429: Gone in 60 Seconds

Many of us have had something stolen and some of us have had magic stuff stolen. I'm not talking about intellectual property theft or someone lifting your joke or outright stealing your act, but physical thievery of props and equipment. This week we hear cautionary tales of woe from some magicians who have had their magic props stolen and we learn lessons from their losses.

This week's podcast was inspired by a friend of mine, Marien Hopman from Chatham, Canada, sent me a link to a short radio broadcast where he told his story about having his magic stolen from his car. We were unable to get together to record his story, but you can hear his short, five minute story from "Afternoon Drive with Chris dela Torre" on CBC Listen by Clicking Here.

Time stamps for this podcast:

00:01:26 - Taylor Martin

00:06:46 - Lynx Kim

00:15:06 - Rudy Coby

00:23:00 - Christopher Hannibal

00:27:30 - Sebastian Tabany

00:32:21 - Michael Night

00:38:51 - Dan Garrett

00:43:35 - Russell Anderson

00:49:37 - Andrew Payne

00:54:37 - James Harrison

00:58:09 - Richard "the Magician" Ribuffo, Jr.

01:04:00 - Michael Kaminskas

01:07:29 - Mike Segal

01:12:39 - Ron Wilson

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367: Day Three - IBM/SAM Combined Convention 2017

THURSDAY JULY 13 SCHEDULE
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM - Registration Opens - Registration Area
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM - Annual I.B.M. Business Meeting- Carrol Ford
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM - Dealers Open - Exhibit Hall
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM - David Deeble - Grand Ballroom
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM - Stage Contest 2 - Grand Ballroom
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM - David Ginn Lecture - Grand Ballroom
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM - S.A.M. Life Member Reception - Presidential Suite
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM - World Stars of Magic - Whitney Hall (Ticketed Event)
10:00 PM - 11:30 PM - Jay Sankey Lecture - Grand Ballroom

Time stamps for this podcast:

00:00:16 - Dan Garrett, Past National President of the S.A.M. talks about the convention

00:11:10 - Mark Mason, JB Magic, talks about he latest creations and the many convention dates he makes each year around the world.

00:18:34 - Roger Nicot, Card Shark, recently moved from the U.S. to the U.K after marrying a Brit so he talks about working for Card Shark from abroad.

00:24:42 - Paul Richards, Paul Richards Magic, tells us about the Magic Expo tour that Penguin Magic takes on the road around the world.

00:34:47 - Stuart MacDonald was one of the competitors in the contest for the North American Championship which will award sponsorship to compete at FISM. Stuart tells us his secret to preparing for competition.

00:47:44 - Jim Nagel, Past International President of the I.B.M., talks about the current state of low attendance at magic conventions and his assessment why we are seeing such low numbers plus his outlook for the future of conventions.

01:02:46 - David Deeble recaps the lecture he gave us earlier in the day.

01: - Rick Heath gives a talk for the Life Members of the S.A.M. on his association with Cesareo Palaez and the core of their success..."togeherness". This talk runs about 40 minutes but is worth the time to listen and learn.

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334: A Magical Christmas Carol

Over the past year, I have attended a LOT of magic conventions. During those events, i have tried to update you with what was going on each day with daily updates from the organizers, talent, registrants, and dealers plus sometimes a little "color" background outside of the hotel.

But while I had some of my guests "cornered" for a few minutes, I asked them to do a reading of the classic story, "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. As many of you don't know, Dickens was a bit of a conjurer himself having performed during the summer of 1949 in a coastal resort off of the Isle of Wight purveying prestidigitation to those on holiday in the area. He was known as the “Rhia Rhama Rhoos - the Unparalleled Necromancer" and reportedly performed many unusual tricks including making playing cards magically burst into flames, transporting a woman’s watch from inside a wooden box and into the middle of a loaf of bread, and even cooking a steaming hot plum pudding in a gentleman’s top hat.

But prior to his venturing onto the stage to prestidigitate, he had already written many of his well-known novels including one published in 1843 which would become the iconic classic and perennial treatise on the holiday, "A Christmas Carol".

So here I present you this year's audio greeting card with great gratitude to all of my guests who participated in this project and also to all of you who regularly listen to The Magic Word Podcast. Happy Holidays!

As a little added treat for you this holiday season, here is a video I filmed and edited in 1985. Magician Scott Wells is visited by "three foreign" visitors who want to learn magic. In this video, Scott performs close-up, stand-up and stage magic for his guests. He also gives magic lessons to his guests; however, these instructions have been edited out of this public video.

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