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.

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520: David Parr - Choosing Your Path

David Parr is…well, a bit of an enigma in our world today. He took the rather circuitous path to eventually find his own way to happiness. If this sounds like an existential existence, then you’d be right. Like many of us, David has tried many paths, including comedy clubs and magic, before he settled on being a Bizarre Magician. His thoughts on the subject and how he sees this area of our art and how he got there is the subject of our conversation.

As a Theater Major in school, he has always favored the dramatic and storytelling side of performing. Along the way, he blazed a trail for others to follow when magic was not considered a “theatrical art” but relegated to children’s birthday parties. He has learned how to find theaters and convince them to engage and partner with him for successful magic performances that tell stories.

A CBS profile of magician David Parr, recorded at the haunted Brumder Mansion in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Aired October 29, 2017) http://www.davidparr.com/

Spookiness, magic, and the holiday season... Recorded live at the Magic Castle in Hollywood, December 2018 For more magic from David Parr, visit: https://www.davidparr.com/

Chicago magician David Parr tests his skills against Las Vegas duo Penn & Teller on their hit TV show Penn & Teller: Fool Us. Season 4, Episode 5. "Does This Trick Ring a Bell?" Air date 08.10.17 http://www.davidparr.com/

The first part of this week’s podcast has David talking about theaters and how to find them and get management to partner with you. In the second part of this chat, he talks about developing his “Cabinet of Curiosities” and why Bizarre Magic impacts your audience with its dramatic storytelling. For more info: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ThatDavidParr/ and Instagram tag - @parrmagic

453: Getting Paranormal with Paul Voodini

Paul Voodini is not a magician. He has a penchant for the paranormal. Paul resides and works in the U.K. and this week shares stories about some of his personal experiences about the seances he has conducted.

You can find out more information about Paul and the seance products he sells at www.readerofminds.co.uk

Time Stamps for this podcast:

00:06:03 - Paul Voodini talks about Guy Fawkes Day, Halloween in the U.K., Jack the Ripper,, seances and more.

Click on the graphic to visit Paul Voodini’s website for interesting products for the paranormal entertainer.

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