674: Magic Collectors Expo 2022 - Day Two Report

Thursday, April 14, 2022

9:00 – 11:00am Dealer Room

11:00am – 12:30pm Session #1: Trixie Bond “Magic of Texas” followed by Ray Anderson interview with Stan Allen

12:30 – 2:30 Dealer Room / Lunch Break

2:30 – 4:00pm Session #2: Chip Romero “Doug Henning” followed by Roger Dreyer on “Al Flosso” then Cathy Daniel with Mike Caveney

7:00 – 8:30pm Evening Show: Presentation of “Stars of Magic for Hunger in Africa” with Lance Burton and Fielding West

Timestamps for this episode:

00:00:16 - Convention attendee, Steve Troll, talks about his experience at this convention

00:02:57 - Ray Anderson, star of Esther’s Follies, talks about his show and some “behind the scenes” of preparing for this special show for registrants

00:09:48 - Julia Eng, from Magicana.com, talks about working with the experience of attending this convention

00:22:09 - Kevin Oliver, from Dallas, is a close-up magician and full-time attorney, talks about his convention and more

00:26:33 - Steve Beam talks about his experience at this convention and his collection

00:35:33 - Fielding West was one of the evening’s presenters who talked about the 1985 special event that was a fund raiser for USA for Africa. We are later joined by Lance Burton who was the other presenter and the co-producer of this special event.

00:47:45 - Brad Henderson tells us where to eat when visiting Austin

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673: Magic Collectors Expo 2022 - Day One Report

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

10:00am Expo registration

3:00pm Hotel check-in

4:00pm Buses depart to Ransom Center presentation

6:00pm Dinner and Special Performance at Esther’s Follies

Timestamps for this episode:

00:00:16 - Scott and Harriet Jacobson take to the road for a trip to Austin, Texas and the 2022 Magic Collectors Expo

00:09:11 - Organizer Bill Smith greets us as he prepares to welcome all the registrants

00:10":19 - Dr.. Eric Colleary, from the U.T. Ransom Center, chats with us following his scholarly lecture about the Houdini artifacts in the museum

00:14:36 - Lance Burton talks about this podcast and convention

00:19:03 - Mike Caveney sits next to us on the bus explaining that this will be his first time seeing Ray Anderson and Esther’s Follies

00:26:28 - John Gaughan and Pat Hazell wait with us in line for BBQ before the show begins.

643: Jody Baran - Stories from the O.G.

This week’s guest is affectionately called an “O.G.” because the commonly held definition for the “Old Guy” term means, “a slang term for someone who's incredibly exceptional, authentic, or “old-school.” Jody Baran certainly personifies that definition because of his decades of performances including years aboard cruise ships and 17 years performing in a hotel in Maui, Hawaii. His associations with some of the legends in our community have taught him a lot which he shares with us this week.

Jody shares lots of stories in this episode from his life that were taught to him by his friends like John Moehring, Lance Burton, Johnny Thompson, Channing Pollock, Jay Marshall and so many more. This episode contains more advice and wisdom than you can get from anywhere else. I think you’ll agree that this is a good one!

674: Magic Collectors Expo 2022 - Day Two Report

673: Magic Collectors Expo 2022 - Day One Report

643: Jody Baran - Stories from the O.G.

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