364: My Week At The Magic Castle - 2017: Part Three

This podcast runs a little shorter than normal but provides a little local "color" surrounding the Castle. We first travel to Santa Monica to visit with Steve Spill and his "Magicopolis" (video tour below) then back to downtown Hollywood to Musso & Frank Grill which is known for their famous martinis. While there, we uncovered a lot of interesting stories about old (and new) Hollywood celebrities who frequent the bar/restaurant.

Since the conversations are shorter than normal, we have time to review John Bannon's "Move Zero" three DVD set which is for beginners and highly recommended.

Steve Spill, owner and performer at Magicopolis in Santa Monica, CA takes us on a guided tour of the building. For more information on his book, "I Lie for Money", be sure to listen to The Magic Word Podcast episode 218 at https://www.themagicwordpodcast.com/scottwellsmagic/steve-spill To hear the latest chat with Steve, live from Magicopolis, then visit: https://www.themagicwordpodcast.com/scottwellsmagic/364-my-week-at-the-magic-castle-2017-part-three available after 9:00 a.m. July 6, 2017

Time stamps for this podcast:

00:03:36 - Steve Spill drives us to lunch so we chat with him while he is driving from his theater, Magicopolis, in Santa Monica.

00:13:46 - Ruben Rueda has been a bartender at Musso & Frank Grill for 50 years and has quite a reputation.

00:23:10 - Sonny Bones, one of the servers at Musso and Frank Grill tells us some stories about the iconic restaurant.

00:28:33 - Bobby Caravella, AGM of Musso and Frank Grill expounds on several classic stories about Old Hollywood and those celebrities who have frequented and are frequenting the restaurant.

00:42:27 - Move Zero Vol. One DVD by John Bannon. Click Here for details.

00:50:34 - Move Zero Vol. Two DVD by John Bannon. Click Here for details.

00: 54:05 - Move Zeto Vol. Three DVD by John Bannon - Click Here for details

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363: My Week At The Magic Castle - 2017: Part Two

In this second part of the series, we run across a few friends in the Magic Castle who have interesting stories. We chat with Gay Blackstone about the new Season 4 of "Masters of Illusion", Milt Larsen about some of his new projects and Allen Gittelson about technology.

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Time stamps for this podcast:

00:03:42 - Gay Blackstone can hardly contain her excitement about the new Season 4 of "Masters of Illusion" which airs its premier on Friday June 30 at 8:00 p.m. and 7:00 Central

00:13:12 - Milt Larsen updates us on his many activities including his long association with CRN Radio Network (available on the internet) and his regular broadcast, "Hear Them Again - For The First Time".

00:35:59 - Allen Gittelson is a member of the Academy of Magical Arts and a long time friend of mine who helped edit "Psychological Subtleties" by Banachek. He talks about his "other" work during the daytime working in an exciting field that develops new technology for businesses that is also featured in movies such as "Minority Report"

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Be sure to catch the new season of ?Masters of Illusion". And if you are interested in being considered as an entertainer on the show and the worldwide tour, then please contact Gay Blackstone at Gay@AssociatedTelevision.com

362: My Week At The Magic Castle - 2017: Part One

We begin our series of "My Week at the Magic Castle" by carrying my "wandering microphone" around the Castle and chatting with a few folks I know and also even spend some time in a card session with Howard Hamburg.

Time stamps for this podcast:

00:01:31 - Departing Houston for Burbank, California with a layover in Phoenix, Arizona

00:07:20 - Trish Alaskey, AMA Membership, is the first friendly face I see at the Magic Castle and tells us about the membership benefits.

00:23:40 - Martin Cox and John Greybeal talk about their respective work: Martin is a comedy magician and John (a member of the Friends of the Magic Word) talks about being a Southwest Airline pilot.

00:48:42 - Howard Hamburg holds court with card tricks in the Dai Vernon Corner of the Magic Castle.

01:09:16 - Diamond Jim was passing through L.A. for a special, private engagement and happened to stop by the Castle. You never know who you'll run into at the Castle.