Mark Jensen is not a name you may (yet) be familiar with, but his story of collecting is one among hundreds, if not thousands, of those of us who have found a niche where we can enjoy the history of our art by just looking at our walls or across the room to see the collectible relic. His story represents those collectors who have a passion for a particular area of our vast art. His friendship with the late Marshall Brodien led to him ultimately being the “caretaker” of Marshall’s magic collection. There are others who are notable magic collectors who gather magic from our rich history (like Chip Romero who specializes in collecting all things related to Doug Henning) plus other ephemera and props from some of the magic celebrities of yesteryear.

Mark Jensen lived in the Chicago, Illinois, area and grew up watching the Bozo Show on television that featured Wizzo the Wizard (Marshall Brodien). Later Mark found that he lived rather close to Marshall and developed a friendship with the late wizard. In this week’s episode, Mark talks about that friendship and some of the stories that Marshall shared with him. Mark also talks about some of the other things in his collection (like items from “The Great Buck Howard” movie) and his passion for science fiction plus suggestions on how others might begin their own collecting.

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Links for this week’s podcast:

Academy of Magical Arts - The Magic Castle https://www.magiccastle.com/

Simon Helberg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Helberg

Ed Alonzo https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0022303/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_0_nm_8_q_ed%2520alonzo

Jason Siegel https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0781981/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_4_tt_0_nm_8_q_jason%2520siegel

Larry Wilmore https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0932831/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_5_nm_3_q_larry%2520willmore

Todd Robbins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Robbins

Bozo Show https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bozo_the_Clown

Marshall Brodien https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Brodien

The Academy of Magical Arts - The Magic Castle https://www.magiccastle.com/

Texas Association of Magicians https://taom.org/