314: Day 3 - MAGIC Live! 2016

Schedule for Day Three - August 16, 2016

24 hours - The Back Room
9:00 a.m. - Registration
10:00 a.m. - Tuesday General Session for Maroon lanyards (showroom until 12:15 p.m.
   Real or Camera Tricks - Mat Franco
   Reaching Out, Changing Lives - Julie Eng
   Expectations - Master Payne
   Making Magic - Martin Lewis
   Magic, Special Effects, and the Narrative Thread - Mike Elizalde
   Passing the Light - David Copperfield and Marvyn Roy
   The Gambler's Ballad, or An Incident At Jake's Saloon - Johnny Thompson and Penn Jilette
10:00 a.m. - Tuesday Focus Sessions for black lanyards until 11:00 a.m.
   Practical and Performable - Daryl
   Show Doctor ICU - Jeff McBride
   Innovative Ideas in Family Entertainment - Rafael
11:00 a.m. - The MAGIC Shop until 6:30 p.m.
11:15 - Tuesday Focus Sessions for maroon lanyards until 11:00 a.m.
   Practical and Performable - Daryl
   Show Doctor ICU - Jeff McBride
   Innovative Ideas in Family Entertainment - Rafael
12:15 p.m. - lunch break
2:15 - Tuesday General Session for Black lanyards (showroom until 4:15 p.m.
   Real or Camera Tricks - Mat Franco
   Reaching Out, Changing Lives - Julie Eng
   Expectations - Master Payne
   Making Magic - Martin Lewis
   Magic, Special Effects, and the Narrative Thread - Mike Elizalde
   Passing the Light - David Copperfield and Marvyn Roy
   The Gambler's Ballad, or An Incident At Jake's Saloon - Johnny Thompson and Penn Jilette
2:15 p.m. - Tuesday Focus Sessions for maroon lanyards until 3:15 p.m.
   Practical and Performable - Daryl
   Show Doctor ICU - Jeff McBride
   Innovative Ideas in Family Entertainment - Rafael
3:30 p.m. - Tuesday Focus Sessions for maroon lanyards until 4:30 p.m.
   Practical and Performable - Daryl
   Show Doctor ICU - Jeff McBride
   Innovative Ideas in Family Entertainment - Rafael5:00 p.m. Dinner break
5:00 p.m. Dinner break
5:30 - MAGIC Museum until 11:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m. - The Game until 7:45 p.m.
7:30 p.m. - Close-Up Experience until 8:45 p.m.
7:30 p.m. MAGIC Cabaret: The Secret Class until 8:30 p.m.
8:00 p.m. - The Game uneil 8:45 p.m.
9:00 p.m. - Close-Up Experience until 10:15 p.m.
9:00 p.m. - The Game until 9:45 p.m.
9:15 p.m. MAGIC Cabaret: The Secret Class until 10:45 p.m.
10:00 p.m. - The Game until 10:45 p.m.
10:30 p.m. - Close-Up Experience until 11:45 p.m.

MAGIC Live! Night at the Museum. This was a very special, one night only exhibit of special props, devices, pictures, posters, ephemera, etc. owned and on loan from various private collections including David Copperfield, Gay Blackstone, Norm Neilsen, Penn & Teller, Chip Romero, Mike Caveney and others.

An introduction to the work of Magicians Without Borders, a non-profit group that brings joy and hope to troubled places all around the world. Magicians Without Borders performs magic shows for children in refugee camps, orphanages and hospitals around the world -often in war torn places where love, laughter and magic are desperately needed.

Time stamps for this Podcast:

00:00:12 - Tom Dobrowolski has put on his own magic convention and has nothing but praise for MAGIC Live.

00:06:48 - Dick Olson has attended dozens of magic conventions over the decades and swears that this one is the best.

00:11:34 - Diamond Jim Tyler, author the "Bamboozler" series, chats a bit about this being one of his top conventions and what he enjoyed best.

00:13:59 - Meir Yedid, one of the dealers, talks about being an exhibitor at MAGIC Live!

00:18:40 - Enrico De La Vega has worked with all of the top magicians and chats a bit about some of the stuff he can talk about like the upcoming David Blaine TV special, but not about anything he's doing with Cyril.

00:23:28 - Marvyn Roy "Mr. Electric" talks a bit about his life, his legacy, and the used equipment that he "gave" to David Copperfield for his museum.

00:32:25 - Rudy Coby talks about his recent work in Macau, China, and how exhausting of a show it was. This is Rudy's first MAGIC Live!

00:40:38 - In the MAGIC Live museum, Chip Romero shows us his Doug Henning pieces from his collection that are displayed in his exhibit.

