Podcast appearances and mentions of Lance Burton

On this All-Star Episode of The BBB Master Magician Lance Burton. Lance has performed more than 15,000 shows in Las Vegas for over 5,000,000 people. Wow! 14,000 more than Elvis. + He's a comedy judge on Criss Angel's Magic with the Stars. Website: Lanceburton.com. And, yes that's his real hair. Like and subscribe to the podcast, give us a good rating, and if you don't mind call our boss Shaquille O'Neal, and tell him you love the Big Bad Broadcast on The Podcast Playground. Thanks!! Shaq's Phone Number: (347) 815-SHAQ (7427)  

In this special episode we celebrate the 99th birthday of The King of Late Night, Johnny Carson. Pat Hazell visits with Tonight Show Producer and President of Carson Entertainment Group, Jeff Sotzing about Johnny's affection for variety acts. The show features the cast of Carson Tonight: master magician, Lance Burton; America's Got Talent juggling duo, The Passing Zone (Jon Wee & Owen Morse); comedian, Cathy Ladman; ventriloquist, Jay Johnson; and jazz vocalist, Nicole Henry. All discuss their memories of Johnny and making their debuts on the show that launched their careers. Happy Birthday to Johnny Carson on Oct 23rd. 

Magicians took over the studio! David Garrard and Dennis Alm were in person while Lance Burton joined on the telephone to preview The Louisville Magic Club's It's Magic Live on September 6th...

Magician David Garrard previews the Bob Downs Invitational Golf Classic and his upcoming magic shows with Lance Burton and Kentucky Kingdom...

April was National Autism Acceptance Month, and although we missed posting this week's episode during that time, it is no less important nor relevant the rest of the year. This week we chat with Cody Clark show is “on the spectrum” of autism. He is currently 31 years old and lives in the Louisville, Kentucky, area, but travels throughout the Midwest with his motivational magic show. He is an adept and successful performer of stage, stand-up and close-up who has carved a unique niche market for showing his skill and sharing his story. View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Cody is proud of his hometown and thankful for his mentors who inspired him like Lance Burton, Mac King, Bob Escher, David Garrard, and others in the Louisville area. Mute until he was three years of age, he saw and helped a magician on stage which inspired him to follow magic as a career path. He structured his college degree to aid in his career with studies in theater, business, and debate. He now performs in hospitals to board rooms entertaining and inspiring others with his magic and his personal story. 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 Pandora and SiriusXM (formerly Stitcher) by Clicking Here or through FeedPress by Clicking Here or through Tunein.com by Clicking Here or through iHeart Radio by Clicking Here. If you have a Spotify account, then you can also hear us through that app, too. You can also listen through your Amazon Alexa and Google Home devices. Remember, you can download it through the iTunes store, too. See the preview page by Clicking Here. Enter the Contest to win a copy of Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman Enter with your name and email address. Open to all where contests are legal. Postage will be paid by Richard Wiseman. First Name Last Name Email Address Enter Today Two winners will be selected. Each will receive a personalized copy signed by Professor Wiseman. Thank you! Order your copy from Amazon and help The Magic Word Podcast through their Affiliate Program. Just click on the graphic above or Click Here

Dana's past television appearances include Stand up Live, America's Got Talent, Evening at the Improv, CBS Morning Show, NBC's Comedy Club, News Radio, Masters of Illusions, Lance Burton's Magic Special and the best selling clean comedy DVD series “Thou Shalt Laugh.” Dana has also opened for such stars as Ray Romano, Amy Grant, Vince Gill and Randy Travis.

This week, Ira spoke with award-winning comedy magician Fielding West, performing in the A-Stars Comedy Show at the Ahern Luxury Boutique Hotel, April 11-13. In this epi-sode of “Talk About Las Vegas With Ira,” Fielding talks about how he was discovered as a magician; how his act has currently changed by adding storytelling to his magic; why he incorporates his oxygen concentrator into his act; his 44 years performing in Las Vegas; touring with master magician Lance Burton; the history of “Bob The Bird”; his plans to write a book; and the biggest highlight in his career.

Heute wird der SMT zur Gossip Redaktion. In and out Las Vegas. Die hottesten News und die coolsten Tricks direkt aus Sin City. Wer hat mit wem und warum? Was hat Ingo mit S&R zu tun und warum wissen wir nichts um ein geheimes Videotape um Lance Burton. In den Show Notes finden sich alle Infos, im Secret Magic Store alle Materialien um in Las Vegas selber richtig durchzustarten.

