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1KJ Inner circle Warning: We will run out of new tricks in 4385 Posts |
My Dad had a friend who performed some magic for us every time he came over. I'll never forget the first card trick he did to my sister when I was around six. I begged him to teach it to me and he refused. I spent months and figured it out. Or, at least coming up with a way to do it. I do the trick to this day. By the way, the man went on to become a billionaire.
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Uncle Joe Regular user Japan 194 Posts |
I was working in an entertainment marketing office and had free tickets to a Chuck Jones illusion show.
After I saw him and the magic I was hooked. |
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Escamoteur Regular user 109 Posts |
As a young child I saw a magician named Bob Greenberg performing at a Sunday brunch my parents took us to. I remember him doing the Chinese sticks/wands and Cups and Balls. The next day I was in the school library in that 793.8 section many of us know all too well. I cannot remember the book, although I do remember red and blue on the cover. I was hooked. Shortly after, the "Hat Full of Magic" set was on my Christmas wish list, and a lifelong addiction err I mean hobby had begun.
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ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2885 Posts |
I was always interested in magic. I used to watch Mark Wilson's Magic Land of Alakazam and the odd magic trick on Captain Kangaroo (who hands WERE those, anyway?) I also looked at a few magic books in the library, "Spooky Magic" comes to mind, but I never really got bitten until I found out about my Uncle Bob. Robert O'Neil was a "semi-professional" who worked for RCA as a television repairman. He came in for a visit and did some magic. Egg Bag, the Necklace trick, the bra trick (yeah, that was the level of his humor) when I expressed amazement and enjoyment of magic, he got me the same Adam's Mr. Magic kit you saw earlier in the thread and then I was hooked.
"...and if you're too afraid of goin' astray, you won't go anywhere." - Granny Weatherwax
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levitate Veteran user 319 Posts |
As my username suggests, the moment I saw a magician perform a levitation. As a child few things excited me more than the prospect of being able to defy gravity. Flight would have been ideal, but I'd happily settle for floating. The effect in question was a form of Balducii levitation. Following that I saw someone perform "hover card" and was amazed at how gracefully the magician made the spinning card float given that there clearly weren't any strings! I don't do much in the way of levitation in my own routines but perhaps that will change if I get some good recommendations. Yigal Mesika's work looks beautiful on video.
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Terrible Wizard Inner circle 1973 Posts |
Coming across a trick shown then explained on the internet. It was very simple but fooled me, and after I realised the explanation was simple I thought, 'I can do that.' Developed from there. This was only a few years ago, and I've been off-and-on with magic since.
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glennmagi New user 52 Posts |
I know I had an interest in magic before I saw them but Bill Bixby in The Magician TV show was incredible for me also was Doug Henning.
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Signet Loyal user 257 Posts |
I am a Licensed Practical Nurse. I worked in nursing homes, but finally landed a a pretty sweet office job with the benefits department of a major company. I thought I was set. Then things changed. My mother passed away in 2010. My father, who lives in the other side of our duplex, started to have declining health. I was paying a lady to watch him, while I was at work. He got to the point where he needed constant care. He's a war vet, so we got on a program with the VA. They pay me, not that much, to take care of him. This is how we got to where we are today.
He's in the early stages of dementia. I started taking care of him in 2012. Around 2016,he started really declining. This really stressed me out. We also had trouble with our neighbour. His started when I had to put a ramp in for my father. The neighbour claims it causes water to go in his yard. Anyway, I started getting sick to my stomach all the time. I would throw up constantly. I had every test they can do. All came back negative. The doctor sad to was the stress. He gave me nerve pills, which did nothing. I prayed to God t help me. He next day, there was a story in the paper about a local magic shop. I was interested. I went there that day. Guess what? The more I studied magic, the less I got sick. Within a month, I as cured. Magic literally saved my life and kept my father at home. God bless magic, especially those coins. |
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mikesmithmagic New user 66 Posts |
My interest/journey began on Saturday 9th June 1979. My Dad insisted I sit and watch a show on TV rather than go out to play, he said I'd love it. I certainly did, it was the first episode of the Paul Daniels Magic show. Christmas that year I got my first 6 effects, all from the Paul Daniels TV Magic Tricks range. I've never looked back, like a stick of rock, magic is written through the centre of me.
"I seriously love the disarming flexibility of Mick Wilson's SDP...one of those rare card-handling procedures that exemplifies the concept of 'why run when no one is chasing you'. SDP is an open-handed utility tool that conjurers will use to great advantage when creating new effects in the years to come."
Mick Ayres, South Carolina, 2016 |
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bdungey New user 64 Posts |
When I was a kid, I remember seeing the regular 'uncle' magic - thumb tricks, simple coin tricks and the rest.
Specifically, when I watched David Blaine perform The Raven on TV, I was just wiped. |
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Jbond207 New user Mount Vernon, IN 59 Posts |
Difficult to pin down to one defining moment. I got interested as an adolescent when my favor uncle taught me a card trick. Watching Mark Wilson on TV also had an impact. Finally bought my first magic trick at the magic shop at Disneyland back when Steve Martin I think worked there. Over the years I learned more cars tricks. In college as a theatre student I would entertain at cast parties doing card tricks and the Balducci levitation. I worked for the university part time back then. My boss told me one day that a guy was going to pay me to do magic for his little girl’s birthday party. I said I don’t do shows. He said this guy is a university trustee, you do shows now.
After that I started actually trying to learn more. Went to local magic shop in Louisville Kentucky. Mac King was a kid working behind the counter. Bought several books (including Mark Wilson Course in Magic) and a few more tricks, including an Okito box. Mac said I should go to a local coff shop and see his buddy do an Okito Box routine. Of course his buddy was Lance Burton. They were both kids back then. I have been studying magic ever since. |
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