528: Roger Dreyer - Room For Houdini

On our recent trip to New York City to see the Derren Brown show, one of the “must see” stops is the Fantasma Magic shop and to hopefully get some time with the owner and proprietor, Roger Dreyer. In this week’s episode, Roger gives us a personal guided tour of his collection. The photos in this blog accompany the audio podcast so you can see some of the items he talks about in this week’s episode.

This was the video discussed by Roger Dreyer where Kamarr the Magician was on David Letterman in 1988.

The Houdini Museum of New York is a museum exhibiting memorabilia related to the escape artist, Harry Houdini. It is located at Fantasma Magic, a retail magic manufacturer and seller located at 213 West 35th Street, Rm 401, New York, NY.

DATELINE NEW YORK CITY OCTOBER 2019: Roger Dreyer gives a short tour of the Fantasma Headquarters on local television news segment.

This week we travel from Houston Texas to New York City to the world headquarters of Fantasma Magic. There we are given a personalized, guided tour of the magic store and the extensive Houdini collection.

During this episode, it is mentioned that the 2019 Official Houdini Seance will take place in Niagara Falls. But if you would like to see excerpts from the 2012 Official Houdini Seance, then you can contact Arthur Moses to purchase a DVD of the event for $17.00 U.S. You can contact Arthur at aem1957@sbcglobal.net or you can buy the online video by Clicking Here.

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Memories of Johnny Thompson - The Great Tomsoni

This is an unedited, explicit recording of a few friends of Johnny Thompson who reminisced about their old friend. To watch the video of the Memorial Service, then tune in to the video at http://www.tomsoni.co

291: Simon Lovell - Putting the Pieces Back Together

Simon is doing just fine. He is living in an apartment outside London and selling his decoupage artwork.

After getting helpful assistance from a lot of people in the U.K., I was able to find and record a conversation with our longtime friend, Simon Lovell. Many of you have been asking how he is doing and whether or not he might be gracing the shores of the U.S. again anytime soon.

This podcast was made possible with the able assistance of Scott Penrose, James Cooper and Jack Blackbourn who helped facilitate this Skype call on the meeting night of the Mid-Essex Magic Society where Simon was attending their weekly meeting.

Time stamps for trick reviews:

01:08:18 - "6 Minutes of Killer Comedy and Eye-Popping Magic" by Matt Fore - a DVD explanation for beginners in magic who want to learn a trick with rope, a ring and scissors.

01:11:14 - "Fisher's Dream" and "Fishing" - two versions of the classic "Lasso Card Trick", one with a rope and the other using ear buds.

01:14:18 - "Free Wallet" gives you a source for finding free wallets that can easily be gimmicked for many routines. This eBook (PDF) includes four routines.

Congratulations to the two winners of the new Tom Frame book, "Framework". Watch for upcoming contests in future podcasts.

Order a book and support Simon and The Magic Word at the same time!