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

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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

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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

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April 29, 2018 by Scott Wells.
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289: F.F.F.F. 2016 Day Three

Day Three with even more great shows and more great chats with some of the attendees.

Friday April 29:
8:00 - Bob Little Open Golf Tournament11:00am: Pat Page Workshop
11:00 - Pat Page Memorial Workshop (Teach-A-Trick hosted by Mike Powers) "Ring Magi"Noon:
1:30pm: 4th Close-Up Show "Magical Moments" (Christian Painter emcee)

3:30pm: 5th Close-Up Show "Italian Gala" (Alain Iannone emcee)
5:30pm: Dinner Buffet
8:00pm: 6th Close-Up Show "Finger Flicking Friday" 9Meir Yedid emcee)
11:00pm: Hospitality Suite

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00:00:00 - Kieron Johnson from the U.K. talks about this being his first 4F convention

00:10:00- Will Fern has attended three times and discusses some of the shows we've seen so far.

00:16:31 - Bill Evans plays a new composition on his ukulele "Don't Get Banned For Life"

00:19:17 - Neil Stirton from Scotland talks about this being his first 4F convention and how it differs from other conventions he's attended.

00:28:46 - Raj Madhok has attended 20+ years and takes time away from his medical practice to attend this convention. He talks about the quality of the shows this year.

00:35:37 - Joe Monti and Christian Engbloom talk about the convention

00:38:12 - Eric DeCamps will be on the final night show with something special, but here he talks about his personal friendship with Rene LeVand.

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April 30, 2016 by Scott Wells.
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#200 - How The Grinch Stole Christmas

Last year we brought you "The Night Before Christmas" read by a handful of popular magicians. It was so well received that I asked a few more guys (and gals) to read "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas". See if you can pick out the voices of: Boris Wild, Bob Cassidy, Docc Hilford, Tim Ellis, Tim Trono, George Tait, Rocco Silano, Eric DeCamps, Mandy Farrell, Ice McDonald, Steven Bargatze, Marc Salem, Rick Merrill, Richard Osterlind and, as the Grinch, Eugene Burger.

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As I attended several magic conventions over this past year, I took aside a few guys and gals to chat on the podcast. But many of the people graciously agreed to record something special just for this very special podcast. I hope you enjoy hearing their reading of this Doctor Seuss classic. This was one of the most difficult podcasts to edit and took the longest time to gather all the voices to do this one which ended up being one of the shortest ones, too.

This special podcast is my Christmas gift to you for listening for these past few years to the previous 199 podcasts. I wish all the best to you and yours for this holiday season.

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Magic & Martinis Thursday...with the Grinch!

Tagged with Boris Wild, Docc Hilford, Eric Decamps, Bob Cassidy, Eugene Burger, George Tait, Ice McDonald, Mandy Farrell, Marc Salem, Richard Osterlind, Rick Merrill, Rocco, Stephen Bargatze, Tim Ellis, Tim Trono.

December 4, 2014 by Scott Wells.
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