Hello, Banachek, and thanks for being our guest!

If you had to list your top two or three greatest influences on your work (as in people, not books, etc) who would they be?

Well, actually this is a pretty easy one to answer. When I started, I only knew about Geller and Randi. So as a direct result, in a strange sort of way, I was influenced by both of these people. Of course, I followed my own route.

In fact, it was this lack of knowledge of other performers and their techniques that caused me to invent my own versions of things I had heard that had been done before.

My first book was Henry Hays' Amateur Magicians Handbook. Next book was the Dictionary of Mentalism. Then the next book was The Handbook of Mental Magic by Marvin Kaye.

Now I know you said not to use books, but it truly was the skeptic books that influenced my thoughts the most, Randi, Melbourne Christopher and the like.