A mini-episode with thanks and thoughts about one of the pioneers of magic publishing - Louis Falanga of L&L Publishing.

Titles mentioned in this Episode

llpub.com

llepub.com

Daryl does the Full Monte

Jim Sisti Tribute https://forums.geniimagazine.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=52748

Multi Award winning family entertainer, convention producer, and all around charming human Mike Norden joins us for this episode.  We explore a slew of great titles if you are looking to take your family entertainment skills to the next level.

Caution – Some strong language

Titles mentioned in this Episode

Mark Wilson’s Complete Course in Magic – Mark Wilson

Seriously Silly – David Kaye

Kid Control – Julian Franklin

Maximum Entertainment – Ken Weber

Highway to Success – Elliot Swift

Kids Show Master Plan – Danny Orleans

The Belgariad – David Eddings

Sword of Truth – Terry Goodkind

The Tarbell Course in Magic – Harlan Tarbell

Expert Coin Magic – David Roth

The Paper Engine – Aaron Fisher

 

Where to connect

http://magicshows.ca/

https://www.facebook.com/Nordenthemagician

World renowned sideshow performers, Guinness Record Holders, science educators, metal musicians, and super fun guys - It's the Monsters of Schlock!

Caution – some graphic descriptions and strong language

Titles mentioned in this Episode

Re/Search Magazine-researchpubs.com

Freak Like Me-Jim Rose

Circus of the Scars-Jan T. Gregor & Tim Cridland

Swami/Mantra-Sam Dalal

Hiding the Elephant-Jim Steinmeyer

The Glorious Deception: The Double Life of William Robinson, aka Chung Ling Soo, the Marvelous Chinese Conjurer-Jim Steinmeyer

DVD-The Art of Card Manipulation-Jeff McBride

1400s–1950s-by Mike Caveney, Jim Steinmeyer, Ricky Jay

The Friar’s Club Encyclopedia of Jokes-Barry Dougherty&  Aaron Cohl 

Juggling - From Antiquity to the Middle Ages: the forgotten history of throwing and catching-Thom Wal

Everything All At Once -Bill Nye

The Warriors of Goja-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlgfdTm7c1I

Juggler Thom Wall- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jAmKO8f9yQ

Magician Louie Foxx- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfWefPwg8rc

Magician Mr. Mysto- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdxMAjKNRAw

Magician Mac King- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pKj3ZkEDhE

 

Where to connect

 

https://www.facebook.com/TheMonstersofSchlock

https://www.instagram.com/sweetpepperklopek

https://www.instagram.com/the_great_orbax

https://www.youtube.com/user/theMonstersofSchlock

https://www.facebook.com/OrbaxandPepperdoScience/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwyY67_sht1xA8Nlfak4dsw

https://www.instagram.com/orbaxandpepperdoscience/?hl=en

Orbax and Pepper Do a Podcast - https://orbaxandpepper.libsyn.com/website

Get to know the legendary Mandrake family of magicians as Lon Mandrake shares stories of touring with his famous father and the books that led him into his own career as a mentalist.

 

Titles in this Episode:

The Amateur Magican’s Handbook-Henry Hay

The Tarbell Course in Magic – Harlan Tarbell

Conjuring-James Randi

Easy Pocket Tricks:The A-B-C of Magic-Howard Thurston

The Memory Book-Harry Lorayne and Jerry Lucas

Think and Grow Rich-Napoleon Hil

How to Win Friends and Influence People-Dale Carnegie

The Real Mandrake the Magician-Linda Mandrake

Mandrake the Magician Comic collections (Various)-Lee Falk & Phil Davies

Mandrake Comic Strip https://www.comicskingdom.com/mandrake-the-magician-1

The Legacy of Mandrake Comic https://fanboyplanet.com/comicconhome-more-on-the-legacy-of-mandrake/

Get ready to meet the Flim Flam Fooler himself - Ray Roch.  Inventor of the Impossible Box, we discuss the books that led to his over 40 years in magic.

 

Ray Roch

Notes

Francis Martineau is illustrator not author of The Encyclopedia of Silk Magic

Titles mentioned in this Episode

Stories from the Pitch Podcast – https://www.buskerhalloffame.com/

The Insider Podcast - https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/insider-magic-podcast/

Modern Coin Magic – J.B. Bobo

Principles and Deceptions – Arthur H. Buckley

The Encyclopedia of Silk Magic – Harold R. Rice, Francis B. Martineau (Illustrator)

The Impossible Box – Ray Roch

The Impossible Coin in a Bottle – Ray Roch

Vanish (Magazine) – Paul Romhany

All in a Nutshell – Frank Garcia

Our first "Magical Person", David Aiken is a masterful Juggler, Street performer, Cruise ship entertainer, member of the prestigious Busker Hall of Fame and all around swell human being. Be sure to check out his amazing podcast "Stories from the Pitch" at https://www.buskerhalloffame.com/

 

