704: Abbott's Get Together 2022 - Day Two Report

THURSDAY, AUGUST 4TH 2022

9:30AM REGISTRATION OPENS at Abbott Plant Purchase Registration/Tickets

10:00AM-12:45PM ABBOTT'S DEALERS' ROOM at Colon High School Requires Abbott's Registration

11:00AM LECTURE - Handsome Jack at High School Requires Abbott's Registration

12:00PM STREET PERFORMER - B.J. Mallen (Magic Capital Grill by bridge)

1:00PM LECTURE - Reynold Alexander at High School Requires Abbott's Registration

1:00PM OLD FASHION MAGIC SHOW with Jeffrey Alan at Abbott's Magic Theatre $5

2:00 PM JAY BLACKWELL JUGGLING/FIRE EATING & MORE at Sterlini Magic & Theater

2:30PM STREET PERFORMER - Bibik! (Granny's Place by American Legion)

2:30PM VENT O RAMA (Vent O Rama Webpage) at Abbotts Plant Requires Abbott's Registration

3:00PM-5PM ABBOTT'S DEALERS' ROOM at Colon High School Requires Abbott's Registration

3:00PM-5PM COLON HISTORICAL MUSEUM is open (Colon Museum Webpage)

3:00PM-6PM FACE PAINTING with Award Winning Artist Carol Hendrix

3:45PM FAMOUS MAGICIANS GRAVEYARD TOUR (Graveyard Tour Webpage) ushered by Al The Only

4:30PM OLD FASHION MAGIC SHOW with Joe Bennett at Abbott's Magic Theatre $5

5:00 PM LIVE AT 5 WITH THE STERLINI'S at Sterlini Magic & Theater $10

5:30PM STREET PERFORMER - Thom Bedlem (Magic Capital Grill by bridge)

6:00PM-7:45PM DINNER on your own

7:45PM PRESHOW LIVE ORGAN MUSIC - by John Sturk Requires Abbott's Registration or Ticket ($30/$45)

8:00PM ABBOTT'S STAGE SHOW Requires Abbott's Registration or Ticket ($30/$45)
Featuring Mac King, Mike Caveney, Tina Lenert, Lucy Darling, Lance Burton
NOTE: Tickets for the Abbott evening Stage Show must be purchased in advance at the Abbott Plant or online before 5pm that day.
You will be able to pick up tickets at a will call window at the show, but Abbotts will not be able to sell any at the door.

8:00PM GRAND MAGIC CLASSIC SHOW - 8 PM at the Laflin's Grand Magic Theater - $14.95 adult, $6.95 child

10:00PM ABBOTT'S DEALERS ROOM OPENS at Colon High School Requires Abbott's Registration

10:15 PM JONATHON LACHANCE LAUGH MAGIC LIVE at Sterlini Magic & Theater

10:45PM CURLYS 30TH CLOSEUP CONTEST at Curly's, more info including signup here.

Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:16 - Mark Holstein has been been attending Abbott’s Get Together for 45 consecutive years and soon started working back stage then became stage manager which he still does to this day.

00:14:30 - Mike Powers and Maria Schweiter talk about how they first met here in Colon at an Abbott’s Get Together

00:23:54 - In the Grand Magic Theater we chat with Dwayne and Mary Laflin who talk about this being their last week in Colon before they move back to Branson, Missouri.

00:31:53 - Al the Only coordinated the Open Colon Golf Tournament and also is the tour guide for the magic cemetery tour

00:40:50 - Kitty Marie is a professional assistant who traveled here with Lance Burton and his crew.

00:45:29 - Chip Romero joins us at the Legion Hall and talks about this being his first Abbott’s Get Together who gives us the ambiance of the event.

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283: Gregory Wilson - The Final Chapter, or On The Offense

Are Lovick and Apollo liars?

