123: Roy Zaltsman - The Israeli Phenomenon

Roy Zaltsman is one of the world's busiest working mentalists shuttling from Israel to India to Spain to the U.S. and many countries in between for large Fortune 500 companies at their product roll-outs and company/customer meetings and training seminars. He was also one of the participants on the hugely popular Israeli television show, "The Successor" with Uri Geller, which spawned similar shows in other countries including here in the U.S. with the NBC show entitled, "The Next Phenomenon" with Uri Geller and Cris Angel..

Aside from teaching mentalism (and some really coo card tricks), Roy also offers magicians an opportunity to learn "inside secrets" through his "Unpublished Magic Tutorials" from some of the top magicians and mentalists in the world. You can subscribe to receive new video tutorials plus see archived videos by visiting his website at http://telepatia.co.il/unpublished

The video below is the most recent addition to the archives that was shot here in my recording studio at "Mystic Haven".

Candid photos of Roy during his lecture here in Houston.

Roy passed through Houston, Texas as part of this limited, yet nationwide lecture tour between appearances at the Daytona Magic Festival and the MINDvention in Las Vegas.

In this podcast we talk about the use of disclaimers before a mentalism show, how to keep a mentalism show from appearing as a series of predictions, stories about Uri Geller, how Roy became a mentalist, his development of Unpublished Magic Tutorials, and some of his philosophy on creating and what he teaches during his lecture.

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Magic & Martinis Thursday

For those who remember our chat with Steve Trash located Here), he sent me a link to his new song "The Green Houdini" which is perfect for this 87th anniversary of Houdini's death. Steve really is the "Rockin' Eco-Hero". Once heard, it's hard to get this jingle out of my head. Scary!

Halloween cheers from Roy Zaltsman and Scott Wells.

075: Day 1 - MINDvention 2012 in Las Vegas, NV

After a little bit of a travel difficulty due to a layover in San Diego, I finally arrived in Las Vegas for the first day of the annual MINDvention at the Palace Stations Hotel & Casino. I missed the first couple of lectures but Gregg Lancaster and Bob Patilla filled me in on the details that you will hear in this podcast. I then chatted with Roy Zaltsman from Israel who will lecture for us tomorrow plus he will be one of the featured performers in the final night gala show. Roy talked a bit about the MARS convention (Magic At the Red Sea) he produces in Israel. One of the things he offers is a webcast of unpublished videos that is more of a sampling of some of the tricks extracted from the lectures featured at MARS. You can learn a lot from these free videos by subscribing to his newsletter at: http://telepathy.co.il/unpublished

We wrapped up the day with an interview with Paul Draper who talked about his upcoming lecture tour and his long association with MINDvention as one of the emcees.

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Photos from Abbott's 2012 Day 3

Day Three of Abbott's Get-Together was another beautiful, sunny day in southern Michigan. People were still coming in to Abbott's Magic Factory to pick up their registration packets. The bulk of their magic inventory, however, was relocated from the Factory to the dealers' room that was set up in the elementary school.

You never know who is going to show up at a Get-Together. Perhaps if I would have waited for the owner of this car to return, I could have solved an age old question.

Buskers fanned throughout the village to entertain the guests. One was appointed to the downtown area where the annual arts and crafts fair was taking place.

Jania Taylor (http://www.magicbyjania.com/) was assigned to the grocery store that had a throng of people who were there during the lunch hour for the Kiwani's Club benefit. They were offering lunch for $1.00 that included a hot dog, chips, soft drink and an ice cream sandwiich. You could order an extra hot dog for just 50 cents.

Michael Mode (http://www.magicmode.com/) was one of those who helped Jerry Costello with the "Happy Hour" party at Jerry's lake house that took place after Adele Friel's lecture and before the evening show. (Jerry is on the left and Michael is on the right).

You never know how people will be dressed for the Friday night show. Have you ever seen a dress made entirely from balloons? Never mind WHERE did she sit in the show last night. The question is HOW did she sit?