701: FISM Quebec 2022 - Day Five Report

Friday July 29th 2022

8:15-11:00 - Stage Contest
12:30 - 14:30: Close-up Contest

8:30 - 9:30: Bernardo Sedlacek

8:00 - 9:00: Brian South

8:00 - 9:00: Paul Gertner

10:00 - 11:00: Stéphane Bourgoin

10:00 - 11:00: Lisa Menna

10:30 - 11:30: Shawn Farquhar

12:00 - 13:00: Ekaterina Dobrokhotov

12:00 - 13:00: Jeki Yoo

14:30 - 15:30: Marc De Souza

16:30 - 17:30: Lee Asher

17:30 - 18:30: Michael Weber Experience

17:45 - 18:45: Alain Choquette

19:00 - 20:15: Spectacle - One Man Show: Dani DaOrtiz - Group A

Banquet Group B: 19:00 - 21:00

21:30 - 23:00: Close-up Gala

23:30 - 0:30: Chip Romero - Lecture about Doug Henning

23:30 - 0:30: Eric Jones

Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:16 - At the convention center, John Kaplan talks about this being his first FISM plus his first visit to Quebec despite being a Canadian citizen.

00:05:54 - Ed Ripley, a U.S. competitor, talks about his side of the story of why his act didn’t score well in the contests

00:11:11 - During a break in the stage competition, Steve Friedberg, a friend from Pennsylvania and frequent attendee at the F.F.F.F. convention, he talks about why he is enjoying this FISM event. As he says, although we all speak different languages, we all speak “Magic.”

00:17:16 - The afternoon competitions have ended and we chat with one of the funniest men on the planet, John Archer. He was on the bill of the previous night’s bill and talks about scripting the show.

00:23:28 - Mark DeSouza and Scott give a description of the people and acts in the stage competition.

00:39:43 - Peter Samelson and Scott cover the close-up contest (Marc DeSouza was a presenter and missed seeing the competition).

01:05:55 - Zabrecky hosted the evening show and now we get to chat with Benjamin Barnes who is attending his first FISM. He gives us his opinion of the event plus his projections of who might be the winners.

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461: MagiCuba 2018 - Day Four Update

Schedule - Saturday November 10, 2018

9:00 a.m. MagiCuba Session #8 - Roger Ruiz, Gardini, WIlfredo Mena & Edgar Cervera with Tina Lennert “Magic After The Revolution” (Parisien)

10:00 a.m. MagiCuba I.B.M. Vice President, Don Greenburg - Salon de la Fama “Induction & I.B.M. Ring Ceremony”

10:30 a.m. MagiCuba Session #9 - Chris Korn “That VooDoo That You Do” (Parisien)

11:30 a.m. MagiCuba Session #10 - Asi Wind “Magic in Progress” (Parisien)

12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. All Day Magic at Cerveceria (Craft beer brewery)

12:30 p.m. Bus to Cuban Circus (for ticket holders)

1:00 p.m. Circo Nacional de Cuba VIP Experience (Extra Event with Lunch)

3:30 p.m. Bus to Hotel Nacional (for ticket holders)

4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Magic & Mojitos (Hotel Nacional “Vista al Golfo” Bar)

5:30 p.m. Un Truco (One Trick) Challenge

6:00 p.m. Bus to Dinner & Teatro Nacional

6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Dinner

9:00 p.m. The Mac King Comedy Magic Show featuring juggler Michael Goudeau at Teatro Nacional (Covarrubias)

10:30 p.m. Late Night Magic @ Casa de la Musica (Plaza de Revolucion)

11:30 a.m. Bus to Hotel Nacional

12:00 a.m. Nightcap @ Hotel Nacional Terrace

Time stamps for this podcast:

00:03:03 - Jade helps me recap the previous evening’s activities and her take on how the Festival is going.

00:06:30 - Chad Long was one of the close-up performers from the previous evening’s late night show. He talks about his experience being in Cuba.

00:11:52 - Bob Riordan is one of the organizers who talks about some of the “challenges” they faced in putting this event together. We talk while seated in VIP seats just before the circus began.

00:15:07 - Jorge Blass was the emcee of the evening gala shows (two evening shows for the public and all in Spanish) and he talks about his traveling show in Spain.

00:21:17 - Roger Ruiz is the president of the local Havana, Cuba magicians group and was featured in the evening’s gala shows as an illusionist.

00:35:00 - Steve Kradolfer, from Boston, was one of the late night performers who overcame challenges with stage, lighting and sound conditions in his show.

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452: Playing Around with John Archer

John Archer visited our shores in between dates on a comedy tour of the U.K. with Tim Vine. John performed and lectured at the Texas Association of Magicians and also stopped by my home the night before to enjoy a martini or two. While here, he regaled us with some impromptu playing of his ukulele. The next day before the T,A,O,M, conventinn began, we sat down for a wonderfully enlightening conversation about many things including him being the first to “fool” Penn & Teller on their show when it was broadcast in the U.K.

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Time stamps for this podcast:

00:03:59 - Enjoy a couple little ditties on the ukalele performed impromptu by John Archer at my home during Magic and Martinis Thursday.

00:10:46 - John talks about comedy, music, working theaters in the U.K., creativity, Penn & Teller Fool Us, and more.

01:11:13 - Product Review: “Spiraled” by Jimmy Strange - a Sharpie with a permanently twisted barrel. Moderate recommendation

01:16:17 - Product Review: “Luck Of The Draw” by Liam Montier and Big Blind Media is a clear, three-way change bag with one set of randomly numbered raffle tickets and two two different force sets. Clever idea and recommended.

01:19:06 - Product Review: “Mouth Coils” by Jan Kosters from Holland. Well made, 62 foot coils with video and PDF instructions. Recommended.

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