Gregory started it. Gregory will finish it with his final words. He is not defending himself, but rather going on the offense to prove his points with defensible "truths". I said in the beginning that "at the bottom lies the truth" of this #MagicCereal. Well, it is now up to you critical thinkers who have heard both sides with allegations and accusations with defenses and offenses.

Unfortunately, we could not coordinate a confrontational debate of the issues with Greg and any of his detractors. But included here on the blog are links to many of the documents supplied by Greg as evidence of his truth. Lots of additional information packed into these PDF links, so prepare to do a lot more reading.

As a supplement to Gregory's comments in today's podcast, he sent me several more points that he inadvertently omitted but wanted to have on the record. Please Click Here to access those additional details.

Alan Wong was mentioned on this and in a previous podcast regarding his "Himber Passport Wallet". Click Here to read his statement of permission for Greg to use/market this effect. Also included with this statement is another endorsement from friends, Carl Andrews and Tim Trono. These statements are provided here so as not to take up any more valuable air time on the podcast and to reserve time for Gregory to address his accusers.

To get more details on the metal detector "wand" controversy, Click Here to see Gregory's explanation and a Magic Castle program that Gregory refers to in his statement.

Regarding the publications date and originality of the card move controversy between Gregory and Seth Kramer, Click Here to see: "Two sources of evidence that Seth Kramer's move is DIFFERENT than mine. One of them is from The Magic Menu and the other is from Labyrinth, that were both in print BEFORE we ever met."

John Lovick said in the podcast that on many occasions he had asked Greg for proof of where he (John) was lying or had lied in his product review. Click here to read the response that has been sitting in Greg's email outbox referred to by Greg in today's podcast.

Rob Zabrecky has an excellent lecture using important points in magic from A to Z. Greg said he had been working on the idea for many years and had the Word program to prove it. Apparently there is a difference in the "creation date" than the "modification date" and the date apparently viewed by both Rob and John was the "modification date". Click Here to see Greg's original idea.

The "Coin on Shoulder" routine that initially stirred the controversy, is still just that...controversial. Gregory says that his routine is completely different from Apollo's. Greg sent a copy of Apollo's routine as published in his booklet, "The Art of Stealing Watches" with the request that I share the PDF here. Click Here to see the PDF of that section of "The Art of Stealing Watches" that relates to Apollo's "Coin on Shoulder" routine.

Time stamps for magic product product reviews (check our Download Store to order):

01:37:39 - Emotional Drawing by Luca Volpe

01:39:54 - iMind by Pablo Amira

01:43:17 - Anniversary Waltz by Doc Eason and Garrett Thomas

01:47:13 - Hate TIc Tac byMayank Chaubey

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277: Gregory Wilson Returns & Responds - Part One with Brad Stine

This week we have a surprise for those naysayers who thought that he wouldn't return. Gregory Wilson is this week's guest for the first of two podcasts to respond to the accusers who have presented their "proof" in episodes #270, #272 and #273.

Greg was preparing for a trip to the 2016 Blackpool convention where he will perform and lecture and he wanted to present his rebuttals before he departed. Due to his busy schedule, Greg said that he had only recently gotten around to listening to a few of the podcasts. After he returns from England, he intends to listen to episode #274 with John Lovick then respond point by point to each issue brought up by John; however, some of the issues are addressed in this podcast.

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Also on this podcast is an edited bit of a conversation I had with stand-up comic, Brad Stine, who is a long time friend of Greg's. Brad was a comedy magician and regular performer at the (now defunct) Magic Island in Newport Beach, California and has had crediting incidents with Greg. Brad wanted to present his stories in a public forum to show that Greg can, has and will give credit when shown the proof of creation.

2/9/12 - Conservative Comedian Brad Stine went after political correctness in its many forms at CPAC 2012.

Congratulations to Nathan Reed and Fred King who won a digital download of he Audible.com book "The Ambitious Card - An Eli Marks Mystery" by John Gaspard. And thank you again, John Gaspard for offering these prizes.