This week on the blog, a podcast interview with magician Lance Burton about how he wrote (and directed and starred in) the delightfully comic “Billy Topit: Master Magician.”LINKSA Free Film Book for You: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/cq23xyyt12Another Free Film Book: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/x3jn3emga6Fast, Cheap Film Website: https://www.fastcheapfilm.com/Lance Burton Website: https://www.lanceburton.com/Billy Topit Website: http://www.billytopit.com/Eli Marks Website: https://www.elimarksmysteries.com/Albert's Bridge Books Website: https://www.albertsbridgebooks.com/YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/BehindthePageTheEliMarksPodcastLance Burton TranscriptJohn: I loved Billy Topit, both Jim and I did. I've made a number of low budget movies in my life, about a half dozen of them and the driving force behind them has almost always been, let's get together with some friends and make a movie. I got the sense that that was kind of part of the DNA of Billy Topit. Is that right?Lance: Well, yes, I just have to correct you on one thing: Billy Topit was not a low budget movie. It was a nobudget movie. We literally just decided, you know what, I'm not going to spend any money. Everyone volunteered. So, if it ever makes any money, I'll go back and pay the actors.John: Well, okay. But as someone who has done the same thing, I've done that a half dozen times with the no money. The results you got, given the no money status, were great. Your sound is exceptional. One of the things that's normally a big sign that it's a low budget movie is the sound is not good. It's a hard thing to get right and when you do get it right, it makes it sound like a big budget movie. The cinematography is terrific, the editing is fantastic. I don't know if you bought the music, or if someone did the music, but whatever it was it fit perfectly, and it just sailed along. So, for a movie that had no budget, you did an exceptional job of making a real movie.Lance: Oh, thank you. You're right, the sound is the one thing you really don't want to skimp on, because that's something you really can't fix in post a lot of the times. So, we did try to pay attention to the sound recording. As far as the music goes, some of the music was from my show that I already own. Some of the performance pieces, some of the music we use just for the movie, was rights free music that that I got from a company called Digital juice. They have all different sorts of music and it's searchable. So, you can find you know, rock and roll hard driving music, you can find, you know, instrumentals, you really have everything.Then there was a couple of pieces that a friend of mine, who's a musician wrote and recorded for me. And one of the pieces in the film, my lead actress, Joelle Rigetti, she had actually recorded an album a couple of years ago and she gave me the album during the production. She said, “Hey, anything on here you want you're welcome to use.” And I listened to it and there was one track, I went, this is perfect for this one scene I have. It's that it's the scene where the whole cast is waking up on the second day, brushing their teeth and getting ready to go out. That's actually the lead actress singing.John: The stuff you picked all really meshed well together.Lance: Oh, thank you. It was during the post-production process when it really struck me—as we were editing and doing that—how much the music adds to a production, not just a live show. I already knew that for a live show. But as I was making the film, it really just struck me again, you know, wow, music really does add a whole new dimension to the movie or live show.John: Yeah. So, where did the idea for the movie come from?Lance: Well, I'll tell you exactly where it came from. When I was a kid, there was a television series on TV called The Magician starring Bill Bixby. It only lasted one season, because the network got a new president that came in and he just, you know, cancelled all his predecessors' shows. But it actually did good in the ratings. But it only lasted 22 episodes.The magic consultant on The Magician was Mark Wilson and so when I moved out west, I met Mark Wilson, and became friends with him. Then when I was shooting Knightrider, guess who they hired to provide all of the large illusions and props for the episode? Mark Wilson. He was sort of the magic advisor on that television show. So, Mark, and I got to hang out for seven days on the set as we were shooting. He's actually in the episode. You can see shots of him. He's sitting in the audience during one of the opening performances. In fact, I get him up on stage at one point as a volunteer. So, anyway, one day after filming, Mark and I are going out to dinner and we're in his car and we're driving along. And he says to me, “Lance, how do you like doing this work?” And I said, “What do you mean, Mark? You mean like this episode?” He says, “Yeah, how do you like, you know, acting on this, this TV show?” And I said, “I'm having the time of my life. I get to do magic. I get to act. I get to work with a stuntman, and this is great.” And he says, “Well, you're doing a good job and you ought to think about doing more of this.” And I said, “More of this, so what do you mean?” He says, “You ought to start a notebook, start keeping some ideas of how you could incorporate your magic into a TV series or movie, you know, like with the Bill Bixby series.” And I thought, Oh, that's a good idea. So, I did, I started writing, every time I had an idea about how to use magic within the context of the drama series, or, you know, a story, I would write it down. So, after a few years, I had all these sort of clever things that I came up with, to use magic and propelling the story forward, or to get out of this sticky situation or whatever. And every few years, I've pulled that out, and I'd go, “You know, I'm going to try and go pitch this,” and I would go to Los Angeles and set up some meetings. And I was trying to pitch to do a series every few years and we got close a couple of times, but we never were able to sell it. But the area I was working in was so similar to things that would pop up on my TV screen later. I kept thinking, “Man, I've got something here, I just need to, like any kind of magic trick, you know, I get it in my head and it's frustrating, I just I gotta get it out, I got to put it on the stage because it's like in my brain is like scratching the inside of my skull and it's really annoying.” By that time, the technology had progressed to the point where we had these high-definition cameras that weren't, you know, astronomically expensive. And we had editing software so that somebody on their laptop could put out a professional looking product. So, I finally just said, hey, you know what, I'm gonna do this. And I called my buddy, Michael Goudeau and he came over and we fleshed out the story. And then we wrote the screenplay within, like two or three months. And then we eventually just started casting it and shot it. So, it all goes back to Bill Bixby and The Magician from 1973. John: Well, most things do. Most things do go back that. Were you always planning on directing?Lance: You know, directing and acting at the same time is really difficult. But I had been doing it all my life, you know, with my live show. And we started in on this thing and then at some point, I heard an interview with Barbra Streisand, and someone asked her that question, and they said, “Is it difficult to act and direct in the same production?” And she had a great response. She said, “No, it's easier that way. That's one less person I have to argue with.”Jim: She's right. Absolutely right. So, talk a little bit about how the movie changed, you know, from your initial script and then through shooting and editing. Were there a lot of kind of, oh, let's do this. Oh, that didn't work. Lance: I'll tell you what: when I first had the idea, I didn't have a real clear idea of the tone I wanted to take, you know? As far as it could have been a drama, it could have been a comedy or whatever. But I started chatting with my buddy, Michael Goudeau. Now, Michael worked in my show, as my special guest star. We've been friends for, you know, since the mid-80s and Michael said, this was his idea. So, I gave him credit. He said, we should write this is a family film and I said, why is that? He says, because I have two small children and about two or three times a year, I have to take them to the movies and we have to pick a family film, and they're always horrible. That's why I'd like to see a good family film. Something good, we can take the kids to see. And I said okay, that's fine. You know, that fits. Magic's always been considered a good family entertainment. So, we chose to write it as a family friendly movie, and as a comedy, but I give credit to Michael for that, and it didn't alter that much. Once we had the script completed, the idea was, you know, to keep to the script as close as we can within reason. Now, there were some scenes that were improvised and there were some things that I added during the course of the movie. I'll tell you one thing that we added: the film starts with a dream sequence, with Billy floating a lady in the air. And then he wakes up in bed and you realize, oh, that was just a dream. He doesn't really have a big Las Vegas show. He's a birthday party magician and that was the first thing we shot. So, as we were shooting, I read a book by Robert Rodriguez about his experience shooting El Mariachi. That was recommended to me by Rory Johnston, who played the bad guy in my movie. When I explained to Rory what we were going to do, he said, oh, you're doing like a no budget movie, like Robert Rodriguez. And I said, Who's Robert Rodriguez? He said, he is just a director, he started out by making this movie called El Mariachi. He had $7,000. That was it and he made a whole film. And so, I bought the DVD to watch. I wanted to see what a $7,000 movie look like. And then I read his book and he had some really interesting advice and thoughts. He was talking about the power of three—which magicians will do also—where you have a callback, or something keeps popping back up, and it happens three times. In El Mariachi, there's like this sort of dream sequence. But it happens three times. And I started thinking, he's got a really good point there. So, I started thinking, where else could I insert, I need two more dream sequences? And I've got to find a place to insert them. So, we wrote two more dream sequences