530: Dan Fleshman - Off The Menu

Dan Fleshman has been around a long time and a recognized figure in our magic community. He managed and operated several comedy clubs back in the day. But for the past 30 years, he has been making his living as a professional magician. Performing three hours a night, five days a week for the past ten years at the Chop House in the Aspen, Colorado area makes him an “expert” in the field of restaurant work.

This week Dan Fleshman talks about his experience in managing comedy clubs and working as a professional magician in an upscale steak house in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Along the way, Dan shares some advice, wisdom, tips and tricks plus several funny stories along the way..

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525: John Ferrentino - Comedy or Seance Tonight

We caught up with John Ferrentino earlier this summer at the I.B.M. convention in Scottsdale, Arizona, where we had a chance to sit down and have a great discussion. John is best known as a comedian and a comedy magician having performed thousands of shows across the country and making multiple television appearances. Recently, John has been taking his professional performances in a completely new and different direction away from comedy. Some would say the complete opposite from the standpoint that he now conducts seances and creates spooky and serious performances that will creep out his audiences rather than leaving them in hysterical stitches.

John talks about working in comedy clubs in the 20th century, going to Woodstock, touring with and opening for a music group (Crosby, Stills and Nash) for ten years, and now doing spooky stuff with his seances.