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555: Meir Yedid - Adapt or Perish

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Meir Yedid is one of those guys who easily becomes one of your best friends from the first time you meet him. He always has a friendly smile and kind words to say. He has won many awards in magic and produced the video “Finger Fantasies” then ironically and tragically soon thereafter, had a car accident that severed one of his fingers. Not to be discouraged, Meir saw that as an opportunity rather than a setback. Because of his positive energy and outlook on life, he has excelled in magic having won awards and received accommodations over the years. He currently operates the online magic shop MyMagic.com and is often a dealer at magic conventions. He is also one of the members on the Board of Directors for Obie’s 4F annual convention in Batavia, New York. Since that convention was canceled for this year, he talks a bit about that, too, on this week’s podcast.

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Tagged with Meir Yedid, Harry Lorayne, My Magic.

April 16, 2020 by Scott Wells.
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359: Andrew Goldenhersh - Not A Hare Out Of Place

This podcast with Andrew Goldenhersh was recorded in February 2017 just after he received word about his nomination for "Close-Up Magician of the Year" for the Academy of Magical Arts. Of course, the awards banquet has now come and gone and he did not take home the award. This year it went to Richard Turner.

This podcast has been held back pending the completion of the Las Vegas Chronicles series of podcasts that have been running for the past three months. Andrew has been an influential force in the craft and business of magic, not only as a performer and creator but also as a consultant. He has so much to offer and the advice he offers in this podcast can help you (and me) become a better performer.

Andrew Goldenhersh, award-winning magician from the Magic Castle in Hollywood, performs at Pop Haydn's Shindig in North Hollywood. Aug 18, 2016. http://pophaydn.com http://www.goldenhands.com/
Andrew Goldenhersh, AMA Parlor Magician of the Year, visited Houston and stopped by to record a podcast for The Magic Word. This video was streamed LIVE via Facebook and includes about 15 minutes of additional footage at the end that was not part of the audio podcast.
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Andrew Goldenhersh talks about his many years of being a "bridesmaid and never a bride" meaning that he was nominated by the Academy of Magical Arts but it took ten years before he won his first AMA award. He also talks about his influences, scripting, side show stunts, creativity, developing his act and character, and how he came about meeting and working with actor Jason Alexander ""George Castanza" from "Seinfeld").

He goes on to talk about how he learned to perform in Japanese and why he needed to learn another language, but more importantly, how he came to tighten up his script.He also chats about the importance of silence, pauses and taking beats in your act that heightens the performance. His unconventional idea on how to handle hecklers is a real gem, too.

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Tagged with Andrew Goldenhersh, Larry Wilson, Jason Alexander, Tom Ogden, Fumio Inagaki, UPC Gag, Flying Karamozov Brothers, Duckman.

June 1, 2017 by Scott Wells.
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334: A Magical Christmas Carol

Over the past year, I have attended a LOT of magic conventions. During those events, i have tried to update you with what was going on each day with daily updates from the organizers, talent, registrants, and dealers plus sometimes a little "color" background outside of the hotel.

But while I had some of my guests "cornered" for a few minutes, I asked them to do a reading of the classic story, "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. As many of you don't know, Dickens was a bit of a conjurer himself having performed during the summer of 1949 in a coastal resort off of the Isle of Wight purveying prestidigitation to those on holiday in the area. He was known as the “Rhia Rhama Rhoos - the Unparalleled Necromancer" and reportedly performed many unusual tricks including making playing cards magically burst into flames, transporting a woman’s watch from inside a wooden box and into the middle of a loaf of bread, and even cooking a steaming hot plum pudding in a gentleman’s top hat.

But prior to his venturing onto the stage to prestidigitate, he had already written many of his well-known novels including one published in 1843 which would become the iconic classic and perennial treatise on the holiday, "A Christmas Carol".

So here I present you this year's audio greeting card with great gratitude to all of my guests who participated in this project and also to all of you who regularly listen to The Magic Word Podcast. Happy Holidays!

As a little added treat for you this holiday season, here is a video I filmed and edited in 1985. Magician Scott Wells is visited by "three foreign" visitors who want to learn magic. In this video, Scott performs close-up, stand-up and stage magic for his guests. He also gives magic lessons to his guests; however, these instructions have been edited out of this public video.

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Tagged with Marc DeSouza, Dan Garrett, Shawn Farquhar, Rick Merrill, Steven Bargatze, Paul Gertner, Geoff Williams, Jon Stetson, Roger Nicot, Mandy Nicot, Oscar Munoz, Keith Fields, Auke Van Dauken, David Stone, Meir Yedid, Boris Wild, Eugene Burger, Jeff McBride, Fielding West, Banachek, Melody Munoz, Charles Dickens.

December 8, 2016 by Scott Wells.
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