and found the right place to put them. And we shot that, but that kind of happened once we started once we started shooting.Jim: You know, John, as he's mentioned, has shot some low budget movies here and there, populated largely by friends of John. And I get the sense that, in watching your movie, that these people are all your buddies, that they're all your pals, these are all your friends. Lance: Oh, yeah, they're all my friends. The only time there were people in their movie, really, that I didn't know, like extras in the restaurant. We would just ask people, do you have any friends that you can come over and be background actors? And a lot of them are my friends. Like the birthday party scene: those kids are all kids of friends. Like, hey, if you got kids, bring them over to my stage manager's house.John: It really looks like you guys are having fun throughout the whole movie. I don't mean to denigrate it in any way, but it's a really goofy movie. It is surprisingly silly in a really fun way.Lance: It's a silly movie and a lot of that stuff is Michael Goudeau. Everybody loves Michael and loves his comedy and kids especially love him. So, that's we wanted to go for. For instance, when we were writing the date scene, you know, that was a silly scene and they were doing the game with the milk, the little milk containers. And Michael said, listen, when I take my kids to a movie, when it gets to the romantic the date scene, they are bored. They are like, oh, they're falling asleep going, oh, when is this over? So, let's beef this up with something silly. Hey, great. That sounds great. So, again, a lot of that stuff was just the purpose of the movie was to keep everybody's interest.John: And that's probably something you've learned from being on stage forever, is feeling when the audience might be getting bored and being ahead of them. Lance: Yeah, you don't want to get to that point. You want to keep it moving. Jim: Your friend Michael is in the movie?Lance: Yes, he is in the movie. He's one of the jugglers. Jim: Okay. But the taller one or the shorter one?Lance: The shorter one. He was my co-writer on the screenplay and also co-executive producer.Jim: At the very end, in the credits, there's some very clever, funny, little teases about the possibility and it was sort of like, gosh, I hope there is a sequel. Is there talk of that--?John: And I will say, I'm going to speak from my podcast partner here. We're standing by ready to help you if you want to do.Jim: Absolutely. I'll drop everything. Lance: Billy Topit Part Two, The Empire Strikes Back. Billy Topit Part Two, the Search for Spock. I tell you, that was just me getting at the end of the editing process and doing the credits and it's just going out. This will be funny. Just me just making up silly stuff.John: And the image of you doing that of sitting on a computer and editing, do you have the filmmaking bug now or you going to it doesn't have to be a sequel, Billy Topit, but...Lance: I've enjoyed. Here's the thing that I enjoyed the most on the whole process was learning to edit. My good buddy Bob Massey was our photographer and our editor. But in the process of editing, I would go over to his house, and we would work on it and then he'd have to go do something. I was like, do we have to stop? And one day he said, you know, I can give you the software. I bought this and I can put it on two computers legally. So, if you want to, I'll show you how. I went, yeah. So, I went out, I bought this and I put this stuff on, and I started to learn how to edit. Bob was there to help me, show me. I really loved it. I really, really loved the process. And a lot of it is very similar to magic. I'll give you a good example of that: There's a scene at the end of the movie where they've opened the big show and I do the sawing a couple into eight pieces. So, we got the two, the boy and the girl and they get sawed apart and they come out of the boxes at the end. And the boys were in the girl's clothes and they chase each other offstage. And then they run past the camera and then the second shot, you see them run into view in the wings. And then they have a scene in the wings. Well, we shot the first part, with the doing the trick, and then running past the camera. We shot that at the Monte Carlo hotel in 2010. And the scene in the wings, we shot in 2013, on the other side of town at Rory Johnson's church that he went to. They allowed us to shoot there. So, the two scenes that are supposed to be at the same time were shot three years apart in different locations.As we were shooting the first one, I knew in my mind what I wanted to do: I wanted him to run past the camera, and then I would pick it up. And the rest of the cast hadn't even been cast yet by the way. I didn't even know who the other actors were going to be. But I knew there was a scene over there. So, as they run past, I'll pick it up. Whenever we get to that three years later, we shoot the thing. Now I'm editing it together. So, now I take the music from the first part of the shot, playing during the trick and the audience reaction. You get the audience applauding and cheering, and they run past the camera and we go to the second shot. But you still hear the audio, you still hear the music playing, and you hear me out on stage going thank you and the audience applauding. And so now when you put it all together, it's like it's seamless. No one knows that that scene was shot three years apart. It's like a magic trick. It's an illusion. There's a good example of how the sound helps enhance the illusion. And there are a few magic tricks that we do on stage where sound is a very big part of the illusion.John: I don't know at what point in the process you read Robert Rodriguez's book, but he based El Mariachi on what he had available. He wrote the script based on the town, the bar, the tortoise, the dog, all of that. You seem to have done a very similar thing, in that I'm guessing you already had some footage you on stage or was it a relatively easy thing to get. For an average person, that's a really hard thing to get.Lance: Exactly. And I had to shoot all that before the show closed, because we were getting ready to close the show. So, we captured all of that all the stuff that had to be shot in the theatre, we captured that. John: But for the average person writing a script, to write that in a scene, you can't shoot that. The lights alone in the ceiling are more than your budget.Lance: And I was well aware that. I had this opportunity that we'd written it into the script and it's like, okay, I gotta shoot this now, because if I wait another two months, it's all going to be gone.John: Exactly. And I felt the same with the scenes in the casino, which would be I think, normally a difficult thing to do. But you obviously had a relationship to make those happen.Lance: The casino scenes, those were all shot afterwards. That was my buddy, John Woodrum, who owned this little casino called the Klondike. We wanted it to be a locals type Casino. I talked to a few of the casinos and some of them were like, yeah, we'd let you come in here and shoot, we have a coffee shop. How many days do you need it? And I'm going to myself, I don't know how long this is going to take to shoot. I never shot a movie before. And then finally I went over to see my buddy, John and I said, John, I've got this movie I'm shooting, and some of the action takes place in the casino. And there's a coffee shop and you've got a coffee shop. What would you think about a shooting here? And he looks at me says yeah, whatever you want. Come on in. I'm like, what? Come on, anytime. That's like, Okay, I found this. I found our location. John: You are a low-budget filmmaker at heart. You got all the tricks that are necessary to be good at this and you did it on your first movie. That's exceptional.Lance: It was a fun process and it's not dissimilar to shooting a television special or a TV show, but it is a little different. There is obviously magic in it. But you know, there's also the whole second element of the story and doing the scene and the acting and getting all the actors on the same page.John: And speaking of the actors, I was thrilled to see our friend Louie Anderson in there. He was a Twin Cities guy who I knew back when he was here and I had the good fortune of working with him a couple times in the corporate arena. And to see Johnny Thompson obviously having so much fun, it was just great. And then to see Mac kind of turn up. I don't want to spoil it. But he does turn upLance: Mac turns up there near the end of the film. It was great fun, being able to work with Johnny. To be able to direct your mentor is a really special thing and that was just so much fun working with Johnny, and he was just so good in this role.John: He was such a good actor, he really had that ability to turn it on. Lance: And Pam too. John: Oh, yeah, Pam was in there as well. It was just so much fun to see them just pop up like that.Jim: A delight, the whole thing was from start to finish was a delight. I watched it by myself after my wife went to bed and I just was giggling through the whole thing.Lance: Thank you. Here's my favorite story from the whole process. I had this idea to do the trick on the telephone, The Wizard, that that anybody that is amateur magician knows the trick. Well, when Michael and I were coming up with a storyline, I had this idea of using The Wizard as part of the kidnapping thing, to find out where the assistant was being held. In order to do that, of course, I had to show what The Wizard was. The reason I wanted to include that was I wanted kids especially to be able to watch the movie and then after the movie, I wanted them to be able to perform The Wizard for their friends. After we had our premiere, my wardrobe lady from the Monte Carlo—and she also did wardrobe on the movie—she called me like a week later. Her stepdaughter, who was in junior high school at that time, the little girl had gone to school the next day and had performed The Wizard for her friends. And when I heard that, I was like, yes, touchdown.John: Mission accomplished. Lance: Mission accomplished. It's exactly what I wanted. I wanted kids to go and actually perform a magic trick for their friends.Jim: But I really liked how you then turn it around and use it as a plot device. Lance: It's integral to the story. Yes, and those are those are especially the kind of things I like with magic in movies or TV shows: where you can take something and bring it back in later as a practical device.

