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853: Michael Mode - Getting in the Mode

One of the regular attendees at the annual Abbott’s Get Together, Michael Mode (from Detroit) used to be a very busy trade show magician specializing in auto shows. Now settled with another full time job outside of magic, he maintains his roots by keeping in the loop each year at Colon, Michigan. For a while, Michael used to coordinate the Amish dinners by providing magicians to perform for their families during the Get Togethers. Back in the days of the iTouch, he and Jeff Hobson developed a joke app that sold very well and is now available as a book entitled “Best Jokes Ever.” Michael is also the creator of the two-colored napkins that magicians use for Napkin to Rose.

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This week Michael Mode talks about his work with auto shows, his relationship with Michigan magicians including Franz Harary and Jeff Hobson. Michael discusses the joke app he and Jeff Hobson developed that later became an encyclopedic book. You just look for a subject then find a joke to fit that subject, either clean or mature. Michael also talks about his development of the two-colored napkins used for Napkin to Rose.

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Tagged with Michael Mode, Jason Byrne, Brett Daniels, Abbott's Get Together, Al the Only, Doug Scheer, Jeff Hobson, Scotty York, trade shows, napkin rose, Amish, Jeff Bibik, restaurant magic.

August 22, 2024 by Scott Wells.
  • August 22, 2024
  • Scott Wells
  • Michael Mode
  • Jason Byrne
  • Brett Daniels
  • Abbott's Get Together
  • Al the Only
  • Doug Scheer
  • Jeff Hobson
  • Scotty York
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624: 2021 Abbott's Get Together - Prelude

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 3rd 2021 (Pre Get Together Events)
8:00AM THE OPEN COLON "NO FRILLS" GOLF CLASSIC
(with Al The Only - The cost is $10 plus the cost of golf)

2:00PM MAGICIAN'S TOUR OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF MAGIC
(This tour of the museum and archives is geared towards magicians and will include a special
selection of artifacts never-before-on-display. $10 per person. Reservations not necessary.)

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Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:16 - Scott Wells takes off from Houston, Texas

00:03:24 - Trixie Bond

00:10:42 - Mark Holstein

00:20:03 - Al the Only talks about the Open Colon golf tournament

00:28:16 - Michael Mode talks about the Amish dinner

00:31:48 - Alex Boyce

00:36:55 - David Seebach talks about the “Night Before” party

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Posted in Convention Report and tagged with Abbott's Get Together, Colon Michigan, Trixie Bond, Mark Holstein, Al the Only, Bill Cook, Jeff Hobson, Michael Mode, Alex Boyce, David Seebach, Amish.

August 4, 2021 by Scott Wells.
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617: U.K. Kid Show Magicians

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Kids are kids the world over and they all love magic. But there are some subtle differences in how and where magic is presented to children in the U.S. versus how it's done in the U.K. This week we chat with family and children show entertainers from the U.K. about these differences and some of their challenges (i.e. taking the tube and/or train in London between shows) and how they brand themselves by using memorable names for their characters.

Listen this week to our chat with Martin "Mr. Biscuit" Cox, Dave "Magic Dave" Allen and Paul "Colonel Custard" Megram as we hear how it's done "across the pond."

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This week, Paul Megram, Dave Allen and Martin Cox represent a small sample of the complex and multi-levels of children’s show magicians in England. Someone could easily make a podcast devoted to just the kid show industry in the U.K. by featuring a different entertainer each week, but that’s not what The Magic Word Podcast is about. So please enjoy this 35,000 foot (or 10,668 meters) overview of this lucrative industry and accept our apologies if we have left out you as a guest or topics that you think we should have discussed.

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Tagged with Martin Cox, Paul Megram, Dave Allen, Mr. Biscuit, Col. Custard, Magic Dave, U.K. magic, kid show, children's magic.

June 17, 2021 by Scott Wells.
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  • Scott Wells
  • Martin Cox
  • Paul Megram
  • Dave Allen
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