503: Day Three - 2019 I.B.M. Convention

2019 Convention Schedule - Scottsdale, Arizona

Friday July 12th 2019

9 a.m.-10 a.m. - Close-up Contestant Meeting

9 a.m. - NOON Registration Open

9 a.m. - 5 p.m. I.B.M. Magic Shops Open

9:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. Lecture/show Jon Armstrong

10 a.m. Spouse Event - Meet at Registration Ballroom Lobby

11 a.m.- 12 p.m. I.B.M. Board Meeting

11 a.m.- 12 p.m. Lance Burton Teen Scene #2

1 p.m.- 5 p.m. Registration Open

1 p.m.-3 p.m. Close-up Contest

3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Lecture Bizzaro

4:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Doug Henning Exhibit

5 p.m. Cocktails

5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Grand I.B.M. Banquet

6:30 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. Grand Banquet Show Banachek & Shawn Farquhar

8 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. The Fantastic Gold Medal Show. M.C. Robert Baxt with Jessica Jane Peterson, and David DaVinci

10:15 p.m.-11:30 p.m. Late night evening with Banachek

11:30 p.m. Invisible Lodge Meeting

Time Stamps for this podcast:

00:00:17 - Larry Wright and Mel Kientz talk about last night’s show

00:15:22 - Rocco Solano and Franz Harary and Perry Maynard talk about MagicFlix which is a new video platform for learning magic. You can get a free one month trial by using the code “Rocco”

00:32:23 - Paul Stone

00:42:43 - Joey Martinez, General Manager and Talent Director of Nashville’s “House of Cards”

00:48:18 - Peter Rodgers from Australia

00:52:46 - John Armstrong gives a recap of his lecture

00:59:22 - Charles Chaput - this is his first I.B.M.. convention along with Steve Bargatze

Download this podcast in an MP3 file by Clicking Here and then right click to save the file. You can also subscribe to the RSS feed by Clicking Here. You can download or listen to the podcast through Stitcher by Clicking Here or through FeedPress by Clicking Here or through Tunein.com by Clicking Here or through iHeart Radio by Clicking Here..If you have a Spotify account, then you can also hear us through that app, too. You can also listen through your Amazon Alexa and Google Home devices. Remember, you can download it through the iTunes store, too. See the preview page by Clicking Here

486: Obie's 4F Convention 2019 Update - Day One

Day One Schedule - Wednesday

2:00-5:00 Registration & 4F Shop open

6:00 Dealers’ Room opens (closed during lectures/shows)

8:00 1st Show: 4F Opening Gala (MC: Meir Yedid)

9:45 4F first timers meeting (Executive Room)

10:00 David Regal Lecture

11:15 Hospitality Suite (Crystal Room) opens -- Pizza Party

12:00 Dealers’ Room closes

Time Stamps for this podcast:

00:00:00 - Scott Wells talks about the upcoming convention and the passing of John Cornelius and reads email from listeners regarding piracy of intellectual property.

00:08:52 - David Hira is on his way to his new home in Costa Rica and meets Scott in the airport early in the morning. Plus Charlie Randall talks about H&R Magic Books and their demise.

00:20:32 - John Dahlinger, close-up winner of T.A.O.M. is at the airport and talks about his third time performing at the FFFF.

00:22:22 - Charlie Randall talks about why Marshall Peterson is closing H&R Magic Books

00:25:28 - Steve Bargatze talks about his son, Nathan Bargatze, who is a successful comedian with a Netflix special called “The Tennessee Kid”. Steve tells us about how proud he is of his son

00:37:13 - I caught up with Obie O’Brien who gives us some background on the overall attendance.

Download this podcast in an MP3 file by Clicking Here and then right click to save the file. You can also subscribe to the RSS feed by Clicking Here. You can download or listen to the podcast through Stitcher by Clicking Here or through FeedPress by Clicking Here or through Tunein.com by Clicking Here or through iHeart Radio by Clicking Here. If you have a Spotify account, then you can also hear us through that app, too. You can also listen through your Amazon Alexa and Google Home devices. Remember, you can download it through the iTunes store, too. See the preview page by Clicking Here

Hear John’s stories at https://www.themagicwordpodcast.com/scottwellsmagic/2016/8/25/318-day-2-2016-taom and also at https://www.themagicwordpodcast.com/scottwellsmagic/252-day-two-taom-2015

421: 2018 Obie's F.F.F.F. Day Four

Saturday, April 28
10:00 Dealers’ Room opens (closed during lectures, shows, and dinner)
10:00-10:45 2018 Registration & 4F Shop open
11:00 Keith Fields 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: Michael Dardant)
5:30 Smorgasbord (ticket required)
6:45 Dealers’ Room & 4F Shop open
7:45 Tribute to our Guest of Honor: Pit Hartling
8:00 8th Show: 4F Closing Gala (MCs: Obie O’Brien & Joan Caesar)
11:30 Hospitality Suite (Crystal Room) opens
12:00 Dealers’ Room closes

Time stamps for this podcast:

00:00:17 - Marc DeSouza and Scott review yesterday's shows.

00:20:57 - Steve Bargatze talks about his son, comedian Nate Bargatze and what Steve is doing now in his son's show.

00:30:42 - Howard Hamburg just returned from lecturing in China, Austria, Norway, Mexico and lots of other international locations.

00:35:54 - Eric DeCamps was one of the presenters in yesterday's "TED Type Talks" where he talked about "Achieving Clarity in Conjuring"

00:45:36 - Paul Gertner chats about his FFFF memories plus tells us about his new one-man show in Boston, MA

00:52:36 - Boris Wild was a former Guest of Honor and tells us why this convention is so special

00:56:24 - Mark Leveridge is the editor of Magic Seen magazine in the U.K. and he talks about that plus his podcast and his online magic shop that has undergone changes to eBooks now.

01:09:11 - Marc DeSouza and Scott give a final analysis and wrap up of this year's 48th convention