Play along with a couple questions for tix to see magician Lance Burton! He makes things disappear, so we asked some questions about the Kingdome and MC Hammer's money disappearing!

Friday, August 4th9:30AM REGISTRATION OPENS at the Abbott Plant9:30AM ABBOTT'S TALENT CONTEST (more info ) at High School (requires registration) 10:00AM ABBOTT'S DEALERS ROOM OPENS (requires registration) 11:00AM - 5:00PM COLON ARTS AND CRAFTS FAIR (Craft Show/Vendor Info) 12:00PM FREE STREET PERFORMANCE (Odd Cory & JuJu Sideshow at Grannys)1:00PM LECTURE - MAC KING (requires registration) 1:00PM MAGIC SHOW featuring Tim Wright at Abbott's Magic Theatre $52:00PM JAY BLACKWELL JUGGLING/FIRE EATING & MORE at Sterlini Magic & Theater $102:30PM ABBOTT'S CLOSEUP SHOW (requires registration) 3:00PM FACE PAINTING till 6PM outside 5 Star Pizza by Award Winning Artist Carol Hendrix (Standard Fees)3:00PM-5PM COLON HISTORICAL MUSEUM is open (Colon Museum Webpage)4:00PM FREE STREET PERFORMANCE (Gordon Russ at Colon Library)4:30PM MAGIC SHOW featuring Rocky Clements at Abbott's Magic Theatre $55:00PM LIVE AT 5 WITH THE STERLINI'S at Sterlini Magic & Theater $105:30PM FREE STREET PERFORMANCE (Trino at Curlys)6:00PM-7:45PM DINNER (on your own)7:45PM PRESHOW LIVE ORGAN MUSIC - by John Sturk8:00PM ABBOTT'S STAGE SHOW - THE FAR EAST MAGIC GALA Featuring Kento Mukai (Japan), Shimpei Katsuragawa (Japan), Takehito Inoue (Japan), Yukihiro Katayama (Japan), Yu Komohara (Japan), Shouma (Japan)10:00PM ABBOTT'S DEALERS ROOM OPENS (requires registration) 10:15PM DAVID MCCREARY at Sterlini Magic & Theater $1510:30PM ABBOTT'S TALENT CONTEST AWARDS (requires registration) View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Time stamps for this episode:00:00:18 – Lance Burton helps recap the Wednesday night show plus a little update on what he is doing.00:07:09 – Meadow Perry visits us and talks about her experience traveling with her children to their first magic convention. She also talks about her recent competition experience with the S.A.M.00:12:21 – Dave Cressey is the king of mouth coils and chats a bit about Paul Diamond and some other stories about his business00:22:07 – Chuck Arkin, International President of the I.B.M., tells us about his vision for the coming year of his dreams and vision.00:33:31 – While at dinner at an Amish farm house, Micheal Trixx tells us about his experience of performing and traveling up from Florida.00:39:51 – before the evening show begins, we chat with Keith Fields and Randy Wakeman who just arrived and tells us what they are doing.00:44:56 – Ewe Sperlich and Gundun Frailech traveled from Munich, Germany, for this convention after listening to the Magic Word Podcast. They talk about their experience here in Colon.00:49:00 – BJ Mallen announces the winners of the stage contest. Third Place was Buddy August; Second Place went to Scott Hannemann, and First Place went to Anthony Stockton.00:53:00 – Tamara and John Sterlini talk about their contributions to the Capitol of Magic and how they try to keep the magic “alive” by encouraging tourists to travel to Colon to see shows they sponsor in their theater. 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 or through iHeart Radio by Clicking Here. If you have a Spotify account, then you can also hear us through that app, too. You can also listen through your Amazon Alexa and Google Home devices. Remember, you can download it through the iTunes store, too. See the preview page by Clicking Here

Thursday, August 3rd9:30AM REGISTRATION OPENS at the Abbott Plant10:00AM ABBOTT'S DEALERS ROOM OPENS (requires registration) 11:00AM LECTURE - 2ND JAPANESE GROUP LECTURE (requires registration) 12:00PM FREE STREET PERFORMANCE (Gordon Russ at Magic Capital Grill)1:00PM LECTURE - 2ND SOUTH AMERICAN GROUP LECTURE (requires registration) 1:00PM MAGIC SHOW featuring Jeffrey Alan at Abbott's Magic Theatre $52:00PM JAY BLACKWELL JUGGLING/FIRE EATING & MORE at Sterlini Magic & Theater $102:30PM FREE STREET PERFORMANCE (Trino at Grannys Place)2:30PM VENT O RAMA (Vent O Rama Webpage) at Abbotts Plant (requires registration) 3:00PM FACE PAINTING till 6PM outside 5 Star Pizza by Award Winning Artist Carol Hendrix (Standard Fees)3:00PM-5PM COLON HISTORICAL MUSEUM is open (Colon Museum Webpage)3:45PM FAMOUS MAGICIANS GRAVEYARD TOUR (Graveyard Tour Webpage) ushered by Al The Only4:30PM MAGIC SHOW featuring John Gilmore at Abbott's Magic Theatre $55:00PM LIVE AT 5 WITH THE STERLINI'S at Sterlini Magic & Theater $105:30PM FREE STREET PERFORMANCE (Jania Taylor at Magic Capital Grill)6:00PM-7:45PM DINNER (on your own)7:45PM PRESHOW LIVE ORGAN MUSIC - by John Sturk8:00PM ABBOTT'S STAGE SHOW - THE LAS VEGAS MAGIC GALA Featuring Mike Caveney, Mac King, Guy Hollingworth, Meadow Perry, Pat Hazell10:00PM ABBOTT'S DEALERS ROOM OPENS (requires registration) 10:15PM CURLYS CLOSEUP CONTEST View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Time stamps for this episode:00:00:18 – Terry Evanswood tells us a little more detail about the house tours he puts together for his Magic Mansion in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.00:07:26 – Chairman of the Board of the American Museum of Magic, Jania Taylor, updates us on what's going on with the museum and why they need our financial contributions.00:14:12 – Steve Chezaday closed the opening night's show last night. He is also a long time member of the stage crew at Abbott's. He and his fiancé, Carol Hendrix, also helped recap the show.00:23:51 – at the Legion Hall we chat with BJ Mallen who talks about this evening's show featuring Mick Caveney as emcee, Pat Hazel with comedy, then more comedy by Mac King, and closing with Guy Hollingworth. During the show, Lance Burton and Mac King did a touching bit that is detailed in this chat. But the bulk of this chat is about why this event is important to the magic community.00:35:09 – Matt Stanley gives us his thoughts about this evening's show. 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 or through iHeart Radio by Clicking Here..If you have a Spotify account, then you can also hear us through that app, too. You can also listen through your Amazon Alexa and Google Home devices. Remember, you can download it through the iTunes store, too. See the preview page by Clicking Here

Welcome to our new format for The Magic News Network. Just audio presented in a conversation style format by Michael Likey & Anthony DarkstoneThis episode features items mentioning Alexander May, Jeff McBride, Lance Burton, Louise Andrée Douglas-Mirza, Bill Merlin Palmerl, Arthur Tivoli, T.Nelson Downs, Milan K Schaller, Luna Shimada Motivational Perfomance Artist, Autumn Morning Star plus a lot more!

news birthdays/events mlb opening day and the new food at the stadiums word of the day news is there a celebrity you just love...you'll watch everything they're in? game: just over $1,000 pyramid do you put more or less care into your appearance when you go out as you get older news biggest time wasters of our day game: what year was it? funny/ridiculous customer complaints at restaurants news how often do you "deep clean" your house are the days/weeks flying by so fast that you forget your appointments? goodbye/fun facts....National Smoke and Mirrors Day is intended both to promote appreciation of the art and skill of magicians who specialize in illusions and to remind us all to be wary of deceptive practices in daily life.   “smoke and mirrors” usually means that we're being hoodwinked into believing something is true or that it is functional when it really isn't.  IN 1770...The use of smoke and mirrors to create illusions is invented by the German magician Johann Georg Schröpfer...today many magicians today are superstars like:  Penn & Teller, Criss Angel, David Copperfield...in fact Lance Burton's Las Vegas show ran for more than 30 years. but keep in mind...It's a reminder that unlike Dorothy, we shouldn't wait until the end to pull back the curtain to see if what we thought is real is actually masterful fakery. 

