician we all do! It’s sometimes hard to motivate yourself when the aisles of the exhibit hall are empty […]
Hello and welcome to my new blog! For more than 35 years I’ve had the pleasure of working with companies of all sizes to engage, entertain and inform prospects and make sure their message sticks. I’ve opened meetings, attracted huge crowds at trade shows and entertained in hospitality suites in more than 25 countries around […]
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