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682: MAGIC Live! 2022 - Day Two Report

Monday, May 16, 2022

  • 9:00 a.m. - 6:30 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

    • Talk About Tricks: Very Best of by Joshua Jay

    • A Perilous Tightrope by Christopher T. Magician

    • Rediscovering Wonder with Michael Weber

  • 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. - The Magic Shop (Dealers) Open

  • 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Focus Session for GREEN Lanyards

  • 12:30 - 1:40 p.m. The Close-up Experience

  • 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!

  • Documentary Live 70 minutes: 6:00, 8:00, 10:30 p.m.

  • The Close-Up Experience 70 minutes: 6:00, 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 p.m.

  • In Concert: The Historie of Magic 60 minutes: 6:00 7:45 9:45 p.m.

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Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:42 - Trigg Watson talks about this convention and Masters of Illusion and Matthew O’Niell (20 year old member of Magic Castle Juniors) talks about this being his first MAGIC Live convention

00:08:03 - Diamond Jim Tyler talks about some of the events we attended so far today, plus an update on his “Bamboozlers 4” book

00:16:14 - Joseph Daniels is one of the dealers and chats about Arcane Relics and some future “Bizzare” conventions coming this year.

00:22:09 - Chris Philpott (creator of “100 Monkeys”) moved to Canada during lockdown but has been working on other projects during that time.

00:29:05 - Ben Dentika is another person who is attending MAGIC Live! for the first time and shares his experience

00:35:21 - Earl Chaney is one of the original Ronald McDonald clowns and is a chronicler of old Las Vegas

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Posted in Convention Report and tagged with MAGIC Live!, Las Vegas, Orleans Hotel and Casino, Trigg Watson, Matthew O'Neill, Diamond Jim Tyler, Joseph Daniels, Chris Philpott, Ben Dentika, Earl Chaney.

May 17, 2022 by Scott Wells.
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676: Ed Alonzo - In The Library

While I was in Los Angeles to work on “Masters of Illusion” TV series, Ed Alonzo found time to sit in the library of the Magic Castle to chat about his career. As a former member of the Long Beach Mystics and the Magic Castle Junior group, Ed launched successful careers as both a magician and an actor having major roles in many television series including “Saved By The Bell.” He also went on to work with Britney Spears on her worldwide concert tour where he interacted with her on stage in his character as a magician.

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In this week’s episode, Ed covers a lot of territory in a short hour podcast. He talks extensively about the Magic Castle and his love and dedication to the clubhouse. He also talks about his time as a youth as he was trying to “find his character” when he was a member of the Long Beach Mystics and the Magic Castle Juniors. He tells how he transitioned into acting but never lost his love for performing magic, which he still does to this day having just completed the taping of Season Nine of “Masters of Illusion.” By the way, he talked about running for office on the Academy of Magical Arts: he won the election and is now on the Board of Directors. Congratulations, Ed.

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Towards the end of the episode, Ed talks about being on “The American Life” podcast with Ira Glass and David Kestenbaum as they talked about “The Lady Vanishes” or, David Copperfield’s vanish of the Statue of Liberty. Ed was part of the team that worked with David on this illusion and this episode goes into detail about the effect. The podcast website for this episode is HERE. “The Lady Vanishes” is the second part of this episode entitled “The Magic Show” and Ed Alonzo’s part comes very near the end at around time stamp 00:53:00.

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April 21, 2022 by Scott Wells.
  • April 21, 2022
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  • Ed Alonzo
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  • Owens Magic Supreme
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550: Diamond Jim - the Bamboozler

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Diamond Jim Tyler is a world class close-up magician who has lectured and performed for magicians and corporate clients around the world…well, he hasn’t yet been to Japan, but I’m sure that’s coming soon. Diamond Jim is well known as the author of the three volume series of “Bamboozlers” books which contain bar bets and friendly cons. He is working on a fourth volume and ultimately a compendium of the series. Diamond Jim is also known for his many appearances with Brian Brushwood on his “Scam School” episodes.

This week we give you the first in a series of episodes guest starring Brian's pal, the award-winning badass magician Diamond Jim Tyler! Be like Diamond Jim ...
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This week Diamond Jim talks about how he got his stage name, stories from the road, work with difficult clients, and and interesting chat about his many lectures around the world.

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March 12, 2020 by Scott Wells.
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