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 767, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Bear Feat 1: At about 9 feet and 1,700 pounds, this large bear shares its name with an Alaskan island. Kodiak. 2: The Asiatic black bear also bears the beary nice name of these Indian mountains where it dwells. Himalayas. 3: Often named Bruin, this species is the most likely to be found in children's stories of Europe and Asia. Brown bear. 4: This smallest bear species bears the name of a heavenly object. Sun bear. 5: Spectacled bears are the only species found on this continent. South America. Round 2. Category: River Cities 1: The sacred Hindu city of Benares is located on the left bank of this river. Ganges. 2: This large and commercially important U.S. river begins in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Ohio. 3: This international river flows past Alamosa, Colorado and Brownsville, Texas on its way to the Gulf of Mexico. Rio Grande. 4: Baghdad, Iraq lies on this Fertile Crescent river. Tigris. 5: 1 of the 2 rivers at whose confluence the city of Montreal lies. Ottawa or St. Lawrence. Round 3. Category: Skin Deep 1: Wrinkles at the corner of the eye, perhaps caused by squinting while bird watching. Crow's feet. 2: Contact dermatitis can be the result of contact with this plant, Rhus radicans. Poison Ivy. 3: The little sections of dead epidermis around your fingernails. Cuticles. 4: This term for a balm for the skin or the conscience goes back to the Sanskrit sarpis, "melted butter". Salve. 5: The skin's 2 exocrine types of glands are sweat and these, which produce oils. Sebaceous glands. Round 4. Category: Magic And Magicians 1: In 1942 this "Citizen Kane" director created the "Mercury Wonder Show", a magic show for servicemen. Orson Welles. 2: Haruo Shimoda and Lance Burton are famous for acts featuring these birds. doves. 3: This star of TV's "Dave's World" once did an act featuring the dangerous bullet catch trick. Harry Anderson. 4: Lynette Chappell appears as the evil queen in this duo's show at Las Vegas' Mirage Hotel. Siegfried and Roy. 5: Hardeen, born Theodore Weiss, briefly performed with this famous escape artist, his brother. Harry Houdini. Round 5. Category: Pits Burg 1: Head to this state's peach festival in Fort Valley if you want to help make the world's largest peach cobbler. Georgia. 2: Any pilgrimage to find the best olives will lead you through Kalamata in this country. Greece. 3: This country's Murcia and Valencia regions produce many of the world's apricots. Spain. 4: 76 years old, the original Hass avocado tree died in 2002 in La Habra Heights in this state. California. 5: In 1852 cherries were planted on Old Mission Peninsula in this Midwest state; it now grows 75% of the tart type. Michigan. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia! Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/

Brian & Trisha get hypnotized and take on the role of each other. It’s strange. The Grand Illusion show with local magician Aaron Harp will…

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Friday 27th January 2023 10:00am - 5:30pmDealers Open10:00am - 11:00amKyle Purnell Lecture See one of the most fertile creative minds in magic…doing his very best material. Kyle Purnell has developed highly innovative ideas with cards, bills, coins, and more, and you'll see it all in this action-packed lecture. 11am - 12pmMortenn Christiansen Lecture Not only did Denmark's Mortenn Christiansen win the Comedy Prize this year at FISM, but he also brought down the house with an unusual act that is amazing as it is hilarious. You'll see that act in the gala show, but in this lecture you'll see an array of fantastic, original close-up and parlor magic. 1pm - 2:30pmThe Magifest Session Starring Charles Greene performing and explaining a few pet effects, as well as author Margalit Fox, who will present a captivating 45-minute presentation on her best-selling book, The Confidence Men, the true story about two men who used mentalism to escape from a POW camp.There will also be a presentation from the Gahana High School Magic Program, which features magic from students with disabilities. We at Magifest are proud to have an ongoing partnership with this important and inspiring program. We are excited to see what magic they do for us. 2:30pm - 3:30pmYouth Event For young magicians only! 3:30pm - 4:30pmMark Calabrese Lecture Making his Magifest debut, card-cheating expert and magician Mark Calabrese will share the magic he uses to astound guests nightly at New York's illustrious SpeakEasy Magic. You'll learn practical, doable card magic. 5:30pm - 6:30pmThe Matt Pritchard Experience This event is impossible to categorize, and there hasn't been anything like it at Magifest before. Pritchard brought the house down at our sister-convention, The Session, with this presentation. Matt Pritchard has a background in science, and during the pandemic he put this background to use making online, viral videos of magic illusions. In this talk he'll show and (sometimes) tell on the most popular of these illusions. And in most cases, the method behind the trick is as interesting as the trick itself. 8pm - 9pm Lance Burton Interview The man, the myth, the legend. Lance Burton sits down for a candid, in-depth interview about his illustrious career. We'll look at performance footage and find out how one of Las Vegas's greatest entertainers made it to the top. 9:30pm - 10:30pmDavid Gerard Show Experience this high-energy, astounding mentalism show. Straight from his residency in San Francisco to the Magifest stage… 11:30pm - midnight You Flash, You Lose with Chris Ramsay and friends Be part of a social media happening as the Big Trick Energy team invite you to play their "You Flash, You Lose" 10:30pm - 12.30amBar Magic with Mark Calabrese View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Time stamps for this episode: 00:00:18 - The new CFO for Vanishing, Inc., Jeff Kowalk, chats with us about Vanishing, Inc. and the Magifest plus other exciting news00:15:22 - Roger Nicot from Card Shark and Scott talk about crop circles and Stone Henge00:22:21 - Marv Leventhal, one of the publishers of the Minotaur and shares his observations about some of the shows from the Day One evening shows.00:36:43 -Owner of the Chicago Magic Lounge, Joey Cranford, chats about this convention and some news about the Chicago Magic Lounge.00:47:-5 - Tom Craven has been attending the Magifest for about 60 years.00:52:15 - Shoot Ogawa was a FISM winner who will be performing, lecturing and doing a private workshop here at the Magifest. He is currently performing a magical mystical show in Hawaii.00:57:57 _ S.A.M. President Elect John Sturk chats about the upcoming national convention in July in New Orleans.01:02:17 - John Wolfe and Kyle Purnell chat about this convention and why they like to attend. 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 or through iHeart Radio by Clicking Here..If you have a Spotify account, then you can also hear us through that app, too. You can also listen through your Amazon Alexa and Google Home devices. Remember, you can download it through the iTunes store, too. See the preview page by Clicking Here

Thursday 26th January 2023 5:00pm - 8:00pmDealer's Room Open5:30pm - 6:30pmCharles Greene Historical Lecture. Presenting his groundbreaking research on one of magic's most elusive figures, Charles Greene will recount the unusual life story behind Ionia. Ionia was a pioneering figure in the world of magic—all the more difficult in her era because of great biases against female performers. She astounded the world and then…disappeared from public view. Greene has uncovered what happened, and how she lived the remainder of her life. This talk will feature many of the astounding visuals we associate with Ionia, including several newly uncovered images. 7:00pm - 7.45pmMichel Huot Lecture The creator of the hit trick “Socks” is making his Magifest debut with a lecture packed with unusual, non-card parlor material. Mr. Huot comes from Quebec, and he will astound people with his unique, creative brand of magic. 8:00pm - 9pmMark James Show Straight from a successful tour of the UK, Mark James has a truly “parlor” magic show–a rarity in these times. You'll be amazed and delighted by his high energy approach to the classics, and you'll be amazed by the clever twists along the way. 9:00pm - 9:45pmYouth Program Welcome Event We invite all young magicians (and guardians) to attend this welcome party. You'll meet our directors, a couple of our headline performers, and get insider tips on how to make the most of Magifest as a young person. There may even be a surprise or two… 9:30pm - 11:00pmPeter Turner Show and Lecture Hailing from the UK, Peter Turner is a radical, disruptive performer and thinker who has taken the mindreading community by storm. He will perform and then speak on his powerful, unique approach to mentalism. View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Time stamps for this episode: 00:00:18 - Early morning departure from Houston to Columbus. Thank you, Andy Lacky, for the Dunkin' Donuts gift card! It helps keep my eyes open for the 5:30 a.m. departure.00:04:58 - Lance Burton and Gwyn Auger chat about his old Kentucky home00:11:45 - Francois Xavier aka FX discusses this as his second Magifest and why he returned to see some stars of magic00:16:04 - Nancy Anderson tells why she enjoys the podcast and some of her favorite episodes plus a chat with two other Chicago magicians, Scott Levens and T.J. Tang00:19:35 - David Williamson is from Ohio and talks about the Magifest and his childhood memories of attending this event, plus what he's been doing during COVID. He gives lessons through an online community at https://www.sleight.school/00:22:52 - Jim Krenz is one of the many employees with Vanishing, Inc.00:27:38 - Mark James is one of the performers who will also be lecturing this weekend.00:33:14 - Charles Greene III will kick off the convention with his talk about his historical book, Ionia and his journey to uncover her story. 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 or through iHeart Radio by Clicking Here..If you have a Spotify account, then you can also hear us through that app, too. You can also listen through your Amazon Alexa and Google Home devices. Remember, you can download it through the iTunes store, too. See the preview page by Clicking Here

