477: Richard Hatch - Part Two: Following Plains Magicians

Richard Hatch is not only known as a scholar and bibliophile, but also as a researcher into esoteric tomes, most notably "The Expert At The Card Table" which we discussed in last week’s podcast where he talked about his search to uncover who is the mysterious author behind the pages. He concludes our two part podcast this week with a fascinating look into the life of Washington Simmons, one of the more notable Plains Magicians who traveled through Utah in the late 1800’s and brushed shoulders with Brigham Young and others in the Mormon faith. He also talks about Artemus Ward who was a humorist and inspired a young Samuel Clemens (aka Mark Twain).

If you would like to read Richard’s article on his research into the Plains Magicians, then the article he talks about in this podcast will appear in the Summer 2019 issue of Gibeciere. Here is a link to their site: http://conjuringarts.org/category/gibeciere/

Richard Hatch concludes his remarks on his search for Erdnase then he talks about his studies on magicians and entertainers who passed through the Great Plains in the late 1800’s and appeared in the local Mormon theater and attracted the attention and friendship of Brigham Young. Artemus Ward was heralded as one of the earliest humorist and welcomed by Abraham Lincoln and a friend of Mark Twain. He and Washington Simmons exchanged “jabs” at each other when they traversed through Mormon territory appearing in the local theater in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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476: Richard Hatch - Part One: Searching for S.W. Erdnase

Richard Hatch is the “H” in the “H&R Magic Books” along with business partner Charlie Randall (the “R”). Richard is also a scholar of magic history and has often been featured at conventions like the “Los Angeles Conference on Magic History” and “MAGIC Live!” talking about his research into the identity of the mysterious S.W. Erdnase, author of “Artifice Ruse and Subterfuge at the Card Table - A Treatise on the Science and Art of Manipulating Cards” but perhaps better known as “The Expert At The Card Table”.

In this week’s podcast we share the first of a two part podcast with Dick Hatch where he talks about the development of H&R Magic Books and his association with Karl Fulves and Walter Graham plus his exhaustive search for the person who was the author of the iconic book on card handling that influenced not only the “Professor”, Dai Vernon, but also generations of card magicians.

http://www.hatchacademy.com/pages/faculty.php Richard Hatch - Deceptionist Rosemary Kimura Hatch, Violinist For more information about classes, performances or to schedule an interview or a free introductory violin class, please call us now at 435-932-0017 or email us at info@hatchacademy.com Taro-san the Fisherman and the Weeping Willow Tree by Richard Hatch, illustrated by Andras Balogh and translated into Japanese by Yukishige Kadoya can now be purchased from the Hatch Academy:

Time Stamps for this podcast:

00:04:43 - Richard Hatch talks about the formation of H&R Magic Books, his association with Walter Graham in publishing the book on Hofzinser, some discussion on Karl Fulves.

00:42:55 - Dick talks about his search for S.W. Erdnase

01:21:46 - Product Review: Unseen by Manoj Kaushal - aside from the fact that the effect is not exactly like it’s advertised, there are a lot of problems with this trick. Not recommended.

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442: 2018 MAGIC Live! - Day Four Update

Day Four Schedule - Wednesday, August 8, 2018

9:00 a.m. Registration until 5:30 p.m.

10:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. - General Session for WHITE Lanyards

10:00 a.m. Focus Session for BLUE lanyards until 11:00 a.m.

Code of the (Morgan) and West

Magic & Mentalism of Tim Conover

Close-Up Clinic

11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. - What's New (Dealers' Faire)

11:15 a.m - 12:15 p.m. - Focus Sessions for BLUE Lanyards.

2:15 - 4:30 p.m. - General Session for BLUE Lanyards

2:15 - 3:15 p.m. Focus Sessions for WHITE Lanyards

3:30 - 4:30 p.m.- Focus Sessions for WHITE lanyards

Live Tonight!

6:00 - 101:00 p.m. - "Who Am I?" Art Exhibit

6:30 pm. and 9:00 p.m. - Live Onstage Two! 90 minutes

10:00 p.m. Farewell Party

11:15 p.m. The Big One

Time stamps for this podcast:

00:00:14 - Charlie Randall, Richard Hatch and Alan Howard talk about their favorite moments from MAGIC Live!

00:09:42 - Scott Robinson gives us some of his impressions from MAGIC Live! plus gives us a preview of the upcoming TRICS convention.

00:18:36 - Richard Wiseman was one of the presenters again this year and talks about seances

00:26:20 - Dennis Watkins has been performing his magic show in Chicago's Palmer House for the past seven years and tells us about his one man show in the hotel

00:31:46 - Pete McCabe talks about the importance of scripting magic

00:43:47 - Noel Britten expands on his talk he gave in the General Session

00:59:56 - Sebastian Konapix talks about his unique art

01:08:52 - Morgan and West tell us about their two person Victorian act

01:19:00 - Carisa Hendrix was behind the scenes of the General Sessions and is also the co-host of her own podcast with Kaylas Drescher, Shezampod.com

01:27:19 - Hakan Berg from Sweden opened the final night gala with a very funny bird act.

01:35:20 - Stan Allen gives us a wrap of things that went well and some that didn't plus a sneak peek at next year's MAGIC Live!

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