597: Ken Scott - Kids! Conventions! Corporate!

Atlanta-based magician, Ken Scott Wisenbaker, dropped his legal last name to a shortened stage name of “Ken Scott.” Find out this week why he changed it and who recommended it. Ken is a multiple year winning Magician of the Year for the Atlanta club. He will be the incoming International President of the I.B.M. at this year’s annual convention slated for July 7-10 in Pittsburgh, PA. He is also the organizer of the annual Atlanta Harvest of Magic convention. But Ken is perhaps best know (certainly around Atlanta) as one of the premiere kid show performers entertaining at birthday parties, libraries and schools. But he also performs for corporate functions as well.

Ken Scottmagic. Baseball hall of famer Ozzie Smith joins me as well.

Ken Scott predicts what card you will pick!

This week, Ken talks about magic conventions and we discuss a little about the current state of these events and their possible future. Of course, Ken tells about his work with performing for children and a little about his corporate work, too.

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321: Turning the Table on Scott Wells

This week we learn more about Scott Wells, the host of The Magic Word. In response to listenerswho have asked, "who is this guy?", the mystery is uncovered. Scott's friend and colleague, Jamie Salinas, hosts this episode and asks the questions that many want to know on Scott's background and what makes him qualified to produce this podcast and how he knows so many magicians.

More than a friend, Scott is a colleague who is a professional magician who has personally known and/or worked with many of those being interviewed. Also, he has shared experiences in the many performing venues as the guests on the podcast.

This is a little embarrassing to talks about myself for so long. I hope that those of you who are interested will enjoy it while most others will overlook this and move on to the more interesting chats in the Archives. I thank you for listening and subscribing to The Magic Word Podcast. If you enjoy it, then please subscribe and share the links with your friends. Also, you can follow me on Instagram at #ScottWellsMagic and Twitter @MagicWordPod and Like us on Facebook at http://facebook.com/themagicwordpodcast

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#204: 2014 Year of Magic in Review

It's that time of the year when we try to "put the band back together" and chat with members of the hosts from the MagicNewswire.com podcast, "This Week in Magic". Trying to get a time to arrange everyone's schedule is like "herding cats". So, due to work and health conflicts, this year we have David "Silly Billy" Kaye and Cameron Ramsay join Scott Wells to discuss what went on in the magic world this past year.

To supplement our chat about Magic on TV, here is a little up-to-the-minute information that I read on IndieWire.com after our chat:

"Magic is in the air, or at least on the airwaves. "Masters of Illusion" did well enough for CW last year to make an order for 13 more episodes materialize – and that's after being canceled by MyNetworkTV in 2009. It joins the network's other magic show, the British ITV production "Penn & Teller: Fool Us," as well as magic programs gaining traction on basic cable. TruTV's "The Carbonaro Effect" will be back for a second season, while "Wizard Wars" returns to Syfy in January for six additional episodes. Even shows that don't have magic as a focus are shuffling it into the deck: "American Masters" is kicking off a new season January 23 with an episode about master magician Ricky Jay, and Nat Geo's "Brain Games," regularly tosses a sleight-of-hand artist into the mix."

Of course this is from a personal perspective of the guest on this podcast and does not include a lot of things you perhaps found to be more relevant. But we hope you enjoy our chat.

Instead of bouncing all over the globe, we try to stay on topic with an agenda that includes: magic on television; live touring magic shows; magic conventions; notable passings, and; predictions for 2015.

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Magicians' Valhalla

Although the list below is not exhaustive, it does reflect the names of many well-known (and some lesser known) magicians, spouses and assistants who passed on in 2014. If you are unfamiliar with any of these names, then it would behoove you to do a little online search of what these people have contributed to our craft. If you have someone you think was overlooked, then please post the name in the comments below on this blog.

Aldo Colombini

Scott Lewis

Dave Madden

Montecore (S&R’s tiger)

Jeff Busby

Judge Arnold Drennen

Robert “Bob” Knigge

Robert L. “Bob” Bluemle

Stella P. Coward (wife of Noel Coward)

John T. Fedko

Robert “Bob” W. Klamm

Alan Alan