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There are plenty of experts on the internet. If you don't believe they're experts just ask 'em. The qualifications for "expert" baffle me.
An example from a now-obsolete online forum: A young gentleman went on to several magic groups asking how to get booked. He was given several pieces of advice, ranging from really bad to...adequate. A week later this same young man came back to the same groups touting himself as an expert, saying he was going to put out a…
Posted by James Short on November 14, 2023 at 3:26pm — 2 Comments
You know you are getting old when you do not think that today's comedians are not funny. What is the truth? Are they funny? I am 70 years old, been performing for over 40 years. Today, I find few magicians are entertaining. Sure they know how to perform magic tricks but the context in which they present them does not appeal to me. They do not appear to be authentic.
I am not going to claim that I know why I feel this way. I just find it puzzling. I guess I thought as time…
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I made this from a couple of wooden skeletons I got from the Dollar Tree. I already had the rip apart bag and it all fit.
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Rick Maue turned me on to an exercise that helps with concise scripting. It's the Two Sentence Horror Story. I really like this exercise for multiple reasons. Below are some examples of ones I've written.
* I've never held a baby before.
Is this much blood normal?
* That face looks really familiar.
I just can't imagine why it's coming out of my wall.
* Getting out of prison was easy.
Killing myself to do so was the hard part.
* Her eyes…
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They thought they had a sure thing with a Halloween show that would bring in hundreds of people. They soon found out that luck was not on their side. Listen to a funny tale of a time when things didn't turn out the way they expected. Guest Joe Givan of Theater of Dreams in Castle Rock Colorado tells the Story
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Editor David Charvet discusses the new book Magic in America: The Story of the Society of American Magicians written by David Goodsell. Get the behind the scenes story of the making of this monumental publication.
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The Expert at the Card Table is defined by many as the definitive book on sleight of hand card magic.
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Ian Keable loves to do research. His latest book details 10 great hoaxes of the 18th century including a woman who gave birth to rabbits, ghosts who threw things around the house, and a man who proclaimed to be able to jump inside a pint bottle.
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