494: Danny Orleans - the Omni-Magician

Danny Orleans is well known, well versed and well respected as both a children’s show entertainer and as a trade show worker. And adding to that, he and his wife, Jan Rose, also present an exceptional two-person mind reading act. Usually one would expect a successful professional to specialize in one field or another, but not both. Therefore, he is one of the few whom I refer to as an Omni-Magician who can do it all…and do it well.

"Danny Orleans performs one of the best kids magic shows -- strike that -- one of the best magic shows, I have ever seen." -- Mac King "This project is something special for reasons that transcend the magic show.”

Danny Orleans Trade Show Promotional Video 2015 for further details please visit www.TradeShowMagicGroup.com

In this week’s podcast, Danny talks about his websites where you can go to find additional information including a free download of his secrets to becoming a trade show magician.

AmazeKids.com where you can find tons of professional equipment for children’s entertainers

tradeshowperforersworkshop.com is where you can go to find information on trade show work and get your free download of his trade show book.

And if you are seriously interested in knowing more about trade shows, you can request to join the Trade Show Performers Group on Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tradeshowperformers/

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493: Paul Gertner - The Ultimate "Show" Man

Paul Gertner talks about his experience on “Penn & Teller Fool Us”, or I should say “experiences” since he has been on the show multiple times. But Paul is the ultimate showman and by “showman” I mean Trade Shows and One Man Shows plus he has been on “The Tonight Show” with Johnny Carson three time.. He has been performing at trade shows since 1975 and has had multiple One Man Shows including “Ten Fingers”, “Brain Drops”, and for the past year he has been producing “Miracles and Other Deceptions” in Boston, Massachusetts.

In this podcast, Paul talks about how he got onto the “Penn & Teller Fool Us” TV show, how he developed his one man shows, recommendations on how to find venues for his shows, advice on working trade shows, keeping clients, and more. Plus there is an addendum at the end where we talk about his time on television and visiting Johnny Carson at his home.

Click on the banner to visit the website with more details about Paul Gertner’s show in Boston, Massachusetts.

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489: Obie's 4F Convention 2019 Update - Day Four

Day Four - Saturday

10:00 Dealers’ Room opens (closed during lectures, shows, and dinner)

10:00-10:45 2018 Registration & 4F Shop open

11:00 David Stone Lecture

12:15 Lunch break (ticket required)

1:30 6th Show: Mini World Show (MC: Dan Garrett)

3:30 7th Show: Fechter’s Fabulous Frolics (MC: Shawn Farquhar)

5:30 Smorgasbord (ticket required)

6:45 Dealers’ Room & 4F Shop open

7:45 Tribute to our Guest of Honor: Mike Powers

8:00 8th Show: 4F Closing Gala (MCs: Obie O’Brien & Joan Caesar)

10:00 Hospitality Suite (Crystal Room) opens

12:00 Dealers’ Room closes

Time stamps for this podcast:

00:00:00- Marc DeSouza and Christian Painter recap yesterday’s shows

00:42:24 - Paul Gertner just completed performing and briefly chats about his new trick he’s working on for an upcoming appearance

00:44:33 - Rich Morotta talks about problems with new Politically Correctness holding back some comedians

00:49:33 - Chris Payne was a Young Magician of the Year at The Magic Circle in the 1970’s and now he’s retired from medical practice, he has time to spend on magic

00:57:06 - Dan Garrett and Alexandra Duvivier talk about the convention from two perspectives: one from someone who has attended many of these events and one from her first experience this year.

01:12:37 - Guest of Honor Mike Powers tells about the phone call he received telling him that he was going to be the Guest of Honor.

01:18:15 - Tom Craven is the only other person other than Obie O’Brien who has attended every one of the 49 FFFF conventions. He tells us a little history of the event.

00:25:10 - Marc DeSouza gives us a wrap of the day and who did what.