755: F.F.F.F. 2023 - Day Three Report

Friday, April 28th

8:00 Bob Little Open Golf Tournament (see Bruce Trigg to register)

10:00 Dealers’ Room opens (closed during lectures, shows, and dinner)

10:30 Pat Page Memorial Workshop: Who was Eddie Fechter? (MC: Mike Powers) featuring performers Paul Gertner and Vic Trabucco with Panel Members: Harrison Carroll, Tom Craven, Dick Cook, and Paul Gertner

1:30 4th Show: Magical Moments (MC: Andost) featuring: Rubi Ferez, Satoru Furukawa, Kevin Bethea, Jafo, Daniel Mormina, Matthew Le Mottee, Darong Huang, Martin Braessas, and Francesco Fontanelli

3:30 Lecture #4: Paul Gertner

8:00 5th Show: Friday’s Frolics (MC: Shawn Farquhar) featuriing Marc DeSouza, Michael Ammar, Boris Wild, Andi Gladwin, Rick Wilcox, Will Monroe, Bernardo Sedlacek, and Chris Capehart

10:00 Hospitality Suite opens

12:00 Dealers’ Room closes

Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:18 - Marc DeSouza gives “color” as he recaps the Thursday night show with lots of details on who did what.

00:25:53 - Alexandra Duvivier is here as her second 4F convention and tells us why she loves this convention and how it is different from other events.

00:31:58 - Stephen Bargatze will be part of the closing night’s show who, along with Rick Merrill, will wrap up the convention with their topical comedy spoofing events of the weekend.

00:37:10 - Paul Gertner gives a brief recap of his lecture he presented today.

00:44:07 - Howard Hamburg talks about this convention and why he loves it although he attends conventions all over the world.

00:48:14 - This is David Parr’s first 4F convention and fooled Penn & Teller on “Fool Us” and he tells us how he is enjoying this event as a “first timer” plus his experience of being on P&T Fool Us.

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740: P.T. Murphy - Big Fish in a Small Pond

This episode hopes to inspire you to dream it, make your dream a reality, then follow your dream. Patrick P.T. Murphy was doing well in Chicago and performed regularly with David Parr in the Chicago Magic Cabaret. But ten years ago the stars aligned which took him three hours away to a tourist destination to Northeastern Illinois where he began performing in a small theater with his own one-man show. Sometimes it’s best to “buck the norm” and become a big fish in a small pond.

If you are more of a visual person, then you will enjoy this video of our conversation recorded via Zoom.

This is the original 1947 black and white version of “Nightmare Alley” which differs a bit from the 2021 and well worth your attention to view.

P.T. shares some personal stories about his magical life and his brushes with magic celebrities like Bill Malone, Tony Andruzzi, Paul Harris, David Roth, Ricky Jay, Eugene Burger and others. Plus he talks about the magic dealer scene in Chicago. We also talk about making a dramatic change in his life by picking up and moving his family and belongings three hours northeast of Chicago where he has become recognized by Trip Advisor as the top attraction in the small pond of Galena, Illinois.

Nightmare Alley was discussed in this week's episode. To order your copy of the book and also help The Magic Word Podcast with your purchase, please follow this link.

675: Magic Collectors Expo 2022 - Day Three Report

Friday, April 15, 2022

9:00 – 11:00am Dealer Room

11:00am – 12:30pm Session #3: Mark and Sue Holstein “Dorny” followed by Lance Rich “A Very Special P&L Rose Bush” then Nick Lewin on “Ken Brooke”

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

2:30 – 4:00pm Session #4: David Charvet “The Great Jester” followed by Gabe Fajuri on “Max Malini”
7:00 – 8:30pm Evening Show: “Magic of Austin Show” with Pat Hazell as MC, Mark & Sue Holstein, Brad Henderson and Nick Lewin

Saturday, April 16, 2022

10:00am – 1:00pm Last chance in the dealer room plus “Magic Collector’s Corner Live”
1:00pm Departure!

Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:16 - Gary Plants walks with us down 6th Street after enjoying a breakfast at VooDoo Doughnuts as we chat about this convention

00:11:00 - Lupe Neilsen is not a dealer at this collection but is enjoying this convention as she talks about what she is doing in keeping up with building up her inventory

00:19:08 - Editor of M.U.M., Alan Howard, is enjoying this convention as he talks about the magazine and how they compete in today’s digital world

00:26:07 -Trixie Bond’s presentation was the most talked-about session and she shares a few extra stories during our chat

00:36:22 - Mark Holstein talks about the presentation on Werner “Dorny” Dornfield that he delivered with his wife, Sue. They brought and set up a lot from their collection.

00:47:08 - Bill Smith talks about the success of this convention and when and where you can go to sign up for next year.