363: My Week At The Magic Castle - 2017: Part Two

In this second part of the series, we run across a few friends in the Magic Castle who have interesting stories. We chat with Gay Blackstone about the new Season 4 of "Masters of Illusion", Milt Larsen about some of his new projects and Allen Gittelson about technology.

Time stamps for this podcast:

00:03:42 - Gay Blackstone can hardly contain her excitement about the new Season 4 of "Masters of Illusion" which airs its premier on Friday June 30 at 8:00 p.m. and 7:00 Central

00:13:12 - Milt Larsen updates us on his many activities including his long association with CRN Radio Network (available on the internet) and his regular broadcast, "Hear Them Again - For The First Time".

00:35:59 - Allen Gittelson is a member of the Academy of Magical Arts and a long time friend of mine who helped edit "Psychological Subtleties" by Banachek. He talks about his "other" work during the daytime working in an exciting field that develops new technology for businesses that is also featured in movies such as "Minority Report"

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362: My Week At The Magic Castle - 2017: Part One

We begin our series of "My Week at the Magic Castle" by carrying my "wandering microphone" around the Castle and chatting with a few folks I know and also even spend some time in a card session with Howard Hamburg.

Time stamps for this podcast:

00:01:31 - Departing Houston for Burbank, California with a layover in Phoenix, Arizona

00:07:20 - Trish Alaskey, AMA Membership, is the first friendly face I see at the Magic Castle and tells us about the membership benefits.

00:23:40 - Martin Cox and John Greybeal talk about their respective work: Martin is a comedy magician and John (a member of the Friends of the Magic Word) talks about being a Southwest Airline pilot.

00:48:42 - Howard Hamburg holds court with card tricks in the Dai Vernon Corner of the Magic Castle.

01:09:16 - Diamond Jim was passing through L.A. for a special, private engagement and happened to stop by the Castle. You never know who you'll run into at the Castle.

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361: Terry Herbert - A Right Jolly Old Elf

Terry Herbert is most noted as a children's entertainer based in the U.K. but he is so much more than that. In this podcast, Terry talks about working with children and how close-up magic developed into what it is today in England. Pour yourself a cup of tea as you sit back and enjoy this podcast. It is full of great stories about some of the English magic legends and a "trip down memory lane".

Terry Herbert - Live on stage at the "Meet The Magic Circle 2007". www.jacksharpe.co.uk

Selected originals (offcuts, selected scenes, out-takes, rushes) for story 'The Piddingtons Keep Millions Guessing' - 50/10 Material for newsreel story - extra shots. A radio thought transference act. Various shots of the this act. Mainly shots from the BBC Radio studio in Piccadilly in London.

Time stamps for this podcast:

00:06:15 - Terry talks about working with children and the how he came to star in one of the earliest "hit magic videos" on teaching how to entertain children. He also talks about the state of performing close-up in England today and what is in his current stand-up routine for adults. We chat about mentalism in the U.K. and it was interesting to find that Terry has done quite a bit of study on the history of "The Piddingtons" which he discusses here on the podcast. Terry talks about his friends Ken Brooke and tells stories about Tommy Cooper and other U.K. legends.

01:14:17 - Product review of "Horoscope" by Chris Congreave and Magic Tao - a volunteer reads their horoscope from a magazine page in your wallet that also has a playing card printed on the page which matches the card and astrological sign on the card also in your wallet.

01:22:16 - "Sparks" by JC James. Thirteen effects, routines and moves (mostly card sleights) that are mostly ideas that can be incorporated in your routines.

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