Titles mentioned in this Episode

Juggling for the Complete Klutz – John Cassidy ,   C. Rimbeaux

The Complete Juggler – Dave Finnigan

Fraserhooper.com – Clown Fraser Hooper

Chris Bliss Beatles - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAILqBg_cJo

The Talent Code – Daniel Coyle

The Artist’s Way – Julia Cameron

Showmanship for Magicians, The Trick Brain, Magic by Misdirection – Dariel Fitzkee

Mat Ricardo Tablecloth Pull - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhN3dAo9YnY

Negotiating higher performance fees – Michael Ammar

 Where to connect 

www.thecheckerboardguy.com 

https://www.facebook.com/checkerheadbrewing/

Not many magicians have a song by "Said the Whale" written about them.  Discover the amazing thinking behind the amazing magic and theatre of the delightful Camilo Dominguez.

Notes

 Caution – Some strong language

Titles mentioned in this Episode

The Tarbell Course in Magic – Harlan Tarbell

El Peurco Sabio – Marko

Magic on Tap – Denis Behr (DVD)

Essentials – Luis de Matos (DVD)

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*CK – Mark Manson

Cartomagia – Primo Blass-Tchang

Stein And Day Handbook of Magic – Marvin Kaye

Magia Argumentada – Brando & Silvana

Card Fictions – Pit Hartling

 

Where to connect

camilothemagician.com

@camilothemagician

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b8ltJRmiSQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar0bmGshhTs

I had the pleasure of speaking with Alex Zander - the youngest ever President of the International Brotherhood of Magicians.  Learn the joys and dangers of driving truckloads of books for fellow magicians and the unintentional triple colour changing scarf.

 

Caution – Some strong language

Titles mentioned in this Episode

Mark Wilson’s Complete Course in Magic – Mark Wilson

The Tarbell Course in Magic – Harlan Tarbell

Sixty Year Celebration : It’s Magic – Milt Larsen & Carol Marie

Magic Castle : Beyond the Smoke and Mirrors – Carol Marie

Gene Gordon’s Magical Legacy – Gene Gordon

Showmanship for Magicians, The Trick Brain, Magic by Misdirection – Dariel Fitzkee

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*CK, Everything is F*CKED – Mark Manson

Maximum Entertainment – Ken Weber

Perform – Tim Hannig

 

Where to connect

 www.Instagram.com/zanderlive

www.Facebook.com/ibmmagic

www.Magician.org/resources

https://www.magician.org/resources/Magic_Show_Directory

https://www.mymagicmeeting.com/

I wanted to send a big thank you to all of you who have been tuning in to the first few weeks of the podcast. We've had listeners from Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Toronto, California, Virginia, Michigan, Minnesota, Washington, Ohio, Illinois and even as far away as Ireland, Hungary, and Windsor, England.  Thank you all for listening

 

Over the coming weeks you can look forward to guests that include:

Camilo Dominguez

Orbax and Pepper – The Monsters of Schlock

The Legendary Science and Magic of Eddie Goldstein

Lon Mandrake

The Checkerboard Guy himself – David Aiken

 If you are enjoying the show, please leave a comment or review on your favourite podcast platform.  It is one of the best ways to get the word out.   If you have any feedback, suggestions for upcoming guests, or want to share fiasco stories of shows gone wrong of your own, feel free to email me at 793.8podcast at gmail.com.

Two time Penn and Teller fooler, Grand Prix World Champion of Magic, and generally awesome fun human Shawn Farquhar joins to talk about his early days, his massive magic library, and some hilarious fiasco stories of shows gone awry.

Notes

The author of The Metamorphosis: The Apprenticeship of Harry Houdini is Bruce MacNab not Bruce Sinclair.

 

Titles mentioned in this Episode

The Tarbell Course in Magic – Harlan Tarbell

Card College-Roberto Giobbi

The Books of Wonder-Tommy Wonder

Maximum Entertainment-Ken Weber

The Magic of Johnny Thompson-Johnny Thompson

In a class by himself : The Legacy of Don Alan-Jon Racherbaumer

Korem without limits-Danny Korem

Introduction to Coin Magic-Shigeo Futagawa

Various-John Gilliland

The Amateur Magican’s Handbook-Henry Hay

The Metamorphosis: The Apprenticeship of Harry Houdini-Bruce MacNab

Focusing on Magic-Andi Gladwin

Percy Jackson Series – Rick Riordan

Houdini- Walter Gibson

Dunninger’s Complete Encyclopedia of Magic-Joseph Dunninger

Strong Magic-Darwin Ortiz

A Whack On the Side Of The Head-Roger van Oech

How to Win Friends and Influence People-Dale Carnegie

Secrets of Success-Sandra Anne Taylor

UnF*CK Yourself-Gary John Bishop

Jason Ladanye Magician- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHuVr3p7B28

Game Changer/Confident Deceptions-Jason Ladanye

Switch-John Lovick

Fooling Houdini-Alex Stone

Askalexander.com

Where to connect

magichampion.com

Hiddenwonders.show

@magiChampion