Lance Burton discusses his movie, “Billy Topit: Master Magician” … and then a reading of Chapter 26 of “The Bullet Catch.” Chapter Twenty-Six of “The Bullet Catch” starts at 00:42:39LINKSThe Eli Marks Mystery Series: http://www.elimarksmysteries.com/Get yourself a Free Eli Marks Short Story: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/jj1r1yaavjListen to an Eli Marks Audio Short Story: https://BookHip.com/LZBPPMDBilly Topit (on Amazon): https://www.amazon.com/Billy-Topit-Master-Magician-Burton/dp/B06XHYC7YZBilly Topit (Trailer): https://youtu.be/jrtmoRgo5AgBilly Topit (Driving Scene): https://youtu.be/3E1vYg6T3dEBilly Topit (Red Carpet): https://youtu.be/Mr6Yc4tea98 Check out the Occasional Film Podcast: https://www.fastcheapfilm.com/the-podcast

This week, we chat with the immensely-talented and supremely-versatile Joelle Righetti about her sparkling career, her many tributes (NOBODY does a better Cher,) her years as an assistant with Siegfried & Roy, Lance Burton, her mobile ministry, and more. Then we head over to LV's waaay cool hot-rod museum Nostalgia Street Rods and wrap things up with "Your Vegas Insider" Scott Roeben of Vital Vegas talking about tipping. It's Vegas Never Sleeps with Steven Maggi heard nationally on radio stations around the country, on Sundays at 5pm PT on AM 670 KMZQ in Las Vegas, or anytime wherever you listen to podcasts. https://vegasneversleeps.com/affiliates/

This week, we chat with the immensely-talented and supremely-versatile Joelle Righetti about her sparkling career, her many tributes (NOBODY does a better Cher,) her years as an assistant with Siegfried & Roy, Lance Burton, her mobile ministry, and more. Then we head over to LV's waaay cool hot-rod museum Nostalgia Street Rods and wrap things up with "Your Vegas Insider" Scott Roeben of Vital Vegas talking about tipping. It's Vegas Never Sleeps with Steven Maggi heard nationally on radio stations around the country, on Sundays at 5pm PT on AM 670 KMZQ in Las Vegas, or anytime wherever you listen to podcasts. vegasneversleeps.com/affiliates/

This week on Unplugged we will meet award winning magician, Aaron Harp of Aaron Harp Magic. Aaron has appeared on the hit TV show “Let's Make A Deal”. We will learn more about Aarons background, what led him to becoming a magician and his upcoming fundraising show April 1st at the Hardin County Performing Arts Center with special guest Lance Burton. Proceeds will be donated to the Ronald MacDonald House. More details will be released in the coming months. Visit aaronharpmagic.com for the latest details. You can also find Aaron Harp on social media by searching @aaronharpmagic

Thursday, April 14, 20229:00 – 11:00am Dealer Room11:00am – 12:30pm Session #1: Trixie Bond “Magic of Texas” followed by Ray Anderson interview with Stan Allen12:30 – 2:30 Dealer Room / Lunch Break2:30 – 4:00pm Session #2: Chip Romero “Doug Henning” followed by Roger Dreyer on “Al Flosso” then Cathy Daniel with Mike Caveney7:00 – 8:30pm Evening Show: Presentation of “Stars of Magic for Hunger in Africa” with Lance Burton and Fielding West View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Timestamps for this episode:00:00:16 - Convention attendee, Steve Troll, talks about his experience at this convention00:02:57 - Ray Anderson, star of Esther's Follies, talks about his show and some “behind the scenes” of preparing for this special show for registrants00:09:48 - Julia Eng, from Magicana.com, talks about working with the experience of attending this convention 00:22:09 - Kevin Oliver, from Dallas, is a close-up magician and full-time attorney, talks about his convention and more00:26:33 - Steve Beam talks about his experience at this convention and his collection00:35:33 - Fielding West was one of the evening's presenters who talked about the 1985 special event that was a fund raiser for USA for Africa. We are later joined by Lance Burton who was the other presenter and the co-producer of this special event.00:47:45 - Brad Henderson tells us where to eat when visiting Austin 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 or through iHeart Radio by Clicking Here..If you have a Spotify account, then you can also hear us through that app, too. You can also listen through your Amazon Alexa and Google Home devices. Remember, you can download it through the iTunes store, too. See the preview page by Clicking Here

Wednesday, April 13, 202210:00am Expo registration3:00pm Hotel check-in4:00pm Buses depart to Ransom Center presentation6:00pm Dinner and Special Performance at Esther's Follies View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Timestamps for this episode:00:00:16 - Scott and Harriet Jacobson take to the road for a trip to Austin, Texas and the 2022 Magic Collectors Expo00:09:11 - Organizer Bill Smith greets us as he prepares to welcome all the registrants00:10":19 - Dr.. Eric Colleary, from the U.T. Ransom Center, chats with us following his scholarly lecture about the Houdini artifacts in the museum00:14:36 - Lance Burton talks about this podcast and convention00:19:03 - Mike Caveney sits next to us on the bus explaining that this will be his first time seeing Ray Anderson and Esther's Follies00:26:28 - John Gaughan and Pat Hazell wait with us in line for BBQ before the show begins. 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 or through iHeart Radio by Clicking Here..If you have a Spotify account, then you can also hear us through that app, too. You can also listen through your Amazon Alexa and Google Home devices. Remember, you can download it through the iTunes store, too. See the preview page by Clicking Here

On this episode of What’s Your Passion? I interview magician Lance Burton with a office party that got him into magic in his childhood that lead to performance at an early age, his career in Vegas, a movie, and his future plans. Nominated Charity: Kentucky Humane Society Lances Website: https://lanceburton.com/ To find previous episodes go … Continue reading What's Your Passion 18: Lance Burton →

Welcome to another edition of Eyes & Teeth in A Touch of Magic.In this episode I do get to talk magic with one of the best in the industry and that's Phil Hitchcock.I'm fascinated with magic, illusions and tricksters of the mind and want this season to add that mystique and wonderment and today Phil who is a complete gent shares his stories of his idols and career that although is in his 3rd decade is also still growing successfully.We talk about Sir Ken Dodd, Billy Pearce, Paul Daniels, Lance Burton, Ronn Lucas, Guy Barrett, Richard Griffin, Russ Stevens and Britain's Got Talent, Shane Ritchie, The London Palladium, Siegfried and Roy and more on this episode with Phil Hitchcock

Rhonda Redmon with the Russell County Chamber of Commerce stops by to promote the Chamber Banquet happening Thursday, October 28th. Lance Burton, Master Magician is the featured entertainment.

