684: MAGIC Live! 2022 - Day Four Report

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

• 9:00 a.m. - 5:000 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

  • Making Tricks into Magic by Nate Staniforth

  • In the Spotlight by Christopher Carter

  • Emotional Graph by Shoot Ogawa

• 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. - The Magic Shop (Dealers) Open

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

• 2:00 p.m. The Magic Shop closes

• 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!

• Live Onstage! 90 minutes: 6:00, 9:00, p.m.

• Exhibit: Museum of the Arcane 6:30 until 9:30 p.m.

• Farewell Party 10:00 p.m. until 1:00 a.m.

• Program Handout 10:00 p.m. until 1:00 a.m.

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Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:16 - Jeff McBride talks about how he indexes his library at the Magic School

00:06:41 - Michael Mode helps recap a few of the events of the week

00:13:09 - Stan Allen talks about the convention, some of the challenges and successes of this year’s MAGIC Live!

00:29:35 - James Dimmare talks about this convention plus a bit about his show and keeping his doves

00:35:42 - Rocco and Perry Maynard talked a bit about the fate of MagicFlix and Rocco’s new show at New York New York Casino

00:39:47 - Hans-Joachim Brucherseifer was one of the presenters who talked about his upcoming documentary about the mystery of Erdnase.

00:47:11 - Derek Delgaudio briefly visits with us and chats about his “In And Of Itself”

00:49:01 - Craig Mitchell helps us wrap up the convention

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478: Hans-Joachim Brucherseifer - "Looking For Erdnase"

Young German filmmaker Hans-Joachim Brucherseifer was bitten by the magic bug and jumped into the deep end right away. His undergraduate thesis for a film was on a search for the covert mystery man known as S.W. Erdnase. Thanks to a Kickstarter campaign and the German Film Board, he is raising money to produce a docudrama called, “Looking for Erdnase”.

American filmmaker Jim Davey has a similar film in production called “The Expert” which has a different perspective. Jim’s film will be more interviews whereas Hans’ film will have scripted vignettes based upon stories, documents, letters and conversations. Both documentaries are targeted to an audience who loves mysteries.

You can listen to the conversation with Jim Davey from the archives by Clicking Here.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fourmatfilm/looking-for-erdnase

Erdnase convinces Smith to illustrate his book.

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This week we welcome Eugene Ng from Penang, Malaysia as the newest Friend of The Magic Word. Click on the banner above to find out how and why you should join the group. Thanks, Eugene, and thank you to all who are members of the Friends of The Magic Word. Your support is what keeps this podcast going.

This campaign ends on March 25, 2019. Please consider supporting this film with your financial pledge. Visit the Kickstarter campaign at: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fourmatfilm/looking-for-erdnase?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=Erdnase

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.  

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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.

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