00:44:42 - Michael "Six" Muldoon was one of the presenters in the General Session this today and talked about "Magicians Without Borders". This is an important, philanthropic organization that could use your help.

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218: Steve Spill - I Lie For Money

I'm reluctant to produce a podcast solely for the intent purposes of promoting something that someone wants to pitch; however, there are exceptions. And this is one of them.

Steve Spill has had a magical life...and it's not over yet! One could say that Steve "grew up" in the Magic Castle because his father, Sandy Spillman, was a long-time host and also conducted the seances there for many years. Through his early teenage years he had unprecedented access to hang out with many of the greats such as Dai Vernon, Charlie Miller, Francis Carlyle, Kuda Bux and many, many others. Steve also worked at the Jolly Jester with Bob Sheets in the early days of "bar magic" in Aspen, Colorado. Later, the two of them opened the "Brook Farm Inn of Magic" in Delaware. And for about the past 20 years, he has owned and operated "Magicopolis" in Santa Monica, California.

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Steve and I first met over 30 years ago when he came through to perform at Houston's Magic Island and I was one of the House Magicians. Although it was not quite like "two ships passing in the night", we had fallen out of touch with one another since then as we both followed our separate paths. When Steve contacted me with the idea of pitching his new book, I knew that we needed to catch up to talk about all the "water that has run under our bridges."

Steve begins at the end by talking about Magicopolis which he built and owns and where he and his wife, Bozene, appear weekly. He then talks about his many experiences at the Magic Castle and relates stories about the eight mentors at the Castle who shaped his future. He also talks about Bob Sheets and the Jolly Jester in Aspen as well as the Brook Farm Inn of Magic. There a lot of stories from his new book plus some that are not there bu only appear here in this podcast.

You can read many of these stories plus dozens more in Steve's new book, "I Lie for Money" coming out soon and only available through Amazon. You can Click Here for more details and to order your copy.

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106: MAGIC Live! 2013 - Day 1

We haven't even begun to do anything yet but there are so many friends everywhere I turn. I decided at one point just to leave on my microphone and see who I ran into as I strolled around the floor. This is certainly THE magic event of the year. It is so exciting and there are so many fun mysteries to unfold over the next few days. I am having a blast and I hope the podcasts show that. It is so much fun also getting to meet several of the listeners to this podcast who hear my voice and introduce themselves. Thank you one and all.

00:00:07 - We take off from Houston for MAGIC Live! in Las Vegas, Nevada

00:02:19 - Marvyn Roy, aka "Mr. Electric" was one of the first friends I bumped into after I checked in. Marvyn talks about his new project of reading his book, "Mr. Electric Unplugged" which will be published by Mike Caveney and hopefully out by this Christmas.

00:18:34 - David Bull from Le Grande David Show in Beverly, Massachusetts talked about the sale of their movie theatre and what's going on at the Larcom Theatre with new traveling shows coming in for special engagements.

00:24:45 - Editor and Founder of The Magic Cafe, Steve Brooks, chatted with me about the phenomenal growth of this free online resource.

00:35:13 - Arthur Emerson talked about his 30 year association with Larry West and their partnership, Emerson and West that made many of the packet tricks that sold so well in the last century.

00:40:40 - Mark Kornhouser has an interesting video project going on during this convention. It's entitled "My First Trick". The intent is for anyone who is interested in sharing to show the first trick they learned and talk about how they got into magic and what the art means to them. In this interview, I left on the microphone during my segment as they were videotaping.

00:55:21 - Kyle Knight (I remember him when he went by Tyler Knight) and his wife, Mistie, talk about working Disney ships.

01:02:37 - Trigg Watson (formerly Burrage), David Hinkin and Krystyn Lambert talk about magic as a youth, contests, movies and more.

01:09:57 - Editor and Chief of MAGIC Magazine, Stan Allen, gave me a few minutes to talk about what's in store for this convention...well, as much as he could tip. Most of it will unfold just as you turn the page of the magazine. But Stan isn't afraid to take chances.

01:20:19 - Richard Hatch, former part owner of H&R Magic Books, talks about the reprint of The History of Magic book by Taschen. If you act quick, you can get a copy for $70 postpaid in the U.S. for an incredibly low price, but only if you mention that you heard it here on The Magic Word and if they have any left in stock when you order.

01:24:56 - Owner and proprietor of one of the world's largest wholesalers of magic, Mark Murphy (of Murphy's Magic Supplies) talks about his business and how inventors can get their ideas to market.

01:31:03 - Trade show magician, David McGee, talks about his upcoming six page spread that will appear in the September 2013 issue of MAGIC Magazine where he talks about his latest project: a game show at casinos. Plus he talks about the importance of working at charity shows. This is fascinating stuff.

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