This week things are gettin' spooky around the mansion as we take a trip to the Magic Castle with our friend and chaperone Marc Summers. He introduces us to famous magician Lance Burton and his kooky friends who put on a show worthy of a world-class haunting! Also, we get a short glimpse of what Jonathan Brandis was doing before he became insanely famous and what John Astin was doing on the way down. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcDZiuyvw64js-zvBe9h_mTseycBaaZkE (WATCH) Recorded & Published by Golden Ox Studios - https://goldenoxstudio.com/ (https://goldenoxstudio.com/) SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST: https://www.networkspecialpodcast.com/listen (https://www.networkspecialpodcast.com/listen) SOCIAL MEDIA https://twitter.com/netspecialpod (https://twitter.com/netspecialpod) https://www.facebook.com/networkspecial (https://www.facebook.com/networkspecial) http://instagram.com/networkspecial (http://instagram.com/networkspecial) https://www.tiktok.com/@networkspecial (https://www.tiktok.com/@networkspecial)

This week's guest is affectionately called an “O.G.” because the commonly held definition for the “Old Guy” term means, “a slang term for someone who's incredibly exceptional, authentic, or “old-school.” Jody Baran certainly personifies that definition because of his decades of performances including years aboard cruise ships and 17 years performing in a hotel in Maui, Hawaii. His associations with some of the legends in our community have taught him a lot which he shares with us this week. View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Jody shares lots of stories in this episode from his life that were taught to him by his friends like John Moehring, Lance Burton, Johnny Thompson, Channing Pollock, Jay Marshall and so many more. This episode contains more advice and wisdom than you can get from anywhere else. I think you'll agree that this is a good one! 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 or through iHeart Radio by Clicking Here..If you have a Spotify account, then you can also hear us through that app, too. You can also listen through your Amazon Alexa and Google Home devices. Remember, you can download it through the iTunes store, too. See the preview page by Clicking Here

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LANCE BURTON is widely considered by his peers to be the greatest stage magician of the past century. Born in Louisville, KY, his first break came in a debut appearance on the “Tonight Show with Johnny Carson,” and through the course of Burton's career he was invited back for a total of ten appearances while Johnny was host and another ten appearances during Jay Leno's tenure. Additionally, Lance has racked up appearances on Letterman, Leno, The View, Ferguson, The World's Greatest Magic, Hollywood Squares, and guest starring roles on “Knight Rider' and “Las Vegas.” In 1996, Lance Burton's first TV special, “Lance Burton Master Magician; The Legend Begins,” aired on NBC and was quickly followed by a series of 4 TV specials. He also hosted specials for the history channel, Discovery, Animal Planet, The Family Channel, Discovery, Animal Planet, The Family Channel, and many more. While successful on TV, Burton's greatest accomplishments have been made in live performance, working primarily in Las Vegas, performing an astounding fifteen thousand shows in his 30-year career. His longest running show, “Lance Burton Master Magician,” opened at the brand new Monte Carlo Hotel in The Lance Burton Theater. This was the first time any entertainer in the history of Las Vegas has a theater built and named for him… and ran for 14 years. Throughout his career, Burton received numerous awards and accolades from his peers including in 1980 as the fist magician to be awarded the gold medal from the International Brotherhood of Magicians, in 1982 as the first American and youngest magician to win the Grand Prix (World Championship) from The Federation Internationale Societes Des Magiques, and The Academy of Magical Arts (Ama) has honored Lance with awards many times, including; Best Stage Magician of the year (twice).See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

LANCE BURTON is widely considered by his peers to be the greatest stage magician of the past century. Born in Louisville, KY, his first break came in a debut appearance on the “Tonight Show with Johnny Carson,” and through the course of Burton's career he was invited back for a total of ten appearances while Johnny was host and another ten appearances during Jay Leno's tenure. Additionally, Lance has racked up appearances on Letterman, Leno, The View, Ferguson, The World's Greatest Magic, Hollywood Squares, and guest starring roles on “Knight Rider' and “Las Vegas.” In 1996, Lance Burton's first TV special, “Lance Burton Master Magician; The Legend Begins,” aired on NBC and was quickly followed by a series of 4 TV specials. He also hosted specials for the history channel, Discovery, Animal Planet, The Family Channel, Discovery, Animal Planet, The Family Channel, and many more. While successful on TV, Burton's greatest accomplishments have been made in live performance, working primarily in Las Vegas, performing an astounding fifteen thousand shows in his 30-year career. His longest running show, “Lance Burton Master Magician,” opened at the brand new Monte Carlo Hotel in The Lance Burton Theater. This was the first time any entertainer in the history of Las Vegas has a theater built and named for him… and ran for 14 years. Throughout his career, Burton received numerous awards and accolades from his peers including in 1980 as the fist magician to be awarded the gold medal from the International Brotherhood of Magicians, in 1982 as the first American and youngest magician to win the Grand Prix (World Championship) from The Federation Internationale Societes Des Magiques, and The Academy of Magical Arts (Ama) has honored Lance with awards many times, including; Best Stage Magician of the year (twice). See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Magicians Lance Burton, David Garrard, and Dennis Alm talked about getting into magic, where to turn, and all about the Louisville Magic Club's upcoming event "It's Magic!" at the Ursuline Arts Center in September...

Magicians Lance Burton, David Garrard, and Dennis Alm talked about getting into magic, where to turn, and all about the Louisville Magic Club's upcoming event "It's Magic!" at the Ursuline Arts Center in September...

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Mac King is the special guest for our 100th episode! Mac talks about his move to The Excalibur, keeping his show fresh, and his early shows with Lance Burton. Nick Locapo stops by the show to discuss the featured product of the week from Paul Vigil. Before all that, it wouldn't be a 100th show special without a second incredible magician. The show kicks off with Roberto Giobbi joining Erik for Desert Island Magic Books.____The magic of Roberto Giobbi: https://www.penguinmagic.com/magician/roberto-giobbiSharing Secrets by Roberto Giobbi: https://www.penguinmagic.com/p/15684Encyclopedia of Card Tricks: https://www.penguinmagic.com/p/S4728Mac King Penguin Live: https://www.penguinmagic.com/p/4508Tickets to the Mac King Comedy Magic Show: https://excalibur.mgmresorts.com/en/entertainment/mackingcomedymagic.htmlCBS by Paul Vigil: https://www.penguinmagic.com/p/14589

Greg Dwyer Radio  Gary Bartlett began his entertainment career as a magician. He is a graduate of the Hollywood Film Institute and a member of the National Association of Television Producers and Executives. His production career began as a technical director, touring for four years with David Copperfield Live (along with corresponding network specials). Gary has worked extensively in the Las Vegas entertainment arena, including shows for Caesars magical Empire and major stage productions like Enter The Night. Being an illusionist, Gary often consults with world-class magicians like Pen and Teller, Lance Burton and The Pendragons.  

I do' are the words my next guest hears every time she officiates at a wedding ceremony in Vegas! Joelle Righetti-Jenson has an entertainment career spanning over four decades and has played a huge part in the world-renowned Las Vegas shows from the Rat Pack to top magician shows with Siegfried and Roy as well-known act Lance Burton. She has been a Gypsy Mobile Minister and has lots of love stories to tell! Joelle has fabulous spiritual energy and is destined to come to London next year to perform! #podcast #chatshow #vegas #entertainment #Weddings

[audio mp3=“https://media.talkaboutlasvegas.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/21163108/Lance_Fielding_032221.mp3"][/audio] This week, Ira spoke with Master Magician Lance Burton and comedy magician Fielding West about the legacy of Siegfried & Roy in Las Vegas. In this 30-minute episode of Talk About Las Vegas, the two magicians talk about the first time they met Siegfried & Roy; how the famous duo opened the door for magic in Las Vegas; how Siegfried & Roy wrote the book on how to do a magic show and created the business model; when Siegfried knew they had something special; Lance’s favorite S&R act; Fielding’s fun with “The Magic Box” and the duo’s book; and the future of magic in Las Vegas.

