696: FISM Quebec 2022 - Day One Report

Monday July 25th 2022

19:30 - 20:45: Opening ceremony

21:30 - 22:30: Max Maven presents Dr Will Houstoun “What we learned from Professor Hoffmann”

0:00 - 1:00: Luis De Matos Intimate Conversation with Arturo Brachett

21:00 - 22:00: Yann Frisch

23:00 - 0:00: Lee Asher

21:30 - 22:30: Mario Lopez

23:30 - 0:30: Bernardo Sedlacek

Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:16 - Scott Wells is at the airport awaiting his “magic carpet” to wing him to Quebec

00:03:06 - Alexandria Duvivier is one of the performers/lecturers at this event and is the first person we met. Lisa Menna is also there with us and chats a bit about her appearance at FISM Quebec.

00:05:44 - At the S.A.M. black tie banquet, we chat with the incoming President Elect John Sturk

00:14:50 - Gay Blackstone talks about her and Harry Blackstone, Jr. performances at previous FISMs

00:18:30 - Editor of the Magic Circular, Will Houstoun talks about his upcoming talk on Professor Hoffman later tonight.

00:21:10 - Before the evening opening gala, Mike Caveney talks about his recent episode #700 then Ice McDonald talks about attending this convention. From South Africa, Craig Mitchell talks about his job for Genii reporting on all of the competition for the magazine.

00:27:47 - From Scotland, Peter McLanachan talks about the reasons that he attends FISM

00:33:37 - Dal Sanders is a delegate representing the S.A.M. and talks about the opening gala show.

00:39:27 - From Spain, Luis DeMatos will be presenting his “in Conversation With…” during this FISM and talks about how he prepares for the conversations.

00:47:40 - David “Silly Billy” Kaye talks about life after COVID work and how his work has picked up and has returned to pre-COVID level of activity.

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684: MAGIC Live! 2022 - Day Four Report

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

9:00 a.m. - 5:000 p.m. - Registration open
10:00 - 11:30 a.m. - General Session for YELLOW lanyard
10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Focus Sessions for GREEN lanyards
- Making Tricks into Magic by Nate Staniforth
- In the Spotlight by Christopher Carter
- Emotional Graph by Shoot Ogawa
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. - The Magic Shop (Dealers) Open
11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Focus Session for GREEN Lanyards
2:00 p.m. The Magic Shop closes
2:15 - 4:15 p.m. General Session for GREEN Lanyards
2:15 - 3:15 p.m. Focus Session for YELLOW Lanyards
3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Focus Session for YELLOW Lanyards

LIVE Tonight!

Live Onstage! 90 minutes: 6:00, 9:00, p.m.
Exhibit: Museum of the Arcane 6:30 until 9:30 p.m.
Farewell Party 10:00 p.m. until 1:00 a.m.
Program Handout 10:00 p.m. until 1:00 a.m.

Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:16 - Jeff McBride talks about how he indexes his library at the Magic School

00:06:41 - Michael Mode helps recap a few of the events of the week

00:13:09 - Stan Allen talks about the convention, some of the challenges and successes of this year’s MAGIC Live!

00:29:35 - James Dimmare talks about this convention plus a bit about his show and keeping his doves

00:35:42 - Rocco and Perry Maynard talked a bit about the fate of MagicFlix and Rocco’s new show at New York New York Casino

00:39:47 - Hans-Joachim Brucherseifer was one of the presenters who talked about his upcoming documentary about the mystery of Erdnase.

00:47:11 - Derek Delgaudio briefly visits with us and chats about his “In And Of Itself”

00:49:01 - Craig Mitchell helps us wrap up the convention

630: 2021 Magic Collector Expo - Day One & Two

Thursday August 19, 2021

10:00am - 4:00pm Registration Open

1:00pm – 4:00p Dealer Room Open

4:00pm – 5:00p Welcome To Vegas hosted with Paul Stone and Mike Caveney

7:00pm – 9:00pm Expo Session #1 hosted by Bill Smith with David Charvet (on Alexander) and Charles Greene III (on Ionia) and David Sandy and Lance Rich performing a trick by Andre Kole

9:00pm – Midnight Dealers Open

Friday August 20, 2021

9:00am - Tour 1 Leaves David Copperfield Museum

9:25am- Tour 2 Leaves David Copperfield Museum

9:50am Tour 3 Leaves David Copperfield Museum

10:15am Tour 4 Leaves David Copperfield Museum

10:40am Tour 5 Leaves David Copperfield Museum

11:05am Tour 6 Leaves David Copperfield Museum

11:15am – 4:00pm Dealer Room Open

11:15am – 4:00pm The Magicana

Screening Room

11:30am Tour 7 Leaves David Copperfield Museum

11:55pm Tour 8 Leaves David Copperfield Museum

12:20pm Tour 9 Leaves David Copperfield Museum

12:45am Tour 10 Leaves David Copperfield Museum

1:10pm Tour 11 Leaves David Copperfield Museum

1:35pm Tour 12 Leaves David Copperfield Museum

3:35pm - Last Tour Returns David Copperfield Museum

7:00pm – 8:45pm Expo Session #2

9:00pm – 10:30pm Blackstone

10:30pm – Midnight Dealer Room Open

Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:17 - Scott Wells at the airport and ready with Dunkin’ Donuts to go to Las Vegas

00:02:57 - Paul Stone will be the first speaker this evening who will talk about the career of the Las Vegas icons, Siegfried and Roy

00:11:38 - Chip Romero happened upon a unique find: Doug Henning’s diary when he was traveling to the Magic Castle to meet Dai Vernon

00:15:28 - Blair Robertson talks about Walter Blaney’s new Vanishing Birdcage

00:23:05 - Paul Kieve talks about some history of the Sawing illusion plus Robert Harbin info and stories plus Richard Hatch talks about his experience of visiting the Copperfield museum

00:41:29 - Terry Magelssen tells us his thoughts about being on the tour of the Copperfield museum

00:47:41 - David “Silly Billy” Kaye talks about the history of children’s magic in the world