420: 2018 Obie's F.F.F.F. Day Three

Friday, April 27
8:00 Bob Little Open Golf Tournament (see Bruce Trigg to register, extra cost)
10:00 Dealers’ Room opens (closed during lectures, shows, and dinner)
10:00-11:00 4F Shop open
10:45 Pat Page Memorial Workshop: Non-Memorized Stacked Decks (MC: Mike Powers)
12:00 Lunch break: on your own – Free Beer, Coffee and Soda starts
1:30 4F TED Talks (MCs: Christian/Katalina)
3:00 4th Show: Friday’s Frolics (MC: Steve Beam)
5:30 Smorgasbord (ticket required)
6:45 Dealers’ Room
7:00-7:45 4F Shop open
8:00 5th Show: South Korean Gala (MC: Charming Choi)
11:00 Hospitality Suite (Crystal Room) opens
12:00 Dealers’ Room closes

Time stamps for this podcast:

00:00:18 - Christian Painter, Marc DeSouza and Mike Miller give us a recap of yesterday's activities plus Christian talks about his theater in Indianapolis plus what will be on the bill this afternoon as he emcees the TED Talk hour.

00:13:33 - Gary Ward talks about working backstage behind the scenes of Obie's 4F convention.

00:20:39 - William Watt has moved from Paris to the beautiful island of Mauritius and concerns of performing in humid weather.

00:35:19 - Francis Menotti is a magic consultant on the new ABC Network Television show "Deception" and he tells what he does for the series.

00:43:45 - Juliana Chen tells us about her work as a judge on a Chinese TV show plus problems with Chinese magicians.

00:59:49 - Guest of Honor, Pit Hartling, (from Germany) talks about being honored this year, plus some chat about memorizing stacks.

Download this podcast in an MP3 file by Clicking Here and then right click to save the file. You can also subscribe to the RSS feed by Clicking Here. You can download or listen to the podcast through Stitcher by Clicking Here or through FeedPress by Clicking Here or through Tunein.com by Clicking Here. Remember, you can download it through the iTunes store, too. See the preview page by Clicking Here

229: Francis Menotti - The Absurdist Magician

Francis Menotti is a most interesting and refreshing magician. It is hard to put a label on Francis (mentalist, magician, script writer, artist, or ???). Perhaps he is an enigma from the Renaissance. I almost entitled this podcast as "From a Tangential Mind" because we went off in so many directions during this podcast. Certainly when there is no direction or script, it is easy to get off target. But then again, if there is no target, then how can you veer from it? Hmm. I think you're starting to get the idea.

Francis recently passed through Houston on a nationwide lecture tour and stopped to chat about his magic and his philosophy. It is hard to quantify Francis and for those who haven't heard of him before, then you will get a better picture of the inner workings of a "mind constantly at work" in this podcast.

Francis Menotti's Close Up Act at the Magic Castle, 2008

No cats were harmed in the making of this video. Tweet it - http://bit.ly/qJZry7 Facebook it - http://on.fb.me/rfgo9J minutephysics is now on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysics Minute Physics provides an energetic and entertaining view of old and new problems in physics -- all in a minute!

This discussion covers a lot of territory from stage performance, to lighting the audience, script writing, structuring a show, philosophy, theory, audience management, volunteer selection, handling butterflies, and so much more. Francis touches on Schroedinger's Cat with a brief explanation, but you can get the one minute education in the video embedded in this blog.

Time is ticking away for you to register for FISM 2015 in Rimini, Italy from July 6-11. Click on the banner above for more information.

Register today for the I.B.M. convention in Jacksonville, Florida. Lots of great talent like Tom Mullica, Boris Wild, Eric Buss, Paul Cummins, the Outerbridges, David and Leeman, Soma, Bill Abbott, Chad Long, David Kaplan, and a lifetime award and t… — Register today for the I.B.M. convention in Jacksonville, Florida. Lots of great talent like Tom Mullica, Boris Wild, Eric Buss, Paul Cummins, the Outerbridges, David and Leeman, Soma, Bill Abbott, Chad Long, David Kaplan, and a lifetime award and tribute to Fantasio plus many, many more top international performers. Click on the banner above for more information. Join your friends and sign up today!

108: MAGIC Live! 2013 - Day 3

Day three was another fun and exciting day that began with the Opening Session hosted by Justin Flom A highlight of the show was Xavier Mortimer's incredibly innovative routines. He is currently featured in the Cirque du Soliel show here in Vegas, "Michael Jackson One".. But it was Wayne Dobson being interviewed by Jeff McBride which received a standing ovation.

00:00:07 – Tom Vorjahan, Daniel Herron and Eddie Wade give a recap of the Documentary Live 1 show from last night that featured the Long Beach Mystics hosted by Stan Allen and Mike Caveney. It featured David Deeble, Victor and Diamond, Michael Weber, Dana Daniels, Mark Kalin and Jinger, Armando Lucera, Kevin James, and James Hamilton (as Alexander Hamilton).

00:08:33 – I give a short review of the General Session that was hosted by Justin Flom and featured Master Payne, Bill Abbott, Xavier Mortimer, and Wayne Dobson being interviewed by Jeff McBride.

00:13:00 – I chatted with random people dining at the In ‘N Out and how much they enjoy this place. It is one of my regular, mandatory places to dine while in Las Vegas.

00:15:02 – Simon Coronel talks about creativity and how he developed his routine.

00:26:00 – Photo time with Criss Angel

00:26:50 – David Hira talks about this convention and conventions in general and their appeal to different age groups.

00:34:45 – Scott Hunstler was one of the winners on the Sunday night Welcome Party. He talks about what he won. Mark Weidhaas, S.A.M. Past President, and Errol Lipschitz, from Vancouver, talks about their experience of this convention.

00:39:56 – We viewed the documentary about Ricky Jay’s life, Deceptive Practices. Here I get to talk with a few people who know Ricky and have a perspective and opinion on the movie. It isn’t anything like Siskell & Ebert, but I think you will enjoy this discussion by Peter Samelson, Tim Felix and Jon Stetson.

Download this podcast in an MP3 file through FeedBurner or directly by Clicking Here then right click to save the file. You can also subscribe to the RSS feed by Clicking Here.

420: 2018 Obie's F.F.F.F. Day Three

229: Francis Menotti - The Absurdist Magician

108: MAGIC Live! 2013 - Day 3

The Magic Word