In this episode, we sit down with the one and only Lance Burton, Master Magician.  Lance talks about growing up in KY, how he got his start in magic, his big break and coming out of retirement to play some limited number of shows...whenever this damn pandemic is over, anyway.  Enjoy!Twitter: @LanceBurtonMMWe are now sponsored by Pelycon Technologies!  You can find them at www.pelycon.com or call them today for al your cybersecurity needs at 833-PELYCON (833-735-9366).

This week on the premier comedy roller coaster podcast Ben and Zach talk about Stuff recommended by the users of the YFCS discord server such as which coasters fuck and what drugs Mr. Six actually does. They also pitch a bunch of ideas for an alternative Millennium Force promo video. And a bunch of other random stuff (like ranking coasters randomly). Also we watch the vidoe of Lance Burton "escaping" from Desperado which you can watch here: https://youtu.be/fZVSNeYyd7c Please find the submitted novel here - https://ingramspark.pressbooks.pub/summersreach/ Find and contact us here: Join our email list: https://sendfox.com/yourfavoritecoastersucks https://www.yourfavoritecoastersucks.com/ YourFavoriteCoasterSucks@gmail.com Text/Voicemail (312) 572-9552 Instagram @YourFavoriteCoasterSucks Twitter @YFCS_pod www.facebook.com/UrFavCoasterSux www.yourfavoritecoastersucks.tumblr.com Join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/uNVud4T We have shirts and sweatshirts available mad cheap www.amazon.com/s?rh=n%3A71411230…ap_web_7141123011 If you enjoy the show please consider throwing us a buck or two www.patreon.com/yourfavoritecoastersucks Please consider doing your eBay shopping through our referral link to help support the show tinyurl.com/yfcsebay Since you’re listening to this podcast, give Stitcher Premium a try, by using the promo code “Coaster” at checkout on www.stitcherpremium.com/ to receive a free month.

Mac King's contract at Harrah's on The Strip in Las Vegas began in January 2000, his show is the longest running magic show in a single venue in Las Vegas history. In this episode Mac tells us why he thinks he has had such a long uninterrupted run, he shares the techniques he uses to stay in the moment in every show despite the relentless repetition. He also talks about his friendship with Lance Burton and how two Las Vegas headliners came out of the same magic club in Louisville, Kentucky. Mac also talks about his deal with Harrahs and how his show survived the recession in 2008. 

I am so very sad to report on the passing of yet another of the greats in our art. Johnny "The Great Tomsoni" Thompson was my guest on several episodes of the Magic Newswire's Spirit of Magic Podcast. This is one of my favorites and the earliest. Please listen and remember in his honor! Johnny was much more than an extremely well respected performer and one of the funniest magicians out there. He was also a much sought after magic consultant and worked with such performers as Lance Burton, Penn & Teller and Criss Angel. In the first interview below, Johnny talked about his career as well as his experiences with other performers including Herb Zarrow, Jay Marshall, Marshal Brodein, Francis Carlyle, Paul le Paul, Paul Rosini, Joe Bergen, Cardini, Channing Pollock, Carl Balentine, Al Koran, Dai Vernon and Charlie Miller.

Host: Dan Holzman Guest: Michael Holly talks about his career, his role in a new movie with Lance Burton, and life in Las Vegas as a comedy juggler. Also on itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/il/podcast/ejuggle/id1063204159

Magic creator, consultant, historian and author Jim Steinmeyer is our guest on this episode of the Magic Newswire podcast. In addition to talking about his magical youth, Jim shares his experiences working with some of the biggest names in magic. Doug Henning, David Copperfield, Lance Burton and Siegfried & Roy are just a few of the professional performers who have all turned to Jim for assistance over the years. In addition to writing a new work on Thurston and completing an oversized book on the history of magic with Mike Caveney, Jim is acting as the magic consultant for the new Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey Circus tour "Zing Zang Zoom." This is the first of a two part interview. 

Bob Wallace, retired CIA Director of the Department of Technical Services is one of the co-authors of the new book,The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception. In 1953, against the backdrop of the Cold War, the CIA initiated a top-secret program, code-named MKULTRA, to counter Soviet mind-control and interrogation techniques. Realizing that clandestine officers might need to covertly deploy newly developed pills, potions, and powders against the adversary, the CIA hired America's most famous magician, John Mulholland, to write two manuals on sleight of hand and undercover communication techniques. In 1973, virtually all documents related to MKULTRA were destroyed. Mulholland's manuals were thought to be among themuntil a single surviving copy of each, complete with illustrations, was recently discovered in the agency's archives. The manuals reprinted in this work represent the only known complete copy of Mulholland's instructions for CIA officers on the magician's art of deception and secret communication. Bob joins me on the podcast to talk about the book that Lance Burton describes as, "A legendary lost piece of magic history. It's James Bond meets Harry Houdini!"

We continue to celebrate making it to our 100th episode of the Magic Newswire's "Spirit of Magic" podcast with Part 2 of our chat with  Master Magician Lance Burton. In this segment, Lance talks a bit more about people like Channing Pollock , Johnny Thompson and others that have impacted his career. In addition, we joke about his reaction to the Masked Magician television shows and discuss the impact that the next generation of magicians can have upon our art.  Lance is one of the top performers in Las Vegas with a $27 Million dollar venue built just for him at the Monte Carlo Resort & Casino. In July of 1980, he became  the first magician to win magic's most coveted "Gold Medal Award for Excellence" from the International Brotherhood of Magicians. Two years later, Lance received magic's highest accolade when he won the Grand Prix at the Federation International Society de Magic (F.I.S.M.) in Lausanne, Switzerland making him a "World Champion Magician."   

Today on the 100th Anniversary weekend of the Hon. Marcus Mosiah Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Organization (UNIA), Professor Kimberly C. Williams shares with audiences a hate crime whe was subjected to and administrations response and punishment. Professor Williams teaches Sociology at a small, southern U.S. college. She has written about and studied race and gender dynamics throughout her career, including her undergraduate and graduate research on race in education. Her current research focuses include analyzing the portrayal of women and people of color in media and the contrapower harassment dynamic prevalent on college campuses. She is beginning a new career in public speaking and writing on feminism and race. She blogs for the Rebel Researchers Collective http://rebelresearchers.com/ 2014/06/08/death-by-a-million-papercuts-are-prestigious-degrees-really-worth-the-trouble/ on her personal blog, Radicalize Me! (http://wp.me/4cdDt) on Facebook at “Blackademia” (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Blackademia/1388228314732814) and “Welcome to my Post-Racial Life” (https://www.facebook.com/ welcometomypostraciallife). Brother Aliki Nkrumah (Anthony Murphy) is Second 1st Assistance President General for the UNIA-AFL, Executive  Director  of Town Watch  Integrated Services for the City of  Philadelphia Neighborhood Organizations and Town Watch  Groups. We close with an interview with Thomas Simpson, Artistic Director of AfroSolo and participants this season:Stephanie Anne Johnson who performs Every Twenty Days:Cancer, Yoga and Me, Lance Burton who performs The Irrelevance of Being Relevant and Kurt Lamont Young will perform If God Wanted Me to Fly He Would Have Give Us Wings to Do So.