742: Winter Carnival of Magic - Day One

Thursday, March 9th

11:30 AM Registration Opens
NOON Dealers Open (closing at 6:00 PM)
1:00 PM Lecture: Mike Hummer
2:30 PM Lecture: David Ginn
4:00 PM Lecture: Jon Armstrong
7:45 PM Sterlini LIVE “Magical Mayhem”
9:30 PM Hypnosis Show Bill Gladwell

Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:18 - We take off from Houston for our magical journey to Knoxville, Tennessee where we will be picked up by Tom Vorjohan and driven to Pigeon Forge in the Great Smokey Mountains for the Winter Carnival of Magic

00:04:25 - Tom Vorjohan, Talent Chairman for the WCM, and Scott talk in the car about the upcoming convention.

00:09:34 - John and Tamara Sterlini and Jay join Scott for breakfast on the first day of the WCM. This is their first WCM and will be dealers and appear on the Friday night show.

00:19:11 - Pattrick Prysczecki of Patt’s Mats talks about his new printing process for close-up pads

00:23:28 - Jon Armstrong is one of the performers and lecturers who talks about what will be in his lecture which is all new and includes new stuff

00:34:47 - Jeffery Alan is the curator at the American Museum of Magic in Marshall , Michigan, who talks about their opening of the new season.

00:41:15 - Tim Felix, Midwest Magic, recently closed his brick and mortar magic shop and discusses its dissolution after 26 years and his plans for the online shop.

00:49:34 - Ed Ripley, Contest Chairman, talks about the contests at this convention and why they are important.

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622: Michael Chaut - Monday Night Magician

Michael Chaut is one of the co-producers of Monday Night Magic in New York City. After 25 years, it is the longest running magic show in NYC. In this week’s episode, Michael shares the history of Monday Night Magic along with a brief history of some of the other magic venues and performers during the 20th century in NYC.

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481: Jessica Jane Peterson - Right Place, Right Time

Jessica Jane Peterson (or “JJ” as I like to call her) is leading a charmed life. The dominoes have been set and are now falling perfectly one after another. That’s not to say that it has all been by design, but rather she has been at the right place at the right time. Of course this wouldn’t work unless she had the abilities to make this happen.

And her short 29 years, she has led a most interesting life having worked as an adolescent in her uncle’s magic show, then later with the circus, then as a “box jumper” to performing on her own in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee and aboard cruise ships and magic lounges (like the “Magic Castle” and Nashville’s “House of Cards” among others). She also appeared on the “Penn & Teller Fool Us” television show where she did some fire eating. And this is just the beginning.

This charismatic young magician has the world at her fingertips and success is within her grasp. She is someone to watch. Mark my words. And hear her here on The Magic Word. This was a fun conversation but not the first one recorded in my car!

Watch Jessica Jane Peterson light up the stage with Magic & Fire on Penn & Teller: Fool Us. The full episode is entitled '50/50 Chance" and aired on The CW Network August 3rd 2017 and was filmed at the Penn & Teller Theater in the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.